Chapter 173: The Night of the Full Moon (I)
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival, this custom has not been forgotten, and because the time is roughly opposite to the Spring Festival, one spring and one autumn, it has become an important festival as the New Year, and it is naturally to be celebrated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It's just that the celebration atmosphere of Yucheng is not too strong, the people living in the periphery of the city are exploited and have no money to celebrate, and the people living near the center of the city have endless money, almost every day is celebrating, it doesn't matter whether it is the New Year or the Mid-Autumn Festival, just have more festival characteristics than usual.
For example, eating moon cakes, such as admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, drinking osmanthus wine, lighting lamps, etc., moon cakes are available, but they have become luxury goods, and officials use them as gifts, and the people can't afford them.
The Lou family collects a mountain of mooncakes every year, so every year they report a moon-viewing party at home, and after dinner, they focus on the Lou's house to enjoy the moon and eat cakes, of course, the officials, including former members of the Executive Council, eat a lot of mooncakes sent by themselves.
This year is no exception, the wall of the building is pushed out to 100 meters, it has been jokingly called the palace, the yard has been repaired, a large number of trees, flowers and plants have been transplanted, a fish pond has been dug, a pavilion has been built, a rockery has been built, chic and elegant, it may take a few more years to precipitate some ancient flavor, but it took so much thought, I am too sorry for myself if I don't show off.
Therefore, the scale of the moon viewing party held by Lou Tianlu this time is extraordinarily large, almost all the officials in Yucheng were invited, and it was still after dinner, and it officially started at 8:20, after all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also related to reunion, and dinner is to be eaten with the family.
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On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lou Jianliang, the third son of Lou Tianlu, took a group of snake teeth to walk around the city as usual, he was sixteen years old, it was the most energetic age, he had been in contact with women at the age of thirteen, tasted the ecstasy paddle leaves, and he didn't know the age of convergence, so he was out of control and walked around the street, a large part of the reason was to find a beautiful woman, and part of the reason was to teach people.
With a group of snake teeth that others dare not provoke and can't afford to provoke, isn't it a waste of resources to not find a few people to teach lessons? If you don't see anyone walking around him one day, Lou Jianliang will feel uncomfortable.
It is said that because of him, women under the age of forty did not dare to walk on the streets in broad daylight, for fear of being seen, and could not run away, even if it was dark, they did not dare to go up the bright streets.
During this time, there are fewer and fewer people on the street, and today it is almost impossible to see, very deserted, occasionally you can see one or two, and when you see the group of snake teeth from afar, they will turn into the alley and escape, it is almost dark, and there are only two people who have been taught, not even a young woman has been seen, and today I have to go home for dinner, I can't go too far, and I don't have the opportunity to go out at night, Lou Jian's conscience is very unhappy.
had to go back, Lou Jianliang looked at both ends of the path, made sure that he couldn't find anyone, sighed, and walked in the direction of home with the group of snake teeth.
They walked very fast, walking back a few dozen meters, and while passing through an alley, a man came out of it and almost collided with a snake fang.
Snake Fang stopped, and the other party also stopped in time.
It was a young man with a bag on his back, a note in his hand, as if looking for something.
"Ho!" Lou Jianliang was immediately happy, he didn't need a reason to teach people, but now he has a reason, and it is the last chance, he immediately waved his hand, and the snake teeth surrounded the young man.
The young man turned his head to look at the snake fangs around him, and finally looked at Lou Jianliang who was waving, his expression was calm, his face was calm, and there was no trace of fear.
His reaction made Lou Jianliang slightly surprised, and asked, "Boy, are you in a hurry to be reincarnated?" The person who almost hit me should not kneel down and make amends! ”
The other party did not react.
"Deaf?" Lou Jianliang frowned, looked at the note in the other party's hand, and asked, "What is that?" ”
"Paper." Chen Zhen looked at Lou Jianliang and said, Lou Jianliang reminded him of Lou Fu, the two were only dozens of years apart in age, and there was not much difference in tone and demeanor.
"Nonsense! I don't know it's paper? You treat me as a fool? Take it for me to see. Lou Jianliang snatched the note from Chen Zhen's hand, looked down, and saw that the words "Xu Yingxiang" were written on it with a brush, and below was a line of addresses.
Lou Jianliang remembered that it was an official under his father, who seemed to be a tax officer, who lived near here, and felt a little strange, and looked at Chen Zhen and asked, "What are you looking for him for?" ”
"Something." Chen Zhen only gave a simple reason.
Lou Jianliang frowned, looked at the note again, turned around, and found that it was a folded note, but it was too thin and neatly folded, and it was not easy to see.
Rub open the slip of paper and slowly unfold it.
Xu Yingxiang is just a name in the ninth line, and there are eight more in the row, the same name with a line of addresses, each of which is a high-ranking official in Yucheng, the difference is that each name has a horizontal line on it.
In the penultimate line, Lou Jianliang saw his name, the penultimate line is his second brother Lou Zhikang, the penultimate line is his eldest brother Lou Bocheng, and the last line is his father Lou Tianlu.
The addresses in the last four lines are also exactly the same.
Lou Jianliang's hand trembled slightly, he didn't know what this list was, but he felt a strong uneasiness, and his heartbeat suddenly became strong, and his eardrums also rang with "dong dong".
"Fortunately......" he said, feeling that his throat was very dry, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Fortunately, I met ......"
The sound of the friction between the blade and the sheath interrupted his words, and the sound was crisp and pleasant, because the blade was very thin, and Lou Jianliang was no stranger to such a sound.
It was the sound of a snaketooth knife.
He once used a snake's tooth knife to cut off a person's palm, pulled the corners of a person's mouth, and cut off many people's ears.
Lou Jianliang liked the sound of the snake tooth knife being pulled out, and it is said that the ancestor who designed the snake tooth knife also liked this sound, and the snake tooth knife was finally formed after many improvements.
This was also the last voice Lou Jianliang heard, and the last scene he saw was a hand reaching over and pulling the paper out of his hand.
The knife was pulled out from the waist of a snake tooth, the man didn't have time to react, without the slightest pause, the blade slashed through Lou Jianliang's throat, this knife was very sharp, and the cut wound was very thin and neat, but even if Duan Zhengming was next to him, there was no way to save Lou Jianliang.
The opening went all the way to the cervical spine.
Chen Zhen took a diagonal step and stood beside Lou Jianliang, avoiding the blood spurting from his throat, and then waved his hand again, slitting the throats of the two snake fangs.
Lou Jianliang spurted blood, knelt down with a "bang", and his body slowly fell forward and threw himself on the ground.
It was only then that the snake fangs reacted and pulled out the knives at their waists.
Chen Zhen had already retreated into the alley, and when the remaining snake fangs chased him in, he had disappeared and was walking towards Xu Yingxiang's house at this time.
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Lou Jianliang went home, but he turned into a corpse, which was carried back by the snake fangs.
Lou's house shook.
Standing in the study, Lou Tianlu slapped the table heavily and shouted: "What the hell is written on the paper!" ”
On his left and right sides stood a person, all in their thirties and forties, with a knife hanging from his waist, with a calm expression, looking down at the six snake fangs kneeling on the ground.
The six snake teeth all lowered their heads, did not say a word, the words on the paper were written in pencil, relatively light, and were blocked by Lou Jianliang's body, no one could read the words on it clearly.
"I'm asking you!"
Lou Tianlu grabbed an inkstone on the desk and smashed it hard, "bang" on the head of a snake's teeth, the skull was smashed, the blood surged, and fell into the inkstone that fell to the ground.
The snake fangs slowly fell, and the other five remained on their knees, motionless.
Lou Tianlu gasped violently, with a wild look on his face, and suddenly reached out and pulled out the knife on the waist of the person on the right, and roared: "What's the use of me raising you!" ”
As he spoke, the knife smashed out, and with a "click", it slashed directly into the top of a person's head, making a tooth-sore sound when it was pulled out.
Another knife slashed at the back of the other snake, slashing the spine, and the snake tooth screamed and fell to the ground, spitting blood.
With another stab, the blade sank into the neck socket of the third snake fang, and the brain stem was destroyed, and the snake tooth fell without snorting.
The remaining two snake fangs were scared, so they wanted to stand up and escape, but the person standing on the left side of Lou Tianlu flashed and came behind them, pressed down with both hands, and pressed them on their waists, and the two of them couldn't stand up.
"Ahh
"What's the use of raising you!"
"What's the use of raising you!"
"What's the use of raising you!"
Lou Tianlu roared, slashed, the remaining two snake guards were already dead, five corpses lay on the ground side by side, the knife kept falling on their heads and backs, the blood was brought up by the raised knife, thrown to the ceiling, the wall, the corpse gradually split apart, just with the knife and vibrate.
After cutting for five minutes, Lou Tianlu was sweating profusely and smashed the knife into the pile of rotten meat on the ground.
"Check!" He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said in a cold voice: "Send someone to investigate, find out who did it, find out what is written on that piece of paper, find out who he is looking for, I don't care what method you use, you can kill all the people in Yucheng, find out for me." ”
"Yes." The man on his right bowed slightly and walked out of the study.
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Xu Yingxiang hurriedly finished dinner and walked out of the house.
The Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing is a troublesome thing for these officials, although it starts at 8:20, but who knows if the Lou family will eat in advance, or for some reason finish the meal in advance and start the moon viewing in advance.
No one dares to let Lou Tianlu wait, the people who go after the beginning of the moon will make Lou Tianlu angry, then this life will be over, so the officials who received the invitation have to eat dinner in advance, and after eating, they will go to the Lou Mansion in advance to wait, wait until the Lou family finishes eating, set up the tables and chairs, sit down for the first time, and immediately get lively, so that they can enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes with peace of mind.
I have to eat moon cakes, and I can't be too full for dinner.
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