Chapter 61: Murder Comes
Liu Fang's actions were very fast, and the rice grain was prepared in one day, and it was already loaded into the ox cart. As for the porcelain, although some of the sons of the big families were indignant, they had no choice but to go to Pei County to find Lu Taigong. After the things in the pavilion were arranged, this time Liu Fang personally led the team to Hengyang with Zhou Bo, in order to prevent accidents, Liu Fang was also a bold person, and quietly hid a blade on the ox cart.
Surabaya Pavilion has sent more than 20 ox carts, these rice grains are only the first batch, if everything goes well, there will be a corresponding exchange later. When he arrived in Hengyang, he had been waiting for a long time on Wednesday, and he was also happy and smiled when he saw the rice grain, and now Daliang City is short of food, and these rice grains are enough to save many people.
"Little Brother Zhou, do you want to check it out?" Wednesday asked in a deep voice, pointing to the burlap bags on the five ox carts behind him.
Zhou Bo asked the strong men who came to escort the Surabaya Pavilion to rest for a while, and he and Liu Fang stepped forward and nodded, "Naturally." "This bronze is very important, he doesn't dare to be sloppy. The two opened the sack, slightly revealing a corner, and saw that it was indeed bronze inside, so the two nodded reassuringly.
Then Zhou Bo asked the strong men to carry these sacks full of bronze to their ox carts, and he smiled at Wednesday with a smile: "If Daliang still needs rice grain, you can let people go to the Surabaya Pavilion to find erection." ”
"Very good! In the future, it is inevitable that I will trouble Brother Zhou. Wednesday smiled heartily, and he was very satisfied with this exchange, "Three will go back first, my brother will have to wait." ”
Zhou Bo bowed slightly, twenty carts of rice grain were exchanged for five carts of bronze, which was not a loss or a profit compared to a transaction, but just a matter of taking what they needed. "Let's go, there are still three days to go from Hengyang to Qiaoxian, we must not take it lightly." Zhou Bo said to Liu Fang again.
The strong men of the Surabaya Pavilion only knew that these sacks were very heavy, and they couldn't guess what they were. Fortunately, Liu Yuan had a very high prestige in the pavilion, and they did not continue to ask. In order to prevent the wheels from sinking deep and leaving traces, Liu Fang asked the strong men to scatter the bronze sacks on the twenty ox carts, so that each ox cart would not leave a wheel mark on the mud because of the weight of the bronze, and people who passed the car would naturally not suspect the things on the cart.
According to the previous plan, Zhou Bo and the others tried to walk at night and day to avoid ears and eyes, and at the same time, they also made a detour when passing through the county seat, and never clashed with anyone, so as not to attract attention. They were so low-key, the journey was quite smooth, there were no accidents when they arrived in Qian County, Zhou Bo and Liu Fang were also a little relieved, they were extremely nervous in the past three days, after all, the ox cart was carrying bronze.
The two glanced at each other, and they smiled bitterly. "What about the people of the Xiahou family?" Liu Fang looked around, saw that no one was coming, and asked with a slight frown.
"Wait." Zhou Bo was also puzzled.
Immediately everyone rested under the forest, seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Zhou Bo was also a little anxious, he and Uncle Xiahou had already discussed, and also set a time, but now it seems that the Xiahou family is afraid that they are also in trouble. "What should I do?" Liu Fang said worriedly.
"In this way, I'll go to Xiahou's house to check it out, and you are guarding here." Zhou Bo immediately made a decision, and was about to leave, his eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "It's here." ”
I saw that Uncle Xiahou personally brought people to come in the distance, and when he got closer, he bowed his hand slightly, and said apologetically: "Let Zhou Boxian's nephew wait for a long time." ”
"Uncle Xiahou, what happened?" Zhou Bo asked.
"Hey, it's not my unfilial thing." Uncle Xiahou sighed in a low voice and continued: "After he injured people, officials often came to inspect. No, the old man hurried over after dealing with these servants. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Bo also nodded, fortunately, this Uncle Xiahou is alert, if he attracts officials, it will be really troublesome. Uncle Xiahou looked at the sack on the ox cart meaningfully, and he said, "Let's go, I'll personally send you out of Qian County." ”
"Then I'm going to bother my uncle." Zhou Bo and Liu Fang both thanked each other.
With the follower of Uncle Xiahou, the county went smoothly, and when he met the officials on the road, he was dealt with one by one, as for how to deal with it, it was nothing more than those bribery methods. In the afternoon of the next day, the convoy left the boundary of Qiaoxian County, and after Zhou Bo and Xiahou exchanged a few words of greeting, they each laughed and left. Out of Qiao County, they soon arrived in Pei County, they are naturally familiar with the road, no need for guidance, they all return safely.
"It's finally back." Liu Fang smiled with a sigh of relief.
"Let's think about how to bury these bronzes first." Zhou Bo reminded that it is not to be taken lightly now.
When Liu Fang heard this, he also lowered his eyebrows and pondered, and he suddenly said: "If you hide it in the reservoir, now that the farmers are idle, you just can't use the reservoir." ”
Zhou Bo thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement. The bronzes were so heavy that it took some effort for the two of them to bury them in a nearby cistern at night. In order to prevent the people's doubts, Liu Fang posted an announcement the next day, concealing the truth about the burial of bronze on the grounds that the reservoir was close to the road and in order to prevent children from falling into the water. This announcement seems to be full of loopholes, but it is just a cover-up, and the people of Surabaya Pavilion will not investigate it deeply.
In the days when Zhou Bo was busy, Liu Yuan, Cao Shen and others were already about to arrive in Shangjun, and this escort was more than half of the journey. As Jiuyuan got closer and closer, the prisoners became more and more agitated, and there were a few times when it wasn't for the timely suppression, I am afraid that there would have been a big chaos.
"It's not going to go on like this." Liu Yuan said worriedly to Cao Shen.
"There is no way to do this, and these prisoners do not want to serve in forced labor, for fear that if they enter the upper county, the commotion will be more frequent." Cao Shen also looked embarrassed, he was really afraid that he would not be able to suppress it, and it would eventually turn into a bloody battle.
The two of them were worried, and suddenly the figures of the mountains and forests on both sides shuttled, Cao Shen's face was pale, and he immediately asked the prisoners to squat on the ground. Liu Yuan's eyes were also solemn, and the sudden killing of such a person in this barren mountain and wild ridge made him uneasy. "Is it a bandit again?" Cao Shen said in a low voice.
"Not bandits." Liu Yuan replied softly, "Brother Cao, you see, there are even officials among these people. ”
Cao Shen took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw more than a dozen figures in the uniform of the officials in the crowd, he stepped forward, bowed his hand slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know why you are blocking me from waiting?" ”
One of the servants came out, smiled cruelly, and said, "Brothers, kill them all!" ”
"Not good!" Hearing this, Liu Yuan and Cao Shen were shocked, these people actually came to kill people.
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