Chapter 41: The Secret of Vanilla
Liu Ziqiu smiled: "Don't worry. I've come to Longtan Tiger's Den, and I'm still afraid that the boat will capsize in this small ditch? ”
Wei Zheng said: "Virtuous brother must not act rashly, you need to explore the truth of this manor before you can start." ”
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "It's too late. It's all my negligence, in the past few days, I have neither organized the villagers to go to the salt factory to make noise, nor have I arranged for anyone to go to the county government to complain. suffered such a big loss, and after two days of fluttering, it will inevitably make people suspicious. Yang Jishan has been in Yanguan for so long, and he rarely appears in front of people, which shows that he is cautious. If he is allowed to smell something and hide from others, things will be difficult. ”
In fact, it was not that Yang Jishan was cautious, but that his eldest brother Yang Xuangan repeatedly told him to restrain himself, so he had to make an appointment.
Wei Zheng frowned and said, "The Yang family's manor must be very large, if you don't find out the situation, how to start?" ”
Liu Ziqiu's expression darkened, looked at his hands, and said, "I have no choice but to kill." ”
On the first day he appeared here, he accidentally killed a knight under Yang Heihu in order to save Gao Xiu'er, then killed Wang Hong in the palace, killed the deputy captain of the Sui army and six foot soldiers outside the garden wall, and later killed Xu Tingfu and four splashers, and the lives of the two hands could not be counted. Among these people, Xu Tingfu and the four splashers, as well as the knights under Yang Heihu, really deserve to be killed. But others are inevitably a little innocent, just doing their job.
This time I sneaked into the Yang family's manor, and I had to arrest a few slaves and maids to torture them, but I was afraid that those people would die even more unjustly. Although this is not the result that Liu Ziqiu hopes to see, he has no other way to think about it.
Wei Zheng understood Liu Ziqiu's situation, sighed, and said, "Brother Liu, if you don't mind, can I walk around the village?" ”
Liu Ziqiu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Brother Wei, what are you talking about, since you have agreed to teach here, Changshan Village is your home, why not?" ”
After Wei Zheng went out, Liu Ziqiu sat in the room and pondered silently, and suddenly remembered the panic in Vanilla's eyes just now, and was puzzled again, and said, "Xiu'er, let's go out for a walk too." ”
Gao Xiuer was full of joy and followed Liu Ziqiu to the Qiantang River. Although it is not the season of high tides, the river is still surging and flowing. There are a few cold gulls on the river, where the wind blows, the reed flowers flutter, and they are all killed.
Liu Ziqiu suddenly asked, "Xiu'er, how much do you know about vanilla?" ”
Gao Xiu'er said strangely: "Lang Jun, what are you asking for?" ”
"I've always felt that vanilla is not that simple."
"Don't be suspicious." Gao Xiu'er laughed and said, "Vanilla has been in our family since she was born. Her father and mother are slaves to my family, and she has been with me since she was four years old, so what can be the problem. ”
Liu Ziqiu groaned: "You and Vanilla are called master servants, and they are really sisters. You go and talk to her, maybe she knows something. ”
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Thirty miles southeast of Danyang City, there is a Moling Town, where the Xie family, the head of the Jiangnan Wang clan, lives. Danyang in the Sui period is not the same place as the current Danyang, the current Danyang is in Zhenjiang, but the Danyang in the Sui period is now Nanjing. Moling is a big town, with more than 3,000 households in the town, half of whom are surnamed Xie.
The largest house in the east of the town is the Xie family compound. These scholars in the Southern Dynasty have not been reused by the imperial court, but the Xie family is still the leading wealthy family in Jiangnan.
Since this morning, the Xie family's compound has been heavily guarded. At noon, a carriage drove into the Xie family's compound, the carriage was tightly covered, and no one knew who was sitting inside.
At this time, Xie Wengshan, the old man of the Xie family, personally opened the middle door to greet him: "Brother Xian, I finally look forward to you." ”
The person who came was Wang Ji, the head of another Wang family in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, the two families of King Xie were originally northern scholars, who moved to the south to avoid war in the early years, and multiplied in the south, becoming a local clan.
The two old men came to a secret room and retreated, only a handsome young man stood behind Wang Ji. Xie Wengshan glanced at him and said approvingly: "This is Bo'er, he really gave birth to a talent." ”
The young man hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The little nephew has seen my uncle. ”
Xie Wengshan bowed his head and said, "Not bad, not bad." I heard that you have been alone in Qi County all these years, and you suddenly came back this time, but what is the important news? ”
This young man is Wang Ji's youngest son, who has been smart since he was a child, and can write and martial arts. Because the imperial court suppressed the southern scholars, Wang Ji wanted to find a background for his son, so he specially sent him to a side branch of the Wang family in Qi County.
Wang Bo saw that Wang Ji nodded, so he arched his hand and said: "Uncle Hui, since Yang Guang ascended the throne, digging canals, building the eastern capital, and building the Great Wall, which has caused public resentment to boil, and now Shandong, Henan, and Hebei are full of thieves. A few days ago, the child met Lu Mingyue, and he made an appointment with the child, and after the success, he rowed the river and ruled it. ”
Wang Ji waved his hand, Wang Bo bowed and retreated, and only the two old men Xie Wang were left in the room.
Xie Wengshan groaned: "Lu Mingyue is a thief after all, and this person's words cannot be fully believed. ”
"My brother knows this." Only then did Wang Ji say to Xie Wengshan, "Brother Xie, what did the Xiao family say?" ”
Xie Wengshan shook his head and said, "The Xiao family has declined, but Xiao Xin's old boy is still a little moved. If it weren't for the fact that you and I were both scholarly families, and there was a lack of people to lead soldiers, why bother to ask him to go out of the mountain. ”
It turned out that the people sent by the Xie family didn't tell the truth, they just wanted to test how much strength the Xiao family still had. They told Xiao Xin that they wanted their children to be admitted to Shike to achieve the goal of reviving the family, but it was actually just a deception. With Xie Weng Shan and Wang Ji, the two old and treacherous guys, how could they not know that this road would not work at all. However, due to Liu Ziqiu's strict order to keep it secret, they still don't know that Xiao Xin has passed away.
Wang Ji groaned: "Bo'er also made some friends in Qi County, and when Lu Mingyue got into trouble, he responded with his unmasked. In recent years, the imperial court has not been as close to Jiangnan as it used to be, but such a good opportunity cannot be missed. ”
Xie Wengshan sighed: "Actually, as long as the imperial court guarantees the status of you and me, why bother with you and me." ”
They all understood that the fact that the Xie and Wang families were able to become one of the top two families in the south of the Yangtze River was due to the fact that from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern Chen, they both held the power in the court. Now that this power has been lost, no matter how powerful the family is, the end will only be in decline.
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Ah Fu and the others also returned to Changshan Village, bowed down and reported to Liu Ziqiu: "Ah Lang, Yang Heihu did enter that manor. ”
Liu Ziqiu stood up and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Wrap up the hooves, chew your head, and you four will come with me tonight! ”
Wei Zhenggang wanted to persuade again.
But I heard Gao Xiu'er say: "Lang Jun, vanilla has drawn the manor!" ”
The pen, ink, paper, and inkstones were all brought by Wei Zheng, and the patterns were very clear, and the houses, gardens, ponds, and even courtyard walls were clearly marked.
Liu Ziqiu only felt that vanilla had some secrets, but she didn't expect her to be able to draw such a fine pattern, and she couldn't believe it: "Are you sure this is the Yang family's manor?" ”
"Sure!" Vanilla bit her lip and said, "But it was more than ten years ago. ”
Liu Ziqiu knew that Vanilla was only twelve years old now, and he really couldn't imagine where she saw this pattern, but now was not the time to investigate the details, it was better to have this pattern than nothing. Liu Ziqiu seized the time, looked at it twice quickly, memorized the pattern, and quickly circled a few key points.
There is no moonlight tonight, and it is a good time to kill. Liu Ziqiu carried the contract copied by Gao Xiu'er in the afternoon, took four Kunlun slaves, five people and five horses, rushed out of the village entrance, and disappeared into the darkness......
In the manor in the west of Yanguan City, Yang Jishan still hugged left and right, drinking and having fun.
Yang Heihu frowned and said, "Seventh prince, the eldest prince has another letter." ”
Yang Jishan waved his hand and said, "I know without looking at it, and he is urging me to eat the other three salt farms." Is it that easy? Let's put it there for now, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. By the way, those loaches in Changshan Village didn't look for trouble anymore, did they? ”
The villagers of Changshan Village make a living by fishing, and they are usually born darker, and they are ridiculed by him as loaches.
Yang Heihu bowed down and said: "The past two days have been quiet, but it makes people a little suspicious. ”
"What's there to wonder about?" Yang Jishan said disapprehantly, "In the past, they occupied that piece of land, and we had no choice. Now that the salt works have been set up, what else can they do? According to me, they should have been driven away a long time ago! ”
Although Yang Heihu said that he had a transcendent status among the Yang family's slaves, he didn't dare to talk back to him in person, so he had to return to his room sullenly, threw the letter sent by Yang Xuangan on the table, and tried to open it several times, but finally held back. Lying on the bed, Yang Heihu tossed and turned, but he couldn't sleep, always feeling that something was going to happen today.
Suddenly, there was a "click" sound outside the window, as if someone had stepped on a tree branch.
"Who!" Yang Heihu jumped up from the bed.
"Meow ......"
"It turned out to be a wild cat." Yang Heihu muttered, lay down again, and as soon as he touched the pillow, he smelled a strange fragrance. Yang Heihu secretly said "not good", struggled to sit up, but was dizzy for a while, and slowly fell down.
After a long time, there was a "squeak" and the window opened. A dark shadow rushed in, quietly touched the side of the bed, and reached out to reach out to Yang Heihu.
With a "choking" sound, the cold light flashed, and Yang Heihu, who was supposed to be unconscious, suddenly moved, and there was already an extra steel knife in his hand, slashing at the black shadow. The dark shadow seemed to have been prepared and dodged sideways. But Yang Heihu's knife was faster, and with a muffled snort, the other party was obviously injured.
It turned out that Yang Heihu also walked the rivers and lakes in his early years, and he entrusted the Yang family because of a lawsuit involving his life. As soon as he smelled the smell, he knew that it was the incense of the lower three indiscriminate. To deal with this kind of incense, Yang Heihu has his own way, pretending to be unconscious just to lure the enemy in.
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