Section 20 Buying Homicide (title is harmonized)

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Li Harrier, who can be called a bag inquiry, is actually only half right, Liu Tong did go out of the house with Chen San to eat and drink, but this time their destination was not the mixed East Market, but a well-known garden in the east of the city. At first glance, this garden is no different from an ordinary Han-style courtyard, with a slightly square pattern, a gatehouse in front and a three-storey main house in the back. It is said that the owner of this courtyard was a traveling merchant, and because his wife was jealous, he placed a family prostitute here to entertain guests. However, the people around knew that it was a half-hidden door.

Half-closed doors are a type of illicit prostitution that is somewhere between a secret prostitute and a domestic prostitute. Qi State is now prohibiting prostitution, and if secret prostitutes are caught, they will be directly sent to a nursing home to serve as a handyman for washing and sewing. On the other hand, according to the customs of the Han Dynasty, the vast number of bureaucrats, nobles, and wealthy families could keep "domestic prostitutes" behind closed doors for sexual pleasure. As a result, there are some clever people who want to make quick money by taking refuge in the door of rich businessmen as slaves and maids, and engage in private prostitution in the name of "domestic prostitutes".

Of course, this kind of side-kick thing should not be publicized after all, and the relevant gardens are often hidden in the alleys, and the guests must be introduced by acquaintances. Even the girl in the garden picks up guests, and you have to worship heaven and earth with the guests before you can enter the cave room, which is called a one-night husband and wife. It is no wonder that such a secretive style is nicknamed "semi-concealed door" among the people.

Liu Tong would also go to the East Market on weekdays to find Widow Qiu, who sold bean curd, to make a fire, but such a private prostitute garden with such a background was absolutely unfortunate with his meager salary. However, Chen San patted his chest before and said that there would be a noble treat today. Liu Tong naturally straightened his waist and came here to sell the gold cave.

At this moment, I saw Chen Santong's bodyguard downstairs whispering a few words, and after a while, a priest nodded and stepped forward to invite Liu Tong into the garden. It was noon, and there were not many guests in the garden. Only the sound of silk and bamboo faintly floated on the pavilion, like fairy music hooking Liu Tong and Chen San involuntarily followed the sound upstairs.

When the two of them were led to a room on the third floor, they saw a female musician playing the piano and flute waiting for a purple-faced and red-shirted man to drink and drink. When the man saw Liu Tong and Chen San enter the Deqi room, he immediately got up with a smile on his face and greeted him, "This strong man is Team Liu?" ”

Liu Tong has been in the army for many years, and he has seen a little bit of the market, but he saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, and he clasped his fists and saluted, "This is Liu Tong." I don't know what Lang Jun is called? ”

"In the lower Song Dynasty, the people of Zhongshan can get the team to go to the banquet today. It's an honor. After speaking, the man who claimed to be Song Geng clapped his palms, and even two women with heavy makeup and bright makeup rushed in with wine and meat.

"Lang Jun is polite." Liu Tongluo generously arched his hand towards the other party, and then sat cross-legged with Chen San, who had two shining eyes, to the guest seat. Let the two gorgeous women serve to eat and drink.

"Haha. Team Liu is a real warrior. Song Geng returned to his seat, picked up the wine cup and toasted to Liu Tong, "Song is here to toast the team." ”

How do you know that Liu Tong only cared about eating and drinking, and just raised the wine cup as a response, and did not talk nonsense with Song Geng at all. Although Chen San on the side felt a little embarrassed, he knew that Liu Tong was short-tempered, so he had to pretend not to see it at this time, and instead made eye contact with the wine girl next to him.

Fortunately, Song Geng himself didn't care at all. You have to drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl with Liu Tong. After the wine had passed three rounds and the dishes had passed the five flavors, Song Geng secretly glanced at Chen San. The latter immediately pretended to be drunk and said, "The wine in this garden is so strong, yo, I am dizzy." ”

"Green Lotus, help Chen Lang go down to rest." Song Geng took advantage of the situation and instructed.

"Whoa." The escort girl named Green Lotus helped Chen San to leave the table, but Liu Tong continued to nibble on the lamb chops in his hand without raising his head. It wasn't until he had eaten two jars of wine and a pot of mutton that he was satisfied with a burp and said, "Good wine, good meat!" But I don't know why Lang Jun invited Yu here today? ”

Song Gengjian raised his eyebrows, and raised his hand to signal the servants and prostitutes to retreat. After only he and Liu Tong were left in the house, Song Geng said bluntly, "I heard that the team was serving under General Taishi Ziyi, not only making a good gun in one hand, but also being able to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and take people's heads in the chaotic army. ”

As Song Geng said, Liu Tong did work as an errand under Tai Shici, but because of his misconduct and poor character, he was still only a team leader after many years. Or from another point of view, if it weren't for Liu Tong's skills, he would not be able to continue to stay in the military government as a team leader. So at this moment, in the face of Song Geng's flattery, Liu Tong immediately waved his hand and said, "Liu is just a martial artist, so he should not be so praised." It doesn't hurt if Lang Jun has something to say. ”

"The team is really cheerful." Song Genggan laughed, then lowered his voice and stepped forward, "Don't hide it from the team, I want to use the team's skills." ”

Since Chen San had already hinted at it before he came, Liu Tong didn't talk nonsense with Song Geng, and directly raised his head and asked, "Kill whom?" ”

"Qiantong County Master Bookkeeper Wu Hai." Song Geng reported the assassination target word by word.

Although Liu Tong also expected that the other party would ask him to kill some tricky characters, the county master is also an official, and it is not easy to succeed. However, just as he lowered his head and pondered, Song Geng hurriedly handed over the two gold and five baht prepared in advance and said, "This is a deposit, and there will be a hundred times more money to thank you after the matter is completed." ”

Looking at the golden five baht in Song Geng's hand, Liu Tong's heart throbbed. It is said that Liu Tong is both a drinker and a gambler, and as long as he has the opportunity, he will go to the East Market to gamble twice. Chen San was the gambler he met at the table. It's a pity that Liu Tong has been unlucky recently, not only losing his meager salary, but also owing a large amount of gambling debts. In fact, if it weren't for that, Liu Tong would not have agreed to Chen San coming here for a banquet. At this moment, seeing that Song Geng was so generous, Liu Tong thought that after completing this vote, he could not only pay off his gambling debts, but also leave the army and go to other countries to become a free rich man. Anyway, even the Taishi Marshal has been transferred to the Assassin History, and the top is now busy supporting the students in the martial arts hall in the army. What's the point of an unpopular pawn like him staying in the army?

And just as Liu Tongxin was moving, Song Geng struck while the iron was hot and agitated, "The team doesn't need to worry too much. Wu Hai colluded with the bandits to sell salt and iron, and escaped into the bandit village after the incident. As far as Yu knows, the Qiantong Order has written to ask for help, and presumably the government will dispatch troops to fight against the Qiantong bandits in the near future. At that time, the team Zhengda took down the head of the fang in the name of suppressing bandits. ”

Since Wu Hai has been a bandit, why did he pay a huge amount of money to buy his life? Could it be that Wu Hai has a secret in his hand that cannot be obtained by the government? These questions only flashed through Liu Tong's mind, and they were not asked by him. Because in Liu Tong's opinion, he doesn't need to know the answers to these questions and doesn't want to know. How to find the master book named Wu Hai and get the money to get out smoothly after finishing is what he needs to worry about right now. Thinking of this, Liu Tong stuffed the golden five baht handed by Song Geng into his arms, and promised with a mouthful of words, "Lang Jun rest assured." This matter is wrapped up in Liu. ”

Song Geng got Liu Tong's promise, and immediately raised his glass with a smile and said, "I wish the team a victory!" ”

Liu Tong, who was pregnant with gold, also raised his glass in return with satisfaction. "Cheng Lang Jun Guiyan."

After a glass of water and wine, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly warmed up a lot, and I saw Song Geng squinting his eyes obscenely and smiling at Liu Tong, "There is a new Wu Ji in the park, and her skin is as white as snow." The waist is as thin as a willow. I wonder if the team is interested? ”

Liu Tong thought of the glamorous woman who was waiting beside him just now, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said with a dry smile, "I still hope that Lang Jun will be successful." ”

Song Geng laughed when he heard this, and then got up and walked out of the Qi room and whispered a few words to the Qi Si who was guarding outside. After a while, Na Rakji led a woman in red into the Qi room. Liu Tong saw that the woman's skin was as white as snow as Song Geng said, her eyebrows were curved like the moon, her lips were small like cherry blossoms, and her waist was thin like a willow, so he immediately rushed forward and hugged the beauty into his arms. Turning his head towards Song Geng, he grinned and said, "Thank you Lang Jun!" ”

Anyway. Liu Tong hugged Na Mei Jixing and hurriedly went straight to the cave room. Song Geng stood at the door and watched Liu Tong's back disappear at the end of the stairs, and the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc of smugness. But at this moment, a cold question suddenly came from behind him, "Are you sure that this guy will take money to do things?" ”

"Two gold and five baht are only one or two, and it is not worth Liu Tong to give up his position as the team." After Song Geng finished speaking, he turned around and smiled leisurely at the doubter behind him, "Master Gaowu doesn't need to worry too much. ”

That's right, the man standing behind Song Geng at this moment and questioning is none other than Gao Na, the current head of the Bohai Gao family. However, Gao Na was obviously not as optimistic as Song Geng about buying murder, so he shook his head with his eyebrows locked and said, "It's just to kill Wu Hai and leave it to the Gao family, why do you have to go near and far, and pretend to borrow the hands of others." ”

"The dock master's words are wrong." Song Geng waved his hand and said, "I paid a lot of money to hire Liu Tong, but I didn't want to involve the Gao family." ”

Hearing Song Geng's words saying that he didn't want to affect the Gao family, Gao Na's face was instantly cloudy as if he could wring out water. It turned out that Gao Na, Song Geng, and Wu Hai, who they bought to kill, were all members of the Jizhou smuggling network. Among them, Song Geng's real name is Zhen Geng, who is a subordinate of Zhen Yao, a wealthy man in Zhongshan, who specializes in taking care of the smuggling business in Jizhou for Zhen Yao. At the beginning, Gao Na also looked at the role of the Zhongshan Zhen family to take the lead, so he would rest assured that he would participate in smuggling. In fact, in the past three years, the smuggling network has been operating very smoothly, and has brought huge profits to the Gao family, allowing Gao Na to recruit troops and build a team belonging to the Gao family in the troubled times. So much so that for a long time Goner did not believe that what they were doing was not illegal. After all, Zhen Yao's deeds of investing in the construction of Longkou Port have already spread throughout the Central Plains, and the relationship between the Zhen family and the Qi lord may have already obtained the acquiescence of the Qi lord, or some kind of secret agreement.

However, as Wu Hai, the chief secretary of Qiantong County, actually guarded the self-thieves and colluded with the pirate Dong Yue to rob the smuggling caravan, provoking the Qiantong County Commander to urgently summon government soldiers to suppress the bandits, and the entire smuggling network suddenly fell into a dangerous situation that was about to be exposed. And Zhen Geng, who represents the Zhen family, came up with a countermeasure that turned out to be to kill people and kill people. It was only then that Gorner realized that his previous speculations were nothing more than wishful thinking on his part. Zhen Yao didn't get the approval of the Qi Lord at all, let alone the secret agreement. Smuggling is smuggling, and once it is exposed, the Zhen family will not be able to eat and walk around. Not to mention that the Qi lord has the intention to rectify the dock wall, once the Gao family's involvement in smuggling is caught by the government, the official army will definitely take the opportunity to crusade against the Gao family.

Thinking that the Gao family would be burned if they couldn't pass this level, Gao Na was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot and said, "Liu Tong is from the official army after all, if he reports this matter to the government, how can he be born!" ”

Zhen Geng knew very well what Gao Na was worried about. In fact, the reason why he recruited Gao Na and other local tycoons in Jizhou to participate in smuggling was to force these tycoons into a desperate situation, so as to ignite the beacon fire in Jizhou at a critical moment. Of course, as Cao Wei's meticulous work, Zhen Geng is also shouldering a more important task at the moment, that is, to take advantage of the rebellion of a thousand children to blame Tai Shici.

Everyone in the world knows that Tai Shi Ci is the number one founding minister under Cai Ji. If it weren't for Tai Shici helping Cai Ji repel Cao Jun in Huangxian County, Cai Qi would not have the scenery he has today. Not to mention that Tai Shici also blocked Lu Bu in the south for Cai Ji and Yuan Shao in the north. But who would have thought that with Cai Ji being crowned Duke of Qi and establishing the State of Qi, Tai Shici, who was respected as his elder brother in the past, was deprived of military power and transferred to the assassin history. This matter is that Tai Shici himself doesn't care about fame and fortune, and his staff, his old department will not give up. Therefore, Cao Wei Junchen has reason to believe that there has been a rift between Taishi Cibu and Cai Ji. Even if there is no crack, he Song Geng will smash a hole.

Of course, although Tai Shici no longer directly commands the army, most of the generals and colonels of the military governments in Jizhou are his old departments. Zhen Geng only needs to pull one or two sergeants like Liu Tong into the water to climb Tai Shici. Not to mention that the smuggling network in Jizhou was originally built under Tai Shici's nose, and once the incident happened, he would not be able to get rid of it.

So in order to temporarily stabilize Gao Na, Zhen Geng immediately strode forward and patted the other party's shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry about the master of Gaowu. The person who set up the banquet was Song Geng, and the person who bought the murderer was also Song Geng, Liu Tong was the denunciator, and he also denounced Song Geng, and he categorically couldn't climb the Gao family. ”

After listening to what Zhen Geng said, Gao Na couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm down. Indeed, from contacting Liu Tong to the private prostitute garden at his feet, it was all from Zhen Geng's hands. Even if the incident happened, the first person to be investigated was the Zhongshan Zhen family. Even in order to protect his own father-in-law, this man in front of him is very likely to bear all the blame for the crime. In this way, it seems that the matter of buying a murderer really does not affect the Gao family. Gao Na even faintly regretted that he had come here to find Zhen Geng today. It's a pity that Gao Na and Zhen Geng knew at this time that the roster with the names of the two of them seemed to have been placed on the desk of Jizhou Assassin Tai Shi Ci at this moment. (To be continued......)