At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 16
There are no absolutes.

Those who dare not speak much and seem a little cowardly may not really be cowards, perhaps they have their own concerns.

After all, killing an official is a terrible disaster, especially the killing of a two-thousand-stone official like Pei Guoxiang is even more catastrophic, and normal people would feel timid in their hearts.

Only those who are righteous and desperate, or who are desperate for life and death, can do such a big thing without any scruples.

It is these two kinds of people that Zhou Qi needs.

Zhou Qi looked at Xiang Hong and said: "Now that we have decided on the person who can trust us with our lives, you and I will act separately. We will visit these eight people one by one at night and invite them to discuss important matters together. Brother, please also invite Remember, when inviting them, you must ensure that no one is around. If this matter is leaked in advance, and someone goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion to inform us, we will all die without a burial place."

"If you die, you will die. However, the great revenge has not been avenged and the dog officer has not died. I will never be willing to do so!"

After the incident just now, Xiang Hong was obviously more cautious, and immediately bowed and said: "I will keep in mind what Ayu entrusted, and I dare not slack off in the slightest!"

As night fell, there were occasional sounds of dogs barking in the village.Inside the slightly dilapidated farmhouse, there was a burly young man with an angry expression on his face.

This young man was the first young man at the banquet to get up and angrily reprimand Zhou Qi. He was called Zhou Cheng.This person and Zhou Qi belong to the same township, and can be considered a family for several generations above. However, the Zhou family is very prosperous in Xiang County, and now the blood relationship between the two is very weak.

Zhou Cheng's family has long been dilapidated, and the land was sold to the rich during the famine years. The family did not have an acre of arable land, so life was very difficult.

The old lady was benevolent and righteous, and with a little bit of incense, she divided the family's land into two acres for Zhou Cheng to cultivate, and only collected a symbolic rent every year, which allowed Zhou Cheng to barely live.

Zhou Cheng kept this kindness firmly in his heart.

Zhou Cheng suddenly learned that the old grandpa was dead a few days ago. He was devastated. He originally thought that after the grandpa was buried, he would find Zhou Qi to discuss revenge for the old grandpa.

But he didn't expect that Zhou Qi, who usually seemed so righteous, would be so timid and fearful, not daring to avenge the old lady.

After Zhou Cheng scolded Zhou Qi in public, he immediately left angrily. Even when he returned home, he felt a little uneasy in his chest, and couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

It's not that he didn't think about rushing to the Prime Minister's Mansion to attack and kill Wang Ji alone.However, although Zhou Cheng has some courage, he is unarmed, has no armor, and does not have a strong bow. If he goes to avenge the Taigong like this, I am afraid that he will be chopped into meat paste before he even gets close to Wang Ji.

"Boom boom boom!"

Just when Zhou Cheng was filled with depression, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He quickly stood up and shouted to the door: "Who is it?"

"Brother, it's me!"

Zhou Cheng recognized that the owner of the voice was Zhou Qi, his expression darkened immediately, and he shouted, "Why did you come here at night?"

Zhou Qi said: "Brother, open the door to talk for now."

Zhou Chengzong was dissatisfied with what Zhou Qi had done, but he didn't want the other party to be rejected. He immediately got dressed, went to open the door, and welcomed Zhou Qi in.

Zhou Qi knew that there was no one else in Zhou Cheng's family, so after entering the house, he directly bowed and saluted, and said sincerely: "What you said during the banquet is so deafening, I thank you on behalf of the elder brother!"

Zhou Cheng frowned slightly, and snorted coldly: "You don't want to avenge the grandfather, but you come here to visit me, why?"

Zhou Qi said sternly: "If the secret is not secret, it will cause harm. There were many people at the banquet, and not everyone was like my brother, who would spare their lives for righteous deeds. This matter is related to the killing of the Prime Minister of the Pei Kingdom. It is planned in private and must not be made public.”

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng's face softened a little, and he bowed to Zhou Qi and said, "I am a young man who is studying, and I am not as thoughtful as Ayu. Not only did I wrongly blame you, but I almost ruined a big thing. I apologize to Ayu for my brother!"

Zhou Qi hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zhou Cheng's arm and said, "Brother, if you do this, you will hurt me."

"During the banquet, I have screened out those who I can trust with my life. I will call on them one by one tonight. There is an old house in my country, which is located in a remote place. I haven't lived in it for a long time. I can discuss important matters here. Brother, let's go there. Solid reception."

It took more than two hours before the eight people selected by Zhou Qi in the banquet gathered in the old house one after another.

After everyone knew about Zhou Qi's hard work, they all praised him.

Since the mansion hadn't been lived in for a long time, Zhou Qi didn't light up the lights, so as not to attract the attention of interested people. Several people gathered around the big bluestone in the courtyard, discussing matters under the moonlight.

There was Zhou Gu hiding in the dark outside the door, acting as a secret sentry to prevent everyone from being discovered when they gathered in private.

Around the big bluestone, there were ten people including Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong.

Under the moonlight, Zhou Qi didn't see any fear on the faces of the crowd, instead they were filled with righteous indignation, so he let out a long sigh of relief.

Zhou Qi first stood up and saluted everyone, and then said in a low voice: "Everyone already knows what I want to do. This matter is of great importance. Participants need to risk their lives. If they are not careful, they will die. Even if it is a fluke , and may also be wanted by the court."

"This is Zhou Qi's personal enmity, and I don't want to implicate others. However, the king's thief is so powerful that Qi can't support him alone, and you are all Zhou Qi's dear relatives and friends, so I can only rely on you brothers to do this big thing."

"Today's matter has not been announced, so there is still room for change. If any brother is unwilling to participate, Zhou Qi dare not force it. I only hope that after leaving, the brother can keep his mouth shut about today's matter, so as not to incur death for everyone present!"

After speaking, Zhou Qi bowed deeply to the crowd again.

Xiang Hong pressed the handle of the knife, and Zhou Cheng's eyes were like torches. The two of them stared at everyone's faces like hawks, wanting to see if anyone else would want to quit.

Things have reached this point, and there is no room for retreat.

If there are still people who want to retire at this time, even for the sake of confidentiality and their own safety, Xiang Hong and Zhou Cheng will never let them walk out of this courtyard alive.

The current scene is also the last test for everyone present.

As soon as Zhou Qi finished speaking, someone yelled sharply: "We gathered here because of righteousness, and Ayu was able to choose us in the end because of his great trust in us. The matter has come to an end, and anyone who dares to back down should be so stupid!"

Only the sound of "噗嗤" was heard, and a sword shadow flew across, cutting off the thin branches next to it.

The speaker was also a well-known local knight-errant, he was very chivalrous, and because his family had quite a fortune, he wore a sharp knife when he went out, which was very majestic.

Seeing this, the rest of the people also shouted: "Ah Yu is urged, we dare not obey!"

Zhou Cheng and Xiang Hong breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that everyone was generous and loyal, and no one showed timidity or hesitation on their faces.

In the end, everyone made a blood alliance in the courtyard and agreed to work together on great things, and they didn't disperse until late at night.

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