Chapter 261: No Falsehood
Just when Cao Hao and the others saw the funeral procession in front of them, they took the reins, and when they wanted to go around, in the funeral procession in front, a pair of eyes full of haze were also looking at Cao Hao and the others. He was in his forties, wearing filial piety clothes, with blue circles under his eyes, reflecting a red and purple rosacea nose, and inadvertently showing a fierce look.
He turned back to a middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper beside him and asked, "But have you inquired clearly?" Seven people came out of the second place? ”
The steward glared at the mouse's eyes, almost patted his chest, and replied: "Master, the little one inquired properly, it is seven, the second master invited to help with the fist, I heard which martial arts master it is!" ”
"Humph!" The middle-aged man showed some ridicule on his face, and said: "The second child is quite reasonable, and he knows that the officials have two mouths under him, and he didn't make those crooked ways!" ”
The steward stammered, "Hehe, isn't it?" Even if the second master wants to trust the relationship, he has to weigh his own weight, right? Our uncle is the Yanei of Yizhou City, where can they afford to provoke him? ”
The man smiled proudly, with a hint of solemnity on his face, and said, "Don't underestimate him." In the spring, when Anton Wei's soldiers came to Mengyin to station, the second child did not stammer, not to mention wine and meat, and made a lot of money. If it comes out in the end, even if you beg your uncle, you will lose face! ”
The steward looked back at the approaching group and asked, "Master, what about these boys?" ”
The man sneered: "Give the master a good lesson!" Cripple a few, and let the second side open his eyes! Rushing into the funeral procession, let's guard the 'righteous indignation', it's just spending a few silver dollars to compensate! ”
The steward knows the Tao in it, and if he walks around from it at that time, he will naturally have a lot of oil and water, and he will call people to prepare to go.
Cao Hao was in a hurry to go home, and the funeral procession in front of him was gradually slowing down, and he caught up with this section of the mountain road, so he had to be patient and slow down with the reins of the horse in the back. The dead are great, so delay for a while!
In addition to Wei Hei and Xiaoman following, there were also Zhang Yi, Zhao Tong and two other slightly robust Chang Entourage with better fists and feet, plus Cao Hao happened to be seven people. These were the few people he often took with him when he traveled, but he didn't expect that the confusion was due to the number of bad luck.
Wei Hei is the oldest among all people, and he has experience in rivers and lakes, so he is the most vigilant. Although it was only early afternoon and it was on the official road, he still saw that something was wrong with the funeral procession in front of him.
At a fork in the road, the front team has been divided into two sections, the coffin guard in front of it is still moving forward, but dozens of strong men wearing filial piety clothes behind are deliberately dragging and blocking the road.
Wei Hei's heart was excited, and he called Cao Hao in a low voice: "Son, go slowly!" Something is wrong! ”
Hearing this, Cao Hao grabbed the reins of the horse and looked at Wei Hei in puzzlement. Wei Hei gestured forward with his eyes and said, "They are a little sneaky, they seem to be staring at us, but they don't know what their intentions are. ”
Cao Hao squinted his eyes and looked carefully, isn't it? Among the people who landed at the end of the funeral procession in front, some people looked back with their heads probed, and some people exchanged their heads and pointed and didn't know what they were talking about.
Cao Hao couldn't help but look up at the sky, although the sky was cloudy, and small snowflakes had been scattered on the ground, but after all, it was still broad daylight, and this was on the official road, even if there was no one else except for them and the funeral team in front of them, did they dare to commit murder in public? Besides, even if you want to commit murder, you have to give a reason. Although his official position is not high, he is also an official of the imperial court, and even if it is not a capital crime, a living crime is unforgivable.
Only felt surprised and funny, Cao Hao was not worried and afraid. It's just twenty or thirty people, there are Wei Hei and those two sturdy long-term followers here, that is, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong, and they also have two under their hands, even if they are not strong, it is no problem for one person to deal with two or three.
When the people in front of them saw that Cao Hao and they were standing on their horses, they didn't stop, turned their heads, and confronted Cao Hao and them across the open space of five or six zhang.
Wei Hei and the others all urged them to step forward and protect Cao Hao's side. Seeing a thin man with roe head and mouse eyes coming out of the other team, who seemed to be the steward of everyone, Wei Hei asked loudly, "Who are you waiting for?" What does this mean? ”
The thin steward looked at Cao Hao's extraordinary clothes, and thought about what kind of fur it was, why at first glance, it seemed to be more magnificent than his master's ordinary clothes. Could it be the young owner of which martial arts gym? Qilu is fierce, if the second master really finds someone from the Great Martial Arts Pavilion to come over, then under the action, he must have some scruples to save the sequelae.
Listening to Wei Hei's question, the thin steward just said with a threatening tone: "One-eyed dragon, listen, my uncle said, as long as you turn around, nothing else has to do with it, otherwise don't blame my grandfather for being spicy!" ”
Hearing this inexplicable threat, everyone only felt that they couldn't cry or laugh. Cao Hao was a little annoyed, Wei Hei lost a glance, he was very guilty, seeing the other party so provocative, how could he bear it? He wanted to urge them to come forward, wanting everyone to teach them a lesson.
But Wei Hei grabbed the reins, and only listened to him persuade: "Son, there are few pedestrians on the cloudy official road, and I don't know the details of these people, so don't act rashly." At this he said to the steward, "Who are you?" Get out of the way, my son-in-law, how can you provoke you! ”
The thin steward was used to saying that the fox was a fake tiger, and when he heard the contempt in Wei Hei's words, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, stretched out his dry little arm, pointed at Wei Hei and said, "Damn, don't be ashamed of your face?" Don't inquire, this is the name of Chen Ye in the Mengyin Realm! This is my grandfather's housework, where is your turn? Speaking of this, he said to the family members next to him: "Sons, let them open their eyes!" ”
When Wei Hei and the others heard this, they all held the handle of the knife and were on guard.
The other party did not mean to take out a knife and gun, but was sneaky and didn't know what to discuss.
Although Wei Hei was not afraid of fighting, but for fear of panic, Cao Hao made a mistake, so he opened his mouth to explain his identity: "What do you say, my family is the ...... of Dongyan Daotai" Before he finished speaking, he saw a lot of red objects running over, followed by the sound of "crackling" firecrackers.
The steward only listened to half of the sentence "What did you say", but he didn't hear it clearly, and slapped with those family guards, looking at the excitement here.
More than a dozen curtains of firecrackers rang out, although people were just frightened, but where could the horses stand when they sat down? Immediately hissed, and ran away in all directions.
Wei Hei clamped the horse's belly and strangled the reins; Xiaoman's horse rushed into the crowd in front. Those in front, some of whom couldn't dodge, were trampled on their legs and feet, and they were in a mess.
In the smoke, Cao Hao didn't know where he had run with people and horses.
Wei Hei only felt his heart shattered, and shouted: "Childe! ”
Xiao Man was closest to Cao Hao, and when he was turned off his horse, he couldn't take care of himself, and pointed to the mountain road on the left and said to Wei Hei: "The master's horse ran over there!" ”
With all his strength, he didn't restrain Cao Hao, who was startled, and finally knew what it meant to capsize in the gutter.
The palms of his hands were hot, presumably worn by the reins, and his upper body was bent on the horse's back, his legs clamped on the horse's belly, and his mouth was shouting, hoping to stop the horse earlier.
Faintly, hearing Wei Hei's shouts in the wind, Cao Hao couldn't help but look back at ......* The thin steward just wanted to use firecrackers to scare and scare these people first, and then take people to fight, so that they didn't dare to help the second master again. Who would have thought that his side would have time to avoid it in the future, but he was trampled by several people by a startled horse, and he was also annoyed in his heart, and pointed to Xiao Man, who was stunned on the side, and said: "Hit the master!" Hit the master hard! ”
Wei Hei and Zhang Yi turned the mountain road to chase Cao Hao, and Zhao Tong and the other two were also in a mess, and they were so angry that they couldn't do it. Seeing that this guy is still babbling, where can he stand it? ran up directly, carried the thin butler in the crowd, pointed a knife at his neck, and asked, "Who are you?" Why did you attack my family? ”
The thin steward was still proudly commanding his subordinates, and when he woke up, he found that his neck was cold, and when he saw the hideous look of the other party, he trembled, and his teeth chattered with fright, and he didn't hear Zhao Tong ask anything at all.
I only heard the sound of horses' hooves of "Bang Er Bang Er", and a few horses passed in the direction of the county seat, led by two young people in their twenties. One is dressed in filial piety clothes, and the other is dressed in plain clothes.
The thin steward was so frightened that he couldn't do it, and he didn't want to be unchartered, so he opened his mouth and called: "Second master, hurry up and save the little one!" As he spoke, he knew what was wrong, and he looked at it with wide eyes, unable to speak for a while.
The young man in filial piety raised his eyebrows, looked at the red firecracker debris on the ground, and then looked at the angry Zhao Tong, and was not in a hurry to speak.
The person next to him glanced at Zhao Tong, very surprised, and thought that he recognized the wrong person; When he saw Xiao Man tearing out of the crowd and being embarrassed, he couldn't help but change his face, hurriedly got off the horse, and stepped forward and said, "Master Zhao? ”
When Zhao Tong heard this, he looked back, but he was an acquaintance, the eldest brother of the two brothers, Ren Shuyong and Ren Jiyong, and Ren Boyong, the young east of the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion. Because Ren Shuyong and the two were on an errand in Daotai Mansion, they were even familiar with everyone in Daotai Mansion even on the side of the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion.
Zhao Tong saw that several people around Ren Boyong were familiar with each other, and it seemed that it was the master brought by Yizhou, so he didn't grind with him, and said directly: "Uncle Ren, these gangsters attacked my family, the adult's horse was shocked, Wei Ye looked for it, this kid please take care of Uncle Ren first!" As he spoke, a hand knife cut down the thin steward and threw him in front of Ren Boyong.
In addition to Cao Hao and the two people who chased him, Shu Zhao was the same age, although he was anxious, but he knew that there was still something to cook, so he took out the sign of the Taoist government warden from his arms, handed it to Ren Boyong, and said: "I went to find my lord, there is a shortage of manpower here, Uncle Ren made a personal trip to the Yamen of Mengyin County, these people ......"
Speaking of this, he coldly swept the guards who had been frightened by this change: "These people attack the emperor's relatives and court officials, as if they are plotting rebellion!" In the end, the eyes of the people who looked at them were already full of murderous intent.
Even the "second master" wearing filial piety clothes got off the horse, although Zhao Tong didn't say much, but he also heard the key. How did this come to an "adult", or did Boss Ren know it?
Zhao Tong's horse has been slaughtered directly, and now the placket is full of horse blood, and he no longer talks nonsense, and pulls Xiaoman's horse to find Cao Hao.
When Xiaoman fell to the ground, he kowtowed his forehead and twisted his foot, but now he didn't care about it, and said to Ren Boyong with a crying voice: "Brother Ren, borrow Xiaoman's horse, I'm going to find my grandfather!" ”
Ren Boyong saw that his legs and feet were inconvenient, and there was blood on his head, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "Brother Xiaoman, don't worry, Lord Cao is deeply blessed, and he will be fine!" To put it mildly, he finally persuaded Xiaoman, handed over the sign given by Zhao Tong to an entourage, and sent him to the county government immediately.
The entourage of the family members wearing filial piety clothes on the opposite side woke up and knew that something was wrong, and they wanted to run, but they were stopped by the "second master". Although they all know that the two masters in the family are not compatible, but now that the uncle is not there, and the steward is on the ground, who knows whether it is life or death, they dare not be presumptuous.
But he said that Wei Hei and Zhang Yi chased them for several miles in one go, and finally saw the horse parked on the side of the road panting, where was Cao Hao's shadow on it?
Wei Hei and Zhang Yi were both frightened, patiently panicked and uneasy, turned around and looked along the road, it seemed that Cao Hao had dismounted. Until he met Zhao and others chasing after him, he still didn't find any shadow.
Several people hung their hearts, for fear of missing something, and went in the direction of the startled horse, calling loudly, "Childe" and "Uncle" kept calling.
When everyone was almost in despair, they heard a faint response from the woods on the downhill slope of the roadside. Everyone looked at it together, saw the figure shaking, was surprised, and rushed over to check.
The one with straw on his head, a dead branch in his hand, and a few bloody cuts on his face, is it not Cao Hao, or which one?
He leaned against the tree, saw Wei Hei and others coming from a distance, the expression on his face softened, he couldn't help but smile, and couldn't help but say a foul word: "Damn, it's a joke......" The words did not fall, but he couldn't support it anymore, his eyes were dark, and he fainted to the ground.
(To be continued)