Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 462 Autumn Fu (Eighteen)

"This arrow is not very good. It is not the modern crossbow arrow you are used to. It's okay."

"No problem, just look at it." Dai Xie picked up his beloved pulley crossbow. This crossbow does not belong to him, but it has better performance, but the crossbow arrow looks really awkward-the craftsmanship is too rough.

Of course, if they used their homemade crossbows, it would be tantamount to self-inflicted.

After carefully aiming, he pulled the trigger.

With a "whoosh", the crossbow arrow flew out.In the quiet and penetrating night of the seventeenth century, the noise was frighteningly loud.Then, there was a "bang" in the dark night.The dog barked suddenly.From near to far, the dogs in the entire Ximen Guanxiang barked.

"On target!" said the person monitoring the shooting effect with an infrared telescope.

"Withdraw!" With an order, everyone disappeared quietly in the night.

After a long time, the lights were finally turned on in the dark Xiguan Pass.The house that made the noise was Liu Dalin's family. The Liu family didn't have many servants, and the ground was not very flat in the past, so no one dared to come out immediately after hearing the abnormal noise in the courtyard.

Several servants lit the torches, carefully opened the door with sticks in their hands, and walked along the yard to visit.Liu's house is not big, and there are only three courtyards in front and back, and there is nothing unusual after checking.Walking all the way to the side courtyard, this is where Liu Dalin's study is located, there is no one else at night except for the boy servant.

"Look! There are arrows on the door!" exclaimed one of the servants inside.

Everyone ran over in three steps at a time, and ran to the door of the study, only to see an arrow stuck in the wooden wall, penetrating into the wooden wall.The servants were stunned in shock——Although Lingao is not a place where you don't pick up lost things on the road and don't close your house at night, it's the first time you've heard of people shooting arrows in the city.Not to mention the home of the number one gentry in the county.

"Quick, go and report back to the master!"

Liu Dalin had already got up at this time, and was dressed by his wife and servant girls.He also woke up from the commotion just now, expecting that his family would definitely return.Liu Dalin is the most upright in dealing with things, whether he treats his family members or servants, he must be neatly dressed.

His family came to report that the arrow had been found on the wall of the study, which surprised him.This is really something that has never happened before—even when the Li people rebelled and the county was in danger, no arrows shot into the city!Bandits and robbers have almost disappeared recently, so why are they making such a fuss all of a sudden!

He vaguely felt that this had something to do with what was posted yesterday.He calmly said: "Don't panic! Take off the arrow and wrap it up immediately. Everyone go to sleep, don't spread the news!"

"Master, do you want to report to the official tomorrow morning—"

"Don't report it to the officials!" Liu Dalin vetoed, "Let's just pretend it didn't happen." He knew very well that Chen Minggang and his gang did it most of the time, in order to intimidate him.

"Hmph, what a vile and despicable person!" Liu Dalin said.

His wife was quite frightened: "Master, let's report to the official, Mr. Wu gets along very well with us, so he must take care of us..."

"Ma'am, Mr. Wu is naturally kind, but most of the gangsters under him are on the same page with Chen Minggang. What's the use of reporting to the officials? It's just a few yamen servants who come to investigate and find nothing. These lowly servants entered the house, I'm afraid of dirtying my house!"

"master--"

"Stop talking, I have my own measure." Liu Dalin said.After such a toss, his drowsiness disappeared, and he comforted his wife a few more words, and went outside to light a candle and read a book.

He asked someone to buy the book from Guangzhou—since there are regular ships from Gaoguang Shipping Company, it is much more convenient to ask someone to buy things from Guangzhou.These are several scientific expeditions during the reign of Tianqi and Enkeli's Chinese-style anthology in the first year of Chongzhen, all of which are first-class stereotyped articles.This kind of anthology is generally only interested in reading by scholars who are still eager for fame and fame. However, those who have won the Jinshi treat such books as students after the college entrance examination.Liu Dalin was so keen on this because he really wanted to teach a few disciples and win one or two more Jinshi for the county.

But the imperial examinations, the so-called papers in the middle of the field, written articles full of flowers and flowers may not be able to get fame, the higher the level, the more unpredictable factors.Not only must the article be well-written, but also have a certain understanding of the examiner's temper, style of writing and the intention of the court.Try to figure out the article that is most suitable for the examiner.

When Liu Dalin studied this book, he wanted to figure out the style of writing in the examination room in the past ten years.Fortunately, there is targeted guidance when giving lectures.

However, the book is always hard to read, and the words that seemed wonderful at first seem extremely boring and boring now.

"It's empty!" Liu Dalin patted the table.Involuntarily thought of the arrow again.It was obvious that Chen Minggang and his gang wanted to intimidate him, but they were too daring to do so.Could it be that the Australians are behind the scenes?Thinking about it, it seems unlikely.Australians don't have to go to such lengths to deal with themselves.As long as it is said that "reporting is not allowed", no one in the whole county can do anything about it.Why bother?

It seemed that only Chen Minggang and his gang would do this.Thinking that this person actually relied on the power of the Australians to do such a rebellious thing!Even when the Li people rebelled and the county was in crisis, there had never been such a disturbance in the city!What's more, it is directly aimed at yourself!Liu Dalin's self-esteem was greatly stimulated - he has always been modest, regardless of the other party's high or low.The whole county also respected him very much.Now that a subordinate official dared to threaten him so blatantly, it was unbearable.

"Thinking that such a trick of ghosts and ghosts can frighten me." Liu Dalin said bitterly.

But to sue the Australians is another unsubstantiated and unsubstantiated case.He thought it over and over again, and decided not to say anything.At that moment, the caretaker called the housekeeper and asked him to organize all the young men in the family and be on duty day and night, in case someone caused trouble.

However, early the next morning, the whole county was in great commotion. It turned out that in addition to Liu Dalin's family who was shot with an arrow that night, there were also several wealthy gentry families who were thrown into the knife. On it was a poster, with words written crookedly, reminding them that "talking too much will lead to mistakes" and telling them to "be careful of the dog's head".Someone put a knife on the gate of the majestic county school shooting garden.Even the students in the county school were thrown with knives in front of the dormitory.

This incident immediately caused a sensation in the whole city. In less than half a day, everyone in Dongmen City knew about it. Such a incident had never happened in this county.Bring a little bright color to the boring life in this county.For a while, there were discussions everywhere.

Almost everyone in the discussion agreed that this was done by Chen Minggang and his gang.Some people were amazed at the audacity of Chen Minggang and his gang, while others lamented that the gentry had been swept away.

Although Liu Dalin told his family not to spread rumors about people shooting arrows, but at noon, many people in the county already knew that Liu Dalin's family was also warned by people shooting arrows.Many people came to Liu's house in sedan chairs to express their condolences.It made Liu Dalin baffled—who leaked the news?Others came to greet out of sincerity, and it was inconvenient for me not to see me, so I had to come out to deal with it, which made me very tired

Huang Tikun also came to offer condolences.He is not afraid of being stabbed with a knife in the door - the bandits who fought against Huang's village back then sent all kinds of threats to Huang's family, and he laughed them all off.However, it was beyond his expectation that Chen Minggang and his gang did such a thing.Especially how dare they threaten Liu Dalin so blatantly!

"Uncle is shocked!"

"It's nothing more than a young person who is going to jump on the bridge. It's nothing to worry about." Liu Dalin didn't care about it.

"This matter is still reported to the official..."

"There is no need to report to the officials." Liu Dalin said his thoughts again.

"Uncle, you still need to report to the police. Regardless of whether you can solve the case or not, the news of the shooting at your house has spread all over the city. If you just endure it like this, don't everyone think you are afraid of these gangsters?" ——Would you rather turn a big thing into a small one, or make a small thing into nothing?"

Liu Dalin thought that what Huang Tikun said was reasonable, if no one knew about it, it would be fine.Now that it has been spread, it is not good to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so I asked someone to report to the county government.

The county responded quickly, and Dian Shi came to visit Liu's house not long after. As usual, there was a survey procedure to be done. Dian Shi pretended to look at the arrow marks in the yard of the study, and then looked at the arrow, and ordered his subordinates to put it away as a gift. physical evidence.

After the reconnaissance, it is inevitable to say some polite words, saying that the case will be "solved within a time limit", and Liu Dalin also responded with a story.

Everyone knows that this matter has nothing to do with the county government. The key is how the Australians plan to deal with this matter?

There was an answer soon, the next day of the incident.The folks at the gate of the city saw a group of people coming from the direction of Bairen Beach.Isshiki short clothes and hair.Knowing that it was an Australian who came, he hurriedly sent someone to report to the county magistrate.

The county residents heard that there was a large group of Australians going into the city, and they flocked to the gate of the city to watch the excitement.I saw a team of more than 30 people, all in blue jackets and jackets, with belts around their waists, and many things were hanging on the belts in various places. Some people carried muskets on their shoulders, and some had swords on their waists. , one by one looked truly mighty.It was completely different from the tattered clothes and beggars of the officers and soldiers in the county they were used to.

"Australian soldiers are really elite—" someone commented among the crowd watching the excitement.

"What kind of eyes do you have! These are fake hair..."

"Hush! You're going to die, Aussie! Aussie!"

"Yes, yes, these Australian soldiers were recruited locally, and some were recruited from other provinces."

"It's really audacious to feed Australians as soldiers." Someone commented.

"Master Zhao, if your family doesn't have enough food to eat, you must be more courageous than them."

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(End of this chapter)