Chapter 48—I Am an Outsider (III)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am the dividing line of an outsider (III).
It's really thanks to Mrs. Niang, in the eyes of the Li family, there is only the business of Baicaotang, which turns stones into gold on weekdays, and as for the Ping'an Inn and Warehouse that gather a large number of Jianghu people and Jingwei, because they are all rough people, they really can't get into the eyes of Madame. Even this Ping'an Inn in Xianyang City Mrs. Tang has never been to it once. I was able to know the shopkeeper Lu because the big girl silk next to the old lady fell in love with the shopkeeper Lu at the beginning, and the old lady kept the media to marry her like a granddaughter. In addition, it is the New Year's holiday, when these shopkeepers come to the house to congratulate each other, they only meet occasionally.
At this time, these black-clothed people took off their masked black scarves, and Mrs. Tang looked a little familiar at a glance, but she couldn't name them.
Only Xinjie, dressed in a dark blue scribe's uniform, stood tall and chic in front of Wu You, and his calm posture in the shadow of this sword seemed to be talking about the quality of a tea. For the first time, Mrs. Tang thought this child was very handsome,
"Surprised, huh?! These killers are not from the Bell Gang, which Lord Wu is familiar with. ”
Wu You hadn't reacted from the shock for a while. In the past few years, although the Ringing Gang is an existence in the rivers and lakes, a killer organization with no defeats, only he and Yixiang's cronies know best, that is a group of dead soldiers they have spent a lot of money to cultivate, regardless of martial arts, communication and organization are using the best masters. So many people have martial arts and are organized and need to be constantly trained and improved, afraid of being discovered by the emperor and Yiyi's people, afraid of being suspected by Pingluan Pavilion, they used the bell gang on the rivers and lakes to cover up, and continued the business of assassination all year round. This business is also the best experience for these killers, and the income can also make up for some of the high expenses. In this incident, in addition to sending one-third to protect Yixiang and follow him into Beijing, one-third followed General Wusheng's people to attack Tangzhuang, and the other one-third stayed in Xianyang City. He scattered a third of the three, except for a few who went to inspect the hidden stakes in the city, and placed the rest in his mansion. According to the original plan, the people who went to Tangzhuang caught the old lady of the Tang family and sent her to the Wu Mansion. The Wu government detained the families of all the officials here and did not let them go back until they were all under their control and had signed a document and there was no way out.
In addition to the nearly 300 killers of the Bell Gang in this mansion, and the 500 guards of his Jiedu, it is quite easy to control a bunch of unarmed women. But they also knew that it was not easy for them to get along with the Tang family, so they gathered so many killers in the mansion. Since Xinjie rejected Wu Shasha and Gao Lingmo's marriage in a row, they also knew that it would be difficult for the Tang family to stand in their camp. Since they can't be subdued, and unfortunately the foundation of the Tang family is in Kansai, where their power can have a chance to grow, then they can only find a way to restrain them. As long as the general situation in Beijing is certain and Yiyi is killed on the hunting ground, the Tang family will have no object to maintain, and it will no longer be a hostile force at that time. The Tang family is looking at the face of the queen mother, as long as the old woman of the Chen family in the palace is taken down, the Tang family may turn around and help them. This plan was originally discussed with Mr. Gao before he entered Beijing with Yixiang. Although Mr. Gao felt that taking women and children hostages was detrimental to benevolence, Wu You still persuaded him to treat him very well, otherwise how could he be worthy of the entrustment of his ancestors. If there is no such merit of being born from a dragon, Wu You will not be able to worship the prime minister in this life.
In order to further ensure the success of this uprising, Wu You also accepted the help of the Turks behind Mr. Gao's back, and there were also a hundred Turkic warriors lurking in Xianyang City, some of whom followed the Bell Gang into the mansion to carry out the detention and guarding of the hostages, and some of them answered outside the Wu Mansion.
Now, instead of seeing the people who went to Tangzhuang come back, on the contrary, Tang Sangongzi took the people of the Tang family to replace him with the Bell Gang and the Turkic killers into the mansion, and the Turks and the guards in the mansion on the periphery were not aware and did not issue any warning. Wu You felt a chill behind him, and he was speechless for a while looking at Xinjie.
"Why, Lord Wu has been staring at me like this, is there anything strange on my son's face?" Xinjie elegantly gestured at the scribe's belt on his head, and his fairy-like graceful movements made the hearts of the young women who had not yet recovered from the shock feel disappointed. Even Wu You, who was standing opposite him, had to sigh that this kind of talent couldn't receive his subordinates.
"Or does Lord Wu feel that this son is here to make you feel an eyesore?"
"How could the third prince be here at this time."
"Do you think your men and Turkic barbarians can trap me in Dachang Town? Or rather, to be precise, to trap my double in the town of Oba? Lord Wu has been through the storm for a long time in the court, so he won't write a surprised expression on his face so easily. ”
Wu You's hands were clenched into fists in his sleeves at this time, and he really wanted to wave on Xinjie's smiling face full of play, and he also wanted to beat his subordinates.
"Actually, you don't have to be so angry, I didn't go to Dachang Town at all, so naturally they can't trap me. And my stand-in is Qiu Weizhao, a famous golden cicada in the rivers and lakes, it's normal that your subordinates can't recognize it. It's just that your subordinates are a little too vicious, and they don't hesitate to hurt the innocent in order to burn me, even a child who is just three years old, so Brother Qiu is now punishing the villains according to his standards in Lord Wu's Yilan Garden. ”
Eight days earlier, his subordinates had come back to report that they had trapped the Tang family's third son, who was now in charge of the Kansai family, in an inn in Dachang Town, and had set him on fire to death in the inn. At this time, Xinjie said to him, not only did his back feel cold, but even his heart was shivering. Yilan Yuan is the courtyard of his favorite concubine Guo Yilan, and Guo Yilan is the sister of Guo Yifan, the leader of the Loud Gang. Guo Yilan's yard is the most guarded and heavily defended place in the house. If Qiu Weizhao is in that courtyard, it means that the entire Wu Mansion is under the control of the other party. It was the loud gang leader Guo Yifan who followed and dealt with Xinjie that day.
"How did you get in?"
Xinjie chuckled and didn't speak, and looked at the shopkeeper Lu, who consciously explained for the young master: "Lu is not likely to wait for people when he leaves the Ping'an Inn, so when I came today, I accidentally knocked over the tea you prepared for the ladies and misses, so I had to prepare some more." But there is no soft meridian powder that you originally ordered, so I had to take some pith from Old Master Gu of Baicaotang and put it in the tea to pretend. It is estimated that in half an hour, the ladies and ladies will no longer feel that their lower bodies are weak, and they can go home on their own. After that, we really didn't like the guards in your house, so we smoked some soothing incense for them, and they were now sleepy, sleeping soundly. As for your Bell Gang killers and Turks, we replaced them one after another in the Qinglou and the Wine Shop a few days ago. Anyway, they are either masked or disguised on weekdays, and no one will notice if they replace them. ”
"What did you do with them?"
"They had a lot of quarrels the other day, so I asked the guys to give them some medicine and threw them in the cellar of the Ping An Inn. Today, let them come out to breathe and send them to the prison of the prefect's yamen. ”
Xianyang City was obviously completely defeated, and he only hoped that the other few people would survive and come to their rescue. Five days ago, Tang Lan left Tangzhuang, and their people followed him, and found that he had secretly entered Xilinwei, and after the killers of the Bell Gang drugged him, he lost all his skills, and was chased by the people of the Bell Gang to the riverside, and fell into the water and died. Now Xilinwei has no commander, no soldiers, and no one can be mobilized, which reduces the biggest threat to their uprising.
I thought everything was going well, and I dared to strike today. But at this time, Tang San Gongzi was standing in front of him, and he didn't know if the Bell Gang's pursuit of Tang Lan was really as successful as they reported? Guo Yifan likes to whitewash the peace too much.
"Is Lord Wu waiting for General Wusheng or waiting for the people who went to Tangzhuang to come back? If you wait for someone to go to Tangzhuang, I advise you to stop there. Either way, I advise adults not to wait. Let's talk about General Wusheng first, he is already too busy to take care of himself. And in the past 100 days, he has never seen anyone with peace of mind. ”