Chapter 783: Another Branch
Something happened to the Hou family, but the four families maintained a strange silence, and the people who ate melons were curious, but they couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Among the four families, some of them pretended to be confused, and some were really confused, of course Anping Hou and the Changsun family knew that they didn't do it themselves, but who could prove their innocence? Whether it is the courtiers or the people in the market, all kinds of eyes are staring at them, at this time, if the Marquis of Anping stands up and yells, "I really didn't do it", how many people can believe in this sentence? Even if he commits suicide in grief and anger, he will be regarded as acting.
There is no argument against it, especially Hou Jie's leg was broken, and those enthusiastic onlookers spread it around, back then, when Liu Ping was just a soldier, the heavy rain delayed the grain, General Hou was angry, and at that time Liu Ping was pushed out of the account to practice military law, breaking one of Liu Ping's legs, after more than 20 years, General Hou was exiled for committing a crime, Liu Ping was proud of the spring breeze, so he came to the door to find the Hou family full of women and children old and weak to seek revenge, you say it is not a coincidence, just at this time, General Hou's eldest son was also broken leg, Okay, now you say that this matter has nothing to do with the Anping Marquis Mansion? Do you believe this when you say it?
All kinds of rumors are raging in Chang'an City, of course, the most classic and convincing version is this.
Without warning, the Anping Hou Mansion was inexplicably planted into the sludge, no matter how to pull it out, even with the eldest grandson's family also fell unlucky, Anping Hou took refuge in the eldest grandson Wuji was originally a tacit semi-public secret, this semi-public secret was only circulated in the mouth of the Chang'an magnates, but now that Anping Hou had an accident, the magnates got together to discuss, and inevitably brought the eldest grandson Wuji out, so the secret spread at a plague-like speed, and the rumors pointed directly to the Anping Hou Mansion, and by the way, it also caught the eldest grandson's family.
The grievances between the Hou family and the Hou of Anping have spread, and the people who are watching the excitement are reasonable, they know the most basic right and wrong, everyone has a scale in their hearts, Hou Junji broke Liu Ping's leg in accordance with military law, this matter is not wrong in the eyes of the people, Liu Ping was delayed in escorting the military rations, and almost missed the major military events, it is not an exaggeration to cut off his head, what is the point of breaking his leg?
After many years, Liu Ping is finally glorious, he is a marquis, you can come back to seek revenge, but you also have to find the right master, Hou Junji was unlucky, exiled, leaving a family of old and weak women and children, you actually attacked them, is this what a man should do? It's a bestial act.
Public opinion soon showed a one-sided trend, who broke Hou Jie's leg, even the government did not come to a conclusion, but the people in the market have already decided that it is the hand of Hou Anping, and there is no need for evidence, anyway, it is him.
Then, Chang'an City scolded everywhere, and the spearheads were pointed at Anping Hou, and the company commander Sun Wuji was also implicated.
Anping Hou was anxious, this is a big wrong, to be honest, he also wants to take revenge, and he really wants to break Hou Jie's leg, but this is just an idea, and it has never been put into action, who knows which hero did this, and he was pitted by the way.
As for the eldest grandson's family, it was even more angry, and was inexplicably pulled into this mud, obviously wronged, but because of the arrogant face of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, he had to make a posture of "I don't bother to explain to you stupid mortals", allowing the scolding in Chang'an City to get higher and higher, and the belly of fire in the heart of Changsun Wuji became more and more vigorous.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Hou family seems to have swallowed their anger, and even the Hou Fang family has given the whole family a grounding order, and no one in the Hou family is allowed to go out for a single step.
The Hou family endured it, but the Li family jumped out.
The long-lost Chang'an bastard finally came on the field in his true colors, and on the third day when Hou Jie's leg was broken, Li Su made a move.
The identity of the prince of Jingyang County is different now, of course he will not come forward in person, it is Li Su's friend Wang Zhu, and Li Su's personal guard leader Fang Lao Wu, the two of them led forty or fifty subordinates into Chang'an City, and found the Qinglou where Hou Ming drank flower wine beforehand, dozens of people smashed the Qinglou to pieces, and then went straight to the Anping Hou Mansion, the Wuhou who patrolled the city saw that these people were menacing, and the backstage was tough, and the Wuhou did not dare to care, and hurriedly sent someone to pass Li Su's uncle Li Ji, Just when dozens of people were murderous and only half a street away from the Anping Marquis Mansion, Li Ji hurriedly arrived, and under his strong suppression, Wang Zhu and Fang Lao Wu stopped stupidly, turned around and walked back.
It's just that before turning around, Wang Zhu looked at the Anping Marquis Mansion not far away, sneered a few times, and then threw down the sentence "It's not that you don't report, the time has not come", and finally left with the subordinates.
After this incident, there was a lot of discussion in Chang'an City, the people were happy, seeing that this day was getting more and more lively, and the development of the plot was simply bright, there were turns everywhere, and there were surprises everywhere, which really made the people who had been lonely for a long time full of joy, waiting for the new plot to update.
Regarding the Li family's sudden move, the people also expressed their understanding.
From the day when the twenty members of the Li family guarded the gate of the Hou family, Li Su was tantamount to openly announcing that the Hou family was covered by him, but two days after the announcement, Hou Jie was plotted to break his leg, which is equivalent to someone slapping Li Su in a loud slap, and the young and vigorous Grandpa Li was slapped in the face, how could he bear this evil breath? Naturally, you have to rush out to find someone to settle accounts, otherwise you won't be able to mix in the future.
The so-called wronged has a head, and the debtor has a master, who should Li Su find to settle accounts? After doing the math, it is naturally the Marquis of Anping's mansion, and now the entire Chang'an City says that it is the Marquis of Anping who did it to Hou Jie, of course, Li Su is not exempt from vulgarity, everyone says so, even if you didn't do it, it must be "unnecessary", of course, you have to take the Anping Marquis to operate, as for the evidence...... Does Grandpa Li need evidence to find trouble?
Because Li Ji intercepted halfway, the Li family and the Marquis of Anping did not conflict, but despite this, it really scared Liu Ping out of a cold sweat.
Less than an hour after the Li family withdrew to Taiping Village, Liu Ping took his dog Liu Xian, father and son out of the city in a light car, went straight to Taiping Village, and respectfully stood in front of the Jingyang County Mansion to see Li Su, wanting to defend his innocence in front of Li Su.
It's a pity that this time Liu Ping finally touched the nail, and the father and son waited at the door for half an hour, and the housekeeper in the house came out, but Grandpa Li refused to see him.
Li Su is not someone who can see him if he wants to, especially the kind of person who comes to the door without gifts......
Liu Ping's father and son were angry in their hearts, but they didn't dare to attack, they knew very well that there were many county marquis in Chang'an City like a dog, like Liu Ping, who had no foundation and no connections, and at best hugged the eldest grandson Wuji's thigh, it was too fragile, not to mention that the eldest grandson Wuji had been very disappointed and annoyed with him recently, and had kept a distance from him, and the thigh he had just hugged seemed to be not so strong, in this situation, Liu Ping became more and more afraid to offend Li Su, and he couldn't afford to provoke him.
Thinking that Li Su would turn his face when he said it, and he planned to copy his family's posture without saying a word, Liu Ping couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and it was not until this time that Liu Ping suddenly thought of the most critical part of the whole incident and the place he deliberately ignored, the Hou family.
In just a few days, Liu Ping, who had just served in Chang'an, found that the water in Chang'an City was too deep, not only deep, but also turbid, the imaginary gentleman took revenge, and the high-ranking officials returned to Chang'an, slashing the enemy under the knife, leaving the world with a chic back of happiness and revenge, but now, Liu Ping not only failed to take revenge, but fell into the quagmire and could not extricate himself, and the backer was disappointed in him, and offended a powerful person, as for the image...... He can't even imagine his current image, and the legendary "street rat" is probably like this.
What about the happiness and revenge that are said to be good? What about the chic back that is said to be good?
Why is it that everything is completely different from what I planned today? And the current state of affairs is not under your control at all, God knows which direction it will develop......
When he left Taiping Village in despair, Liu Ping finally realized that if he wanted to get out of the current quagmire, he must first let go of the hatred of the past, and now it is difficult to protect himself, and the great hatred is not important, not only to let go, but also to take the initiative to bow his head, take the initiative to bow his head to the Hou family, this head must be lowered, the Hou family has calmed down, and the incident will gradually subside, otherwise if it continues to develop like this, the supervision of the imperial history of the court should go to His Majesty to refer to the book, and he has done this not authentically. Even if His Majesty hates Hou Junji deeply, it is impossible to tolerate a villain like him, and at that time, Liu Ping's great merits will be swept to the end and completely beaten back to his original form.
Thinking of the key point of the whole thing, Liu Ping's nervous mood was finally a little excited, so he beat the horse and sped up, and the father and son galloped happily towards Chang'an City.
Before the person entered Chang'an City, he rode a fast horse on the avenue, and hurriedly reined in his horse and jumped off after seeing Liu Ping, and Liu Ping saw that this person was a personal guard in his house.
"Lord Hou, someone in the mansion is missing." The guards clenched their fists and hung their heads.
Liu Ping frowned: "Who is missing?" ”
"The chief of the guard, Wang Fuqu."
Liu Ping was stunned: "Wang Fuqu is missing?" When? ”
"Three days ago."
Liu Ping became more and more confused, Wang Fuqu was one of the guards who followed him in the early years, and he was the one with the highest martial arts and the most rich experience in fighting.
Liu Ping knew that Wang Fuqu had always been loyal to him, how many years of fighting on the battlefield, the friendship between him and Wang Fuqu was extremely deep, and everyone in the Hou Mansion knew that Wang Fuqu said that he was the chief of the guard in the Hou Mansion, but Liu Ping has always regarded him as a brother, and even the little Marquis Liu Xian worshipped Wang Fuqu as a teacher and practiced martial arts riding and archery.
With such a deep relationship, there has never been a disagreement, even if everyone has their own aspirations and wants to leave, at least they should say hello to Liu Ping, right?
Liu Ping's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his face was extremely difficult to look at: "Did Wang Fuqu say anything before leaving?" ”
The guard shook his head: "No, no one heard what he said. ”
Liu Ping became angry: "Why did you come to report me after being missing for three days?" ”
The guard hesitated: "After all, he is the fire chief, the head of the brothers, if he goes out, who dares to ask more?" Besides, he raised a concubine room in Changxingfang, which everyone knows, three days ago he went out, did not return at night, the brothers thought he stayed in the concubine room, to the second night did not come back, the brothers felt that something was wrong, today the brothers in the house went to his concubine room to inquire only to know that Wang Fuqu had not been to the woman's house at all in the past three days, the brothers were anxious, and then reported to the Hou Ye. ”
Liu Ping was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but be furious, raised the horsewhip in his hand and was about to whip him, and then he didn't know what he remembered, the high horsewhip stopped in mid-air, and after being stunned for a while, he suddenly turned his head to look at his son Liu Xian, and said: "Xian'er, what day was the Hou family's son whose leg was broken?" ”
Liu Xian thought for a while and said, "Four days ago. ”
Liu Ping muttered: "Four days ago, four days ago...... In other words, the day after the Hou family's son was broken in his leg, Wang Fuqu disappeared inexplicably......"
The voice of muttering was very small, but Liu Xian next to him still heard it, Liu Xian was stunned for a long time, and was suddenly startled, and said, "No, it won't...... Father, could it be that Hou Jie's broken leg is Master Wang......"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Ping immediately cut it off, shook his head categorically and said, "Impossible!" Without my order, Fu Qu would not have been able to do this, and he would not have lived to this age, wouldn't he understand the stakes involved? It can't be him! ”
"Yes...... But Master Wang, he's really gone! Liu Xian said anxiously.
Liu Ping said with a gloomy face: "This is the strange place, how can a good living person be inexplicably missing?" And the disappearance happened so coincidentally, it happened to be the day after Hou Jie's leg was broken...... Could it be that someone has set up a game? Or ......"
Liu Xian continued: "Or, someone has bought Master Wang." ”
Liu Ping shook his head: "Fu Qu will not betray me, I have been friends with him for many years, even if I give him a mountain of gold, he will not betray me." ”
Thinking about it left and right, he couldn't understand it, Liu Ping's heart became more and more irritable, and he stared at the guards and said: "You go back to the mansion immediately, send all the subordinates in the mansion out, and find out the whereabouts of Wang Fuqu for me!" Dig three feet into the ground to find him, live to see people, dead to see corpses! ”
The guards clenched their fists and took orders, turned around and hurried away.
Liu Ping rode on a horse, staring fixedly at the majestic city walls of Chang'an City, but his face was cloudy, and he didn't know what to think.
Wang Fuqu's disappearance is not simple, Liu Ping can even be sure that there must be a conspiracy behind it, but what kind of conspiracy it is, Liu Ping can't speculate for a while.
With a long sigh, the water in Chang'an City ...... It's really deep.
Liu Xian, who was on the side, leaned over and said softly: "Father, it's not early, do you want to go to Hou's house today?" ”
Liu Ping looked up at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I won't go to the Hou family for the time being, I always feel that Wang Fuqu's disappearance is not simple, it may be related to the Hou family, find the person first and then go, the current situation is neither self nor the other, and it is easier to fall deeper and deeper." ”
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