The hall is empty, the lights are dim, the statue of the Emperor Dongyue sitting upright is quiet, two young women kneel on the brick floor in front of the statue pedestal and cry, humble and weak, the woman wearing a green silk coat cried: "Please, let the slave family go back, let the slave family go back, the ransom money will be sent——"

"Dare to cry and kill you with a knife" Peng Laoqiu threatened: "Good life waits for this Zeng Xianggong, guarantees that the two of you will have endless pleasure, and if you are disobedient, you will be sold to the prostitute in the Qinglou, and thousands of people will ride and press thousands of people, and pick up customers day and night." ”

The two women cried louder, hugging each other, for fear of being separated, what to wear silk and jade, fine skin and tender meat, at this time it was just a cloak and muddy feet.

Zeng Yu had a big headache, he didn't expect that the bandit leader Wu Pingzhen would send two women to sleep, these two women should be the thieves who were taken by the bandits from the Hekou wharf today as hostages to collect the ransom silver, the bandits rape and plunder do everything, if he let Peng Laoqiu take these two women away, it will definitely be ravaged by other bandits, but if she lets the two of them stay for the time being, then she really jumps into the Yellow River and can't wash it away, Yanagi Hui is not in a mess - who believes?

Zheng Shi looked a little at a loss, just to see how Zeng Yu dealt with it?

Zeng Yu asked Peng Laoqiu: "Old Peng, where did these two women come from, I, Zeng Jiuli, am not such a casual person." ”

Peng Laoqiu didn't know the identities of these two women, so he stomped his feet and asked viciously: "Who are the two of you, and who are your surnames, to be honest." ”

The two women just cried, but they didn't answer.

Peng Laoqiu gestured with his hands and said, "If you dare not answer grandpa's question, I will strip you naked-

Zeng Yu shouted: "Peng Laoqiu"

Zeng Yu's tone was stern, Peng Laoqiu was taken aback, and then he thought that these two women had been sent to Zeng Yu's side, that was Zeng Yu's person, how could he say anything to strip his clothes and humiliate him, and hurriedly crossed his hands and laughed: "The villain is talking nonsense, Zeng Xianggong is not strange." ”

Zeng Yu slowed down and said, "Old Peng, a few of you will go outside the palace for a while, and I will have something to ask you later."

Peng Laoqiu hurriedly said: "Yes, the villain is on the porch at any time to listen to the orders of Prime Minister Zeng." With a wave of his hand, he walked out of the hall with a few other thieves, thinking to himself: "Zeng Yu, this military advisor, seems to be decided, so he must not be offended." ”

After Peng Laoqiu withdrew from the Daizong Palace, Zeng Yu sat down cross-legged on the futon, hesitated for a while, the two women kneeling on the ground beside him felt that the atmosphere was different, and the crying was a little quieter, and the woman in the green silk jacket peeked at the hall from the gap between the draped hair, and saw two Xiucai and a healthy servant, a brazier on the ground, and some wine and food on the side of the brazier......

"Are both girls natives of Lead Mountain?"

Zeng Yu opened his mouth to ask, and the two women trembled and hugged each other tighter.

Zeng Yu comforted in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, the three of us were also taken captive up the mountain in the afternoon, and we were also unlucky." ”

The two women stopped crying, but they still didn't answer.

Zheng Shi said: "Tell me where you are from, so that I can help you return home safely." ”

The woman in the green silk jacket raised her eyes to look at Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi again, and then said timidly: "The slave's husband's family is from Ehu Baoshi Village, this is the sister-in-law of the slave family, surnamed Ji, and the slave's surname is Li." ”

This is still the two sisters-in-law, the sister-in-law surnamed Ji buried her face on her sister-in-law's shoulder and didn't dare to lift it, and there was a slight sobbing.

Zheng Shi said: "I have heard of Zhushi Village, which is famous for making Cambodian paper. ”

The woman in the green silk jacket said: "The slave's husband's family is a paper merchant, and yesterday the slave and Xiaozhi's sister came to the relative's house in the estuary, and they met a thief——"

Speaking of the word "thief", the young woman in the green silk jacket closed her mouth and looked at Zeng Yu nervously.

Zeng Yu had a sharp mind, and immediately asked: "What's the matter, do you think I'm also a thief?" ”

The young woman hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, how dare the slave family." ”

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi glanced at each other, and asked the young woman again: "I am Guangxin Mansion Xiucai, surnamed Zeng, I don't know how those thieves arranged me, Mrs. Li told me, and it also made me feel the bottom of my heart." ”

The young woman in the green silk jacket hesitated for a moment, turned her head to look at the temple door, the moonlight outside the hall reflected the snow, the cold air attacked, there were bandits patrolling back and forth, she wanted to speak and stopped-

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Did the thief preach that I had joined the gang?" ”

The young woman in the green silk jacket nodded: "Yes, saying that you are their military advisor, and saying-"

"What else did you say?" Zeng Yu asked.

The young woman pursed her lips and said, "You said that you will raise the ransom from two hundred taels to two hundred and fifty taels.

Zheng Shi couldn't hold his breath and said angrily: "It's nonsense, this is a thief framing Jiu Li." ”

Seeing that Zheng Shi was annoyed, the young woman hurriedly said: "It's all said by those thieves, and the slave family doesn't believe it." ”

Zeng Yuchang took a breath and said, "This is to force me to have a home and it is difficult to return, it is really vicious." ”

At this time, the girl surnamed Ji, who had been buried in her sister-in-law's shoulder socket, raised her head and glanced at Zeng Yu, and quickly lowered her head again, this girl's eyes were as bright as stars, and there was mud on her face, but the outline of her eyebrows was vaguely quite beautiful, looking at her like that, she should have only been frightened and had not suffered sexual humiliation, Zeng Yu said: "Li Niangzi and Miss Ji stay here first, we will not hurt the two of you, relax and relax, you can go back tomorrow after paying the ransom." ”

The two sisters-in-law were silent, and they couldn't be relieved to be with strange men late at night, but seeing that these two talented Si Swenwen were more relieved than those vicious, obscene and rude thieves, they heard Zeng Yu ask again: "Can your family still afford the ransom?" ”

The young woman in the green silk jacket said in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's not easy to raise, and many people over there can't afford to take out so much silver." After a pause, he cautiously asked, "What would happen if I didn't pay the ransom?" ”

Zheng Shi sighed and said: "Do you think that these thieves will let you go if they can't receive the ransom money, there is no such good thing." Then he said to Zeng Yu: "Jiu Li, you still have to try to save those hostages." ”

Zeng Yu nodded: "I'll go out first, you guys talk carefully, don't be listened to by thieves." He got up and walked outside the hall and shouted, "Old Peng? ”

Peng Laoqiu was leaning on the edge of the hall corridor and nibbling on chicken legs, when he heard Zeng Yu calling him, he put the remaining half of the chicken legs into his arms, wiped his oily hands on his buttocks twice, and stepped forward and said, "What do you command?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Where are those hostages kept?" ”

Peng Laoqiu pointed to the right: "It's over there in the Guangsi Palace." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Take me to see." ”

Peng Laoqiu secretly wondered, and thought: "The two tender women are enjoyed by him in the palace, but he is going to the Guangsi Hall to see what hostages, is it because those two women are not beautiful enough, and he has to choose them personally?" He said in a low voice: "Zeng Xianggong, Fang Maoqi and a few of them are guarding you." ”

Zeng Yu let out a "hmm" and asked, "Where did that old Taoist priest go, he actually beat me with a rattan cane, and it hurts." ”

Peng Laoqiu said angrily with the enemy: "That old way is really hateful, and my hands and feet are swollen - is Zeng Xianggong looking for revenge on him, I heard that old Tao scolding you before, and then I went down the mountain, saying that I was going back to Longhu Mountain, and no one stopped him, at this time it should not be far away, I will take a few people to arrest him and come back to Zeng Xianggong to deal with it."

Zeng Yu said: "No need, if you don't have the same knowledge as that person, let's go to the Guangsi Palace." "It's great that the old way of the same dust has been escaped.

Zeng Yu stepped down the steps, Fang Maoqi and Wang Panzi immediately stepped forward to stop them, Fang Maoqi said coldly: "You must not leave here without permission." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I want to see King Wu, I have something important to discuss." ”

Fang Maoqi pouted and said, "What important things can you have, those who look at Feng Shui are all liars." ”

Zeng Yu coldly kicked out, Fang Maoqi was kicked in the lower abdomen, fell to the ground backwards, his body arched into a shrimp shape, and he was speechless in pain.

Zeng Yu scolded: "King Wu respects me a little, but you, a thief who doesn't know how to live or die, have humiliated me several times." stepped forward and kicked Fang Maoqi's buttocks, and waved his hand to Peng Laoqiu: "Old Peng, go." ”

Fang Maoqi rolled on the snow and couldn't get up for a while, and shouted angrily: "Kill him, kill him for me."

Wang Panzi and several other thieves had knives in their hands, but they didn't dare to make a move to Zeng Yu, but they saw with their own eyes Wu Ping's courtesy to Zeng Yu-

Zeng Yu walked outside the Yude Palace, Wu Ping was coming out of the hall, and when he heard Fang Maoqi shouting, he frowned and said, "What is Fang Mazi calling a ghost?" ”

Zeng Yu arched his hand and said: "I have something important to see King Wu, but Fang Maoqi stopped me from coming over, and humiliated me as a feng shui liar, and was kicked twice by me." ”

Wu Ping didn't care, and said with a smile: "Zeng Xianggong is not enjoying the blessings over there, what is the important thing to see Wu?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Of course, Yanfu must be enjoyed, but the head is more important, this is not a place to stay for a long time, when is King Wu going to take Yongfeng to Fujian?" ”

Wu Ping said: "I will receive the ransom money tomorrow, and I will leave early the morning after tomorrow." ”

Zeng Yu said: "There are so many hostages, messy, and no one knows what their names are, and it is not clear whose ransom money has arrived, and it will affect the itinerary of the righteous army." ”

Wu Ping said: "Zeng Xiucai doesn't have to worry about such a trivial matter, when he leaves, he will cut off the heads of all the hostages who have not been ransomed, and he will not delay our trip." To put it mildly, he regards human life as a mustard, and his ferocity is fully revealed.

Zeng Yu said: "King Wu is to assist King Zhang Longwang to divide the eight Fujian generals into the phase, and act more carefully, those hostages should be registered one by one, and tomorrow when his family sends money to redeem people, he will not shout and find people temporarily, so it also seems that King Wu has a good way of governing the army and the righteous army is strictly disciplined." ”

Wu Ping nodded and smiled: "Zeng Xiucai is reasonable, Zeng Xiucai is really thinking about Wu everywhere." ”

Zeng Yu said: "King Wu got rid of the danger as soon as possible, and he can also return to his hometown to serve his mother in the future, and I hope that King Wu will not break his promise." ”

Wu Ping said: "Never break your word, never break your word, and you will definitely give a generous gift when the time comes." Xin said: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will let you go back, and you won't dare to go back, ha, haluha." ”