Chapter XVII: Murder

It seems that there is thunder in the autumn rain, and it is strange that there is thunder in late autumn?

In fact, there were two gunshots, two flintlock handcuffs, and green smoke coming out of the muzzle. Chen Ming's hands were trembling and nervous, but he immediately replaced them with two new flintlock handcuffs.

This is a month and a half after Chen Ming went to the countryside, half a month after he got a shotgun from the Chen family's private collection, and the structure of the flintlock pistol was drawn at the cost of the broken birdgun. In the Manchu Dynasty, the pistol was called a handcuff, and this thing was really much bigger and heavier than the pistols of later generations.

Seven flintlock handcuffs, one Chen Erbaopei, one each for Chen Ming and Chen Huiye, one for the gunsmith in Xiaonangou's hometown, one in Chen Hui's bedroom, and the remaining two in the bedroom of the county house, but if any of the three members of the family went out to use the carriage, the two flintlock handcuffs were transferred from the dark compartment of the bedroom to the dark box of the carriage. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, this is not Chen Ming's idea, in the past three months, although Chen Ming has seen Chen Erbao and a gang of illegal salt dealers, he has not really realized the danger of this time and space, that is, his life has never been threatened in the real sense, so he subconsciously thought that there was no danger. This is the insistence of his cheap dad.

Chen Ming didn't expect his father's 'just in case', so he sincerely applied. I've really encountered a villain today, and it's a gangster with a clear goal.

He couldn't think much about it, clenched one of the handcuffs in his hand, and nervously looked at the two horsemen behind him. Liu Wu, who took the handcuffs, sat slumped at the back of the carriage, trembling and loading the handcuffs. Liu Wu's hands shook into a sieve, and the gunpowder in the medicine gourd was sprinkled more than it was poured into the barrel, but this undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on the two horsemen in the rear. However, Chen Ming still held the last bullet in his hand.

The old grandson was also startled by Chen Ming's suddenly conjured handcuffs, and the two horses in front of the carriage fell off their horses in response, and a big hole was opened in their chests, gurgling and bleeding, and they couldn't live. After the old grandson reacted, he was happy, and he dismounted and came to Chen Ming, staring at the two horses behind him with blazing eyes, the iron sickle in his hand blocked in front of Chen Ming, and also blocked the coachman in the carriage behind Chen Ming.

"Gollum!"

Huang San swallowed a mouthful of spit, and the wooden stick in his hand was clutched tightly, but the arms of the two people were trembling. Who would have thought that the Chen family would put three handcuffs on a carriage. Huang San's knowledge is shallow, he has only seen a shotgun, and he has never seen this flintlock handcuff, but this does not prevent him from knowing what this thing is.

In Huang San's cognition, handcuffs are very noble things, it would be good for the local tyrant landlord to have two shotguns at home, how could the Chen family have three handles in a carriage? This was beyond his knowledge.

But what made him even more frightened was that the handcuffs in Chen Ming's hands had already killed two of his companions, which proved that the handcuffs in Chen Ming's hands were not a thing. Now there are two of them left, there is still one handgun in Chen Ming's hand, anyone with a clear mind knows that one handgun can only kill one person, and there are two of them left to take revenge, but Huang San doesn't want to be the third person to fall under the handcuff. He believed that Zou Chong next to him must also think the same way.

"Chen Da Shao, the little ones have eyes and don't know Taishan, and they offend the son. The little ones are gone, and the little ones are gone. ”

Zou Chong's voice was full of tremors, they should have been able to capture this job, but they didn't expect to run into the evil star, and they shot directly without spitting out a word, and half of the four brothers died. When there were two people left who didn't want to die, they were the only ones who retreated. They must also retreat quickly, otherwise they will not be able to leave even if they want to wait until the other two handcuffs are reloaded.

Zou Chong gritted his teeth, and when the words fell, he turned the horse's head outward, and rushed out of the side of the carriage. Huang San also immediately followed, although he was afraid to death, and his face turned white, but because of this, he had to leave with Zou Chong.

Chen Ming clearly recognized the fear of the two people opposite, and his heart moved to ask who was behind them? But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed hard for Chen Ming. He also felt afraid, he had just killed two people, and he was supported by a lot of strength when it was dangerous, and he didn't feel afraid, but now that the danger is gone, his legs are weak.

More is better than less!

As a small person, as an ordinary person, he really doesn't have the domineering and courage, and he turns around and threatens the enemy.

The clothes on his body were already wet from the rain, and the cool rain flowed down his neck to his chest, and Chen Ming shivered. Only then did I realize that my body was so cold.

"Lao Sun, go and see those two people, do you know anyone. Pack up their things again and see if any of them reveal their identities. Chen Ming kicked Liu Wu, who was still trembling, and the two of them retracted back into the carriage, Liu Wu put down the medicine gourd in his hand, and immediately dialed the charcoal of the stove to the fullest.

The warm carbon stove made Chen Ming feel a little warm, and with his hands on the stove, the warmth was really comfortable. The tension in his heart dissipated little by little, and Liu Wu's hands were no longer trembling, and he reloaded the two flintlock handcuffs after the shot.

His chest rose and fell violently to steady, and Chen Ming's expression calmed down. He didn't feel any difference in himself, but in Liu Wu's eyes, the young master's eyes in front of him lit up a lot, the person was still the same person, but his temperament had changed, and the whole person seemed to have become a little different from before.

Sun Youfu quickly came in with two waist knives and a small package, "Young Master, everything is there." No identification marks were found. There's also a letter for the lord to read. ”

"I'm well prepared." Chen Ming glanced at the letter, what was written in it, and he knew it without looking at him.

"Old Sun, did the coachman at the back believe it?"

"The young master means to ......"

"I'm not that ruthless. I asked him if he would be in league with the four kidnappers. Chen Ming said with a smile.

Sun Youfu's face was much more relaxed, "That won't be." This kid is the nephew of the shopkeeper of Che Ma Xing Yang. I've been doing it for five years. ”

"Just trust it. You tell him what to say and what not to say. The Chen family will not treat people badly. ”

"In addition, the corpse cannot be left outside for a long time, and if it is seen, it will be in trouble, and it will be moved to the back carriage. Old Sun, you go and call the coachman to help. Liu Wu, you also go down to help. ”

Xinji is still going to go. But they are not going like this now, just walk three or two miles forward on the current road, turn left onto the path, and there is a village less than a mile away, and there is a tea shop and a small shop opened by the people in the village at the corner, and that small shop is a dark spot of the Chen family.

It's said to be a dark spot, but it's actually really elevated. There will never be a strong force inside, and the dark spot is the father and son, in fact, this dark spot is just a sentry to inquire about the news, and the shopkeeper's family took the news to exchange money at the Chen family, which was just an outer block after their three grandfathers opened the store.

Chen Ming wanted to settle down in this small shop, and at the same time sent someone to report to his father and the nearest Zhuangzi. If such a thing happened, without bringing all the bodyguards, Chen Ming dared to go to Xinji, but he would never dare to accompany his cheap big brother all the way back to Tumenji from Xinji.

And for the sake of safety, if there are enough people in the small shop, he also wants to ask someone to send a message to the Xinji Sitong Inn, before he brings people to Xinji, Chen Gang will stay in the inn honestly, don't go back to Tumenji in advance.

The sudden appearance of the 'kidnapper' made Chen Ming's sense of crisis in his heart great, and he really saw the tyranny of the powerful forces in the ancient Chinese countryside, and for a while he was suspicious of everything. This can be seen from the fact that he was even suspicious of the coachman of the carriage and horse shop.

After Chen Ming was 'frightened', he was already a bit of a cup!

But it's human nature. Chen Ming before crossing was just a small ** silk after all, not to mention shooting and killing, he also shot a few times during military training in college, and he never fought on weekdays.

Killing people suddenly, how can it have no impact at all!