Chapter 9 Evacuation in the Suburbs (2)
Chen Xingwen grabbed him: "I have something to eat, why do you want you to beg for food? If you stay in Jinzhou, they can't find me, and they will definitely ask you for your guilt." ”
Chen Xingwu complained: "That's not what you did. What do you think is the difference between your actions and murdering your own brother?"
Chen Xingwen said angrily: "If you listened to me, you wouldn't be like this." ”
Chen Xingwu responded: "You listen to me now, and we will get out of the predicament immediately." ”
Chen Xingwen had no choice but to take him, he was silent for a moment, and had to say: "Let's leave here first, maybe Li Keyong will send someone again." ”
Chen Xingwu still didn't want to leave. Chen Xingwen really had no choice, and said: "If you don't leave, I have to go." He went to untie the horse's reins.
Chen Xingwu had no choice but to follow, "If you want to go, go in the direction of Jinzhou, it is dark under the lights, it is safer, and when the wind and waves are calm in the future, then go to Shuzhong." ”
Chen Xingwen thinks about it. So I chose a small road, walked not far from Jinju City, found a farmer, and settled down temporarily.
The Tang brothers and sisters searched for Chen Xingwen in the Jinzhou area for several days, but did not find him, guessing that he might have gone to Shuzhong, so they hurried to Chang'an, and there was still no trace of him along the way, and there was no news all the way. I still couldn't see him until I arrived in Chang'an.
Chang'an has a trading house from Tangmen, and there is a very large house. When he arrived in Chang'an, Tang Wuwei calmed down and pondered the practice of the gun. He first found pipe fittings and used the reed obtained in Chen Xingwen's house as strength, the effect was indeed better than what the Tang family had done before, but the power was far less than Chen Xingwen's gun. He thought of firecrackers again, and used the fire powder in the firecrackers to do experiments, but he didn't catch the fire, and the fire powder couldn't be fried. If you use a lead to connect the fire, it is not easy to operate, and the power is not great, and it is tens of millions of miles away from Chen Xingwen's gun. So, he understood: in addition to the structure of the gun, there is also a key problem is the fire powder, and the fire powder used by Chen Xingwen has different properties. But the fire powder, even if you hold it in your hand, you can't distinguish the substance.
After a few days of meditation and experiments, he came to a conclusion: to make a gun, he can only rely on Chen Xingwen.
He speculated that Chen Xingwen must still be in the Jinju area. So, he left his sister in Chang'an and returned to Jinju himself. I searched in the suburbs of Jinju, but there were still no clues. He had no choice but to go into the city to find Li Jiaojiao.
Next to the city gate, there are portraits of the two Chen brothers. The reward for catching Chen Xingwen's silver was as high as five hundred taels. When Tang Wuwei saw the notice, his heart was a little more relaxed, first, it showed that Chen Xingwen had not been caught, and second, he did not see the notice of arresting him, but it was expected that Li Cunxiao did not care about himself. So he went into the city with confidence.
When he arrived at the Good Luck Inn, Tang Wuwei wrote a letter and went to the General's Mansion to ask the janitor to hand it over to Li Jiaojiao. After a while, Li Jiaojiao went to the Good Luck Inn to meet him.
After sitting down, Li Jiaojiao asked, "Didn't Su Su come?"
Tang Wuwei explained: "She wanted to come. First, he followed me, and I was distracted to take care of her; second, if Xingwen arrived in Chang'an, he couldn't find anyone, and he was afraid that something would happen again. Therefore, let her stay in Chang'an to answer. Do you have any news of Xingwen?"
Li Jiaojiao shook her head: "No." So, Brother Wen didn't come to Chang'an either?"
Tang Wuwei nodded.
Li Jiaojiao muttered, "Where else can he go? Could it be that he has returned to his hometown in Jiangnan?"
Tang Wuwei said: "Impossible. He is a person of great affection, and he will not leave Su Su to go to Jiangnan. The reason why I want him to be engaged to Su Su is to tie him up and pull him over from Chen Xingwu. If you want to avoid Li Keyong's capture, the first choice is Shuzhong. I reckon he should still be near Jinju. As for why he didn't go to Shuzhong, it may be because of Chen Xingwu. ”
Li Jiaojiao said hatefully: "Chen Xingwu is a stumbling block and a mourning star. It's hard to say that he wanted to kill Brother Wen. ”
Tang Wuwei said: "Xingwen is too pedantic and refuses to leave his brother." Jiaojiao, what do you have to do?"
Li Jiaojiao frowned: "What good way can I do, if I hadn't drawn our swords against his neck with my thirteenth brother that day, he would still want to go back to see Li Keyong with my thirteenth brother." ”
Tang Wuwei thought for a while: "Can you ...... Can he let the two brothers be separated, Xingwen will leave Jinju without worry. Jinju is indeed not a place for him to stay for a long time. One more day is one more danger. ”
Li Jiaojiao said: "Is it really impossible to kill Chen Xingwu?" That's not going to work. Brother Wen sacrificed his life to save him. ”
Tang Wuwei said: "I really can't think of a good way." In the past few days, I have been walking around the area and have seen some suspicious people, as if they are also looking for someone. Could it be a spy sent out by your brother?
Li Jiaojiao shook her head: "No, my brother is tight on the outside and loose on the inside, just for Li Ke to see." He never sent anyone to search for Brother Wen. In his eyes, Brother Wen is a hot potato, and it will be thankless if he catches it well. Like my thirteenth brother, Li Keyong has a lot of distrust of him. ”
Tang Wuwei said: "Oh, how can you see it?"
Li Jiaojiao took a sip of tea: "I have a relationship with Susu, and after we meet, we are as close as sisters, and I also treat you as a brother, so I might as well tell you about private matters." It turned out that my brother asked my thirteenth brother to propose marriage to my mother, and I asked him the day before yesterday what the result was, but he asked me not to mention this matter again, obviously my thirteenth brother has an uncertain future, so my brother plans to give up this family business. My thirteenth brother is indeed a trustworthy man, and he promised Brother Xingwen that he would not be afraid even if he offended King Jin. He also handed me over to Brother Wen. ”
Tang Wuwei sighed: "This is a hero cherishing a hero." Li Cunxiao's martial arts are outstanding and his achievements are high, and he can only obey others, and if he offends at all, he may be killed. Xingwen's analysis is reasonable, if he really handed over the gun to Li Ke, the consequences would not be optimistic. He took a sip of tea and said: "If you really want to be a big hero, you can't rely on others, you have to make your own decisions." ”
Li Jiaojiao didn't care about Tang Wuwei's words, she was concerned about Chen Xingwen's safety. "Guess where those suspicious people are? Could it be that Li Ke sent someone to investigate privately?"
Tang Wuwei said: "There is also this possibility, and there are people in the martial arts." Word may have gotten about the guns. Whoever owns a gun is the supreme martial artist. All factions wanted to find Chen Xingwen. ”
Li Jiaojiao felt uneasy: "So Brother Wen is in too dangerous situations." Maybe there are still people from Zhu Wen. Brother Qian said that Zhu Wen's people are also looking for Brother Wen. ”
Tang Wuwei said: "Yes, the wine-colored monk is working for Zhu Wen." We need to find Xingwen as soon as possible. Jiaojiao, I also treat you as my sister, I understand your heart for Xingwen, find Xingwen, if you want, go to Shuzhong with me, Su Su will also be happy. You two are sisters, and it makes no difference who is big and who is small. ”
Li Jiaojiao's face turned crimson: "I don't care about being big or small." I am satisfied to be with Brother Wen and Su Su. ”
Tang Wuwei said: "Let's go separately and look for him, we must find him." Think carefully about how to deal with Chen Xingwu. As a last resort, you must be ruthless. ”
Li Jiaojiao let out an "um", pondering the meaning of his words.
Tang Wuwei said again: "I'll go to the Jinzhou Dart Bureau to investigate, they are well-informed, and they may have some clues." ”
After Li Jiaojiao left, Tang Wuwei also left the inn and came to the Jinzhou Dart Bureau.
He is a frequent visitor here, as a peer, they often contact each other, and he is very familiar with Yan Darttou here.
There was no one outside the door, quietly, and the door was open with a small crack. Tang Wuwei felt strange: What's wrong today, the dart game that is busy on weekdays has not yet opened to welcome guests at this time.
He pushed the door open and entered, and he was shocked by the sight inside.
Several of the dart masters fell to the ground on their backs and did not move, their chests were red, and each of them had a pool of dried blood gathered beside them.
After all, Tang Wuwei was a person who had seen the wind and waves, and he quickly calmed down, and he recognized that the Yan dart head he was looking for was also among them. He also had a small two-finger-sized sign on his body, which read "Three Watch Orders".
Tang Wuwei was shocked again, and couldn't help blurting out: "Three watch orders!"
The third watch order has become a kind of sign of killing people in the rivers and lakes, and the people who received the three watch orders, the whole family, all of them were killed, without exception. In recent years, there have been frequent such tragedies in dart bureaus around the country, and it seems that some people are targeting the dart bureau. Tang Wuwei just heard that he saw it with his own eyes today, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, and he instinctively took out a dart and flashed it to a corner.
The room was still quiet, and it took him a while to settle down and take a look: the items in the house were not messy, and there were no signs of a big battle, but there were traces of a small fight. He examined the wounds of several people, all in the heart, caused by a thin sword.
From the on-site analysis, it was concluded that although several dart masters confronted him, they had no power to fight back, and they were solved by him within a few moves. Tang Wuwei knew that the martial arts of these dart masters were not weak, especially Yan Darthead, who had a big knife in his hand, which was famous in the northwest. From this, it can be concluded that the murderer's martial arts are extremely high.
Tang Wuwei was afraid of causing trouble, so he turned around and quickly left the dart game. On the way, he kept thinking: There are too many people with high martial arts skills on the rivers and lakes, maybe one day he will meet the three watch orders. Although the secret weapon of the Tang Sect is a must-have in martial arts, it is not worth mentioning against the top masters. With a gun, no master has anything to worry about. Be sure to find Chen Xingwen, be sure to find Chen Xingwen!
Chen Xingwen and Chen Xingwu stayed at the farmer's house for more than 10 days. The farmer's house is a good hiding place, far from the main road, with a single house and only one old man. For Chen Xingwen, this is not much different from being at home. He helped his uncle with some farm work, repaired farm tools, and in his spare time, pondered his handiwork. But Chen Xingwu was lonely, he didn't go to the casino to go shopping, he didn't go to the street for a stroll, and his whole body was sore and uncomfortable. Therefore, he was restless.
On this day, Chen Xingwu couldn't stand it anymore, so he carried Chen Xingwen on his back and secretly walked to Jinzhou City. He carried the golden fork given to him by Li Jiaojiao and wanted to go to the casino to gamble. Soon after he got out of the main road, he let the two of them keep an eye on him.
Chen Xingwu was used to stealing chickens and touching dogs, and soon found that someone was following him. His mind spun around a few times: the people who came with him either didn't see who they were, or they wanted to fish out their younger brother too; the people who came were sneaky, not like officials, otherwise, they would definitely arrest people; if they weren't officials, who were they?
He didn't know that there were many forces looking for Chen Xingwen at the moment. Therefore, he thought on the bright side: Maybe it was someone sent by Li Jiaojiao.
Thinking of Li Jiaojiao, his heart itched. What a beautiful person, but unfortunately she doesn't like herself, but her younger brother. As long as Chen Xingwen is here, he has no chance at all. But Chen Xingwen is not here, and he has no chance. It's better to know how to make guns, and if your brother is not there, then you have a chance. It seems that in any case learn to make a gun. But that's not an easy task. The younger brother is now alert, he has hidden the gun and the balls, and he has been looking for a long time but cannot find it. Learn from him, but he won't teach.
Thinking about it, his steps slowed down, and the two people behind him, one fat and one thin, had surpassed him.
Chen Xingwu thought secretly: It's because he is too careful, and if the people who come don't rush at him, he must be in a hurry.
Just as he was secretly rejoicing, the two men turned around abruptly and grabbed him one left and one right.
The fat man asked in a cold voice, "Where are you going?"
Chen Xingwu was startled and came back to his senses: "Entering the city, ...... are the two of you?"
The thin man rushed and said, "Brother Tai's surname is Chen, right?"
Chen Xingwu instantly came up with a countermeasure, nodded and said, "Exactly." Brother Tai knows me, are you someone sent by Miss Li?"
The thin man paused for a moment: "Oh, yes, it was Miss Li who sent you to find you." ”
Chen Xingwu saw it in his eyes, and said vigilantly and tentatively: "Miss Li is really trustworthy, she asked me to wait for her here the day before yesterday, and she sent someone here today." ”
The fat man smiled slightly and said, "Yes, Miss Li is a trustworthy person." ”
Chen Xingwu confirmed that they were not sent by Li Jiaojiao, so he wanted to run. But the two of them had already prepared, and the thin man reacted quickly and stepped forward to hug him. The fat man drew a short knife and put it against his waist.