Chapter 304: Life Exchange
(Thanks for the reward!) Thank you! So excited! Decision...... Decided to eat two more bowls of rice at noon! Haha~)
There was a sudden killing in the backyard of the General's Mansion, and the mysterious man in black killed more than 30 soldiers of the General, the purpose of which was to assassinate the only bloodline of the General. Now, the eldest son who was seriously injured by the stab is being rescued urgently, and his life and death are uncertain......
This news spread in Queensland as quickly as possible, like a thunderbolt, blowing up Queensland's officials and generals to the point that they didn't know how to react.
In just three days, there was another killing, and this time, it was even more tragic than the one in the Xiningwei garrison, and more soldiers died! What's more, this killing actually happened in the Great General's Mansion, and all the soldiers saw the men in black with their own eyes, and they all watched them escape smoothly!
In that courtyard, in addition to the corpses and gurgling blood, there were several surviving soldiers. They were shocked and described the tragic situation to Xie Tongfu and Xiao Ruoyuan, who rushed over.
"The man in black said that the eldest prince is a fish that slipped through the net...... They came to assassinate the eldest prince, and after they succeeded, they fled! Those people, they must be well-trained soldiers......" said the surviving soldier, shuddering. Looking at the corpses of his companions, he felt a kind of luck, and more of a fear.
Who could those men in black be? Why do you have to kill the eldest prince? This is what the soldiers of the Great General's Mansion have in mind. It should be, and it is also what everyone in the great generals thinks.
"The fish that slipped through the net, it seems, refers to the last time twenty guards were ambushed. At that time, these people must not have thought that the eldest prince would return to the general's mansion, and the eldest prince avoided that catastrophe. But now, these people are still not giving up, and they are so brazen to rush into the general and slash and kill! Is it really deceiving me that there is no one in Xiningwei?! ”
After listening to the soldiers' descriptions, Xiao Ruoyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and he hit the table with a heavy punch, unable to suppress the anger in his heart. When he spoke, the soldiers of the General's Mansion lowered their heads.
“…… Well, there may be something else going on in this matter......" Listening to Xiao Ruoyuan's words. Xie Tongfu knew that he was saying good things for Peng Jin, so as to take the opportunity to take Peng Jin out. Xie Tongfu was vigilant in his heart, but he could only say this sentence. Because at this moment, the military doctor is still rescuing Peng Jin.
"It must be something else! I just wonder, how could Little Brother Jin kill his father, this must be a conspiracy! Someone wants to destroy the general's bloodline! It's hateful that our subordinates, as the general, were deceived and imprisoned Brother Jin. It's our incompetence! I almost hurt Brother Jin, and God will bless Brother Jin to survive this......"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ruoyuan followed Xie Tongfu's words, and completely took away Peng Jin's suspicion of killing his father. There are those words of the man in black. There were corpses lying on the ground in the compound. There is the direction of the wind that was talked about in the army before. What's more, Peng Jin was seriously injured at the moment, and his life and death were uncertain, and everyone present agreed with Xiao Ruoyuan's words.
The general was poisoned, the twenty guards were killed, and the eldest prince was stabbed, these three things happened one after another. It must be a conspiracy, a conspiracy against the General's Mansion and against Xiningwei, the eldest prince, just a scapegoat, must be innocent! - This is what the soldiers are thinking.
"......" Xie Tongfu wanted to say something, but when he saw Xiao Ruoyuan's resentful face, and saw that the soldiers all showed an expression of approval of "that's it", he swallowed his words again. The anger of the people is difficult to commit, and the feelings of the people are difficult to destroy. Xie Tongfu knows this truth. At this juncture, he couldn't say that Peng Jin might be a murderer.
Everything still depends on Peng Jin's situation, if he dies. It's better if there's still gas, then talk about it.
When the news of the attack on the General's Mansion reached the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Zhao Yugang's honest face showed an unbelievable look: "This matter, are you sure there is nothing wrong?" ”
"That's right, dozens of mysterious black-clothed people killed more than thirty soldiers from the Great General's Mansion. First, now, Peng Jin is rescuing, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Those men in black, with ordinary swords, carried their bodies away, leaving nothing behind. "Just like we did at the beginning, the lieutenant thought like this, but he didn't dare to say it.
Presumably, Lord Du Hu is in a very bad mood now, and if something like this happens, Peng Jin must not be easily convicted......
Zhao Yugang's mood at the moment is indeed not very good. Dozens of mysterious black-clothed people are so brazenly rushing into the general to kill people, and there are no clues left, who will it be? At the beginning, he led people to ambush the twenty guards, and now this matter, whose handiwork is it? Those men in black, whose people are in disguise? Could it be Xiao Ruoyuan's person?
All kinds of questions were like silk threads wrapped around Zhao Yugang's head, and he couldn't find the thread for a while, and he couldn't figure it out at all.
But he knew one thing, that is, there was such an assassination, if Peng Jin could survive, then his charge of killing his father would be removed, and he would even get the sympathy and mercy of the Xining Wei soldiers!
No, no, we must not leave this aftermath behind! What else can be thought of? How can we eliminate everyone's sympathy for Peng Jin?
Lee's! And the Li family! Maybe Li Gongxu's old treacherous can still have a good way!
Suddenly, Zhao Yugang thought of a suitable object, and when he was about to tell the deputy general to go to Li's house in Queensland, Du Hu Sima Chen Yin knocked on the door and came in.
"Report to your lordship, there is an old servant outside the gate of the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, saying that he has something urgent to ask to see your lordship, and he also said...... He also said that if the adults refused to see him, he would regret it! Chen Yin said this sentence stubbornly. If he hadn't come back from errands, he wouldn't have seen this old man, it's too decrepit!
An old minion? Who will it be? What do you regret? Zhao Yugang listened to Chen Yin's report and did not reply for a while. Don't say see, don't say no. So what does it mean to be a protector? Chen Yin muttered in his heart.
"Call in." Immediately, Zhao Yugang commanded. He wanted to hear what he would regret.
When he saw the old servant brought in by Chen Yin, he was even more puzzled. This is an old servant with a gray beard, who is hunched and walks very slowly. What's more, Zhao Yugang didn't know him at all!
This old servant named himself Uncle Zhong, and he has been working as an errand in the General's Mansion and is the person who waits, it is Peng Jin!
Hearing that the old man in front of him was Peng Jin's old servant, Zhao Yugang's face sank. Everything he secretly did to Peng Mingyi and Peng Jin is something that no one will know. Peng Jin's old servant, why did he come to him?
But I heard the old servant babbling and saying, "The old slave came this time to ask Lord Du Hu for a favor." Please come forward to protect my son-in-law. The old slave is here, thank you in advance, Lord Duhu. This busy, the old slave will definitely be rewarded, this ...... This is the old slave's return gift. Thank you, old slave, Lord Duhu! ”
Uncle Zhong said these words. Then he trembled and reached into the placket, slowly took out a few thin pieces of paper, and handed them to Zhao Yugang tremblingly.
In this scene, Zhao Yugang felt familiar, and suddenly remembered that Xie Tongfu was also doing the same at that time, and he also took out something to show him. It can't be another such thing, right?
Zhao Yugang opened it and looked at it, and instantly became angry! Sure enough, it's still these!
He suddenly reached out and grabbed Uncle Zhong's neck, easily lifted him up, gritted his teeth and said, "What are you!" Threatening Pontus? ”
Uncle Zhong's face turned red, and he was stuck in the neck by Zhao Yugang. I couldn't speak at all. Until Zhao Yugang threw him aside. He was able to take a deep breath. can answer: "The old slave doesn't dare to threaten Lord Duhu...... Ahem...... this is the amount that my son-in-law has worked hard to collect, and the old slave just wants to exchange these accounts for my son-in-law's life! ”
Subsequently. Uncle Zhong added weakly: "If the old slave can come, naturally he doesn't think about life and death." If Lord Du Hu refuses to agree, the old slave must have a way to send this account to the hands of the head of the household. The old slave has been on an errand in the General's Mansion for decades, and there are always one or two people who can be used! ”
These thin pieces of paper record the rough situation of the Xining Dao mineral deposits, and Peng Jin speculated the production of the Xining Dao mineral deposits through the situation of those small mines, and he based on Li Cishan's way of each turnover. It was estimated that 20% of the income was sent to Zhao Yugang.
These few pages are the accounts! If this is sent to the household, the household will touch the melon, and he will receive the 20% of the income, and he will definitely not be able to hide it!
Zhao Yugang looked at the old servant. His wrinkled face showed a strange expression, as if firm and fearless.
Such a strange look made Zhao Yugang full of depression.
Immediately, a similar scene appeared in Xie Tongfu's temporary residence in Queensland, Xie Tongfu, like Zhao Yugang, had a lingering depression in his heart. How can people not be depressed by an old servant who is about to die?!
On September 20, the Great General's Mansion, which had suffered many accidents, finally had good news coming out. After the hard work of the military doctors, Peng Jinkan, the son of the general, has passed the door of death, although he will not wake up for a while, but his life is safe!
As soon as this news came out, the soldiers in the general's mansion cried with joy, they thought that Peng Jin, who had blood spurting out of his left chest with multiple stabs in his body, would be more than lucky, but they didn't expect him to survive! It is really merciful from heaven and grace from God!
At this time, they never thought that Peng Jin, who had not yet woken up, was still a father-murderer imprisoned by them before. In other words, after this killing, they all thought that Peng Jin, who was imprisoned by them before, was innocent at all!
It seems that even Xie Tongfu and Anxi, the observers of Xining Dao, and Zhao Yugang, who are both protecting Zhao Yugang, think so. After learning that Peng Jin's life was safe, both of them stood up and took a stand.
They believe that the murder of the general and the killing of the twenty guards must be a conspiracy of the mysterious man in black, and Peng Jin was framed and blamed......
Xie Tongfu also said in a respectful voice: "You can't make the general's son suffer grievances, and make the relatives and enemies happy, this official will definitely be the master of the eldest son, and the eldest prince will be innocent!" ”
In his heart, he was thinking that an old servant exchanged a few pieces of paper for Peng Jin's life, it was really ...... It's so uncomfortable!
ps:
Two more! If the state has a traitor, it will be loyal. Or maybe this is the right way of heaven, there are many balances, but there are many loyalists, I miss this.
Recommend my friend Ying Liuxiang's "Idle Concubine". /mbeqbi is reborn! learned from the pain, kicked away all kinds of intrigues, kicked off the gods and horses to compete for jealousy, she just wanted to be an "idle concubine", is it so difficult......?!!!