Chapter 67: Escape from the Merchant Gang
Gu Rin hooked his lips and only responded with a sneer in response to Pei Yungui.
Pei Yungui didn't speak, but he still felt wronged by Gu Rin and Emperor Qian.
Although Gu Rin's temperament is a little weird and unpredictable, he can rise step by step from a small general to a first-class position, and it is not just a matter of touching the upper and lower mouths. It was fought on the battlefield.
In the past few years, he pushed the battle line to more than ten miles away from the border, and Gu Jiajun built an iron wall for the border city.
In recent years, there have been many wars on the frontier, and Yidi frequently came to disturb him, and Emperor Qiandi sent his sons and daughters to the battlefield to resist the enemy, creating a smooth environment for the Central Plains.
The business gang's trip is really a lie.
Thinking like this, Pei Yungui inevitably recalled the nursery rhyme mentioned when Emperor Qiandi summoned Gu Rin and others to discuss in the Jinluan Hall a few days before his resignation.
ββThe moon will rise, the sun will tilt, a golden tiger in a certain month, and the dragon will raise its head.
The meaning is very obvious, and the arrogance in the words is also revealed.
Does this nursery rhyme have anything to do with the Shang Gang?
Or in other words, is the force behind the Shang gang the same group of Black Falcon troops who invaded Kyoto at that time?
Pei Yungui frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his thoughts were right.
When I looked up at the people in the hall talking and the excitement on the faces of the ordinary people, I couldn't help but shudder.
She finally knew why she had heard such strange words.
The purpose of that man's propaganda reversed black and white was not for the sake of the people, but to arouse emotions and enslave the mind.
What kind of merchant gang is this, this is clearly a cult!
There was a sudden uproar in the crowd, and I don't know what the man said, and the people took out silver and copper plates from their pockets with red faces, and put them into the money bags of the merchant gang with a crisp sound.
The man who had led Pei Yungui and his party into the hall before was smiling and holding a bag full of bags, wandering through the crowd and collecting money.
Every time an ingot of silver fell into the bag, his smile grew stronger.
The bag was held up in front of Pei Yungui's eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, and after she figured it out, she only shuddered when she looked at the people in the merchant gang.
The man didn't have much patience, shook the bag in his hand, and sighed, "What are you doing in a daze, where is the money?"
What do you want money for? She didn't have a copper plate with her.
Pei Yungui blinked, looked away, and whispered, "I don't have any money."
"You don't have any money?!" The man instantly raised his voice, and the face of Maitreya Buddha who smiled instantly became gloomy, "What are you doing here to help us in Youxian County if you don't have money, are you looking for a fight!"
Pei Yungui spread his hands, quite helpless.
"I'm here to earn money for my work, not to give money."
The man saw that the weak-looking woman in front of him dared to speak up to himself, his expression was cold, he threw the money bag to the guy next to him, and said coldly, "Who gave you the courage to dare to contradict me, do you know who I am?"
Pei Yungui shook his head seriously.
Sorry, she really doesn't know.
The man was angry, and he stretched out his hand to pull Pei Yungui's hair, his movements were extremely skillful, and he didn't know how many times he used this set of moves at a glance, but he was halfway through his hand, but he was intercepted by another force.
"My lord, if you use your hands and feet, you will be even more invincible if you attack the inner son as a man." Gu Rin said leisurely.
The man's face turned the color of pig liver, and he tried to pull his hand out, but found that the hand seemed to be welded to death, and he couldn't move no matter how hard he tried.
His eyes shrank, and his heart sank slightly.
This person is probably a practitioner.
just thought so in his heart, but he didn't admit defeat when he paid lip service.
There were so many pairs of eyes around to see the excitement, and he couldn't lose the face of the merchant gang in terms of momentum.
"What, you want to fight with Lao Tzu?"
"Fighting, killing, and killing are fraught and angry." Gu Rin loosened his strength, took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve, and sent them to the man
, "I came thousands of miles with Uchiko, not to make money, not to conflict with adults, you can collect this silver, it can be regarded as me compensating for Uchiko instead of Uchiko."
The man sneered, but his hand did not fall at all, took the silver, put it to his mouth and bit it, and his eyes eased slightly.
He glared at Pei Yungui and said viciously, "If there is a next time, Lao Tzu will ask a few masters to kill you."
Pei Yungui sneered in his heart, and when he looked up at the man's back again, he was already looking at the dead man.
She doesn't want to cause trouble outside, and she keeps a low profile when she encounters things.
But the offense in that person's words and deeds is no longer something that can be lightly covered by the word "forbearance".
Pei Yungui's hand hidden in his sleeve clenched violently, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
When all was settled, she came back to the man to settle the score.
It's just that in the dim light, she didn't notice the change in the person next to her.
Gu Rin's eyes also turned cold, and the bottom of his eyes was dark, condensing into one devouring whirlpool after another.
By the time everyone had dispersed, it was late at night.
Pei Yungui and Gu Rin blended in the crowd and returned to the small house where they had stayed at the beginning.
After Pei Yungui was settled, Gu Rin said, "You rest here first, and I'll go outside to explore the way."
"Are you leaving?" Pei Yungui asked.
The purpose of their coming to You County was not to be a business gang, so naturally they couldn't spend too much time here.
"The Shang Gang is just a place to make money for the rebellion/rebellion of the party, and there is no mystery hidden in it, and the real valuable things should be on the county order."
Pei Yungui nodded, reminded him to pay attention to safety, and consciously stayed in the room.
Gu Rin quickly disappeared into the night, and Pei Yungui and a few other guards turned off the lights and waited quietly.
After a while, Gu Rin pushed the door and entered, with two more sets of clothes in his hand.
Judging by the style, it was exactly the clothes that the man was wearing.
Gu Rin handed one of them to Pei Yungui and said, "Everyone outside has fallen asleep, now is a good time to get out, hurry up and change your clothes, let's leave tonight."
Pei Yungui took it, happily put the clothes on the outside, spread his hair in a bun, and pulled a man's head.
While putting on his clothes, Gu Rin said to a few guards: "When I went out to explore the road just now, I found that there are two secret passages in the southwest and back of this thing, which are unattended, you stay here first and find an opportunity to block the secret passage."
The secret passage is the hole card that the merchant gang leaves for himself to get out.
Destroy this hole card first, which is also convenient for your future capture.
"Yes!" The guards commanded.
Gu Rin had already changed his clothes, and then ordered, "Don't reveal your identity, keep in touch, and if there is any change in the Shang Gang, pass the book to me."
"Yes."
"Subordinates take orders!"
The guards all looked solemn, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit.
This is a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions!
Things were almost as ordered, and Gu Rin took Pei Yungui and left.
The merchant gang is not large, and the route is simple, but there are people guarding the different intersections and fences, and it is obvious that the people among them are imprisoned as prisoners.
In the middle of the night, Gu Rin shuttled through the vertical and horizontal paths, but he seemed to be at ease, and Pei Yungui followed him boldly and confidently.
After passing through two intersections, you will arrive at a relatively sparse place for human eyes.
The house was empty, and only one room remained.
There was a stinking smell in the air, Pei Yun shrunk his nose and hid his head behind Gu Rin's broad shoulders, as if this would block out those smells.
Gu Rin explained, "Next to it is a pig barn."
In his heart, he felt very useful for Pei Yun's practice of returning to hide behind him, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face that he didn't even notice it.
Pei Yungui looked to the side, there was indeed a small courtyard on the side of the road, and it was estimated that the smell came from inside.
After a while, I listened again
There were a few whimpering voices in the courtyard.
Unlike the cry of a pig, it is more similar to the human voice.
Pei Yungui's heart trembled, he pulled Gu Rin's sleeve, looked at the pig barn nervously, and said in a low voice, "General, no one is feeding the pigs over there, right?"
It's so late, who is so diligent, raising pigs late at night?
But it doesn't matter if he raises pigs or not, as long as he doesn't notice them!
Gu Rin smiled and said, "It's okay, Lord Xu is playing with the pig is having fun, and it's okay to make a few noises."
Pei Yungui: ???
What the heck?
Who plays and with whom?
"If Yungui is curious, you might as well go and see for yourself." The smile on Gu Rin's face deepened, and his voice was surprisingly gentle, "Just don't disturb the interest of adults."
Pei Yungui twitched his head, looked at the clothes on his body, suddenly reacted, and said with a forced smile: "No...... No need."
She probably knew what Gu Rin meant.
In order not to let his young heart be impacted, Pei Yungui decided not to wade into this troubled water!
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casually knocked out the little guy who was guarding in front of the wall, Gu Rin directly grabbed Pei Yungui's waist and flew out.
Feeling the blessing of Gu Rin's force value, Pei Yungui had a cool word all over his body.
Escaping from inside the Shang Gang is even easier than entering and exiting the back garden of the Gu Mansion!
The two of them went out of the business gang and came directly to the street of Youxian County.
And after really witnessing the situation on Youxian Street, Pei Yungui understood what hell was.
There was a vague stench floating in the air, mixed with sourness, like the rotten smell of leftovers that had been set aside for a long time.
It's still a relatively empty alley, and there are no people in sight for the time being, and the smell is not strong.
Until the two of them made it to the main street, the smell around them was so dense that it seemed to drown people out.
And the source of these smells......
Pei Yungui looked around.
It's all vomit from the ground, big and small.
Even though it was night, there were still pedestrians on the side of the road.
Most of them were sallow-faced, in a trance, clutching their stomachs as if they were walking dead.
Pei Yungui frowned, and glanced up at Gu Rin worriedly, "What kind of plague can torture them like this?"
Before she came, she thought that the plague should be the symptoms of wind and cold in the person who was sick.
But these people on the street ...... The situation is far more serious than imagined.
Gu Rin's face was embarrassed, and he only shook his head.