Chapter 68: The Jade Divide (4)
July 26, in the afternoon, north of Yuzhang City, the mansion of Changshi Duan Zhang.
"Master, it's not good!" A slender and thin middle-aged man broke into Duan Zhang's bedroom and woke up Duan Zhang who was taking a nap.
Duan Zhang heard the voice, there was no blame on his face, he got up from the couch, lifted the quilt, took off a cloak at the head of the bed and put it on, and walked out with the visitor.
"What's the matter?" Duan Zhang asked calmly.
The person who came here is called Wei Chao, who once relied on a pair of iron sand palms to beat the invincible hands all over Hebei, and the mighty martial arts, but suddenly disappeared from the rivers and lakes ten years ago, and no one knew where he went, but he didn't expect it to become Duan Zhang's worship.
For this former first person in Hebei martial arts, Duan Zhang also retains enough trust and respect. Wei Chaozhongnuo, Duan Zhang once helped him once and saved his life, so he sold his life to Duan Zhang, and vowed to follow Duan Zhang from now on, and in the past ten years, he has helped Duan Zhang deal with many things that are inconvenient for him to do.
This time, he had just gotten another piece of shocking news.
"The butler is dead!"
"Where did you die?" Duan Zhang asked, not having much emotional fluctuation because of the death of the housekeeper.
"Yuzhang City is a hundred miles away, close to Poyang Lake. Wei Chao said calmly.
“…… I see!" Hearing Wei Chao's words, Duan Zhang frowned and thought about it, and finally said.
The people behind Hou Ze finally made a move!
"Wei Chao, go to Fuliang County immediately and find that Tang Yuan's family. Duan Zhang made a decision in a moment.
"Killed?" Wei Chao asked.
"No! after finding them, bring them back to Yuzhang City and put them in the mansion, and they must not be allowed to miss the slightest!" Duan Zhang instructed.
Wei Chao was in charge of Duan Zhang's intelligence collection work, and yesterday Hou Ze came to offer treasures, Wei Chao was naturally clear. Yesterday, Duan Zhang's order to himself was obviously to get rid of Tang Yuan's family afterwards, how could he make a completely opposite order just one day later?
"Now that the things are in hand, naturally we have to get rid of them! But now it has only been a day before the housekeeper dies, and he still dies outside Yuzhang City, which means that the things have not been obtained. No, it should be that thing wasn't made at all!" Looking at Wei Chao's puzzled eyes, Duan Zhang had no choice but to patiently explain, this is also his consistent style towards Wei Chao, a master like Wei Chao can't be encompassed by virtue alone.
"Then the other party's purpose is obvious, what they want is not that thing, but the letter I wrote and the drawings I painted!" Duan Zhang shook his head when he said this, a little regretful, and a little helpless, although he was extremely careful, but in the end he still fell into the other party's way!
"Now that the housekeeper is dead, the things must have fallen into the hands of the other party, so what is the purpose of the other party taking these two things? Or what is the other party trying to do for most of the day?" Duan Zhang used a question, but he didn't expect Wei Chao to answer, Wei Chao was just a man of the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know much about these officialdom.
"If you want these two things to play their role, there is only one way! That is to kill Tang Yuan's family! As long as you do this, the other party can poke these two things out, and then the rumors that Yuzhang Changshi will destroy people for a piece of porcelain will spread throughout Yuzhang County, and finally spread to Chang'an. Duan Zhang said with great certainty, because if it were him, he would do the same!
"When the time comes, as long as the imperial court investigates, this is almost certain! If the other party takes out these two things again, I will definitely not be able to escape from this crime!" Duan Zhang smiled helplessly when he said this.
"So, the master wants to keep Tang Yuan's family safe, so that the other party's follow-up tricks can't be used?" Wei Chao also understood after listening to Duan Zhang's words.
"That's right! Killing them yesterday and saving them today are actually the same thing!" Duan Zhang didn't say what he said next, but he believed that Wei Chao would definitely understand, because they were the same people.
"Understood! Wei Chao is going to Fuliang!" Wei Chao nodded and replied after speaking.
"I don't need to protect it for too long, wait for another month, and after I enter Beijing, I will let Tang Yuan's family show themselves safely in front of the world, and the two things in the other party's hands will be useless." Duan Zhang said.
This time, he was careless, not only did he not get the treasures he needed, but he also put himself in such a dangerous situation, it seems that his state of mind still needs to be cultivated in the future!
After Wei Chao received the order, he immediately went out of the mansion gate, went out from the north gate of Yuzhang City, and went straight to Fuliang.
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This is a small courtyard in Yuzhang City, the small courtyard is not big but very distinct, rockery pools, pavilions and pavilions have everything. At this time, in the gazebo in the backyard, a young man who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old was lazily leaning on the handrail of the gazebo, holding a hu cake in his hand, picking off a little from time to time, and scattering it towards the pool. The surface of the water is full of schools of fish competing for food.
"Childe, the old snake is out of the hole!" said an old man from a distance, coming to the young man.
"Uncle Wu, look! Even these fish know that they have to fight for a bite to eat, Daddy...... Why doesn't he understand?" said the young man as he ignored the old man's words, but stared at the schools of fish on the surface of the water.
The old man who was called "Uncle Wu" didn't say anything, what could he say? Could it be that the old man was not even as good as these livestock? The old man would not even think about this idea! Because the old man was a fairy-like figure in his eyes, and no matter what he did, the old man would carry it out without reservation.
Just like the old man told him to obey the son's orders, then the old man would not even mention the things that the son ordered.
The boy didn't expect the old man to answer him, his father's reputation in the family was so high that the group of guys couldn't afford to doubt it.
"I didn't expect this Tang Yuan to be so decisive!" the young man muttered to himself.
"Uncle Wu, Iron Palm Wei Chao, the land of Megatron Hebei, are you confident?" the young man said with a little playfulness.
"If you go back to Gongzi, I fought once more than ten years ago, and the old slave only used ten moves!" replied Uncle Wu.
"More than 10 years ago...... Wei Chao is still a young man, right?" the young man said lightly.
"Childe, rest assured, these ten years of old slaves are not wasted time. Wu Bo said confidently.
"Then wait for Wu Bojiayin!"
With that, the young man looked back at the pool and began to feed the fish......
On July 26, the sun was already setting.
"Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue, come on, I'll take you to see something!" Xiao Yan happily rushed into the Tang Mansion and shouted loudly.
Tang Yuan had a good celebration with his wife and daughter after returning home yesterday, and today, the life of the Tang family has returned to its former peace.
After the family of three finished dinner together, they heard Xiao Yan shouting, and after a while, Xiao Yan rushed in.
"Xiao Jue, let's go, I'll take you to see something good!" Xiao Yan said excitedly.
"No, what's so good!" Since her father went to Xiao's house to make a fuss, Tang Xueying was very afraid of seeing Xiao Yan, and she was still at a loss in her heart, so she simply started to be a turtle with a shrunken head.
These days, she hasn't seen Xiao Yan once, which makes Xiao Yan a little confused, thinking that she has made the girl unhappy again, these days she has changed her ways to make the girl happy, but she didn't expect that her behavior would make Xue Ying a little annoyed.
This time, sure enough, Tang Xueying didn't want to go out with her, and Xiao Yan immediately drooped her head like a frosted eggplant, and was about to leave.
The Tang clan really can't stand it!
"Yan'er, wait!" Tang shouted at the young man, and at the same time glared at his daughter and said, "You must follow Yan'er out for me today!"
"Mother!" Tang Xueying stopped doing it when she heard this, and said coquettishly, "Are you such a mother? Push your daughter out to a man! Aren't you afraid that he will do something to his daughter?"
"What have you really done, I also admit it, I have already prepared your dowry!" Tang picked up the tea cup on the desk, blew lightly, and said without a trace of fireworks.
"Mother!" Tang Xueying stomped her feet at her mother, seeing that her mother was resolute, she had no choice but to go out, and when she went out, she turned around and said viciously: "Don't regret it!"
After speaking, he pointed at Xiao Yan and asked him to lead the way, acting like an eldest sister.
To be honest, Tang has made a lot of decisions in her life, and when she looks back on her life in the future, she herself can't tell whether the decision she made at this time is right or wrong, but she really hasn't regretted this decision......
It is not known whether Uncle Wu's kung fu is super strong or Wei after more than ten years, but this kung fu is not half stronger than Wei Chao.
Before Tang Xueying left home, he came to the Tang Mansion in Changnan Town, and had been hiding nearby to observe the movements of the Tang Mansion, and saw that Tang Yuan's family of three was there, and he was still thinking about what method to use to lure Tang Xueying away, which is also part of the child's plan, and he must leave an orphan for the Tang family, otherwise who will sue?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan actually did him a great favor, as for this Xiao Yi on the edge of the Tang Mansion, Wu Bo had also observed it for a long time before, and knew that he was also a master, in order to save trouble, he deliberately used a way to lure him away.
Now is the time! There is not much time left for him, Wei Chao is coming, Xiao Yi may come back at any time, no more time can be wasted!
Wu Bo jumped forward, fell into the shadows of the Tang Mansion, and moved forward silently, and the old man in front of him was the old servant of the Tang family.
Coincidentally, he is also called "Uncle Wu", but this "Uncle Wu" does not know the slightest bit of martial arts.
Approaching quietly, a knife in his right hand cut down towards the carotid artery, and "Uncle Wu" fell down with a limp......
Uncle Wu supported him with his hand, and kindly leaned him against the corner, in the eyes of outsiders, it just looked like he was tired, and he just sat down to rest for a while.
Next is the old wife of this "Uncle Wu", and she can be regarded as doing a good deed by herself, and she can't let the old man wait too long on the road.
"Uncle Wu" did not wait too long, and after a while, Uncle Wu walked out of the kitchen of the Tang Mansion, and in the kitchen, Mother Wu was also tired and collapsed......
Well, the trash fish has been cleared, and it's the turn of the master!
Wu Bo entered the Tang Mansion from the backyard of the Tang Mansion, and after getting two subordinates in the backyard, he came to the front yard, and Tang Yuan and his wife were chatting in the lobby at this time.
Tang Xueying is already a big girl, and her mother Tang has been worrying about her daughter's marriage these days.
The chatting duo did not notice the danger of approaching in the slightest, and behind a huge screen at the door leading to the backyard in the lobby, Wu Bo was standing quietly.
He was calculating where he should start in order to solve the two of them in the fastest time, although the target was only two ordinary people who did not know martial arts, but the habits accumulated over the years still stubbornly affected Wu Bo.
It didn't take long for Wu Bo to figure it out! He raised his right hand, the screen was very thin for him! It would only take more time to go around, so he chose to make a move.
A strong wind broke through the air, and the sound of piercing the air was like thunder in the ears of masters like Wu Bo.
This is not his own voice!Wu Bo only made a decision in a moment, and his raised hand rose slightly, just blocking the direction from which the sound came.
With a "bang", the screen exploded, and the sound finally alarmed the chatting husband and wife.
Behind the broken screen, Wu Bo's figure appeared in the eyes of the two!
Wu Bo waved his hand and unloaded the force brought by the hidden weapon just now, Wu Bo stood there quietly and did not make another move. Because a slender middle-aged man had already walked over, and he was still throwing a stone in his hand from time to time.
Wei Chao finally arrived!
"I didn't expect it to be a senior! It's disrespectful!" Wei Chao said lightly.
"Hehe, what a senior, it's just a bad old man buried in loess!" Uncle Wu also said lightly.
Tang Yuan hugged his panicked wife, kept stroking her back, looking at the two in front of him, Tang Yuan knew that trouble was finally coming!
The two people in the lobby didn't say anything more, they both knew each other's intentions, and superfluous words would only be annoying.
"Senior, please first!" Wei Chao smiled and stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture.
"That's right! I know how to be polite than I was more than ten years ago!
"That's exactly how it should be!"
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"Oh no! Tune the tiger away from the mountain!" Xiao Yi had just finished eating tonight, when he saw a figure flying across the roof of his house, Xiao Yi didn't say anything, picked up the saber and followed, Xiao Yi also had his own story, this kind of thing was naturally expected by him. It's just that after chasing for a long time and still didn't find the other party's figure, he reacted, the other party is not coming for himself, then it must be for his brother Tang, Tang Yuan knew about yesterday, he didn't expect the other party to come so quickly, so he made a mistake in judgment for a while.
"Damn!" Xiao Yi mobilized the internal force of his whole body, frantically injected his feet, and rushed towards the Tang Mansion.
Finally, he rushed to the Tang Mansion and searched all the houses in the front and back yards, but only found the cold bodies of Wu Bo and his wife......
"Little Yanzi, what are you! Aren't you just a few fireflies?
A crisp voice sounded outside the Tang Mansion.
"Xiao Jue, it took me several days to catch them, who knew they were so unnourished and died in the blink of an eye!"
Subsequently, Xiao Yan's annoyed voice also came in.
"Hey, Uncle Xiao, you're coming to find my father!" As soon as Tang Xueying entered the house, she saw Xiao Yi standing in her yard.
"Dad, why are you here?" Xiao Yan also walked in.
"Uncle Xiao, where is my father?" The girl looked at Xiao Yi, who was pale, and after reviewing her home, the sensitive girl suddenly discovered the abnormality in the home, it was too quiet!
"Alas......" Xiao Yi didn't know what to say, in fact, he was not good at saying these words, and then, he let go of the body that was blocking in front of Tang Xuexue.
Suddenly, what greeted Xue Jue was a messy lobby, the screens were broken all over the floor, the desks were also in tatters, the windows were full of holes, and there were still a few pools of blood on the ground in the lobby......
Tang Xuexue walked in in a daze, and the smart girl naturally understood what was happening when she saw this, and Daddy's trouble still came...... It's just really fast!
Tang Xuexuan walked numbly, and suddenly she found something!
It was a ring, it should be said that it was once a ring, and now it has long since broken in half.
It's "porcelain"! This is probably the gift my father wants to prepare for me, my father is so stupid! I think I don't know anything?
Finally, the corners of the girl's eyes left crystal tears, drop by drop on the "porcelain" in her hand, on the outer wall of jade, the girl's tears flowed slowly, and the soft luster reflected the fragmented lobby.
In fact, the word "玢" has another meaning in addition to the name of jade, that is, "jade points". The shattered "Jue" is the "Jade Divide". The girl already knew this meaning when she was studying, but she never mentioned it in front of others, and she didn't want to have such a day.
It's just that fate really likes to play tricks on kind people, and the more things you don't want to happen, the more it will happen.
The day of "Jade Points" has finally come......