Chapter 32: Stratagem
All four were thrown into prison and ascended the next day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Tang Xu's mind was full of question marks, he really couldn't figure out what was going on, and after thinking about it, he was worried about those who were halfway to be cured, so it was not a way to delay it like this.
"Brother Xu, I'm sorry for you." Tang Xu looked at Xu Shijie, who was staying with him, with a wry smile.
"I'm also sorry for Dali and Lan Jun." Tang Xu regretted a little, and wanted to say that if he didn't cross, maybe he wouldn't let these people fall here, but if he really regretted it, he was a little reluctant, these days with everyone, Tang Xu really felt at home.
"Engong, don't say that, I believe in Engong's character, and this matter must not be Engong's fault." Xu Shijie was busy to persuade him, but Tang Xu was still in a heavy mood. He subconsciously touched his neck, is he going to die here? After looking at everyone again, not only did they want to die, but these people also had to die with themselves.
"I don't want to die, I'm not even 20 years old." Tang Xu really wanted to cry, especially wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry.
"The owner." Wang Dali opened his mouth, his eyes were red, and he had nothing to say.
"Brother Wang." Lan Jun timidly stretched out his hand to hold Wang Dali, but hesitated. Wang Dali smiled bitterly and reached out to take the suffering little brother into his arms. Lan Jun'an leaned on him quietly, and after a while, he fell asleep.
When Lan Jun woke up, he found himself lying on the ground, Tang Xu and Xu Shijie asleep against the wall, but Wang Dali didn't know where to go.
"Tang Gongzi! What about Brother Wang? Lan Jun woke up Tang Xu in a panic.
"Huh?" Tang Xu was confused, it took half a day to figure out the situation, where did Wang Dali go?
"Engong, what's wrong?" Xu Shijie also woke up, and he also had no idea where Wang Dali was.
Tang Xu was excited, what is Wang Dali going to do? Does he want to be alone to bear the guilt? What is so good about himself that he deserves to do this? Tang Xu banged on the cell door vigorously and shouted Wang Dali's name loudly, but no one came out to respond to him, not even a jailer.
Tang Xu kept making trouble until he had no strength and was still beating the fence mechanically, Lan Jun didn't know when he started crying in a low voice, Tang Xu looked at him and wanted to comfort him, but who would comfort him? Ay.. Xu Shijie sat in the corner of the cell in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
At night, the starry night sky reflected by the skylight of the prison, Tang Xu's stomach gurgled, but he didn't feel hungry at all, Lan Jun was tired of crying and fell asleep, Xu Shijie was still in a daze, and it was like this until the next day.
The time to ascend to the hall is almost here, breakfast is delivered, Lan Jun said that he can't eat, Xu Shijie said that he has no appetite, Tang Xu eats everyone's things alone, even if he dies, he has to be a full ghost. But what he was more worried about was that Wang Dali had already become a substitute for the dead.
"Come out!" Three jailers came over to open the door for Tang Xu, and when Tang Xu walked out of the prison, the early morning sun pierced him so that he couldn't open his eyes. Looking back at Lan Jun and Xu Shijie, they both looked lost and depressed.
"I didn't expect that." Tang Xu shook his head, his mind empty.
"The owner!" Tang Xu thought that he had heard it wrong, he looked left and right, but did not see Wang Dali's figure.
"Boss, it's me, Dali." Tang Xu felt that someone was shaking his body, he looked closely, Wang Dali was in front of him, but his dress changed greatly, like an official uniform, no wonder he didn't notice it just now.
"Brother Wang!" Lan Jun shouted out first, ran over and hugged Wang Dali, Wang Dali smiled and stroked his very thin back.
"You're not dead?" Tang Xu's question was funny, but it was from the heart.
"Boss, aren't I doing well?" Wang Dali let go of Lan Jun and smiled at Tang Xu, a little helpless.
"What are you dressed up in?" After confirming that Wang Dali was intact, Tang Xu was relieved, so he couldn't take care of being curious about Wang Dali's dress.
"I entered the General's Palace." Wang Dali lowered his head, as if he had done something wrong.
"Why?" However, this question does not need to be answered, Tang Xu and they are fine so far, which is enough to explain the reason.
"The owner, no matter where Wang Dali is, as long as you give an order, you will go to the soup and go to the fire." Wang Dali knelt down for Tang Xu, this was the first time, and it may be the last.
"How can it be so serious, we're friends, aren't we? As long as you have me as a friend in your heart, I will be very happy. Tang Xu helped Wang up vigorously and patted off the dust on his new official uniform for him. Tang Xu was also a little relieved at this moment, in fact, all this didn't seem so difficult and unacceptable, didn't it? Perhaps, Tang Xu is just reluctant to get along with this friend day and night, and he doesn't want the friendship between them to slowly fade.
"Boss, I'll send you back." Wang Dali said.
"Why do you still call me the owner?" Tang Xu is no longer Wang Dali's boss, it is too unruly to call it so.
"I'm used to it, and the general didn't say anything." Wang Dali replied casually.
"Pretty generous." Tang Xu shrugged, he was really so generous, why did he have to poach Wang Dali? Hehe..
"Boss, let's go back." Wang Dali said again.
"Can you go home now? Don't have to go to the General's Mansion to listen to errands? Tang Xu joked, hey, it won't be his turn to send him a job in the future, but it's okay, at least he should be willing to eat with him.
"I'll report on it tomorrow." Wang Dali is embarrassed.
"Okay, then we'll go home first." Tang Xu nodded.
The four of them came out of the prison, returned home in the dust, took a hot bath, and went to get rid of the bad luck on their bodies. Then went to Xu Shijie's house for a banquet, and when the whole day was over, Tang Xu remembered those people in the small courtyard, so he didn't tell anyone, and planned to go out to see it by himself.
Walking on the street with a black light, Tang Xu was still a little scared, he wrapped his clothes tightly, lowered his head and hurried forward, when suddenly something tripped over him under his feet.
"Ahh Tang Xu thought that he was alive and dead, and he broke out in a cold sweat. Isn't this the one who died before? Xu Shijie's fellow countryman.
"Hmm." The man lay on the ground weakly, but certainly not dead.
"Why are you here?" Tang Xu squatted down and asked him.
"Hmm." The man seemed to be delirious, as if he hadn't heard Tang Xu speak at all.
Tang Xu looked at this person, recalled this incident, and felt more and more strange, he used his strength to drag the person to a secluded place, gave him an injection first, and then hurried to Xu Shijie's house.
Tang Xu banged on Xu Shijie's door hard, and someone inside immediately answered, the person who opened the door was Xu Shijie, seeing that he was full of alcohol and walking staggeringly, Tang Xu ignored him and went straight into the house.
"Engong, it's so late, what's the matter with Shijie?" Xu Shijie saw that Tang Xu was coming, half of the wine woke up, and he saw that his face was solemn, and the other half of the wine also woke up.
"Brother Xu, I have something I want to ask you." Tang Xu said. When Xu Shijie heard this, he first fought a cold war, and Tang Xu was even more suspicious in his heart.
"Brother Xu, who is the person who died on the embankment before?" Tang Xu squinted at him.
"I... My fellow countryman, Engong, you. . Haven't you seen it? Xu Shijie stammered.
"I've seen your fellow townsman, and I've seen you just now." As soon as Tang Xu's words came out, Xu Shijie sat on the ground in fright.
"Brother Xu, what the hell is going on?" Tang Xu suppressed the anger in his heart, and he didn't want to make any guesses first, although he had almost guessed eight or nine points.
"Engong, Shijie is really forced to be helpless." Xu Shijie couldn't hide it, so he had to admit it.
"Someone from the General's Mansion came to you that day, just to give this trick to Dali?" Tang Xu was really angry, and the most angry thing was that someone actually found out his temper and used such a trap to let him drill.
"Yes." Xu Shijie had nothing to say.
"Could it be that just to let Dali go to the General's Mansion, you killed an innocent person?" Tang Xu asked again.
"No, no, no! Engong, you misunderstood, that man was already dead, a death row prisoner who was executed a few days ago. Xu Shijie panicked and hurriedly explained.
"Really?" Tang Xu glanced at him.
"It's true, Shijie doesn't dare to deceive Engong." Xu Shijie bowed deeply to Tang Xu.
"I think you're hiding a lot from me." Tang Xu smiled, although he didn't kill innocent people, but this matter was too much, Wang Dali was so stupid to get into other people's traps, hey. Tang Xu felt that he was also stupid, if it weren't for his cowardice, saying that he didn't want to die, maybe everyone would be fine.
"Engong, don't say that, this time I was really forced to be helpless, if I can't do this, the Shijie family will have no place in Lanzhou City." Xu Shijie knelt down and cried bitterly at Tang Xu.
"Get up." A big man is crying at himself, Tang Xu really can't stand it, it's already like this, what's the use of getting angry again?
"That's it, but don't let Dali know, or I'm afraid that your General Li will be in trouble." Tang Xu said that Wang Dali eats soft rather than hard, if he really lets him know the truth, he is afraid that the General's Mansion will be disturbed, and Xu Shijie will not be able to get out of it at that time.
"Yes, Shijie will never leak the slightest rumor." Xu Shijie bowed again.
"Haven't leaked the news yet? Then how did I see your fellow townsman on the street in the middle of the night? Tang Xu felt that Xu Shijie would run the train with his mouth full.
"I mishandled this matter." Xu Shijie wiped the sweat from his head.
"I've put him in a place where no one is around, you can bring him home, and I'll come here to treat him in the future, and I can't let Dali see it." When he is well, he will be sent away, and no one will know that he is still alive. Tang Xu said.
"Yes, they all listen to Engong." Xu Shijie nodded yes.
Tang Xu finished saying everything he had to say, and immediately took Xu Shijie to bring his fellow villager back and put him in a small room where no one was. For a while, Tang Xu ran between the courtyard and Xu Shijie's house every day, and did not let Lan Jun follow, but fortunately, Wang Dali was in the General's Mansion most of the time, and he didn't know what happened here, although Li Yu allowed Wang Dali to go home from time to time, but there was nothing particularly important, and he only went home three or five times a month.
Time flickered, and at the end of the year, Xu Shijie's fellow villagers also recovered one by one, some continued to stay in Lanzhou City to make a living, and some went elsewhere. In short, this matter is over.