Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 2 Li Chun Yuan in the middle of the night

It was still early now, so Earl Ying hid the knife and went to sleep first.

I had three fragmented dreams, and a few hours passed.

When Earl Ying woke up, rubbing his sleepy eyes, candlelight outside the window filled the room with red light.

The light shines straight through the window lattice, reflecting on the blade.

I climbed out of bed and checked the time. It seemed that the hour had passed and now was the best time to make a move.

Earl Ying's hands were pressed against the door frame, and he was about to call out to Sister Li Gui when he suddenly heard an urgent cry from the hall: "Ying Guanghou is that stinky scoundrel, why does Sister Gui bother so much? Kill him with one knife." Just cut it into pieces!"

The tone is rough and powerful. God knows which of Sister Li Gui’s tough thugs this is!

Sister Li Gui immediately said without thinking: "Nonsense! Over the past few years, three or four out of ten of the store's business has relied on Ying Guanghou. How can he beheaded and killed at any time? Sit down, my mother!"

Through the window lattice, Earl Ying saw Sister Li Gui and several tall and mighty men sitting around the table eating.

Except for Sister Li Gui, all of them had fierce expressions on their faces, as fierce as the executioners who had just stepped down from the execution ground.

As soon as Sister Li Gui finished speaking, the man immediately lowered his head and remained silent.

"Let's not talk about the high-ranking Ximen official. Ying Guanghou is shameless, shameless and greedy for cheap. He is used to getting free money. Does Sister Gui really plan to use him all the time?"

Another man was holding the rice bowl and staring straight at Sister Li Gui.

Sister Li Gui glanced at the house where Earl Ying was imprisoned with great hesitation, and suddenly she burst into flames.

She quickly pulled out a knife from the plate of mutton beside her, looked at the people present and said coldly.

"Tonight you have repeatedly encouraged me to kick Ying Guanghou out. Do you think that I, Sister Li Gui, am a person who crosses rivers and demolishes bridges to unload mills and kill donkeys? Or are you still unclear about my fiery temper?"

Several men were startled. When they saw the sharp blade in front of them, a chill ran down their spines. They looked at each other and stopped talking.

"say something!"

Sister Li Gui's voice rose several times higher.

The group of people were so frightened that they left the table tremblingly.

Earl Ying, who was locked in the room, breathed a sigh of relief after watching the men walk away.

Because Earl Ying was protected by Sister Li Gui, he escaped the disaster tonight.

Sister Li Gui is such a loving and righteous hero among women. I'm stupid, I'll kill her!
At this moment, Earl Ying couldn't help but sneeze, and he was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth tightly.

Sister Li Gui, who was standing in front of the dining table, frowned and walked over quickly to unlock the door with the key.

With a soft "click" sound, Sister Li Gui pulled the door open.

When our eyes met, Sister Li Gui just sighed: "Everything is a one-size-fits-all approach. It has been a full month since I last sent you a reward. If you take the money and count it in front of me, can you give me less?" "

She took out a purse from her arms and gently stuffed it into Earl Ying's arms.

Earl Ying weighed it in his hands and it was quite heavy.

"It's okay, no need to thank you. The business in the store has always been helpful to you. If you're not hungry, just rest in the room early."

Sister Li Gui slowly turned around. Earl Ying was stunned on the spot, and began to feel deeply ashamed of the evil thoughts he had in order to avoid the difficulties.

"Hey, take a rest. With my sister Gui here, no one dares to beat you."

Sister Li Gui said impatiently.

In the darkness, the bright candlelight shone all over Sister Li Gui's body, and the light reflected a layer of furry waves all around her.

After this incident, Sister Li Gui's impression in Duke Ying's mind was completely overturned.

As Sister Li Gui quickly closed the courtyard door, two figures broke in from outside. "The servants of the high official Ximen's family come to Baolaiwang to pay their respects to Sister Li Gui!"

Lai Bao and Lai Wang bowed to Sister Li Gui. Earl Ying recognized the two of them at a glance. Being locked up in this ghost place, Earl Ying looked at these two affectionately as if looking at his savior. boy.

Without saying a word, Laibao took out a piece of silver from his pocket and handed it to Sister Li Gui respectfully.

Sister Li Gui took the money, and a smile appeared on her face like a blooming peony.

Now that people have arrived and money has arrived, Sister Li Gui can naturally let Earl Ying go.

When Earl Ying was taken away from Li Chun Yuan by Lai Bao and Lai Wang, it was already Maopai time and the sky was bright.

Walking in the streets and alleys of Qinghe County, the air is covered with mist and slightly cool.

Earl Ying had a surprise like being reborn.

"Brother Ying, I really didn't tell you that your luck is really bad this time."

Laibao curled his lips, looked at Earl Ying and said.

"Ah? What's wrong? Why did you say that?"

Earl Ying looked at Lai Bao with a blank expression and frowned.

Lai Wang said anxiously: "Yesterday during the day, Master Ximen and Master Hua were beaten because of a woman outside! Master Ximen is fine, but Master Hua is still unconscious until now!"

The Master Ximen and Master Hua mentioned by Lai Wang naturally refer to Ximen Qing and Hua Zixu.

Ximen Qing doesn't need to mention it, who is Hua Zixu?

He was the nephew of the famous, wealthy and powerful Eunuch Hua, one of the "Ten Friends of the Meeting", and a neighbor of Ximen Qing's family.

Of course, after Hua Zixu moved to Qinghe County, he had been hanging out with Ximen Qing. He had long been familiar with dirty sayings such as "a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a steal".

Earl Ying was extremely shocked. Looking at the entire Qinghe County, who could be so arrogant and dare to beat these two men?

"Who did it?"

Calculating the time, Earl Ying should have been cursed severely by Sister Li Gui in Lichun Courtyard when the incident occurred.

"Wu Dutou, who just took office not long ago, is Wu Song, our famous tiger fighting hero in Qinghe County!"

Laibao replied as he hurried away.

Earl Ying took a deep breath, it was like one wave after another!

It seemed that Ximen Qing had already met Pan Jinlian under the window of Wu Dalang's house on Zishi Street. For a while, Earl Ying didn't even want to go to Ximen Qing's house. He just thought that the matter had nothing to do with him and left behind. .

However, he couldn't help it, because in his wild thoughts, Ximen Qing's home was already in front of him.

At this time, Ximen Qingzheng undressed and went to the banquet, and his wounds were bandaged again by the doctor. Xie Xida, Chang Shijie, Sun Tianhua and other "ten friends of the meeting" were all present, all sitting in the hall.

When Earl Ying followed Lai Bao and Lai Wang in, a full hour had passed since everyone had jointly discussed how to deal with Wu Song.

Seeing the disgraced Ximen Qing, before Count Ying could say anything, he saw Ximen Qing handing an ingot of 20 taels of silver to Mrs. Wang, Wu Dalang's neighbor on Zishi Street.

When the old woman looked at the money, her mouth was almost watering.

"Whose young lady does the senior official have a crush on? The old man has been a matchmaker for half his life, and he usually pinches it with his hands, but the senior official just says it's okay! The old man should do his best."

Ximen Qing's eyes turned cold and he looked at Granny Wang intently and said, "My godmother is none other than Pan Jinlian, the sister-in-law of the tiger-fighting hero Wu Dutou."

As soon as Wang Po heard the words Pan Jinlian, her heart trembled. She lost her footing and suddenly fell to the ground.

Wang Po knew in her heart that Wu Song was really worried when he attacked like a wolf and a tiger. Others were protecting his sister-in-law like this. Since Ximen Qing entrusted this matter to her and she agreed to it, how could her life be saved? Can you keep it?

(End of this chapter)