The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 62

Someone once said that people who have committed a crime will have a guilty conscience and are afraid of going to prison. They are worried that they will be tortured by various instruments of torture to extract a confession. Xiao Qinzhi thought he had not committed a crime, so he went to prison very calmly.

The big prison in people's minds should be an inherent impression: a dimly lit place, a small window that exposes light, a musty and disgusting smell, there may be dried blood, and there must be no bed , Spread some hay at most, lice, cockroaches, centipedes and other insects can be seen everywhere.

Xiao Qinzhi, Man Gu, and Zhou Lie followed the arresters into the county prison, and at a glance, they were dissatisfied. The prison in front of them was much better than people's inherent impressions.

A simple room, which is fairly clean. There is a bed, a desk, a lamp, and there are pens, ink, and rough paper. It turned out that the arresters were ordered by County Magistrate Wu to be in the shift room, that is, the yamen servants are on duty at night. The place.

The prisoner didn't say anything, and left in a hurry like a plague god. After the door was closed, the light dimmed a lot, and it became quiet all of a sudden. Mangu lit the lamp, and Zhou Lie sat down angrily. Sitting silent, Xiao Qinzhi leaned on the bed in his kimono, calm and dozing.

Zhou Lie was already suffocating, seeing Xiao Qinzhi's indifferent expression, he couldn't help being impatient, his dark face wrinkled into a ball, and complained: "Xiao Lang, you shouldn't stop me, but it's only ten or so." You don't need to go back to the ferry to call someone, just me and Uncle Qi can take it down, why bother to come here and suffer like this."

Man Gu poked Zhou Lie, and whispered: "Ah Lie, keep your voice down and let Xiao Lang rest for a while."

Zhou Lie's temper was rough, and he had never suffered such anger. He waved his arms, pursed his mouth, glanced at Xiao Qinzhi who was indifferent, twitched a few times, and turned his head away again, sulking alone, so angry that he was black His face was flushed.

"Humph——" Xiao Qinzhi closed his eyes, humming and laughing.

Zhou Lie, a big man, jumped up, twisted his thick eyebrows, and said without anger: "Xiao Lang, as long as you speak, Uncle Qi and I don't need 60 people, but only 30 people, we can smash Huayuan and capture that man!" Head bully."

Xiao Qinzhi slowly opened his eyes, suppressed a smile, pressed his hands, and said softly: "Why are you so angry, what can't you say well?" Then he leaned back to sit, and asked with a smile: "Ah Lie, Besides, just do as you said, smash the Huayuan, arrest the Huajiao, then what next? What should I do?"

"What should I do?" Zhou Lie put on a big black face, nodded his head, stared at him, and said decisively: "Of course I'm going home when I'm done venting my anger!"

"You are a county soldier, and the county soldiers are vegetarians? Not to mention this, it is in the Huayuan, how do you know that there is no part? We all have the Xiao family, not to mention that the Hua family is a second-class gentry in Wu. Enemy, what should we do?"

Zhou Lie stubbornly faltered and said:

"Then—then, fight to the death, kill one to save money, and kill two to earn money."

Xiao Qinzhi asked head-on: "Then sister Yunzhi, what about Xiao Rong'er?"

Zhou Lie, a big idiot, was completely asked to stop eating. He stared at his bulging eyes and put down his harsh words: "Anyway—anyway, I can't suffer this anger for nothing. It really can't be done. You go back first. As soon as I stay in Wuxi , as soon as he comes out, I will pick him out."

"Stupid!" Xiao Qinzhi scolded with a smile: "Recently, our Xiao family has offended Hua. If Huajiao was assassinated, wouldn't it be obvious that we Xiao did it? Hua will definitely come to seek revenge, and then the entire Xiao family will It's not good to ask for."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, just suffer this anger for nothing?" Zhou Lie stamped his feet anxiously, complaining.

Xiao Qinzhi scolded with a smile: "Simple mind, well-developed limbs, thinking of recklessness when encountering problems, I am not talking about you, Lie. If you can't learn to think, you will never be a white horse general and avenge your father."

He said again: "Let's not talk about the matter in front of us, let's say that if one day, you become the general of the white horse, will you still lead the cavalry to attack the city?"

Zhou Lie proudly said: "I'm not that stupid, the cavalry is for charging, isn't the siege a waste of death?"

Xiao Qinzhi spat: "You also know that cavalry are charging into battle. The big man Huo Yaoyao led his cavalry across the desert for thousands of miles, assaulting the Huns tribe, fighting in a roundabout way, and the Huns were caught off guard. Why don't you learn from him? Learn? Think about it, if the two armies are at war, and the fight is inseparable, and you lead the cavalry to sneak around the enemy's rear, wouldn't it be a one-hit kill? Isn't it much better than you going forward?"

Zhou Lie scratched his head, thinking about it too.

Xiao Qinzhi summoned Man Gu and Zhou Lie to him, and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask you two, what does Fahrenheit care about most?"

Man Gu said honestly: "Of course it's money. If you don't have money, you can't buy food. If you don't have food, you will be hungry."

"No, no." Zhou Lie thought for a while, and said seriously: "It's a person. If you lose money, you can earn it. If you lose people, you will lose it."

Xiao Qinzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "You are right or wrong."

Man Gu and Zhou Lie asked in unison: "What is that?"

"prestige!"

"If it is said that what Fahrenheit cares most about is prestige, it would be better to say that what the world's powerful and elite care about most is prestige, and I, Xiaoshi, also care about it, so we are now in an endless situation with Fahrenheit, or Fahrenheit will trample Xiaoshi underfoot forever, Either Fahrenheit's reputation has been greatly damaged since then, and it will never recover."

Xiao Qin's eyes were ruthless, and his voice was cold, Man Gu and Zhou Lie trembled with fright, their breathing became short of breath, how could the two of them think so far.

"Now the Xiao family and the Hua family are equivalent to two armies facing each other and fighting head-on. Normally, the Xiao family is at a great disadvantage and the Hua family is at a great advantage. It is equivalent to an agreement between you and the seventh uncle to fight." Xiao Qinzhi looked at Zhou Lie asked, "Ah Lie, if it were you, what would you do?"

Zhou Lie swallowed his saliva, without thinking about it, he said, "Run away, I can't beat Uncle Qi."

Xiao Qinzhi opened his round eyes and said with a sinister smile: "What if I want you to win?"

Zhou Lie really said: "Impossible, I will definitely not be able to beat Uncle Seven, unless—unless in a few years, I might beat Uncle Seven."

Xiao Qinzhi said again: "Then what if Uncle Nine will help you?"

"That will definitely win!" Zhou Lie blurted out, but soon became confused, and said suspiciously: "Xiao Lang, didn't you agree that I will fight with Seventh Uncle? Why would Ninth Uncle come to help me?"

"Originally, the two of you were fighting with your bare hands. Unexpectedly, Seventh Uncle suddenly picked up a weapon. It's unfair at this time. Ninth Uncle can't see it, so he will naturally come to help you." Xiao Qinzhi said slowly.

Xiao Qin's words stopped here, and he remained silent. Next, he will see if Zhou Lie can figure out anything. Zhou Lie poked his head, pondered for a long time, finally thought of it, and shouted repeatedly: "Xiao Lang , you mean, someone came back to help us?"

"Haha—you're not stupid." Xiao Qinzhi laughed, glanced at the silent Mangu, and continued to guide Zhou Lie:

"Ah Lie, think about it, who will help us?"

"Of course it's Prefect Xie!" Zhou Lie said without thinking.

"Apart from Prefect Xie? But is there anyone else?"

Zhou Lie shook his head.

"All northerners who come to Wuxi to participate in the Taihu Gathering will stand by our side." Xiao Qinzhi said, "Ah Lie, but why?"

Seeing Zhou Lie's confused face, Xiao Qinzhi laughed and scolded: "Stupid, he scolded me Beijiazi in front of so many people!"

"Can't think of anything yet?"

If you talk about Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei, Zhou Liexin, but Xiao Qinzhi said that all the northerners who participated in the final product, Zhou Lie really can't figure out why, why not just say "Northern raccoons", don't the northerners also call the southerners "Southern raccoons" what.

"Hey!" Xiao Qinzhi sighed, stopped making rounds, and said bluntly: "Some things may be fine if you say them sometimes, but they will happen immediately on another occasion. For example, if I scold Xiao Shu in private, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it." But if I scolded Xiao Shu in front of the patriarch, I would have to beat him up. He scolded me a bitch, and in this special season, he scolded me not alone, but all the Beiren. These humble talents, even the Diao family, the Yan family, and the Dai family, will definitely not swallow this breath, and they will definitely help us. This is one of them."

"Just now I said that you and Seventh Uncle agreed to a decisive battle and followed the rules. However, Seventh Uncle didn't follow the rules and bullied you with weapons in front of Ninth Uncle. Naturally, Ninth Uncle couldn't bear it and would come to help you. In the same way, Fahrenheit He is much stronger than me, Xiao Shi. Now, without evidence, he forcibly uses his power to bully others. Under normal circumstances, Fahrenheit secretly bullies and suppresses us. The attention of the city, not only does Huashi disregard the face of the Nanshi family, but if he does this openly, it will lose the face of the Nanshi family. If the Nanshi people don't help Huashi, it is tantamount to helping me Xiaoshi. This is the second."

"And it doesn't stop there. If Fahrenheit bullies others on weekdays, it's fine in private, but this time it's brought to the table, and it will definitely arouse public resentment. Think about it, how many people are there in Fahrenheit, the people in the entire Wuxi city How many people. This is the third"

"Those who have gained the Tao will be helped a lot, but those who have lost the way will be given little help!"

Zhou Lie felt that his brain was not enough, he listened in a daze, stupefied for a while, and his eyeballs did not move.

Xiao Qinzhi didn't care, leaned back on the bed after speaking, and continued to doze off.

Zhou Lie asked weakly: "Xiao Lang, what shall we do next?"

"Wait!"

"Wait for what?"

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. When the east wind comes, it will be one day sooner or two days later."

Zhou Lie puffed his mouth, thinking to himself: "Xiao Lang didn't know these things before he was studying. It's only after studying that his brain is so powerful. I want to study when I go home, and I will become as good as Xiao Lang. In the future, I will be as good as Xiao Lang. General White Horse."

Xiao Qinzhi closed his eyes and dozed off, and after a while, he heard someone coming, "Brother Qin, Brother Qin, open the door quickly." Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei came in a hurry, and they were sweating profusely as they ran.

Mangu heard the sound and went to open the door. As soon as Xu Miao entered the door, he didn't care to wipe his sweat, and rushed to the front of the collapse, announcing the good news: "Brother Qin, don't sleep, I'm overjoyed, I'm saved, I'm saved, go to the ferry with me."

Xiao Qinzhi opened his eyes and hurriedly asked: "Brother Xianmin, speak slowly, what's the matter?"

Xu Miao took a few breaths, and said with a smile: "You asked me to find Zhao Changli. Yun Fei and I inquired about it, and only then did I learn that Zhao Changli went to Yuantouzhu today, so I rushed there non-stop, and Zhao Changli As soon as he said that, Zhao Changli returned to the county government together with the two of us. When we passed by Fenglin Ferry, we happened to meet the Jingkou Diao family's large double-body painting boat, which was moored at the ferry. It was as high as a three-story building. You The sixth uncle moved all the thousand volumes of books on the boat to the open space at the ferry for the officers to search. The ferry was crowded with people, all of them were watching. Your eighth son told his cousin about you, and Mr. Dai Xiaolang and Mr. Diao Xiaolang met again. Said that Mr. Diao Xiaolang immediately brought hundreds of Diao's trilogy, and the county captains and arresters who will be searched in the future will all be beaten up and detained. He also threatened that Fahrenheit will humiliate the northerners first and bully the northerners Talent from a poor family, if he doesn’t give an explanation, he will lead someone to demolish Huayuan tomorrow. The whole city of Wuxi is in a state of uproar, and everyone is guessing whether Huashi will bow his head and admit his mistake, or whether Mr. Diao Xiaolang will demolish Huayuan. garden?"

"Haha——" Xiao Qinzhi's confidence increased greatly, and he laughed loudly: "Say Dongfeng, and Dongfeng will come. Brother Xianmin and Brother Yunfei have worked hard, and I am grateful." He asked again: "Brother Xianmin, Diao Xiaolang You have made such a big fuss, so no one from Gu, Zhang, and Cheng will speak up?"

Xu Miao said disdainfully: "Where do they dare to say that in front of so many people, the Huajiao bluntly used power to bully you, which already aroused people's resentment. The gentry are not easy to bully, don't forget, Prefect Xie is also from the north, if the gentry from the north and the south quarrel over this matter, it is my reason in the north, so I am not afraid."

"Hey, stop talking, go, go to the ferry, Mr. Diao Xiaolang specially asked us to pick you up."

Everything is under control, the southern gentry really dare not come forward to defend Hua, thinking of this, Xiao Qinzhi smiled with satisfaction, but signaled everyone to be quiet, and said to Man Gu: "Go and guard at the door, don't let anyone approach. "

Mangu was happy, nodded and went.

Xiao Qinzhi said to Zhou Lie again: "Ah Lie, give me a punch in the face, quick!"

Zhou Lie's eyes were shining with golden light, Xu Miao's words were exactly as Xiao Qinzhi expected, and his admiration for Xiao Lang in his heart was infinitely high, when he suddenly heard Xiao Lang's request, he was instantly stunned and shook hard Shaking his head, he didn't dare to move.

Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei's eyes widened, and they immediately understood that this was a "bitter trick", and they shouted: "Brother Qin, don't hurt your face, don't do it, change to another place."

Xiao Qinzhi squinted his eyes and said: "Speaking of which, Brother Xianmin and Brother Yunfei have been involved. The Huajiao will definitely cause trouble for the three of us afterwards. Now either he will die or we will die. The opportunity must not be missed, and the blow must hit. I just hurt my face, and it will be better in a few days, if I don't take this opportunity to act harder, then it will be unlucky for the three of us. We are all from poor families, what do we have to fight against him?"

"It's advisable to chase the poor with courage, not to be known as the overlord. Brother Xianmin, brother Yunfei, what do you think?"

Thinking about it, Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei couldn't help being afraid for a while, but they couldn't bear Xiao Qin's hurt face. After all, this era is completely an era of looking at faces, and said politely: "Brother Qin, let's forget it, your face ,just in case--"

"Humph—no problem." Xiao Qinzhi snorted coldly, looked at Zhou Lie with cold eyes, and ordered in a voice: "Ah Lie, do it, be careful, hit the nose, as long as it bleeds." .”

Zhou Lie didn't dare to do anything for a long time, under Xiao Qinzhi's repeated orders, he finally punched Xiao Qinzhi on the side of the bridge of the nose, a burst of blood gushed out of the nasal cavity, the nosebleeds flowed down, and his face as white as jade was also darkened. Green one.

Xiao Qinzhi went straight to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote a poem that he had thought about a long time ago. By the way, he splashed nosebleeds on the poem. The fresh blood stains were extraordinarily alluring. After the scroll was finished, he handed it to Xu Miao, and said: "Brother Xianmin, the rest is up to you. As for how to say it, you should understand."

Holding the blood-stained poem, Xu Miao was depressed, but he nodded heavily, and said in a low voice, "Brother Qin treats me with respect, and I will definitely return it with respect, and I will live up to my trust."

Zhao Yunfei said: "Me too, what happened today, God knows, Earth knows, you know, I know."

"Okay!" Xiao Qinzhi grabbed the hands of the two of them and said with a smile: "This experience is also considered sharing weal and woe, it is called friendship in adversity, if we are rich and honored in the future, we will never forget each other."

Seeing that Xiao Qinzhi's nasal cavity was still overflowing with blood, Xu Miao couldn't bear it and said, "Brother Qin, stop talking and wipe it off."

Xiao Qinzhi picked up his robe and wiped the blood, wiped the blood all over his body, and ordered: "Brother Xianmin, brother Yunfei, take me to the ferry, haha——"

As for whether the "bitter trick" will work, it doesn't exist, even if Fahrenheit has a thousand mouths, he can't tell.

[After thinking about it, let’s change it, there is no leave note, if the change is canceled, the full attendance of 1500 will be deducted on the shelf, hey, what kind of life are you living, you are not poisoned to death, but you are artificially poor. 】

(End of this chapter)