Chapter 66: The Crisis Comes

At night, in the northwest corner of Cui's manor, in the study of a deep house compound, Cui Mingxun, who had not appeared for a long time, Cui Daoshi's father and son were talking about something.

Cui Mingxun played with a jade lion and said, "How are things prepared?" What's changed? ”

Cui Daoshi smiled slightly, "Father, everything is going well, and all the other rooms have expressed their support for us, but the fourth room is a little hesitant and wants to watch from the wall, and he has not made a clear statement." ”

Cui Mingxun sneered a few times, "Those people are at both ends of the rat, and they just want to pick up some cheap." They're all gutsless rats, so don't pay attention. By the way, when will it be launched? Got a plan? ”

"On the twenty-fifth day, our guilt should be on duty."

"We must repeatedly review the details of the operation, and we must not make any mistakes."

At the same time, in a cave in Tiantai Mountain, more than 200 miles away from Mingzhou, a group of people were discussing something. They were a group of bandits entrenched in Tiantai Mountain, about 150 people, led by three leaders.

The big boss is a man with a strong figure who looks like he is in his thirties. He had a fierce expression, a thick beard all over his face, and a blue silk shirt. He stared at a short, sharp, ugly-looking man and asked, "Third brother, is this news accurate?" Don't be fooled. ”

The ugly man said confidently: "Big brother, I have inquired clearly, Liu Zhao, the son of Liu Yan, who joined the Mingzhou judicial army, was beaten very badly by the Cui family on the streets of Mingzhou a few months ago, and Liu Yan's father and son wanted to retaliate, but they were suppressed by the Mingzhou assassin history. Liu Zhao's son-in-law has never suffered such a big loss, so he has always wanted to deal with the Cui family. ”

He paused, and seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he continued: "Liu Zhao sent people to keep an eye on the Cui family, but the few maritime merchants who beat him have all left, and they don't know where they went. He transferred his resentment to the Cui family, wanting to completely solve the Cui family. But his father Liu Yan was afraid of Lord Shi and did not dare to touch the Cui family. ”

The horizontal flesh on the boss's face twitched a few times, "Then Liu Zhao found you and wanted to borrow our hand to kill the Cui family, he wanted to get it very beautiful!" What do we brothers get? ”

The third child took a sip of wine, and then said: "Big brother, two months ago, the Cui family held an 'auction' and sold three treasures, and got a total of 230,000 yuan. These are all true, there are more than 100 people who participated in the auction, and the whole Jiangnan has spread all over the country. ”

The boss's eyes immediately lit up, he stood up and walked a few steps, and said excitedly: "This Cui family is indeed a big fat sheep, I don't know if our brother can eat it." Third, how many people are in the Cui family and how many guards are there? ”

"I inquired clearly, there are more than 100 people in the Cui family's direct line, and there are almost sixty or seventy guards. We can deal with it, it is said that the masters of the guards have been sent out to protect the caravan, and the people in the manor are all average people. ”

The boss thought for a moment, "But how can we safely bring the treasure back after we get it?" It is more than 200 miles away from Mingzhou, and if we are caught up by the garrison of Mingzhou, we will be completely finished. ”

The third child said proudly: "This is not a problem, Liu Zhao said that he will use the power of the government in his father's hands to block the surroundings of the Cui family and arrest the people who went to Mingzhou to report the news in the name of bandits." He said that he promised to hold the Cui family for two days, so that we could come back safely. In addition, Liu Zhao provided a map of the Cui family's manor, and we can act according to the map and accurately find the Cui family's warehouse. ”

The boss slapped the stone table excitedly and shouted loudly: "It's done, we're going to make a big vote this time, you go and get the second child back, and we'll set off tomorrow!" ”

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A.D. 962 (the third year of Jianlong) December 25 (lunar calendar)

At noon, Cui Xiaoniang accompanied her mother to eat, listened to her nagging for a while, and when her mother went to take a nap, she walked to the front yard.

She scolded Du Dalei in her heart with hatred as she walked, saying good things, but he has disappeared in the past few days, he must have deliberately avoided himself, and didn't want to write down the long and short sentences, this guy is very bad.

She took the maid to the room where Du Dalei lived angrily and asked the maid to knock on the door. But the maid knocked for a while, and there was no movement in the room.

Cui Xiaoniang thought about it, and walked to Cui Daoshu's study, maybe they were discussing things. When he was still twenty steps away from the study, a servant suddenly rushed out and shouted, "Someone! The head of the family is seriously ill, go find Lang Zhong! ”

Cui Xiaoniang was startled and immediately ran to the study. When I entered the study, I saw Cui Daoshu lying on the ground, his face was dark, his hands were covering his neck, and he kept vomiting.

Cui Xiaoniang shouted: "Ah! Come on, people! Save Brother! She squatted on the ground and hugged Cui Daoshu and cried.

At this time, two people rushed into the study, it was An Dalang and Du Dalei. The two of them went out to eat just now, and when they were walking back, they heard the shouts of the servant and Cui Xiaoniang, and immediately ran in.

Cui Xiaoniang cried and shouted: "Save him, you guys quickly find a way!" ”

Du Dalei asked eagerly: "What kind of disease is this, has he had it before?" ”

An Dalang said with a solemn face: "It's not a disease, it may be poisoned." ”

Cui Xiaoniang shouted: "Poisoned, you guys quickly find a way, I want my brother to come back to life!" ”

Du Dalei looked around, picked up the teapot on the table, and said to An Dalang: "Let's fill him with water, and then let him spit it out, hurry up!" ”

An Dalang picked up Cui Daoshu from Cui Xiaoniang's arms, laid it flat on the ground, pinched his nostrils with his left hand, and broke his mouth with his right hand.

Du Dalei immediately stuffed the spout into Cui Daoshu's mouth and poured water into it. He turned back to Cui Xiaoniang and shouted, "Don't cry, go get milk and eggs immediately, and goat's milk is fine." Just go! ”

Cui Xiaoniang staggered out, feeling that her legs were weak, so she urgently and loudly ordered the maid to go and get something. She leaned against the doorframe, her heart pounding, and she had no strength at all.

At this time, Du Dalei had already poured a pot of tea into it, and he turned Cui Daoshu over and put it on An Dalang's knees, making him face rush down. Du Dalei stretched out his index finger and stuffed it into Cui Daoshu's mouth and began to pick at his throat.

After a few strokes, Cui Daoshu began to vomit, and the lunch in his stomach was mixed with tea and sprayed all over the ground.

A few more people ran in outside the door, and they were the stewards and servants of the Cui family. Cui Hong shouted anxiously: "Where is Langzhong?" Did you go looking for it? ”

The two servants agreed and ran out. Du Dalei patted Cui Daoshu on the back and helped him continue to vomit. An Dalang looked at everyone with fierce eyes, and shouted loudly: "Steward Cui, you go to Li Jinyang immediately, and ask him to order all the guards to be armed and on guard and surround this place." If an unknown person approaches, they will all be arrested! Just go! ”

Cui Hong promised to run out, and at this time, the maid came in with a wooden barrel and shouted, "Milk is here!" ”

Du Dalei looked at it, and there were about five or six catties of milk in the barrel. He poured the milk into the empty teapot and immediately poured it into Cui Daoshu. Then he grabbed his throat and made him spit it out.

After repeating it several times, Cui Daoshu's face was a little better, but he was still dazed and speechless. A servant ran in with a wooden basin full of eggs.

Du Dalei asked the servant to take out a bowl of egg whites, and poured it into Cui Daoshu, and then continued to induce vomiting, tossing for a while.

At this moment, a servant walked in with an old man, who was out of breath and bent over and coughed violently when he entered the door.

When everyone looked at it, someone shouted: "It's Wang Langzhong, show it to the head of the family!" ”

The two servants helped the old man sit down, and the old man gasped a few times and motioned for everyone to put Cui Daoshu on the bed. Everyone lifted Cui Daoshu to the bed, and the old man walked over with difficulty, carefully observed Cui Daoshu's face, lifted his eyelids to take a look, and then picked up Cui Daoshu's hand and carefully checked every nail.

The old man asked a few words about the process of treatment, and said: "It is very likely that it is arsenic poisoning, but your treatment is very timely, and the method is also very ingenious. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Cui Xiaoniang called a maid and asked her to call her sister-in-law, but she was not allowed to make a noise, and asked her to tell the housekeeper that she must not let her mother know about it.

The maid left in a hurry, Wang Langzhong began to write the prescription, and An Dalang walked out angrily. Du Dalei hugged him, "Don't be impulsive, you can't make a big deal now, let people go and find the eldest brother and them immediately, and everyone will discuss it before acting." ”

An Dalang sat down hatefully, and shouted in his mouth: "I must find the person who poisoned him, and I will skin him at that time!" ”

Cui Hong and Li Jinyang walked in. said that the defense had been arranged outside, and no one from outside could enter. Du Dalei asked Cui Hong to send someone to find Zhao Zizhong, and Cui Hong went out again.

Li Jinyang asked, "Have you found the person who poisoned you?" Do you want to arrest both the servants and the maids? ”

Du Dalei shook his head, "Wait a minute, my eldest brother is here." If the poisoned person wants to run, he will be gone by this time, where can he catch him? ”

Li Jinyang said: "You may not necessarily run, the Cui family is heavily guarded, and there is little chance that outsiders will come in and poison, I think it was done by internal spies." ”

Wang Langzhong wrote the prescription, An Dalang personally followed the servants to the treasury to grab the medicine, and when he came back, he looked at the stove of the decoction of the medicine, and no one was allowed to interfere.

After a while, Zhao Zizhong and Boris ran in. The two of them looked at Cui Daoshu, asked about the situation again, and breathed a sigh of relief. An Dalang walked over with his head down and knelt on the ground, "Brother, I failed to take care of the head of the family, you can punish me!" ”

Zhao Zizhong looked at him coldly, "Get up, now is not the time to be held accountable, there are still many things to do, you are a little promising, okay!" ”

An Dalang got up from the ground and said ashamedly: "I went out for a while at noon, and there was an accident, this must be done by the inner ghost, he knows our behavior very well!" ”