Chapter 131: The Traitor
Li Hao was silent for a long time when he heard this, and sighed loudly: "Yes, be careful in everything, Tingzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, I have no one to rely on there, I can only rely on myself, and there is a Gaochang tiger standing aside, of course I have to be careful." ”
Cheng Chumo nodded and said, "It's good that you can have this awareness." ”
"Heh, you taught me a lesson." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "After studying business with me for two years, the whole person has become more shrewd." ”
Cheng Chumo grinned: "It's not what you said, diligence can make up for clumsiness, we are congenitally deficient, so we can only work hard the day after tomorrow." ”
"Don't say anything! Drink! Li Hao picked up the wine bowl and said generously, "I'm free, you did it!" ”
Cheng Chumo: ......
Although the alcohol content of wine is not high, but if you drink too much, you will get drunk, and the stamina is greater than that of liquor, Li Hao didn't know how much wine he drank last night, anyway, in the end, he vaguely remembered that it was Lu Yun who carried him back to the room, and then it seemed to be a fragrant woman who served him to sleep in a wide clothes, as for which woman, he couldn't remember, because he couldn't open his eyes at that time.
Li Hao got up a little late the next day, he didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning, and when he washed up and had breakfast, it was already late, and the five hundred right Xiaowei had already waited impatiently outside the post house, only the thirty parts brought by Li Hao were neatly lined up outside the post house, standing in a straight military posture, like a statue, motionless, had been standing for nearly two hours, Peng Hai saw it in his eyes, and secretly compared the thirty people with the right Xiaowei he brought, and finally found that there was no comparison.
Li Hao finished breakfast, took everyone on the road, and as soon as he left Baqiao Station, Li Hao beckoned and said to Lu Yun: "Lu Yun, you tell me the truth, I won't beat you, did you trap me this time?" ”
Lu Yun drove his horse to his side, walked with him, and asked with a blank expression, "Why did the young master say this?" ”
"Why? Hehe......" Li Hao took out the map given to him by Cheng Chumo from his arms, pointed to the regions of Gaochang and Tingzhou, and asked: "Look at this Gaochang, it doesn't look like a tiger's mouth, and then look at Tingzhou, it doesn't look like a fat sheep." ”
"That's right." Lu Yun was shocked, how innocent and innocent that expression was.
"Load! Keep loading! Li Hao looked at him with a wicked smile, "You tell me the truth, I promise not to beat you, did you deliberately cheat me." ”
Lu Yun shook his head: "How could I pit the young master, what good will I do in this way?" ”
Li Hao sneered, and suddenly smiled: "When I was having breakfast this morning, I asked Turandot, and she told me. ”
Lu Yun was shocked when he heard this, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly nodded and sighed: "Okay, young master, that's right, I actually want you to go to Tingzhou to avenge the Tu family and me." ”
Li Hao was surprised when he heard this: "What revenge?" ”
Lu Yun looked at him in amazement when he heard this: "Didn't Turandot tell you everything?" ”
"To say that you are stupid and afraid to hurt your self-esteem can only say that I am too smart." Li Hao rolled his eyes and said, "I lied to you just now, I didn't ask her at all, but I can feel that there must be a story about the Turandot family and you leaving Tingzhou, let's talk about it, what kind of revenge is it." ”
"I originally planned to tell you again when I went to Tingzhou." Lu Yun sighed lightly and said slowly, "Since you asked, then I'll tell you, in fact, the traitor I told you before is Tingzhou Don't Drive Cao Tian." ”
"Don't drive in Tingzhou?" Li Hao frowned when he heard this.
What kind of official is Tingzhou Beijia, it is second only to the official position that exists in Tingzhou Thorn History, if Thorn Shi is the secretary of the municipal party committee, Don't drive is equivalent to being the mayor, and he still has a lot of power. However, the things in the officialdom still have to be divided into people, some don't drive into dogs, and some don't drive cattle to the sky.
Cao Tian has no background, but he is awesome, why, first, he is the head snake, he has been a don't drive in Tingzhou for more than ten years, and the history of the assassin has changed from generation to generation, he has always sat in the position of the other driver, and after so many years of operation, he naturally became the head snake.
Second, this Cao Tian actually still has a backstage, his backstage is Gaochang, Cao Tian's father is Han, surnamed Cao, his mother is Gaochang, and his surname is unknown, so he is also half of Gaochang, in fact, this is very common in places like Tingzhou, Tingzhou's pure-blooded Han people are not even one-third, after all, this belongs to the border of the Tang Dynasty, people of various nationalities come and go, and some people sow a seed or something here by the way, it is not surprising, and there are many people of different races who admire the Tang civilization, so they come to Tingzhou to settle down, and mix a green card of the Tang Dynasty, It's all a matter of honoring the ancestors, and it's enough to blow in the neighborhood for seven or eight years.
It's a little far, back to the topic, Cao Tian has been supported by Gaochang since he took the line of Gaochang, and he wantonly looted the people of Tingzhou, not to mention, but also looted the caravan passing by, the caravan's oil and water are called more than one, if the caravan is good, Cao Tian looted once, Gaochang looted once, and the two layers of skin were removed, if the caravan did not cooperate, it would be miserable, Cao Tian would send people to follow after the caravan departed, leaving marks along the way, and at the same time notifying Gaochang to intercept and kill.
Although Gao Chang is weak, it is more than enough to deal with a caravan, so there are many more caravan corpses on the desert, after so many years of cooperation, Gao Chang and Cao Tian have become rich, but the people of Tingzhou dare not speak out.
Tingzhou has always wanted to fight against Cao Tian after taking office, but in the end, everyone will die here due to various diseases or unaccustomed to water and soil, without exception, no need to think, it must have been Cao Tian's doing.
When Li Hao heard that every Tingzhou assassin died in Tingzhou, his hair stood on end, he slowly pulled out half of the knife on his waist, and asked: "Lu Yun, I said I wouldn't beat you, but I didn't say I wouldn't kill you, come, you stick your head over and give me a knife." ”
"Young master, don't make trouble." Lu Yun said, "You kill me, who will protect you when you get to Tingzhou." ”
Li Hao depressedly returned the knife to the sheath and asked, "You haven't said how you made a feud with Cao Tian until now." ”
Lu Yundao: "Your father-in-law Tukemo has an elder brother named Tukesan, who used to be the largest tea and porcelain merchant in Tingzhou. ”
Li Hao muttered when he heard this: "My cheap father-in-law's name is Tukemo, and I only found out today." ”
Lu Yun was full of black lines, didn't care about these details, and continued: "Cao Tian saw that Tuksan was rich, so he wanted to scrape some oil and water from Tuksang, if he didn't scrape much, Tuksan would also give up, but this Cao Tian was more greedy, and he wanted to loot more than 1,000 guan at once, and Tukesan's entire net worth was only 2,000 yuan. ”
"I know that." Li Hao interrupted, "This is called bankruptcy due to the rupture of the capital chain. ”
"Yes, bankruptcy, that's a good word." Lu Yun clapped his hands and said, "Tukesan was not reconciled, so he sent a few people to secretly leave Tingzhou, and let them go to Chang'an to denounce Cao Tian, but Cao Tian has many eyes and ears in Tingzhou, and the people sent by Tukesang left Tingzhou for less than a few dozen miles, and they were chased back, and when they came back, they had become corpses, and that night, Cao Tian sent people to disguise themselves as horse thieves, entered Tukesan's house and began to kill people, Tukesan and his wife were killed on the spot, Tukemo and Tukesan's family leaned together, only one yard apart, Tukesan's three sons fled into Tukesan's house, So the killers chased down Tukmo's house and wanted to kill Tukmo's family together. ”
"But Tukmo and Turandot are alive and well, oh, Turandot's three cousins are alive too." Li Hao asked with a puzzled expression.
"Because at that time, my senior sister Yu Youlan was teaching Turandot martial arts at Tukmo's house." Lu Yun raised his head to the sky, took a long breath and said, "It was she who killed and repelled that group of killers, and then escaped from Tingzhou with the Tu family." ”
Li Hao touched his chin when he heard this: "According to the development trend of the bloody plot, it must be Cao Tian who sent a large number of killers to chase and kill, and Yu Youlan fought to the death in order to protect the retreat of the Tu family, right." ”
Lu Yun looked at Li Hao in shock: "How do you know." ”
"I'm a genius." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "If you can't guess such a bloody and vulgar plot, then am I stupid." ”
Lu Yun nodded helplessly: "That's right, everything is the same as you said, in order to protect the people of the Tu family and escaped, the senior sister died, and when I received his flying pigeon message, I rushed to help non-stop, but unfortunately I was still a step late, and I could only save her body." ”
When he said this, a crystal teardrop fell from his eyes, Li Hao was surprised when he saw this, and he had already guessed that this person named Yu Youlan should be Lu Yun's lover.
The atmosphere was a little cold, Li Hao coughed dryly, waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it, I don't blame you for your cheating." ”
"Thank you, young master." Lu Yun turned his head and secretly wiped away his tears.
Li Hao turned his words around and said: "But don't expect me to avenge you, there is a way that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, then Cao Tian covers the sky with one hand in Tingzhou, and he is so ruthless, Lao Tzu doesn't want to be his enemy." ”
Lu Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What you think is too simple, Cao Tian can't tolerate anyone, even if you don't want to be his enemy, he will force you to be his enemy, unless you ......"
"Unless what?" Li Hao asked excitedly, thinking that things had taken a turn for the better.
Lu Yun said: "Unless you are like him, take refuge in Gaochang." ”
"Going to Nima." Li Hao snorted coldly, "Lao Tzu is not a traitor." ”
"That's what I'm saying to you." Lu Yun said loudly, "I will sell you more than 100 catties in the future." ”
"What do you think!" Li Hao's eyes widened and he shouted, "You have already sold it to Lao Tzu, okay!" ”
Lu Yun nodded helplessly and smiled bitterly.
"That's right!" Li Hao seemed to remember something and suddenly asked, "Your senior sister, Yu Youlan, where is her body buried?" ”
Lu Yun said: "The weather in the desert is too hot, and the corpse will be rotten within three days, so I will bury her in Xizhou nearby." ”
"Xizhou." Li Hao nodded, "Then when we go to Xizhou, we will pay homage to her, after all, she is Turandot's master, and she is also my master." ”
Lu Yun was moved when he heard this, and said with his head bowed: "Thank you, young master." ”
"Thank you, uncle! I worship my master and ask you to thank Qiuqiu! ”