Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Thousand Cuts

I was stunned for a while, and the second uncle finally spoke.

He asked me coldly: "Fusheng, I have a few words to ask you, you have to say one by one, if there is half a lie, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!" ”

I swallowed dryly and nodded in a daze.

The second uncle raised his eyes and looked at me, his face was like frost, cold and abnormal, only to hear him ask: "Have you opened the stone box?" ”

I nodded.

The second uncle hesitated slightly, and then asked, "Have you ever touched the things in the stone box?" ”

I nodded again.

"Did you touch that skin?"

His voice trembled a little, as if trying to restrain some kind of inexplicable anxiety, and I hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

After hearing this, the second uncle suddenly stood up, rushed to me in three steps and two steps, and shouted, "Turn around!" ”

I saw his fierce face, where did I dare to delay for a moment, quickly turned my back, the second uncle grabbed my clothes and pulled down, I didn't know what he wanted to do, I didn't dare to move, let alone speak.

After a few moments, I felt his hand touching the position under the lute bone on my back, and it seemed that for a moment, while I was still wondering, he spoke.

"It's still a step too late......"

His tone seemed to be full of chagrin and regret, but more than that, it seemed to be an inexplicable entanglement.

I asked, "Second uncle, why are you one step late?" ”

The second uncle didn't reply to my words, but shouted in a low voice: "Someone! ”

I quickly turned around, and saw two dark shadows flashing outside the door of the wing, and the door of the wingroom opened with a "creak", and a person came in in a blink of an eye.

This person moved quickly, came in in a flash, bowed his head to the second uncle and hugged his fists, and said, "Second master, do you have any instructions?" ”

I know this person, he is a steward in the Rentai Commercial Gang, named Dong Cheng, the fourth in the family, and I call him Fourth Brother Dong on weekdays.

The second uncle pointed at me and coldly ordered: "Take Fusheng away and take it to Xiangtang!" ”

Dong Cheng turned his head and arched his hand towards me, and said coldly: "Young Master Fusheng, I offended ......"

Before the words were finished, he moved his body and was already leaning against me, I felt that my eyes were suddenly dark, as if a black cloth bag was suddenly covering my head, I was surprised for a while, and shouted: "Fourth Brother Dong, what are you going to do......

But before I could speak, I felt a tightness in my mouth, as if a mass of cloth had been stuffed into my mouth, and I couldn't say anything for a while.

I was amazed, but I heard the sound of footsteps in the room, and before I could struggle, I felt that two people were pinning my arms to the left and right, and I couldn't move at once.

These people didn't say anything, they picked me up and walked out, my arms were restrained and I couldn't break free, my mouth was gagged and I couldn't shout, so I could only let them escort me away.

At this time, the courtyard around the house was very quiet, there was no night patrol housekeeper, they were unhindered, escorted me out of the Lu Mansion quickly, and after a quick stick of incense, I heard the sound of "rustling" under my feet, as if I was stepping on the fallen leaves on the ground.

I muttered in my heart, it seemed that I had entered the forest, and I didn't know which col was near the south gate, anyway, I was now controlled by others, and I could only stagger forward.

It seemed to be going up the mountain, and there was always a whistling mountain breeze in my ears, but it was pitch black and I didn't know where it was.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I felt that there seemed to be a slight red light in front of me, and I was wondering where I was, when I heard the voice of the second uncle in my ears.

He asked, "Are all the people here?" ”

Someone said: "If you go back to the second master, it's all together." ”

The second uncle coldly ordered: "Since everyone is together, let's open the incense hall!" ”

With a "bang", I felt that the black cloth cover on my head was suddenly pulled out, and a dazzling light suddenly lit up in front of my eyes, and I was dazzled to the point that I was staring for a while before I could see the surrounding situation clearly.

This is a fragrant hall, at this time there are more than a dozen men around, many of them are familiar faces of the merchant gang, and there are many of whom I can't name, but I vaguely recognize them as the stewards of several shops in Nanwu County, as well as a few physiognomy masters on the street, each of them holding a chicken feather letter in their hands, and they all stood silently.

There is a saying about this chicken feather letter, called "100,000 hot charcoal chips", which is to burn a small hole with incense in the letter and insert rooster feathers, which is a token of the emergency gathering of Hongmen Mountain Hall.

At this time, in the middle of the incense hall, there is also a two-zhang wide red lacquer incense case, there is a black tablet standing on the incense case, the tablet is according to rare words, I recognized it for a while before I saw clearly that it was written on the three words "Sanchuankou".

I once heard my second uncle say that these three Chuankou are the hidden characters of Hongshuntang, and now since there is a tablet for Hongshuntang in this incense hall, then everyone present now is obviously a disciple of Hongmen.

At this time, my arms were still being held, and my mouth was blocked and I couldn't speak, and when I saw that there were so many Hongmen disciples present, my heart was also up and down, and I could only stare at the second uncle.

The second uncle glanced at Dong Cheng beside him, Dong Cheng turned his head and shouted at everyone in the incense hall: "Brothers, open the incense hallβ€”β€”"

The second uncle nodded and shouted to everyone: "The door faces the sea, and the three rivers flow together for ten thousand years!" ”

Everyone clasped their fists and shouted in unison: "Nangang, a country and a country show!" ”

Dong Cheng shouted next to him: "Salute!" ”

As soon as everyone around heard this order, they bowed their heads to the second uncle and saluted, and they shouted a word, and this sentence surprised me fiercely.

I only heard them clasp their fists in unison and shout: "My subordinates meet the incense master!" ”

I looked at the second uncle, and my whole mind was in a mess.

The incense master?

My second uncle turned out to be the incense master of Hong Shuntang!

That's a big joke, isn't it?

When I was still stunned, the second uncle glanced at the people around him, and said, "Brothers, this time it is a matter of urgency to gather everyone with charcoal slices. ”

Everyone bowed their heads and clenched their fists and said: "What is the sending of the incense master, I will not give up until I die!" ”

The second uncle waved his hand and said, "This matter was originally my family affair, but from today onwards, it will become a public matter." ”

"Please also show it to the Lord of the Incense!"

The second uncle paced a few steps, pointed at me, and asked at everyone: "Brothers, if an outsider steals the secrets of my Hongmen in private, what should this person do?" ”

Everyone said in unison: "It should be cut with a thousand cuts!" No mercy! ”

When I heard this, my face turned pale with fright, and I shook my head desperately, and I was covered in cold sweat.

The second uncle nodded at everyone and said, "My Lu Gaoyuan is not strict in discipline, and my nephew Lu Fusheng steals my Hongmen's secret things, and I will never show favoritism!" Now I can only tie it up and let everyone fall! ”

At this time, Dong Cheng shouted: "Escort Lu Fusheng up!" ”

The two people around me pushed me in front of the second uncle without saying anything, I raised my eyes to look at the second uncle, and found that his thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and there was a faint sharp aura in his eyes.

This is murderous......

I was so sorry at this point.

Finished! Finished!

Second Uncle is really going to kill me!

I really shouldn't have touched that stone box......

It is said that curiosity kills cats.

All right......

Now I'm really going to die......