Chapter 16: Secret Help

A moment later, Xie An led Chen Bei to the second floor of a teahouse on the street, sat at the table near the balcony, and looked at the guards of the Weiwei Temple Patrol Division on the street below, watching them transfer one corpse after another to another place.

Since the patrol guards outside the teahouse have blocked the entire Guang'an Street, there are only two guests in the entire teahouse, Xie An and Chen Bei, so Xie An is not afraid that the conversation with Chen Bei will be heard by others.

Seeing the guy from the shop who served the tea walking down the stairs back downstairs, Xie An took the teapot, poured a cup for Chen Bei, and said hesitantly, "Uncle, don't you plan to leave Jijing for the time being?" ”

At this time, Chen Bei also realized that he had caused a big disaster, and his expression was a little uneasy, not so much because he was worried that the guards of the Northern Army would come to arrest him because of the incident last night, but rather that he was worried that this matter would affect the Liangqiu family in the Donggong Mansion.

After being silent for a while, he hesitated and said, "If it is feasible, I want to stay in Jijing for a few more days......

Xie An paused when he heard the movement in his hand, glanced at Chen Bei, as if he had seen through the thoughts in Chen Bei's heart, and asked inexplicably, "Uncle brother cares so much about the Liangqiu family...... Why don't you recognize Liang Qiu Gong and dance? ”

"......" Chen Bei silently raised the teacup, drank all the tea in the cup, shook his head and said, "This matter, no......"

"Why?"

"Because ......"

"Because my eldest brother is the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, right?" Seeing that there were no outsiders on the second floor of the teahouse, Xie An was not hiding in front of Xun Zheng like Fang Cai, and said it very bluntly.

"......" glanced at Xie An, who had a serious expression, Chen Bei picked up the teapot and poured a cup for himself, and then muttered with the teacup, "Brother is right, my brother is the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, and he shoulders the great cause of the revitalization of tens of thousands ......of Taiping Army soldiers."

"Revitalizing the great cause? - Revitalization of the Southern Tang Dynasty? For this reason, he did not hesitate to oppose the Great Zhou court? Even, at the expense of opposing the Liangqiu family of the Donggong Mansion? Uncle, you are the son-in-law of the Liangqiu family! - Liang Qiugong is your grandfather, and Wu is your sister! Do you hope to meet your loved ones one day? - It's still too late to turn back! ”

Looking at Xie An, who looked a little excited, Chen Bei shook his head slightly, and said lightly, "Brother, don't persuade me anymore, Liang Qiu Hao is dead, and my brother is now called Chen Bei, and he is no longer the son-in-law of the Liang Qiu family in Donggong Mansion, but a soldier of the Taiping Army...... My brother can see that my cousin is extremely talented, and she must be able to shoulder the burden of the Liangqiu family well......"

Xie Anxin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and said unhappily, "Uncle, how selfish you are! - Mai didn't want to carry that kind of burden at all! She just wants to be an ordinary woman......"

Chen Bei opened his mouth, stopped talking, and after a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Brother, don't persuade again, one day, my brother will personally go to the house to apologize, but now is not the time, I hope that my brother will hide it for my brother and ...... Right now, I just want to live in Jijing for a few days, look at my grandfather and cousin from afar, and I don't want to make any extraneous branches! - Please! ”

"......" Looking at Chen Bei's pleading eyes, Xie An was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.

In all fairness, Xie An very much hopes that Chen Bei can return to the Liangqiu family and restore the identity of the Liangqiu family's concubine, so that Liangqiu Wu does not need to force herself all the time, and can be an ordinary woman as she hopes.

It's a pity that Chen Bei has no intention of returning to Liangqiu's family and inheriting the family business.

Xie An didn't think to tell Liang Qiuwu the news of Chen Bei's arrival in Jijing, but after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up the idea because he knew that if he did this, then someone would definitely get hurt.

After all, Liang Qiuwu would never let his cousin have any more dealings with the Taiping Army, and Chen Bei obviously would not be captured, and the worst result was probably that these two cousins with the same blood flowed like they did on the battlefield in Chang'an.

You must know that during the Chang'an battlefield, Liang Qiuwu was in a hurry all night, and her physical strength and energy were at a low point, and she was not sure to take down her cousin Chen Bei, so she watched Chen Bei leave, and what if she met it again now?

Obviously, Liangqiu Dance will definitely not be as easy to talk as last time!

But is Chen Bei an easy person to deal with?

When he was in Hanhan Guguan, Xie An mobilized more than 20,000 people to search for his brother-in-law Chen Bei in the camp, but the people still came and went freely in the barracks, even if the eldest grandson Xiangyu ran out of tricks and used a crossbowman of 10,000 people to surround Chen Bei, Chen Bei still fought a bloody way, and almost killed Xie An, Li Shou and others on the spot.

His martial arts are far above the Liangqiu Dance, like such a genius who has never been encountered in a hundred years.

After thinking for a while holding the teacup, Xie An said in a deep voice, "Uncle, if you plan to go out of the city, the younger brother can help you, the eldest brother has also seen it, the younger brother has a good relationship with Lord Xun Zhengxun of Weiwei Temple, this person was born in the Eastern Army, and he is also one of the forces of the Liangqiu family in Beijing in Donggongfu...... However, the eldest brother said that he wanted to stay in Jijing temporarily, like this...... The eldest brother needs to agree to a few conditions for the younger brother first, otherwise, the younger brother really doesn't dare to keep the eldest brother in the city! ”

Chen Bei was slightly stunned, raised his hand and said, "What conditions, brother, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Xie An nodded, and said with a straight face, "First of all, the eldest brother must not leave the younger brother's sight...... The younger brother didn't want to restrain the eldest brother, he just ...... Uncle, you also know that you made such a big fuss last night, and now tens of thousands of people in the Northern Army are still searching for you in the palace, and once you can't be found in the palace, sooner or later they will expand the scope of the search to the entire Jijing ......"

"Hmm! - This matter is for my brother! ”

"Secondly, the eldest brother is not allowed to perform any martial arts in front of outsiders! - Uncle, you also saw it, Lord Fang Cai Xun looked at your gaze, how surprised it was! - Can a thousand generals have such strength? ”

Chen Bei frowned slightly, and said hesitantly, "It's ...... my brother to see you and others arrest the prisoner who caused trouble on the street last night."

"The younger brother knows that the eldest brother has good intentions, but this is too dangerous, as long as you have a little eyesight, you can see that the eldest brother is by no means an ordinary person...... Don't let anyone doubt you! - Next time you encounter something like this, even if you ask that person to run away, don't let your uncle take action, so as not to arouse suspicion! ”

Chen Bei thought for a while when he heard this, nodded and said, "Okay, next time I will never make a move for my brother!" - But if there is something difficult about the brother, although he has no ability to talk about the brother and say anything else, he is still more conceited in terms of force, and he can help the brother somewhat! ”

Xie An smiled when he heard this, blinked and said, "The eldest brother is too modest, you are the strongest among the people the younger brother has ever seen!" - Do you know that when you were in Hanhan Valley Pass, the younger brother even gave you a nickname, called [One-Man Army]! ”

"One-man army? - What do you mean by that? Chen Bei asked curiously.

Xie An shrugged his shoulders and explained with a smile, "One man's army, one man's army!" ”

Chen Bei was stunned when he heard this, then laughed, patted the table and said, "Okay, good!" - To borrow a brother's kind words, it is really a wonderful name! ”

Seeing Chen Bei's face overjoyed, Xie An laughed a few times and continued, "Third, the eldest brother is temporarily living in the younger brother's mansion...... There are not many people coming and going in the younger brother's mansion, and there are only a few people who can count them, the younger brother's friend, [Anping Wang] Li Shou, the eldest grandson Xiangyu who once commanded the Chang'an war, Wu, and the personal maid of the dance, who is also the younger brother's concubine Yiyi...... They are all trustworthy people, even if the whereabouts of the eldest brother are accidentally exposed, the younger brother can persuade them to hide it on their behalf, oh, the dance doesn't count, she is too stubborn, so the eldest brother had better avoid the dance ......"

Chen Bei originally just wanted to watch the people of the Liang Qiu family from a distance, and didn't want to directly meet Liang Qiu Gong and Liang Qiu Wu, so he nodded when he heard the words, and said, "I wrote it down for my brother, but ...... It's not that I'm pretentious for my brother, it's just that I hope my brother will prepare a spacious room for my brother and ...... for my brother" Speaking of this, he showed a little embarrassment on his face.

"Don't worry, this eldest brother will arrange it naturally!" Xie An smiled slightly, nodded and said.

He had long known that his brother-in-law was suffering from claustrophobia, a psychological pathology, and when he was in a confined environment, he would show signs of confusion and arrhythmia, not only would his temper and personality become extremely irritable, but he would even lose his mind.

From this point, it is not difficult to guess how frightened and panicked Chen Bei was when he was mistakenly locked up in the ancestral tomb of the Liangqiu family alone.

After that, Xie An told Chen Bei some precautions, not that he was unfounded, but it could only be said that Chen Bei's strength was too strong, but his identity was too sensitive, and if he was not careful, the consequences would be unimaginable, not only would the Liangqiu family be in trouble, but even he Xie An might have to get in.

Although there is Chen Bei, a fierce general who is unparalleled in the world, Xie An will never have any danger to his life, but having said that, with a good future, Xie An does not want to follow his eldest brother in the Taiping Army for the rest of his life and become a wanted criminal in the Great Zhou court.

It may be that she has lived with Liang Qiu Dance for too many days, and Xie An has gradually become infected with her habit of chattering, so that it took nearly a quarter of an hour to tell Chen Bei, fortunately, Chen Bei's nerves and Liang Qiu Dance have a fight, and after listening to Xie An's so many words, he didn't feel irritated at all.

I have to say that Chen Bei, who is usually taciturn and not good at words, is indeed an excellent listener.

At this moment, the shopkeeper of the teahouse led a few men to run upstairs, each of whom was holding a wooden plate, which was filled with stacks of wine and food.

"My lord, according to your orders, the little one has asked the man to buy the wine and food from the restaurant called [Hui Xianju] on the street...... and the shopkeeper ordered the men to put the stacks of wine and food on the table one by one on the wooden plate in their hands.

"Thank you!" Xie An got up and hugged his fists.

Because he thought it was too troublesome to go out of the teahouse to find a tavern to eat, Xie An had previously instructed the shopkeeper of the teahouse, gave him ten taels of silver, and asked him to send someone to the tavern on the street to buy wine and food.

Seeing Xie An's dazzling official uniform of the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, how dare the shopkeeper of the teahouse

Say no, nod your head, and hurriedly respond.

I have to say that only Xie An can do this kind of thing when he goes to the teahouse to eat and order food.

"How dare you, my lord's words are serious......" Seeing Xie An get up and thank you, the shopkeeper and the guys hurriedly returned the salute, during which the shopkeeper of the teahouse took out a few taels of silver from his cuffs, and said respectfully, "My lord, these are the remaining ......"

Xie An waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need, the shopkeeper will reward the guy who runs errands for the official......

"This ......" The shopkeeper was stunned, and seeing Xie An's resolute attitude, he hurriedly said, "I haven't thanked my lord yet!" ”

As soon as the guys heard that they could get a few taels of silver for this errand, their faces were overjoyed, and they all thanked Xie An, after all, their daily wages were only a few tens of Wen, and the few were even only a dozen Wen, and this Xie An's reward was enough to cover most of their wages for half a month.

Looking at the shopkeeper and the guys walking down the stairs back downstairs, Chen Bei chuckled and said, "Brother is so generous, seven or eight taels of silver, just like that, I gave them ......."

At this time, Xie An was carrying a wine jug to pour wine for Chen Bei, and said with a smile when he heard this, "You can't let them work hard in vain, you have to give them a little benefit, right?" - Please! ”

Chen Bei smiled slightly, raised the wine cup, and said with emotion, "My brother is in a high position, but he thinks about the people below him like this, which can be called a gentleman's demeanor!" - Please! ”

Seeing that Chen Bei actually made such a high evaluation of himself, Xie An was stunned, but also felt a little funny, and after having a drink with Chen Bei, he blinked and said, "The little brother can't afford to be praised like the eldest brother!" - Don't hide it from the eldest brother, the younger brother is greedy for money, but this time the court rewarded the younger brother with a huge sum of 500,000 taels, so the younger brother squandered it like this......"

Chen Bei smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "In the past ten years of wandering outside, I have seen a lot of people for my brother, and some people, the richer their families, the more greedy they become, and the more harsh they treat the people below...... The brother keeps saying that he is greedy for money, but under the eyes of the brother, the brother actually doesn't care about the amount of silver! - As long as there is money for food and wine, the brother will not think of anything else, unlike those who, in spite of the mountains of gold and silver in their homes, still collect money from the poor people......

"......" Xie An looked at Chen Bei in astonishment.

"What? Isn't it right to say it for my brother? ”

"It can't be said to be wrong, how to say it, it should be that the brother-in-law saw through the character of the younger brother, a little unexpected, the younger brother thought that the eldest brother was the same as the dance, strong in martial arts, but ...... mind"

"But the mind is not very flexible, is it?"

"Ahem......" Xie An coughed awkwardly.

Seeing this, Chen Bei was not annoyed, but laughed and said, "Brother is right, he has a martial arts for his brother, but his mind is far inferior to that of his brother......" Speaking of this, he paused and asked curiously, "Brother Fang Cai said that brother is similar to cousin...... Is she like that? ”

"Well, stupid!" Xie An nodded, and said in a low voice, "If you saw her for the first time, you wouldn't have imagined that she was only eighteen years old...... Get up every day when the rooster crows, go to the backyard to practice martial arts for an hour, then bathe and change clothes, eat, and wake up the little brother by the way...... Cough! Then go to the Eastern Army barracks to order a ...... At noon, she generally does not go back to the house to eat, and eats with the soldiers in the barracks, probably in the evening, she returns to the house, goes to the study to see the art of war, and then has dinner, and continues to read the art of war after dinner, about around the end of the day, to the younger brother's room...... No, it's not, it's to rest in your room......"

Looking at Xie An's embarrassed expression, Chen Bei smiled slightly and praised sincerely, "My cousin is a very good person...... [Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Dance, when my brother was still wandering in the south of the Yangtze River, I heard of this name in detail, I really couldn't imagine that the [Yan Hu Ji], the head of the dignified [Four Ji], would be my cousin...... How to put it, a little flattered! ”

"Isn't it?" Xie An blinked and said exaggeratedly, "If the eldest brother says so, wouldn't the younger brother be flattered and unable to do anything more?" - The wife is the general of the Eastern Army, and the brother-in-law is the commander of the Taiping Army...... With the two of you covered, who can help me? ”

"Hahahaha," looking at Xie An's strange expression, Chen Bei couldn't help but laugh, and said with a smile, "At the beginning, it was because my brother was clumsy, I didn't recognize my brother, all kinds of misunderstandings, I hope my brother doesn't care...... If there is any difficulty for his brother in the future, even if he tells his brother, if anyone is in trouble with his brother, he will not make him feel better! Speaking of this, his face changed, and his eyes showed a bit of murder.

Xie Anxin was slightly startled, he vaguely noticed that although Chen Bei and Liang Qiu Wu were cousins, but their personalities were a little different, Liang Qiu Wu was deeply constrained by secular dogma, although he cared about Xie An, but he was always bound by etiquette, in comparison, Chen Bei [selfishness] was heavier, as long as it was a person he approved, he was willing to stick a knife in his ribs, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to be the enemy of the whole country and oppose the world's etiquette and law.

There is no doubt that Xie An only needs to say the name of the person he dislikes at the moment, and Chen Bei will immediately kill him with a knife.

This man, he did not live under the laws of the Great Zhou!

From a certain point of view, compared to the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An's eldest brother is more terrifying and more dangerous, because this sharp sword named [Chen Bei] has lost its matching scabbard that can restrain him eight years ago......

Thinking of this, Xie Anxin sighed secretly, and turned the focus of the conversation to something about the Liangqiu family, hoping to bring Chen Bei and the Liangqiu family closer.

There is no way to know what the effect is, but when Chen Bei heard that Xie An and Liang Qiuwu met for the first time, Xie An was so frightened by her momentum that his legs went weak, Chen Bei couldn't help but pat the table and laughed, and Xie An glared at Xie An angrily, but it didn't work.

"Brother, it's not for my brother to talk about you, you really have to practice martial arts well...... Although with his cousin's martial arts attainments, his brother can't catch up, but it won't be so unbearable anymore, right? - Brothers are always men, and their legs are weak when they are frightened by a woman, which is not like words! ”

"Uncle, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk...... A female streamer? This is the only thing in the world that my uncle is qualified to say! - Ordinary people are her opponents! Xie An rolled his eyes angrily.

Chen Bei smiled, raised his hand and touched his cheek, nodded and said, "Indeed, when I was in Chang'an, I was really scared for my brother, but I didn't expect that my cousin Sanzhang could also hurt my brother, not for my brother, in recent years, there are very few people who can hurt my brother!" ”

Seeing Chen Bei's conceited face, Xie An couldn't help but want to hit him, and said with a wink and teasing, "Hey! Do you remember in my military camp in Hanhan Valley? That is, the night when the younger brother and the eldest brother met here, the eldest brother almost lost his head! ”

Chen Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then his face was slightly shocked, and he said solemnly, "Brother didn't mention it, but I forgot for my brother, who is the guy who makes the wire?" - No one has ever been in such a desperate situation for their brother! ”

"Hey, hey! - I won't tell you! Xie An smiled weirdly, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, glanced at the sky outside, stood up, and muttered, "It's almost time...... Let's go, big brother! ”

"Where to go?"

"Weiwei Temple, Patrol Division!"

The two walked out of the teahouse, and immediately saw Liao Li and Ma Dan standing next to a carriage with swords in their hands, waiting for Xie An.

Since they had already met Chen Bei, Liao Li and Ma Dan were not surprised, to put it bluntly, the reason why they waited outside the teahouse so reassuringly was because they knew that Xie An had Chen Bei by his side, after all, as Xie An's confidants, the two of them had already learned from Xie An that Chen Bei was Liang Qiuwu's cousin, Liang Qiuhao.

"Let's go, go to Weiwei Temple!" Commanding the second general, Xie An and Chen Bei boarded the carriage.

"Yes!" Liao Li and Ma Dan nodded, raised their whips, and drove the carriage slowly towards Chaoyang Street.

After all, on the north side of Chaoyang Street, there are many large and small government offices in Jijing, and Xie An's errand is also here.

It is estimated that after half an hour, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the official office of Weiwei Temple.

Since Xie An had already come with Xun Zheng once, the guards guarding the door of the official office also recognized Xie An, so they didn't dare to stop him, and after Xie An gave the order, he immediately led Xie An towards the room where the prisoner was tortured.

Through one door after another, Xie An and his party came to a prison-like building, which was undoubtedly the place where the Weiwei Temple was used to hold the ruffians who committed crimes in the city.

In this way, he walked to the last room, Xie An raised his eyes to look, and immediately found that the person who had just been caught was now tied to a wooden frame with ropes, his upper body was bare, his head was hanging down, and his wet body was full of traces of whips and wooden sticks.

What made Xie An frown was that the left side of this person's waist was drenched in blood, flesh and blood were blurred, and the ground was miserable.

It's so dark for these guys!

Xie An glanced at the guards of the Weiwei Temple in the room holding leather whips and wooden sticks in displeasure, and after taking a slight breath, he asked, "This official is Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple...... Did he confess? ”

Seeing that it was a high-ranking official who came in, the guards in the house hurriedly saluted, during which one of them was ashamed and said, "This thief is very stubborn, and he will not open his mouth!" - Don't worry, my lord, I'll find a way to pry his mouth open! ”

"Figured out? How to figure it out? Continue the torture? Xie An stepped forward and shook the man's lowered head, and said coldly, "If you continue to fight, this guy will die!" - All down, the official came to ask him! ”

"This ......" The guards in the room looked at each other and hesitated.

Seeing this, Liao Li frowned, and shouted in a deep voice, "Didn't you hear what my family adults said?" ——My family has a good friendship with you, Lord Weiwei Temple...... Don't get out yet?! ”

"Yes......" When the guards heard this, they crawled out of the house.

As if noticing Xie An's stunned gaze, Liao Li smiled and said, "Sometimes, you have to scare them like this!" ”

"Huh!" Xie An smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the assassin, and sighed in his heart.

Such torture has never revealed half a word, this person is really a tough guy!

"Hey, what's your name?"