Chapter Twenty-Three: A Sleepless Night
Robbed the prison, seized the city gate, and died so many people, tonight, Dong'a is destined to have many people unable to sleep, a team of county soldiers continued to patrol the streets, looking for possible clues, and when they arrived at the gate of Xue's mansion, they found that it was also brightly lit inside, but they just glanced at it quietly and walked away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the hall of Xue's mansion, Xue Hu sat on the upper seat with a frown, accompanied by Xue Yi, who had changed into a close-fitting robe at the moment, and looked thinner.
"Don't worry, Dad, I've done everything I should do, and when the time comes, I'll let them go to Gucheng to avoid it, even if Wang Du suspects us, he won't be able to show evidence."
"I'm not worried about this, even if Wang Du finds evidence, what if he dares to touch our Xue family?" Xue Hu picked up the tea bowl and prepared to moisten his throat, but he didn't expect that his lips were just stained with water, and he was so angry that he threw his hand and smashed it at a servant below, "How do you do it?" You want to burn me? ”
The servant was doused with hot tea, first screamed "ah", and then saw that Xue Hu's eyes were not good, although he was trembling in pain, he had to grit his teeth and hold on.
Recently, there have been more and more displaced people who have entered Dong'e, and they have sharpened their heads and want to find an errand in a big family, if he is kicked out by the Xue family, he has no skills, and there is nothing else waiting for him except death.
Fortunately, he didn't endure it for long, and Xue Yi also picked up the tea bowl over there, with a smile on his face: "Dad, don't say it, this water will be boiled after filtering, and sure enough, the taste is very different, just looking at it makes me feel much cleaner, by the way, you told me last time, this filter device was invented by the man who picked it up?" ”
As he spoke, he quietly waved his hand to the wounded servant, motioning for him to hurry out.
Xue Hu naturally noticed his small movements, but he didn't speak, and only after the servant went out did he sigh helplessly: "You, don't always be so good to your subordinates, how can you still look like a master." ”
Seeing Xue Yi smiling perfunctorily at him in a blink of an eye, Xue Hu was helpless, and at this time, the newly brewed tea also came up, tasted it, and said: "What kind of man picked up, so ugly, people have names and surnames, called Yang Yun, if your words are spread out, you won't offend people to death." ”
"If you offend, you will be offended, just a broken scholar with no merit, what's so strange." Xue Yi pursed his lips and took a sip of the clean water made by the broken scholar, "By the way, what were you worried about just now, Dad?" ”
"I have a faint feeling that someone is secretly dealing with our Xue family."
Xue Yi was stunned, and then fell into deep thought: "Dad said that Dian Wei's incident was instigated by someone. ”
"It's not enough to provoke." Xue Hu shook his head, "Dian Wei is not as brave and resourceless as you think. ”
"However, this matter is too strange, it's like someone played a game of chess, and Dian Wei, Li Yong and Liu became the chess pieces on that game of chess, controlled by others, and came to the current situation step by step."
"Dad means that since the beginning of Liu's gambling addiction, someone has been secretly guiding?" Xue Yi's two thin eyebrows furrowed together, and he thought for a while before saying, "It didn't start at that time, Liu's gambling addiction has not been a day or two, everyone knows it, as long as the other party pulls him and Li Yong together, the words on the gambling table are excited, and it is natural for the Liu family to do something to pressure his wife." ”
"When the time comes, let people talk to Liu's wife about this matter in advance...... Needless to say, you can find a few people in their neighborhood to talk about it. ”
"That Liu's wife is already fierce, it must be a little bit, whether it is hanging or drinking poisonous wine, as long as she is dead, it can make Liu feel guilty, and at the same time, because she can't pay off the debt, a little hint of a few words, the probability of Liu's martyrdom is very high."
"Then, Nadian Wei is heavy, Li Yong is heavy, as long as people spread a few rumors, saying that the whole thing was planned by Li Yong, just to snatch Liu's wife. When the time comes, Dian Wei will definitely fry the pot, and it is not surprising to do such a thing. ”
"It's really like this to be scrutinized by you." Xue Hu pondered carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, "It was you before, and now it's Dian Wei's turn, this is someone who wants to pluck the feathers of my old rooster!" ”
"Dad, have you offended anyone while I'm away?" Xue Yi propped up his chin, and his expression looked more relaxed than Xue Hu.
"To offend whom? Every day and every night, there are many people who have offended, and there are too many people to harm my family. Xue Hu waved his hand, and his face was about to wrinkle into a dried orange.
"That's going to be tough." Xue Yi gloated and clapped his hands in fear, and smiled, "Maybe, it was all the people who have been harmed by you who have united and decided to pull you off the horse." ”
"Hey, I said you...... Boy, is there anything like you? Is it good for you that your home is collapsing? Xue Hu was angry, pointed at Xue Yi and nodded, it can be seen that he stared at him coldly, and his face instantly changed an expression, "I know...... But...... This, dad can't help it, when you get old, you have to ......"
"Master, it's not good, something happened!"
Here Xue Yi covered his ears and didn't listen, and the housekeeper in the courtyard ran over panting, becoming Xue Hu's punching bag: "What is it called?" I'm not here, what's wrong? ”
However, when he noticed the person behind the butler, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he greeted him: "Why did you come back, didn't you let you take Dian Wei to Gucheng?" ”
The panic on the look of the person who came was no less than that of the housekeeper, and in the face of Xue Hu's questioning at this moment, he didn't catch his breath and was stunned.
"Dad, don't worry." Xue Yi's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that they were as clean as new, he also frowned and walked over: "You guys talk slowly, is there something wrong with the cell?" ”
"Master, Second Young Master."
The housekeeper came with three people, all of whom were swordsmen from the Xue Mansion, they settled down and saluted Xue Hu and Xue Yi first, and then one of them said: "Just now, a few of us went to the prison to receive the guards according to the instructions of the second young master, but I didn't expect that something happened in the prison before we went. ”
Speaking of this, the three of them all showed frightened expressions: "We saw more than a dozen corpses lying at the door of the prison, all of which were cut in half, red and white, and I also saw a county official holding half of his intestines in his hand, vomiting ...... there."
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it......" Xue Yi's face was a little pale, covering his forehead and asking, "The corpses are all outside the prison?" ”
"It doesn't seem like all." One thought for a moment and recalled, "I saw two corpses dragged out of the cell by the county magistrate, one of which seemed to have injuries in addition to his legs being cut off. ”
Xue Yi raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something, but did not say, "If there is any other news, you can tell it together." ”
"Later, we asked the people of the nearby county, and it is said that two groups of people came to the prison gate at that time, first crackling and beating, and then a few more people seemed to come out of the cell, and when the sound of fighting stopped, the rest of the people said something and went to the east."
"The brothers we went to the east gate to answer also said that they didn't approach the city gate at all, and it was taken by more than 20 masked men, and all the county soldiers who were originally guarding the gate were wrapped into rice dumplings and thrown aside."
"Now that the sky is turning up outside, the county soldiers are searching round by round, and we still report the name of the master before we can come back."
Xue Yi asked a few more words, and when he saw that he couldn't ask anything, he gave Xue Hu a color, and Xue Hu immediately said: "You have also worked hard, housekeeper, take everyone down to rest, one stone of rice per person, ten catties of pork meat." ”
"Thank you, master, second young master."
After a group of people made a fuss and left, Xue Hu asked his subordinates to change the tea, and asked Xue Yi, who was sitting and contemplative, "How is it?" Got a clue? ”
"Dian Wei should have been rescued."
"Well, with this kind of strength that directly cuts people in half, it is estimated that it is only a barbarian like Dian Wei." Xue Hu shook his head, and in a moment of thought, he was a little puzzled, "But where did he find the masked man?" Usually he just stays in the house to practice, and he doesn't see him go out. ”
"I think...... Dian Wei should not know the person who saved him. However, Xue Yi pondered for a long time, but said another possibility, "I remember that the Jin guard said just now that there was a corpse in the cell with a broken leg and injuries all over the body, which proved that Dian Wei had fought with this person. ”
"Only then did he get the broadsword and cut down all the rest, and the broadsword may have been given to him by the person who saved him."
"Then you can't prove that Dian Wei and the person who saved him don't know each other."
"Hmph, didn't the Golden Guards say that? Two groups of people arrived almost at the same time, and then they fought, if Dian Wei and the person who rescued him knew each other, they would naturally be attacked from both sides, how could it be possible for people to run into the cell, and it was still two people. ”
"The most likely thing is that the person who rescued him knew in advance that someone was going to kill Dian Wei, so Huang Que was behind, relieved Dian Wei's siege, and rescued him."
"And who are they? Why save Dian Wei? ”
"Dad, you really think I'm a fairy." Xue Yi glanced at him, took a sip of tea, and said helplessly, "How do I know who saved Dian Wei, and I didn't see them." Moreover, what I said before is just speculation, and I can't do it with certainty. ”
"Heh, I think your guess is not far from ten."
"Dad, you better save your energy to deal with Wang Du, he must suspect that we did what saved Dian Wei, I'll go back to the room first." Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Xue Yi jumped off the stool, turned around and went back to the room, but he didn't take a few steps before stopping, turned around and asked, "By the way, did you help me ask about the matter of Pengjiazhai?" ”
"The one who shot Dian Wei's arrow last?" Xue Hu just picked up the tea bowl and put it down again, "You don't know, Pengjiazhai has changed a lot since Peng Ziliang died, not only did he not do the robbery thing, but also accepted a lot of homeless people, and he actually did good deeds." ”
"Who asked you this?" Xue Yi walked over impatiently and pouted, "I'm asking that person!" ”
"Can't find it." Xue Hu spread his hands, "I let my people get in, but there is only one person in the village who is good at bows and arrows, and you have seen that person, Yan An." ”
"Tsk...... So mysterious. Xue Yi frowned, turned around and left.
Only Xue Hu stayed where he was, smiling bitterly and shaking his head: "This kid, I haven't finished my words yet, it's just that, I think that Lord Yang is not the person she is looking for." ”