Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Langzhou Pigeon House
The two men guarding the door were originally eavesdropping at the door, but when they saw Dugu Shuo open the door with one foot, he strode out.
When the two saw Dugu Shuo coming out of the room with the bride in their arms, they were both curious and angry, so they shouted: "Who are you, how can you be in the marriage room in the yamen!" ”
The other pointed to Dugu Shuo and said, "Hey, hey, why are you holding the daughter-in-law in the ya, you won't be here to steal the bride!" ”
One of the people next to him slapped the man on the head and said, "Idiot, he is holding = the bride of the Yanai, and he is here to steal!" ”
Dugu Shuo listened, smiled and said, "Two, Yanei is calling you inside, don't hurry in!" ”
So the two looked at each other, then at Dugushuo, and scrambled to really go inside.
When he ran into the house, he heard the screams of an evil spirit.
The person who ran out first shouted "come here", and the one who ran out from behind him clinged to Dugushuo and pointed his finger and said, "You stop, you killed someone!" ”
Dugu Shuo really stopped, gently put down He Huan, pulled out a thousand cattle knife from his back with his backhand, and only shook it in front of the man, and the man hugged his neck with both hands, and fell straight to the ground without saying a word.
Dugu Shuofu picked up He Huan again and walked straight to the front yard.
Besides, Dugushuo deliberately dragged the housekeeper into the lake, and only shouted a few times when the housekeeper stopped fluttering, and three or four people came and jumped into the water one by one to rescue.
Unexpectedly, because of his advanced age, the butler was a little drunk, and he drowned.
This is in response to the old saying: "Those who work for the tiger have their own harvest!" ”
At that time, almost all of the house slaves in the Hufu courtyard went to Wuzhou with Wen Xuyan's disciples, leaving only a few elderly ones.
This time, the master and the housekeeper died, and no one was in charge for a while, and Dugushuo held the bride in red, but no one paid attention to it.
On the contrary, Dugu Shuo said to the people who were in a hurry: "Go and see, someone has been killed in your house!" "One by one, they were busy looting gold, silver, money, and antiques everywhere, shouting in the front and back yards, fleeing in all directions, and making a mess.
Dugu Shuo went to the front yard and put He Huan on the banquet.
At this time, the excitement had already dissipated, and only the dark guard was sitting upright.
When the man saw Dugu Shuo, he got up slowly, his eyes were fixed, and he said, "It's up to you to see if you're wrong, the fox's tail is exposed!" If my guess is correct, you killed Yanai! ”
Dugu Shuo didn't speak, only smiled secretly, and gently stroked his hair to look at the man.
The man first glanced at it, but he was so frightened that he almost couldn't sit still, and then he looked at it carefully, and he was so frightened that cold sweat ran down his cheeks like rain.
"You, you, you are Dugushuo, you are Dugushuo, why are you here!" The man was so frightened that he slurred and hurriedly took the knife in a panic.
Dugu Shuo looked at the man and casually put the internal guard Qianniu knife on the table.
The man was already in a panic, and he couldn't hold it for a while, and the scimitar fell to the ground.
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you cry out to kill me? Now I'm delivering it to the door, you can do it! Yes! Dugu Shuo said, deliberately raising his voice.
The man was shocked, and hurriedly pushed with both hands and said: "No, no, no, they want to kill you, and I have no grievances with you!" ”
When Dugu Shuo heard this, he laughed.
Then I heard someone shouting: "Chase after him, don't let him run!" ”
Dugu Shuo sat upright, and the flower candle reflected his figure on the wall, extremely tall, like a night ghost.
Four or five nurses with knives chased them out, and the leader was also shocked, and then said boldly: "Let's go up together, kill him and avenge the yanei!" ”
Dugu Shuo ignored it at all, turned his head to stare at the secret guard and said viciously: "Kill these few people who are fighting for the tiger, and leave you with your life, if there is a living mouth, Hu Yanei will be your fate!" ”
When the man heard this, he trembled and went to the ground to pick up a thousand ox knives. When he bent over, his butt hit the pavilion pillar, and he jumped forward like a snake, almost falling down. When I looked back, there was no one to see, so I wiped my sweat with my hands.
Dugu Shuo pointed to everyone and motioned for the secret guard to go up and fight.
The man slowly turned around and picked up the knife, holding it in his hand tremblingly, but he couldn't pull it out, so he looked at Dugu Shuo in horror.
When the three or four house slaves in the courtyard saw this, they raised their knives to cut them, regardless of friends or foes.
Dugu Shuo shook his head, dodged out, and only waved his knife, but three or four people had no way to live.
"It's your turn!" Dugu Shuo turned around, pointed a knife at the guard, and said coldly.
The night was surprisingly quiet, and the blood dripping from the tip of the knife, as if it weighed a thousand pounds, smashed heavily on the ground, but it couldn't hide the sound of the man's heartbeat.
When the man saw this, he trembled all over, and collapsed to the ground, begging again and again: "My lord's life, my lord's life, my lord's life, I'm not an internal guard, I have to pretend to be the one who wants me to pretend!" Then he crawled over and said, "My lord, the little one knows where the dead guard lives, and I know where his pigeon is hidden, oh yes, what other letterheads!" ”
Dugu Shuo put away the knife, pursed his lips and smiled, walked to the front of the banquet table and drank a glass of wine, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Oh, yes? ”
When the man heard this, he hurriedly got up and said, "The little one doesn't dare to deceive the adult, I'll take the adult with me now, and I'll know when I go!" ”
Dugu Shuo listened, nodded slightly, and said, "If you can really find a pigeon, maybe you can still live!" ”
When the man heard this, he got up and led the way. Dugu Shuo picked up He Huan and followed straight behind the man.
Out of the back door of the mansion, the three of them got on horseback, walked around the market, and walked for about an hour of incense, and then came to a courtyard.
It is a very secluded place, surrounded by woods, and you can smell the scent of flowers in the dark night.
Pushing the door in, the man walked ahead and lit the lantern.
A bright and elegant courtyard appeared in front of Dugu Shuo's eyes, which was different from other secret guard pigeon houses that Dugu Shuo had seen before, not only was it very elegant, but also had a corridor and waist back, crisscrossing many paths, and the paths were connected to pavilions.
There is a small lake to go in again, the lake is a rockery, Dugushuo climbs along the rockery to look, under the bright moon, the attic and the pavilion reflect each other, the bamboo forest and the water pavilion look at each other, just like a royal garden.
The man told Dugushuo and He Huan that there was a bamboo forest in the mountain behind the courtyard, and there were birds and beasts in the mountains behind the bamboo forest, and there was also a bamboo dwelling in the forest, which was extremely clean and beautiful, but I had never seen anyone living there.
Bypassing a few corridors, out of the side compartment, it is another courtyard.
The man lightly lit the lanterns, only to see that this was a prison with all kinds of foreign objects in captivity, including lions, tigers, white deer, cranes, peacocks, etc., and some Dugu Shuo could not be named, He Huan said that it was the colorful rooster and the Destiny of Heaven bird.
At the far right end of the yard, there are two or three wooden cages made of pine with pigeons kept by the inner guard.
Although this place is a partial courtyard, it is also near the mountains and rivers, and it is exceptionally clean and spotless.
Dugu Shuo asked the man: "Since you said that Hu Yanei killed the secret guard, why is this place so clean?" ”
The man hurriedly replied: "The villain stays here every day, and has nothing to do, so he picks it up!" His words were very restrained, as if he had done something good and was to be praised.
Dugu Shuo nodded, and the man took Dugu Shuo to the room where the letterhead was hidden. There are places for pen, ink, paper and inkstones in the house, and all kinds of books are stacked in an orderly manner. Dugu Shuo rummaged through them for a long time, and they were all documents for daily correspondence, and there was nothing special about them.
When he was about to go out, Dugushuo suddenly saw a painting hanging abruptly on the wall, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"How did the flag get to the courtyard of Hu Yanei?" Dugu Shuo asked suddenly.
The man listened, thought for a while and said: "I heard the housekeeper say that there seems to be a letter from the gods, the letter is drawn is this flag, Yanai ordered me to wait for a long time, and found it here, that night, the housekeeper led me to plunder the secret guard back, locked in the water prison and tortured, but unexpectedly, the man's mouth was so hard that he didn't say half a word, and finally there was no way but to be killed, since then, Hu Yanei took the flag back and hung it on the courtyard wall. ”
"Oh, what do you mean, but this flag was taken from here after Hu Yanei came?" Dugushuo asked again.
"Exactly, this place is remote, and the traffic is inconvenient, since Yanai arrived in Langzhou, all the responses are located in the mansion, and no one has come to this courtyard!" When Dugu Shuo heard this, he smiled knowingly and nodded secretly.
"You go and burn down the Hu Mansion first, remember to leave the flag, and after doing this, you can run for your life!" Dugu Shuo said, waving his hand to let the man leave.
When the man heard this, he had a way to live, and he became happy, thinking that Dugushuo and He Huan thanked him again and again, and went happily.
Soon after the man left, Dugu Shuo settled He Huan and followed.
The man was worried that Dugushuo would regret it, so he checked as he went. After being sure that Dugu Shuo did not follow, he ran all the way to Hu Yanei's mansion, rummaging around and packing up a lot of gold and silver, and really set fire to Hu's house after planting the flag, and then went to Wuzhou.
At first, Dugu Shuo guessed that this person would go to Wuzhou to report the news, and followed halfway, but this person turned his head and wanted to go north, Dugu Shuo was worried about the safety of Lin Fengwan and He Huan and others, so he followed him and tangled for a long time before he became murderous.
At that time, Dugu Shuo closed his eyes and sent an arrow far away, thinking about seeing the will of heaven, but unexpectedly, the arrow hit the neck, and the man threw himself off the horse and fell to the ground and died.
Dugu Shuo stayed aside and was sad for a long time before burying it.
He Huan tossed and turned left and right, and when the rooster crowed four times, Dugu Shuo came with heavy steps.
Xu was worried that he would disturb He Huan's dream, so Dugushuo did not light the lamp, and only sat in a daze for half a night.
He Huan waited for a long time, but he didn't see him talking, so he sat up and asked, "Why don't you sleep and rest, but sit like this?" ”
Dugu Shuo's unexpectedly He Huan got up, was slightly frightened, and slowed down for a moment before saying: "I am anxious, I can't sleep peacefully, it's better to sit steadily!" ”
He Huan sniffed carefully, as if he smelled blood, so he reprimanded and said resentfully: "In the past, I only heard that other people said that the internal guards were ruthless people, and they were very vicious, but when I saw it today, it was really like a rumor!" ”
Dugushuo didn't understand what He Huan meant, so he smiled bitterly and said, "What does Miss He mean by this?" If it's not resentment for leaving you here alone? ”
He Huan slowly got out of bed, lit a candle, pointed to Dugu Shuo's clothes and said, "You went out just in time, did you kill that person?" ”
Dugu Shuo looked at He Huan's stiff face, and said with a bitter smile: "Killed, he wants to report to Shendu, I am worried about the safety of you and Miss Lin, so I can..."
He Huan heard the words "Miss Lin", and his face was full of anger, so he sneered: "Since you promised to let him live, how did you become a person who broke his word and became fat, which made people look down on you, you are the deputy commander of the internal guard, you are so despicable!" ”
Dugu Shuo didn't know where He Huan's anger came from, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, and he thought for a long time before he said in a sullen voice: "That's how the internal guard is!" After saying this, his heart suddenly softened, and his nose became sore.
He Huan stared at him with straight eyes, his face full of anger.
After a long time, Dugu Shuo said again: "The girl doesn't have to look down on me, I can't do Futu, I can't even be a saint, I'm just a little person!" ”
After that, he got up and walked until he reached the door, and then turned around and said, "The girl has been freed, wait for the dawn to leave, and then she will leave!" Dugu Shuo said, put the long knife in its sheath, and turned to leave.
Dugu Shuo walked a few steps, but found He Huan following behind, so he stopped.
"Have you already seen Jihe, where is she?" He Huan asked coldly.
"In the medical hall in front of the government office!" Dugu Shuo replied.
He Huan listened, rushed out of the yard, regardless of Dugu Shuo, and went straight to the horse, Dugu Shuo was going to find Lin Fengwan, and he also set the horse to follow him.
When I arrived at the medical center, I saw that the people in the medical center were empty. Dugu Shuo rummaged inside and out like crazy, he shouted Lin Fengwan's name loudly, like a beast in the dark night, roaring and shaking half the street was trembling, roaring and roaring, he actually spurted out a mouthful of blood into the sky and fell softly.
When He Huan saw it, he was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, and he knelt aside and cried.
At this time, Lin Fengwan and others rushed over when they heard the sound, and when they saw Dugushuo lying down, they thought she was dead, and they actually ran over crying.
On the slightly bright Fuya Street in Langzhou, two young women, holding a man crying pear blossoms with rain left and right, teach people not to linger.
The servant came over, touched Dugushuo's pulse, and said to the two who were crying: "Lord Dugushuo is just in a hurry, it's not a big deal, please stop the grief!" Then he helped Dugushuo to go to the grassland.
Seeing that his young lady was fine, Jihe ran over and hugged He Huan, only to cry for a long time.
The servant took out the silver needle from his bosom and stabbed it a few times at several acupuncture points in Dugu Shuo, and Dugu Shuo spit out a mouthful of black blood. It took about half an hour to wake up, but when he saw Lin Fengwan in front of him, he hugged him tightly in his arms.
It happened that He Huan saw him when he entered the door, and he flicked his sleeves and muttered back.
When I saw it, I was busy persuading. After that, he told Lin Fengwan what they said about their escape all the way, although He Huan was still angry, he was a little relieved in his heart, but he still didn't want to bow his head and admit his mistake.
At noon, Wen Xuyan sent someone to report that all the servants and servants of the Hu family who went to Wuzhou were captured, but Shendu is not a future person, please go back and deal with it as soon as possible.
Dugu Shuo wanted to return to Wuzhou with the comers, so he said goodbye to He Huan's master and servant.
Dugu Shuo said to the two: "Now that Miss He has been saved, we still have important matters, so I will leave!" He waved his hands and parted.
He Huan turned his back to Dugu Shuo, did not speak, did not look at Dugu Shuo, and only stroked his hair with both hands
When Jihe saw it, he turned He Huan's body, He Huan turned around angrily, and Jihe had to kneel down and say: "Dugu Gongzi and Miss Lin's great kindness, the little woman has no teeth and never forgets, my young lady misses the love of the son, and can't bear to part, I said it for my young lady, please accept my worship!" ”
Lin Feng saw it late, and said: "The injury of the girl has not healed yet, so you must not do this great gift!" "Said that he was in a hurry to help the lotus up.
He Huan still refused to look at Dugu Shuo, only touching the fluttering tears.
Lin Feng said to He Huan: "The girl doesn't have to be stubborn, Brother Shuo has an ice heart, I know best." I heard the girl say that Lord He passed away, and asked the girl to mourn, I waited for the body of sin, I can't mourn, please Haihan. After this matter, we will see you in the rivers and lakes, and goodbye! ”
After that, everyone turned their horses away, and He Huan looked at the people in the distance, only bursting into tears.