Chapter 320:-for-tat
Early the next morning, Xiao Yu took Jiang Li and rushed to the bamboo building in Dazhai that was used to discuss affairs. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The two turned the maple forest and went down a hillside, the bamboo building on the hillside was next to the bamboo building, and the bamboo building built in the middle of the mountain hung a plaque in the conference hall, the two came early, and no one came. The two of them stood in front of the conference hall, condescending, and could see a pool of water under the mountain.
The water was full of large and small boats, and groups of gray-clad men shuttled and patrolled. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there were people everywhere, in orderly formations, and spears and armor were everywhere.
The two stood for a while, and Li Mu hurriedly walked over and said with a little worry, "Xiao Yu, the situation has changed slightly. In the past, only ten hall masters were present, but Ding Zhiqiu brought most of his generals from Beizhai today. What do you say? Shall I pull them? β
"I said how I saw that the patrolling soldiers on the mountainside were all wearing armor." Xiao Yu smiled faintly and waved his hand nonchalantly, "Since he has brought people here, there is no need to stop him, just let them go up the mountain." The big deal is that we can't sit in the chamber, so we set up the venue outside the chamber. The more people who come, the better, right and wrong, and everyone is open to it. β
Li Mu bowed, "Then I'll let someone arrange it immediately." Li Mu turned around and walked away.
Later, Yun Tong followed Qiu Da all the way, and the two of them were followed by a handsome young man in a green python robe, Jiang Li heard someone call him Zhao Hall Master, and knew that he should be Zhao Yi.
Xiao Yu and Yun Tong got together to discuss the news that Li Mu had just brought, and Jiang Li walked over and looked at the hall with a plaque hanging on the bamboo building behind him.
There are only a few tables and chairs in the bamboo and wood structure of the meeting hall, the pillars in the hall are painted black gold, and the black gold pillars are written with a few lines of big characters.
Jiang Li turned around and saw Ding Zhiqiu leading a group of people over. Ding Zhiqiu kept a straight face, and when he saw Xiao Yu and the others, he didn't say hello, and walked to the side with a flick of his sleeves.
Jiang Li walked to Xiao Yu's side, "It seems that Ding Zhiqiu is not good." Jiang Li was waiting to see the mood of watching the show.
"But Naqi is in our hands, and we haven't gone back for two days, Ding Zhiqiu should be in a hurry." Xiao Yu replied idly, his face calm.
"Fifth brother, he brought so many people, why didn't Li Mu bring more people?" Later, Chen Yu said at first glance.
Chen Yu didn't bring many people, but Zhao Yi brought all the people he could, and the Song people and Dayan people crowded the open space in front of the council hall.
Xiao Yu glanced at Chen Yu with a smile, "Ding Zhiqiu is bluffing, the more fierce the trouble, the more weak he is." β
Xiao Yu looked at Ding Zhiqiu from afar, Xiao Yu smiled lightly, and Ding Zhiqiu stiffened his face and sneered.
There were a lot of people coming, everyone gathered in front of the meeting, Qiu Da asked people to clear out a field in front of the village, everyone formed a circle, Qiu Da raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, cleared his throat and opened his voice, "The owner of the village is not here, the affairs in the village are according to the convention or we all discuss according to the rulesββ"
Just when he said this, someone behind Ding Zhiqiu snorted heavily and sneered. I don't know who in the crowd said loudly: "The rules set by the owner of the village over the years are in vain, who is still talking about the rules!" Dare to ask Qiu Da, what are the three most important rules of our Qingfeng Village? β
Qiu Da paused awkwardly before saying, "Don't kill each other, don't burn and loot, and don't take refuge in the imperial court." β
Belch? That sounds like a pretty good rule. Jiang Li thought so, and someone snorted, "That's a nice word!" β
"But Naqi had an accident in Qingfeng Village, and he hasn't come back for two days, why hasn't anyone given us an explanation in Beizhai!"
"That's right! Some time ago, it was said that someone wanted to take refuge in the Great Song Dynasty, why didn't Mr. Qiu Da come forward to investigate thoroughly-"
Xiao Yu stared at Ding Zhiqiu and sneered faintly, "They are talking nonsense like this, you don't care?" β
"How? What they say is true. Ding Zhiqiu is wearing a black robe today, with a jewel crown and tied hair, thin lips pursed into a line, and his deep-eyed and high-nosed face is cold, faintly revealing arrogance and uninhibitedness. It's not at all half of the usual gentle and elegant air.γ
As soon as Ding Zhiqiu's words came out, someone behind him immediately spoke on his behalf: "But Naqi hasn't come back for two days, can you say that he didn't have an accident in the village?" If he had an accident in the village, didn't someone in the village kill each other? As for saying that some people took refuge in the Song court,"
The man sneered, and his chin turned to Jiang Li beside Xiao Yu, "Many people in our village know this Jiang girl, she is a celebrity in Qingzhou, and she donated 100,000 taels of silver to Qingzhou Mansion to repair the city defense, and she is the daughter of Jiang Zongjin, the former Qingzhou general judge, the fifth hall master is inseparable from her, Qingfeng Village trains every day, dare to ask the fifth hall master, isn't she a spy sent by Qingzhou Mansion to win over you?" β
Xiao Yu glanced at Yun Tong with a cold face, and Yun Tong came out to clear his throat, "I can explain all this." But Naqi didn't reply to him, let him come out and explain it later. β
Yun Tong pointed at Jiang Li and said, "As for this Jiang girl, she is not a fine worker. Her master's newly accepted apprentice. You all know that there is a gold mine in our cottage, but some of you may not know that the gold mine was discovered by the owner of the village. The owner of the village was able to discover this gold mine because he had a tapestry map in his hand, which contained enough mineral deposits to support our Qingfeng Village for many years. But this picture is broken, and only Miss Jiang can fix it, so we specially invited her to come up the mountain. Now the diagram has been fixed and handed over to us. Miss Jiang is our benefactor of Qingfeng Village. β
Hearing Yun Tong say this, Jiang Li naturally couldn't be a spy. The crowd fell silent.
The matter of the brocade map is only said in private, and now Yun Tong said it himself on this occasion, which can't help but make people excited and uneasy, Yun Tong shouldn't be so open-mouthed. Ding Zhiqiu frowned.
Yun Tong said again: "As for saying that some people kill each other, there is such a thing. But there's something else to it. I also ask Qiu Da to tell you what happened. β
Although Qiu Da lacked prestige, he had never taken sides over the years, and what he said at this time was more convincing.
So Qiu Da, in front of a large number of Song and Dayan people, told the story of how the black-clothed man lost the brocade map in Guanyin Mountain, and then set fire to the building in Yulin Peak, only skipped the suspicion of Ding Zhiqiu and went to Beizhai to try.
"Therefore, the first to stir up trouble was Ke Naqi, he led people to win the gold first, and even set fire to the small building, and he was the one who violated the rule of cannibalism." Qiu Da concluded, "Since he broke the rules first, we can only deal with him according to the rules in the village." β
If you violate the rules of the village, especially the first three, you will either be executed or sent to mining, even if you are the hall master.
Of course, the rules are made by people, and as long as someone thinks they have the strength to break the rules, these rules will not become rules. Ding and Qiu understand this truth, but he can't and doesn't have that strength now. Ding Zhiqiu had to grit his teeth secretly.
But Yun Tong's next words pointed at him-