Chapter 7: Return to the Caravan (I)
The sky was bright, the city of Luoyang was heavily guarded, the people were hiding in the house and did not dare to go out, and several streets near Zhufu were all under martial law. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhu Yushi thought to himself what is the use of martial law now, it is just to provoke public resentment.
After returning to the Zhu Mansion, all the important people were still in the hall, and Liu Yu was reprimanding the three generals of the Qi State, who were Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou and Cao Cheng, who had ambushed the Blood Knife Fort in the woods that year. Now they are the three highest-ranking generals in the Qi Army, and they are responsible for the protection of this patrol, so it is strange that Liu Yu is so frightened that he does not look for them to vent his anger. The three generals knelt in the hall with a disgraced face, and waited until Liu Yu finished scolding Li Cheng before he dared to raise his head and say: "The incompetence of the humble duty has frightened the holy driver, and I promise that there will be no next time." ”
Liu Yu glared and patted the table and said, "Next time, and next time! If this king is assassinated, all three of you will be buried together!" Liu Yu said angrily: "Where were you all when the assassination was carried out? Why weren't any of you there?" Li Cheng explained: "General Kong is in charge of security in the city, and General Cao is assigned by the Holy Lord to protect Concubine Li. The lowly is responsible for checking the identity of the guests to prevent suspicious people from getting in, and the lowly ensures that there is no problem with the people who have been checked. Liu Yu scolded: "A group of waste, is it the people in the city who are important or the life of this king is important, why don't you and Kong Yanzhou escort this king." Li Cheng confessed: "Of course, the king's dragon body is above all else, and he is negligent in his duties, so please ask the king to surrender." Liu Yu was angry and said: "That's it, the matter has passed, it's useless to kill you, have you caught that assassin?" Li Chengdao: "The humble post has ordered the four doors to be closed and searched from street to street, so that the assassin has nowhere to hide, presumably there will be news later." Liu Yu nodded: "It's better to be like this." ”
In a blink of an eye, he saw Zhu Yushi and Shi Tong, who had just returned, and said to Lei Zhen: "Lei Gang Master, your people are back, do you have any gains?" Lei Zhen was still wearing the clothes of the groom's official and said with a smile: "They will not disappoint the king, tell me about the situation you are tracking." Zhu Yushi saluted and said, "That assassin has been killed by me and the master of the stone hall. The whole audience was shocked, and Liu Yu was pleasantly surprised: "Does he have an accomplice? Where is the corpse?" Zhu Yushi said: "After that person ran out of the city, I chased after him, and the assassin was forced to fight me." The Assassin's martial arts were extraordinarily high, and I was also injured, but fortunately, the Stone Hall Master arrived in time. We teamed up with the Assassin to push him up a cliff, and when he was mortally wounded, he felt that there was no hope of escape, so he jumped down. During the fight, he kept his face covered in a black scarf, I don't know what he looked like, I never talked to him, and I don't know if he had any accomplices. The master of the stone hall and I went down the mountain to look for his corpse, and saw a wolf in the forest biting flesh and blood, and he must have been eaten by the mountain wolf. ”
Liu Yu said disappointedly: "It's too cheap that thief, he may have accomplices, you can't let your guard down." Li Cheng answered the order and asked Zhu Yushi, "I have closed the city gate as soon as possible, how can the assassin leave the city?" Zhu Yushi said: "A small hole was dug by the assassins in Xicheng, and he escaped from the hole, and General Li found out when he checked it." Liu Yu glared at Li Cheng fiercely, and blamed: "The assassin has already fled outside the city, what are you still looking for in the city!" Li Chengnuo confessed, and asked Zhu Yu again: "Where did the assassin jump off the cliff?" Shi Tong said lightly: "Just thirty miles away on Yangshi Mountain, you can see a stream at the bottom of the mountain, go up along the stream, and you can find it through two bamboo forests." Li Chengdao: "I'll send someone to take a look." Liu Yu waved his hand angrily and said, "Stand down." ”
After the three generals retreated, Lin Lingsu asked: "Since the assassin has been corrected, can the guests who came to the wedding be released?" Liu Yu said: "No, what if one of them is an accomplice?" Lin Lingsu said: "They are all important figures in Luoyang, either officials or wealthy businessmen, and if they are under house arrest, they are afraid that the impact will be not small." Liu Yu muttered: "What does the national teacher think should I do?" Lin Lingsu said: "Now that my country's treasury is empty, I just took the opportunity to make a fortune and informed their families to send a bail of 5,000 taels before they could be released." 300 guests can earn 1.5 million taels. Liu Yu was overjoyed and said: "Wonderful, this king is planning to expand the imperial garden, and this time the money has fallen." ”
Lin Lingsu reluctantly smiled: "The army's winter clothes have not been changed for three years, and the weapons and equipment are also outdated, which all require silver." Liu Yu said unhappily: "The old cotton clothes can also keep out the cold, and the weapons can kill the enemy, why do you want new ones? As the king of a country, this king does not even have a decent imperial garden, and does not let the world laugh at it." Lin Lingsu had no choice but to be. Liu Yu stretched his waist, got up and said, "This king is tired." After speaking, he walked to the inner courtyard with the palace maid and eunuch, and everyone got up to see each other off.
After Liu Yu's people left, Lin Lingsu said: "It's really a disappointment, the big day has been disturbed." Lei Zhen said: "Anyway, Huihui and I have already visited the church, and this is the most important thing." Lin Lingsu said with a smile: "You are already the old man's son-in-law, but you haven't been in the cave yet, and the ceremony hasn't ended yet." Lin Huihui was also in the hall, because of an accident, she took off the red hijab, and lowered her head shyly when she heard the cave room. Lei Zhen laughed and said: "How can there be a reason for a big daylight cave room." I've been away from Laojun Mountain for some time, I don't know what the situation is in the gang, I'll go back today, and it's not too late to return to the Mabang in the evening. Lin Lingsu said: "Why hurry, there is a lady to take care of your gang, what can you do." Lei Zhen said: "It's better to go back and have a look, why don't you go back with me, so that the son-in-law can fulfill the friendship of the landlord?" Lin Lingsu said: "The old man wants to go, but the king has handed over the matter of handing over the land to the old man, and there are many official documents and personnel arrangements to be made, so I am afraid that I will not be able to leave." By the way, why haven't Lian Feng and his wife come back yet, obviously they left earlier than us, otherwise this matter could be handed over to him. ”
Lei Zhen said: "It is normal for young couples to play on the road for a few days, and the future of the son-in-law also depends on the father-in-law." Zhu Yushi thought to himself, "You'll never see them again." Lin Lingsu said: "Now it's all a family, the more you are out, the better, but don't bully Huihui, otherwise the old man won't agree." Lei Zhen said: "How dare the son-in-law, the son-in-law is waiting for the good news of his father-in-law on the mountain." Lin Lingsu said: "I will complete the procedures as soon as possible, and I will send someone to inform you then." Lei Zhen said: "Yes." Turning to Zhu Yushi and Shi Daodao: "You guys also go and prepare, and set off in an hour." ”
As soon as Zhu Yushi left the Zhu Mansion, Ling Xudu followed from behind, and the two came to a secluded street, Ling Xudu asked: "Did you really kill that assassin?" Zhu Yushi sighed, and told the story again, Ling Xudu sighed with emotion: "Mourning is smooth, your master has long had the will to die, and seeing you before he dies can be regarded as satisfying his last wish." Zhu Yushi nodded and said, "The master left peacefully, and I felt better." Ling Xudu said: "In this way, Shi Tong is also our comrade-in-arms." Zhu Yushi said: "Yes, he is also a poor man who was blackmailed by Lei Zhen, I really want to help his family reunite." Ling Xudu said: "It is not easy to open Lei Zhen's secret vault, and you should not be in a hurry. Zhu Yushi said: "It really needs a good opportunity, but fortunately, the stone hall master is not in a hurry." Ling Xudu nodded and said, "Are you going to find Miss Zhu, doesn't she have to go back to the mountain with us?" Zhu Yushi smiled bitterly: "I told her, but she still wants to go back with us." Ling Xudu laughed and said, "Lang Qing concubine, I should have thought of it a long time ago." I'll see you in an hour, and I'll go to your friend's noodle shop for a meal first. Zhu Yushi said with a smile: "Say hello to the two brothers for me, I'm afraid I won't have time to say goodbye to them." Ling Xudu said: "I must bring it." ”
Zhu Yushi came to Zhu Fuguo's mansion, and the Zhu brothers hurriedly invited him to the secret room, instructed the servants to invite the young lady, and then asked anxiously: "I heard that the king of Qi was assassinated last night, and now the whole city is under martial law, and none of the guests have returned, I don't know what is the situation of my father?" Zhu Yushi said: "King Qi wants to take the opportunity to extort a sum of silver, as long as each family pays a ransom of five thousand taels, he can bring people back." Zhu Fuguo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Five thousand taels are taken out, and my brother-in-law will sit down for a while, and I will order the account office to pay the silver." After he left, Zhu Yanshan said indignantly: "Five thousand taels per person, it's really a lion's mouth, what if someone can't get the silver?" Zhu Yushi sighed: "Then I don't know, but I think Qi Guo will never cheapen them, there will always be other ways to blackmail." Zhu Yanshan said: "It's just a bandit country, I really hope that Yue Fei or Luo Tianchu's army will come over as soon as possible." Zhu Yushi thought for a moment and said: "If that's the case, who do you want to occupy Luoyang more?" Zhu Yanshan thought for a while and said, "I welcome Luo Tianchu more." Zhu Yushi said strangely: "Yue Fei is an official army, and his fame is greater than Luo Tianchu, why don't you choose him?" Zhu Yanshan said: "Yue Fei is no more than a general of the Song Dynasty, and he is subject to the official family." For example, last time he led the army to recover the six counties of Xiangyang, but the imperial court did not let him continue to march, and the recovered city fell again, and the people fell into the clutches of Jin Qi again. Luo Tianchu is a folk hero, Guanzhong was governed by him impressively, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and defeated several attacks of the Jin State, not an inch of land was lost, I believe that he will protect the territory and the people after getting Luoyang, and resist foreign enemies. (To be continued.) )