Chapter 57

Because the young master was there, Mrs. Wei and the fourth senior brother Shi Weida said a few words, and said to the young master: "Young master, you can't enter Beijing, Empress Dowager Li wants to kill you, and Concubine Mo and the princess are also imprisoned in the cold palace." Last month, the soldiers and horses of Liangjiang had just fought a battle with our Tianbo Mansion, and I heard that many people were killed and wounded. Young master, Pukou City can't go back. Originally, when we left the house, we said that we would go to the coast of Zhoushan to meet the chief manager. But since the battle with my Tianbo Mansion, all the cities in the south of the Yangtze River have been strictly investigated, so they cannot go to the coast of Zhoushan for the time being. Young master, but where to go, the little one doesn't know. Why don't you go to the front of the young master to stay in the guest house first, and then decide where to go after the little one has inquired about the news?" Seeing that the young master nodded in agreement, Mrs. Wei waved her hand, and everyone got on the horse one after another, Shi Weida drove the sedan chair, and Dexi sat aside. So he hurried more than thirty miles, came to a town, and stopped at the door of the inn. Mrs. Wei entered the inn and arrived at the tent, took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and put it on the tent, and said, "Shopkeeper, I have taken over your inn, let the idlers go elsewhere." Seeing that the big customer came, the shopkeeper hurriedly said to the man: "Go quickly, I don't want the rent, let the two guests go quickly." ”

After arranging the accommodation, at dinner, Mrs. Wei said: "The young master, the little one and Mrs. Jiao, Mrs. Lei, Mrs. Shen, and Mrs. Qu each bring forty soldiers to look for the young master." Where they went, the little ones don't know. The little one immediately went back to Pukou City to find out the news, and saw where the people of my Tianbo Mansion had gone after a battle, and then came back to pick up the young master and leave. Seeing that the young master agreed, Mrs. Wei told her to be auspicious, wishful, and virtuous to serve her master well, leaving thirty-eight military men to protect the young master in the inn. Then he said to Shi Weida: "Fourth senior brother, my young master is the younger brother of Emperor Shenzong today. There are 50,000 sailors and 200,000 soldiers and horses. More than a dozen cities, sooner or later, will be crowned emperors. At this time, Shi Weida knew Tianxiao's identity, so he said: "Senior sister, you can go with confidence, the young master will be fine with my protection." Mrs. Wei nodded and smiled, punched her senior brother twice in the chest, and led the two soldiers out of the inn. Flying on the horse, galloping back to Pukou City to find out the whereabouts of Tianbo Mansion, not to mention.

In the first few days after leaving Mrs. Wei, Tianxiao had nothing to do in the inn, just crying and thinking about his father Mu Zong, his mother Mo Guifei, his sister Zhu Xiao, and his jade girl Danying County Lord, he couldn't eat this meal, and he often dreamed in the middle of the night. In short, it's very sad. After crying, he stayed in the room all day long and concentrated on practicing martial arts, saying that after he finished practicing, he would go to the Ming Palace to save his mother and sister-in-law. Then go to Uncle Zhong. Dexi, auspicious, Ruyi has never seen his master so sad. can only cry on the side and learn kung fu on the side. I want to sacrifice my life to protect my master in times of crisis.

And the thirty-eight military men were not idle, and first selected a person named Shanhu as the leader. Then this leader arranges who guards the door, who patrols the night, who guards the young master, and who goes out shopping during the day. On weekdays, the mountain tiger is in the backyard of the inn, and Shi Weida is invited to take everyone to dance sticks and practice knife skills. The days went on like this, and because everyone was cautious, nothing came out.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Mrs. Wei has not come back, seeing that there is not much silver on her body, Shanhu pondered: "The young master is golden-skinned and jade-skinned, and he has not suffered much. Besides, he is growing his body, and he can't eat less, and he can't eat badly. It seems that all the money saved by the brothers must be collected first, and it may last for sixty or seventy days. If Mrs. Wei does not come back after these sixty or seventy days, then I can only take my brothers to the streets. Thinking of this, he said to them at lunch, "Brothers, the silver left by Madame Wei is running out. I thought, take out all my money and use it first, and then use yours when it is gone, I wonder if the brothers are willing?" The brothers did not speak, but rushed to take out their hard-earned money and put it on the table, less than fifteen or twenty taels, and more than twenty or thirty taels. When the mountain tiger looked at it, there were seven hundred and thirty-eight taels of silver, and a dozen taels of broken silver. "Qian Fu, from today onwards, the silver will be in your possession. The soldier named Qian Fu didn't speak, took off his shirt and spread it on the table, took the silver and wrapped it, and asked: "Brother Shan, if the silver is gone, what will happen then?" In short, you can't go hungry, young master. Everyone said "yes," and the mountain tiger said, "Now that eating is a problem, then the brothers should stop drinking and pass the time first." When we really can't stand it, we buy another urn of daughter red, and the brothers each drink a sip to relieve the slander, what do you think?" A military man nodded and smiled: "Brother Shan, you are a drunkard." You can hold back from drinking, the brothers don't have to say. Shanhu smiled, hugged his fists at the brothers and said: "Brother Xie give me this face of Shanhu, then we are brothers in distress." Brothers, in order for the master to eat and sleep well and be in a good mood, we have suffered greatly, and no one has any complaints. Truly, it is only when the master is in trouble that we can show our loyalty. As long as we keep our master, then our brothers will have a bright future. ”

Since this day, the mountain tigers have three meals a day very light, and Shi Weida also eats like this, everyone just fills their stomachs, and no one complains bitterly. But all the birds and animals sent to the young master's room were bird's nest and the like. Although this day is a little difficult, but seeing that the master is carefree and lives very freely, none of the brothers complained, and they were very willing. When everyone is fine, they gather in the courtyard to dance knives and guns, learn martial arts, and never see anyone go out again, but I am afraid that I will not pay attention to what will cause extraneous branches, and it will affect the young master.

Suddenly, one day, when everyone was having lunch, Ruyi walked down from the upper floor, came to Shanhu's side, put a few silver tickets in front of him, and said with a smile: "Shanhu, this is what the young master asked me to give you, a total of three thousand eight hundred and forty taels." The young master said, "Drink wine, but don't get drunk." The young master also said that the silver is gone, don't lose everyone. Then he went upstairs. Shan Hu hurriedly beckoned to the shopkeeper, waited for him to arrive, and said: "Remember, in the future, every day at dinner, drink wine, each table has a small urn of daughter red, three catties of beef and mutton, a roast chicken, and four plates of appetizers." The shopkeeper listened to the joy and hurriedly asked, "What about this meal?" Shan Hu smiled: "Drink, let the brothers explain the slander first." The shopkeeper said, "Okay." He didn't shout at the back hall, but went down to the kitchen by himself.

One evening two months later, Qian Fu came back from outside. Closed the door in a panic, and when the mountain tiger saw it, he smiled and said, "You bumped into a ghost in broad daylight." Or the roadblock robbery is chased. Who expected some of Qian Fu's words to make everyone startled. Speechless. Mrs. Wei died under the random arrows of the officers and soldiers, and Song Si and the two also died. There are still some suspicious people outside the inn, and I'm worried that they are sent by the government. ”

When Shanhu heard this, he knew that the situation was strict, and he thought to himself that it was no wonder that Mrs. Wei and the three of them didn't come back for a long time, it turned out that something like this happened. He was afraid that the officers and soldiers would come to the shop in the middle of the night to arrest people, and they would definitely frighten the young master, so he summoned all the generals and men downstairs and said, "Brothers. Detective Qian Fu came with the news, saying that Mrs. Wei had all died in the hands of the government, and there was already a detailed work outside the door. The young master must not have the slightest mistake, otherwise we will not be able to live with the chief manager, the dead Mrs. Wei, and even more so with the people of Tianbo Mansion. A soldier said, "Mountain tiger, what to do, you can say it." Shanhu nodded with a light sigh: "The people outside the door must be coming for the young master, and I don't know where it came from." How about your skills, when will you attack the young master. I thought, eat right away, and prepare more dry food and water. After settling the account with the shopkeeper, please invite the young master into the sedan chair. When it was nightfall, Shi Weida opened the way in front. We escorted the young master to get on the horse and left, heading straight to the coast of Zhoushan. I've heard him say it from the Governor. There is a sailor under the banner of Longqing, which is the soldiers and horses of our Tianbo Mansion. As long as you find the Longqing Water Master. Then the young master will be safe. The brothers also had no other good plan, so they asked the shop guy to serve the food quickly, and Qian Fu also settled with the shopkeeper to settle the account, and then bought some food and drink for use on the road.

It wasn't until after the meal that Shanhu invited the young master downstairs to the hall and told the truth. "Young master, Mrs. Wei, they have died under the random arrows of the officers and soldiers, the government has put eyeliner outside the inn, the little one is afraid that they will do it at night, so they want to rush out after night, rush out and rush to the coast of Zhoushan, to find the sailor of my Tianbo Mansion. Tianxiao nodded and gritted his teeth, raised his hand to wipe away the two lines of tears that had just gushed out, and commanded auspiciousness and wishfulness. "You two go back to the room and tidy up, and wait for me in the sedan chair. Jixiang, Ruyi went, and he said to Dexi again: "I have two seven-colored flower bombs next to my pillow, you go and get them." Dexi left in response, and then he said to the mountain tiger, Shi Weida: "The front alley is narrow, even if the officers and soldiers come, we can't show it, and we will inevitably suffer."

When I first arrived, I had already seen that the west wall of the inn's backyard was clinging to the backstreet. When nightfall, give the shopkeeper five taels of silver, and you will tear down the west wall of the backyard. If we run there, we will not know what to do. "I didn't expect the young master to be young, but there is such a scheme, it can be said that the person is a small ghost, the mountain tiger admires in his heart, just about to speak, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, this heart was suddenly shocked, busy with Shi Weida backhand pulled out the ghost head knife to look at the young master, but saw the young master pointed to the window, this heart will understand, so he flashed to the window, squinted and looked out, and saw that it was two old ladies with a little girl standing at the door, as if they were sharpened or staying in the hotel, and then opened the door with peace of mind. Those who came in were Yiyang Finger Duan Wen, Granny Ye Picking, and Tang Yunfei.

Tianxiao asked: "Excuse me, are you sharp, or do you live in the hotel?" Granny Picking Ye thought that it was the young shopkeeper of the inn who was asking, so she smiled and said: "Not only do you hit the tip, but also live in the hotel." When Tianxiao heard this, he said, "Old lady, then please come back later, or go elsewhere." Duan Wen was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Why is that?" Don't want to Tianxiao, but said: "We are all criminals of the imperial court." After nightfall, the government will come to arrest you, and then there will be a vicious killing, so please wait to avoid it for the time being, so as not to die unjustly. I didn't think that this little Tianxiao would be able to say like this, and I heard Granny Ye laugh and said, "Hey, this little boy is really kind." Tell me, what kind of mortal crime did your family commit, so that you became a criminal of the imperial court, and you have to die in the world. At this time, Dexi came down and gave the two seven-color ceremonial flowers to the master, Duan Wen was stunned when he saw it, and hurriedly asked: "May I ask the little boy, who are you with the worry-free old monster Jin Wuming and the carefree mother-in-law Meng Xiling?" Don't look at Tianxiao's young age, but he also understands that the rivers and lakes are sinister, and the disaster comes from the mouth, so he said "I can't say", and gave the two seven-color ceremonial flowers in his hand to the mountain tiger. "You take this, don't use it until it's critical. The mountain tiger didn't know what the purpose of these two seven-colored fireworks bombs was, so he nodded his head with a "hmm" sound, and then asked: "Young master, the sky is getting dark, so when will we leave?" Seeing that the mountain tigers were a little hesitant and refused to leave, as if they were afraid that these two old ladies would harm themselves, they waved their hands and smiled: "It's okay." The people who know this seven-color fireworks bomb are not comparable to ordinary characters in the rivers and lakes, so you can go with peace of mind. Shanhu reluctantly took people away with Shi Weida, and Dexi was left alone in the lobby to accompany the young master. (To be continued......)