Chapter 44: The heart is at a loss
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Xiao Wu was so angry that he couldn't wait to pass by with an arrow, and hit Jiang Xiaoliu and Li Xiaosi on his knees and begged for mercy with three punches and two kicks. Zheng Xiang'an had already noticed Xiao Wu's abnormal movement, grabbed Xiao Wu's arm, and shook his head.
Xiao Wu had no choice but to suppress the resentment in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Sir, when will you do it?" β
Wei Zhongqiang and Liu Changting? Xia Xiang was shocked, Wei Zhongqiang was Fu Ke's accomplice in poisoning Dong Xian, and he was the owner of the tea stall. has not found his whereabouts, it turns out that he is still really determined, and his courage is really not small. What was even more daring was Liu Changting, who dared to see the uprising and tied up Lian Ruohan. If you let him catch it, you must let Liu Changting have a long memory!
Xia Xiang secretly clenched his fists.
Xia Xiang looked around a few times: "After Jiang Xiaoliu and Li Xiaosi enter, Xiao Wu, you and Zheng Langjun go around the back and block the back door to prevent someone from escaping through the back door." Mr. Jin Jia, Ye Zhenren, Cao Langjun, the three of you follow me through the front door. β
Several people nodded.
After a while, Jiang Xiaoliu and Li Xiaosi looked around and made sure that Ding Ke and the others were not coming back, so they returned to the house.
The house is not big, it is an ordinary village house. The yard is more than ten zhang in circumference, and there are trees, chickens and ducks in the yard, as well as a few fruit trees. Next to the fruit tree is a chicken coop. The chicken coop is not big, and people have to bend over when they go in. However, it was built squarely, and at first glance I thought it was a partial house.
Facing the courtyard gate, the main house is a three-room adobe house with weeds growing on the roof. The withered yellow weeds are like the white hairs on the top of the head, swaying in the bleak autumn wind, adding to the sense of desolation.
Jiang Xiaoliu and Li Xiaosi had just walked into the door of the main house, and the sunlight shone into the room, except for a few tables and chairs, it could be said that they were destitute. Before they could sit down and take a sip of water, there was a knock on the door.
"Who?" Li Xiaosi looked vigilant and asked in a low voice, "Jiang Xiaoliu, could it be that Boss Wei is back?" β
"Not really." Jiang Xiaoliu listened with his ears open, "It's not the code of Boss Wei knocking on the door, could it be that Ding Ke killed another horse pistol?" β
"Ding Ke is not knocking, slapping or kicking." Li Xiaosi's brain was not too stupid at a critical time, so he tilted his head and listened, "It's not Ding Ke, definitely not." β
The voice outside the door came in clearly: "Poor Dao is a Taoist priest who travels to the square, passing through this place, he is thirsty and unbearable, can the donor reward a bowl of water to drink?" β
Li Xiaosi and Jiang Xiaoliu glanced at each other, and both nodded at the same time. Jiang Xiaoliu went out and walked to the kitchen on the right, scooped a scoop of water, came to the courtyard gate, looked out a few times through the crack in the door, and confirmed that the person standing at the door was indeed a Taoist priest, and then opened the door.
The Taoist priest bowed his head and said, "Thank you." β
After drinking the water, the Taoist priest returned the scoop to Jiang Xiaoliu, turned around and left. Jiang Xiaoliu returned the salute and closed the courtyard door.
Li Xiaosi came over: "Is it really a Taoist priest?" β
"I, Jiang Xiaoliu, know countless people, and I can see at a glance that the Taoist priest is a true Taoist priest. It's okay, don't scare yourself. β
As soon as they finished speaking, there was another knock on the door, and the two of them were startled. Jiang Xiaoliu came to the door and looked through the crack in the door, it was still the Taoist priest just now. He hesitated, but opened the door anyway.
"Dao Leader still wants to drink water?" Jiang Xiaoliu asked.
The Taoist priest shook his head and stared at Jiang Xiaoliu intently for a long time before sighing: "As the saying goes, the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and the donor gave water, and the poor Taoist should not reveal the ...... of heaven."
Jiang Xiaoliu's heart suddenly lifted: "Dao Chief, is something going to happen to me?" It doesn't matter, you tell me, I'm not afraid. It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. β
The Taoist priest brushed the dust and pinched his fingers with his right hand: "You're going to have a big disaster." β
Jiang Xiaoliu was frightened: "Dao, Dao Chief, what a disaster?" Is it to kill the head or to destroy the door? β
The Taoist priest said: "Woe to Xiao Wall, beware of the villains around you." This disaster can be big or small, big, and there will be no grass left. Small, there is no danger. β
"What do you mean by the Woe Wall?" Jiang Xiaoliu hadn't read any books, but he understood the latter sentence, turned to Li Xiaosi who was hiding behind the door and said, "Li Xiaosi, what the Taoist chief said to beware of the villains around him, didn't he mean you?" β
Li Xiaosi scolded secretly, if Jiang Xiaoliu fell down and died one day, he must be stupid, he flashed out: "Dao Chang said that I am the villain next to him? β
The Taoist priest looked Li Xiaosi up and down a few times: "No, it's someone else." This man was also in the courtyard. β
Li Xiaosi was startled, and hurriedly said: "The Taoist chief said that he laughed, there is no one else in the courtyard except me, him and the Taoist chief." β
"That's not right." The Taoist priest walked into the courtyard, looked left and right, and his eyes fell on the chicken coop, "There was a beautiful lady who came to this courtyard before, but she is no longer here." There are still nine people in the courtyard now. β
Jiang Xiaoliu was so shocked that he almost jumped up: "Don't talk nonsense, where are there nine people, it is clearly four people." β
Li Xiaosi was already a step too late to stop Jiang Xiaoliu, Jiang Xiaoliu pointed and continued: "I am one, Li Xiaosi is one, Dao Chang is one, Fu Ke is one, who are the other five?" β
The Taoist priest laughed, turned around and said, "The other five people are outside, Xia Xianzun, Mr. Jin Jia, and Cao Langjun, please come in." β
Xia Xiang, Jin Jia, and Cao Shujun stepped in, and Jin Jia closed the door and stood at the door. Li Xiaosi is also smart, seeing that the situation is not good, he turned around and rushed into the main room, Jiang Xiaoliu didn't react for a moment, and was stunned for a moment before saying: "Okay, you Li Xiaosi, if you want to escape from the back door, you won't call me, you are really a villain." β
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiaosi went fast and came back faster - he flew back upside down directly, fell to the ground with a plop, and immediately fell with a blue nose and swollen face.
"Li Xiaosi, when did you learn martial arts, why are you so powerful?" Jiang Xiaoliu thought that Li Xiaosi had flown back by himself, and was surprised.
Li Xiaosi couldn't wait to kick Jiang Xiaoliu to death, he had poured blood mold for eight lifetimes, how could he meet such a stupid fool who was still stupid when he died?
Xiao Wu and Zheng Xiang'an Shi Ran came out of the main room, and the two of them were waiting for the rabbit at the back door, just when they met Li Xiaosi and wanted to run. Xiao Wuzheng was angry in his heart, and immediately flew away and sent Li Xiaosi back the same way.
"Jiang Xiaoliu, where is Fu Ke hiding?" Xia Xiang patted Jiang Xiaoliu on the shoulder, and his face was pleasant, "Tell this official quickly, this official still owes Fu Ke a lot of money." β
"Ah, you owe the Section? Who are you......" Jiang Xiaoliu's head turned a few times, realized something, and opened his mouth wide, "You are Xia Xiang?" Oh, Xia Xianzun, you are the same as the legend, young and handsome, and you really deserve to be the first county in the world that looks like Pan Ancai is better than Zijian. β
Xia Xiang almost didn't lose his laughter, but fortunately held back: "Jiang Xiaoliu, you are also the handsome and dashing first man in the world." β
"Really? Xia Xianzun didn't lie to me? Jiang Xiaoliu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and snorted at Li Xiaosi, "Did you hear it, Li Xiaosi, Xia Xianzun said that I am more handsome and chic than you...... Fu Ke is in the chicken coop. β
Li Xiaosi looked up to the sky and sighed, tears flowed for a long time, everything was born, how could he give birth to something like Jiang Xiaoliu, who is stupider than a pig and a donkey?
Xiao Wu flew to the chicken coop, kicked open the small door, and bent down to enter. After a while, Xiao Wu took a person out of it and threw it on the ground: "Stinky to death, if I hadn't seen him before, I would have thought he was a ghost." β
Fu Ke on the ground, his hair is like a chicken nest, his body is covered with chicken feathers and chicken dung, and his face is so dirty that he is no longer human, and he can't tell that he is the Fu Ke who used to be arrogant.
As soon as he saw Xia Xiang, Fu Ke hugged Xia Xiang's thighs and cried bitterly: "Xia Xianzun, hurry up and take me back to the county office, I've had enough, I can't live anymore." Even if I die, I will die in the county office. It's okay to sleep in the chicken nest every day, it's still full of chicken feathers, and if you accidentally eat a mouthful of chicken manure, I'll become maggots if you stay any longer. β
Xiao Wu took Fu Ke down to clean up first, and Xia Xiang, Jin Jia, and Ye Muping interrogated Jiang Xiaoliu and Li Xiaosi. The two didn't know Lian Ruohan's whereabouts, they only knew that after Liu Changting and Wei Zhongqiang kidnapped Lian Ruohan, they took a few carriages to the high post outside the village for a turn, and then took Lian Ruohan to ride away.
Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Xia Xiang was no longer reluctant, tied up Li Xiaosi, and threw it aside. Several people discussed it and decided to wait for Wei Zhongqiang to return.
Out of Yuanjia Village all the way to the east, about ten miles away there is a village called Shangzhuang. Shangzhuang is a big village, with more than 3,000 people. The village above is backed by mountains and waters, and there are thousands of fertile fields, which is an excellent treasure land.
The mountain on which the village is backed is called Changshan. The mountain is not high, nor is it big, like a giant hand holding the village above in the palm of its hand. At the root of the hand is a vast lake, known as Tokoyama Lake. Shangzhuang, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, is the same as Zhongshan Village in Lingshou and surrounded by the Hutuo River of Taihang Mountain, which is quiet and beautiful, and is a rare paradise.
It's just that compared with the peace of Zhongshan Village, although the environment of Shangzhuang is beautiful, it is not quiet. At the foot of Changshan Mountain, there are 100,000 garrison forbidden troops stationed here. Whenever the forbidden army is training and arranging formations, it shouts to kill the heavens, and there is no peace.
Although the garrison forbidden army is still a few miles away from Shangzhuang, it is mostly purchased in the village for daily use. Wu Yidong has always been strict in administering the army, and soldiers are not allowed to go out of the camp to harass the people, but it is still inevitable that there will be bold and reckless people who come out of the camp to steal chickens and touch dogs in the village, not to mention that there are also cases of private meetings with women from good families and abduction of young girls.
The garrison forbidden army of Great Xia, in addition to allocating military rations by the imperial court, would also cultivate fields in the garrison and be self-sufficient. Therefore, generally speaking, the days of the garrison forbidden army will be much better than that of the garrison forbidden army in Beijing.
Zhending Mansion garrison forbidden army from the Great Xia Dynasty, stationed here all the year round, more than 100 years formed a radius of dozens of miles of military camp, at a glance, densely packed in the army of the big tent and the house staggered and built, the middle is a castle-like mansion, along the mansion outward, layer by layer of the house step by step lower, at first glance, like the mansion of the wealthy family.
The mansion in the middle is Wu Yidong's residence.
As the commander of the garrison forbidden army and the supreme commander, he commands 200,000 forbidden troops, which seems to be a high and powerful position, but in fact, it is not. In order to prevent military attachΓ©s from rebelling, various systems were set up to prevent the garrison forbidden army from commanding the envoys.
At this time, Wu Yidong was sitting in the study drinking tea, and there were two people sitting opposite him, one was Liu Changting, and the other was born with a tiger's back, a full beard, and a pair of eyes like copper bells. If Lu Dongdong was here, he would recognize at a glance that this person was Wei Zhongqiang, the owner of the tea stall who poisoned Dong Xian with Fu Ke.
Wu Yidong looked unhappy, and took a sip of tea slowly: "Liu Yuanwai, you didn't discuss such a big matter with the official and made your own opinion, and now you are being chased by Xia Xiang, and you come to let the official clean up the mess for you, is there still such a reason in the world?" β
Liu Changting's face changed slightly, and he smiled reluctantly: "Commander Wu didn't know that he was in love with Lian Niangzi, and he robbed Lian Niangzi, it was also a whim, not that he had been planning for a long time. Besides, even the lady did everything possible to obstruct my plan and tied her up, also to prevent the good times from growing in the future. β
"That's what I said, but the official always thinks it's inappropriate." Wu Yidong glanced at Liu Changting, and said in a strange manner, "Liu Yuanwai can speak well, and his tongue is like a spring, it is a trivial matter to satisfy his selfish desires, but you say that it is a major matter for His Royal Highness the Star King, and the official doesn't know how to admire Liu Yuanwai." β
Liu Changting smiled awkwardly: "Looking at Zhending Mansion, apart from Cui Fuzun, who else can turn over the clouds and rain like Commander Wu?" The trivial matter of letting Lian Ruohan hide in the military camp was just a matter of moving his fingers to Commander Wu. β
Liu Changting secretly slandered in his heart, Wu Yidong, Wu Yidong, you are doing everything possible to make things difficult, just to show your important position in the big things, hum, when the matter is done, I will refer to you in front of the Star King, and let you regret what you did today.
Wu Yidong plucked his ears, flicked his fingers, and said with a smile: "Liu Yuanwai is really good at laughing, not to mention the 200,000 forbidden troops of Zhending Mansion, only 100,000 are in Zhending, and the other 100,000 are in Shile County, dozens of miles away, only to say that although the 100,000 forbidden army of Zhending is the most elite cavalry in the 200,000 forbidden army, it is directly commanded by Han Meng, the deputy commander, and you also know very well that Han Meng and this official have always been at odds with each other. In case Han Meng found out about this matter and had to report it, the commanders of the officials would not be able to keep their positions. Lian Niangzi is not a flat-headed commoner, she is the helmsman of the first trading house in Great Xia. β
What an old fox! Liu Changting scolded secretly in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "Don't hide it from Commander Wu, Han Meng has already taken the handle, and then he will not only obediently cooperate with us in major matters, but he will not be silent in the matter of Lian Niangzi." β
Wu Yidong glanced at Wei Zhongqiang casually, took off his boots and scratched his right foot, and smiled: "Han Meng's handle...... Are you talking about Sister Zhu? β
Wei Zhongqiang nodded and replied, "It's Sister Zhu." Wu commanded the envoy, Zai Xia and Fu Ke grew up together, with similar temperaments, life and death, after he was arrested by Xia Xiang and put in prison, he entrusted Zhu Yijie with him. Sister Zhu has a lot of trust in Zaixia, and she listens to whatever she says. β
Wu Yidong heard the meaning of Wei Zhongqiang's words, and he sneered: "That is to say, what do you ask Sister Zhu to do, Sister Zhu will definitely obey?" First Sister Zhu is obedient to you, which is equivalent to Han Meng obeying you? Wei Zhongqiang, you and Fu Ke trust each other for life and death, why don't you treat him well, treat him like a guest, but place him in the chicken coop, do you let him hatch chicks or lay eggs? β