Chapter 14: Assassination of the Mayor of the Town
Under the mediation of the mayor of the town, Ma Debao has verbally agreed to reconcile with Wang Lung, but Wang Lung still has to distinguish what the action is.
So, Wang Lung stretched out his hand and wanted to shake hands with Ma Debao, Ma Debao looked at Wang Lung with a suspicious face, and said with a smile: "What do you mean?" ”
Wang Lung then remembered that the handshake is the etiquette of Westerners in modern civilization, while the ancient Chinese used it as a shake instead of shaking hands.
Wang Lung immediately changed his gesture, hugged his fist at Ma Debao, and said with a smile: "Brother Ma, then our previous matter will be resolved." ”
Ma Debao also immediately clasped his fists at Wang Long, and said with a smile: "You are the virtuous brother of the mayor, if I had known, I would not have held you responsible." ”
Wang Lung said, "Uh-huh. ”
Mayor Marew smiled and said, "That's right. We are all people of Daji Town, and we must be united and harmonious, so that we can build Daji Town more beautifully. The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the beautiful Daji Town is about to begin. Let's go over together. ”
Wang Lung said, "Okay. ”
Ma Debao said: "Okay. ”
The three of them walked out the door together.
When I came to the door, I saw that a group of people had gathered at the door, these people were all famous in Daji Town, among them, there were people called Long Feihu of Master Long, Wang Tian, the head of Wangjia Village, and others.
When Master Long and Wang Tian saw Wang Lung, they were very surprised, and they thought they had seen a ghost, and their faces turned pale with fright.
The mayor didn't know what was going on at all, and asked, "Master Long, Wang Tian, what's wrong with the two of you?" Is your face so ugly? When I was chatting and drinking in the house just now, my interest was quite high. ”
Master Long said, "Mayor Town, you're too careful, I'm fine." ”
Wang Tian smiled and said, "I'm fine." ”
The mayor said: "You two have donated 200,000 taels of silver to build this project of beautiful Daji Town, and when the ribbon is cut, you two will stand next to us." ”
Master Long said, "We? ”
The mayor said, "You don't understand this, it's me and my virtuous brother Wang Long." ”
Master Long said, "Okay. ”
Wang Lung stood aside, never spoke, just maintained a mysterious smile, but there was a knife hidden in his heart, once this knife was pulled out, it would be the fate of Master Long and Wang Tian, but the time was not yet yet, and he couldn't pull out the knife.
He has to endure and wait.
Shen Shi has arrived, the mayor of the town, Wang Long, Master Long, Wang Tian and others are standing in a row, all holding scissors in their hands, holding ribbons, and the master of ceremonies next to them said loudly: "The ribbon cutting begins." ”
This row of people cut the ribbons one after another, and then a "crackling" sound sounded, and several small workers in the house lit firecrackers not far away to celebrate.
When the sound of firecrackers stopped, the mayor stood on the podium and said loudly to the audience: "After the ribbon cutting, in order to celebrate the start of the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a beautiful Daji Town, we will go to our house for a meal together." ”
Everyone in the audience and the mayor clapped their palms together, and at this moment, a man wearing black clothes and covering his face suddenly appeared from the crowd, holding a dagger in his hand, and flew towards the mayor.
The mayor thought that there would be nothing to do at his doorstep, and in this event, there were no guards arranged throughout the whole process.
So for now, the mayor is on his own.
When the man in black approached the mayor, the mayor fought with the man in black, but the man in black had practiced, and immediately knocked the mayor to the ground with a punch, and then raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed the mayor in the chest.
Seeing that the mayor's life was hanging by a thread, Wang Lung under stood up, drew his crossbow, and fired a crossbow arrow at the man in black, which accurately hit the arm of the man in black holding the dagger, and the man in black screamed, and the dagger in his hand fell.
Wang Lung jumped onto the podium and shouted, "Foshan has no shadow feet." ”
Bang.
Wang Lung flew up and kicked the man in black, and the man in black screamed and fell to the podium.
Wang Lung walked over, grabbed the man in black, uncovered the black cloth on the face of the man in black, and immediately found that it was a very ugly middle-aged man.
Wang Lung said sharply, "Who are you?" Why assassinate the mayor. ”
The middle-aged man said calmly: "I am a killer, it was the dragon master Long Feihu and Wang Tian who paid me to kill the town mayor." ”
When everyone in the audience heard this, they were all in an uproar, and shifted their eyes to Master Long and Wang Tian who were in the middle of them.
Master Long and Wang Tian immediately shouted that they were wronged.
The mayor of the town was furious, but he still restrained his emotions, looking at Master Long and Wang Tian, his eyes were about to cut the two of them with a thousand knives.
Wang Lung said, "Why did the two of them kill the mayor. ”
The killer said, "Because the two of them don't want to contribute money to support the mayor of the town to build a beautiful Daji town." They don't want to keep pressing the mayor, they don't want to look at the mayor's face all the time. ”
Wang Lung said, "How much did they pay you to kill the mayor?" ”
The killer said, "One hundred taels of silver." ”
After Wang Lung finished interrogating, he looked at the mayor who had been listening carefully, and the mayor said: "How can this be true, come here, catch Master Long Feihu and Wang Tian for me, and take them to the dungeon." ”
The catcher, who had already heard the news, stepped forward, grabbed Master Long and Wang Tian, and then escorted them away.
Wang Lung said, "What about this killer? ”
The mayor said, "Take it away, too." ”
A captor came up quickly, and then escorted the killer away.
As a result of this turmoil, everyone's mood has been affected a little.
The mayor adjusted his mood, showed a smile, and said: "Everyone is frightened, but the matter just now has passed, we must continue the project of building a beautiful Daji Town, and we must also eat this meal to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony." ”
The crowd was talking to each other.
Suddenly, Ma Debao shouted in the audience: "The project of building a beautiful Daji Town is conducive to the livelihood of Daji Town, and it is harmless to the people. ”
As soon as Ma Debao said this, it ignited everyone's enthusiasm and goodwill, and they all expressed their support for the mayor of the town, and they could not let the unhealthy atmosphere spoil the atmosphere of Daji Town.
The mayor of the town was very happy and said: "That's great, with everyone's support, then I believe that our Daji Town will become more beautiful, and we will definitely be on the list of excellent towns in this year's review, now we will go in and have a drink." ”
So, the mayor led everyone into the mansion to have a banquet.
The banquet was over, and the time had come to about six o'clock in the afternoon, and the mayor of the town sat on a wine table with a solemn expression, and then said to Wang Long, who was sitting next to him: "Everyone is gone, let's deal with Long Feihu, Wang Tian, and the killer." ”
Wang Lung said, "Wait, I have something to tell the mayor." ”
The mayor of the town said with a suspicious face, "What's the matter?" ”
Wang Lung said, "Let's go to the council hall to talk." ”
The mayor hesitated, but he stood up and walked with Wang Long towards the council chamber.