Chapter 8: The Endless Plague of Blood
Chang'an Avenue, taverns and inns, pedestrians gather everywhere.
"I've heard that! Helan's house was stolen last night, and the valuable things were stolen cleanly! Passerby A said mysteriously.
"And!" Passerby B looked disdainful: "I thought it was news, but it turned out to be this?" This matter has spread in Chang'an, and no one knows. This morning, the people of the Helan family went to the government together to report to the official, and begged to arrest the thief! ”
"That's it!" Passerby C also answered on the side, "I also heard that the people of the Helan family are not good people, and they bully orphans and widows one by one...... You deserve this retribution. ”
Passerby A felt embarrassed, and said angrily in a low voice: "Then do you know who the thief who left the post is?" ”
"This ...... But we don't know! Passerby B and Passerby C also shook their heads blankly, and the people around them also gathered together.
Passer-by Jia said proudly: "That thief is an amazing character, a famous ranger, a hero who specializes in dealing with the wicked, and the nemesis of that thief!" ”
"And what's his name?"
"Uh...... This ......"
…… It's just half a day, under the power of gossip, such news has already spread through ups and downs after rumors from one person to another, and everyone in Chang'an knows about it.
Although it was the first time that the thief had entered the eyes of the public, everyone was outraged because of the Helan family's bullying of orphans and widows.
The thief is also described as a powerful figure with a sense of justice, and most of the people secretly applaud and admire what he did.
Instead of winning sympathy for the complaint of the Shangfu Ya, those people of the Helan family were severely punished by the governor Shi for bullying orphans and widows, and the family property they embezzled was also spit out under the reasonable judgment of the governor Shi, and the property was returned to the original owner and returned to Wushun, which can be said to have compensated his wife and lost his soldiers.
As for the thief, the government also posted a reward notice, but no one has seen the figure of the thief, and I don't know his appearance, so how to arrest him?
Du He looked like he didn't care about himself, and he didn't care, he had already done similar things more than once. With his current light martial arts, although he can't leave a post notice in advance like before, and then ignore thousands of troops and horses, and calmly take away the realm of wanting to take the baby, but it is not difficult to keep people from finding out about leaving a post afterwards.
In the study of the west courtyard of the Cai Guogong Mansion.
Du He was a little worried about the three burlap bags in front of him, and he didn't know what to do: in front of him, there were thick mountains of gold, silver and jade, pearls, agate, jade, the same, everything, and there were three empty burlap bags around these treasures.
These are the results of his last night.
Because those people in the Helan family did too much, they embezzled Helan Anshi's property, not to mention, and also lost a large amount of arrears to Wushun. You must know that at that time, Wushun was alone and helpless, and there were two young children with a man and a woman beside him, facing this situation. The people of the Helan family did not give in at all, and almost drove them to death.
If it weren't for Wu Meiniang and the others just in time, Wu Shun would be alone, and in the face of the creditors who kept coming to the door, it was unknown whether he could support it.
In the face of such shameful and hateful people, Du He was extremely annoyed, and he was not polite to them, he didn't want to leave them with the same valuables, and only chose the valuable ones to take.
Not to mention, the Helan family's family background is really rich enough. In the middle of the night, the eight villains who bullied Wushun, all the valuable things in their house, let Du He throw them into the sack. The valuable things were full of three burlap bags, and there were hundreds of pounds of weight on his back, and he almost didn't bend his waist.
"What should I do with these things?" In this anger, he emptied the treasures of the Helan family, making them greedy people suffer a great loss, which made them more uncomfortable than killing them. But in the face of this mountain of swag, he frowned again. It's a little unsafe to hide in Cai Guogong's mansion, there is no guarantee for people coming and going, and if you want to get rid of it, you don't have a trusted person.
"It's better to buy a house!" Du He's mind moved, and ideas also emerged one after another.
After all, the Cai Guogong Mansion will be succeeded by the eldest brother Du Gou, and he has a residence in Chang'an, so it will be more convenient to act. In particular, the two secret weapons of stepping on the moon and lingering incense, after half a year of training, there is also good progress, among which the captains of the two teams, Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing, have learned the Yunhai heart method of Daqimen, and the progress is faster, and it will not take a few years to become a first-class good hand and become their most powerful helper.
At this time, it was a critical juncture for them to practice martial arts, and it was difficult to place them in the fiefdom of Wannian County, and it was not easy to give instructions at any time, and it was also very troublesome to call. If you can buy a house and arrange them next to you, you can take care of the home and care home, which will also help them to improve.
Thinking of leaving to discuss this matter with Zhang, Zhang was calculating the gains and losses of a year.
Du He stepped forward to help, and Du He calculated it in an hour.
Zhang was stunned, afraid of making a mistake, so he selected a few items and checked them correctly, and it was difficult to hide the shock in his eyes.
Du He also secretly felt that this simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operation was also a profound knowledge in ancient times.
Seeing the pride on his face, Zhang couldn't help but raise his hand to reward him and said violently: "Say, what's the matter with coming to my mother?" ”
"The kid wants to buy a house!" Du He stepped forward to give her old man a slap on the back and coaxed her, explaining her intentions.
Zhang Shi was not surprised when he heard this, this child is going to go out after all when he is older, Du He is about to get married, if he does not have a decent house, it is indeed a little shabby. She had already thought of this, and bought a mansion near Cai Guogong's mansion. Since Du He's marriage object is Princess Changle, the area is larger than that of the Guogong Mansion, and he didn't say anything but smiled: "You are so anxious to separate from your mother, and you are in a hurry to move out?" ”
"What the hell!" Du He hugged Zhang's family and said with a smile: "No, it's just that there are more than a hundred people under the child, and I want them to move into the city to control them, so as not to let them come nonsense." ”
Zhang patted Du He's hand and said with a smile: "How old is it, I don't know how ashamed...... Okay, it's the mansion in the middle of our Renchongfang, which I bought a few days ago, and it's yours now. ”
"Is that the most luxurious mansion in Ren Chongfang?" Du Heping said that on the way to and from Cai Guogong's mansion, he had to pass there, which belonged to the most luxurious mansion in Renchongfang, and was inhabited by the descendants of Pei Lian, the minister of the early Tang Dynasty. But recently I heard that the mansion has been haunted recently, and the neighbors have been rumored to be boiling recently, and then said: "That is the haunted one?" ”
Zhang laughed: "Yes, yes, that's it." Originally, the huge mansion was really reluctant to buy it for the mother, but because it was haunted, they were in a hurry to sell, and the price was naturally quite cost-effective! ”
Du He looked at the somewhat gloating Zhang Shi strangely, and saw that her face was full of joy when she picked up the cheap, and joked: "It can't be a ghost made by my mother!" ”
Zhang scolded with a smile: "The stinky boy is talking nonsense...... The mother originally looked at the mansion, but because of the rumors of the haunting, the Pei family didn't dare to live, so they decided to sell it. The mother saw that the Pei family's mansion was much better than the one she fancied, and the price was cheaper, so she discussed with them. I don't know what's going on with this haunted mother, but when I was discussing, I asked curiously, and the words of the Pei family flickered, and some of them didn't answer what they asked. Judging by their looks, it seems that there is really something like that. But as a mother, I never believe in ghosts and gods, and my Du family doesn't do anything wrong, even if there are really ghosts, people who see my Du family have to retreat. ”
Zhang's last sentence is impassioned, with the style of a woman's eyebrows.
Du He smiled and praised, he has always scoffed at the gods and ghosts, and he didn't care at all, and agreed: "What my mother said is that all ghosts and ghosts deceive the foolish people, and the children don't believe it." ”
"Did the Pei family move away? Son, I want to see the house now. Du He said that there was nothing to do today, and he also planned to implement this matter.
Zhang said: "Maybe it's because I'm afraid of ghosts, I have already moved away." Today, my mother has sent someone to clean up, if you want to go, you can go yourself. Just take a look at what you need and make a list. It will be used as a newlywed mansion for the child, which should cost money, and the mother will not be stingy. ”
Du He answered and left the mansion.
The subordinates brought the horses, and Du He got on the horse and galloped, and soon arrived at the outside of the mansion that Zhang pointed out.
On both sides of the gate outside the mansion, there are two fierce stone lions sitting majestically, carved vividly, and the plaque on the eaves has been removed, leaving the traces of the years.
Suddenly, a Taoist on the street stopped in front of the horse, Du He was secretly startled in his heart and stopped the horse, stopped the horse, turned over and dismounted, and asked quietly: "This Taoist chief, are you okay?" ”
Intentionally or unintentionally, his hand fell on the saber at his waist, where he was able to draw the sword at the first time.
Previously, in order to see this mansion that belonged to him, he changed to a stroll when he was about to arrive, and the previous scene was obviously bumped into by the Taoist priest himself.
Du He looked at him, the Taoist priest was fifty years old, thin, with a kind face, holding a white cloth signboard in his hand, with the book "God counts the Oriental Tree, a trigram, the odds are undoubted", and said in his heart: I don't know what this Oriental Tree has to do with the Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty.
The Taoist priest smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, this son is the owner of this mansion?" ”
"Sort of!" Du He answered.
The Taoist priest said with a solemn face: "After the Dongfang Tree is the Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty, the best five elements can be used in public opinion." This son, your mansion is located on the cave of the Nine Shadows, which is a place of great evil, and now the sky above the mansion is surrounded by yin qi, and there must be ghosts. I saw that Childe's face was red, and it was obvious that a happy event was coming. If you live here, there will be endless bloodlight disasters. ”
Du He doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but his wedding date is approaching, and he is cursed, so he can't help but be secretly angry in his heart, and snort coldly: "I never believe in ghosts and gods!" Ignoring the priest, he turned and walked up the steps, and suddenly he drew his sword and slashed at the priest who was standing.
(To be continued)