Tan Fang is very well-behaved, although Zhu Pingjin and Luo Yuhong once asked her to eat together, but she resolutely refused. Zhu Pingjin once thought that Tan Fang's persistence might also be a kind of self-protection for her. didn't have enough strength, he was appreciated by the leader too early, and if he didn't do it well, it would bring a disaster, so he didn't insist.

"Where's your follower, why didn't you see it today?" Luo Yuhong asked Zhu Pingjin, who was picking his teeth, while taking a small sip.

"I'm angry when I talk about him!" Zhu Pingjin took down the toothpick and said, "Didn't you say that Brother Yun'er's teacher was coming?" I couldn't wait, so I asked Li Sixian to invite. He went in the morning and hasn't come back! ”

Syllable! The wife's bowl rested heavily on the table.

"What's wrong? Surprised? ”

"He went alone?"

"Of course, isn't it to fight tigers when you go to invite people, why do you bring so many people?" Zhu Pingjin is very strange.

The wife smiled evilly, which made Zhu Pingjin feel that something big was not good.

"Blame me for not making it clear to you yesterday. Yun Ge'er's teacher taught thirty-six students. Do you know what they call themselves? ”

"What?"

"Thirty-six Tiangang! Brother Yun is their boss! A group of rebellious boys met a hairless little eunuch......"

Luo Yuhong didn't finish his words, and saw that Zhu Pingjin had already left his seat and ran out.

Still at the door, Zhu Pingjin shouted:

"Wei Chen, blow the assembly trumpet!"

Wei Chen, the commander of the guard platoon of the Shizi Mansion, was not there. It's not that he left his post without permission, but that today he is on rotation. It is very hard to be a guard next to the big leader, and he has to stand guard for twelve hours a day, and of course one person can't bear it, so a system of taking turns on duty has been formulated.

There are four squads of guard platoons, one squad is in the princess's Changchun Palace, and is on duty with the palace guards. Three classes are in the Shizifu and the Jinde Palace, three shifts and two downwards, one shift at a time, six hours at a time, and the rest of the class rests. The rest class also lives in the rooms on both sides of the Jinde Gate, and can be dispatched immediately in case of emergency. Zhu Pingjin was already preparing to expand the guard force and include the entire palace in the scope of the guard. Shu Guoping is selecting people in various units, and has not yet reported the results.

The soldiers in the platoon take turns, and the platoon leaders also take turns to lead the shift. Leading the shift today is the deputy platoon commander of the guard platoon, named Li Mingshi. He was also bought by Zhu Pingjin in Dongmen City, a countryman from Pengzhou, Shunqing Prefecture, an orphan, and a month younger than Wei Chen. When I first bought it, I had a small figure, and I didn't show it in the team. Who knew that after half a year's full meal, his body was like a sponge soaked in water, rapidly growing up, and now he was taller and stronger than Wei Chen.

Hearing Zhu Pingjin's shout, Li Mingshi quickly ran out of the corridor duty room on the left side of the gate of the Jinde Palace. While running, I sorted out the knives, my mouth was bulging, and I was still swallowing food. Several staff officers who were eating in the west side hall also ran out, still holding rice bowls in their hands.

The sound ......of the horn is five short and one long, which is the sound of the troop assembly call prescribed by Zhu Pingjin. Except for the personnel standing guard at the front and back gates, who were not allowed to leave without permission, the twenty guards who were not on duty all ran out quickly. They were well-dressed and had knives and guns in hand. Under the command of their respective squad leaders, they quickly lined up in two lines in the courtyard. If it is three short and one long encrypted drum beats, it is a battle alarm, and the security regulations require that the two key figures Zhu Pingjin and Luo Yuhong be immediately protected at the core.

Luo Yuhong heard Zhu Pingjin's assembly order and immediately ran out. She felt that Zhu Pingjin had overreacted: "Wait a minute! Do you still want Teacher Yun Ge'er? ”

"Yes!"

"If your soldiers beat up a child, do you think their teacher will follow you?"

"Makes sense!" Zhu Pingjin said.

Before Zhu Pingjin's words fell, Li Mingshi had already run to Danbi and reported loudly: "Report to the prince, the guard platoon has been assembled!" Except for the staff on duty, there should be twenty-one people, and there are twenty-one people, please instruct! ”

"Father-in-law Xiao Li may be in danger, let's set off immediately to save him! Elect five people and go with the son. Equestrianism! Be quick! Standing on the high platform, Zhu Pingjin commanded loudly.

"Yes!" Li Mingshi replied loudly, turned around and ran back to order the queue: "Prepare horses in a group of shifts!" Ready to go! The rest continue to be on the alert! ”

"Do you know the road?" Luo Yuhong asked.

"Approximate Orientation ......"

"Shall I go with you?"

"I ...... during my mourning"

"Humph!"

"Why don't we split up and pretend to meet there?" Zhu Pingjin came up with an idea.

"If you don't know the way, don't go. I'll go! I'm a parent of a student, and they don't dare to do anything to me! Luo Yuhong said.

"That's what you said, I didn't force you!" Zhu Pingjin smiled at his wife, then walked down Danbi and said to Li Mingshi: "It is inconvenient for this son to go out of the house during the funeral, you personally bring someone to escort Miss Luo over, there is no loss!" ”

"Yes! The end will be vouched for with my life! ”

Luo Yuhong went out, of course he couldn't ride a horse, otherwise it would be too shocking. It is normal for unmarried ladies to go out and take a carriage. Of course, the carriage was not as fast as riding, and when Luo Yuhong passed by his house, he temporarily decided to call Xiaohong, a right-hand man. When girls go out, they must wear makeup, so when the convoy arrived at the school slowly, an hour passed quickly.

The school is not far from Furen Hall. Fu Ren Tang is the street, and the carriage is no problem in the past. But the school was in a deep dead alley (Note 1), and the carriage couldn't turn around after entering, so it had to stop outside the alley.

Xiaohong, as a maid, was the first to jump out of the carriage.

Xiaohong's foot fell right on a loose stone slab. There was water under the slate, and when Xiaohong stepped on it, the muddy water squeezed out from the edge of the slate.

Flutter! The black muddy water splashed on Xiaohong's body.

"Oops! Finished! Finished! Someone's new dress! Little Red shouted.

Flutter! Li Mingshi and the five guard platoon soldiers couldn't hold back their laughter.

"You don't help, but you still laugh at other girls, you are still not manly?" Luo Yuhong was very dissatisfied with these soldiers, and carefully got out of the car from the other side of the car.

"Report Miss Luo!" Li Mingshi stopped his subordinates in time, and he himself quickly smiled, "The last general wants to help, but I don't know how to help!" Please give me instructions! ”

If there is no owner of the famous flower, they want to help a lot, but they all know that the little red girl is Song Zhenzong's sweetheart. Men and women can't kiss, they can't touch it, they can't hold it, and they can't help rub their skirts, so they can only watch it.

"Humph! Useless! Li Mingshi was reasonable, Luo Yuhong muttered, but there was nothing to be done.

"What are you afraid of! Just wear it. Let them all see how much trouble they are causing us! Luo Yuhong said to Xiaohong.

"But this is dirty...... People are so embarrassed......"

"What's embarrassing? How many children with big farts dare to turn the sky upside down? Don't have your broom belt? ”

"Brought it."

A broom was handed out from among the soldiers.

"Take it, kill this girl!" Luo Yuhong was arrogant and dragged Xiaohong away. Li Mingshi waved his hand, except for one who was guarding the carriage and horses, the other four people hurriedly followed.

When Luo Yuhong rushed over with murderous energy, Li Sixian was undergoing inhuman torture.

The school is very small, just a small courtyard, a bamboo fence, and a thatched hut. Behind the thatched hut, there is a small river ditch with large clumps of ci bamboo growing on the edge of the ditch (Note 2). Chengdu Mansion is sandwiched between the Jinjiang River and the Nanhe River, and the urban area is not large, and the royal mansion and the yamen at all levels occupy an area, leaving even less for the people. If you want to live more spaciously, you can only move outside the city, but there is no city wall to protect it, so even such a house is very expensive and rare in the provincial capital.

In the middle of the hut, there is a crooked and cracked wooden pillar. Under the pillar, two long desks lay side by side, and Li Sixian was sitting on top of them. He had a crooked hat, his own socks in his mouth, and his hands were tied to a pillar with a bamboo strip behind his back. One of his feet was up, and his shoes and socks were taken off, revealing the white soles of his feet. This foot twitches desperately, but it can be pressed against two tables by a dozen hands, where can it move? The other foot was sandwiched between the two desks, and he couldn't move at all.

"Will the caravan accept us? If you don't nod your head, we're going to be punished!" A bear child with tiger teeth tried his best to pretend to be scary and took off the socks in Li Sixian's mouth.

"Our family is just a small eunuch in the palace!" Li Sixian took a deep breath, "How can our family call the shots!" ”

The socks were immediately shoved back.

"Dishonest! We've inquired clearly, you're a celebrity by the side of that son! It seems that if you don't move the punishment, you won't nod! ”

"That's right! Punishment! ”

"Okay! Punishment! ”

Dozens of fluffy horsetail grasses immediately appeared. A bright-looking boy whispered in Li Sixian's ear with pity: "Father-in-law Li, it will be very uncomfortable later, you must hold back!" ”

"Hey, it's hard! It's uncomfortable! A large group of boys agreed with that.

"Uh-huh......!" As the horsetail grass pulled back and forth on Li Sixian's feet, Li Sixian's body trembled like an electric shock, his two cheeks swelled rapidly, his nose kept spurting, his chin shook vigorously, his eyes kept rolling, and a drop of thick saliva trickled down his socks and hung down his cheeks.

Syllable! The stinky socks were ripped out of Li Sixian's mouth again, "Enjoy it, right?" Father-in-law Li, how about you describe your feelings? The tiger tooth boy invited with a smile.

Li Sixian's cheeks were red, and his eyes widened: "It's really a shame!" Wait for our family to go out......" He couldn't say the rest of the words, and the socks gagged his mouth again.

A tall boy shouted: "It seems that Gonggong Li doesn't admit defeat, otherwise we will make a trick?" After speaking, he grabbed Li Sixian's pants.

"Don't worry, the strategy we have set is 'attack the enemy must be saved, and the rescuer will be annihilated'. Sir taught, you dozed off in class again! A little fat man stopped the tall boy.

"So do you know which one is coming to the rescue? If the son of the world comes to the rescue, you will also be annihilated? The tall boy hated being exposed to him the most, and he immediately retorted.

"Fools, people don't have long brains! What we want is for the Son to come, and when he comes, we can ask him directly. The little fat man yelled.

"What are you like with your brains, you can't get famous!" The tall boy beat the little fat man with one sentence.

"Then what if the son doesn't come?" Another skinny boy asked, holding his head high. His clothes are covered with patches, which shows that his family is poor.

"If the prince doesn't come...... everyone stopped talking, and the question stumped them.

"If you don't come," said the thin boy, "anyway, a steward eunuch in the palace is held in our hands, so I am not afraid that they will not come!" No matter which one comes, we can pass on our legitimate demands back to the palace through him! Why can Brother Yun be a caravan, we can't do it! ”

"Why? Just because he is the brother-in-law of the son! The tiger tooth boy was angry when he talked about Brother Yun, jumped on the spot with a thud, and jumped onto the long desk with a clatter, and the two cloth shoes happened to step on both sides of Li Sixian's upturned bare feet.

"It's dangerous! Almost scrapped! Li Sixian's forehead oozed big drops of sweat. The thing didn't work out, and it was still planted in the hands of these bastards, do you say it's wronged?

Huya waved his hand vigorously and said imposingly, "Now that Luo Jingyun is the leader of the caravan, we will write to him, and he will not reply to us." You say, "Are you taking us as brothers?" ”

"Yes. Brothers forgot! There weren't many echoing voices, but there was obvious emotion in the suppressed voices.

"What Shizi's brother-in-law, Brother Yun's position as the leader is spelled out with a knife and a shot on the battlefield!" The skinny boy blushed and retorted.

"Then you say, why didn't he reply?"

"How do I know? Anyway, Brother Yun will never betray his brother! ”

"Phew! Luo Jingyun ignored us, and Sister Hong beat us out again! You say, 'Where do they treat us as brothers?' ”

"yes, why did you knock us out? We are guarding the caravan, and that is also serving the country! The boys below began to talk to each other.

"You slander!" Seeing that the general situation was unfavorable to him, the thin boy also rushed onto the table with a bang and grabbed the hem of the tiger's clothes.

"The gentleman doesn't move his hands! The villain doesn't move his mouth! Huya was a little discouraged.

"Lao Tzu is both hands-on and mouth-moving!" The skinny boy punched Huya in the chin, and Huya stumbled and fell off the desk. More than a dozen hands of the people below stretched out together to catch him.

"Call Lao Tzu!" Tiger Tooth spat out a mouthful of blood foam and roared angrily. The classroom was suddenly pounding, and more than thirty students were in a mess. Li Sixian, the culprit who caused the conflict, no one paid attention to him.

This is the scene Luo Yuhong saw when she entered the house.

Note 1: Dead alley, that is, one end of the alley is blocked. This kind of alley is the most convenient way to catch thieves.

Note 2: Ci bamboo, a common clump bamboo in Chengdu, also known as mother and child bamboo.