Chapter 25 Sorting out the Connections
Xu Liang saw that Ge Zhubo had a sad face, and smiled secretly, he leaned into Ge Zhubo's ear, and said bewildermently: "Actually, if you want to clear up the relationship in this matter, it is difficult to say, but it is not difficult. ”
Ge Zhubo's eyes lit up when he heard this, just like a man who had fallen into the water suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw and asked urgently: "Brother Xu has a way?" Speak up, talk fast! ”
Xu Liang looked at him, smiling rather than smiling.
Ge Zhu Bo's old face flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "Eh, my brother is reckless, Brother Xu also asked my brother for advice, and I am grateful." ”
Xu Liang's expression was full, and he looked at the direction of the gate and said slowly: "If you want to get out of this matter unscathed, you must give Qin Cha and the court a reasonable explanation." And this statement is that when Jianchang City fell, the county Cheng and Dianshi were all killed in battle, but Brother Ge, you and the county Zun survived all of them. ”
"I don't know where you were at the time of the incident, brother?" Xu Liang said a lot, his mouth was dry, he took a sip of tea, and asked.
"Well, at that time, the old man, there were some things to deal with in that family...... Of course, Ge Zhubo would not say that he was afraid of death so that he would persuade Wang Xian, the magistrate, so that Feng Daolin would lead the troops out of the city.
"Well," Xu Liang glanced at Ge Zhubo, who was full of nonsense, and said: "I heard that Brother Ge's body has not been very good in the past two years, and I heard that Brother Ge's headache has not been good, sometimes good and sometimes bad. He squinted his eyes at Master Ge, who was listening attentively, and said, "Presumably, Brother Ge must have had a recurrence of headaches at that time, and he couldn't personally lead the troops to level the Kou, so he let the classic Shi Feng Daolin take people out?" ”
"Uh, is that so?" Ge Zhubo was dizzy by Xu Liang, and he ate authentically.
"Isn't that it?" Xu Liang really wanted to slap this wooden brother.
"Oh, yes, the old man really had a headache that day, and he couldn't even open his eyes." Ge Zhubo finally reacted, and agreed embarrassedly: "Don't talk about leading troops out of the city, it's useless to walk and see the road." ”
The children can be taught! Xu Liang was greatly satisfied. After thinking about it, he said: "Presumably, Lord Xianzun was also in poor health at that time...... Oh no! "Xu Liang thinks about it, if both of them are sick, it will be too fake. He said affirmatively to Lord Ge: "The county lord has the responsibility to defend the land, and when the water invades the city, the county lord takes the lead!" Who knew that that guy Shui Kou was too despicable to act, and he actually released cold arrows! The county lord accidentally hit the cold arrow of the water kou, and was seriously injured, which was forcibly carried down from the city by the county lord, and when he was about to go down the city wall, the county lord was still raising his arms and shouting "swear to defend Jianchang City"! Alas" Xu Liang said and said, he was almost moved by the story he made up, his eyes were red and he looked at Ge Zhubo, and choked up: "The county lord is so high-spirited, he is really a model for my generation!" ”
Master Ge was dumbfounded, and sighed that this person in front of him was an expert in being an official. Lian Shenghe said: "That's right, alas, the old man was sick in bed at that time, and at home, I vaguely heard the county lord shouting!" Alas, ashamed, ashamed. ”
The two of them looked at each other, and they both felt like they were going to vomit.
Ge Zhubo took a break and said, "Well, I'll go and express the old man's high respect for him to the county lord now." ”
Xu Liang hurriedly said: "Hey, I'll go too!" ”
Now the two of them entered the second hall to find Wang Xian of Jianchang Zhixian County, so saying, although Wang Zhixian is lazy in government affairs, but people are not stupid, after listening to the plan of the two, they readily agreed.
Just hearing that Xu Liang was going to pretend that he was wounded by an arrow, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he asked Xu Liang pitifully: "Does this county really want to pretend to be injured?" Why don't I pretend to be sick too? ”
Xu Liang shook his head when he heard this, and persuaded: "My lord, Lord Ge has a headache, if you are also sick, I am afraid that you will not be able to hide it." He knew that Wang Xian was afraid of pain, so he had an idea, and couldn't help but say: "There have been old scars on the adult's body, if there is, then it is easier to say." ”
Ge Zhubo listened and looked at Wang Zhixian expectantly.
Wang Zhixian rolled up his sleeves in embarrassment, revealing the fine skin and tender flesh of his hands, pointed to a little red dot on his little arm and said in embarrassment: "Alas, there are so many scars all over the county all over the county, or I accidentally let a big mosquito bite me the day before yesterday." Xu Liang, do you think this is a success? ”
Xu Liang and Ge Qiao listened, opened their eyes and carefully searched for his arm, and finally found the small red dot on the joint of his hand, and the two of them smiled bitterly in disappointment: "My lord, your wound seems, maybe, probably a little smaller." ”
Wang Zhixian was dumbfounded: "Could it be that I really have to prick an arrow in myself?" ”
Xu Liang and Ge Qiao couldn't help but smile and nodded.
Wang Zhixian sat on the chair and said helplessly: "That...... All right. ”
Xu Liang thought for a while, and then arched his hand: "Two adults, it's not enough for us to decide, we have to build momentum among the people and create a fait accompli." ”
"Oh, so how do you build momentum?" Ge Zhubo already admired Xu Liang very much, and asked very cooperatively at the moment.
Xu Liang squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, and said confidently: "There is a way that everyone is golden, and the bones are ruined, and if a lie is told a thousand times, it is no longer a lie." Two adults, we have to let the people who participated in this turmoil tell the story of what we have just discussed, and even if Qin sent him, he will not be able to find anything out. ”
Wang Zhixian listened and nodded, "Well, what Brother Xu said is very reasonable. If you want most people to do what we say, it's naturally no problem, but I'm afraid that a small group of people will come out and bite their tongues, which will ruin our business. ”
"yes!" Ge Zhubo also nodded in response.
"So," Xu Liang said viciously: "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we have to start the second step, send people to keep an eye on those thorns who may make trouble, strictly guard against death, and never let the devils enter the village!" ”
"What the devil?" Wang Zhixian and Ge Zhubo listened and asked in unison.
"Ah," Xu Liang smiled awkwardly and said, "What the lower officials mean is that they must not let those corrupt people make irresponsible remarks in front of the Qin Cha. ”
When Xu Liang said this, his heart suddenly moved, and he secretly said that now is a good opportunity to help Feng Suqin. So he tentatively said to the two superiors: "The subordinates will think of something." ”
Seeing that the two Shangguan were staring at him, Xu Liang said slowly: "The lower officials heard that Feng Daolin has not been buried after the martyrdom of the original Jianchang Dianshi, although there is a clear order from the court, but the two adults think, as children, who does not know that filial piety is the first, our county government has held Feng Daolin's body for many days, which has made Feng Daolin's family dare not speak out. Rather than keeping such a big hidden danger, why don't you give an order, return Feng Daolin to the Feng family now, and then the Qin family will come, and the Feng family is busy preparing for the funeral, so they will definitely not have time to come out to make trouble. ”
Wang Zhixian listened, nodded again and again, patted Xu Liang's shoulder with satisfaction, and boasted: "Brother Xu is young, his thinking is active, and there are many ways. He nodded, "Yes, I will send someone to pass the order and return Feng Daolin's coffin to the Feng family." ”
Ge Zhubo took a step forward and said softly: "Lord County, the lower officials feel that in order to be more secure, your lord may wish to give some more silver taels to the Feng family, firstly, this Feng Daolin will be an official in the same dynasty as you no matter what he says, and secondly, it also shows our comfort to the widow of the Feng family." ”
"Haha, yes, yes." Wang Zhixian was greatly satisfied when he heard this, and he shouted outside the door: "Someone! ”
A messenger flashed out of the door and arched his hand: "Here!" ”
"Pass on the county's order and return Feng Daolin's coffin. In addition, he took fifty taels from the treasury, oh no, took one hundred silver in cash and sent it to the Feng family. ”
"Yes!"
Lord Ge Bo saw that the yamen had gone out, and immediately said: "County Zun, the lower official and that Feng Daolin are also acquaintances, and the lower official wants to personally bring someone to return the coffin to the Feng family." ”
Wang Zhixian was in a good mood, shook his hand and said, "Go, go, go." ”
Xu Liang thought for a while and said: "Xiaguan and Feng Daolin's niece are also old acquaintances, and Xiaguan and Master Ge go together." ”
At that moment, Xu Liang and Ge Zhubo said goodbye, and when they walked to the door, Xu Liang turned back to Wang Zhixian, who was still complacent, and said, "County Zun, about that arrow wound......"
When Wang Zhixian heard this, his face suddenly fell, and he waved his hand depressedly: "This county knows, you guys go quickly!" ”
Xu Liang and Ge Qiao came out of the second hall, took the silver from the treasury and went to the morgue, and then heard a scream like killing a pig from the second hall of the county government: "Ah...... It hurts me to death, come on, come on, sir, I'm hurt! ”
Xu Liang and Ge Zhubo glanced at each other, and invariably quickened their pace, for fear that Wang Zhixian would rush out to find someone to settle accounts.
Before entering the morgue, Xu Liang smelled a foul smell and couldn't help but cover his nose with his long sleeves.
Ge Zhubo stopped outside and gasped for breath, waved his hand at Xu Liang and said, "Brother Xu, my brother really can't stand this smell, so I won't go in, so I'll bother my brother to bring someone to bring that thing out." ”
Xu Liang listened, and when he turned around and saw that Lord Ge's eyes were white, he was about to collapse, so he responded helplessly, and walked in with four officials covering his nose.
When I walked to the black coffin, the stench was even stronger. Xu Liang didn't speak, and hurriedly motioned for the four officials to pick up the coffin and leave.
Xu Liang endured it as he walked, wanting to send this troublesome thing to the Feng family earlier. Who knew that the more anxious he was, the easier it would be to make mistakes, and when he was about to walk out of the morgue, one of the officials carrying the coffin in front of him tripped on the threshold, stumbled, and fell to the ground, driving the whole coffin to the side, and slamming it to the ground.
Xu Liang, who was walking in front, heard the sound, turned around sharply to step forward to hold the coffin, and inadvertently looked at the coffin, only to see that the coffin lid was shaken open, Xu Liang looked at it, and just saw a ball of white maggots rolling on the black clothes inside, and couldn't help it anymore, retreated to the side and vomited.
Xu Liang spit out and then there was only yellow water left in his mouth, and the nausea was slightly weaker, at this time, Ge Zhubo handed over a wet wipe, Xu Liang gratefully took it and wiped his face, raised his eyes and didn't see the coffin on the side, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Ge Zhu Bo said: "Don't look at it, I see that you can't vomit, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to rest for a while, so I'll let them go first." ”