Competing

Chapter 30
At night, the lights come on.

A carriage stopped slowly, and Chen Kui, the captain of Fanyi County, and his wife Yu Shi hurried up to meet it.Two women got off the car, one old and one young, Yu Shiyan smiled and went forward to salute.Chen Kui widened his eyes and asked, "Madam, where are Mr. Wu and Mr. Chen?"

It was the wife and daughter of Wu Rui, the county magistrate, who came here.

Dressed dignifiedly, Mrs. Wu said: "I'm really sorry, my poor health can't come here today. I made a mistake and was punished by his father not to go out. Please forgive me, Mr. Chen!"

"Eh?" A complex look flashed in Chen Kui's eyes, and he smiled all over his face, "I'm serious. Mr. Wu is not feeling well, so he should rest more. I'll visit the mansion tomorrow." As for Wu Chen, he knew that I know it well, so I didn't mention it.

"Master Chen is too polite!"

"Madam, please!" Chen Kui invited politely. Since only female family members came, Mrs. Yu accompanied her to the inner hall.

Chen Kui fell far behind, feeling extremely heavy.Today, taking advantage of the opportunity to deliver food to An Tong, he handed over a secret letter to his confidant Zhang Bai and brought it there, in order to report Wu Rui's gangsters and disobedience.

He is an official stationed by the imperial court, and he has a mission to monitor and contain Wu Rui, so he always pays attention to it.That day he saw a mysterious man visiting Wu Rui, and then there was news that An Tong came to Panyi to pursue him, but there was no sign of the bandit.What is even more miraculous is that the bandits suddenly appeared on the north side that night, stole the camp and robbed the village and burned food and grass.

Chen Kui became suspicious. An Tong said with certainty that the bandits were in Panyi, so how could they suddenly disappear?There is only one possibility, and that is that Wu Rui deliberately covered up.From that day on, Chen Kui began to investigate secretly, looking for evidence.

After a period of open and unannounced visits, it was found that there were indeed signs of bandits passing through Fanyi. It was impossible for Wu Rui to be unaware of this, so it was true that the bandits were covering up.Immediately afterwards, he discovered that a large number of men and horses from Peng Lize were heading north by boat that day, and they all carried sharp swords and weapons.At the same time, I also heard that Wu Chen, the son of Wu Rui, made rude remarks, etc., as well as some rumors.

Chen Kui thought about it carefully and suddenly realized.Therefore, he hastily edited a copy of the book and wanted to report this time to Zuo Xiaowei An Tong. On the one hand, he was doing his duty.On the other hand, after disposing of Wu Rui, he was able to ascend to the position of Fanyi, and he was very unwilling to be subordinated to others for many years.After finally catching an opportunity, how could he not make good use of it?

It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful, the rainy season lasts for more than a month, and the road is muddy and difficult, let alone every suitable excuse.If Wu Rui accidentally found out at this time, it would be very bad.Therefore, after delaying and delaying until today to deliver the military rations, there is a fair chance.

But in the evening, the food delivery team has not yet returned, and the roads are difficult to travel after the rain, which delays time.Even so, Zhang Gongcao knew the seriousness of the matter, so he should have sent a letter to himself, but in fact he didn't.In his opinion, if An Tong knew about this matter, he would definitely not let it go, there would always be a statement, but why there was no news?

Could it be that something happened in the middle?Did Wu Rui notice this?Thinking about it, Chen Kui became more and more uneasy.So he specially held a banquet at home and invited Wu Rui's family to the banquet as a test.

But when Wu Rui's wife and daughter came, but Wu Rui didn't come, Chen Kui's heart skipped a beat.Wu Rui What does this mean?Could it be that he really discovered something?Letting his wife and daughter come here just to stabilize himself?Thinking of this, Chen Kui felt even more uneasy.But then it occurred to me that the Wu family's mother and daughter were also hostages, and they could be held hostage if necessary, but didn't Wu Rui care about his wife and daughter?
Everything must be prepared in advance. After knowing that things were not going well, Chen Kui ordered his confidantes to strengthen the defense of the mansion, and at the same time sent people to the county government to inquire about the news. When the news came back, the county government was quiet.

Everything is so peaceful, the uneasiness in Chen Kui's heart is getting stronger and stronger, maybe this is the calm before the storm!Not long after, a maid came to deliver the cloaks to the mother and daughter of the Wu family. Chen Kui smelled something strange about what seemed to be an ordinary behavior, but he didn't dare to act rashly before tearing his skin apart.

Sighing softly, Chen Kui told his confidant housekeeper beside him, "Go and prepare, let Madam keep the mother and daughter of the Wu family, and try to find a way to send someone out of the city to see Captain An overnight."

The housekeeper was shocked and asked, "Master, do you really want to do it?"

Chen Kui said helplessly: "It seems that the news has been leaked. I'm afraid old Wu Rui has planned this to deal with us."

The butler nodded and went silently to prepare.It should be said that Chen Kui's premonition of the crisis was correct, but unfortunately it was useless.While the butler was arranging the staff, several black shadows had already climbed over the low wall of the Chen residence and sneaked in. It was Yin Xu, Ying Bu, Pu Jun and others.

Originally, the main task tonight was to lobby Wu Rui to instigate him to fight against Qin together, with the help of the manpower and material resources of such a large county as Panyi.The power will grow a lot, and it will occupy a place in the Jiangdong Anti-Qin Yi Army.

Things went smoothly at first, Wu Rui was moved by some sensible analysis, and then "forced" Wu Rui to kill Chen Kui with that letter.As long as the news of Chen Sheng and Wu Guangda's uprising in Ze Township is confirmed, Wu Rui will definitely agree to raise troops, because that is a doomed history.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, and it happened that the Wu family's mother and daughter went to Chen's house for a banquet.Obviously this was Chen Kui's probing, but it happened that Wu Rui did not come to the banquet, which was undoubtedly a dangerous signal in Chen Kui's eyes. The safety of the Wu family's mother and daughter was really worrying tonight, so Wu Rui naturally cared about his wife and daughter's comfort.

Yin Xu was also very worried about this. In fact, if Chen Kuizhen killed the mother and daughter of the Wu family, it would strengthen Wu Rui's determination to resist Qin.It's just that it will be impossible for me to cooperate with him. In the final analysis, Wu Rui fell into such a dilemma because of himself.Moreover, Chen Kui's messenger was arrested today, and the suspicion was caused by himself.Therefore, it is extremely important for them to rescue the mother and daughter of the Wu family safely. On the one hand, they express their apologies for peace of mind.On the one hand, expressing sincerity to Wu Rui is a prerequisite for joining forces.

Yin Xu took the initiative to invite Ying, and presented a detailed plan.After hearing this, Wu Rui thought about it and thought it was feasible, so she agreed.So everyone split up.

In the backyard of the Chen Mansion, the three servants patrolled back and forth, but it was a pity that they were one step too late.Yin Xu winked, stepped forward together with Ying Bu and Pu Jun, covered the mouths of the three of them, and instantly cut the sharp dagger across the servant's throat.

The three corpses were quickly dragged to a dark place, and after a while, the three servants walked out to continue patrolling.The slight difference is that there is an extra yellow cloth strip on the wrists of the three of them.

After walking around and finding out the layout of the Chen residence, the three housekeepers smiled at each other and threw the torches in their hands somewhere.In a few moments, the fire was raging, and the wind helped the fire to ignite towards the adjoining back hall.

"Go away!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

The thief shouted, "Stop the thief," and the arsonist shouted first, and the Chen family was alarmed instantly.For the first time, Chen Kui had a bad feeling, how could he suddenly catch fire when he was doing well?What's more, there are servants patrolling back and forth, which shows that someone did it deliberately.

The fire rushed towards the back hall in an instant, and the Yu family and Wu's mother and daughter were among them. In order to avoid the fire, they rushed out of the room under the guard of the servants.The flames in the sky alarmed the small-scale Fanyi City. When they learned that the house of Wei Chen County was on fire, the government officials on duty and even more than a dozen enthusiastic people rushed to put out the fire.For a moment, the inside and outside of the Chen Mansion were in chaos.

Chen Kui had no choice but to order the housekeeper to take good care of the Wu family's mother and daughter, while symbolically fighting the fire.Some of the members of the Chen family cooperated with the government servants and the people to put out the fire, while the rest were under the command of the housekeeper to protect the lady.In the panic, no one noticed that there were three strange figures.

Wu Mei, the eldest daughter of Wu Rui, is sixteen years old. She has practiced martial arts and medicine since she was a child.This is the tradition of her Wu family, a tradition started by Wu Rui's mother, the Mei family, and now managed by Wu Mei, it is the first female corps in Chinese history.

Today Wu Mei accompanied her mother to Chen's residence for a banquet. It would have been nice to have some, Mrs. Chen was very polite and warmly received her.Until later, the maid from the family's mansion came to give her a cloak in name, but actually sent her a message that Chen Kui wanted to take his mother and daughter as hostages.At the same time, he also told him that several strong men came to rescue him, and he remembered it by wrapping a yellow cloth around his wrist.

Wu Meisheng's seriousness has been kept silent until just now when she got angry and fled out of the back hall.A large group of servants from the Chen family surrounded them, and Wu Mei, who had a sharp eye, noticed the numbers on the arms of several servants, and she had a clue in her heart.

The fire was burning so badly that it was difficult to put it out for a while, and more people were alarmed, and officers and soldiers had already rushed to put out the fire after hearing the news.Chen Kui knew that the general situation was over, and it was obvious that someone deliberately set the fire, the purpose was just to have an excuse to transfer troops.

Now, we can only take the Wu family's mother and daughter hostage and escape from the city!
When he turned his head, he realized that it was too late, and the Wu family's mother and daughter were already in chaos.Three abnormal servants held daggers, punched, kicked and stabbed indiscriminately in the crowd, and gradually surrounded Wu's mother and daughter.More than a dozen civilians involved in fighting the fire suddenly threw away their buckets and stepped forward to guard them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the housekeeper of Chen's mansion took advantage of the chaos and slipped into the darkness beside him.Wu Rui had already led the troops into the mansion, Chen Kui knew that the situation was over, and then Wu Chen threw a man in front of him, who was the man he sent to ask An Tong for help, Chen Kui sat on the ground slumped and fell into despair.

At this moment, Mrs. Wu knew the ins and outs, and was dragged by her daughter to meet Wu Rui.Seeing that his wife and daughter were safe and sound, Wu Rui finally felt relieved, smiled and nodded to Yin Xu who was beside him, expressing his gratitude.Yin Xu also breathed a sigh of relief, smiling and talking to Pu Jun beside him.Ying Bu on the side glanced over and suddenly turned pale with shock. Under the faint firelight, a figure showed a ferocious smile, and the black crossbow arrows were aimed at the direction of Wu Rui's family.

"Be careful!" Yingbo yelled to remind him, but it was too late.Out of the idea of ​​saving people, Ying Bu subconsciously threw himself out, and the swiftly flying crossbow bolts sank into his shoulders.Everyone was shocked by such a change, and Yin Xu reacted quickly. The moment Yingbo reached the bottom, the dagger in his hand flew out.

It was the butler of the Chen residence who shot the crossbow. Seeing the crossbow heading towards Wu Rui, he smiled smugly.Unexpectedly, a person suddenly jumped out, blocked an arrow, and then a dagger flew into the air and pierced his chest before he could dodge.The butler's smile froze, and he fell to the ground with unwillingness and astonishment, without breath.

"Brother Ying, how are you?" Yin Xu hurriedly stepped forward to visit.

Wu Rui was also very concerned. He already understood that Yingbo was shot by an arrow to save them.Yin Xu helped Yingbu up, and Wu Mei, who was a military doctor, hurried forward to check, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the wound on his right shoulder, and said, "It doesn't matter, send it back to the mansion quickly, and I will treat it!" Several soldiers saw this , hurriedly carried Yingbo and left with Wu Mei.

Yingbo felt that it was just a flesh injury and he could walk, but Wu Mei flatly rejected him, so he had to be a patient who had no right to speak, and obediently followed the female doctor.Unexpectedly, this arrow led to a marriage between Iron Man Yingbu...

In the early morning, the people of Fanyi County learned that there was a fire at the home of the county lieutenant Chen Kui last night, and the county magistrate Wu Rui sent troops to put out the fire in time, but it was a step too late.The autumn wind was blowing, and the fire was so intense that the 47 members of the Chen family had no time to escape and were all buried in the sea of ​​flames.

At noon, the troops sent by Wu Rui sent back news.Chen Sheng from Yangcheng and Wu Guang from Yangjia encountered heavy rain on their way to defend Yuyang and missed the deadline.Left and right are dead, the two rose up in Daze Township to resist the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and have already conquered several counties.Chen Sheng proclaimed himself king, and many survivors from the six countries responded.

What is even more gratifying is that in Kuaiji County, Jiangdong, Xiang Liang, a descendant of Xiang Yan, a general of Chu State, rebelled against Qin.Lieutenant Zhou Kang urgently led his troops back to Kuaiji, Lieutenant An Tong stationed in Pengze had not mobilized troops yet, but the defeated general with only 4000 troops was not worried.

Wu Rui heard that it was consistent with what Yin Xu said.In addition to what happened last night, sooner or later the news will leak out, so he immediately decided to raise troops against Qin.

(End of this chapter)