Volume 3 Jianghu 449 Shangyang
Shangyang County is only a medium-sized county, but the transportation is convenient and developed, and the merchants from the south to the north are continuous, but it is also gradually prosperous. The sky did not shine in the early morning of this day, and a long queue had formed at the gate of the city to prepare to leave the city, but today I don't know why, when the sky was bright, the guards had not yet opened the meaning of the city gate, and everyone who looked at each other looked at each other, some waited with peace of mind, and some had a hot temper and scolded their mothers, but more in three or three to talk about something, it looked so lively.
After about an hour, someone finally couldn't sit still, and an old man who looked like a housekeeper walked to the city gate and asked a guard: "Little brother, old man Zhang Jinnan, the steward of Yuye Hall, what's going on today, haven't opened the door for an hour and let him go?" At the end of the words, Zhang Jinnan's waving arm seemed to inadvertently touch the guard, and a ingots had quietly fallen into the guard's hand.
Yuyetang is also a well-ranked gang in Xiangyang Mansion, and the guards have naturally heard it, knowing that it is not for them to offend, not to mention that ten taels of ingots have been his salary for several months, so a rare smile appeared on his cold face, and said: "It turned out to be Manager Zhang, why did I say that I am so familiar, disrespectful and disrespectful." No one is allowed to go out of the city without a death order, and as for what has happened, how can I, a gatekeeper, know? At the end of the words, the guard lowered his voice and said in Zhang Jinnan's ear: "General Li's order." ”
Zhang Jinnan often walks on the road of Yang, and no matter how clear Li Decai is General Li's name, he nodded but there was a trace of anger in his eyes. Said to be a general, Shangyang County because of the location of the main road to leave 300 guards, even the sentry commander is exceptionally promoted, but there is no tiger and monkey in the mountains to call the overlord, Li Decai is the veritable overlord of Shangyang County, but all passing business travelers must pay enough money before they are released, disobedient directly into the camp, dare to resist is a rebellion, this trick has done a lot of people ruined, so Li Decai is also known as Li Peel.
Rainy Night Hall is naturally not something that Li Decai can offend, but Rainy Night Hall doesn't want to offend a local overlord like Li Decai, because Li Decai does have something to do with it, otherwise why would he be free until now? Hearing Li Decai's order, Zhang Jinnan thought that he was going to engage someone to collect money again, and he didn't care about himself, Zhang Jinnan nodded and retreated to the side, and seeing that Yuyetang retreated, many people retracted their heads and waited obediently, but this time, Zhang Jinnan was wrong.
Li Mansion, the obese Li Decai was half lying on the soft couch, his face was pale but there was undisguised anger, because he was assassinated by an assassin last night, although he was lucky to save a life, he lost an arm, and this was the last moment to block the fatal sword with the delicate body of his beloved concubine.
Because of the pain, Li Decai's fat face couldn't help but distort, but his eyes shot a light that wanted to choose someone to eat, and the doctor and the subordinates who watched it were furious from the bottom of their hearts, and they lowered their heads one by one and didn't dare to look at him, and even pressed their breathing to the minimum, for fear of attracting the anger of this master.
After staring at the doctor in Tsing Yi coldly for a moment, Li Decai almost gritted his teeth and said, "There is really no way?" ”
Looking up and glancing at Li Decai's fierce appearance of gritting his teeth, the doctor in Tsing Yi wanted to say that there was a way, but unfortunately he knew that he didn't have this ability, unless he met a miracle doctor. Thinking of the miracle doctor, Doctor Tsing Yi seemed to have an idea, and said cautiously: "General, it's not that there is no way?" Mr. Zhao of Xiangyang Huairen Building, specializing in treating all kinds of external injuries, the general had better go to Mr. Zhao to take a look? In addition, I heard that Dr. Li Sihan and Dr. Li are now sitting in the capital, and with Dr. Li's peerless medical skills, he ...... "After finishing his words, he saw that Li Decai raised his hand and threw the teacup over, and the doctor in Tsing Yi subconsciously bent down to dodge, but he dodged the teacup but there was hot tea splashing out, and he gritted his teeth but didn't dare to call out.
Although Li Decai is greedy, he is a good person, how can he not hear the meaning of Dr. Tsing Yi's words, especially his perfunctory attitude, even if he really runs to the capital, he is afraid that his arm will be crippled long ago. Although he was annoyed, Li Decai also knew that he couldn't behead the most famous doctor in Shangyang County for no reason, so he could only shout in annoyance: "Get out." ”
Hearing Li Decai's shouting, instead of being annoyed, Dr. Tsing Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed down and retreated, but he didn't leave a word, for fear that Li Decai would change his mind, and his attitude made Li Decai even more annoyed. Taking a deep breath, Li Decai turned his head to look at the old man in the brocade robe who looked like a housekeeper, and shouted, "Brother Yu hasn't come back yet?" ”
Yu Wanfang, a master invited by Li Decai. Over the years, Li Decai knew that he had offended a lot of people, so he spent a lot of money to raise a group of nursing homes, but he was still not at ease, and invited a first-class master Yu Wanfang, but he never thought that he would be assassinated by assassins, and one arm was useless.
The housekeeper is naturally Li Decai's henchman, but in the face of the murderous Li Decai, the housekeeper is still a little afraid, and said cautiously: "Yu Ye has been chasing him for a long time." Master, don't worry, with Yu Ye's martial arts, he should be able to capture the assassin back. ”
Li Decai has seen more than Wanfang's martial arts, and once cut off the two wings of a fly with a knife, and has blocked countless assassinations for him in recent years. Thinking of this, Li Decai's anger calmed down a lot, and he suddenly saw his general Jiang Risheng striding in, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" ”
Jiang Risheng was as fat as Li Decai, but he was burly and red-faced. Seeing that the boss Li Decai was angry, Jiang Risheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Big brother, how is your injury, is it better?" ”
Hearing Jiang Risheng mention the injury, Li Decai's fire head that had just fallen suddenly jumped up and shouted, "I can't die." It's not for you to guard the city gate, what are you doing when you come back, could it be to see if General Ben is dead? ”
Jiang Risheng knew that he was patted on the horse's leg, but he didn't dare to refute, so he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Big brother, it's almost time, you can't see the end at the city gate, it's very chaotic, and the county government has also urged many times, big brother, you see ......."
glared at Jiang Risheng fiercely, Li Decai dropped another cup and said angrily: "What do you want, you can't afford a big fart." Saying this, Li Decai knew that he couldn't keep closing the city gate, once it was passed to the top, this was not something that a small sentry commander could bear, and just when Li Decai was upset, a gray-robed man strode in.
The gray-robed man was about fifty years old, his body was thin and weak, his temples were bulging, his face was fierce, and his eyes were like electricity, it was Yu Wanfang, a master invited by Li Decai. Seeing Yu Wanfang returning empty-handed, Li Decai's face was a little disappointed, but he quickly hid it, and opened his mouth to ask, "Brother Yu......"
In Li Decai's elongated words, Yu Wanfang opened his mouth and said: "General Li, the thief's martial arts are not weak and his companions respond, the old man is incapable of following him, but he was hit by the old man's knife in his left shoulder, as long as the general searches the inns and medical halls in the city, it is not difficult to find." In addition, the Assassin was very young, and his companions were dressed in white. ”
Hearing that the assassin was also stabbed, Li Decai was overjoyed, and said to Yu Wanfang: "Brother Yu's martial arts are profound, and he admires it." Brother Yu, if you work hard all night, you will go down to rest, and you will have to bother my brother for a while. ”
Yu Wanfang was not polite to Li Decai, and said with his fists clenched: "That's good, if you need it, just come to the old man." At the end of the words, Yu Wanfang turned around and left.
Seeing Yu Wanfang turn around, the smile on Li Decai's face had already dissipated, and he stared at the housekeeper coldly and said, "What are you still stunned about, didn't you hear Yu Lao's words?" When he went to the county government to find Yang County's order, he said that the general was seriously injured in the assassination, and the whole city searched for the assassin. ”
The housekeeper didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The little one understands, let's go." While speaking, the housekeeper ran out of the house, for fear of causing Li Decai's unhappiness again, and also to avoid him.
After thinking for a moment, Li Decai looked at Jiang Risheng and said, "Open the city gate, strictly check the passers-by, if you dare to let the assassins go out of the city...... Hum! ”
Hearing Li Decai's cold snort, Jiang Risheng shuddered, and hurriedly responded: "Big brother, don't worry, if the assassin sneaks out of the city, the younger brother will come to see him." In the end, Jiang Risheng also left in a hurry, leaving only Li Decai to sit alone in the lobby, trying to stand up but moving to the wound, he gritted his teeth and gasped in pain.
Seeing that the city gate was wide open, the past business travelers finally breathed a sigh of relief, and learned that Li Decai was seriously injured in the assassination, even if he was dissatisfied with the strict investigation of the guards, no one said anything but obediently cooperated with the inspection.
Li Decai was greedy, and there were few clean guards below, but this time, even if the guards were still greedy for money, they didn't dare to joke with their lives, not to mention that if they caught the assassin, they were rewarded with a hundred silver taels and promoted to one level, and they all widened their eyes and checked very carefully, but all those who were injured were basically taken away by them, but General Jiang spoke, and he would rather catch the mistake than let it go.
In the slow flow of people, more than a dozen guards escorted the three carriages to the city gate, and when the guards were about to wait for the car to be checked, the guards stopped him and shouted in a deep voice: "All command the vehicles of the Cheng Mansion." As he spoke, the guard raised his hand and took out an extra black token, which was the token representing the Great Chu army.
The black-clothed guard was Meng Haikuo, and Chu Haoyu and Lianyu were sitting in the carriage. Leaving Dachong Mountain, Chu Haoyu no longer took the waterway but took the carriage, after all, there are countless land routes, and there is only one waterway, it is easy to become a target, Chu Haoyu doesn't think that this news can hide from everyone, on the contrary, he also wants to use the second commander of the Heavenly Thorn to fish, so he is extremely careful along the way, and he doesn't want to pass by Shangyang County, but this kind of thing happens to delay the trip for half a day, and now seeing that a small guard also wants to board the car to search, Chu Haoyu wants to teach them a lesson, but he can't reveal his identity and takes out the sign of the commander, What's more, it seems that this brand is the most suitable.
The guard is a veteran oil, and it is clear that the five-color token of the Great Chu army, gold, silver, copper, iron and wood, the entire Shangyang, and the sentry commander Li Decai have a piece, but it is only wooden, and he always likes to take it out to show off on weekdays. Now that he saw an iron token, he was still commanding General Cheng's mansion, and the guards were no longer arrogant but respectful, their bodies were slightly arched, and they said with a smile: "It turned out to be General Cheng's family, disrespectful, disrespectful." After a pause at this, the guard showed another embarrassed look, and said: "General, General Li was assassinated last night, and his life was almost lost. At the end of the words, the guard ran out of the smoke, and when he came back, the burly Jiang Risheng also strode over.
Glancing at everyone, especially the iron-blooded aura exuded by the guards, Jiang Risheng was already able to determine that they were veterans of a hundred battles, and they couldn't say that they were still General Cheng's personal soldiers, otherwise why would they have such a heavy murderous aura? Do you really want to let it go? If he let the assassin go, although his head would not move, Li Decai would definitely be able to take half his life. It should be forced to be anxious, Jiang Risheng really had an idea as soon as his eyes rolled, and said with a smile: "I have seen the general in my humble position, but I don't know if the general is far away, and I hope to forgive my sins." While speaking, Jiang Risheng hugged his fists and saluted everyone, and then said: "It's going to be noon, and the humble post has prepared a thin wine, I don't know ...... you" The words were not finished, and they were interrupted.