Chapter Ninety-Five: Murder

"Okay, then I'm going to introduce you to the specific situation of the cottage."

Xu Shu told everyone about the cottage 1510, the cottage nominally has eight hall masters, but in fact there are only five, Zhang Yan commands Zhang Feiyan's army, Zhang Niujiao directly leads Zhang Baiqi and Zhang Lei's army, Li Damu commands Li Damu's army and Yu Yigen's army, Guo Daxian leads Guo Daxian's army, and Zuo Ba commands Zuo Xiaojun's army and Zuo Zhangzhang's eighth army.

The relationship between Guo Daxian and Zuo Ba is like Zhang Yan and Zhang Niujiao, they are righteous brothers, Guo Daxian is Zuo Ba's righteous brother, Li Damu is a neutral faction, Guo Daxian and Zhang Niujiao have known each other for more than ten years, but recently Guo Daxian's subordinates and Zhang Niujiao's subordinates have always clashed, and after many investigations, it was determined that this was Guo Daxian's instructions.

And Zhang Yan also asked his subordinates to bring up a person, named Hu San, who is Guo Daxian's subordinate, and Guo Daxian also treated him as his own son, that day the brothers in the village checked, just found Hu San, and found a letter on him, which said that Lord Taishou personally opened a few words, and most of the brothers in the village turned out to be ordinary illiterate farmers, and there happened to be a literate Xu Shu.

After Xu Shu read the letter, he knew that Guo Daxian had secretly colluded with the local Li Taishou, intending to sell the cottage and seek his own glory and wealth.

And not long after, it was the day of Guo Daxian's wedding, according to Xu Shu's judgment, the best time for Guo Daxian to do it was on the day of the wedding, after Xu Shu saw through this matter, he told Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan that the other brothers in the cottage did not know.

Zhang Niujiao didn't want the brothers in the village to kill each other, and there were many brothers in Guo Daxian's army who were innocent, so Zhang Niujiao's meaning was that in this matter, just catch the first evil, and the accomplice didn't care.

Xiang Qing and others also discussed the plan with Xu Shu, since Guo Daxian was going to do it on his wedding day, then they would act the day before the wedding and take down Guo Daxian and Zuo Ba, Guo Daxian's power was not large, so Xu Shu plus Liu Hu Wang Shu was enough to solve it, and Zuo Ba would be handed over to Xiang Qing and Zhang Yan.

The time soon came to the day before Guo Daxian's wedding, and the weather became a little cold, and Guo Daxian's camp was not in Changshan, but in the Zhongshan Valley, the power of the Black Mountain Village was already quite strong, Changshan, Zhao County, Zhongshan, Shangdang, and Hanoi valleys were all connected, and the number of people in the Black Mountain Village was also imaginable.

"Everyone, tomorrow's success or failure, it is all related to you, success, then glory and wealth, wives and concubines are close at hand, defeat, then the catastrophe will not recover, the death of the road is gone, now everything is ready, I hope you can work with one heart and one mind, through thick and thin, after the fact, I will not treat you badly, but, if there are treacherous people, hum! Then don't blame Guo for the ruthlessness of someone's subordinates, do you understand? ”

"Understood"

The person who spoke was the leader of Guo Daxian's army in this Changshan Black Mountain Village, Guo Daxian, the master of Guo Hall, this person was wide and fat, with big shoulders and round waist, fierce eyebrows and eyes, it was the middle of winter, the huge hall, the cold wind gusted, but he was bare-chested and exposed, not afraid of the cold, and there was a black tiger embroidery on his chest, and his nickname was Guo Laohu.

In front of Hall Master Guo, there are more than a dozen little minions, masked with cloth, each strong, seven feet tall, carrying double knives, this is the assassin carefully selected by Hall Master Guo, tomorrow is his big wedding day, and at the same time, it is also the best time for him to get into trouble!

A henchman whispered to Hall Master Guo, "Hall Master, Master Xu is here." ”

"It's so late, what is he doing here?" Hall Master Guo frowned, it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and the guests who came to congratulate him had already finished drinking and fell asleep, and Master Xu came over at this moment, could it be that the owner of the village had noticed something?

"Hall Master, Master Xu is already waiting in the study."

"I see." Hall Master Guo frowned, and gave an order to the minions next to him, and more than a dozen black-clothed assassins disappeared in a flash, and Hall Master Guo came to the study wearing a big coat.

It is said that it is a study, in fact, there is not a single object with words on the bookshelf, there are a few snatched bottles and cans, there are Taishi chairs on the left and right, there is a stove burning in the center, on the Taishi chair, there is a young man, dressed as a scholar, pale, holding a folding fan, this is Changshan Heishan Zhai Master Xu, except for Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan, no one knows the identity of Xu Shu, everyone only knows that there is a mysterious Master Xu next to Niujiao.

"I don't know if Master Xu is here, it's really a long way to come!" Hall Master Guo pushed the door in with a gloomy face, and sat down without even looking at Master Xu.

"I've seen Hall Master Guo, and I'm here uninvited, and I hope the Hall Master will forgive me." Master Xu smiled slightly, but turned a blind eye to Hall Master Guo's rudeness.

"Where is it, Master Xu's ability to come really makes my Black Tiger Hall shine, but my brother is not very sensible, and he is not well entertained, not well entertained, Master Xu Haihan." The master of Guo Hall greeted Master Xu with a smile on his face, and ordered the little minions to serve two cups of tea.

"I don't know what happened when Master Xu came to visit late at night?" Hall Master Guo asked straight to the point.

Master Xu said with a smile: "Under the order of the owner of the village, I came to congratulate the owner of Guo Tang on his wedding tomorrow, and the owner of the village also specially prepared a generous gift to give to the owner of the village, and the owner of the village also told me to give the gift to the owner of the hall by hand." ”

"I will understand the good intentions of the owner of the village, you will tell the owner of the village for me, tomorrow I will not get drunk with him, I have been friends with the owner of the village for more than ten years, the congratulatory gift will be free, as long as he can be present, it is the best congratulatory gift!" Guo Tang Master thought to himself, this village owner has not seen me a congratulatory gift for more than ten years, and in the middle of the night, the third watch asked his henchman Master Xu to give me a gift, which must be strange.

Master Xu said with a smile: "I think Hall Master Guo will definitely like this congratulatory gift very much, so let's ask Hall Master Guo to take a look at it before making a decision." After that, Master Xu walked to the main table of Guo Tang, took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table, only to see that the envelope was written: Lord Taishou personally opened six big characters.

Hall Master Guo's face did not change, and his heart was already at war between heaven and man, how could this letter fall into his hands?

"Presumably, the hall master knows very well in his heart, what is written in this letter, right?" Master Xu snorted coldly, slapped a folding fan on the table, and said in a fierce voice: "What is written in the letter, you intend to assassinate the owner of the village, collude with the court, and sell the owner for glory, yes or no?" After that, Master Xu's blood surged, and he couldn't help coughing violently a few times, although he was seriously injured after the Battle of Liangzhou, he was left with a stubborn disease that was difficult to cure, he gasped violently, and looked at Hall Master Guo with his eyes.

"Hahaha, hahahaha! What a big joke. Hall Master Guo laughed a few times, "Master Xu should know, I, Guo Laohu, don't know a single big character, how do I know who wrote this letter!" The owner of the village knew that I was illiterate, and he wanted to send me a letter, which is not very kind. ”

Master Xu sneered, "Hmph! The hall master, the literate people in the black mountain village are counted in one hand, there is a person under the hall master, named Hu San, born in the Qinglou, in order to survive with the old bustard to learn to read, it was the hall master Guo who rescued him, I don't know where Hu San is now? ”

Guo Tang Master's heart tightened, that's right, this letter was written by Hu San, and this letter was also sent by Hu San, since the letter has been intercepted, Hu San should also be in the hands of the owner of the village, a drop of cold sweat slipped down his forehead.

"Presumably, the hall master must be nervous in his heart at this moment, right? There's another gift for the hall master here, so please take a look at it. Master Xu clapped his hands, "Bring him in." ”

Immediately, Liu Hu and Wang Shu took Hu San, who was tied up, and Master Xu took off the blindfold on Hu San's head, Hu San looked at Master Xu and the hall master in front of him, and suddenly realized in his heart that the matter had been revealed!

"This Hu San drank too much wine in the tavern in the city, and was caught by the spies in the village, but there are rules in the black mountain village, the brothers in the village are not allowed to go down the mountain without permission, and the letter was also found from him, I don't know if the master of Guo Tang can give an explanation in the next one? After all, this is also a major crime of rebellion, if you don't investigate clearly, it's not easy to report to the owner of the village. ”

Guo Tang Master frowned, Hu San's biggest problem is that he is addicted to alcohol, this time it can only be said that he used the wrong person, and Hu San has completely understood that he made a mistake at this moment, and the result is that Guo Daxianjun's brothers are going to die for his mistakes, and he has already developed a will to die.

"Master Xu, this matter has nothing to do with Hall Master Guo, it was me Hu Sanyi who did it, I coveted glory and wealth, wanted to betray the cottage, assassinated the owner of the village, these are my plans, the hall master has no idea at all, if you want to deal with it, just dispose of me alone."

Guo Tang Master's heart hurts, he has no wife and children until he is forty, when he rescued this Hu San, he regarded him as a godson, and now this godson has grown up, and he is indeed going to die for him, but he can't show a trace of sympathy, after all, Qinglongzhai will never allow traitors to exist.

"Hu San, it's really in vain my hard work, come on, pull this traitor out and cut it down for me!"

The minions pulled Hu San out, and the knife fell, and Hu San's head was already placed in front of Hall Master Guo.

Master Xu watched all this coldly, and the moment he saw Hu San's head placed in front of Hall Master Guo, he finally spoke.

"It is worthy of being known as the Tiger Hall Master Guo, he is ruthless enough, I heard that you have always regarded Hu San as your godson, but I didn't expect that in order to exonerate yourself, you even killed your godson, I admire it."

"Enough, Master Xu, you have also delivered the congratulatory gift, please go back and rest early, send off the guests!" Hall Master Guo sat haggard on the Taishi's chair and looked at Hu San's head in a daze, in order to kill the man he hated to the core, he had to sacrifice.

"Don't worry, Hall Master Guo, I have delivered the congratulatory gift of the owner of the village, but my congratulatory gift has not been delivered yet."

"I have received Master Xu's congratulatory gift, I am a little tired today, please come back tomorrow."

"Hall Master Guo, you have to see my congratulatory gift, if you don't see it, you have to see it!"

With that, Master Xu raised the teacup on the table and slammed it to the ground, the teacup was torn apart, and with the sound of the teacup, more than a dozen black-clothed assassins had already surrounded Hall Master Guo.

"You, you?" Hall Master Guo was shocked, this was all arranged by him, in case the matter was exposed, the assassin who assassinated Master Xu agreed to drop the cup.

"Hall Master Guo, as long as you are human, you will have weaknesses, and your weaknesses are too great! I've known about your plan for a long time, but I'm just waiting for an opportunity. ”

"Hall Master Guo, your flower-like unmarried lady shouldn't have been snatched from the bottom of the mountain, that woman is Li Taishou's daughter! Yes and no? You have conspired with the left school army and the left hall master, at tomorrow's wedding banquet, assassinate the owner of the village, and blame the second master, so that you can get rid of all the forces that oppose you and become the next generation of the black mountain village master, yes or no? After you become the owner of the village, you will dedicate the left school army to Li Taishou, accept the recruitment of the imperial court, you are the hero of the imperial court, the second half of your life is rich and rich, yes or no? ”

"Hmph, now that it's over, if you want to kill, you will kill, and I, Guo someone, will never frown!" Hall Master Guo already knew that his plan had been completely exposed, and in this game, he had already lost all the games, and there was only one death.