Chapter 43: The Man Behind the Scenes
Qin Chuan and Lao Dao only heard his voice at first, and they were stunned in the inner courtyard, but later found that a middle-aged man came out with a knife.
At this moment, it was Mr. Yu's second son, named Yu Jing, who was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a strong body, good at double knives, and his strength was higher than that of ordinary people, and he looked like he was only in his early twenties. Yu Jing has walked with Mr. Yu many times, and has seen a lot of bandits and thieves in the martial arts rivers and lakes.
Hearing that Mr. Yu was seriously injured when he turned his head for two Taoist priests who suddenly appeared, Yu Jing was furious. After asking a few brothers about the darts, Yu Jing thought that this was the other party's deliberate plot against Mr. Yu, in order to rob the darts in the end. After all, the two of them saw that Mr. Yu was seriously injured in his head and body and left first, so it seemed that he was the most suspicious, so when he heard that the two Taoist priests, one old and one young, appeared at the door of the dart game, Yu Jing killed them regardless of the obstruction of others.
Seeing Yu Jing so aggressive, Ji Hai said bad in his heart, and got up and stopped Yu Jing: "Second Young Master, these two Taoist friends came to visit Mr. Yu today, don't hurt others, if it spreads, I'm afraid it will ruin the etiquette of our dart game." ”
Yu Jing held the handle of the knife in his hand, and it could be seen that there were many scars on the back of his hand, and it could be seen that he was a practitioner who had experienced a lot of life-and-death matters. Although he was annoyed when he saw Lao Dao and Qin Chuan appear, Ji Hai grew up with himself after all, as he said, he couldn't break the rules of the dart game, but before the truth was discovered, these two people couldn't take another step out of the Dongfu dart game.
Thinking of this, Yu Jing put down the knife in his hand, and said with a fierce face: "The etiquette of our Dongfu Dart Bureau is only for the patrons and benevolent people of the Dart Bureau. framed my grandfather like that, and even came to visit with pork ribs, wouldn't it be bullying me that the poor people of the Dongfu Dart Bureau couldn't afford to buy pork ribs. ”
"The second young master is right, what kind of etiquette do you need for the enemies of the Dongfu Dart Bureau, in my opinion, it is better to close the door of the Dart Bureau, and let's interrogate it. "The guy who was sharpening his knife just now should be kind.
"Our dart bureau relies on righteous characters to walk the martial arts rivers and lakes, but I didn't expect to let others stick knives in the back, and we don't have to send it to the temple, and we know that Mr. Yu was killed by these two people. Another pockmarked guy said.
Obviously, everyone has attributed Mr. Yu's head injury to Lao Dao and Qin Chuan's head, rather than looking for Zhou Youliang and Yonghe's bad luck, after all, if it weren't for Lao Dao and Qin Chuan's head, he would not have angered Zhou Youliang, and Mr. Yu's head would not have been seriously injured.
This is the rule of the martial arts world, if ordinary people are bullied by martial arts practitioners, everyone will often only blame the ordinary people for provoking them, rather than reflecting on the mistakes of martial arts practitioners. As everyone knows, the governor of Qingzhou City is clever and greedy, but he does not dare to have any complaints in the face of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
From this point of view, the root cause of Mr. Yu's head injury lies in the two people in front of him.
The people in all directions were surrounded by righteous indignation, foaming at the mouth and foaming at the mouth, and many people had weapons in their hands, and as soon as they gave the order, they could do it immediately.
Qin Chuan glanced at Lao Dao, only to see his hands behind his back, looking at Yu Jing and the others with a smile on his face, it seemed to be quite immortal, Qin Chuan sighed secretly, when is this still pretending to be a gesture, only Lao Dao has such leisure and elegance.
The crowd in the dart game was getting closer and closer, only two steps away from Lao Dao and Qin Chuan, many young children cried when they saw this situation, and the women kept coaxing beside them.
Qin Chuan found a bamboo pole, put the pork ribs on it, turned around and said puzzledly: "Everyone, the so-called wronged debtor has the owner, it is Zhou Youliang's subordinates who injured the head of Mr. Yu, why don't you come to the door to find trouble with the Yonghe Dart Bureau, but for the two of us, I'm afraid I don't think we are easy to bully." ”
At this time, a woman held the child and said to Qin Chuan: "Hmph, if it weren't for you, how could Mr. Yu be seriously injured in the head, resulting in the robbery of the dart in the end, and also made our Dongfu Dart Bureau lose a lot of money. ”
Seeing that Qin Chuan and Lao Dao were silent, they must have felt empty in their hearts, and another woman who was doing laundry said: "It is precisely because of the two of you that the reputation of our Dongfu Dart Bureau has been damaged and we can't take the darts, and these dozens of people are all hungry." ”
It turned out that Mr. Yu was seriously injured in the previous fight with several people from the Yonghe Dart Bureau, and after separating from Lao Dao and Qin Chuan outside the tavern in the hill, he rushed to the direction of the owner with several people. Originally, the brothers of the dart bureau persuaded Mr. Yu to rest for a while, but when the goods were not handed over, they could not be taken lightly, so Mr. Yu and the people of the Dongfu Dart Bureau drove the carriage to prepare to deliver the goods. Who knew that halfway to the road was robbed by a group of masked people, although the people of the Dongfu Dart Bureau were desperately blocked, but the other party's martial arts cultivation was profound, after a fight, the Dongfu Dart Bureau suffered heavy casualties, and the darts entrusted by the owner were lost.
Therefore, Mr. Yu turned his head in accordance with the rules of the road and lost a lot of money to the owner of the goods.
The trading of this dart game is actually extremely risky, if you lose a dart, then half a year's dart money has to be spit out. It is rumored in the martial arts rivers and lakes: "If the dart game is thorough, if it is nine out of ten, it can barely break even; if it is eight out of ten, the dart game can be closed." "Therefore, if you lose a dart in the dart game, it is a big deal.
At this time, it is the time of the autumn and winter handover, this time the owner entrusted a lot of darts, so the Dongfu Dart Bureau suffered heavy losses this time, both people and money, and lost a lot of money, Yu always put his head so angry that he vomited blood, and he has been lying in bed to rest for several days.
And after this trip, even the old book accumulated in the past few years has been put in, and even the regular silver issued on time this month has not yet arrived, and many brothers of the dart bureau have left the dart bureau to do other livelihoods. Everyone knows in their hearts that the dart bureau lost such a big dart this time, and there must be no owner who dares to come to support the dart again.
Qin Chuan heard what the person next to him said, and after roughly knowing the reason for the matter, he also felt all the guilt in his heart, if he had given up the table in the tavern in the hill, then Mr. Yu's head would not have been seriously injured, and everything would not have happened after that. But if all the faults are imposed on the heads of Lao Dao and Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan is not convinced.
"You were in the mountains before, but we relieved the miasma? Besides, we also helped find that Neiying, don't you say?" Qin Chuan said, pointing to a guy in the crowd. It turned out that this person was Wang Dagui.
Wang Dagui blushed under the gaze of everyone and nodded, but he didn't dare to speak.
Seeing this, Yu Jing said to Qin Chuan: "Phew! You guys are playing so loudly! The two of you suddenly appeared in the wilderness, and helped to relieve the miasma, and then found out the internal response, this storyteller in Qingzhou City didn't dare to say this, don't think we don't know, you are actually in the same group as the scar-faced old five." ”
It turned out that among the people who robbed the dart that day, there was one person whose figure was quite familiar, and everyone recognized it, and that was the fifth scarface.
If it is really as the second young master Yu Jing said, then these two people should indeed not be underestimated, and they must have ghosts in their hearts when they came this time. Everyone was whispering beside them, but they were heard clearly by Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan couldn't help but be funny at the moment, just because he and Lao Dao suddenly appeared in the mountains, and he blamed himself for everything after that, which Qin Chuan couldn't accept.
"Ladies and gentlemen, these brothers of the dart game already knew about the situation at that time, but now you have imposed everything on us, which makes us speechless now, so how can you believe it?"
Yu Jing stepped forward and said: "If you want us to believe you, it's actually not difficult, catch that scar-faced old five and hand over the whereabouts of the dart, so that you can wash away your suspicions." However, until the truth is found, you stay in the dart board and wait, and the old way can leave first. ”
It seems that this Yu Jing was born with five big and three thick, but his mind is very flexible.
I heard the brother of the dart game say that the old way is a master of the world, and after being surrounded by people, I haven't seen him make a move, and several good players in the Yonghe dart game have fallen. But Yu Jing felt in his heart that this was an excuse for everyone in the dart game to lose their darts. But if it's really as the brother of the dart game said, this old way has a deep martial arts cultivation, then it is not impossible to catch the scarface old five, since this is the case, why not let them give it a try?
Qin Chuan heard what Yu Jing meant, but he still shook his head and said: "We are self-purifying, and we are not in the same group as the scar-faced old five, and we don't know where they are now, so how can we find them?"
Hearing this, Yu Jing drew his knife again, and the people around him began to surround him tighter: "Since you don't want to wash yourself, then we can't help it! Even if someone says that I broke the etiquette of the dart game, but for the sake of everyone in the Dongfu dart game, I can only offend the two of you." Yu Jing took the knife and was about to step forward.
"Wait. The old Dao, who had been beside him without speaking, suddenly spoke, and his voice was loud, which startled everyone around, and everyone had always thought that Lao Dao was dumb, so he would stand next to him and let a ten-year-old Taoist boy boast.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Lao Dao pointed to the wing room on the east side and said, "Mr. Yu is inside, can you let us meet." ”
Yu Jing replied resolutely: "Impossible, if you are allowed to get close to my grandfather, if something happens at that time, I will regret it for the rest of my life." If you can't find the whereabouts of the scar-faced old five and the darts, you won't be able to get out of the door of the dart game today!"
When Lao Dao heard this, he already knew where Mr. Yu's head was, turned to the east wing, raised his voice and said: "Mr. Yu, I am here today with the young apprentice, I hope to meet you!"
Hearing this, Yu Jing was annoyed in his heart, this old Taoist dared to disturb Grandpa's rest, obviously he didn't put everyone in his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he pulled out his double knives and slashed towards Lao Dao and Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan was about to turn around and run, but Lao Dao was still motionless.
Just as the blade was about to touch his body, a voice came: "Second brother, stop." ”
When everyone saw this, they saluted and said, "I've seen the eldest young master." ”
Qin Chuan and Lao Dao took a look, and a man came out of the east side of the courtyard, about thirty years old, who looked a little similar to Yu Jing, but there was no fierceness between his eyebrows and eyes, wearing a cyan elegant robe, which was incompatible with the dress of everyone in the dart game, and listened to the people next to him say, this is Yu Li, the eldest son of the Dongfu Dart Bureau, but he didn't expect to be a scholar.
"Big brother......" Yu Jing stopped his blade, ready to say something at the moment. It can be seen that he has great respect for Yu Li.
"Second brother, Grandpa asked you to bring the two of you in, why did you delay for so long? This is not the hospitality of our Dongfu Dart Bureau. Yu Guang stared at Yu Jing with a stern face, as if he wanted to get angry.
At this moment, a guy next to him muttered in a low voice: "Hmph, a powerless scholar, who has never achieved fame in his thirties, relies on the little money earned by his brother in the dart game to make a living, and even wants to take the capital exam." If it is an ordinary time, there is no other person's words, but this time the Dongfu Dart Bureau lost some money, and then there is no martial arts cultivation for a profound person, so it seems that the Dongfu Dart Bureau is really long. ”
When the person next to him heard it, he quickly smashed him and signaled him not to say anything more.
When Lao Dao saw Yu Li, he stepped forward and said, "Previously, we discussed Mr. Yu's head injury with the second young master outside, so we delayed some time, and please don't blame the eldest young master." ”
Yu Li just said coldly: "Two Dao Chiefs, please inside, the others are scattered, go to the door to see if there are any customers who come to the door to support the dart." ”
When Qin Chuan heard this, he picked up the pork ribs from the penny, stepped forward with Lao Dao, and walked towards the east side of the courtyard without any obstruction in the middle.
Hearing what the eldest young master said, everyone also muttered quietly and scattered, but Ji Hai and Xie Qing turned around and returned to the door in confusion.
Xie Qing looked at the people around him and asked Ji Hai: "Those two Taoist priests were so suspicious just now, but the eldest prince was let in, I'm afraid that this eldest prince is not stupid to study academics, right? I heard that he also wants to go to the capital to take the big exam, if he can really win fame, our Dongfu Dart Bureau can make a comeback. ”
Ji Hai shook his head: "The Dongfu Dart Bureau is in such a situation, I'm afraid that the eldest prince will not go to the capital city exam." As for why he was kicked out of White Deer Academy, I don't know, I heard that it was because of discord with the teachings inside. ”
Xie Qing leaned against the wall and muttered in a low voice: "I heard that if Mr. Yu's head can't be recovered, this Dongfu Dart Bureau will be scattered, and the eldest son is a scholar and has no fame; ”
Ji Hai kicked and said seriously: "When you eat the food of the master's family, don't look at other people's pots." Do the things assigned to us well, and the rest is not something you can worry about. ”
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Lao Dao and Qin Chuan entered Mr. Yu's room, and before they entered the door, they smelled a strong smell of herbs and a trace of blood. As soon as Qin Chuan crossed the threshold with pork ribs in his hand, he saw Mr. Yu lying on the bed with his head at the moment, his face pale, and an old woman next to him was crying and red-eyed.
Yu Li said beside him: "That woman is my mother, and like everyone else in the dart game, I think that all this is caused by you, so I hope the two Taoist leaders don't mind." ”
Lao Dao got off his robe and said: "Where is this, Mr. Yu turned his head to fight with the strongman for us, and the two of us are grateful." ”
Mr. Yu turned his head and heard Lao Dao's voice at this moment, opened his eyes with difficulty, and was about to get up, but his whole body couldn't move: "Dao Chief, it turned out to be you." Listening to the voice, there was a lack of energy, and it was obvious that the dart was robbed, which aggravated the injury to Mr. Yu's head.
Qin Chuan put down the pork ribs and said to Lao Dao: "Mr. Yu is not thin on us, you can take a look and see if there is a way to solve this injury." ”
At this time, Yu Jing came in from the door and said: "If the two of them have a way to solve it, they won't come to visit now, big brother, the two of them have ghosts in their hearts, but they can't let them get close to Grandpa." ”
Yu Li made a big salute to Lao Dao and Qin Chuan: "Please also ask the Taoist to come to the rescue." ”
Lao Dao sat in front of the bed, closed his eyes and checked the pulse of Mr. Yu's head, and said after a while: "Mr. Yu's head, I can cure it!"
Hearing this, Yu Jing hurriedly went out to take a look around, and after confirming that no one else was waiting, he immediately closed the door and knelt on the ground......