Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 41
"Ugly! The cold is bent, add clothes and quilts!"

The beating sound came from afar.

Ji Wen was leading people out from the back door of Yang Shenjin's other house.

A group of right guards followed and threw Jiang Mao, who was tightly bound, on the horse's back.

"Hurry up." Ji Wen urged.

He originally wanted to find a servant from the other house of the Yang family to come to Li Linfu to convict him, but he couldn't care less about it when Xue Bai made a fuss, and he couldn't help complaining: "Doing something is full of obstacles."

"Ji Facao, it's done."

"Walk."

Everyone turned west, left the west gate of Changlefang, and entered the main street.

The sixteen guards who were mobilized originally planned to do a big fight, but they easily controlled the situation and relaxed, and some of them even withdrew.

The street was empty, and the East Market was to the west. Ji Wen and his party had to go south for a short distance to bypass the East Market, and then continue west to Pingkangfang.

The lantern dispels the darkness ahead.

In the distance, the south gate tower of Dongshi was lit with fire, guiding the way forward.

suddenly.

"Whoosh."

Several sharp arrows shot out.

A right guard untied his armor because he was too tired, just in time for the arrow to penetrate his body through the gap, and died instantly in this seemingly peaceful night.

The dead man jumped out of the darkness on both sides of the road, rushed to the right Xiaowei lineup, and slashed down fiercely with the long-handled Mo Dao.

"puff."

Another soldier who hadn't fought in the battle hadn't reacted yet, and blood was already splashed on the spot.

At this moment, they remembered to blow the whistle to warn.

The sharp whistle pierced the night sky and alarmed Marquis Wu of Dongshi and Changlefang. Bells rang from every watchtower.

……

Xue Bai stood in the darkness, silently wiping the sweat off his horse, not watching the fight between the Longyou veterans and the Jinwu Guard.

Whether to kill Ji Wen or not, he must make a decision as soon as possible.

It seems easier to push many things that happened tonight to a dead Ji Wen, but simplicity is not necessarily good.According to the original plan, he needed a living Ji Wen to take responsibility.

He is about to kill Ji Wen's son. If Ji Wen is allowed to live, it will be a great disaster after all.

He quickly weighed in his mind, but when he heard the neighing of the horse, Ji Wen didn't command resistance at all, and the Pegasus fled without hesitation.

After all, You Xiaowei was a soldier in armor, unlike ordinary guards, he was not killed so quickly, and Jiang Hai and others were only focused on snatching Jiang Mao back, giving half the team a chance to escape.

Only one person standing beside Xue Bai raised his crossbow and tried to aim at Ji Wen in the dark.

"Take his life for now." Xue Bai said in a low voice.

"it is good."

The crossbow arrows were still shot out, and there was a faint "ding" sound, probably hitting the armor of a right guard.

"Why, he rides at night and can't shoot right."

The Longyou veteran turned around and said something with a strong Liangzhou accent.

Immediately, Xue Bai thought of the phrase "my heart is just in a state of desperation", and the person in front of him was the coachman who sent him to be buried alive.

"What's your name?" Xue Bai asked.

"I don't have a name. When recruiting soldiers, I need a name. If I say I'm from Liangzhou, everyone calls me Lao Liang."

While talking, Lao Liang loaded a crossbow arrow and shot one person dead.

"I remember, Lao Liang." Xue Bai said.

After a while, Longyou veterans took Jiang Mao back, and the surviving Youxiao guards scattered away, and the battle ended quickly.

"Brother has been saved!" Jiang Hai was overjoyed, anxious to untie Jiang Mao.

They succeeded in two sneak attacks in a row, because the guards of the two squares had no time to react, they were caught by surprise, and Xue Bai cooperated with the outside, so they did not encounter a large group of armored men.

But now the guards have reacted, and there are bursts of shouts from various square buildings and watchtowers.

Immediately afterwards, footsteps sounded from all sides of Cross Street.

"What should I do?" Lao Liang subconsciously asked Xue Bai for advice.

Jiang Hai said: "I really can't escape this time, I will fight them!"

Xue Bai looked around, raised his finger, and shouted, "You guys hide by the side of the road, and I'll drive off the pursuers."

This cross street is indeed very wide, the sky is dark, the road is pitch black on both sides, and nothing can be seen.But if the patrols come with a lot of torches, they will be found after all.

Longyou veterans were used to obeying orders, threw away their torches without hesitation, ran across the long street, hid in the shadow of the square wall, and disappeared into the deep darkness in an instant.

Before they left, they didn't forget to give the Jin Wuwei who fell to the ground a knife, in case there were any survivors to identify their whereabouts.

Xue Bai got on his horse and galloped to the north of the long street where Ji Wen fled.

At the west gate of Changlefang, the Jinwu guards had come out, and Xue Bai shouted at them from a distance: "Ji Facao was hunted down and went north, don't you hurry up?!"

The Jinwu guards were stunned for a moment, still wondering who this person was, but someone did see Ji Wen running across the long street, so they chased him north.

~~
The sound of dense footsteps was getting closer, and the fire was lit on the other side of the long street.

The Longyou veterans squatted in the darkness, staring at the fire, gradually holding their breath.

Nearly.

Lao Liang raised his crossbow, ready to die.

The next moment, a flying horse came from the north and shouted loudly at the intersection: "Hurry up! Ji Facao is heading north!"

Jin Wuwei ran across from the south side of the long street, passing the Longyou veterans, the distance was less than ten steps.

Lao Liang shrunk his body and watched the fire dragon flying away in front of him, with thin beads of sweat on his forehead.

Fortunately, no Jinwu guard stretched out a torch to shine on the side of the road, and his master rushed to the intersection and started talking with Xue Bai.

It seems that they don't quite believe Xue Bai. This conversation lasted for a long time, and it was not until another Jinwu guard from Changlefang arrived to explain Xue Bai's identity, that they chased him northward.

"Really gone?"

"Ha." Lao Liang took a few deep breaths, "This young man is really good at interrogating people and assigning people to do things."

Jiang Hai said: "No matter what nonsense he says, it sounds like it's true."

Tuoba Mao sneered and said: "The children of the aristocratic family are like that, they have been infected with official air since childhood."

"Don't worry, it's fine if you rescued my brother. Right? Brother."

"Ah."

"You said, are you going to kill him later?" Tuoba Maohu asked.

"The people who know Mr. Pei's identity haven't been wiped out yet, so he's still useful."

"I know, I mean, kill him when it's over?"

Lao Liang shook his head and said, "No one ordered."

Tuoba Mao said: "Mr. Pei is because he was in front of the Jinwu Guard, and he didn't have time to give an order, but I saw his eyes."

"Go to your mother's eyes." Jiang Hai scolded: "There is no order, and he let my elder brother go. How can I break morality? Then there is a difference between me and a traitor."

"The difference is that they are extremely rich, but you are a fart."

Instead of being angry, Jiang Hai smiled, and said triumphantly, "Even if I'm just being a fart, I don't even bother to be a traitor."

"You are only worthy of eating dog intestines." Tuoba Mao said: "It's up to you, even if you don't kill him tonight, Mr. Pei will find someone else to kill him tomorrow."

Before the discussion came to a conclusion, Xue Bai had already rode back.

"Xue Langjun, who will you kill next?"

Xue Bai threw Xin Twelve's passing document and said, "When Ji Wen comes to his senses, he will lead people to search south. You can take a detour and wait for me near Changlefang Cross Street."

"I know, there is still Ji Dalang not killed, you should check first."

"Yes."

Tuoba Mao said: "Waiting for your arrangement."

~~
Xue Bai sat on the horse and rubbed his forehead, feeling a little tired.

But tonight's work is not over yet, and the more you do, there will be omissions, and you will have to make up for it tomorrow, and you have to keep going.

He thought for a while, after Ji Dalang and Xin Twelve kidnapped Du Mi in Dongshi, Wang Zhun called them to Qingmen to drink. Where can these dandies go if they don't go home after curfew?If asked, only one of the people he knew was most likely to know.He then turned his horse's head and went back to Yang Shenjin's other house in Changlefang.

Turning into the alley, there was someone riding a horse with a lantern in front of him, but it was Jiao Nu.

Xue Bai didn't raise his flames, knowing that she couldn't see him.Pulling the rein, he planned to avoid it, lest it would be inconvenient for her to follow along.

But then I thought that Li Linfu was very suspicious, and it would be inappropriate to be away from surveillance for too long tonight.

He immediately drove his horse to meet him, and said in a bad tone: "Where did you go?!"

Jiaonu was driving down the road in a low mood, when someone bumped into her in the dark and scolded her, she was furious at first, and when she lifted the lantern, she saw that it was Xue Bai, but she forgot to get angry, and said directly: "The chicken tongue plague came from my hand." Snatched the prisoner!"

"Don't dare to say it." Xue Bai scolded: "I asked you to stop him, do you see how bad he is now?!"

Jiaonu was too angry to speak.

"Take pains to investigate, and it will be ruined at once." Xue Bai said, "If the right minister blames it, they will all die."

Jiaonu's face was pale, and he said anxiously: "We don't blame us for this matter, it's obviously chicken tongue plague that stopped us and snatched away the prisoners!"

Xue Bai ignored her, and rushed to Yang Shenjin's other house with a cold face, and asked Jin Wuwei: "Is General Guo here?"

"General Guo went to Daozhengfang, why is Xue Langjun back?"

"I was going to see the prime minister, but when I walked to the street, I encountered Ji Facao fighting with the thieves, so I had to return it."

The Jinwu guard guarding the gate couldn't help muttering in his heart, how could people like chicken tongue plague deserve the word "fighting and killing"?

"Is Uncle Guo still there?"

Xue Bai asked again, and when he got an affirmative answer, he strode towards the backyard.

Passing through many courtyards one after another, there are two Youxiao guards squatting on the porch chatting in front of them.

"It's beautiful."

"You don't need to say, Yushi Zhongcheng's other housewife, such a big house supports her."

"Wipe your saliva before talking to your grandfather."

"..."

Xue Bai stepped forward and asked, "Is Uncle Guo here?"

"Joining the army is inconvenient, ah, no, joining the army is searching for evidence!"

Xue Bai frowned, he heard a woman moaning from the wing.

Soon, the door was pushed open with a "squeak", and Yang Zhao walked out while wearing a jade belt, and said with a complacent smile, "Why are you back again?"

Looking again, he saw Xue Bai frowned tightly, as if he didn't like him looking for fun here, he immediately became displeased and snorted coldly.

Xue Bai still didn't smile, and said: "Uncle Guo, after all, he is Yushi Zhongcheng, if you offend him so much, in case he takes his anger out on you..."

"Haha, you were worried about me." Yang Zhao was just now happy, and waved his hands disapprovingly, "Don't panic, the right minister has long disliked him. After so long, if Yang Shenjin has the guts, he will soon He came here. If he doesn’t come, in this house tonight, you can do whatever you want.”

"It doesn't affect Uncle Guo's progress."

"After tonight, I will be able to make great strides!" Yang Zhao said confidently, "If you have nothing to do, don't bother me, I have more to do tomorrow."

"I just saw Ji Facao fighting with people at the intersection..."

Although Yang Zhao asked Xue Bai why he turned back, it was just a casual greeting.

He didn't care about chicken tongue plague or Xue Bai, and he didn't have the patience to listen to it, so he interrupted, "I'm really busy."

Xue Bai wanted to chat with him, and said: "One more thing, the other house of Wang Langzhong in Daozhengfang caught fire."

"Wang Yu's family?" Yang Zhao was taken aback, and said in a low voice, "I dare not copy his family. The saint is the same as the right one, and he is the only one in the court."

You have to think carefully to understand this sentence. Li Linfu is extremely jealous, and easily prevents officials from competing for the holy family. If he is not jealous of Wang Yu, either he is really good at making money and is his right-hand man; The quality is so poor that there is no possibility of being able to pay homage to the prime minister; or, both.

Xue Bai said: "I suspect that the deceased in the Eastern Palace is hiding in..."

"Shut up." Yang Zhao said angrily, "Who can offend and who can't. If you can't tell the difference, what are you doing? Hang yourself."

"I'm young and inexperienced. I mentioned this to the Prime Minister. How should I apologize to Mr. Wang?"

"My brother is planning to give him a New Year gift, what do you want to give?"

Xue Bai couldn't help being embarrassed.

Yang Zhao smiled.

"I told you the words of a thousand pieces of gold a long time ago, but if you don't listen, you can't get the money when it's time to use it. That's all, that's all, my brother will help you with your share."

"I owe Uncle Guo a great favor." Xue Bai thanked him and asked, "Does Uncle Guo know Mr. Wang Langzhong? I met him at Qingmen today, so angry."

"Well, of course."

Yang Zhao is a very determined person, Xue Bai can attract everyone to be busy tonight, but he is the only one who is focused on searching for evidence and is not disturbed by foreign affairs. He only chatted for a while, then turned and walked to the warehouse.

Xue Bai followed and continued to chat.

Fortunately, they were talking about the usual tricks of the Changan dandy, which was the topic Yang Zhao was most familiar with, so he was willing to say a few more words.

From the relationship between Wang Zhun and Jixiang, we talked about where these people would go if they did not return home after curfew.

"Where else can I go? Eat, drink, prostitute and gamble!" Yang Zhao took it for granted, "Go to Qingmen to drink before the evening drum, and after the curfew, just turn into the alley and you will find the Gold Cave. Together with the prodigal chicken boy Jia Chang, we must hug Meiji to gamble. It's dawn!"

"Auspicious is there?"

"Chicken tongue plague's son, of course he has to send money."

When mentioning auspiciousness, Yang Zhao stretched out his little thumb, pointed upside down to the ground, and laughed.

"You have never seen the luxury of Chang'an dude."

(End of this chapter)