Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 270
"what!"

Ji Yunhui suddenly stood up from the high seat, stared at Luo Shanqing, trying to see something from his face, then asked,
"What nonsense are you talking about. Qianhu died in a majestic city? There is no news of his death. Why didn't Ben Qianhu receive a report from the Jiangnan Imperial City Division in the capital?"

"My lord, the humble position is true. No, my lord, it should be said that all the people in the Imperial City Division of Yangzhou City have died, not just one person from a thousand households in Yangzhou."

Luo Shanqing's words were astonishing, and he directly told the inside story, but the people around him, including Ji Yunhui, would not believe it. Although the Yangzhou City Guards Office has a small number of people, there are at least 300 people working in the Imperial City Si Yamen stronghold. One household is in charge, and there are definitely a lot of people like Baihu and Zongqi. If they are directly wiped out, how can it be calm and calm, and no news has spread.

Another point is that the people in Yangzhou City did not discuss or talk about the disappearance of the people in the Imperial City Department. Raided the Yamen.

No, no, that's not right, the killing of hundreds of people at night, the sound must be spread far away, no one is wandering on the street after the curfew at night, if

When a large number of people come here, there will be footsteps and shouts.

Ji Yunhui's face darkened, and he asked Luo Shanqing;
"Luo Baihu, why don't you tell me exactly what happened? It's not that I don't believe you, but do you know how many people will be killed if you say this?"

"I know, my lord, so how can I be a scapegoat? I was originally a [-] householder in Jinling Wharf. A year ago, I received a transfer order and was promoted to a [-]th household in the imperial city of Yangzhou. I am mainly in charge of the yamen. Daily, the rest is in charge of the new Yangzhou Baihu Liang Zhao. I thought I would come here to hand over, but who knows."

Luo Shanqing had a look of fear on his face, as if something was about to devour him, and he continued tremblingly;

"Who knows, the humble job is here, here, there is no one, all the people are newly transferred, even the cooks are newly recruited."

Although Ji Yunhui didn't quite understand what Luo Baihu meant, he didn't see the original crew when he came to Yangzhou, but you can't say that you didn't see them, just say that they are all dead.

"Come here, untie Luo Baihu, drink some water and relax."

"Yes. My lord."

A few people from the General Banner behind him came over and untied the rope that was tied to Luo Shanqing's body. Then Luo Baihu moved his body, took a bowl of tea and drank it. It was not too hot. After drinking, he showed gratitude and said ,
"Thank you sir."

"Don't thank me first, tell me, why did you conclude that the original people were all dead, why didn't you say that they were transferred before you came?"

Ji Qianhu still doesn't quite believe this person's words. It is obviously not easy to besiege the stronghold of the Imperial City Division, and it is even less likely that no one escaped, unless
"My lord, I also thought the same way at the beginning. I have no one in my humble position, and I have no money. I guard the pier in Kuhaha. There is very little oil and water leakage. When I arrive at the rich and rich land of Yangzhou, the ancestral grave is smoking, so When I first came here, I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep in those days, so I took my men to patrol at night. Then, that night, it was raining, and I couldn’t sleep alone. I came to the back of the yamen. There was a smell of blood, so I dipped my hands on the ground, smelled it in my nose, it was human blood, and there was human blood all over the ground, I was so scared that I didn't dare to go to the backyard again, and I didn't tell anyone."

When Luo Shanqing said this, his face was pale, and the corner of his mouth was trembling, it didn't look like it was pretending.

"Then you didn't check again?"

Ji Yunhui asked on the high platform.

"No, I don't dare. I fell ill a few days ago, and Liang Baihu brought a group of people from Jinling to guard us all the time."

The general banner standing under the hall was also puzzled. It seemed that he was not lying, but the yamen had been searched and there was nothing suspicious.

"My lord, otherwise go back and search again. The brothers have searched the entire yamen. There is nothing unusual, but the backyard has not been searched carefully, but there is not even a pond except for the rockery forest. There are so many people. Even burial needs a place."

Ji Yunhui no longer guessed, this matter must be clarified, otherwise it will be unclear later.

"Luo Baihu, do you know the place at that time?"

"I know, I know, my lord, I will never forget my humble position."

"Okay, lead the way, let's go find out, this thousand households don't believe in evil anymore, and the people in Yangzhou city don't know if people here can fly."

"Yes, my lord."

Luo Shanqing plucked up his courage, stood up, waited for the people behind him, then walked out of the Yamen lobby together and walked to the backyard.

Ji Yunhui brought a lot of personal soldiers, and specially asked the personal soldiers to take a lot of iron picks and so on.

Follow the path from the side of the yamen all the way back, bypass the wing room behind the main room, and come to the backyard. This is an ornamental yard. There are no houses, only rockery trees and various flowers, etc. Of course, this place is still very big, with many The rockery is deliberately blocking the front of the intersection, as if deliberately blocking the sight of visitors, which is indeed a bit weird.

At this time, it began to rain!
Ji Yunhui also felt a bit of coldness, which was very unusual, and immediately gestured to the people behind him, which was seen by Qian Bing and his subordinates behind him.

They all touched the handle of the knife, slowly pulled out the long knife, and looked around vigilantly.

Ji Yunhui stood in front of the backyard door, glanced at the rockery in the yard and asked;

"Luo Baihu, but where did you see the blood?"

"My lord, go to the right, the fourth rockery, all the way to the back."

Luo Shanqing came here again, looking a little uneasy, feeling as if someone was staring at his group, a feeling of being spied on.

Even Ji Yunhui and the others felt vaguely, looking around, expecting to find something.

"My lord, why do you feel that someone is staring at us?"

The general flag behind Ji Yunhui was looking around with a knife in his hand, and asked with some uncertainty.

"You also have this feeling, that is, someone is really here again. If not, there will be ghosts in broad daylight. You take people to the right to look, you take people to the left to look, and the rest of the people wait in place. If found, call the police immediately."

"Yes, my lord."

How can Ji Yunhui believe in ghosts? He directly judged that there were people watching him around, so he sent someone to check in front. Although people can hide here and there are blind spots, but there are so many eyes staring at it, it is impossible for every plant and tree to move. escape your own gaze.

Ji Yunhui and the rest of the people stood at the intersection and looked around, but there was no movement after a long time, and the soldiers who entered had no voice or figure, and it was completely quiet.

Luo Shanqing felt that it was unusual, so he sat down on the ground in fright, trembling with his mouth, and said;
"My lord, did you see a ghost? Didn't you just go in with so many people? Why is there no sound? Where are people?"

"To shut up!"

Ji Yunhui yelled angrily, his face was gloomy and ugly, how could it be possible, the person disappeared in the blink of an eye before it lasted for a stick of incense.

Looking at the rockery garden in front of him, his face was cloudy and uncertain for a while, and he said to the general flag behind him;

"Third brother, you stay here, I will take people in personally."

"My lord, you wait here, I will take people in."

The general flag behind him, with an excited expression on his face, grabbed Ji Yunhui's arm and shouted.

"Listen to me, if you keep watching, I'll bring people in, and if something's wrong, I'll withdraw it."

Ji Yunhui stared closely at Zongqi's eyes, and nodded firmly.

"Brother, be careful, if something happens to you, I will kill all the people in the stronghold and bury it with you."

"Don't, call more people."

Luo Baihu, who was sitting on the ground, was so frightened when he heard this, he cried out with a mournful face.

The general flag kicked over.

"Shut up, get up and walk ahead, don't blame the brothers for being clumsy if you dare to fool him, you guys keep an eye on him, as long as you dare to run, kill him immediately."

"Yes, Master Chief Banner."

Several armored sergeants of the Imperial City Division stood behind Luo Baihu with long knives and said;

"My lord, the three of us are at the front, and you follow behind, hurry up!"

After speaking, he pushed again.

"Yes, yes, I'm going, I'm going."

Luo Baihu stood up and was almost pushed down again. He moved forward with trembling legs, standing in front of him from time to time and watching around, while the soldiers behind him also looked around vigilantly.

Ji Yunhui stared ahead even more, especially if there was an ambush behind the rockery. As for the general flag, he was guarding the door of the backyard with two sergeants, and he couldn't help looking forward, with a worried look on his face.

A group of people continued to walk forward. The three people in front walked through an intersection. When nothing happened, they would signal back to indicate that nothing happened. Ji Qianhu behind him led people to follow, and walked through three intersections repeatedly like this .

But at the turn at the fourth intersection, a gust of wind came from the woods on the side, carrying a faint fragrance, but the group didn't care, and just looked around vigilantly.

The three people in front saw their own people who had fallen on the ground at the turning, and they were also a little surprised. They immediately wanted to go forward to check whether the people on the ground were still alive, but after walking a few steps, they felt powerless, dizzy and unconscious. He gave a warning to the people behind him, but he fell down as soon as his eyes went dark.

Ji Yunhui led people to wait behind, but this time the three leading the way had no figure or voice.

"Be careful, something happened to the person in front, did you hear anything just now?"

"Go back to my lord, I didn't hear the sound of fighting."

The soldiers behind him were also puzzled, the distance was so close, if someone was ambushing, it would be impossible not to make a sound,
Ji Yunhui thought for a while, since it wasn't an ambush, it was other means, probably using poison. He immediately took out the silk cloth and water bag on his body, opened the mouth of the bag, poured out water to wet the cloth, and then covered his mouth and nose.

"Damp the brocade cloth in water and cover your mouth and nose, the air may be poisonous."

"Yes, my lord."

The soldiers behind him followed suit, covered their mouths and noses and walked forward, only to see people lying there on the ground, as if they were asleep, and then there seemed to be some smell in the air.

"Quick, pull people back."

Ji Yunhui brought the soldiers back one by one, and then wiped their mouths and noses with a wet brocade cloth. After going back and forth many times, he finally pulled them all back.

Of course, Luo Shanqing Luo Baihu was the last one to be pulled back.

Just when the soldiers dragged Luo Baihu here, a white knot was exposed from the weeds on the side of the rockery.

The soldier squatted down and touched it, and immediately his face changed drastically, and he shouted;
"My lord, bones, underground."

(End of this chapter)