mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 973 Never Accuse a Bad Guy and Let a Good Guy Go

Zhao Chuanxin is not interested in who killed Nachito Gomez.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin didn't say anything, Aguirre Ida stopped keeping the secret and pointed at Villa Galvez on the ground: "You will never guess that he did it. Yesterday, our White House Tavern was booming. The rich paid for drinks, and the poor exchanged things. For example, Villa Galvez on the ground could only get 25 centavos of salary from Camilo Torric every day. He had no money to buy drinks, so he could only exchange perfume mint with us. As a result, he got drunk after only drinking one and a half glasses and started talking nonsense. Guess what? He said he killed Nachito Gomez just because Nachito Gomez beat him."

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly remembered that when he first came here, Juvencio Torique looked a little afraid of Villa Gálvez.

Perhaps Juvencio Torique witnessed Villa Gálvez committing a murder, and that’s why he was afraid of him.

The landlord's stupid son didn't dare to tell anyone.

Judging from the various reactions at the time, it is really possible that this guy killed Nachito Gomez.

Then it was buried not far from the White House.

However, Ajure Ida's next words made Zhao Chuanxin's eyes widen.

Aguirre Ida said: "You can't imagine that Villa Gálvez actually slandered Urquidi Gómez that you killed his brother. That's why Urquidi Gómez came to trouble you."

He glanced at Zhao Chuanxin carefully and found that Zhao Chuanxin showed no signs of being angry.

Zhao Chuanxin rubbed his chin, now everything made sense.

And Xingyue told Zhao Chuanxin at this time: "Remember when you and I didn't know Spanish, the first time we met Juvencio Torric, what he said, although I didn't understand it at the time, but I remembered it. He said that Villa killed people. Now I am afraid when I see him."

Now, all the clues are connected throughout, and there is no doubt.

But Zhao Chuanxin didn't understand and asked, "Why did he tell you?"

Aguirre Ida scratched his head. "Because I said you were smart, reliable, and trustworthy. Then Villa Galvez got drunk and said I knew nothing and that you were a fool. Then he couldn't help but tell me the whole story. I gave him a salt egg, and he confessed everything. He was so proud of himself, as if he was smarter than the whole world."

Zhao Chuanxin gave a thumbs up: "Sure enough, he has a way."

"hey-hey."

Zhao Chuanxin said, "You ride the fake one and go get Justino. The two of you take this drunk with you and hand him over to Urquidi Gomez and tell him what happened."

Old Zhao is just afraid of trouble.

No one here recognizes him, no one is "afraid of Zhao like a tiger", and no one flatters him.

He also built an underground bunker here to store supplies and laboratories.

The energy fluctuations and convergence rune fragments can be activated at any time, and the cost of teleportation is extremely low. This place has become his most secret base.

He tries to minimize unnecessary trouble, but if trouble really comes, he will just go on a killing spree.

Aguilera Ida agreed and went out.

Zhao Chuanxin released the puppet servants to clean the room.

Several drunks lay unconscious on the ground.

Zhao Chuanxin marinated the beef, prepared the dipping sauce, placed it on a thin baking tray, poured alcohol underneath and lit it.

When Aguirre Ida and Justino came back, they just caught Zhao Chuanxin grilling the beef.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Come, sit down and eat together."

The two felt a little embarrassed.

What family dares to eat like this?
Zhao Chuanxin threw a piece of beef to the Chihuahua on the ground.

Seeing this, Justino said, "Don John Constantine, you must like small animals, right?"

Otherwise who would feed beef to a dog?
Zhao Chuanxin nodded in agreement: "Yes, I like small animals, and I can't miss them at every meal."

Justino: “…”

There is not much else in Lubin Prefecture except for many cattle, sheep and camels.

Zhao Chuanxin can always buy the freshest, fattiest and best quality beef.

It was too thin and smelly, and he found it difficult to swallow.

The meat was sizzling on the grill pan, and Aguilera Ida and Justino kept sucking away the saliva that was about to overflow from the corners of their mouths.

Villa Galvez, who was lying on the ground, was awakened by the aroma. He raised his head and wiped his saliva: "Ah... It smells so good!"

Zhao Chuanxin stood up slowly, raised his leg, and kicked down: "Go to sleep!"

bang.

The elderly, after a good sleep, lie down and continue to sleep.

Aguirre Ida and Justino: "..."

After the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Zhao Chuanxin nodded and said, "Send Villa Galvez away, carry these two to the yard to bask in the sun, and let them wake up on their own. From now on, no drunkards are allowed to stay overnight."

Aguire Ida savored the taste of the roasted beef and nodded quickly: "Yes."

He can eat this every other day. Zhao Chuanxin won't go west if he points east.

Justino had a similar idea.

After they left, the puppet slaves continued to work.

Wait until Aguirre Ida and Justino take Villa Gálvez to Urquidi Gómez's house.

Urquidi Gomez wasn't done yet with the Gregorian Mass he was saying for his brother.

After hearing Aguirre Ida's story, Urquidi Gomez was stunned: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"

That old guy actually had the nerve to kill his hot-tempered brother?
After spending some time with Zhao Chuanxin, Aguire Ida became bolder.

He used to be scared to death of Urquidi Gomez, but now he dares to hold his waist, straighten his chest and raise his head and say: "No, I am telling the truth. I am a smart man, you have to believe this."

Urquidi Gomez recovered from his shock, looked at Aguirre Ida and Justino, and sneered, "So, you two are now lackeys for foreigners?"

Justino was timid and said nothing with his lips trembling.

Aguire Ida frowned and said, "What are you talking about? I am very dissatisfied with your attitude."

"Zhao, do you know who you are talking to?" Urquidi Gomez said sinisterly.

Seeing that Aguirre Ida wanted to say something, Justino quickly pulled him back and said, "We have brought the person here. This is what happened. Urquidi, we are leaving first."

Urquidi Gomez is not a grateful person, and he will not apologize for his recklessness. On the contrary, the malice he had did not dissipate because of this incident.

He stared at the two people with a sinister look as they left.

Then, he asked someone to wake up Villa Galvez who was kicked unconscious by Zhao Chuanxin.

He sneered and asked, "I know everything. It turned out that you killed my brother!"

Urquidi Gomez has only been good to two people in his life.

One was the large landowner Camilo Torric.

The other is his younger brother.

Villa Galvez's eyes widened, his face full of innocence: "Urquidi, you can't wrongly accuse me. Whose rumors did you believe?"

Urquidi Gomez sold out Aguirre Ida directly: "Aguirre Ida told me that you told him when you were drunk."

"I never said that the boy was in cahoots with outsiders. He must have lied."

Urquidi Gomez's simple mind cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood, but his well-developed limbs know how to use tricks.

So, together with his men, they punched and kicked Villa Galvez in front of the mourning hall.

However, the old man Villa Galvez was very tough. He was very stubborn and refused to admit that the dead duck was killed, and he insisted that it was done by an outsider.

Urquidi Gomez was so tired that he was out of breath, but Villa Galvez still said the same thing.

Urquidi Gomez believed it a little.

He shouted, "Pihou, take Villa with you and bring the foreigner back to me. I want them to confront each other face to face."

In his rage, he forgot Camilo Torick's instructions.

Villa Galvez's eyes rolled around after hearing this.

All kinds of thoughts came to my mind, but in the end I couldn't think of a suitable solution, so I could only take it one step at a time.

Pihou is a dark and thin man with low body fat, but he looks very strong and has a bow beard.

He agreed and took six people, including Villa Galvez, to the White House.

On the way, Villa Galvez saw that the Torique estate was decorated with lights and colors, an arch made of reeds and corn stalks, floats ready to go at any time, and a simple stage.

This is all preparation for welcoming the governor.

He watched and thought of countermeasures.

When they reached the white house, Villa Galvez suddenly said, "I remembered something."

The monkey's big eye bags jumped: "What's the matter?"

Villa Galvez said: "I remember that the stranger had a gun hanging on the wall and bullets behind the counter. Aguilera also said that the stranger was a brave man. You shouldn't have come to his house without any precautions. You can listen to me."

The monkey grabbed Villa Galvez by the collar: "What are you doing?"

Villa Galvez pretended to be afraid and said, "I am only thinking about you. I dare not mess with outsiders anyway. I want to stay here until you catch him, and then we can go back together."

Then he added, "You can have someone guard me here. My hands are tied, so I can't run away."

Pihou thought about it and really let one person guard Villa Galvez.

Then the six of them swaggered to the White House, not taking Villa Galvez's words to heart at all.

Of course, Villa Gálvez was just talking nonsense.

When the six of them arrived in the yard, they saw the stranger, Aguilera Ida, and Justino putting the roof on the stable.

The monkey pointed at the stranger and shouted, "Stranger, come down and follow us. Urkidi wants to see you."

Zhao Chuanxin was tying and compacting straw in the stable. He said without even looking up, "I'm busy."

The monkey was furious and said coldly: "It's not up to you."

Justino was a little scared.

Aguire Ida was fearless and shouted in his hoarse voice: "Monkey, are you blind? Can't you see we are busy?" The monkey became even angrier.

Since when did even this brat dare to challenge him?
He drew out his scimitar with a clang, "I say again, stranger, come with us."

Zhao Chuanxin jumped off the roof of the stable and came in front of Pihou.

The monkey glared at him fiercely.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him quietly.

After a while, Zhao Chuanxin said, "I just want to ask you one thing."

The monkey smiled with a fake smile: "What's the matter?"

Zhao Chuanxin grinned: "When you came, did you see my dog? I don't know where it ran off to just now."

Monkey: “…”

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly stepped back, into the shadow where the sunlight could not reach.

The monkey held up the machete and said, "In Quetshalan, no one can dodge my knife. Don't even think about running away. You can't escape."

Zhao Chuanxin's voice came from the shadows: "I have no grudge against you, why are you pretending to be so arrogant in front of me?"

Pihou felt that he was being fooled, and surrounded them with the five others.

They were determined and fearless in facing the unarmed strangers.

Urquidi Gomez only said that the people should be captured and brought back, but he did not say that outsiders should not be harmed.

The monkey stepped forward and swung his scimitar suddenly.

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "A little bit of noble spirit can blow a thousand miles of wind."

After saying that, he stepped aside and extended his finger.

laugh……

The monkey's hand tendons were cut off by the light blade.

He lost control of the scimitar and it fell.

Before the scimitar landed on the ground, Zhao Chuanxin raised his toes and the scimitar flew up, and he held the scimitar upside down and moved forward.

Hiss...it cut across his pharyngeal artery.

Outside, Aguirre Ida, Justino, and in the distance, Villa Gálvez and one of Pihou's companions watched with wide eyes.

But there were shadowy figures in the shadow of the stable, and from time to time there were screams and roars of terror.

Then there was dead silence.

Villa Galvez's heart beat faster as he waited and waited, and then he saw the stranger slowly walk out of the shadows.

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were ice cold and there were a few drops of blood on his cheeks.

Zhao Chuanxin waved at Aguirre Ida and Justino and said, "Wash the floor and harness the cart to transport the body."

The two men were very familiar with the job and even stopped vomiting when they smelled the strong smell of blood. They were vaguely accustomed to it and immediately got to work quickly.

Villa Galvez and another person stared blankly, and then they saw the stranger suddenly look towards them and grin.

Although he was hiding in the bushes, Villa Galvez heard the people around him screaming.

He was also very scared. What on earth had happened in the stable? How did the strangers find them?

But no matter what, it is a foregone conclusion that the party in trouble is Pi Hou.

Villa Galvez suddenly bumped the person next to him with his shoulder, knocking him off balance, then he got up and ran.

He ran and ran, running with all his might.

Suddenly I saw a team.

There was a gorgeous carriage and seven or eight pistol-armed bodyguards on horseback.

A fat, big-eared middle-aged man leaned his head out of the carriage and looked at Villa Galvez.

Villa Gálvez's heart skipped a beat: the governor was coming.

Only a governor could pull that off.

The governor of the state of Puebla, Calderón Velázquez.

He came up with a plan and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Governor, help me..."

The pistol team bodyguards felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy. They all pulled out their guns, but they didn't know where to point the muzzles of the guns.

Mexico is in chaos these days, with bandits everywhere.

Among them, the Guadalajara area is particularly prominent, being famous for being home to many bandits and rebels.

The second is the Tocín Canyon area at the junction of Puebla and Veracruz, where bandits roam around through a ridge called God's Road.

Calderón Velazquez stuck his head out and asked, "Who are you? What happened?"

Villa Gálvez cried and said, "Governor, there is a stranger here who has committed murder and arson. He wanted to kill me, but I escaped. Please save me."

Calderón Velazquez took Villa Galvez with him, and when they passed by the white house, Villa Galvez clearly saw a pool of blood from where he had just been hiding.

This meant that the person who had just been guarding and detaining him was also in great danger, which gave him a chill.

I didn't expect that the stranger turned out to be a ruthless killer. I even wanted to frame him.

Fortunately, the governor arrived in time, otherwise he might have ended up like Pihou and the others.

Villa Galvez was just taking one step at a time, not thinking about whether his lies were full of loopholes.

When they arrived at the white house, Villa Galvez pointed to the stable and said, "There, right there, he just killed six people. There must be blood there, that's for sure."

However, when the pistol team bodyguards walked into the stable, they only smelled a strong scent of perfumed mint. The ground was made of neat and smooth stone bricks, so where was the bloodstain?
They looked back at Villa Galvez suspiciously.

Villa Galvez was stunned.

How can this be?

Moreover, he was very familiar with the smell of the perfumed mint. This was the perfumed mint he brought last night in exchange for wine, and he actually used it to cover up the smell of blood.

What a cunning outsider.

Seeing that he was speechless, the Pistol Team bodyguard said impatiently: "I think you are a lunatic."

At this time, Aguilera Ida walked out of the white house and said in surprise, "If you guys come to drink, it's a little early. We will open in the afternoon."

The head bodyguard looked at the half-grown boy and saw that he didn't look like a murderer, but he still asked, "This guy said you killed someone?"

Aguire Ida showed a look of reproach: "Oh, you are talking about Villa. This old man is old and his brain is not very smart. He always talks nonsense. There is really nothing we can do about him."

"But there are ropes tied around his hands. What does that mean?" the head bodyguard continued to question.

Aguirre Ida shook his head helplessly: "This old man is a tenant of our big landlord Camilo Toric in Quetzalan. He is poor and can't help stealing. I guess he must have been caught by Urquidi when he was stealing, so he was tied up. It's no big deal to beat him up. Who asked him to steal?"

The head of the pistol team bodyguards nodded.

Villa Galvez was anxious: "Agurey, you are talking nonsense. Humph, I have evidence. There is blood in the grass over there. If you don't believe me, you can go and have a look."

The head bodyguard really went over to take a look, pointed to a large rock in the bushes and asked, "Where is the blood you mentioned?"

Villa Galvez was stunned.

I blanch... This is not scientific!
Is it really because my eyes are blurry?

But he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

Calderón Velazquez in the carriage said impatiently: "Since everything is fine, let's go and hand this old man over to Camilo Torick."

Villa Galvez was taken away in despair, and kept yelling on the way, and finally someone gagged him with a foot binding.

It was then that Villa Galvez remembered something was wrong.

It turned out that the stone was too smooth and did not seem to belong to Quetshalan. It was obviously placed there later.

But at this time, no one believed him no matter what he said, and his mouth was blocked.

After they left, Zhao Chuanxin walked out of the room and patted Aguilera Ida on the shoulder: "Yes, Oscar owes you a little golden man."

"Don John Constantine, what is an Oscar? What is a little golden man?"

"I mean, young man, you have a bright future."

Aguirre Ida's eyes lit up: "Don John Constantine, can you teach me? That is, how to shoot, how to fight..."

He gestured as he spoke.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at him, then at Justino, who was pale with fear, and said, "We have the weapons and swords here, but it depends on whether you have the courage."

Aguilera Ida patted his chest and said, "I have it."

Justino: “I didn’t.”

Agulei Ida looked at him in disbelief: "..."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled, took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and looked at the dust in the distance: "Hiss...ah, free land, enthusiastic landlords, a system that makes people love, a patrol police who will never wrongly accuse a bad guy and never let a good guy go, and a fat and big-eared governor, it's great!"

Lao Zhao prefers to get along with bad guys because he never feels any guilt.

Aguilera Ida, who had suffered for a long time, asked wisely: "Don John Constantine, you are speaking sarcastically, right?"

Zhao Chuanxin patted Aguilera Ida on the shoulder and said, "You should think about what bad things you should do today."

Aguilera Ida's eyes lit up: "Shall we go and burn the float that the landlord prepared for the governor?"

……

The captain of the pistol team's bodyguards who was walking away was silent.

After walking for a while, he approached the carriage and said to Calderón Velazquez: "Sir, they did kill someone just now at the White House Tavern."

(End of this chapter)