Chapter 069: Infernal Affairs
"What the hell is going on? Tell me more about it! β
After a short gaffe, Gu Jialuo quickly calmed down, she let out a long breath and asked word by word. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In an inconspicuous house in Xin'an County, under the porch of the main hall of the main courtyard, a man in tattered clothes is prostrate on the ground.
Hearing Gu Jialuo's question, he raised his head, but he didn't dare to look around, let alone peek at the hostess sitting behind the screen in the room.
"So that the eldest grandmother knows that the uncle followed the king of Annan with all the adults that day, oh no, he followed Xiao Yi to the new mine on the outskirts of the city......"
The man sorted out the wording, and said with a slight choked up: "It was fine at first, who expected, who expected-"
Gu Jialuo was anxious, where did he have the patience to listen to these fragments, and interrupted unceremoniously: "Talk about the point!" β
The man choked for a moment and muttered to himself, just now it was obvious that you wanted me to say it 'carefully', but I said it carefully, and you are too long-winded, it is really difficult to serve.
With a groove in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, the man hurriedly said: "Xiao Shun wants to rebel, and his subordinates force Uncle Lee and all the adults to rebel, and the uncle refuses strictly, and reprimands Xiao Shun is 'a chaotic minister and thief, everyone gets and is punished', Xiao Shun is angry and ashamed, and wants to murder the uncle, and he also vainly uses the uncle's head to sacrifice the flag......"
The man recounted the events of that day very succinctly, and just when Gu Jialuo felt impatient again, he happened to talk about the follow-up: "The uncle used the 'porcelain thunder' to blow up Xiao Rei's camp in chaos, and took the opportunity to lead a few guards to rush out of the mine, however, Xiao Rei was well prepared and had already quietly ordered people to surround the mine. The uncle lent most of the people to a few adults such as the political envoy Meng Bu, and there were only no more than ten people around him. β
Speaking of this, the muscles of the man's face shook violently a few times, and it was obvious that what he was going to say next was something he was extremely reluctant to recall.
But he still endured the residual fear in his heart, and said slowly, "We broke through from the mountain road, but unfortunately we encountered the patrolling royal rebels, a whole team of hundreds of peopleββ"
He couldn't go on with the rest of the words, but everyone could guess the unfinished meaning.
10 people VS 100 people:
On one side is the exhausted army on the run, who is unfamiliar with life and does not have too many weapons in hand;
On the other side is the long-awaited ambush, occupying all the favorable conditions such as the right time, place and people, and all kinds of weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, etc.
The two sides are facing each other, even if the members of the former's team are all fearless and have excellent martial arts, it is difficult to achieve victory under various unfavorable conditions.
In fact, it is extremely difficult to say that it is victorious, and even if it is barely able to escape from the enemy.
The blood on Gu Jialuo's face faded instantly, a pair of bright Danfeng eyes were full of worry and fear, his hands couldn't help but grasp the placket, and he said urgently: "How is the uncle?" Are you hurt? β
The man twitched his nose, with a thick nasal voice, and said sadly: "Uncle led the brothers to fight to the death, but there were too many rebels in Xiao Wei, and there were more reinforcements not far away, after a bloody battle, we were forced to leave the bodies of six brothers, and only three people escaped with the uncle." β
Gu Jialuo breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding the placket of his clothes was also put down.
However, before the man's words were finished, he quickly gave a 'but', "But even with the desperate protection of his brothers, the uncle was still injured-"
Gu Jialuo's heartbeat almost stopped, and she asked eagerly, "What?" Uncle is injured? Where did heβwhere did he hurt? Is it heavy or not? Are there any dangers? β
She couldn't wait to find Qi Jinzhi right now and make sure he was safe with her own eyes.
The man swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said sneeringly: "The uncle was slashed in the shoulder, and the injury is not very serious." β
Gu Jialuo felt that he was able to breathe normally again.
However, the man threw out a 'but' again, "But, but the knife was quenched with poison, and the uncle was almost unconscious, and it was precisely because of this that the little one had to leave the uncle and quietly sneak into the city to seek medical advice." β
Gu Jialuo's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted.
Qi Jinzhi's disappearance was enough to make her suspenseful, and now that she heard that he was poisoned, Gu Jialuo only wished that she would come slowly, if she had arrived earlier, would Qi Jinzhi have been able to avoid this catastrophe?
As for whether Qi Jinzhi would die of poisoning, Gu Jialuo refused to think about it.
The man was still talking, "Xiao Haoyi found some pills interpreted by the Annan people, and when he followed the way he came, he found that the uncle and the other two brothers were gone. The little one was worried, and hurriedly searched around, but he never found any trace of the uncle. When the little one was worried, he met these brothers, and I heard them say that you are here, grandma~~"
The man paused, raised his head, regardless of whether he exceeded the norm or not, looked straight at the figure behind the screen, and said urgently: "Grandma, please hurry up and find the uncle, the poison on the uncle's body can't be delayed." β
After speaking, the man kowtowed, and after a few clicks, a puddle of dark red liquid had appeared on the bluestone floor.
"Okay, what are you doing that? I want to find Uncle more than you. Gu Jialuo suddenly remembered something, "By the way, let me ask you, who are the two brothers beside the uncle?" β
There shouldn't be that spy, right? Gu Jialuo felt inexplicably uneasy in his heart, and always felt that something was wrong.
The man replied truthfully: "Qi Dayong and Feng Sihu." β
"Seal, seal the four tigers?"
Gu Jialuo's eyebrows raised a big bump, what is going on, Qi Jinzhi obviously received her warning, why did he still keep that spy by his side?
Even if he deliberately left people by his side in order to avoid 'startling the snake', he should have taken advantage of the chaos to 'finish' them.
Qi Jinzhi deliberately kept the person, and he kept it until the last moment, wasn't he afraid that the person would take the opportunity to bite him?
Perhaps, Qi Jinzhi's disappearance happened to be related to Feng Sihu.
Thinking of this, Gu Jialuo asked carefully: "Zheng Biao, when you left, where was the uncle?" Do you remember? Also, how long have you been away in total? What anomalies can I find nearby? β
The man, that is, Zheng Biao in Gu Jialuo's mouth, hurriedly said one by one: "In a dense forest on the northeast side of the mine, there are only a few hidden mountain roads, and all the small ones are remembered. From the time the small one went down the mountain to the time he went back, it took a total of one night and one morning. As for the surroundingsβ"
Zheng Biao thought for a while, and then shook his head: "I didn't find anything abnormal." Xiao Rebellious's rebels were chasing down the officials and their families, and they also had to control several official roads, and only the more than 100 people remained on the side of the mine. But the mine is surrounded by mountains, and even if the hundred people scatter them all, they can't control all the mountains and forests, so they can only search one by one, and they have already searched the dense forest where the uncle stayed before he disappeared, and they should not turn around and search again. β
Every time Zheng Biao said a word, Gu Jialuo would ponder it carefully, and then couldn't help but nod his head in agreement.
After Zheng Biao finished speaking, Gu Jialuo said slowly: "Zheng Biao, you did a good job. I'm here this time to welcome the uncle back, so I see that you are tired, so you can rest for a while, and then lead us to find the uncle. β
Zheng Biao straightened his waist and said loudly: "The little ones are not tired, let alone rest." The little one will lead the grandmother and everyone to find the uncle. β
Gu Jialuo is not a cold-blooded and ruthless master, and he is already anxious in his heart, but he still doesn't want to squeeze a loyal servant too much.
After hesitating for a moment, he said with a little worry: "But your body, I see that you still have injuries on your body." β
Zheng Biao beat his chest, saying that he was very strong, and said even more arrogantly: "Don't worry, grandma, this injury on the little one's body is not in the way." Saving people is like fighting fire, uncle's injury can't be delayed, grandma, let's hurry up! β
Everyone said so, if Gu Jialuo persuaded again, it would be hypocritical.
"Okay, it deserves to be the 'Iron Guard' from the Qi Family."
Gu Jialuo praised it from the bottom of his heart, and then called Xiao Shisan, "Mr. Xiao, are you ready?" I'm going to look for Uncle myself. β
After getting along for the past few days, Xiao Shisan also understood Gu Jialuo's temperament, and knew that this aunt was a person with ideas, and she was also the most stubborn.
In the face of such a person, persuasion is simply a waste of saliva, rather than this, it is better to lie flat directly and save effort.
"Ready to go!"
Xiao 13 replied crisply.
Gu Jialuo nodded with satisfaction, but she still remembered that the other party was not the slave of the Qi family (or the Gu family), and thanked politely: "This time I have to bother Mr. Xiao again, when I rescue my uncle, we will definitely reward Mr. Xiao and all the brothers." β
Xiao Shisan tugged at the corners of his mouth, saying 'polite', but said in his heart: Auntie, don't always make so many moths, even if you help us a lot, thank you or something, it's better to be free!
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Xiao Shisan's work efficiency is really amazing, and as he speaks, people, weapons, medicines, and various emergency supplies are ready.
Gu Jialuo changed into men's clothes, secretly wrapped her whip around her waist, prepared some emergency things, and then left the house in a hurry.
Stepping on the horse, led by Zheng Biao, he led twenty or thirty sturdy men all the way to the outside of the city.
Fortunately, Xin'an has already entered a wartime state, and the streets and alleys are full of heavily armed and murderous private soldiers, otherwise in peacetime, Gu Jialuo and his party will definitely attract the attention of others.
When they reached the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city did not even stop them, and let them go.
It's just that when passing by those bloody heads, Gu Jialuo subconsciously avoided his gaze.
She didn't know that the prefect Yu had been sorry for Qi Jinzhi, and even if she knew, Gu Jialuo wouldn't care about those small frictions.
Now that everyone is dead, and their heads are cut off and hung at the gate of the city for public display, Gu Jialuo can only feel sympathy and sadness when he sees it.
After all, Yu Governor is a court official, in the face of the rebellion of the Annan Palace, he did not choose to submit, even if there were some small problems in his life, but the flaws are not concealed, his essence is still a loyal minister, worthy of respect!
Successfully out of the city, Zheng Biao identified the next direction, and led everyone to take the path to the undulating mountains.
The fast horse galloped for an hour, and just when Gu Jialuo was so bumpy that the whole person was a little dizzy, Zheng Biao finally 'shouted', tightened the reins, and slowly stopped.
"Grandma, it's the low mountain ahead."
The horsewhip in Zheng Biao's hand pointed to a mountain not far away, and said: "There are a total of five roads up the mountain, you see if we will act separately or go up the mountain together." It's just that it's getting late now, and if you look for the five roads one by one, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish the search when it's dark. β
He is still quite skillful in speaking, although he is given two choices, but listening to his words, most people will tend to the former.
Gu Jialuo looked up at the sky, pondered for a moment, and then made a decision: "Thirty people are divided into five teams and go up the mountain to search. Zheng Biao, you and I are a team to search along the path you took when you went down the mountain. β
Xiao Shisan objected first, "Grandma Gu, this manpower is too scattered, there are only six people in a single team, and it is not easy to deal with any situation in case of encounter." Especially you, there are too few people around you, it's too dangerous. β
Gu Jialuo wanted to find Qi Jinzhi as soon as possible, but he didn't listen to Xiao Shisan's words at all, and insisted: "I don't need anyone to protect me, five people are enough." Mr. Xiao, let's do as I say, this can be faster, the mountain is not big on the left and right, everyone has a signal in their hands, once they encounter a rebel, they can send a signal as soon as possible. β
Xiao Shisan opened his mouth, but in the end, he was defeated by Gu Jialuo's resolute gaze, "Okay, please be careful with Grandma Gu." β
After that, Xiao 13 began to distribute people, assigned the best people to Gu Jialuo, and then led a team himself, chose a mountain road closest to Gu Jialuo, and went up the mountain with everyone.
Zheng Biao led the way, Gu Jialuo held his hand on his waist, and followed Zheng Biao closely while looking around vigilantly.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Gu Jialuo and the others had entered the dense forest, surrounded by lush trees, and the wild grass on the ground was so dense that it almost flooded the path.
Zheng Biao held a bamboo pole in his hand, pulling the grass on the ground from time to time, and sounded a birdsong with the common code of the Qi family army in his mouth.
Gu Jialuo also heard some things about the Qi family army from Qi Jinzhi, and he also had a little understanding of the common codes in the army.
She listened with her ears pricked up, listened several times, and finally understood what Zheng Biao meant: Uncle, where are you? Big grandma is looking for you!
Gu Jialuo's heart moved, lowered his voice, and shouted softly: "Uncle, uncle, the concubine has come to you?" Where the hell are you? Uncleβ"
Zheng Biao in front listened to Gu Jialuo's words, and a smile appeared on his lips, hey, this stupid woman is really 'cooperative', with her, he doesn't believe that Qi Jinzhi can bear it.
Sure enough, Gu Jialuo shouted this three or four times, and there was a rustling sound from a large mountain rock more than a dozen steps ahead.
Gu Jialuo was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to speed up his pace and rush forward.
I didn't want Zheng Biao to step forward, almost leaping to the side of the rock, shouting: "Uncle, is it you?" β
Qi Jinzhi poked out half of his head with difficulty, and when he saw that there was indeed Gu Jialuo among the people, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly waved his hand at her, and made a few exaggerated mouth shapes with his mouth: Ah Luo, danger, run! (To be continued.) )