Wuxi is located in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the north, Taihu Lake in the south, Suzhou in the east, Changzhou in the west, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal passing through it.

It's not as good as Suzhou, but it also has a unique flavor.

Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang lived in the east, west, north, and south of Wuxi City, and Du He entertained the four of them in a luxurious restaurant in the center of the city.

In the private room by the window on the second floor, Du He came to the restaurant early, looking at the crowd outside the window, waiting for the arrival of Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang, with a cold smile on his face and a cold look in his eyes.

They agreed to meet at noon, but it was almost now. According to the time of the afterlife, it means that those who agreed to meet at eleven o'clock arrived at nearly one o'clock, and before they appeared, they were nearly two hours late.

"Is this a disadvantage? How dare you dry yourself here! Du He had already called for wine and food, poured himself a drink, and smiled in a low voice, the first time he received this kind of treatment, he felt everything in his heart.

I was thinking about the plague in Suzhou, and I suddenly heard a noise at the door of the store. Curious, he looked down the window.

I saw a burly man chasing and beating a young man in rags and with a thin body.

The young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a swarthy torn fur hat crookedly on his head, his appearance was very pleasing, his eyes were long and elf, and his face was not handsome, but the whole person had a kind of chic, with a frank smile from Lotte, holding a money bag in his hand, grinning and laughing, showing two rows of shiny snow-white fine teeth, laughing and jumping, and his mouth kept saying: "You can't catch me, you can't catch me!" ”

Du He's eyes watched the young man's every move, showing an interested look, he had seen that the young man was agile, between jumping and jumping, he hid a clever footwork, flexible like a loach, not only extremely fast, but also slippery.

The burly man who chased him was in the prime of life, his body was like a tiger, his speed was quite rapid, and he was chasing in a hurry, with an expression that he was about to devour the boy alive. He is the prime of the man, in terms of speed, the boy is by no means his opponent, but every time he wants to catch up, the boy will use the strange footwork to escape at that moment and open the distance. No matter how angry he is, no matter how violent he is, he can't help the young man.

When he came to a big tree, he climbed up the tree like a monkey three times and two times, sat on the horizontal trunk of a towering tree, three feet away from the ground, swayed his feet, shook the money bag in his hand, and said with a smile: "Big man, if you want to get the money bag back, go and apologize to the old woman you knocked down, otherwise this thing will belong to me!" ”

The burly man gritted his teeth and said, "Little rabbit cub, don't let Lao Tzu catch you." He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go up the tree to catch it, but his feet were slippery, and he almost fell, and he tried twice, but he couldn't climb up, so he could only raise his head and roar: "If the little rabbit cub has the guts, give it to Lao Tzu." ”

The young man shouted from the tree: "Big man, if it's a man, come up to the master." If you can't come up, it means that you are a man, but you don't have a seed, and I come up and down, which means that I am a man and I also bring seeds. He grimaced on the tree and said: "Stinky eunuch, dead eunuch, hit someone, play tricks, master, I will draw a knife to help, teach you a dead eunuch!" Rapping, he reached out and broke a branch and threw it at the burly man.

The burly man didn't notice it for a while, but he was beaten up.

The burly man was already furious and furious, and at this moment he lost his mind, picked up the stones on the ground and threw them into the tree.

The boy dodged, but his feet slipped, "Ah! With a scream, he was in a hurry, and he couldn't keep his balance, so he fell down.

Du He's expression changed slightly, there was a long street between him and the boy, and he wanted to help, but it was too late.

The people around them were so frightened that they closed their eyes and didn't dare to look again.

Even the burly man was frightened and closed his eyes.

But for a long time, he did not hear the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. When he opened his eyes again, the boy was gone, and he hurriedly turned his head to look for it, but saw that the boy on the other side of the street was running backwards, and when he saw that he found it, the young man said loudly: "Big man, I took the money, I will use it to help the poor, and next time I dare to mess around, my little thief will not spare you." Shouting loudly, the man had already flashed into the alley and disappeared.

The burly man stomped his feet, and could only consider himself unlucky.

Du He saw everything in his eyes, the young man simply pretended to lose his footing, and when he fell, he performed two somersaults in a row, and his posture was very beautiful!

For the self-proclaimed "little thief" later, he showed a nonchalant smile, and said in his heart: "Little thief, is that little guy my fan?" ”

Thinking like this, the door opened, and four people walked in one after another.

Although they don't know each other, it is not difficult to guess that the four of them are Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang, who are medicinal herb merchants in Jiangnan.

A tall and thin man stepped forward and said with a flattering smile: "I didn't expect the adults to come early, the adults said in the famous post that they would meet at noon, and they didn't say the specific time, there was no preparation, and I am really sorry to be tired of the adults waiting." In the next day, I saw Lord Du, Lord Du became the patrol envoy of the patrol party at a young age, he is really a hero and a young man! He Tian admires it tightly, and now he can see the adult, and he is fortunate to have three lives, and he is fortunate to have three lives! ”

He said it very cleverly, and even shifted the responsibility for being late on Du He himself.

The other three were the same, and they seemed to be completely unaware of the fact that they had been here for two hours, and they all flattered and said good things.

Duhe poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense......"

Syllable!

He slammed the glass to the ground, and the glass split and exploded.

Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang were all stunned.

Du He stood up and said, "I'm here today to make a friend and ask you to do me a favor." Since you don't want to be friends with me, Duhe, then we are enemies! I'm here to let you know...... Let's get ready for the future! ”

He took out a silver cake from his arms and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "You are free to eat the banquet dishes on the table, I will treat you!" ”

After saying that, the sneer left the inn.

Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang looked at each other, and there was horror in their eyes.

Xie Fan said in a trembling voice: "How is this good? It's completely different from our original plan! ”

Yesterday, they had already discussed a way to deal with Duhe, but because they didn't know the actual situation in Suzhou, they didn't know how to ask for a price.

Therefore, He Tian thought of a "clever trick", he thought that Du He's banquet was to beg them for their performance, so he decided to hang Du He to see how patient he was. How serious the matter is, how strong Duhe's ability and endurance are.

With this in mind, they came to the hotel early to observe secretly.

As a result, Du He waited for an hour, and He Tian felt that Du He was willing to deign to wait for them for a whole hour, it must be because the situation in Suzhou was serious and they did not expect, and they decided to sell medicinal materials at five times the price, which was two more layers than the three times that was decided yesterday.

His idea was very good, and the facts also made him guess that the Suzhou plague was indeed serious, but it was a pity that he met Duhe.

You Jing and Qi Xiang were also uneasy, they couldn't imagine that Du He's handling of things was so unexpected, and they didn't even give them a chance to change their words.

He Tian was also weak in his heart, but he forced himself to calm down: "Don't worry, we are all serious businessmen now. Duhe has no power to do what we do, this is Wuxi, not Chang'an. Big brother, prepare a banquet and gifts, and we invite Wuxi County Commander to get together. With him, I can't do it, Du He is really so arrogant and rude, and he bullies others! ”

In fact, he didn't have an idea, he thought that even if he couldn't use the plan, he would lose at most at most, apologize, and turn the big thing into a small thing. Where did you think that Du He directly turned against him and drew a line with them.

You Jing let out a long sigh, thinking to himself that it was really possible to deal with Du He's patrol envoy with a small county order? But in the current situation, we can only rely on the county order, so that Du He is afraid, don't act recklessly, and keep a tongue. There was some regret in my heart: "I had to do this." ”

On the same day in Qi Mansion, the four brothers Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang hosted a banquet for the Wuxi County Order, and did not say the reason, but just gave him a big gift.

At the beginning of the banquet, a group of soldiers forced their way through the door, and they rushed into the banquet with bright knives.

A general dressed as an officer barged in and said sharply, "Who are Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang?" ”

Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang's expressions changed dramatically, their faces became extremely pale, and there was only one thought in their hearts: "He really made a move!" ”

They stood up tremblingly.

The general glanced at him with contempt and said coldly: "The four of you, together with Chen Ziyu and Yun Zhuo Gully, are suspected of rebellion, and the evidence is conclusive!" On the orders of Lord Du, the Jiangnan Inspector, they were taken down, their property confiscated, and escorted to Beijing. ”

Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang collapsed to the ground in fright.

He Tian cried and shouted: "Wronged, Lord County Commander, we are wronged, please make the decision for us!" ”

The general glanced at the county order and said: "You are the county commander of Wuxi County, it seems that you have a lot of relationship with this group of traitors, how can you ......?"

Wuxi County Commander was immediately frightened, Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang were traitors He didn't know if they were traitors, but Du He was responsible for dealing with Jiangnan traitors, and he said who was, who was. has a lot to do with traitors, isn't it a fellow traitor?

hurriedly stood up and drew a clear line with them, and said in righteous words that Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang were greedy and became surnames, and their crimes were extremely heinous, and they were definitely not all the way with them.

As long as he is not a fool, in the face of this situation, he is unwilling to get involved, and hurriedly resigns and leaves. As for the gift he received, he had already quietly placed it in the seat where he was sitting.

He knew that Xie Fan, You Jing, He Tian, and Qi Xiang were completely finished.

(To be continued)