Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 37 Killing

West of the city, Cao Mansion.

"Young master, it's not good, someone died!"

Cao Yong woke up immediately, and by the moonlight, he saw Wei Hei standing in front of the bed with blood stains on his chest.He immediately sat up: "Injured?"

"It's not a subordinate, it's the blood of the villain!" Wei Hei replied.

Cao Yong was completely drunk, turned over and got out of bed: "Have thieves entered the mansion? How many people have come here? Will the people in our mansion be injured? How many people died?"

Wei Hei hesitated for a moment, then dropped to the ground on one knee: "My lord, please forgive me for the crime of recklessness!"

Hearing that there was no noise nearby, Cao Yong pondered for a moment: "What happened in Liufang Hutong?"

Wei Hei nodded, explaining the previous situation clearly.

It turned out that since the two brothers Wei Hei and Wei Bai found out the details of the small courtyard in Liufang Hutong, they thought about how to teach the county king Naersu a lesson and help Cao Yong vent his anger.

Because of Cao Yong's status as the county king of Naersu, he was not easy to act rashly, but the Wei brothers didn't take that much into account.Cao Yong thought that he couldn't cover Naersu's head with a sack and drag him into the alley to beat him; the Wei brothers were planning to beat Naersu violently.It's just that the two of them are in their thirties after all, and they're not the kind of impulsive teenagers who don't think about things.The two thought together, anyway, the woman came from a brothel, so they pretended to be benefactors from the past, looking for opportunities to teach Naersu a lesson.

The two brothers did not act recklessly, but greeted Cao Yong before going to Liufang Alley to watch at night.It's just that Cao Yong had just come home drunk at that time, and he was confused, so he knew it. The two brothers thought that Cao Yong had agreed to the plan, so they went to Liufang Alley to stare.

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At the beginning of Zichu ([-] o'clock in the evening), the Wei brothers went to the courtyard of Liufang Hutong in black clothes and hid themselves on the roof of the main house.

Hearing a man talking in the room, the two brothers thought that some kind of county king was here, and secretly thought that the opportunity came.I don't want to, and I listened carefully, but I vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Of the two people in the room, one called each other "Yun Niang" and the other "Sir".One said, "Yunniang, I'm sorry for you", and the other said, "Sir, resettlement".

The Wei brothers heard something wrong, gently lifted a tile, and looked into the room.The courtesan was still the same courtesan, but the one holding him in his arms was a middle-aged man in his 40s, who the two brothers thought was the accountant or housekeeper.

The Wei brothers didn't expect such an accident, they looked at each other, and they both thought it was funny.Unexpectedly, this uneasy master in the room not only hooked up with the county king, but even hooked up with the servants in the courtyard.

Since he was able to blatantly keep someone in the main room, it seems that he must have got the news that the prince will not come at night.Thinking of this, the Wei brothers knew that it would be pointless to wait any longer, so they planned to return to the Cao Mansion.

At this time, two extremely short barking sounds came from a distance.The two brothers had both been in the rivers and lakes before, and felt that the barking of dogs was wrong. It seemed that there were nocturnal people coming and going, and they were walking in their direction.

The two brothers held their breath and listened carefully.Both of them cultivated internally and externally, their hearing and eyesight were far beyond that of ordinary people, and they could hear voices within a radius of hundreds of meters clearly.

Someone whispered: "There is a big pagoda tree in front of the door, it seems that this is the house!"

Following the sound of "Xi Xi Suo Suo", several people jumped into the yard.Suddenly, someone yelled: "Who?" Only the sound of swords and swords intersecting was heard, and in a blink of an eye someone yelled "Ah", and then a heavy object fell to the ground.It turned out that it was the two guards in the front yard who found someone coming in and tried to stop them, but they were killed.

The Wei brothers could see clearly from the roof of the main room, and they were secretly startled.There were four people who came, and they attacked viciously, but they didn't know what kind of enmity they had with the woman in the courtyard.The two brothers are not troublesome people, and they don't have the idea of ​​"helping each other". Judging by the woman's behavior, she is not a serious person. Maybe some past mistress was annoyed, so she sent someone to deal with this ruthless attack .It's just that if you leave now, you will inevitably show your traces. Wouldn't it be annoying if the people who come here entangle you regardless of good or bad?Therefore, both of them made up their minds to stay on the sidelines for the time being.

Although the fighting time in the front yard was short, they were still shocked to the back yard.

A woman on duty at night sensed something was wrong, and shouted loudly: "The thieves are in, come quickly!"

In the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and although the terrified shouts could not be heard very far, they were enough to wake up everyone in the backyard.

As soon as the woman finished speaking, a few night walkers came up to her and raised their knives, and the woman's head had already been chopped off.

The Wei brothers frowned, clenched their fists but still endured.

"Mother, mother!" A little servant girl came out from the wing room, and cried while lying on the woman's corpse, and was cut down just as soon as she yelled twice.

The door of the main room was opened, and the middle-aged man came out, saw the dead woman's body on the ground, and said angrily: "Where are you thieves, how dare you do such a murder!"

The person who came saw a middle-aged man coming out of the main room. He was slightly surprised, pointed at him with a knife and said, "Who are you, the new concubine of 'Sai Xiangjun'? How dare you talk to me like that."

The middle-aged man was trembling with anger, a petite figure flashed out from behind him, and stood in front of the thief: "Since you came to me, why hurt the innocent!"

It was Lu Yunniang who came out. Although her face was pale with fright, her expression was resolute.

"Nonsense, I told you to hide, why are you still coming out?" The middle-aged man scolded angrily, and took a step forward, trying to protect Lu Yunniang behind him.

Lu Yunniang whispered softly: "Husband, being able to be husband and wife with you, even if it is only for two days, I feel happy, and I will not live this life in vain."

"Yunniang, if I had known that the relationship was shallow, my husband would never let you wait for half a year!" The middle-aged man saw the vicious people in front of him, and knew that he and the women and children could not escape with a long sigh.

The visitor sneered and said, "It's a good show of parting husband and wife, 'Sai Xiangjun', it's in vain for the master to treat you like that, but you are so ignorant. I will definitely fulfill you and let you live and die together." In the meantime, he raised his knife and approached the middle-aged man.

The Wei brothers hated Yun Niang's flirtatious behavior and didn't want to meddle in her own business, but how could they remain indifferent when they saw innocent women and children die tragically?Just taking into account Cao Yong, do not want to cause trouble for the Cao family because of their own reasons.

No, there was another change on the field.

Relying on the softness of her waist, Lu Yunniang turned to the middle-aged man again, and blocked the knife for him.The blade slid across her face, slashed at her shoulder, and half of her forearm flew out.Before everyone realized what was going on, Lu Yunniang fell limply.

The yard was so tragic, no matter how hard-hearted Wei Hei and Wei Bai were, they couldn't stand it.The brother covered his face with a black scarf, jumped out of the room, and stood in front of Lu Yunniang and the middle-aged man.

Those thieves saw two people jumping up and down from the room, and they all surrounded Lu Yunniang according to their posture.The Wei brothers complained that they were vicious, and they were not polite in their actions.It's just that the opponent has a bit of skill, and they started fighting all of a sudden.

After ten or so moves, the other party gradually failed. The leader was someone who had seen the world and could not do anything. He entangled Wei Hei himself and shouted: "Brothers, retreat quickly and inform the master that there are experts from the Ping Palace , ask the master to avenge those five!"

How could Wei Hei and Wei Bai allow them to escape and leave disaster behind, they tried their best to intercept them, and finally killed the three who were about to escape.The person in the yard who called himself "Na Wu" was seriously injured. Seeing that the Wei brothers wanted to ask for a confession, he sneered twice, and a stream of blood flowed out of his mouth. He died instantly.

Brothers Wei Hei and Wei Bai looked at the dead bodies in the yard, and their spirits faded, but they still haven't forgotten to clean up the funeral.I remember that the servant should also have a mother-in-law and a little maid, but they haven't appeared so far, it seems that they are hiding.Sure enough, in the wing room, the two trembling with fright were found.In the yard, the middle-aged man was holding Lu Yunniang's body and his eyes were loose.

Wei Hei said coldly: "She's not dead yet, if you don't help her stop the bleeding, I'm afraid she will really die!"

The middle-aged man woke up like a dream, and hurriedly tore off half of his skirt to wrap Lu Yunniang's broken arm.

After seeing that Lu Yunniang was indeed still alive, the middle-aged man realized that he hadn't thanked his benefactors yet, and immediately thanked him: "Lu Dai thanked the two benefactors!"

"Who are you and what is your relationship with Lu Yunniang?" Wei Hei asked with narrowed eyes.

"Lu Mou is the teacher of Prince Ping's Mansion, and Yun Niang is a bitch!" Lu Dai replied.

Wei Hei and Wei Bai are not fools, since those villains dared to destroy people at the foot of the emperor, they naturally had something to rely on, and they kept saying "Master", the people behind them must be the rich and powerful of Manchuria.The water in the capital is too deep, and it cannot be solved by force alone. Maybe it will implicate the young master and the Cao family.

The two brothers couldn't make up their minds about how to deal with the four people living in the yard right now.Finally, Wei Hei glanced at Wei Bai, and went back to Cao Mansion to ask Cao Yong for instructions.

Lu Dai was worried about Lu Yunniang's health and wanted to go out to find a doctor in the clinic, but was stopped by Wei Bai.It's curfew time now, let alone looking for a doctor if you go out, I'm afraid you will be in trouble too.

Lu Dai was not pedantic, and he didn't say anything that he wanted to report to the officials immediately.Nowadays, how many good officials are there in the yamen? If such a big case happened in the capital, when will it be over if no one takes the blame.If you report to the official, it's okay if you meet someone with a little conscience, otherwise you might be bitten back.

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West of the city, Cao Mansion.

After listening to Wei Hei's story, Cao Yong looked a little dignified.

"My lord, it's all the fault of my subordinates, so don't worry about it!" Wei Hei felt guilty.

Cao Yong smiled and patted Wei Hei on the shoulder: "Seeing the slaughter of innocent women and children, how can a few passionate men be indifferent. If it were me, I'm afraid I might not be as calm as your brothers!"

"However, how do those people deal with them? They have seen our brothers take action!" Wei Hei is not a cowardly person, but he does not want to be found on Cao Yong for his own sake.It was just Yifen who made the move just now, but now he finds it troublesome.

"Don't worry about it, let's wait until dawn to secretly escort to Prince Ping's mansion. I guess they will go there; if they go to the government mansion after dawn, follow them. Anyway, your brothers didn't show their faces, and the worst is to go back to Jiangning." Cao Yong said easily, My heart is a little heavy.

Since he knew that the people in the courtyard belonged to Prince Ping's Mansion, and sent killers there without any scruple, there was such a huge force behind it.Only higher-level princes or princes can ignore the county king.

Cao Yong wasn't worried about himself, after all the Wei brothers rescued people in masks, and the killer didn't slip through the net; he was just a little worried about his brother-in-law.

(End of this chapter)