Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 24

Before evening, several waves of people arrived at the entrance of the new hall.

The first wave was Fang Baotou from the prefect's Yamen, who came on horseback and brought many archers with him.

He warned Li Yu with a dark face not to do anything casually in the city, otherwise the master of the government would definitely question him.

The government has also begun investigating the matter and will definitely bring the criminal to justice.

The key point is "not allowed in the city." Li Yu understood.

The second wave was Fucheng, who came to visit with several servants.

There was something wrong in his mind, but he was relieved after listening to Li Yu's analysis. As long as the killing of Shenghua was not exposed, everything else was a trivial matter.

Before leaving, he left behind 50 taels of gifts and a short fire gun.

"This thing was given to me by a barbarian merchant. It was originally a pair. Take it for self-defense."

"Thank you, brother Fucheng."

"We have served as masters before, so we naturally face difficulties together. Please take care of yourself."

Fucheng mounted his horse and walked away quickly.

Probably, he was also worried that if he stayed, he would be retaliated by Qiu Ba of Qingmudang.

……

The third wave of people was brought by Xiao Wu.

They were all fishermen from Qingyue Village, holding harpoons and leading a few dogs.

Li Yu ordered people to prepare meals for them, and another person gave them a tael of silver.

These people were so grateful that they even knelt down on the spot.

There was actually greasy braised pork in the meal.

It was originally prepared for a housewarming banquet, including beef, sheep, chicken, duck, and pork.

Xiao Wu secretly told him that these people could not eat meat even once in several years.

Li Yu was shocked:

"There's always fish, right? If you fish every day, you'll definitely have enough fish."

Xiao Wu could only explain with a wry smile:

"The fish you catch have to be sold for food and salt. The most we can eat is small fish, smelly dead fish."

"Whatever the military advisor says, I will do."

……

The sun has gone down.

Everyone in the hall had already had their dinner in advance.

Silently waiting for the military advisor's order to go out and arrest someone.

Fan Jing was still reciting the steps nervously silently: "Pour in gunpowder, not too much, or it will explode the chamber. Tighten it with the gunpowder, then put in lead bullets, then tamp it with the gunpowder..."

Lin Huaisheng could see that he was nervous and patted his shoulder to indicate to relax.

"When the time comes, follow me."

"Hey, good good."

Lin Huaisheng is a person who has no regard for life and death because he has seen too much.

He carries a small cloth bag with him, which sometimes contains fried peanuts, sometimes steamed buns, or even meatballs and fried small fish.

Someone asked him why.

He just smiled and said that he was always hungry when he was a child and was scared.

When there is food, there is security.

Many people don't understand, only Fan Jing sighs and understands.

When people are young, the things they don't want often become a kind of inner demon, which comes out from time to time to torture the soul.

Among the dozen or so villagers, the ones with the most relaxed expressions were among them.

Some people still recall the aroma of fat from these two meals.

Xiao Wu told them that he would help catch thieves, take care of the food and pay them back, and get rewards if they were caught.

Hula la, all the strong laborers in the village came.

Dan people are not afraid of danger, only afraid of hunger.

They had worked up their energy and prepared to perform well tonight.

The three-pronged harpoon is so sharp that if it were to hit a person, three transparent holes would immediately appear.

Li Yu appeared, still so calm:

"Brothers, take action!"

"Go out the back door so no one can see you."

The wall gate at the entrance of the new hall is still closed, and he climbed out through a hole in the wall at the back.

The so-called back door is actually an inconspicuous dog hole.

……

The person crawls out first, and the person behind hands over the weapon.

The moonlight is not good tonight, and it is obscured by clouds from time to time.

After everyone came out, they divided into two teams and surrounded them from left to right.

According to Li Yu's prior arrangements, everyone had to bend down and walk before encountering the enemy.

In a depression near the river ditch, a man was lying.The long knife was at hand, as well as a small wine jar.

After a while, he stood up and looked up at Cunjutang.

"These Suzhou green men are quite rich, and they built such a magnificent house."

"We also set up a lookout post. When the gun borrowed by the boss is in place, I will kill them one by one."

It turns out that the people from Aoki Hall have long been eyeing this place.

I haven't tried it yet because it's hard to chew.

That day Lei Hu separated from everyone, and was alone and weak, so he was poisoned.

With the presence of the lookout post, Aoki Hall did not dare to approach casually.

Their leader was a Qianzong of the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp, who fought against Junggar in the Western Regions.

Once they had the muskets, bows and arrows in hand, they were ready to attack Cunju Hall.

Kill everyone and get back your lost reputation in the world.

……

Suddenly, the former Shaanxi-Gansu green battalion soldier's ears twitched, and he turned over and held his knife.

Not far away, there were crowds of people moving.

He cursed secretly in his mind and immediately got up and fled.

As soon as he escaped, he was discovered by people from Cunjutang.

Woof woof woof, several dogs chased excitedly.

The Aokido man who was entangled by the dog slowed down his steps.

After killing the nearest dog, he was shot.

Lin Huaisheng fired a shot from 40 meters away.

"Catch him alive."

Several gangsters ran the fastest with bare feet and used three harpoons to subdue the man who was shot.

"Tie it up and take it home."

A similar scene happened elsewhere.

A man from Aokido who was hiding in a tree was first wounded by the iron sand from a musket, and then fell down and was killed by a crow's knife.

Li Yu looked at the crazy crow and frowned.

Tonight's operation was a success.

There were no casualties on our side, only two dogs were lost.

However, the opponent was killed and injured, which dampened Qingmudang's spirit.

"Interrogate the prisoner carefully. Let him sign his confession."

"Why is this?"

"Keep a hand in case the government turns against you."

Li Yu felt a little regretful that the main force of Qingmutang was not present and only two young men were captured.

If you are in the light and the enemy is in the dark, you will have a headache.

However, these gangsters are a good source of soldiers.

Li Yu has been suffering from a shortage of manpower, and it is difficult to recruit suitable "rebellious" subordinates.

Being poor, daring to fight and fighting, and ignoring the court, the people are all in line.

Even more reliable than the brothers in the hall.

There is a disadvantage in winning over people in the world, it requires constant recharging.

"Water Margin" has already made it very clear.

Song Jiang's status in the world is based on giving money to everyone he meets.

If he could not pay high salaries to the brothers in Cunju Hall, their loyalty would not last longer than three months.

……

the next day.
Bad news came again.

Suzhou Weaving Pufu was dismissed from office.

It is said that he was impeached by the censor because of too many losses.

This news shocked Li Yu like a bolt from the blue.

This is like a rainy day, but the umbrella above his head is gone.

For a long time, thanks to this relationship with Fucheng, he has been doing things very smoothly and has rarely been made trouble by the government.

Now that Fucheng's father has been dismissed from office, he is afraid that the government will intensify his troubles.

For example, the arrogant Fang Capt. and the insidious Huang Tongpan.

"Commander, it's raining. Come into the house."

"Yeah, it's changed."

The rain in Suzhou comes at any time, accompanied by bursts of thunder.

According to Xiaowu, this is the forward of Meiyu.

This year's plum rains came much later than in previous years.

(End of this chapter)