Chapter 100: Hiding a knife in a smile
It's night, just after the third watch, there was a sudden commotion in the originally quiet cottage-
"Get out of the way of Lao Tzu, whoever dares to stop Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will cut off someone's head today!"
"The third master, the eldest brother has instructed, no one is allowed to leave the cottage after the second watch, you better go back."
"Lao Tzu is going out today, see who can do what Lao Tzu does, get out of here!"
Immediately after, there was a string of horses' hooves, the sound of horses' hooves from near and far, gradually inaudible, and the scarred one-eyed dragon obviously rode out of the cottage.
At this time, the patrolling minions banged on the door of the dominating room, "The big boss, the big boss, it's not good, the three masters are riding your horse and leaving the village!" ”
It didn't take much effort, the whole cottage boiled, and the lamp ball torch Liang Zi pine was shining all over the village.
Dominating the middle-aged students, each riding a horse, behind them, there is a team of horses holding torches and more than a dozen people.
Dubatian raised the horsewhip in his hand and smashed it on the horse's buttocks, the horse screamed, ran away from all four hooves and ran out, the middle-aged student and the horse team, closely followed Dubatian, and rushed out of the gate, obviously to chase the scar one-eyed dragon.
Soon, the sound of their horses' hooves could not be heard, and the cottage was calm again, only the fire in the village was still beating suddenly, and the light shone on every corner of the village, making the whole village seem empty and silent.
All this was seen in the eyes of my grandfather, who was peeking out through the crack in the window, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that made people unable to see the intention.
In the early morning of the next day, Dubatian and the others returned to the cottage with a tired face, Dubatian and the middle-aged two were all frowning and their faces were sinking like water, obviously failing to catch up with the scar one-eyed dragon.
My grandfather asked Dubatian what happened last night, Dubatian glanced at my grandfather, did not speak, and the middle-aged students on the side were busy explaining to my grandfather.
It turned out that after they chased out of the cottage, the scarred one-eyed dragon had disappeared, and they rode horses and searched for a night, but they couldn't even find a single figure. According to the middle-aged student, the scar one-eyed dragon rode the Dawan horse, which was a descendant of the sweaty BMW, and ordinary horses couldn't catch up at all.
During breakfast, Du Batian released more than a dozen "black heads", that is, spies, to explore the whereabouts of the scarred one-eyed dragon.
Five days later, a "black head" came with the news that the three masters had taken it to the government and were now in the prison in Heze County, saying that they were repeat offenders and would be escorted to the third hall of Caozhou Mansion for trial in the near future.
As soon as Du Batian heard the news, he sat on the chair and was speechless for a long time, and the middle-aged student said suspiciously at this time, "How could the third child go to the county government in the middle of the night to arrest the official, this matter is too strange." ”
Du Batian waved his hand weakly, "Mr. Wu, don't care if it's weird or not, what do you say about the third child?" ”
The middle-aged student listened to Du Batian's question, and sighed, looking very embarrassed.
At this time, my grandfather interjected on the side, and my grandfather said: "Didn't you say that you want to be escorted to the three halls of Caozhou Mansion for interrogation, we can hijack the prisoner's car halfway and rescue the three masters." ”
When Dubatian heard this, he glanced at my grandfather and said: "Brother-in-law, what you said is easy, the third child has dozens of lives on his back, and he was wanted by the government in the early years, and his bounty is higher than mine, and this time the Caozhou Mansion must be heavily guarded, just because there are more than 100 people in our village, alas......" Dubatian sighed and did not continue.
Seeing this, my grandfather thought about it, and said: "I grew up in my grandfather's house, my second uncle is a person from the county government, as far as I know, a county town, plus the officials and soldiers guarding the city, but three or four hundred people, and most of these people are those who only know how to bully the common people's wine bags and rice bags, strong outside, strong in the middle, even if the court is escorted to repeat offenders, at most only half of the people in the city, that is, more than 100 people, which is comparable to the number of people in our cottage, but if it really fights, the people in our cottage can be one enemy and two ......" When my grandfather said this, he paused for a moment and asked Dubatian, "If at this time, there is a stream of silk that says that he is going to attack the county seat, will the county master dare to send so many people to escort the three masters?" ”
When Dubatian heard this, he glanced at my grandfather in confusion and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”
My grandfather asked Du Batian, "How many people are the biggest in your Heze ground?" ”
As soon as my grandfather asked this, the middle-aged student on the side actually laughed, "Brother Liu, I understand what you mean, the biggest lock on the ground of our Heze is 'Heli Jiao', there are four or five hundred people, but their lock is too far away from the county seat, and they have no grudge against the government, so it is unlikely that they will attack the county seat." ”
My grandfather turned his gaze to the middle-aged student, and the middle-aged student continued: "There are two strands of silk closest to the county, one is called 'stepping on the sky', and the other is called 'turning in the sand', and there is no grudge between the 'stepping through the sky' and the government, and the possibility of attacking the county seat is not great, only this 'turning in the sand', more than a year ago, the county government arrested their parents and cut off their heads on the street. The middle-aged student said, glancing at Dubatian, who was full of puzzlement, "Now the manpower of the 'Shali Flip' is on par with ours, and if we attack the county seat, there is still some lack of heat, but the government does not know how many people there are in the 'Shali Flip'...... Big brother, we can use the name of 'Shali Turn' to let the brothers spread the word, saying that 'Sha Li Turn' will attack the county seat soon, so that the officers and soldiers defending the city in the county town will not dare to be easily mobilized, and the remaining dozens of head catchers are not enough for our brothers to stuff their teeth. ”
Hearing the middle-aged student say this, Du Batian seemed to suddenly realize at this time, but he quickly asked, "What if the county government hears that 'Sha Lifan' is preparing to attack the county seat, and delays escorting the third child to Caozhou Mansion?" ”
My grandfather hurriedly interjected and explained: "No, the county magistrate is a small official, every one of them is eager to seek merit, after the county government catches the three masters, the county magistrate will quickly whip up the whip to the Futai to receive the merit and ask for a reward, and the magistrate will issue a document ordering the prisoner to be escorted to the Fuzhou prison within a few days, if the time limit is over, the county magistrate will be asked for a crime of negligence, the light will be demotion, and the heavy will be dismissed, the county magistrate does not dare to take the risk of delaying the deadline." ”
When Dubatian heard this, he slapped his thigh hard, laughed, and praised his brother-in-law for his strategic insight.
My grandfather also laughed with Dubatian, but his smile hid a lot of deep meaning in his smile.
At this time, the middle-aged student glanced at my grandfather suspiciously and asked, "Brother Liu, you don't agree with the third child, this time, how can you take the initiative to save the third child?" ”
When my grandfather heard this, his heart sank, he immediately suppressed his smile, turned his head to look at the middle-aged student, and said: "The eldest brother has promised to marry his own sister to me, the eldest brother's brother is my brother, although I don't agree with the three masters, but I don't want to see the eldest brother worry about the affairs of the three masters, I am not helping the three masters, just helping the eldest brother." ”
"Then ......" The middle-aged man wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Dubatian waving his hand, "Mr. Wu, don't say so much, hurry up and arrange for my brother to go out to let the wind out, and within three days, let the people in the entire county know that 'Shali Turn' is going to attack the county seat and cut off the head of the county commander Lao'er." ”
The middle-aged student hurriedly arched his hand towards Dubatian, "Big brother, don't worry, the younger brother can let everyone in the county know within a day...... " Saying, the middle-aged student glanced at my grandfather, and then said: "On the day of the prisoner carjacking, can you let Brother Liu go with you, the name of the dragon slayer hero is enough to scare off half of them." ”
My grandfather frowned when he heard this.
When Du Batian heard this, he laughed again, "Okay, let's go brother-in-law too, it's decided!" ”
Three days later, two pieces of news came from outside: first, the people of Heze County were panicked, and the news was circulating in the streets and alleys that the 'Shali Turn' was going to attack the county seat, and at this moment the officers and soldiers in the county town had strengthened their vigilance and patrolled day and night; second, on April 16, that is, eight days later, the county government wanted to secretly escort the scarred one-eyed dragon to Caozhou Mansion, and the number was small, only about 20 officials.
As soon as Du Batian heard these two news, he was so happy that he not only had a big wine banquet in the cottage, but also praised my grandfather again at the banquet. After the banquet, Du Batian and my grandfather were middle-aged, and the three of them discussed the specific matters of the carjacking.
Seven days later, on the last night of the carjacking. Because it is fifteen, the moon on this night is particularly round, plus it is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the warm breeze is blowing, the wind seems to be diffusing a fragrance of flowers and plants, looking at the moonlight, bathing in the warm breeze and smelling the fragrance of flowers, making people linger and forget to return.
After dinner, my grandfather walked out of the room, knocked on Shan Xue'er's door, and said that he would go with Shan Xue'er to the outside of the village to admire the moon.
Shan Xue'er was naturally very happy when she heard this, dressed herself up carefully, hugged my grandfather's arm, and walked out of the village with my grandfather affectionately.
The rules in the "one scoop of water" cottage are that the whole village is not allowed to go out after the second watch, at this time, it is just a watch, the guard is relatively lax, and my grandfather is no longer so closely watched by the monopoly at this time, and those minions guarding the gate of the village saw that Shan Xueer went out with my grandfather, and no one dared to stop them.
"A scoop of water" this handkled cottage, has not been said before, in fact, is not considered a "cottage", there is no mountain in this area of Heze, this village is only built on a relatively high soil slope, it can also be said to be a soil mountain, all around is a dense forest that can not see the end at a glance, only a winding road from outside the forest can lead to the village, not only hidden, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack.
My grandfather and Shan Xue'er found a place with a wide line of sight to sit outside a forest near the cottage. My grandfather leaned against a big tree with his back, and Shan Xue'er sat next to him, half of her body nestled in his arms.
After the two of them looked at the moon and talked sweetly for a while, my grandfather sighed.
Shan Xue'er was a little unhappy when she heard my grandfather sigh, and asked my grandfather, "Xianggong, what are you sighing for such a beautiful moon." ”
My grandfather put Shan Xue'er into his arms and hugged him again and said, "Tomorrow I will go with my eldest brother and them to hijack the prisoner car, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." ”
"Impossible, you will definitely come back, I am waiting for you to come back." ~pen
My grandfather ignored Shan Xue'er's words and continued: "If I can't come back, I don't want you to be a widow for me, you can find a good person to marry." ”
Hearing this, Shan Xue'er sat up from my grandfather's arms suddenly, "Xianggong, why do you say such things?" ”
My grandfather smiled bitterly, "I'm actually not as powerful as they say, what a dragon slayer, I'm just a student, except for some ancestral exorcism skills, I don't know anything, I go to rob the prisoner car, it's like going to die......"
"What?" Shan Xue'er's eyes widened, and there was a hint of panic in her eyes.
My grandfather sighed and continued, "If something happens to me, don't feel sorry for me, find a good person......
Shan Xue'er raised her hand to cover my grandfather's mouth, two lines of clear tears reflected the moonlight, and crossed down from her eyes, Shan Xue'er said in a hoarse voice: "No, I don't want you to rob the prisoner car......" Saying, Shan Xue'er seemed to remember something, Huo Ran stood up from the ground and held my grandfather's hand tightly, "Let's go, let's go to the eldest brother, I don't want you to rob the prisoner car, I don't want you to send you to death, you die, I don't want to live!" ”
Pulled by Shan Xue'er, my grandfather walked behind her, looked back at the moon in the sky, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth......-The Last Ghost Hunter-