I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 67 The bright moon takes the lead

Chapter 67 The bright moon takes the lead
The Ouyang family's manor is second to none in the entire Shihao County.

The manor is divided into four parts. There are more than 30 houses in the north. Most of them are where servants and maids live. However, they are also built with thick blue bricks. The doors, windows and pillars are all painted with fine red paint. .

The place where the master and adopted son of the Ouyang family lives is often smelled of incense. It is cleaned every morning and evening, and hot tea and snacks are always prepared. They change them every hour and a half, so that the cakes are always at their softest and ready to eat at any time.

To the west are accounting rooms, warehouses, kitchens, and stables; to the east are rockeries, bamboo forests, plum blossoms, pavilions, and fish ponds.

The south side of the manor is where guests are usually entertained. In addition to the patio, courtyard, living room and lobby, there are also tea rooms, Zen rooms, painting studios, and study rooms.

During the day, the old head of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Gu, his biological son, and several of his most cherished adopted sons, were always walking around the south side of the manor.

After lunch, Ouyang Gu sat leisurely in the lobby, wearing a deep red fire brocade robe, which was as thin as silk and as warm as a cotton coat. His somewhat fat body sank into the Taishi chair, and the two iron bladders in his hands slowly turned.

Ouyang Li was talking to him about the detailed planning of East Third Street and the current construction status.

Ouyang Gu nodded slightly when he heard this, and asked a foster son next to him: "No one from Kuangshi Village has come to deliver the news?"

The adopted son's real name was Ouyang Tao. He was not the most ambitious or resourceful among the adopted sons, but he was the most loyal.

It was the person Su Hanshan met.

After all, bandits are not decent people, and they are always a little moody. Even if they heard that the bandits in Shanyang County are particularly disciplined, it is difficult to completely reassure people.

Ouyang Gu saw the turmoil that would be caused by the migration of bandits and refugees, and was reluctant to let go of these opportunities to use the hands of bandits to remove stumbling blocks for many years. However, he was also unwilling to let his own son take risks and let others go to him. I was worried, so I had to send my most loyal adopted son to take care of it.

"Still no news."

Ouyang Tao said, "According to what the bandit wanted, the fact that he didn't send us any information proves that they agreed to take action tonight."

Ouyang Li said dissatisfied: "What if they send someone over again in the evening to change the time? Is it possible for my father to treat that old guy from Shang Liangfang to a meal for nothing?"

Ouyang Tao said: "I think it is always good for the other side to be more cautious when it comes to joining forces with bandits. Even if the delay is delayed, it will cost us an extra meal, but it is still worth it."

"It makes sense."

Ouyang Gu deliberately lectured his adopted son in front of his adopted son, "Li'er, you should also learn from your adopted brother's calmness, and don't act like an old guy. He took over after I retired. Speaking of which, he may not be as young as me." He's older, he's just more mature."

Ouyang Li did not dare to refute his father and bowed his head in response.

Ouyang Gu said: "Then I'm going to leave now. I'll go to the county magistrate's house first, and then ask him to send someone to invite our old enemy to the county magistrate's house for a while in the evening."

"Tao'er, although tonight's banquet is just a pretense, a lot of people will be invited. The name is to discuss how to deal with the refugees in the future. You come with me and deal with those people more."

"When our old rivals have their wings cut off and lose their confidence, you can take the opportunity to win over these losers."

Ouyang Tao was overjoyed, knowing that this was a great deal of cultivation, and quickly stood up to thank him.

After Ouyang Gu and Ouyang Tao went out, Ouyang Li stood at the door, waving his folding fan and looking unhappy.

Although he knew that his father was just showing up and that the family business would eventually be handed over to him, he saw that Ouyang Tao was really going to get some benefits.

He felt as if a piece of the gold, silver, jade and pearls in his hand had been taken away from him, and some of his weight was missing.

"housekeeper."

Ouyang Li called out, had an idea in his mind, and ordered, "Go and invite the seven shopkeepers who have always been closest to our family and are about to open a new store on East Third Street, and tell me that I have got some new jars of fine wine. , there will be a banquet in the evening, and you will not come home until you are drunk."

It doesn't matter if Ouyang Tao woos some losers. As long as his loyal allies are always under his control and share weal and woe with him, the Ouyang family's family fortune will not be leaked into other people's hands in the future.

Ouyang Li was so proud that he had already planned the burning of Shang Liangfang at night.

Of course, the Ouyang family's collusion with the bandits cannot be disclosed to these shopkeepers openly, but East Third Street has already encountered a fire. To invite them over tonight, and there is another fire in Shangliangfang, these shopkeepers themselves should also feel that If you can guess it, you must be more in awe.

Allowing them to participate in the planning of East Third Street is a favor. Two fires are a threat. Applying favor and force together is the way to use people.

Ouyang Li thought he was talented, so he turned around and went back to wait for the dinner, but of course he didn't know that all the movements of Ouyang's family were in the eyes of some beggars.

Every shopkeeper who got the invitation soon had beggars asking the neighbors about their deeds.

Ouyang Gu went to the county magistrate's home. The magistrate sent people to Shang Liangfang, and the most astute among the beggars got a good look at it.

A few hours passed quickly. The golden crow fell to the west and the jade rabbit rose to the east.

The weather is getting colder, but there has been no rain or snow in the past few days. The night is bright and the moon and stars are visible.

The streets were empty, the shops were closed, and there were few pedestrians on the road. The people in their homes, who spared the lights, had gone to bed one after another, leaving only the moonlight shining on the windows.The Ouyang family's manor is brightly lit, even brighter than the stars and the moon.

Ouyang Li and other shopkeepers exchanged glasses in the lobby and talked loudly. It was the time when the wine had passed three times and the dishes had tasted, and the atmosphere was at its most lively.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and some servants were shouting.

"Which slave disturbed the drinking pleasure?!"

Ouyang Li was dazzled by drinking. When he heard the crying, he felt it was very unlucky and became furious. He pushed away the housekeeper who came to help him and walked out the door.

The two paper window doors suddenly opened, brushing against the bridge of his nose, and the cold wind rushed into the living room and lobby, making everyone feel alert and awake.

With the shopkeeper's ears, this time he could clearly hear the same words mixed in the cries of the servants and maids.

"Bandits!" "The bandits are coming!!"

Ouyang Li looked up blankly and saw a stern man with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes standing in front of him, holding a brilliant golden brass sword in his hand.

"Why, don't you recognize us?"

The man in black smiled and said, "Your Ouyang family invited us here, so you don't recognize us?"

"Bronze sword? How do you..."

Ouyang Li seemed to speak blankly, but in the middle of his words, he suddenly moved his folding fan and shot out eighteen poisonous needles.

At the same time, he raised his foot and kicked the threshold, and shot backwards. He was as fast as an antelope, and he was very accomplished in Qinggong.

He had practiced martial arts passed down from his family since elementary school. Although it was difficult, due to his father's encouragement, by the age of about 20, he had also practiced the realm of Qi Hai Sixteenth Level. However, after that, the advancement of internal energy slowed down, and his father also No more forcing him.

After all, it is not only through martial arts that you can get ahead in this world. As long as there are rules, you can also have a place by relying on your brains, family wealth, and connections.

For example, the instructor of the Ouyang Family Nursing Academy is a master of Qi Hai Dacheng. Among his disciples, there are four or five people who are better than Ouyang Li in martial arts, but they have to rely on the Ouyang Family to make a living and help Ouyang Li do things to arrest people and silence them.

Ouyang Li didn't expect that a few poisonous needles of his could hurt such a famous gangster as the "Bronze Sword Crazy Lion".

He just wanted to delay it for a while, and when the coach and others arrived, it would be enough to protect himself.

Unexpectedly, when those poisonous needles were shot out, a copper sword in the hand of the man in black had already broken the door frame and blasted in from the side.

All the poisonous needles were blown away, and Ouyang Li, who was leaning forward and about to walk away, was swept across his waist by this sword.

Although it was not a sword blade, but the sword spine swept over, Ouyang Li also suffered fatal injuries. The bones in his waist and hips were shattered to pieces, and his whole body was like a rag doll, flying out and hitting the wall.

puff! !

Ouyang Li spurted out a puff of blood mist and rolled twice on the ground. His body was twitching in pain as he watched the man in black walk in.

Some of the shopkeepers knew how to use martial arts and wanted to break through the window and escape, while some didn't know how to use martial arts and just wanted to hide under the table.

But after the bronze sword danced, the entire hall seemed to be filled with the sound of the whistling sword wind.

The table full of wine and food, cups and dishes, including the shopkeepers, all flew up in the wind, involuntarily, making a mess and screaming.

The paper windows and wooden doors were destroyed to create larger holes, revealing the scene in the courtyard.

Ouyang Li looked intently into the courtyard. The nursing instructor, for whom he had high hopes, was being nailed to the screen wall with a knife.

Many bandits with dirty clothes and unkempt hair were running around the yard.

In the severe pain, Ouyang Li's mind became confused. The laughter he used to show off his authority, the hateful faces, crying faces, and corpses of those who opposed him seemed to flow out together in his mind, stirring into chaos. A puddle of paste.

How could this be?
Shouldn't it be Shang Liangfang that was robbed? How could it be our Ouyang family?
Why are you dead faces hanging around in my mind? You have no ability, no money, no background. Houses, land deeds, wives, and daughters are things that I regard as blessings but refuse to give them to you. You deserve to die.

Our family is rich and powerful, with a large number of people. From the officials to the jailers, everyone belongs to us. Our family should live a good life and enjoy great blessings. Why, how, how come our family will be robbed? ! !
Ouyang Li couldn't figure it out. He couldn't figure it out at all. He clutched the folding fan tightly, with blood foam around his mouth, and died in boundless pain and resentment.

Those who were killed by him must not be able to figure out why they were living an honest life, but suddenly someone came to rob their things and kill them.

Obviously the Ouyang family is already so rich and has much more than ordinary families like them.

It's a pity that God cannot kill people.

It's a pity that it was Su Hanshan who killed him, not those wronged souls!
(End of this chapter)

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