Chapter 744: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron

Zhang Bu has always been safe, and last night he pulled more than 30 archers, and the Qiu family even recruited all the only 20 or so family members who came to Hainan at the beginning. These people had either fought or received formal military training, and Cao Jixiang thought that he would not know how to fight, so he handed over the command of Zhang Bu to Zhang Bu, and only ordered that he must listen to his instructions at the beginning.

Before entering the palace, Cao Jixiang didn't have any serious business, but he was a well-known splash in the four towns and eight neighbors, although he couldn't fight, but he was a hob-like character, and he would use any means to win in a fight. Just now, he directly copied the ruffians fighting on the street, but when the words of the two sides met, he suddenly caught the killer off guard. After a round of arrow rain, although only four were shot down, Gu Ping'an's side was almost injured.

At this critical moment, how dare Gu Ping'an give the other party another chance to shoot arrows, he didn't care about his bloody right hand, picked up his saber and put it across his chest, and roared angrily: "It's just a rabble, divide two to kill, and the others will follow me!" ”

Cao Jixiang, who was victorious, saw that the group of personal soldiers rushed up with their knives and followed Gu Ping'an, but this time they didn't dare to be reckless, so they had to stop and fight with those members of the Deqiu family. He was about to remind Zhang Bu not to let the other party have a chance to make a big deal out of it, but he found that Zhang Bu, who was still by his side just now, was gone, and when he looked at it again, he saw that the figure had already stopped the two personal soldiers who were about to kill people over there. At this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he retreated into those archers.

Gu Ping'an only cared about those archers, and didn't care about other men wearing all kinds of short cloth clothes, he just thought that they were strong men who were temporarily pulled over. However, after a few rounds, he found that although these people were a little rusty under their hands, they were quite orderly between advance and retreat, and he couldn't help but be more and more surprised. In the midst of his busy schedule, he caught a glimpse of the big man slashing down a personal soldier he had sent to kill, and his heart jumped even more, and then he tore open his throat and shouted: "Disperse, fight for each other!" ”

However, although the Qiu family has been completely defeated, Qiu Guoyong knows that ordinary domestic servants can be dismissed, and these family members who have survived the battle are the biggest foundation when the family is in trouble, so they are almost the highest support on weekdays, and they are also instructed not to waste their martial arts in their spare time, and there are more drills every three or five times. As soon as Gu Ping'an's words fell, Qiu Si, who was in the lead, also shouted: "Intercept separately, don't let one go!" Brothers, show the real work of the past! ”

With this roar, he took a step forward under his feet, and actually crashed into the arms of a pro-soldier, and used his left shoulder to carry the knife that the opponent had chopped down in a panic, and then stabbed the opponent in the chest. The blood that spewed out of his heart was all over his face, but he kicked the corpse away, and immediately pounced on the next opponent like a demon god. Not only him, but those Qiu Mansion family members who had not fought for many years also regained their old feelings in the fight, and gradually let go of their hands. They were originally more numerous than Gu Ping'an's side, and if they tried so hard, the scene showed signs of one-sidedness.

Seeing that the other party had intercepted the scattered soldiers in an orderly manner, and that the most burly man was carrying a knife and rushing towards him viciously, Gu Ping'an was finally a little scared. He likes to kill people, but he doesn't like to be killed by others, and at this time, he no longer cares whether Gu Xingzu's explanation can be done, and he sees a loophole, and he actually bursts out at the cost of a hard knife on his arm. However, just as he was running quickly towards the side of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, trying to escape by being familiar with the terrain here, he suddenly found that at the door of the Daxiong Treasure Hall stood the young man who had been vile and shameless in the first negotiation, and there were five or six archers beside him.

There were chasing soldiers in the back, and there was interception in front, and at this time, Gu Ping'an rushed forward without hesitation. He didn't rush this way, Cao Jixiang was suddenly startled, and hurriedly ordered to shoot arrows. However, the initial salvo was only calculated by heart, but now there are only more than twenty steps between him and Gu Ping'an, and the other party rose up and danced a sword impenetrable, and the five or six arrows all missed. Before these people could draw their bows and arrows again, they were already only a few steps away from him. Seeing the sharp sword coming from his chest, he almost instinctively lowered his body, and instinctively pulled out the dagger given by Zhang Qian before leaving. Just heard a ding, his wrist was suddenly numb, and before he could react, he was hit in the chest, and the whole person actually flew.

He couldn't care about the severe pain in his chest and back when he landed heavily, and he forced himself to look over there, but he saw that Gu Ping'an only had half of the truncated sword left in his hand, and it was Zhang Bu who was facing away from him. For a moment, he didn't have time to think about who he had just kicked out, just stared at the battle formation. Seeing that Gu Ping'an, who was holding a broken sword, was powerless to fight back under Zhang Bu's fierce attack, he couldn't help grinning and wiping his mouth casually, only to notice that the back of his hand was full of red blood, and his mouth was also filled with a fishy sweet taste.

"Damn, in the end, I almost lost my life, I knew that I would send archers to ambush at the door, why don't you come here in person!"

After a scuffle, the Qiu family ate almost all of Gu Xingzu's personal soldiers at the cost of four people killed in battle, three seriously injured, and almost all the rest were hung with colors. However, only Gu Ping'an and the other three were captured alive. When Gu Ping'an, who had several injuries on his body, was tied up by the Five Flowers, his eyes staring at Cao Jixiang could almost burst into flames.

If it weren't for these people who came out of nowhere, everything would have been going smoothly today!

"If it happens, you just wait to lose your head!"

"Yo, dare to put on a stand when you are dying!" Thinking that he had almost lost his life just now, Cao Jixiang only felt a wave of anger rushing to his brain, and suddenly slapped Gu Ping'an in the face, and then said viciously, "Don't think I don't know who you are, aren't you the eagle dog of the Marquis of Zhenyuan?" This time, the Marquis of Zhenyuan is waiting to seize the title and imprison it! ”

This time, Gu Ping'an finally recognized the other party's voice, and his face changed drastically: "You are from the palace!" ”

"That's right, our family was sent by Grandpa Zhang!" Cao Jixiang smiled sympathetically, "Brother Zhang, let those few people who pretend to be drunk don't lie on the ground, all get up, they are the leaders of several villages, and they are the best witnesses!" There are also those two brocade guards, they can all see it clearly, these people used their official positions to reward the heads of the six major Li capitals, and after getting people drunk, they thought about killing! Go a few more people and release the miscellaneous monks who are locked in the wing room of the apse, they should have heard some rumors too! ”

Although Gu Ping'an is just an ordinary general of the Gu family, he has always sought stability and accuracy in doing things, this time he led the team to Qiongzhou Mansion, he had already sent someone to inquire about the characters around Zhang Yue, and concluded that people did not react so quickly, and secondly, he couldn't get any people in charge of themselves, who would have thought that in the end he was actually planted in the hands of a small person under Zhang Qian? Listening to Cao Jixiang sneering and ordering several things, he saw that several of the Li people who had clearly been completely put down really got up one after another, and he was bleeding too much, and his face became more and more pale, and it was easy for him to burst out a sentence viciously.

"Don't think that's how you won! There are still changes in Chengmai County, and it may not be known who killed the deer! Leaving these words, he shouted angrily at the two captured soldiers, "It is also a living crime to fall into their hands, don't forget your family ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a heavy blow in his left cheek, and even if something was stuffed into his mouth, the tooth could not bite anymore. He looked up angrily, only to see that one of the two soldiers had fainted, one brocade guard crouching there to get something out of his mouth, and the other had just failed to do so. At that moment, someone suddenly pinched his chin heavily.

"If it doesn't work out, you want to die? There are no doors! Cao Jixiang looked at the eyes full of anger fiercely, and said word by word, "There is a change in Chengmai County? Phew, don't you just want to buy off a few Li people to make trouble in the county office, we have expected it a long time ago! As for you...... Hmph, although I don't say it's from Dongchang, I can make you survive and not die! The human and material evidence is conclusive, whether you confess or not, no matter how tough the man is, he will not be able to survive the punishment at that time! ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, and then said maliciously: "I forgot to tell you, I have heard in Dongchang that the so-called suicide by biting off the tongue is not a panacea, as long as you can get your tongue out in time, you will not suffocate to death." As for excessive bleeding...... The knife wound medicine of the Li people has always been very effective, as long as the treatment is correct, even if you want to die, you can't die! You are the personal soldiers of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, as long as someone recognizes you, he will not want to escape! ”

If it weren't for the fact that his mouth was firmly blocked, Gu Ping'an couldn't wait to scold at this time. However, he only struggled twice before he was knocked unconscious by a stab in the back. Immediately after, Cao Jixiang led people to rescue Li chiefs one by one. Some of them are suspicious, some are at a loss, and more are vigilant. However, when it comes to the ability to talk to people and talk nonsense, Cao Jixiang is only higher than Gu Ping'an. He bluntly said that he was the real court Qincha, he was intercepted and killed by bandits in the middle of the road, and he revealed that he was from the palace, and he promised to count all the official positions and the brocades he had been rewarded before.

Early in the morning, the eight gates of the inner city of Guangzhou City were opened one by one, and the people waiting outside the city to enter the city formed a long queue. Because most of them are people who rush to the city early in the morning to sell vegetables and firewood or do small business, when they line up to pay taxes and enter the city, many people see the difference in movement. In particular, the main gate of the state city, which is facing the Guide Bridge on the moat, is even more tightly defended.

Guide Gate is directly opposite Guide Street, the east of the street is Panyu County, the west is Nanhai County, because here is the south of Haoshui, the end is the main gate of the provincial capital, along the street Zhu Lou painting pavilion, the scales are connected, the other bank is Haopan Street, most of them are the places where wealthy businessmen and big families live, so this street is the most prosperous and rich place in the whole Guangzhou City. Other small city gates are often not equipped with even a city guard camp, but here has always been at least two general flags and 100 people guarded, on this day, the huge city gate is guarded by six general flags and 300 people.

There had been no war in Guangdong for many years, and in the past, these sergeants were only dressed in brown jackets, but now they stood straight one by one. Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and the matter of commanding Li Long to take over and Tongzhi to manage the Eastern Zhou has spread. Just before, it is said that the commander summoned all the subordinate officials to meet in the Yamen of the Dusi, so now that the general banners of the hundred households have been handed over one by one, no one dares to be lazy and touch the head at this moment.

But what happened in the city last night?

Throughout the night, the sound of galloping horses' hooves woke people from their deep slumber, and those who were fortunate enough to live next to the Xu family could see the torch reflecting the red half of the sky without opening the window. When the quiet morning came, people with good deeds deliberately passed by the door of Xu's house, but what they saw was that the black and oily gate was impressively pasted with two miserable white seals, which were covered with the two big seals of the Commander and the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy.

Others were still frightened by what happened last night, but Zhang Yue took a few henchmen to Huangpu Town at this time. Thinking of the question when Zhang Qian talked to him when he set off in the morning, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"No matter how smart Gu Xingzu is, I'm afraid I wouldn't have expected you to come to that trick is the best! Yuan Jie, are you a roundworm in Gu Xingzu's stomach, how do you know that he will definitely take the sea route? ”

"Now the direction of the wind has begun to change, the sea used to be five or six days at most, but if you travel nearly 1,800 miles by land, in the end you still have to cross the sea, Gu Xingzu is the person who can enjoy it the most, how can he give up the easy and the difficult? He, the marquis of Zhenyuan, is almost as powerful as he is in front of Li Long, but his usefulness on the dock is far worse. Because officials and civilians were not allowed to go to the sea, Guangzhou originally did not have a direct ship to Qiongzhou Prefecture, so it could only take the wharf of Huangpu Town. At the beginning, you and I joined forces but remediated it fiercely, from the fan merchant to the new maritime businessman, no one dared to make a mistake, and besides, he was both a man and a horse, except for the one that the Xu family had already prepared, who would dare to take him on the ship? As long as I had detained the ship, would he have been able to travel by land overnight last night? Since he is conceited, he must believe that he can firmly restrain Li Long! ”

Out of the small south gate, Zhang Yue clamped the horse's belly hard, and the healthy horse under him immediately let go of the four hooves as if happy, and the speed became like a galloping wind. Since he took office in Guangzhou, he has been in and out of either a carriage or a sedan chair, and even if he rides a horse, he only trots slowly, and has never run a horse on the official road so unscrupulously. At this moment, he felt the gust of sea breeze blowing on his face, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his mood couldn't help but improve.

When he arrived in Huangpu Town, it was already past the middle hour, and as soon as he got on the central old street, Zhang Yue slowed down. He had been here several times, and at a glance he had caught a glimpse of his cloak in a large red satin silk, and all the pedestrians had given way to the way, allowing the dozen or so men to pass quickly. Galloping all the way to the East Wharf, Zhang Yue restrained the horse under him, and happened to see the middle-aged man wearing a big red silk treasure flower robe not far away looking at him. Between the exchange of eyes, he flicked the reins and jumped down neatly.