Chapter 185: Murder and Arson
Zhu Da had heard of Fang Ming, but he didn't know when he came to Huairen County that when he was in Zhengjiaji, the hero genealogy of the county town was not talked about by no one, and this Uncle Fang was qualified enough.
When Yang Shouwen reported this name, he was somewhat expectant, hoping that such a white and two-way big man could deter these two masked people who suddenly appeared, but the eyes of these two were indifferent and did not fluctuate in the slightest.
Is it foreign? Thinking of this, Yang Shouwen did not feel the slightest ease, but was even more frightened, such outlaws who passed through the state did not have any scruples about doing things, they were not involved in the local area, of course they were unscrupulous.
"Second master, did Zhu Da hire you here, the second master doesn't need to answer, do you know how much money Zhu Da has in his hand, more than 10,000 taels, they did a good business in Zhengjiaji back then, this time they dug up the silver back, the small one shouldn't be greedy, but the second master thinks about it, what a lot of silver this is, the second master can do something to that Zhu Da......"
The louder he became, Zhu Da grabbed a ball of rags and stuffed it into his mouth, and said to Zhou Qingyun next to him, "I'll ask his mother-in-law." ”
Zhou Qingyun nodded, Yang Shouwen was frozen all over, although he was bound firmly, he could still move his body, what really froze him was fear, he noticed the eyes of these two masked people, Yang Shouwen seemed familiar with such eyes, the executioners in the yamen were like this when they were executed in the court, they looked at the death row prisoners with the same eyes as these two young people looked at themselves.
I'm so wronged, don't I just want to be motivated, Huang Bantou's backer has been defeated, and Lao Liu has a household Lao Zhou as a backer, besides, you are a foreigner who has died of an elder, isn't it just a pig and sheep with so much money? What's wrong with me making up my mind to make progress in this way, hasn't it been done? The more Yang Shouwen thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, he just wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, otherwise, ......
Yang Shouwen's mother-in-law was dragged into the hall, and she could hear short cries and questions and answers, as well as a scream that stopped when she said it, and a muffled sound, this voice Yang Shouwen had heard it several times, the movement of a sharp blade cutting flesh.
I only saw the masked man lift the cotton curtain, looked at him who was struggling, and made a chopping gesture to the other person, Yang Shouwen tried all his strength to struggle, but the masked man who guarded him pressed him to death, stabbed him in the chest with a dagger, and the other three shifts were doing this kind of hard work, why should I ...... Yang Shouwen's realization ended there.
Zhu Da dragged the woman's body in from the hall and threw it back onto the kang, and Zhou Qingyun used a dagger to cut the two bindings.
"I'll go find the oil first." Juda whispered.
Household lamp oil is often placed in the corner of the hall, which is easy to take and easy to find, so Zhu Da quickly got it and splashed it directly on the Yang family's kang.
"Is it going to burn outside?" Zhou Qingyun asked in a sullen voice, and when he saw Zhu Da nodding, Zhou Qingyun tore off some strips of cloth from the kang, tied them to the disassembled chair legs, and rolled in oil.
After Zhu Da did all this, he casually threw the light at the windowsill on the kang, and the oiled bedding burned easily, and it caught fire immediately, Zhou Qingyun put the improvised torch on the fire and ignited it, and went out of the house with Zhu Da.
Datong is a northern border town, every family has the habit of storing firewood and grass, the more decent people will save, this Yang family is also a lot of firewood and coal, piled up by the wall, Zhou Qingyun quickly used firewood to build a nest, and threw the torch inside, it won't take long for the firewood to burn, and the coal will burn.
There is no wind in the city at night, which is more suitable for setting fires, because the fire is not too big at first, and it is too late to be discovered by the time it is burning.
After the two of them did all this, they also deliberately listened to the snoring in the front yard, nothing changed, they should not have been awakened, the two people went out of the yard along the same road over the wall, and did not speak after going out, just walked quickly along the root of the wall, turned out of the two streets and slowed down, looked back, and could faintly see the fire over there.
"How many escapes can you get out of the fire?" Zhou Qingyun asked suddenly.
Zhu Da took two steps forward silently, did not look back, and continued to walk: "It is estimated that no one can escape, and when they are discovered, all the houses should be burned." ”
"The two people of the Yang family deserve to die, but the others are not, do they want to destroy the whole door?"
Zhu Da didn't speak to this question, and walked forward again, when Zhou Qingyun thought that he didn't answer, Zhu Da opened his mouth and said: "If we want to protect ourselves, we have to kill people, will the family of the person who was killed go to revenge like us, in order to protect ourselves, we will do ...... a hundred"
The two walked in silence again, and Zhu Da said again: "Don't think about it if you do it, how many times has Master Yuan said that if you always read it, you will fall ill, and then the person will be abolished, besides, we haven't finished killing tonight, we still have to go to Fang's house." ”
The powerful people in the city are always lax and arrogant compared to those outside the city, they are protected by the city wall, they always feel that they are safe, and they are not prepared against many dangers at all, compared to them, Zhengjiaji is different from the villages outside, and there are many things to be careful about in those places.
Of course, there will be a lot of safety with the protection of the city, for the vast majority of people, including a lot of martial arts figures, towering city walls, patrolling strong squad training, these are insurmountable obstacles, they have to think of the risk when they want to do something, you can run outside the city, the wilderness, the mountains are continuous, the place is vast, run out and hide nowhere to chase, but in this city, you have great skills, the city gate is closed, gather people to search, there is nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.
For the leaders of the scribes, they are accustomed to the common people, thinking that they are tigers and wolves, thinking that they are born with strength, and they are born stronger than others, and they take the weak and the strong as a matter of course, and take the power of the government and the royal law as their own strength, and feel that the common people, helpless people of all colors, etc., have to be slaughtered, and feel that what they dare to do is the fish on the chopping block, and there will be no resistance, nor will there be any danger.
It's not wrong to say it, all kinds of people under the Great Tomorrow have a natural fear of the government and the king's law, no one is willing to fight against the forces related to the government, they can endure it, let it go, for the scribes and servants, this is their daily life, this is their heavenly principle.
But there are always exceptions to everything, everyone is playing chess on the chessboard, thinking that everything can only be done according to the rules on the chessboard, Zhu Da directly overturned this chessboard, since you are going to dry up and fish, then the fish will die and the net will be broken, not to mention that with their skills over the years, the net will not let people know where the fish is.
They didn't know where Fang Ming lived, but it was easy to inquire, so they quietly followed behind the husband, easily restrained a Minzhuang who fell at the end of the line, forced two questions to get an answer, knocked the person unconscious and stuffed it on the street corner, and then went straight over.
Surprisingly and unexpectedly, Fang Ming's residence was not far from the house that Zhu Da bought, just across the street.
The area where the Fang family is located is much brighter than the Yang family, there are lanterns hanging in front of the door, and there are doormen on duty, but the front door is like this, and the sides are not so bright and shining.
As soon as the two landed, there was no one around, but almost at the same time as they landed, there were dogs barking in the yard, the Fang family is a wealthy family in the county that has been inherited for several generations, and the house regulations are much bigger than Yang Shouwen's family, but this is nothing complicated, unless the Fang family has a foreign house or stays in another house, otherwise where does the person live, there are fixed rules, there will be no exceptions, although it is a lowly servant, but it will always be done in accordance with the rules of etiquette of the gentry.
"Don't worry about the dog, find Fang Ming." Zhu Da whispered, he is used to saying two words in such an action, not that Zhou Qingyun needs him to guide, the two of them have long had a tacit understanding.
Although there was some commotion in the courtyard, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun still only took out their daggers, and did not speed up their pace, but just walked forward along the root of the wall.
When passing by the second ear room, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun stopped for a moment, because there are people here who are on duty at night, this is the rule of large families, not everyone sleeps at night, and there are special people who stare at it all night.
"Why is the dog still barking?"
"Did the Zhu family toss endlessly and alarm the dog?"
"There's no reason to scream again at this time!"
There were already people in the courtyard who were talking so lowly, and some servants got up and began to make their rounds, but no one expected someone to sneak in, they didn't think of this at all.
But Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun are still moving slower and slower, not because the terrain is complicated, but because the dogs keep barking, more and more people get up, no matter how big the house in the county town is, it can't be there, everyone who gets up walks with lights, otherwise they can't see clearly, but the danger of exposure in this way is also greatly increased.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun looked at each other, whether to continue to sneak in or break in, and how to deal with it when it is exposed, this is all a matter of chasing in front of them.
At this moment, I heard the sound of gongs and bangs outside the yard, and the sound came suddenly, and the yard was quiet, and only the dog continued to bark.
"Gone out of the water? It's the East! "There were quite a few people in the courtyard who were alarmed.
This is the water gong sounded by the husband, in fact, it is the fire alarm in the city, most of the houses are civil buildings, especially the wood is used, not to mention the storage of firewood and grass in the north, once the fire is a big deal, if it spreads and burns to other houses, it is a big trouble, so the night warning, the people in the city and everywhere will rush to fight the fire.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun knew where the fire started, it was Yang Shouwen's house, and they set the fire on fire.