Chapter Ninety-Nine: Digging a Pit and Setting an Ambush (I)
The original intention of making wine was for Li Bai, but also for Gu Qing himself.
Lord Shixian drank too much, strictly speaking, he should be called "Wine Fairy", Gu Qing accompanied him for a few days and found that he was on the verge of drunkenness and death, and if he didn't get some powerful wine for Li Bai, he was afraid that his time was running out.
The effect of the newly brewed wine is good, and it is poured after pouring a small half catty at more than 30 degrees, Li Bai is refreshed, and Gu Qing is also refreshed.
An hour later, Li Bai woke up leisurely, covered his head and moaned in pain.
"What kind of wine does the virtuous brother make? It's so domineering. β
Gu Qing smiled and said, "Spirits, has Brother Taibai ever drunk it?" β
"I've never drunk such a strong wine, did you create it?"
"Yes, in order to let Brother Taibai drink heartily, Brother Yu thought about it day and night, and tried to make this wine."
Li Bai showed a touched expression: "The virtuous brother has done too much for Taibai, I don't know how to repay it, the foolish brother only knows that he is drunk and sleeps every day, and he has no long things......"
Gu Qing looked at the sword that Li Bai was wearing, and suddenly said, "How is Brother Taibai's swordsmanship?" β
Li Bai was stunned for a moment, and said: "Yu was a fifteen-year-old swordsman, he has traveled the world for many years, and he has accumulated some new experience in swordsmanship, and he has also killed a few thieves, and there is no enemy under the sword, so he should ...... Not bad, right? β
Remember in a second
Gu Qing sighed secretly, poetry immortals, wine immortals, sword immortals, in addition to being an official, what to do in this life, everything can be at the peak, such a person actually feels that he has failed in life, and he will never meet him after a long sigh all day long.
Is this the so-called "world of scholars"?
"If Brother Taibai wants to repay me, Brother Fool wants to ask you for a favor......
"Brother Xian, although he said, Taibai is duty-bound."
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Distilled liquor needs to be distilled over and over again, the more times it is distilled, the higher the degree of the liquor, in order to make Brother Taibai drink it refreshed, Gu Qing took the trouble to steam the liquor.
Since Li Bai drank a high degree of wine, Gu Qing really relaxed a lot, every time he accompanied him to drink, he stopped drinking, and then looked at Li Bai with a smile, and it didn't take long for his stamina to come up and crumble, and before he could raise his glass and invite Yue to come up with a beautiful poem, he fell to the ground with a bang, and he couldn't wake up.
Gu Qing was relaxed and inevitably felt guilty in his heart, always feeling that he had committed a crime against China's cultural heritage, and he didn't know how many good poems had been ruined by the high wine that came out in advance.
The steamed wine was steamed to about fifty degrees, and Gu Qing felt that it was enough for Li Bai to drink, and no matter how high it was, it would kill him. After leaving a sufficient amount for Li Bai, Gu Qing still continued to steam the wine, which he had other uses.
While steaming wine, Gu Qing also called more than a dozen villagers to come to his house to build a large number of buildings. Two large pits were dug in front of and behind the front door of their yard, the pits were as deep as a man's height, and the pits were still covered with mechanisms, this time no longer sharpened wooden branches, but sharp iron thorns.
Not only that, Gu Qing also asked someone to buy a lot of paper from Qingcheng County, and after the paper was shipped back, Gu Qing soaked them in tung oil one by one, and then fished them out to dry them to make pieces of oiled paper.
After Zhang Huaiyu's injury recuperated for a few days, he was slightly better, and he was fine when he got out of bed and walked around. Seeing Gu Qing busy working before and after, Zhang Huaiyu said curiously: "Preparing these is to deal with the enemy?" β
"No, I just don't think there's any nostalgia for living in this world, and I'm going to kill myself with this." Gu Qing didn't raise his head and said.
Zhang Huaiyu was stunned: "Really? β
"Fake, you ask nonsense, I have to answer your lies, and it is really comfortable to make everyone feel uncomfortable."
"You ......" Zhang Huaiyu gritted his teeth and wanted to beat him, but the injury was not healed yet, so he didn't dare to use force.
Too lazy to bother with him before the injury was healed, Zhang Huaiyu squatted down, curiously observed the sharp iron thorns covered in the big pit in the yard, reached out and tried its sharpness on the pointed end, turned his head to look at him and said, "Are you too naΓ―ve?" Can this kind of small mechanism be a master of calculation? β
"Not necessarily, but it's always right to be more prepared, one mechanism doesn't work, three, four, five, and one of them can eventually make them hit."
Zhang Huaiyu said helplessly: "You are trying your luck, it's useless." β
"I call it probability, you know? Victory is often reserved for those who are prepared, and with perfect preparation, the probability of my victory will increase infinitely, and those enemies may be strong in martial arts, but their brains may not be smart. β
Zhang Huaiyu wanted to argue, but found that Gu Qing was full of crooked reasoning, obviously feeling that everything was wrong, but he always couldn't find a reason to fight back.
So Zhang Huaiyu had no choice but to sigh and say, "That's it, you should prepare well." The enemy will be here in about two or three days, and my injuries should be healed by then, and if your preparations fail, I will take you out. β
Gu Qing snorted and said, "You take care of your injuries, you only eat two bowls of rice per meal these days, I'm worried, you have changed, you are no longer the Zhang Huaiyu who can eat three bowls of rice, what made you change?" Is it weight? Is it reserved? No, it's hurt......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Huaiyu got up and left.
She knew what the result of Gu Qing's chatting method of mixing a little arsenic with nonsense would be, and what could be the result besides breaking up unhappily?
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Two days later, on an unusually cold night.
The cold wind blew through the treetops, making a terrible whistling sound. Gu Qing stood on the mountainside of the back mountain wrapped in a piece of skin, quietly watching the dark village.
In the past two days, he has been reversed day and night, just waiting for the enemy to come to the door, not sure when they will come, so he can only get up at night and hide in the back mountain, and go home to sleep during the day.
Tonight is cold and windy, there is no moon and no stars, the weather is much worse than yesterday, Gu Qing feels that if he is a thief, choosing to raid the village tonight is the best choice.
Treat others with themselves, and presumably they won't let go of this good opportunity.
Feng Aweng tucked his hands into his sleeves, shrugged his shoulders, and kept shaking his legs to keep warm.
Gu Qing turned his head to look at him and said, "Have the villagers all transferred?" β
ββ¦β¦ Shifted. Feng Aweng sighed and said, "It's too frustrating on a cold day, Gu Jiawa'er, when will the killings you said come?" You can't let everyone hide in the mountains every night, some old people can't stand it anymore. β
Gu Qing smiled: "Wait, maybe it's tonight, maybe tomorrow night, and I will come within three days." When this matter is resolved, everyone will be able to live a stable life. β
Turning to look at a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-old children behind him, Gu Qing said: "If those few killers come, they don't need to do it, but they have to watch it carefully and see blood before they can really grow up." β
"The old man knows that I have taught them early that a good life is to fight for their lives, and Shiqiao Village does not leave people who eat and wait for death."
"Are all the mechanisms under the mountain installed?"
"It's installed, behind the front hall door of your house, the guy who wants to kill people is very sharp."
Gu Qing looked at Li Bai beside him again, and smiled at him: "If the thief comes, everything depends on Brother Taibai." β
Li Bai didn't drink alcohol tonight, and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday, I learned that the virtuous brother was actually a hero, and the high hall died for the protection of loyalty and goodness, how could Li Taibai be willing to fall behind others?" The good teacher knows that in addition to drinking and composing poetry, Taibai's swordsmanship is also unparalleled in the world. β
Saying that, Li Bai stood proudly with his hands in his hands, exuding a strange momentum of Yuanyu Yuezhi all over his body.
Gu Qing nodded, he knew in his previous life that in addition to composing poetry, Li Bai was also a martial arts master, and his swordsmanship was also famous in the Tang Dynasty. Among the more than 1,000 poems that Li Bai has passed down to later generations, there are more than 100 poems that mention the word "sword", which shows his understanding and skill in swordsmanship.
After arranging everything, Gu Qing sat alone under a locust tree on the mountainside, silently deducing his deployment again.
This is Gu Qing's habit in his previous life, before any action, he must deduce, whether it is the merger and acquisition of a company or business negotiation in his previous life, as well as the murderous action in this life, the steps of pre-deduction action are very important, it can calm himself, and he can also find the loopholes in his plan in the deduction over and over again, and make up for them in time.
In the middle of the night, when the villagers were huddled in a leeward col and shivered from the cold, a bright light in the direction of the Gu family's house at the bottom of the mountain suddenly flashed, and the light was very short-lived, and it was fleeting.
Gu Qing perked up, stood up and said, "They're here!" β
Feng Aweng and the children behind him showed a look of vigilance, Li Bai let out a clear roar, and his body galloped towards the bottom of the mountain like lightning.
Gu Qing gestured to Feng Aweng and ran down the mountain as well.
At the entrance of the village below, three black figures stood under a ginkgo tree, one of them with a long scar on his face. The other two had a pockmarked face and a two-handed, goatee.
Standing under the tree at the entrance of the village, Scarface suddenly frowned, and said softly, "That kid really lives in Shiqiao Village?" β
"That's right, I inquired clearly, the Gu family and his wife lived in Shiqiao Village for two years, and left after giving birth to a wild seed, and the wild seed has been staying in the village, counting the years, this year should be sixteen or seventeen years old."
Scarface sighed: "Finally able to cut the Gu family to the roots, six or seven brothers were planted in their hands, we were killed several times and fled, Brother He fell ill on the way to escape, and even the doctor didn't dare to look for it, for fear of exposing his whereabouts, and finally there was no medicine to cure and die alive, it was all a blood debt......
Mazi's face was filled with tears, and he said with a hideous expression: "I saw that wild seed tonight, I can't let him die too cheaply, and I can comfort my brothers in the spirit of heaven with a thousand cuts." β
Goatee was more cautious, looked at the dark village, frowned, and said, "Why can't I hear a sound in the village?" β
"You're too worried, it's the middle of the night, and the villagers are asleep, how can you hear the sound? Without further ado, let's go. β
The three of them glanced at each other, and at the same time they ran towards the village.
After rushing into the village, the first thing to know was where Gu Qing lived, and the three people who were experienced in robbing houses and robbing houses casually chose one and flew in, kicked open the door and planned to find a villager to ask, but who knew that it was dark inside the door, and the house was empty.
So the three of them withdrew, and chose another one to enter, but there was still no one inside.
I searched for four or five houses, but I didn't find a single villager. The three of them suddenly felt that something was wrong, and they had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
"Is it an abandoned village? Did the villagers flee the famine? Scarface muttered.
"Impossible, I inquired in Qingcheng County, Shiqiao Village is very rich, it is a well-known rich village, it is impossible to go out to escape the famine."
Scarface was hesitating to leave the village, observing the periphery for a few days before reasoning, when he suddenly noticed a bright light flashing in the middle of the houses in front of him, as if someone had lit an oil lamp, and then immediately extinguished.
The three of them were overjoyed, and flew towards the light.