Chapter 14: Who Was Killed by the Turtle Killing Conference (Part I)
Although there is still a period of time before the official convening of the turtle killing conference, the site of the conference has been filled with black pressed crowds, this is a huge flat land surrounded by mountains, on weekdays is the nearby people to catch the market, competitions, do social drama place, because the roads and trails extend in all directions, both convenient for concentration and easy to transfer or into zero, so this land was chosen - after all, there is no shortage of quick-witted people in the rivers and lakes, if you choose a valley with only two exits to gather, These old foxes don't immediately suspect it, that's weird.
"I'll fuck him Wu Sangui's eighteenth generation ancestor!" "I'll fuck Wu Sangui's nineteenth generation ancestor!" "I fuck his nineteenth-generation grandma!" "Bastard!" "Dog mongrel!" "Brute!" "Scolding him Wu Sangui for being a brute, insulting all the brutes! Hahahaha......! When he scolded this, the man himself couldn't help laughing, and the others laughed even more, but Wu Yuanming, who was disguised as a middle-aged Confucian student, didn't laugh - after all, thousands of people greeted his ancestor and his father at the same time, and Wu Yuanming couldn't laugh no matter how strong his face was.
"Brother Wu, the brothers have brought things here, can you start moving?" Liu Haozi, who refused to say anything, laughed with Qunhao while approaching Wu Yuanming and asked quietly. Wu Yuanming was secretly overjoyed, and asked in a low voice, "How much have you prepared?" ”
Liu Haozi replied in a low voice: "There are probably more than 1,000 copies, and they spent more than 100 taels of silver to ask Mr. Shu and the schoolchildren to transcribe in a school in Sulin." Wu Yuanming was overjoyed, nodded and said, "Very good, let the brothers start to act, you must be careful, don't conflict with these people." ”
With Liu Haozi's order, a total of twenty-four Luoma Lake bandits were dispatched, each carrying hundreds of leaflets with a length and width of half a foot in their arms, and began to flow in the crowded places, from time to time took out a leaflet and stuffed it into the hands of the person who left the lonely, or threw it into the middle of the crowd who was talking, or threw it into the air, fell there, and then without saying a word, they took advantage of the dark night and the chaotic crowd to touch away, so that others could not see their appearance clearly - they also met Wu Yuanming, who was born in the traffic police, If they meet the chengguan, if they dare to do this, can they still have their lives?
"What is this?" A coarse Shaolin lay disciple had a leaflet stuffed in his hand, and when he looked at the person who stuffed the leaflet, that person had already slipped out of the crowd. Curious, the Shaolin lay disciple unfolded the leaflet, and in the afterglow of the bonfire, he shook his head and read in front of the fellow disciples who came up: "The truth of the turtle killing conference!" The Fan family betrayed the country and joined the Tartars, betraying their ancestors and becoming traitors; oppressed the people to occupy the people's land, and set up a false assembly to harm the Han people; The Han heroes did not harm themselves and worked together to kill the Tartars. ”
"What do you mean?" One of his fellow disciples asked inexplicably. But as soon as his senior brother's words fell, seven or eight palms next to him hit the back of his head at the same time - the most noble of these palms was naturally the old palm of the highest-ranking precept dean Lao Chengyin among the Shaolin disciples who came to participate in the turtle killing conference this time. Cheng Yin looked around at the reaction of the group of heroes, and saw that many people in the rivers and lakes had gathered together to shout, some scolded and did not believe, some screamed and doubted, and some were shocked, so he knew that this matter must have spread all over the conference venue. Cheng Yin also had no scruples, and asked the lay disciple who began to read the leaflet, "Rong Jiang, what do you think of this leaflet?" ”
"Master, according to the disciple, this matter is not groundless!" Na Rongjiang is the only lay disciple of Chengyin, he is very shrewd, and he has long seen that this turtle killing conference is not simple, so he leaned into Chengyin's ear and whispered: "Master, Fan Yingde is a member of the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect has always held high the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui bought horses and accumulated grain in Yunnan, cast iron to make cannons, and anyone with a little brain can see that he is preparing to rebel." At such a time, the people of the White Lotus Sect also came forward to organize the forces on the rivers and lakes to oppose Wu Sangui, wouldn't this be a great help to the imperial court? ”
"What do you think you should do?" Cheng Yin was deeply impressed by the disciple's opinion, and hurriedly asked the opinion of the proud disciple. Rong Jiang looked around and said in a lower voice: "Master, according to the disciple's humble opinion, we Shaolin disciples should withdraw from this conference immediately!" First, because the background of this conference is not simple, it is likely that as the leaflet said, it is the imperial court that is using the power of the rivers and lakes to deal with Wu Sangui, so if we are not careful, it may lead to our Shaolin disciples falling into the mud; The second is because Wu Sangui is a Han after all, if he really raises troops to expel the Tartars, even if we don't take the initiative to help him, we can't make trouble for him, and if Wu Sangui's rebellion succeeds, we don't have to worry about him retaliating against Shaolin. ”
"You have a point." Chengyin's mind was also very clear, and after a little thought, he nodded and said: "Just do as you say, take a large group of disciples for the teacher to leave here immediately, and you take two lay disciples to stay and secretly check the situation." Be clever, don't play the name of Shaolin Temple! ”
Rong Jiang nodded yes, and Cheng Yin quickly gathered all the disciples who came to participate in the conference, led them to leave the venue by the trail, and returned to Henan overnight. Like the Shaolin Temple, other famous sects such as Wudang, Kongtong and Qingcheng, as well as some small sects, there are also sober-minded people, who immediately remembered Fan Yingde's strange actions after seeing this leaflet, and also adopted the same strategy as Shaolin - immediately withdraw from this conference. In just a moment, the Jianghu group of heroes who came to participate in the turtle killing conference walked more than a quarter, and the locust tree flat, which was still dense just now, was empty, and the rest of the people had already quarreled, and some resolutely did not believe what the leaflet said, and scolded Wu Sangui's lackeys for making trouble and spreading rumors, and more were skeptical and wavering in their determination.
"Ah, what's going on? Why don't they make trouble? How not to doubt? Don't look for Fan Yingde's dog traitor to verify? Just gone? Looking at the crowd of people who were leaving in an endless stream, Liu Haozi couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked Wu Yuanming suspiciously. Wu Yuanming smiled proudly, played with the fake beard on his chin and replied: "It is reasonable for them to do this, their family has a big business, and the monk can't run away from the temple, so I'm afraid." Only by withdrawing from the conference now is a foolproof smart idea. ”
"But they're here for this turtle killing conference? Isn't it just to kill Wu Sangui? Why are you still afraid of Wu Sangui? The more Liu Haozi listened, the more confused he became. Wu Yuanming sneered: "If it's just the forces of the rivers and lakes targeting Wu Sangui, then they will definitely not quit, as a famous faction, how can they fall behind in such a big action?" Even if they didn't really send someone to kill Wu Sangui, they would at least have a name. But now that the Tartar court is also involved, this turtle killing conference has become a secret battle between the Pingxi Royal Mansion and the Tartar court, if they are involved in this battle, then no matter who wins or loses, they don't want to have a good life! ”
"I see, these hypocrites." Liu Haozi finally understood what Wu Yuanming meant, and couldn't help but scold. At this time, Wu Yuanming suddenly heard a familiar shout - the shout of Mu Shenbao, the little grandfather of Mu Wangfu, "Why are you leaving?" Why are they all gone? Do you all believe all this nonsense written on broken paper? Wu Yuanming followed the sound, and sure enough, he saw Mu Shenbao Tie with a blue face, and with his open arms he was blocking those disciples of the sect who were leaving, while shouting loudly and refusing to believe what the leaflet said, but his efforts obviously did not work, and the disciples of those famous sects all bypassed him far away, and none of them listened to his shouting.
Wu Yuanming understands Mu Shenbao's mood very well, Mu Wangfu and Pingxi Wangfu have a common hatred, Mu Shenbao wants to find his father to take revenge, it is almost impossible to succeed, if he gets the help of the Jianghu forces, Mu Shenbao will have a glimmer of hope for revenge, but now the turtle killing conference is about to come to naught, and Mu Shenbao is naturally difficult to accept. But Wu Yuanming and Mu Shenbao are their own masters, and they can only express limited sympathy for Mu Shenbao. Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in front of Wu Yuanming's eyes again-Mu Meng, who had lost a lot of weight, quickly ran to Mu Shenbao, grabbed her brother and whispered something.
"Brother Liu, don't you admire the heroes of Mu Wangfu very much? That's over there, let's go over and have a look? Wu Yuanming wanted to get closer to see Mu Meng's current situation, so he pulled Liu Haozi to be a shield for himself. And Liu Haozi really admired Mu Tianying, who was martyred, and hurriedly replied: "Go, of course I want to go." Wu Yuanming smiled, walked side by side with Liu Haozi in front of Mu Shenbao, who was shouting, and arched his hand together: "Wu Yuanming, the prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, Liu Haozi, the lord of Luoma Lake, has seen Little Master Mu. ”
"You know me?" Mu Shenbao stopped shouting, turned to Wu Yuanming and Liu Haozi and asked suspiciously. Obviously, because it was in the dark of night, he didn't recognize Wu Yuanming, who had already disguised himself. Wu Yuanming replied with a smile: "Little grandfather, the villain and the little grandfather had a relationship before, presumably the little grandfather and noble people forget things and forget the villain." When he spoke, Wu Yuanming's eyes naturally glanced at Mu Meng's face, he hadn't seen her for two months, Mu Meng had almost lost weight, her face was still pretty, but her chin had become pointed, probably crying too much, and her big eyes were red, which made Wu Yuanming feel heartbroken and distressed.
"Little grandfather, under Liu Hezi, I have long admired the righteous act of the old man Mu who died for the country, I can't respect it, please let the little grandfather be worshiped by Liu Hezi three times." Liu Haozi is a straight person, and when he said that he wanted to bow down, he really knelt down, kowtowed three times to Mu Shenbao Dongdong, and shouted: "Old man Mu, Liu Haozi kowtowed to your son, Liu Haozi admires your old man!" ”
"Liu Yingying, please get up." It was the first time that Mu Shenbao had seen a person with a straightforward temperament to this extent, and he was in a state of loss and frustration at the moment, so he would not be arrogant towards Liu Haozi, so he picked up Liu Haozi with his own hands and said: "Liu Yingying, Mu Shenbao doesn't dare to be, don't dare to be a ......." Wu Yuanming didn't bother to listen to their polite or heartfelt words, turned to Mu Meng and arched his hand: "Villain Wu Yuanming, I have seen the county lord." ”
"You know me, too?" Mu Meng asked curiously, and looked Wu Yuanming up and down, but the light was dim in the night, and Mu Meng didn't see that Wu Yuanming had been disguised from Yao Qisheng's true biography. Wu Yuanming replied with a wicked smile in his heart: "County Lord, the villain and you have also had a relationship, the last time in Beijing's capital city god temple fair, the county lord's mother, you punished the rape and saved people, the villain also saw it on the side, the villain is really admired." ”
"You were there that day?" Mu Meng was taken aback, her face turned red for no reason, and she asked in a low voice, "Where did you first see me that day?" ”
"It starts with the county lord and the lady following a person." Wu Yuanming said with a smile. Wu Yuanming had been suspecting that day for a long time, Mu Meng suddenly came to the rescue, did she accidentally bump into it? Or has she already kept up with herself and Hui'er's little girl? And Mu Meng was really fooled, her pretty face immediately turned red to the base of her neck, and she muttered: "You actually followed me from Shihu Hutong, do you have any intentions?" ”
"It turned out that she followed me from Shihu Hutong that day, and she wanted to say goodbye to me because she was going south." Wu Yuanming once again affirmed that he occupied an important position in Mu Meng's heart, and he couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face under the pride. Mu Meng's eyes were sharp, staring at Wu Yuanming and asking, "What are you laughing at?" Why are you still laughing so weirdly? ”
"I ...... Didn't I laugh? The county lord must have seen it wrong. Wu Yuanming hurriedly put away his smug smile and replied with his head bowed. Mu Meng would pay attention to Wu Yuanming's nonsense, forced a step forward, and her voice became much more serious, "I read that right, you laughed!" Also, you haven't answered me yet, why did you follow me that day? ”
"It's ......." Wu Yuanming was embarrassed for a while, not knowing how to answer, and at this moment, a crisp and beautiful girl voice in the crowd not far away shouted: "Wu Yuanming! Wu Yuanming! Where are you bastard? Wu Yuanming, get out! Wu Yuanming suddenly heard that the voice came from Zheng Xin's tone, and thought of explaining to the little girl what was going to happen when she held her sister with an empty gun, Wu Yuanming's ears and the tender flesh on his waist ached - as if he had been grabbed by the little girl.
"Why didn't you answer when someone called you?" The more Mu Meng looked at Wu Yuanming, the more familiar she became, and the more suspicious Wu Yuanming's identity became. Wu Yuanming had a headache, shook his head and said, "Forget it, this girl is very difficult, it's better not to answer her." But Wu Yuanming's voice did not fall, and Liu Haozi, who was chatting happily with Mu Shenbao and others on the side, shouted impatiently: "What is the name of the stinky girl?" Your Big Brother Wu is with Little Master Mu! ”
"Found it!" Without waiting for Wu Yuanming to stop him, Zheng Xin had already heard the sound to identify the direction, and rushed over like a deer wrapped in wind and dust, Wu Yuanming was afraid that he would be caught by her and cause trouble, so he hurriedly ran behind several Luoma Lake bandits and ordered them to stop him with their bodies. In a moment, Zheng Xin, who was extremely difficult in Wu Yuanming's eyes, and her even more difficult sister rushed over with a large group of people, and Liu Haozi acted as an introducer at the moment, and introduced to Mu Shenbao: "Little grandfather, these are people from the Heaven and Earth Society, and they have a little misunderstanding with my brother Wu, so they have to settle accounts with my brother." ”
Mu Shenbao, who urgently needed allies to clean up Wu Sangui, was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "It turned out to be the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society, Xiao Ke Mu Shenbao, I don't know if the helmsman Chen has arrived?" Can you introduce me to Xiaoke? It's a pity that in front of the red-eyed Zheng family sisters, Mu Shenbao's politeness turned into a hot face and stuck to the cold buttocks, Zheng Xin first shouted angrily: "Liu Haozi, where is that bastard Wu Yuanming?" And her sister, who was still dressed in white, had an extremely cold voice, "The surname is Wu, it's useless for you to hide, get out of here!" ”
Mu Shenbao had never seen the Zheng family sisters with such an arrogant attitude, so he couldn't help but be surprised. And the more she looked at Wu Yuanming, the more confused Mu Meng pointed to the place where Wu Yuanming was hiding, "The person you are looking for is there, hiding behind those people." Zheng Xin didn't say a word, rushed to the Luoma Lake bandits and pushed them away, staring at Wu Yuanming, who was full of embarrassment, panting with big eyes, his knuckles clenched, but he refused to say a word. It was Wu Yuanming who opened his mouth first with a wry smile, "Xinxin, I haven't seen you for a day, and you are much more beautiful, you are really becoming more and more like a little fairy." ”
"Hmph, you've become more talkative, too." Zheng Xin smiled, but raised her fist. Wu Yuanming hurriedly squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and was about to welcome the little girl's beating, when there was a sudden huge commotion in the venue, "The people from Old Hero's family are here!" "Old Hero Fan! What happened to Fan Lao Hero? ”