Seventy-nine out of trouble

If two more days passed, there was no movement in the inner house, and Ding Si got a reply from Huigu that day, and his heart was a little more steady, and his mood gradually settled down. This morning, Ding Si had just changed his guard, and before he had time to enter the house to rest, he saw the Thirteenth Master and his gang walking out of the weeping flower gate with Huigu in their arms. Ding Si secretly thought: That day, Aunt Hui said that Qi Laosan was going to take her away today, and I don't know what Qi Laosan would do. The Thirteenth Master left two people behind, and a few other people accompanied Huigu, and left in a blink of an eye. Ding Si's heart was all on Hui Gu, and he didn't dare to act rashly, so he couldn't help praying that Hui Gu and Qi Laosan could get out of trouble smoothly.

Huigu sat in the carriage with her eyes closed, her face did not change, but her heart was a little nervous and excited, the maid next to her covered the carriage very tightly with curtains, and the group protected Huigu tightly, and the person who drove the horse waved the horsewhip loudly, and the carriage galloped all the way, Huigu seemed to be asleep, and she didn't move for half a minute.

After about an hour, Huigu felt the carriage jolt even more, and knew that it was coming soon. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the carriage to stop, someone in front of him asked, the thirteenth master answered on the side, and immediately someone lifted the door curtain, saw that there was nothing unusual, put down the curtain, and the carriage continued to move forward. After about a cup of tea, the carriage stopped again, only to hear someone outside the car laugh and say, "Mr. Qi, your lady has arrived safely, can you rest assured?" ”

Huigu helped the maid next to her by the hand, jumped down from the carriage gently, and saw Zhang Qing smiling like a flower on her face, standing in front of the cave with Qi Laosan, next to a team of sentinels, firmly holding the door of the cave. Since Zhang Qing threatened Qi Laosan with Huigu, supplemented by a heavy amount of money, Qi Laosan had to happily agree to Zhang Qing's request, making gunpowder in this cave all day long, Zhang Qing also responded to Qi's request every third child, and took Huigu every three days, so that the two could meet, but since the white-clothed women touched the place where Huigu was held, Zhang Qing was afraid that someone would rescue Huigu, so he changed the place from time to time, seeing that the day when Qi Laosan promised to hand over gunpowder was getting closer and closer, Zhang Qing was more cautious.

Hui Gu walked to Qi Laosan's side in a few steps, smiled at him slightly, and did not speak, Qi Laosan glanced at Hui Gu twice, and shouted loudly: "I haven't seen you for three days, my lady has lost a few pounds, her surname is Zhang, how can you say this?" ”

Zhang Qing said with a smile: "In two days, Mr. Qi will make the gunpowder, and he will no longer bother Mr. and Mrs. to run around." ”

Qi Laosan said with a smile: "Then you don't have to wait, this afternoon, I can make the gunpowder, you first take the hundred taels of gold promised to me, and Aunt Hui doesn't have to rush back and forth, when we clear the goods and silver, I will go to live happily with Aunt Hui." ”

Zhang Qing was surprised and delighted and said, "Didn't Mr. Qi say that it would take two days to make gunpowder?" ”

Qi Laosan's eyes widened: "Aren't you allowed me to hurry up and make this gunpowder in advance?" ”

Zhang Qing cared about Qi Laosan's words at this time, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Make, make." After saying that, he called the attendant next to him, bowed his head and gave some advice, and the man left immediately.

Qi Laosan waited for the person to leave, and said to Zhang Qing with a hippie smile: "I've really tired me these days, my thunder god Qi Laosan hasn't made so much gunpowder, don't say that you open a mine, even if you blow up a hill, it's enough." surnamed Zhang, this hundred taels of gold is worth it. ”

When Zhang Qing heard him say this, both eyes narrowed with laughter, and he arched his hand to Qi Laosan and said, "Mr. Qi is amazing, I really admire him." ”

Qi Laosan waved his hand at Zhang Qing and said, "Don't be in a hurry to say something nice, it's a serious matter to send the silver taels properly." Then he said to Aunt Hui: "I still have something to do now, I don't worry about other people, you can help me." Saying that, she walked into the cave with her head held high, Huigu followed Qi Laosan closely, Zhang Qing hesitated for a moment and did not stop it, and the guards inside dodged a way and let the two of them enter the cave.

Hui Gu followed Qi Laosan for a while, and soon came to a stone room, which was surrounded by stones on all sides, and a few lanterns hung high on the roof of the cave, illuminating the stone room as if it were daytime. Qi Laosan said with a bitter face: "These bastards will find a place, this stone house is like a prison, and it is all lit by torches, and I am not afraid that I will be accidentally blown up inside." ”

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Hui Gu lowered her voice and said, "Third brother, I have told Ding Si that this gunpowder will not explode, and the gunpowder you made is safe." ”

Qi Laosan said with a sad face: "I hate that girl and the surname Ding's troubles, I have to take care of this matter, what does it have to do with us whether to blow up the prince or not, and I am not the one who blows up the gunpowder, now it makes me embarrassed, I want to blow it up when I will show them, and I want them not to blow it up when they use it, it's really troublesome, otherwise, I would have made this gunpowder a long time ago and have fun with you." ”

Hui Gu said angrily: "Third brother, this group of people surnamed Zhang is not right, and they want to use this gunpowder to do rebellion, they really got their hands on it, how can the people in this world have a good life?" I'm afraid that they will make a miasma up and down, and there will be no peace. ”

Qi Laosan muttered: "Who cares about how others live, as long as the two of us are at ease." ”

Seeing him like this, Huigu's face sank and said: "Third brother, don't be confused, Ding Si made it clear in the letter, the current prince is benevolent, it is really a blessing for the people of the world, how can we mess up the world for ourselves?" ”

Seeing that Aunt Hui was angry, Qi Laosan quickly changed his tone and said, "Come on, I listened to you." Then he said softly: "Don't worry, I put less saltpeter in that gunpowder, and secretly put chalk in, chalk is easy to get wet, the reason why I made gunpowder two days in advance is to disrupt these people's plans, so that we can escape smoothly, and second, so that these gunpowder have time to get wet, and when they use it, they can no longer explode." ”

Only then did Hui Gu turn her anger into joy, but she asked uneasily: "Third brother, are you ten percent sure?" Don't mess it up. ”

Qi Laosan straightened his chest, glared at his eyes, and said, "You still don't worry about my craftsmanship?" I was also afraid that something would go wrong, so I tried it first, and it really couldn't be blown up. He frowned again and said, "If it weren't for this, I would have made gunpowder at least a few days in advance." ”

Seeing that he was anxious, Huigu knew that this matter must be foolproof, so she let out a long breath and said, "Third brother, you have really worked hard these days. ”

Qi Laosan smiled at this time, and asked again, "Did I ask you to bring the fire sickle?" ”

Hui Gu hurriedly took out two flints from her arms, Qi Laosan took the flints from her hand, grinned and said, "When we take the gold, I will take you out of this ghost place." After finishing speaking, Qi Laosan asked Huigu to wait at the door of the stone house first, and he tinkered in the house again, and after less than two hours, Qi Laosan walked out of the house triumphantly, nodded at Huigu and said, "It's done." ”

Qi Laosan walked out of the cave with Huigu, only to see Zhang Qingzheng standing outside the cave with a person, the two were not talking about something, and when they saw Qi Laosan and Huigu coming out, the two immediately stopped. Hui Gu looked at the person next to Zhang Qing, tall, and her eyes were a little gloomy, which inexplicably made people's hearts tremble, although she was about forty years old, there was no beard at all on her mouth, she and Qi Laosan were both seeing this person for the first time, naturally they didn't know that this person was Cao Gonggong who had been connecting with the Red Lotus Sect, Hui Gu just felt that there was no reason not to like this person, but seeing Zhang Qing's attitude towards this person, she knew that this person had a higher status than Zhang Qing.

Gonggong Cao glanced at Qi Laosan twice, and asked in a sharp voice: "You are the 'thunder god' who is pushed by everyone on the rivers and lakes?" ”

Qi Laosan didn't look at Gonggong Cao, and said directly to Zhang Qing: "The surname Zhang, quickly make your subordinates carry the gunpowder out, we have checked the things, so we quickly settled the account, from now on I will take my Yangguan Road, you take your single-plank bridge, the sky is different, don't trouble Lao Tzu again." ”

Seeing that Qi Lao Sanli didn't pay attention to him, Gonggong Cao's face sank, after thinking about it, he endured this breath, and waved his hand to let the attendant next to him go into the stone cave to carry the gunpowder out. After a while, several attendants carried the gunpowder out of the hole, and several packets of gunpowder were half a man's height on top of each other. Qi Laosan took out a round-shaped thing from his arms, unscrewed it in a few clicks, and said to Zhang Qing: "This is empty." Zhang Qing and Father-in-law Cao stared at the thing, it was indeed empty, Zhang Qing was not at ease, and took it over to look at it for a long time, only to feel that the thing was slightly heavy in his hand, as if it was made of iron. Qi Laosan said to Zhang Qing again: "You can pick a pack of gunpowder, take out some to fill this grenade, and then tighten it." Zhang Qing said according to the third child, casually pointed to a pack of gunpowder, and the subordinates next to him opened it and filled the grenade in his hand, and Zhang Qing screwed the grenade with force. Qi Laosan pointed beside him and said: "Don't tighten it too fast, but you have to tighten it, you twist it twice more, see if it is tightened?" Zhang Qing twisted it carefully twice, nodded and said, "It's really not moving." Qi Laosan pointed to a pinch of wire on the grenade and said: "You set this line of fire on fire, and then throw it far away, remember to throw it out immediately after lighting it, don't throw it to a place where there are people." Zhang Qing's expression was solemn, and he quickly ignited the line of fire, and then threw it out, only to see that the grenade exploded all of a sudden, the sound was like thunder, and the rubble on the ground was flying, and it was really powerless, only to see that Gonggong Cao and Zhang Qing were stunned, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Qi Laosan was stunned by Gonggong Cao and Zhang Qing, and laughed and said, "My title of thunder god is not in vain. Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me the gold." ”

Father-in-law Cao and Zhang Qing came back to their senses, Father-in-law Cao waved his hand, and an attendant stepped forward holding a box, and Gonggong Cao signaled the attendant to open the box, only to see that it was shining with gold, all of which were ingots of gold. Qi Laosan stepped forward a few steps, took the box, nodded and said, "Although your methods are a little shameless, you are still happy." He handed the box to Aunt Hui.

When Gonggong Cao saw Qi Laosan take the box, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "Although this gunpowder is ready, I'm afraid you will have to stay with us for a few days, if there is something wrong with this gunpowder, you will have to bother Your Excellency." As soon as he finished speaking, the guard next to him had already drawn his knife and looked at the two of them.

Qi Laosan looked up to the sky and laughed when he saw this scene, and after the laughter settled, he looked at Gonggong Cao and the others angrily and said: "We can see clearly just now, it was all done by this surnamed Zhang, I didn't do anything, if there is a problem, how can this gunpowder be so powerful?" Well, well, well, fortunately I expected you to be treacherous and talk like a fart. When he gritted his teeth and said the next sentence, he flipped his hands, and he took out a grenade from somewhere, and held a flint in the other hand, and said to Cao Gonggong: "If you want to leave us behind, just wait for me to light this grenade, and blow it up with the pile of explosives, and everyone will be crushed together." "When he had finished speaking, he struck the flint and went to light the firing line on the grenade.

Cao Gonggong and the others didn't expect him to take this action, and in an instant, they were so anxious that sweat broke out on their faces, seeing that Qi Laosan was about to light that line of fire, Cao Gonggong hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "Slow, slow ......" Qi Laosan paused when he heard the sound, only stared at Zhang Qing with his eyes and said: "Master Zhang, if we both lose and die here, no matter how big the benefit is, there will be no great benefit." ”

Zhang Qing glanced at Gonggong Cao, and couldn't help but say, "Everyone has something to discuss, something to discuss." ”

Qi Laosan smiled and said, "If you dare to be unkind, I will dare to be unjust." Master Zhang, I entrust you to come to my side and escort us for a ride. ”

Zhang Qing looked at Gonggong Cao, didn't dare to agree easily, and heard Aunt Hui shouting on the side: "Third brother, don't want this escort surnamed Zhang, let's let this beardless master give us a ride." ”

Father-in-law Cao immediately changed his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's work hard for Zhang Baihu to make a trip." ”

Huigu didn't insist on being next to her, she pursed her lips and smiled at Zhang Qing, Zhang Qing was stunned for a moment, and had to walk to Qi Laosan and his wife. Qi Laosan shouted again: "The others retreated to the cave and left a horse outside." Cao Gonggong and the others had no choice but to act according to their words. Seeing that everyone had retreated to the cave, Qi Laosan raised his grenade and said to Zhang Qing, "Please give us a ride." Zhang Qing had no choice but to walk forward under the coercion of Qi Laosan, and Hui Gu held the box in one hand, turned over on the horse, and followed behind the two. Just two steps away, Father-in-law Cao's voice came from behind: "Zhang Baihu, don't forget to have something to tell them." Zhang Qing was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't dare to turn his head back, and walked straight forward.