Chapter 54: Officials and Bandits
Outside Wuyi Alley, a faint crescent moon reflected the bluestone of the crow. There www.biquge.info no one in the silent alley, but the moonlight that occasionally peeks out of the clouds imprints the shadows of night walkers on the walls on both sides.
The shadow gradually approached the log cabin on the left side of the alley. With a wave of his hand, the man in the shadows floated up to the roof like a bat.
There are lights in the courtyard, and the dimly lit courtyard used to be a brightly lit restaurant. The shadows lay on the roof and did not move, because they did not want to alarm the hidden stakes hiding in the courtyard. Lurking, just waiting for the right moment.
"You saw the Nanchen people go in with your own eyes?" The voice was cold, but it looked young, revealing Fan Sicheng's heroic face. Tonight, Fan Sicheng, like more than 20 of his subordinates, was in a gray tight-fitting night coat with a sword at his waist.
"Yes. The people who were guarding the inn had been following here. Moreover, there are often suspicious people in Wuyi Lane, most of whom are from the rivers and lakes, and the origins of these people are not simple. One of the shadows replied.
Fan Sicheng waved his hand, and the shadows scattered far away, and only a tall figure lay motionless beside him.
As soon as the figure on the roof moved, a deep voice sounded in the courtyard: "Who? Then there was a choking of the sword unsheathed.
As soon as the people outside the courtyard moved, the people at the tables in the wine house, who had begun to sit calmly, heard the wind and moved, and they all got up and stood up, and all of them grabbed the weapons in their hands without exception.
Jiang Li's hearing was not as sensitive as these people, and he stopped in the air with his hand holding his cup, not knowing what was going on. I saw Xiao Xiang get up in panic, with a soft sword in her hand, waiting for a few tables of people in the room. None of the people in the house gave them a second glance, and rushed into the front yard in the dark night.
In an instant, the sound of swords clashing sounded in the front yard. At this time, the shopkeeper who went up to deliver the message happened to come downstairs.
"What's going on?" The shopkeeper, who was still warm just now, looked like water, staring at Jiang Li's master and servant viciously.
Dumb ran in from outside, and grinned: "Boss Wu, a group of people came outside, looking like Yifu." β
The shopkeeper's boss Wu was stunned, "Didn't you come to Nanchen upstairs?" Turning around to rush upstairs, Xia Cheng had already led the two people down.
Jiang Li recognized at a glance that the person walking in front was the Nanchen people who had won the reputation of the first archer with Qin Yuanhua. Fat to such a size, Jiang Li wanted anyone who had seen him to know him. There is also a tall face.
Xia Cheng, who had only met once, had seen the green coat and hat on Yanziji for the first time, and took the initiative to greet Jiang Li: "Steward Jiang, are you going to come here to pay me for your wages?" I seem to remember someone told you that we don't have to pay our wages. Is there anything else that Steward Jiang is looking for me? β
Jiang Li was just about to speak, but his words were intercepted by the black shopkeeper, "There is a group of people from the government outside, Brother Xia should hurry up and go, what is the matter with him!" β
Xia Cheng pointed his hand at Jiang Li: "You two will walk with us through the small door." β
Jiang Li couldn't tell the situation at this moment, and said calmly: "We really came to talk to Foreman Xia about building Zhuangzi, why did we commit the official government?" If Foreman Xia makes a mistake, he will go first, and we will go out through the front door. β
The same Tsing Yi hat, but Xia Cheng at this moment is not the only way to hide behind Xiao Wulang, as soon as he opened his mouth, his arrogant tone seemed to be enough for Xiao Wulang, "I advise Brother Jiang to learn from us to be weak-hearted." As you know, I, Xia Cheng and Xiao Wulang, are people in the same boat, and you also have a share in what we do, Brother Jiang; These two are Nanchen envoys, and now the whole city is saying that they have caught Nanchen's spies, and Nanchen envoys are strictly forbidden to go out. If we are bumped into by the government and we meet them, we will naturally be unlucky, and Brother Jiang will probably not be able to get out even if they are separated from us. β
Xia Cheng continued with confidence, "I know that there are some things that you can't understand, such as what happened when you sent Xiao Wulang all the way back to Qingzhou, and the purpose of leaving me to work in Meizhuang, don't you just want to ask if you follow me?" Why don't we talk while we walk? β
After listening to the latter sentence, Jiang Li sneered.
Xia Cheng turned around, and the shopkeeper watched them turn around the zigzag backyard to wipe the wall, and then got up and went to the lively front gardenΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
Under a tall plastering wall in the backyard, Xia Cheng groped on the smooth wall for a while, and the flat and seamless wall opened a hole downward, revealing a one-meter-square stone passage.
Xia Cheng took the lead and entered the passage, and everyone did not push and followed into the passage. The stone looks freshly laid, and the passage is not very long, and it will take half a moment to reach the exit. Xia Cheng opened his voice and said to Nan Chenren: "This passage was temporarily excavated after we robbed the Qin Mansion, and the time was in a hurry, so we only had time to temporarily store those dozens of boxes. Naturally, there were no boxes in the narrow passage, and Jiang Li vaguely knew where they had gone.
Jiang Li couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that Xia Cheng had told these two Nanchen people about robbing the Qin Mansion, "Aren't you bandits from Qingzhou?" Are you all from Nanchen? β
Xia Cheng looked at the two Nanchen people who didn't say a word all the way, and said lightly: "We are from the Great Song Dynasty, but Xiao Wulang is from Nanchen. This time, we went to the capital to take over a private job for Xiao Wulang, and it was our boss who helped Nan Chen this time for Xiao Wulang's face, so I also hope that you will remember Xiao Wulang's benefits. β
The tall Nan Chen Ren's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes flashed with hope, staring at Xia Cheng and asking, "Is Xiao Wulang a single name with the word 'Yu'?" β
Seeing that Xia Cheng responded, the tall guard cried with joy and muttered, "Is he really not dead?" Alas, if the third prince knew, I don't know if he should be happy or guilty? β
Saying that, he bowed to Xia Cheng with a heavy fist, and said solemnly: "Since Brother Xia was entrusted by our master to do things, we have all taken what we said to heart just now, and we should go back and persuade the third prince to let him return to Chen to prepare for war as soon as possible." β
Xia Cheng said indifferently: "Fifth brother said, you missed the best opportunity, and now you can't even think about leaving." Aren't you being framed now, saying that you were instructed to spy on the military intelligence of the Great Song Dynasty, and if this matter is not resolved, you will not be able to leave for a while. I have to wait for the fifth brother to return to Qingzhou to get evidence, and see if there is any hope of turning over. If you want money or people, just send me a letter. β
As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled the stones, revealing a large piece of sky in front of him, and when he came out, he saw that it was already the corner of another long street. There was a horse-drawn carriage parked on the side of the street. Xia Chengmu sent the two of them on the horse to say goodbye, and said to himself coldly, "Xiao Wulang has no last resort, but they have abandoned it again and again, and they deserve to have today." β
Turning his head back, he asked Jiang Li's master and servant to get into the car, "Brother Jiang, do you want to go to Meizhuang to have a look at this moment?" If you want to go, Xia Cheng is happy to accompany you there. β
Xiaoxiang still didn't know what Xia Cheng was doing, Jiang Li's heart was a little clear, but he still had some questions to ask. Xia Cheng got on the horse and drove all the way to Meizhuang, talking as he walked.
Xia Cheng said that Xiao Wu was also born in the royal family of Nanchen, his real name is Xiao Yu, and he was forced to live in the rivers and lakes twelve years ago in Nanchen. According to the original plan, they and his gang were going to transport dozens of boxes of belongings from the Qin Mansion back to Qingzhou, and they were going to leave with Jiang Li by the Yanziji River, and they really wanted to leave at that time. I didn't want Jiang Li to delay for a few days, in the past few days, Xiao Yu learned that Nan Chen sent three princes to the Great Song Dynasty to ask for reinforcements, and Xiao Ting still didn't listen to the word on the Qingzhou border, and insisted on coming to the capital.
So, Xiao Wulang temporarily decided to leave the goods in the capital. First, because these were the treasures of Da Yan from Nan Chen, the head of the cottage gave Xiao Wulang the convenience of independence; Second, Xiao Wulang also wanted to use these belongings to leave as evidence, as long as he found the letter written by Dayan to Qin Xiang of the Song Dynasty, these can corroborate each other. Even if no other physical evidence can be found, these treasures may be used to dredge up the relationship at a critical time, and finally decided not to take these belongings out of the capital. Just as Jiang Li was about to build a large number of buildings and farms, they moved fifty-five boxes of treasures into the basement of the granary dug in advance. Xia Cheng was in charge of supervising the construction in the cottage, so the civil engineering was easy for him.
"But what I don't understand is, why did I choose Meizhuang? Is it really that I am greedy for cheapness? Jiang Li was very depressed, thinking that he was still complacent at that time because he didn't get paid.
Xia Cheng smiled: "Why don't you understand, not only do we take a fancy to the seclusion of Meizhuang, but more importantly, you are the Jiang family, the family of Jiang Shizhen, the former Qingzhou imperial envoy." It is said that the current Qingzhou general judge Jiang Zongjin also has something to do with the people in Meizhuang, you said that the fifty-five boxes of treasures sent by Dayan to Beijing are buried in Meizhuang, if someone finds out, will the Jiang family's dozens or hundreds of people not be able to save their lives? If the Jiang family wants to defend themselves, they have to come up with their own evidence. And in the batch of smuggled goods seized by Mr. Jiang Shizhen in Qingzhou that year, there happened to be such a letter. A handwritten letter written by King Yan himself to the prime minister of the current dynasty. β
Jiang Li gritted her teeth, she died once and didn't want to die, let alone because of her own negligence, she would not allow a big family to die, such a death is not tolerated by God. She still wants to continue to be her rich daughter, but the premise is that there is still life.
So, after Gu Lu turned around, she accepted her fate. When I fell into the trap, I thought about how to solve it, "But you don't want to think about it, if my father really has evidence in his hands, why haven't he made a move until now?" What if we don't have this letter in our hands? β
"Wait! Whether the Jiang family believes it or not, they should take the initiative to exonerate themselves now. In order to get away with the crime, we should be more careful than we should look for evidence. The Qin Mansion has been secretly keeping an eye on the Jiang family, no matter whether you have evidence or not, sooner or later they will take action against the Jiang family, so you should have sided with us. β
After Xia Cheng finished speaking, Jiang Li didn't want to go to Meizhuang. She took his word for it.
Watching Xia Cheng get out of the car and walk away, Jiang Li was still thinking about his words, "Xiao Wulang went to Qingzhou because I heard that Jiang Zongjin had new evidence in his hands, and with this batch of goods here, he will definitely hand over the evidence to us to bring back." β