Chapter Seventy-Seven: Deceit
"Mr. Ye has something to do, even if he orders, Qilong will go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up."
Mr. Ye nodded with satisfaction and said: "Everyone is working for the lord, and I won't hide some things from you, the Zhang family in Yanshi County has a treasure, which is said to be priceless, and the lord intends to get this treasure in his hands, and then recruit troops to make trouble." Now everything is ready, but there is a fork in the road, and the mechanism map that has been in hand has been taken away by Yue Su. ”
"It's him again!" As soon as he heard Yue Su's name, Wang Qilong immediately became angry and said: "Last time, I was ordered to take advantage of the Yellow River to cause trouble, but I was disturbed by this guy, and I almost lost my surname. Unexpectedly, this guy came out again, didn't he deliberately do it against us! Mr. Ye, you command, do you want to take Yue Su's head? ”
"It's about the same, Yue Su's head is the best he can get, and he has to get the mechanism map at the worst. Originally, I planned to start in Yanshi County, the land here is familiar, and it is easy to start, but this guy ran fast, and he went to Luoyang without waiting for me to arrange. You should have a secret post in Luoyang, and the geography is more familiar than ours, so the matter will be handed over to you. I don't care if I live or die, I must get it. Mr. Ye said.
"Okay! Mr. Ye, don't worry, isn't it just stealing a picture, and I will immediately send someone to do it. It's just, I don't know what this picture looks like? Wang Qilong asked.
"I have a fake here, it was Zhang Guozhu who showed it to Sima Chen, hoping that he could solve the mystery from it, and my people knew about it, so they snatched the picture. It's a pity that I didn't find any clues on the map, and I thought that the real mechanism should be hidden in the original map. As he spoke, Mr. Ye took out a painting from his arms.
The one in Yue Su's hand was genuine, with a painting scroll on it, and the fake that Mr. Ye snatched from Sima Chen originally had a painting scroll, but he felt that it was inconvenient to store it, so he removed it.
Mr. Ye unfolded the painting and showed it to Wang Qilong, and the picture painted a maid with a poem "Nian Nujiao Chibi Nostalgia", which was exactly the same as Yue Su's.
After Wang Qilong read it, he said: "I remember this picture, and tomorrow I will send someone to Luoyang, and while grabbing the picture, I will easily kill Yue Su." ”
"Lord Wang Helm, don't take it lightly, Yue Su is the governor of Henan, and there are not a thousand guards in his hand, but eight hundred, if you want to get a picture, it is best to steal." Mr. Ye instructed.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, those officers and soldiers in the imperial court rely on the more to win, and they have no ability. I'll send a few fine people here, and I can easily sneak in, as long as I find his room, it's not easy to capture. ”
Regarding Wang Qilong's words, Mr. Ye no longer expressed his position, but just nodded, "That's the best." Everyone has come from afar, and now that it is getting late, let's leave the business until tomorrow, so let's all go and rest. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Ye."
Wang Qilong, Zhang Tianshi, and Cao Ge left the main hall, and someone guided them to the place to stay.
The three of them went out, and the door of the main hall closed again, and they heard the elder Rat Whisker say: "Mr. Ye, most of Wang Qilong's group are outlaws, and they do some things like robbing houses and houses, but it's okay, if you really let him do this kind of delicate thing, can he do it?" ”
"Naturally not, his people are just bitter tricks, and we are the ones who really do it. I'm just afraid that I will confess the truth, Wang Qilong's people don't have to do things, and they won't act like it when the time comes, which makes Yue Su suspicious. Mr. Ye said lightly.
"Mr. Naye, what do you mean ......?"
"Let's leave for Luoyang tonight, the tiger stayed, and told Wang Qilong that I went to Yanshi County, let him act according to the plan, even if he missed, he couldn't leave Yue Su alive. Lao Yang, your opportunity to make meritorious service has come, and I will explain how to do it on the way. ”
Two days later, on the street where the governor was traveling, a man who sold himself to bury his father came. An old man with a goatee, lying on the ground, his eyes closed, looking at this posture, it should have just died a day or two, next to the corpse, kneeling a young girl, the girl looks delicate and lovely, especially the small appearance of the pear blossom with rain, I see pity.
This has to be changed to the usual, among the pedestrians who come and go, there must be the scoundrels and rich children who come forward to tease. But now, the yamen of 'Yue Shaved Head' is on this side, within a radius of four miles, and even the idle ones dare not go to the street.
The sign in front of the girl said "Sell yourself to bury your father", and the kind person came forward to ask, but the girl didn't say a word except crying. The onlookers watched these people, and thought that this girl was dumb.
Tie Qiu and Li Haoquan will take people to the street twice a day to see if there are any suspicious people, sometimes alone, sometimes together. Today, the two of them had nothing to do, so they led a dozen errands together to patrol the street, and when they came to the corner of the street, they saw people watching, and they were curious, so they walked over.
When the people saw that it was the governor's yamen, they quickly flashed to the side so that Tie Qiu could see clearly. Although Tie Qiu was reckless, he was a warm-hearted person, and when he saw that someone had sold himself to bury his father, his sympathy immediately came, and he didn't ask anything, he took out five taels of silver from his arms and put it in front of the young woman. He said, "Take the money, buy a coffin, and bury your father." ”
After that, he turned around and left.
When the girl saw Tie Qi giving the money, she left, picked up the silver, threw herself forward, grabbed Tie Qiu's thigh, and screamed "uh-uh.......
It turned out to be a mute.
Tie Qiu wondered in his heart, lowered his head and asked, "The silver has already been given to you, why don't you go and bury your father quickly, what are you doing with me?" ”
The girl let go of her hand, picked up the sign in front of her, pointed vigorously, and said a few times, as if to tell Tieqiu, "I am a traitor, and I can't ask for your money for nothing." ”
Tie Qiu said: "I'm a big old man, I don't need someone to serve me, and you don't have to sell yourself, hurry up and bury my father, and live a good life." ”
"Uh-uh......" The girl shook her head vigorously and gestured. Her movements are very simple, one will be the action of stir-frying, the other will be the action of fetching water, and the other will be the action of making the bed and folding the quilt. It's like telling Tie Qiu that she can do all these jobs.
Tie Qiu also saw it, and was about to refuse politely again, but he heard Li Haoquan beside him say: "Tie Qiu, there is a maid next to our master, Mei'er, who is still married to his wife's mother's family, and he is usually too busy to do the work in the future, so I have to ask you for help." This girl is a mute, her father is dead again, and she is helpless, even if you give her money to bury her father, how will she live in the future. I think that although she is dumb, she is also clever, so it is better to take her to the house and help clean up the housework and cook some meals. To be honest, I have also tasted Mei'er's craftsmanship, and I have not made any progress over the years, and I am not as good as yours, so adults are not picky eaters. ”
"This ......," Tie Qiu hesitated. Helping Mei'er to work, that is what he is willing to do, if he doesn't look for him for a day, he still feels unsteady. If there is one more person in the back, Mei'er can be busy and no longer look for him, wouldn't it be a loss to Mrs. and a soldier.
His little caution seemed to be seen by Li Haoquan at once, and he smiled deliberately: "Tieqiu, it won't be that you are worried, there is an extra maid in the back, Mei'er can be busy, so I won't look for you." I dare to promise, no, Mei'er, that girl, I haven't seen you for a day, and I guess I won't implement it in my heart. ”
"Don't talk nonsense there, tell you, Mei'er and I have nothing." Tie Qiu's face turned red, and then he said, "I'm ...... I'm afraid that I will bring someone back to my house, and the adults will not be happy. ”
"You haven't asked your lordship, how do you know. Those girls sent by others, our adults do not accept them, one is that our adults are honest, and the other is that adults are afraid that someone will go out and chew their tongues. This girl is a mute, how can she go out and talk nonsense, otherwise, you wait here, I'll go back and ask the adults. Li Haoquan said.
"Okay then, I'll wait for you here, you can go in and ask."
Li Haoquan turned around and ran back to Xingyuan, Yue Su was studying the picture of the lady in the back flower hall. He hung the diagram on the wall and measured it repeatedly. These days, he has always been like this, always trying to find some mystery, but unfortunately, he found nothing.
This kung fu, Li Haoquan ran in and told Yue Su about the matter, Yue Su thought for a moment and said, "Since you are a poor person, then receive it from the house." I see that Mei'er is also very hard to clean up the housework alone, and I always want to find another one, but I don't have time. You go and tell Tieqiu to bring the man back. By the way, go buy some planks and come back. ”
"My lord, what are you doing when you buy planks?" Li Haoquan wondered.
"Anyway, I don't have anything at hand, so I should move my muscles and bones and nail a coffin for his father, so that he can be restrained and buried." Yue Su said.
"My lord is really kind-hearted, this old man can sleep in the coffin that was beaten by the young guard, and that is also a blessing from several lifetimes. The small ones will do it. Li Haoquan ran out in a hurry.
When he saw Tie Qi at the corner of the street, he told the adults what they meant, and since the adults agreed, what else could Tie Qi say, and asked someone to help carry the corpse and return to Xingyuan with the girl. Li Haoquan didn't forget to buy wood in person.
The girl followed Tie Qiu back to the house, and there was a smug smile on her tear-stained face. The body was temporarily placed in the front yard, and the girl was led to the back flower hall, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Yue Su stunned at the picture of the lady on the wall.
"The original picture is here." The girl was secretly happy in her heart. But he still bowed his head, showing a sad and timid look.
"My lord, someone brought it."
Hearing Tie Qiu's voice, Yue Su turned his head, his gaze fell directly on the girl's body, looked at it a few times, and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Uh-uh......" the girl's face showed embarrassment.
"My lord, she's for the dumb." Tie Qiu said.
"Got it." Yue Su nodded, and said, "Then I'll call you Ju'er from now on." Tieqiu, you take her to meet the lady and them, and follow Shi Niang in the future. ”
"Yes, sir." Tie Qiu gestured to Ju'er and told her to follow her.
Don't mention Tie Qiu and Ju'er leaving, just talk about Yue Su's side. After the people left, he commanded, "Call Chongyue here." ”
After a while, Yang Yishan rushed over, and when he entered the door, he said, "I don't know what the teacher called me?" ”
"I have an important thing to tell you, if you see this painting, you should copy it now, and make it older, and it will be similar to this one. Hurry up, preferably in a day or two. ”
"Don't worry, teacher."
(To be continued)