A knife in love

Chapter 1081

Xu Yingyang agreed, and with a wave of his right hand, more than a dozen Jinyi guards walked quickly to the surrounding walls of the courtyard, and moved wooden boards, bamboo pieces, etc. to the front of the main hall.At this time, the children of Nie, Lu, and Zhao who were standing on the steps in front of the main hall had all walked into the courtyard and knelt behind Ji Dingzhong.

Cui Yanshou led the disciples of Tianlongmen standing a few feet away, seeing the thrilling things happen one after another, he was terrified in his heart.Just when he was panicking, Yang Zhenzhong turned around and said to him: "Master Cui, you have nothing to do here. You'd better leave Xiuwu County as soon as possible and return to Tianlongmen."

Cui Yanshou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as if he had been pardoned, thanked him, and turned to leave.But I heard Yang Zhenzhong say: "If news of today's matter spreads out, I'm afraid that the Tianlongmen will be destroyed, and the head Cui will know for himself."

Cui Yanshou was taken aback, he said yes again and again, and said he was guilty, and hurriedly led the Tianlongmen disciples to the outside of the temple gate.Zhang Caomu walked beside Cui Yanshou, lowered his voice and said, "Old Nie promised us 10 taels of silver, don't you want it..."

Before he finished speaking, Cui Yanshou yelled in a low voice: "Idiot! Right now, even your life is in other people's hands, and you still want money?!"

Zhang Caomu was taken aback. Although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to say anything, so he followed Cui Yanshou closely and walked out of the Town God's Temple.

Yang Zhenzhong saw that Xu Yingyang and Jin Yiwei piled up wooden boards and bamboo pieces in front of the main hall, and then said to Xu Yingyang: "You stay here and send Master Nie and Mr. Xu on their way."

Xu Yingyang bowed and obeyed.Ji Dingzhong and the children of Nie, Lu, and Zhao's family knelt on the snow, and after listening to Yang Zhenzhong's words, they all lowered their heads and looked sad.A few people couldn't suppress the sadness in their hearts, and they cried aloud.

Yang Zhenzhong said to Ji Dingzhong: "Master Ji's condolences. Master Nie has put aside worldly grievances, we should be happy for him."

Ji Dingzhong hung his head in silence, his body trembling slightly.

Yang Zhenzhong glanced at Li Qiufeng who had been standing in the shadow under the stone steps, and said, "Li Baihu, take a step to speak."

After Yang Zhenzhong finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the temple gate.

Li Qiufeng stepped out of the shadows and followed behind Yang Zhenzhong.When he passed by Xu Yingyang, he handed the Xiuchun knife with its sheath to Xu Yingyang with his left hand.

Xu Yingyang was startled, and was about to speak when he heard Yang Zhenzhong say: "Xu Qianhu, you can keep this knife."

Xu Yingyang took the Xiuchun knife with his right hand, and suddenly smiled at Li Qiufeng with a strange expression.

Li Qiufeng ignored him and followed Yang Zhenzhong out of the Town God's Temple.

I saw a large group of officers and soldiers gathered in the open space in front of the temple gate.There were four square teams at the front, all of which were armored infantry, and after the infantry were two teams of cavalry.More than a dozen fires were lit in the open space, together with the torches in the hands of the officers and soldiers, the surrounding area was illuminated brightly.

The two walked across the open space one after the other.The surrounding officers and soldiers were full of swords and guns, but no one stepped forward to question him.It's just that a few military officers on horseback saw Yang Zhenzhong passing by, they all jumped off their horses and stood aside, very respectful.Yang Zhenzhong just nodded his head, but did not speak to these people.

It wasn't until he passed through the open space and walked onto a main road that Yang Zhenzhong said, "Li Baihu has worked hard today."

Li Qiufeng said: "It can't be compared to Mr. Shang Yang's hard work. For today's matter, I'm afraid that your lord will stay up all night, and you don't know how much effort you have spent. It's ridiculous that we are still kept in the dark, and we have become pawns in your master's hands."

Yang Zhenzhong stopped suddenly, turned around and looked at Li Qiufeng and said, "Li Baihu, what you said is not right. None of the people involved in this matter is a pawn. Today's matter is missing any one People, I'm afraid it won't be the result now."

Li Qiufeng sneered, and said: "Your Excellency is sure of winning now, why bother to act like this? The Yuntai Mountain case has been solved, and hundreds of Japanese pirates were killed in Xiuwu County. This credit is naturally attributed to you." Your Excellency, Mr. Yang will increase his rank and become a noble, and maybe he will be made a Marquis and Prime Minister in the future, which fulfills your wish."

"wish?"

Yang Zhenzhong was startled, and then said: "Li Baihu might as well tell me, what exactly is my wish?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Your Excellency wants to be a capable official who will go down in history, not just a military general who is 'in charge of guarding affairs'."

Yang Zhenzhong let out an "oh", turned around, and continued to walk forward.Li Qiufeng followed behind him, but did not speak.It's just that he suddenly noticed that all the lanterns on the high poles in front of the houses on both sides of the road had been lit up at some point, illuminating the surroundings in a bright light.But there was no one on the road, several inches of snow had accumulated, and no footprints were left on the snow.

After a while, Yang Zhenzhong said: "Commander Ruyang Guard ordered Hu Kun's house to enter five times in front and back. The house has pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions and bamboo groves. The number of sergeants who serve in the Hu Mansion is more than a hundred people eating every day."

Li Qiufeng was startled, wondering what Yang Zhenzhong's intention was when he suddenly mentioned Hu Kun's house.Yang Zhenzhong kept on stepping, his feet stepped on the snow, making a "creaking" sound.I just heard him say: "Go out from the main entrance of Hu Kun's house, walk more than ten feet to the right, and there is a small tavern on the street, named Songfenglou. It's just that although the name of the tavern contains the word 'lou' , but it’s just a one-story house. The room is so small that it can only accommodate three tables. The original owner of this tavern was surnamed Chen. Seven years ago, something happened to his family, so he gave the tavern to a man whose husband died. Widow. This widow is from Suiyang. After her husband died of illness, the uncles of her in-laws confiscated the family property and drove her and her two-year-old son out of the house. The widow fled to Ruyang with her son. Listen It was said that the surname Chen wanted to sell the tavern, so he sold the tavern down, and from then on, he sold wine and earned a little money for the hard work of the mother and son."

The more Li Qiufeng listened, the more strange he became. He didn't know what Yang Zhenzhong's intention was when he started talking about Hu Kun's house and then about a widow selling wine.It's just that he knew that the city in Yangzheng was extremely deep, and every sentence was not aimless, and there must be another deep meaning.So he didn't dare to miss a single word, thinking carefully in his heart.

But I heard Yang Zhenzhong go on to say: "Every day when Hu Kun goes to the school grounds to recruit soldiers, he has to pass by Songfenglou. As he is, he naturally doesn't pay attention to the bad wine and food sold in Songfenglou. What's more, Hu Kun He is in charge of Ruyang Guard and is the biggest official in Ruyang City. When he went out, more than a dozen soldiers cleaned the streets for him, and drove away passers-by with whips in their hands. Every time the widow saw the officers and soldiers coming, she hid In the store, I didn’t even dare to make a sound, I could only hide behind the doors and windows and peek, and I didn’t dare to show my face openly.”

When Yang Zhenzhong said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "Li Baihu, are you surprised, why did I mention such a widow who sells wine?"

Li Qiufeng was puzzled, thinking to himself, could it be that Hu Kun took a fancy to the widow's beauty, and then did something illegal?Just at this time Yang Zhenzhong asked, Li Qiufeng didn't dare to speak nonsense, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency is always unpredictable in his words and actions, and Li does not dare to speculate."

Yang Zhenzhong turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes revealed the meaning of approval, and said in his mouth: "Among Jinyiwei, there are countless people with high martial arts skills, and there are not a few people who are meticulous. It's just that they act prudently, and those who don't want to pretend to be wrong Too few. I have always hoped that you can return to Jinyiwei, and most of it is because of this reason."

Li Qiufeng said: "Your Excellency is absurd. If Li is still working in Jinyiwei, I'm afraid he won't be able to talk to adults like he is now."

Yang Zhenzhong smiled wryly, and said while walking slowly: "This is an honest statement. This widow is actually Hu Kun's best friend. The father of her son is Hu Kun."

Li Qiufeng thought it was so.As the commander of Ruyang Guard, Hu Kun actually had an affair with a widow who sold wine and gave birth to a son. It can be seen that this person is extremely vulgar and cannot be a big deal.

It's just that he just thought of this, and suddenly his heart trembled, he thought to himself that Yang Zhenzhong said that the widow fled from Suiyang to Ruyang with her two-year-old son.Even if she hooked up with Hu Kun after she arrived in Ruyang, how could the two-year-old son be born to Hu Kun?There is such a big flaw in Yang Zhenzhong's words, I'm afraid he said it on purpose to deceive me.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng became more and more puzzled, wondering what Yang Zhenzhong's intentions were when he talked about this matter endlessly.He was apprehensive, and he involuntarily touched his waist with his right hand.It's just that the Xiuchun knife has been returned to Xu Yingyang, so this touch is of course a vain.Fear arose in Li Qiufeng's heart, and he gathered strength in both hands, secretly guarding himself.

(End of this chapter)