Chapter 66: Raiding the House
The market was agitated in the noise. Two teams of men and horses galloped down the street, and at the head of the team was Shang Wei.
Hundreds of sergeants armed with swords and guns were divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, and surrounded the Qiu Mansion. The other group of men and horses were all tall men with swords, with black crowns and black clothes lined up on both sides of Shang Wei. These captains of the Black Feather Mansion are all his henchmen, and of course the matter of entering the mansion to be confiscated in the end cannot be handed over to others.
"A few of you, go into the mansion and drive everyone inside to the courtyard for me, and I will interrogate them one by one." Shang Wei turned his head to the captain next to him and said, then turned to the other side and continued: "The rest will be confiscated by me, and I can't let go of anything suspicious." and Qiu Sheng's wife and daughter should be treated well and not neglected. ”
Everyone answered "yes" in unison. This feeling is really wonderful, the order is forbidden, the word is obeyed, Shang Wei before coming to the Wuyu Mansion, no matter how high the ability is, it is the master of the palace, although there are also some small people in the mansion who listen to the command, but it is not as majestic as now. The captains in Wuyu Mansion are also good men in the top **, and they have an inexplicable sense of superiority in their hearts.
Breaking into the door is naturally unnecessary, but the Qiu Mansion is still noisy.
Qiu Sheng's wife, Yan, was a careful person, and the sudden noise made her feel that something might be going on in the court.
"Mother? Why is it so noisy outside? Qiu Sheng's daughter was working as a female celebrity in the room with her mother Yan, and was disturbed by the noise outside the courtyard. Yan sent an envoy girl to go out to have a look, but he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly picked up his daughter and ran to Qiu Sheng's study, still holding the female red in his hand.
"What's wrong with my mother, Mei'er can't run." Although Qiu Sheng is a military general, he is really born in a scholarly family, and the requirements for his daughter are to read and write, and the needlework is popular, and her daughter Qiu Mei is only thirteen or fourteen years old at this time.
Yan didn't care about her daughter's complaints, and still dragged her into Qiu Sheng's study.
On weekdays, Qiu Sheng's study is closed, and when friends visit, they also drink tea and talk in the house, Qiu Mei has never been in since she was a child. When I went in at this moment, I was a little curious for a while. Four books and five classics, antique calligraphy and painting, it doesn't look like the study of a military general. After entering the house, Yan went to the ancient books of the past dynasties that Qiu Sheng often read, and rummaged for something. Removing a stack of dusty books, a groove appeared on the bookshelf made of pear blossom wood, and Yan picked up the baffle of the groove, and inside it turned out to be a dark grid, and a cowhide cover of "Sun Wubing's Book" was placed inside. Yan hurriedly took out the book, turned around and pulled his daughter out of the study. As soon as she went out, she saw two captains of the Black Feather Mansion escorting the girl she had sent to the previous room, it seemed that these people wanted to arrest her, and the feet that stepped out retracted and temporarily sheltered in the study.
Qiu Mei gradually felt as if something big had happened at home, and her mother looked flustered and hid when she saw someone. After she helped her mother close the door of the study, she couldn't help but ask, "Mother, are these people outside coming for Daddy?" ”
Yan did not answer his daughter's question. She knew that her husband, as a protector general, had once been very close to the regent, and later Qiu Sheng and the regent gradually became disliked. Regardless of whether the people outside were sent by the regent or not, nothing good would come of it for the Qiu Mansion.
There are more and more people outside, and they are looking room by room, and they will soon find this study. Yan knew that this disaster could not be avoided, and while the people outside had not discovered them, she had to explain some things to Qiu Mei.
"Mei'er, now my mother can't hide anything from you anymore, today the enemy is in a catastrophe, you have to escape, you have to find an opportunity to meet the emperor, wash away the grievances of your father, and avenge the revenge of the enemy's house."
"Mother, what's wrong with Daddy, who are these people? Why are they coming to arrest people. Qiu Mei was already in tears at this time, she tried her best to know why Yiqiē was all about, but she didn't know, and Yan couldn't tell her more. Yan watched as her tear-stained daughter hugged her tightly in her arms, which was probably the last trace of warmth she could give. But this warmth was so short-lived, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and the person had already arrived outside the study, and suddenly, only another shout was heard, "What person, stop!" "The people outside the door went to chase someone again.
"Mei'er, let's go." Yan took his daughter's hand and opened the door a crack, and there was no one outside, so he took this opportunity to escape from the study and went along the verandah towards the back door.
After a few short steps, the two mothers and daughters seemed to have walked for a long time. The back door was in front of me, but there was a sound of footsteps behind him, followed by shouting: "Hurry up, people are here, don't let them run." "The lieutenants who were searching the courtyard were all called, and they were running towards this side with steel knives in their hands.
A pair of big hands stretched out from behind the two of them at some point, and they suddenly blocked the mouths of Yan and Qiu Mei, and dragged them into the firewood room to hide. The lieutenants who came in a hurry did not find anyone, but they just ran away again, and continued to look around. Yan's mother and daughter were forcibly pulled into the firewood room, and they were immediately frightened, and they didn't know who the people behind them were, but they struggled even harder, and they were about to break free when they saw it. Thinking that there was no way, this man knocked them unconscious to the ground with one elbow at a time.
This man found two sacks, put the Yan mother and daughter into them, tied them with ropes, and walked out as if nothing had happened. This person is none other than the lieutenant who was ordered by the province to find the little servant, and it seems that this action is also a task assigned by the province.
"Master Li, why are you doing at this back door?" As soon as he opened the door from the back door and went out, a sergeant trapped on the outskirts of Qiu Mansion stepped forward and asked, this Li Ye he knew was also the little leader of Wuyu Mansion on weekdays, and his full name was Li Sanhu.
"Niu Zhuang! Go find a carriage for Master Li. As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver and threw it over. Niu Zhuang was too busy to catch it, and was so happy that without saying a word, he handed over the spear in his hand to a brother beside him and went to the street to look for a carriage.
The carriage came. Li Sanhu didn't let Niu Zhuang and the others take a hand, and moved out the two sacks containing Yan's mother and daughter from the firewood room alone. After that, he took out a larger ingot of silver from his bosom and handed it to Niu Zhuang, "Tell me to bring some things that the lord wants, and you will not see them." The brothers took the ingot of silver to buy wine and drink, so as to relieve the fatigue of the day. Niu Zhuang and the others were full of smiles, and of course they wouldn't talk too much if they had silver. It is common to bring something with you when raiding the house, and besides, it is still a person from Wuyu Mansion, and the sergeants are also willing to spare their lives and are willing to open their eyes blind.