Chapter Twenty-Six: Murderous Intent
Wu Daoming's brothers and sisters didn't let Ding Yu wait for a long time, he had just confessed to Zhang Baizhao here, and the two brothers and sisters over there and Zhang Changshun rode through the city gate.
Ding Yu stepped forward from behind the tree, and when he got closer, Zhang Changshun said in surprise: "It's him! This person is the second master! Master Ding Yu is really good!"
Wu Daoming felt a little awkward in his heart, among the three hunters, his martial arts and level were the highest, the oldest, and he was shrewd and capable, although he did not say it explicitly, but he was the leader of this trip. But I didn't expect that in this trip, I almost became a bystander throughout the whole process. The key news was obtained by Ding Yu, and even the target person was captured by Ding Yu, and he didn't even know how people did it, this kind of gap is really embarrassing.
However, after all, he was a person who knew the general situation, and knew that now was not the time to ask, so he said: "I have worked hard to master Dingyu, but it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave Tubo as soon as possible." ”
The furnace city is only more than 100 miles away from the border of western Sichuan, and it is easy to enter the Song realm in less than three hours. The group breathed a sigh of relief - no matter how powerful the Da Xitou people were, they were helpless to break away from Tibet.
Riding a horse on the mountain road is the most bumpy, at this time Ding Yu and the three of them feel a little tired, but it is Zhang Changshun, who has the lowest martial arts, because he has been going back and forth on this road all the year round, and he is much more adaptable than ordinary people. Zhang Changshun bought a carriage in the border town and pulled it with four horses, and asked Ding Yu and others to take Zhang Baizhao to rest in the carriage, while he drove the carriage in front.
In the carriage, Wu Shuang had already held back all the way, and at this time there was finally a suitable time to ask: "Little monk, little master, you don't really have Buddhism, right? Otherwise, how did you catch Zhang Baizhao?"
Ding Yu smiled and said: "I'm just a mortal in the flesh, where did I get the Dharma." After I returned to the room last night, I felt anxious and couldn't sleep when I thought that I didn't know when I would be able to bring Zhang Baizhao back to Da Song. So he simply got up, changed his night clothes, and thought about going to the periphery of the Touren's Mansion to feel the terrain and see if there was a way to sneak into it. At that time, I didn't take it too seriously, and most of the time was just passing the time. ”
"I didn't expect that I wandered around the Touren's Mansion for a while, but I saw the flames in the mansion, and I heard people shouting 'go to the water'. I hurriedly climbed up the wall and looked in, and sure enough, there was a fire somewhere in the front yard. Soon Zhang Baizhao's master and servant came out of the guest room, the Tie family brothers stepped forward to help put out the fire, Zhang Baizhao went out of the people's mansion alone to avoid the fire, I couldn't lose my heart, so I quietly stepped forward and restrained it and took it away. ”
These words are half-true and half-false, and there are no flaws, so the Wu family brothers and sisters naturally believe it. Wu Shuang also complained: "Little monk, if you want to do such an exciting thing as the night probe people's mansion, why don't you ask me to go with you, I can also see how luxurious the famous Da Xitou's family is." ”
Wu Daoming glanced at her, and in the middle of the night, the lonely men and widows went to visit the mansion at night -- would a normal girl be so excited about this kind of thing? He really began to suspect that it might not be a very good idea for the family to let his sister join the hunting village with him.
The three of you were chatting happily when the carriage stopped. Wu Daoming lifted the curtain and looked out, it turned out that the carriage had deviated from the avenue at some point, and was stopping in a remote forest at this time.
Wu Daoming made a gesture, leaving Wu Shuang to guard Zhang Baizhao, he and Ding Yu jumped out of the door and window at the same time, the person was in mid-air, he had drawn his blade in his hand, and he was just guarding the door when he landed.
However, there was no human voice except for the sound of trees and insects. The two of them were a little strange, but they saw Zhang Changshun jump down from the carriage, and bowed to the two of them again and again: "Two officials, it is the villain who wants to tell you something, so he dared to drive the carriage to this secluded place, please forgive the two of you!"
Wu Daoming was unhappy in his heart, the hunters in the hunting village, regardless of the level, have a consensus: before departure, the more fully prepared, the better; when handing in the task on the return trip, the faster the better, otherwise the more delayed a moment, there will be more variables. This Changshun actually changed his route privately, and he couldn't help but want to attack.
However, Zhang Changshun has been serving respectfully these days, working hard and complaining, Wu Daoming is not easy to turn his face, he said patiently: "If you have something, say it, and go on the road early after speaking." ”
Zhang Changshun glanced at the carriage out of the corner of his eyes, and said with some embarrassment: "It's about the second master, can the two officials move?"
The target person worth 20,000 taels of silver is in the carriage, do you dare to tell me to move? Wu Daoming flicked his sleeve robe and said in a cold voice: "Hugh Deluo, if you have something to say, say it quickly!"
Zhang Changshun saw that Wu Daoming's face was ugly, so he had to grit his teeth and said: "Don't hide it from the two officials, the villain was whipped by the second master for no reason, and he has been holding a grudge for many years. Now the life and death of the second master are in the hands of the three officials, as long as the three of them end the life of the second master and avenge the revenge of the villain, the villain is willing to give 30,000 taels of silver!"
Thirty thousand taels! Wu Daoming was first taken aback by this number, and then sneered: "Zhang Changshun, you are so bold that you dare to play tricks on me! You are just a close confidant of the Zhang Mansion, how can you have a net worth of 30,000 taels? Could it be that your long-term follower is not even higher than the prefect's fortune!"
Zhang Changshun did not make an excuse, slowly took out three silver tickets from his arms, and handed them to Wu Daoming.
Wu Daoming took a closer look, and sure enough, the three silver tickets were all Baofeng Qianzhuang (according to: the name of Qianzhuang actually appeared in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Song Dynasty only had "exchange shop" or "Jiaoyin shop", and the silver tickets issued were called "Jiaozi", which is needed for the novel). It's just that compared with ordinary silver tickets, these ones have a few more small words on them - "receive with this ticket and password", which means that in addition to silver tickets, you must also know a special password/password.
I only heard Zhang Changshun say: "As long as the three officials promise to avenge the villain, they can take the silver ticket now, and after the matter is completed, the villain will give the password again, and he will never dare to lie to each other!"
With Wu Daoming's eyesight, he could naturally see that these silver tickets were true, and he thought about it for a while, and he had figured it out: he could think of it with his toenails, and it was impossible for a wealthy merchant to have a net worth of 30,000 taels, and even if he did, it was impossible to use it to buy human lives. The 30,000 taels of silver tickets were simply given to a few people by Zhang's family's room. said that Zhang Changshun and Zhang Baizhao have a grudge, these are just a cover to clear their long house.
Before Wu Daoming and Ding Yu could reply, Zhang Baizhao in the carriage couldn't help but say angrily: "Zhang Changshun, you slave of the master's house! It is precisely because of a greedy villain like you that my Zhang family will fall apart! Do you think that if you kill me, the waste son of the eldest brother will inherit the trading house? You don't know the inside story of the trading house at all, except for the eldest brother and me, no one even knows what kind of business the trading house is doing and how risky it is.
Now that my eldest brother is dead, and I can't take over the firm, the 'risk' will come soon. Zhang Changshun, go back and tell Changfang, I Zhang Baizhao confessed to killing my eldest brother, but if they don't want the Zhang family to be wiped out, just wait honestly, don't do anything wrong with me and my family, otherwise I dare to guarantee that the entire Zhang family will accompany me to the funeral!" )