Jiaohua

Chapter 810 Killing chickens to warn monkeys (update 5.13)

Dou Duwei, Ji Changshi.

To be honest, Tao Daizhuo almost forgot who they were.

He still looked suspiciously at these people on the ground.

Will it be a trap?
To catch him on purpose?
However, isn't it more convenient to catch directly, why bother with traps?

Oh, maybe in order to lure more of his troops, the other party also suspected that he had a trap, and secretly arranged for him, so he was asked to enter the city to catch a turtle in a urn!

Tao Daizhuo's eyes slowly turned from side to side, and after his increasingly dull mind finished guessing, he said in a deep voice, "No, I won't go to the city."

"Don't enter the city?" The man looked at him, "But Lord Hou, if you don't enter the city, where will you go in such a heavy snowstorm?"

"It's up to you. Anyway, I won't enter the city." After Tao Daizhuo finished speaking, he was about to sit back.

Concubine Mei wanted to put down the curtain of the car at the same time, but her gaze paused suddenly, looking at the figure on the city wall in the distance.

In the night, it seemed that there was a piece of clothing hanging high on the pole, but upon closer inspection, it was not a piece of clothing, not as floating as the clothing, and a little heavy.

"Master Hou, look quickly!" The concubine seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

Hou Jing'an really thought that something extraordinary had happened, so he quickly raised his eyes to look.

Following their gazes, those men also cast their gazes, and the leader said: "That, Lord Marquis, that's a woman who was just executed today, and was hung up in the evening."

"Ah, it turned out to be a woman's body." Mei Qie covered her lips with her hands, and couldn't help being curious, "What did she do, why was she hung on that wall?"

"She..." The man smiled, "It's nothing."

"Nothing?" Hou Jing'an's eyes suddenly became suspicious again, and he looked at the man brightly.

The man had no choice but to truthfully say: "My Lord, it's a long story. There used to be a county lieutenant in Congxin Mansion, who was also a secret link to Mr. He Yanpo. Later, when the incident happened, the county lieutenant had to die. After his death, he left a couple Wife and daughter, those wives and daughters know the relationship between Captain Dou and Master He Yanpo, so they can't stay either."

"Then, there's only one here," Mei Qie said pointing, "Where is the other one?"

"No no," the man said, "Going back to Madam, Chen Yongming's wife is still in our hands. Hanging on it is a woman who secretly helped the wife and daughter many times, and is a painter." wife."

"Oh, I understand," Mei Qie nodded, "Kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey."

"That's right, Chen Yunqi is missing. In case she tells others about our Captain, we have to keep her mother in my hand."

"No," Tao Daizhuo frowned, "Then this Congxin Mansion is not safe!"

"...Well, the captain has plans to leave Congxin Mansion recently, and someone else will take over."

"How did you do it!" Tao Daizhuo reprimanded, "How many women ruined it? You are really useless!"

The man gave a soft "um" and didn't dare to answer.

The Marquis of Jing'an in front of him was like a dog in the past, and he was begging for mercy in the later troubled times, but in front of them, he was Tao Lan's uncle.

"You still want me to enter the city! It's so unsafe, you are trying to kill me!" Tao Daizhuo said angrily, and sat back in the carriage.

Concubine Mei glanced at the corpse on the city wall again, showed a disgusted expression, shook her neck, and lowered the car curtain.

In the end, the horse team did not enter the city, but went all the way north. Near the post station from the north city gate, they chose one of the most remote inns to stay, and they couldn't rest until Yinshi.

As soon as they left, the entire city gate became more and more empty.

The guards who were supposed to guard the city wall all huddled in the room around the stove, taking advantage of no one to watch over them.

Occasionally, when the wind blows stronger, they will send a person out to the top of the city wall to see if the female corpse has fallen.

All the guards recognized the female corpse, Tai Zicang's wife, the virtuous and dignified Bai family who was well-known from the Xinfu, it is really embarrassing that she died in such a way in the end.

It can only be said that it is fortunate that Tai Zicang lived apart from her for more than a month before the accident, and has been living in the school and never went back. Otherwise, the butcher knife would probably fall on Tai Zicang again.

That is not a trivial matter, Tai Zicang is too talented, if something happens to him, some well-known scribes from the Xinfu will definitely protect him, and then there will be a big disturbance in the city.

The wine was warmed on the stove, and the city guards continued to chat about the Bai family while drinking.

The voice came from the house, through the cold wind, it was ridicule, ridicule, laughing and laughing at jokes.

Tai Zicang's thin figure stood under the old elm tree five or six meters behind the house, listening in a daze.

Since dusk, the servant woman at home came to tell him that after the accident at home, he had become like this in a daze.

Seeing his wife's body hanging high on the city wall, he didn't react too much, as if he was stupid, he didn't cry, frown, or say a word.

He came here at Haishi, and he has been standing here for a long time. If it weren't for the guards who would come out from time to time to see if the corpses on the city wall had fallen, he actually wanted to go up and stand with her, sit for a while, whatever. Everything is fine.

The sound of the wind was in his ears, sometimes roaring, sometimes whimpering, sometimes sharp and piercing, passing quickly.

People have long been numb from the cold, and they are also stupid from the cold, but they just don’t want to go, it’s really impossible, standing like this from a distance, looking at it from a distance, it’s also a companion.

Time passed slowly, until the weak sun broke through the dark night, and the guards on shift found Tai Zicang passed out under the old elm tree.

The people from the government did not allow Tai Zicang to go back to the mansion, and when he woke up, they escorted him directly from the medical hall to the school.

Tai Zicang insisted on going home, and got into an argument with the government officials, and the quarrel became more and more fierce. These officers and soldiers finally angered all the teachers and students in the school.Gao Licheng, Xinshun's confidant, rushed over after hearing the news, and agreed to Tai Zicang's return after hearing the whole story.

Two gentlemen came out of the school to accompany Tai Zicang, the government officials continued to follow, and Gao Licheng also went with him.

When approaching Tai's mansion, he saw many neighbors gathered around the door, and there was a commotion in the mansion.

"This is, ransacking the house?" A gentleman was stunned.

Tai Zicang was trembling with anger, he ran forward with big strides, ignoring his frostbitten body.

The entire Tai Mansion fell into chaos, and Dingling and Tanglang were completely smashed.

After Tai Zicang rushed in, the soldiers who were smashing were about to violently attack him, and Gao Licheng, who was rushed over quickly, ordered him to stop.

The snow was in a mess, the potted plants in the yard, the tables, chairs and benches in the house were all broken.Under the verandah on the west side, there is a body that has just been beaten to death, which is the most caring servant of Bai Qingyuan.

Tai Zicang was out of breath, so he slowed down and ran towards the inside.

Seeing that his collection studio that no one can enter was also smashed, Tai Zicang rolled his eyes and fell unconscious.

(End of this chapter)