Text Chapter 38 The second entry into the Zhao family manor
"Brother Zhu Fu, that old boy is so cunning, he still drank my Xiaoqi's footwashing water."
The stern of the boat was Ruan Xiaoqi, and the bowl of water he brought just now was filled with sweat medicine, and Zhu Fu took the opportunity to wash the wine glass and brought the medicine into the cup. I thought that Zhao Jie was cautious for a long time, but finally he was on the road.
"Hurry up and pack up, the little official is still waiting for the letter over there."
Zhu Fu beckoned Ruan Xiaoqi to come over, and the two tied Zhao Jie and the guard tightly, gagged them, and threw them into the bilge. Immediately turned the bow of the boat, picked up Gu Haotian, Bian Xiang, Zhou Yunqing, Duan Jingzhu and others at a secluded wharf, and went to Shankou Town along the waterway.
At this moment, a horse-drawn carriage was driving on the official road to Yamaguchi Town. There was a low table on the carriage, on which were placed a few packets of lo-mei, and Shi Qian and Zhao Cai were drinking happily one bite at a time.
"This kind of wine is the master of my family, and I may not be able to enjoy it, but today's blessing of the brothers of the time has been met by me, which is really the blessing of the previous life." That Zhao Cai came all the way, and he sank into the delicacy of the immortal drunk and couldn't extricate himself.
"Since Shopkeeper Zhao likes it so much, the bottle of wine will be given to you, but I still have to do something later, how about I drink it again tomorrow." Shi Qian saw that Zhao Cai was already six or seven percent drunk, and he was afraid that if he drank too much, he would make a mistake, so he would accept it when he saw it.
"Brother Shi is so righteous, I Zhao Cai will not be pretentious, but if there is something in Jeju City in the future, just look for me. I'll listen to my brother for a while today, and I'll have another drink tomorrow. ”
As soon as Zhao Cai heard that the wine was his own, he also wanted to keep it for the future and enjoy it slowly, but he felt that he was really empathetic at this time, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing he felt it.
"The Zhao family is engaged in the buying and selling of horses, but there is no one in Jeju who is unmatched, that is, the virtuous uncle and nephew, I have often heard about it on the road, and it is also a unique figure in this industry." The sound of the mountain beating of the horses' ass in the passage of time.
"Of course, the Zhao family's horse trading, don't say that Jeju Mansion is Jingxi Province, and no one dares to compete for the first place. My uncle and nephew are fortunate to be trusted by the head of the family, and they are in charge of the business of this stall, and they also fight for a few thin noodles on the road. Zhao Cai was not polite, and took all the sycophants of the time to take it all.
"But I heard recently that if you go to the manor to pick up the horse, you have to approve the steward here, otherwise it won't work even if the head of the family speaks."
"Zhao Hu's house, with the identity of the cousin of the head of the family, bullying people, today you just follow me, just let the tiger become a cat."
This Zhao Hu and Zhao Jie are in charge of horses and the market, and they have been fighting for power and profit for a long time, and the contradictions are quite deep.
"With the shopkeeper Zhao coming out in person, I am naturally relieved." The time has shifted again.
While the two were gossiping, the carriage entered the town of Yamaguchi. In front of an inn at the corner of the street that turned to the manor, Shi Qian stopped the carriage.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, I called some people who drove horses to rest here, and it is convenient to bring them over."
"What's the matter?" Zhao Cai responded with a mouthful.
Shi Qian immediately got out of the car and entered the inn, and after a while, more than ten men came out, but the first two were Sun An and Geng Gong, Gu Haotian, Zhou Yunqing, and Bian Xiang, who were also mixed in with the pretending to be driving horses. It was also Wen Huanzhang who was careful, and the people who came to drive the horses were all newly recruited horse-friendly guards among the Hebei refugees.
Zhao Cai saw that they were all poorly dressed country men, and he didn't care much, so he still sat in a carriage with Shi Qian and entered the Zhao family's manor.
"Zhao Cai's shopkeeper is here, but what is the deal?" The family at the door saw Zhao Cai get out of the car and greeted him.
At this time, the night was nearly dark, but the family Ding and Zhao Cai didn't care, they seemed to be used to it. It turned out that the horses of the Zhao family were unknown after all, and they usually chose to hand over the horses at night to hide from others.
"But there is a deal, and the owner of Zhao Hu Zhuang can be in the village." Listening to Zhao Cai's tone, he really didn't have much respect for Zhao Hu.
"It's a coincidence, the owner of Zhao Zhuang went out to visit friends in the afternoon and did not return, but the young owner of the village is in the village."
"What kind of bird's young owner, quickly ask Zhao Gui to come out and see me." Zhao Cai saw that Zhao Hu was not in the village, and he was even more arrogant.
The family seemed to be not surprised, led everyone into the village to sit down, turned around and went in to report, and after a while, a man of twenty-seven or eight came out of the inner hall.
"Brother Zhao Cai came over at this time, what kind of business do you have?" Then Zhao Gui only said hello without talking about it.
Zhao Cai didn't want to talk to him more, so he only took out the envelope from his arms and handed it over. "You can see for yourself the business ordered by the head of the house."
Zhao Gui took the envelope, took out the paperwork and glanced at it, but he was surprised.
"This document was handed over to you by the head of the family?"
"Uncle I handed it over to me, what's the difference, you can't do it again." It seems that there is a lot of friction between the two of them, and Zhao Cai is a little angry.
"It's not that the brothers are in trouble, but this time it's really different from the past, but you came to take a look." Zhao Guizhao Zhao Cai passed.
Zhao Cai reluctantly poked his head over, and saw that the document said to take one hundred and fifty horses. I was also surprised in my heart, how could there be a large number, but he wanted to get the ancestor of the thief in the world who accompanied him all the way.
"Shopkeeper Zhao Cai, could it be that the documents handed over by the big butler Zhao are not counted here?" At this time, Shi Qian said a word.
That Zhao Cai boasted all the way in front of Shi Qian, and thought that he had never left his chest for a moment since Zhao Jie took the documents in his hand, and he also knew a little about the head of the family's plot to get drunk with the immortals, and he had confidence at the moment.
"Hugh wants to be verbose, this transaction has a lot to do with the plot of the head of the family, it's not for you and me to ask, it's too late to take the horse and it matters to him, Hugh has ruined the big thing of the head of the family."
It is also in line with the fact that there is something in the Zhao Mansion, this Zhao Hu is not there, and Zhao Cai has no one to fear, so he will no longer pay attention to Zhao Gui, and take the people who moved to the horse farm only. Zhao Gui had no choice but to follow in.
Gu Haotian and the others arrived at the horse farm, looking at the good horses full of grooves, their eyes lit up, and Zhou Yunqing was only short of a long howl. And they did not tarry, but began to choose their horses, each of them. In just half an hour, there were only three or five horses left in the racecourse.
"Shopkeeper Zhao Cai, the agreement to lean on the Red Mansion tomorrow night needs to be remembered, don't forget it." When the time moved away, he did not forget to make an appointment with Zhao Cai.
At the wharf of Yamaguchi Town, five large boats loaded with horses and covered with tight black canopies sailed down the river in the night, and disappeared in a short time.
But it was said that Zhao Cai saw that the deal was done, and he couldn't bear to stay in the manor and suffer from the bird's anger, so he went back to Jeju City overnight in the carriage he sat in, but he didn't know that the one who drove the car was actually Song Wan's pretense, and he became a short-lived ghost halfway through, and was sunk to the bottom of the river to make river mud.
Let's say that Zhao Hu went out to visit friends that day, and he didn't return until late at night, but he saw his son Zhao Gui standing in the lobby anxiously like an ant on a hot pot.
"Why don't you stop?" Looking at this son who has always been lazy, Zhao Hu felt strange in his heart.
It turned out that this Zhao Gui always felt that something was wrong with this transaction, so he waited here for Zhao Hu to come back. That Zhao Hu was also very strange when he heard his son's words, and it seemed that the document was true. Then he asked, "Can someone report to the head of the family?" ”
"My son sent someone over earlier, and I guess I'm coming back soon."
The father and son had no choice but to wait anxiously in the lobby for the head of the family to reply. It wasn't until the time passed that the messenger hurriedly came in from outside the door, followed by Zhao Li, a close confidant of the head of the family. As soon as Zhao Hu saw Zhao Li, he thought that he was broken. Sure enough, Zhao Li said that the head of the family did not issue a document for the purchase and sale of 150 horses. The three of them thought in unison, and they had been deceived, and it had been two hours since the horses had been deceived.
"Brother Zhao Li, how is this good?" Zhao Hu has some six gods and no masters.
"The thief has been gone for less than two hours, and four or five boats, carrying more than a hundred horses, must be slow, and I will wait for the swift ship to pursue it, or we may find something."
"I'm afraid it's late, alas! Do your best and let God do your best. ”
Zhao Hu had no choice but to follow Zhao Li's suggestion, and immediately ordered the courtyard in the manor and a few family members who were present at the time of the transaction, leaving only Zhao Gui to take someone to guard the house, and rushed to the dock to chase down the river by speedboat.
Let's say that in the woods on the mountain behind the manor, Gu Haotian and the others followed Duan Jingzhu to lurk there, and when they were about to be ugly, they saw Shi Qian sneaking up the mountain.
"Little official, that group's fleet has been out for almost an hour, and it's time to enter the Huangou River."
Shi Qian has been staring at the movements of the manor, and when the time is ripe, he will come back to report the news.
"Brother Duan, it's up to you." Gu Haotian looked at that scene.
"Officials just have to rest assured." Duan Jingzhu replied while taking Ji Sheng, Ma Qiang and a few team members down first.
It only took a moment for the corner door to open, and Gu Haotian saw the signal and immediately took Bian Xiang, Lei Heng and the remaining forty or so team members to touch it.
The nursing home guarding the corner gate was originally Duan Jingzhu's internal response, and he pretended to be sick tonight and stayed in the village according to the appointment, and at this time he saw Duan Jingzhu coming in with a group of fierce gods, and suddenly felt that something was wrong and turned around and wanted to get out, but he was seen by Ji Sheng, and he was cut into two pieces with a knife.
Under the cover of the night, under the guidance of Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu, everyone rushed straight to the vital place, and Bian Xiang and Yu Sheng were like a pair of evil ghosts released from hell, but they were all eliminated in an instant when they encountered obstacles. It's a pity that all the good players in this village were taken away, and there was the opponent of this gang of strongmen, and everyone killed from the backyard to the front yard, only to kill chickens and dogs, and there were blood stains everywhere.
Gu Haotian led people to guard the exit of the front yard, and asked Lei Heng to lead people to guard the key points everywhere, and he and Bian Xiang and Ma Qiang moved with their cronies at any time, and Duan Jingzhu went to the warehouse to kill. The warehouse was located in the dark room between Zhao Hu's bedroom and the study, and Shi Qian had already explored it clearly, Bian Xiang stepped forward and kicked violently, and the door opened violently. Gu Haotian brought people in, but it was a warehouse stacked with sundries.
"No, Zhao Hu's old boy entered this lame warehouse in the middle of the night and didn't come out for half a day." Shi Qian was talking to himself while looking around.
Gu Haotian also felt that it was unreasonable, who built a warehouse between his bedroom and his study.
"Right here."
Hearing Shi Qian pointing to a place on the ground and shouting, Gu Haotian poked his head over and saw a small gap in the ground, Bian Xiang came over and raised his knife to slash.
"Don't worry."
Shi Qian hurriedly stopped, only to see him groping around for a while, then found a switch, only lightly pressed, the ground slowly opened to reveal a downward passage. Gu Haotian secretly praised in his heart, worthy of being a professional master.
Bian Xiang walked down with a torch, and found that there was no abnormality, Gu Haotian and others went down, only to see that there were more than ten boxes placed inside, and they were all white and yellow objects when they were opened one by one, and they had no time to look closely, so they asked Ma Qiang to take someone to carry them away.
"Hey, there's someone here."
Everyone was about to leave, but they heard Shi Qian's exclamation, it turned out that Shi Qian was out of professional nature, looking around for whether there was anything missing, and found a person shrinking in the dark corner.
Bian Xiang stepped forward and pulled it out to take a look, but it was Zhao Gui, the owner of the young village, who didn't want to find him in the whole village, so he was hiding here. Gu Haotian gave him a look, and Bian Xiang slashed it without waiting for him to speak. Everyone escorted the wooden box and retreated to the door, and along the way, the guards alternated from place to place, and when they left the gate, Song Wan and Xiao Rang were already waiting with a team of carriages. The box arrived at the dock in an instant, Ruan Xiaoqi's boat had been waiting for a long time, everyone got on the boat, went against the grain, and in the darkest hour before dawn, they entered the vast water, and there was no trace.