Chapter 14: Guns and Arrows

Xiang Yicheng was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Ah! It turned out to be Zhang Yuanwai, what is going on? ”

Zhang Peng cried and said: "You still asked me, you said that you wanted to borrow a place from me, and I lent it to you, who would have thought that you would attract so many disasters, someone actually planted explosives in my orange orchard, and with a bang, all my tribute oranges ......"

Zhang Peng sobbed twice and said sadly: "It's all blown up!" ”

Xiang Yicheng was shocked and said: "Buried explosives? This ......"

Xiang Yicheng looked at Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian smiled at Zhang Peng and said: "This is the owner of the orange orchard, I will make up for your losses, I bought all these oranges." ”

Zhang Yuanwai said angrily: "You bought it all? What's the use of you buying it, you can't pay tribute this year, and my family may be disqualified from paying tribute next year! ”

Xiang Yicheng said disappreciably: "The royal tribute has always been given at the lowest price, and you can't make a few dollars, so what if you don't pay tribute?" ”

Zhang Yuanwai snorted coldly: "What do you know! With the golden sign of tribute oranges, everyone knows that our oranges are even eaten by the emperor, and the oranges are worth a hundred times! ”

Xiang Yicheng pulled it with his hand and said: "Your orange orchard is so big, all the oranges are offered to the imperial court, even if they are worth a hundred times, are there still oranges to sell to others?" ”

Zhang Yuanwai snorted coldly: "What do you know! I just buy some oranges from elsewhere and sell them again, as long as I say that they are produced in my garden, it is worth a hundred times! ”

When Ye Xiaotian heard that it was such a bad profiteer, he was immediately disgusted, and said coldly: "In this case, this outsider will go to the murderer to claim compensation and say goodbye!" ”

After Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he said to Feng Yicheng: "Lord Yicheng, please!" ”

Zhang Yuanwai was in a hurry, and hurriedly chased after him and said, "Hey! Don't go, don't go, then you can talk about it. What price do you pay for these oranges? ”

Mr. Pi happened to come out of the woods, and when he saw this scene, he pressed the knife and stood in front of Zhang Yuanwai, and scolded viciously: "What price? Grandmother! You profiteer who has a child and no asshole, get out of the way for Lao Tzu, and if you dare to make noise, cut your tongue! ”

Zhang Yuanwai saw that this soldier was poor and poor, and he didn't dare to reason with him, so he had to hide to the side stupidly, muttering to himself. Xiang Yicheng said to Ye Xiaotian in confusion: "Lord Ye, what is going on......

That's what he just said. I saw many soldiers carrying corpses out of the forest, there were about a dozen, one of the corpses was tilted to this side, and Xiang Yicheng recognized at a glance that it was Mu Dong, who was holding his neck and roaring loudly yesterday, and Xiang Yicheng's voice suddenly choked.

Ye Xiaotian said lightly: "It's the people who had an argument with you in front of the post house yesterday, they have a grudge against the official and want to wait for an opportunity to kill me." ”

After Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he said to Vice President Pi: "General Pi." All the remnants of their party have been caught? ”

Mr. Pi Vice Qian bowed his head and said: "Not bad! It seemed that their subordinates were unaware of last night's movements, and when we arrived in the northern city, they looked completely unaware of what was going on. As a result, they were captured one by one, and it didn't take much effort. It's just that there are a lot of them, so in order to avoid accidents, I sent someone to take care of them on the spot. I didn't bring them over. ”

As he was talking, he heard that Lord Qincha had arrived at the scene, so he hurriedly went to pick up the county lord who had just returned from Qincha and walked over. Seeing that the scene was still chaotic, he felt very faceless in front of Qin Cha, and couldn't help but reprimand the soldiers: "What about your military leaders, why haven't you come back yet?" ”

A military man hurriedly came to find Mr. Pi Vice Qian, and when Pi Vice Qian rushed over and saw the county master, he didn't dare to slack off. The county magistrate is a seven-grade Zhengyin, and if he wants to be a military attachΓ© to other people's civil officials, he must be at least four levels higher than others, and the three levels higher can only be regarded as a courtesy at the same level.

Mr. Pi Vice Qian stepped forward with a knife, bowed slightly and said, "But the county master is in person?" ”

Yan Xianling nodded and said, "You are Vice President Pi?" What's going on with you guys? In my Ziyang County, it is both firing and killing, and I, the county magistrate, actually don't know anything! Do you know that there is a Qincha in this county, and it frightened the Qincha Lord, can you afford to be guilty? ”

Xu Boyi was wearing a bright eunuch suit, standing proudly beside Yan Xianling, but when he turned his eyes, he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the distance, and suddenly stood there motionless as if he had been immobilized.

Although Vice President Pi Qian's courtesy cannot be abolished, after all, he is not under the control of the strict county order, and he is not afraid of him, but he sees a grand eunuch standing next to him, and he has some scruples in his heart, so he patiently explained: "County master, we didn't fire a cannon, and we didn't have a cannon, this was blown up by explosives." ...... last night"

Ye Xiaotian didn't notice Xu Boyi's gaze, and after Xiang Vice President Qian left in a hurry, he was solemnly saluting Xiang Yicheng and said, "Lord Yicheng, Ye's life was saved by you!" Please receive a gift from Xiaotian! ”

Ye Xiaotian said and gave a long bow to Xiang Yicheng. Xiang Yicheng hurriedly hugged him, and said with a blank expression: "Xiang Mou didn't know what happened, how could he save Lord Ye." Yes! Is it ......?"

Xiang Hongchen sniffed the smell in the air, and suddenly realized, Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Not bad!" Yesterday, it was because of your words that Lord Yicheng saved Ye's life! ”

……

Yesterday, the orangery.

Xiang Yicheng smiled and said: "Xiang Mou is good at cooking, you adults work hard, Xiang Mou will personally cook a few dishes in a while, and send them to all adults to taste." ”

Mr. Pi Vice Qian smiled, thanked him again and again, and sent Xiang Yicheng out very politely with a few hundred households and general banners, took two steps to Yicheng, suddenly stopped, sniffled suspiciously, and said to himself: "Strange, how can there be a strange smell here." ”

Mr. Pi said: "What's the strange smell, I smell the smell of oranges." ”

Xiang Yicheng shook his head and said: "The general doesn't know, Xiang is good at cooking, and his sense of smell is particularly sensitive, and he does have a strange taste." ”

Mr. Pi looked back at the officers on the left and right, and scolded with a smile: "How many of you, which one has a stinky fart?" ”

The officers burst into laughter and said to Yicheng seriously: "It's not the smell of fart, it's the smell of sulfur and saltpeter, hmm...... It smells like gunpowder. Do you have muskets with you? ”

Mr. Pi said: "That thing is too delicate, this road is not a flat road, the mountains and wilderness are not as effective as knives and guns, who brings firearms!" ”

Ye Xiaotian, who had just sat down, heard this, turned his head abruptly and looked at Xiang Yicheng, a look of alarm flashed in his eyes. Xiang Yicheng shook his head. He smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Maybe Xiang smelled the wrong smell." ”

Mr. Pi Vice Qian sent Xiang Yicheng out of the orange orchard and returned to the house, and saw Ye Xiaotian bending over with his hands behind his back, walking with his head down step by step, as if measuring the house, Mr. Pi Vice Qian couldn't help but laugh and said: "Lord Ye, what are you doing, don't you like this mountain and wild atmosphere, and you plan to build such a wild house in your house?" ”

Ye Xiaotian didn't look up, just stared at the gap in the brick floor. He said to Vice President Pi: "General Pi, come and see, has this brick floor been turned?" ”

Mr. Pi walked over suspiciously, squatted down to take a closer look, nodded lightly, and said, "It seems to be relatively new, what?" ”

Ye Xiaotian squatted down and pried it a few times with his hand, but the brick crack was too thin to fit into his fingers. When Mr. Pi saw it, he pulled out his saber and helped him pry up a brick, Ye Xiaotian reached out and touched the ground under the brick. He said in a deep voice: "This soil is new, not made after a long time. ”

Mr. Pi said with a blank face: "So what? ”

Ye Xiaotian took a long breath and said, "General Pi, please find a few soldiers to dig up this ground." ”

Although Mr. Pi Vice Qian regarded him as the gold master. But it was not a slave he drove arbitrarily, and he said unhappily when he heard this: "Lord Ye, what do you want to do?" Everyone rushed all the way. You're already tired, you're still ......."

Ye Xiaotian said: "Anyone who digs the ground will have ten taels of silver per person!" ”

Rich, capricious!

Master Ye has a gold mine and two silver mines in Dawan Mountain, and he really doesn't have to worry about expenses.

Mr. Pi didn't let out a single fart, and immediately turned around and walked to the door, shouting outside: "Come over a few and help Lord Ye dig the ground!" One tael of silver per person! ”

With a "boom", the soldiers who were staggering in the orange grove and resting in their own places came with a bang, squeezing Mr. Pi Vice Qian aside.

Ye Xiaotian was followed by the enemy all the way, dare to be cautious? And his prudence not only saved his life, but also saved the lives of officers and soldiers such as General Pi Qian. After discovering the powder keg, they followed the lead and found its end.

Vice President Pi was shocked and frightened, and was about to dig out the powder keg on the spot, but was stopped by Ye Xiaotian's words, Ye Xiaotian said: "General Pi, once the medicine twist is missing, will the person who buried the gunpowder still show its original form?" If there is no powder keg, how can we cure him? ”

So, instead of the sergeants, they had straw men, and all the personnel retreated into the depths of the dense forest at night, and laid a series of arrangements for ambushes around the source of the gunpowder twist.

Ye Xiaotian said the matter to Xiang Yicheng concisely, and Xiang Yicheng heard it as if in a dream, and muttered to himself: "There is really gunpowder!" Oh my God, I never thought ......"

On the other side, Mr. Pi Vice Qian also told the county master in detail what happened, Xu Boyi's shock and anger when he first saw Ye Xiaotian had calmed down after such a long time, and when he heard Mr. Pi Vice Qian's explanation, Xu Boyi really wanted to cut that damn Xiang Yicheng with a thousand knives! This was a great opportunity to kill Ye Xiaotian! That mouthy dog thing!

Xu Boyi took a long breath, barely squeezed out a kind smile on his face, and said to Mr. Pi Qian: "Mr. Pi Qian, why should this Woniuling chief Ye Xiaotian be escorted into the court?" ”

Pi Vice Qian is always reluctant to offend the eunuch, it is said that the eunuch is smaller than a woman's heart, offend him, he can hate you for a lifetime.

Mr. Pi quickly replied: "Hi! This matter is a long story, but to put it shortly, it is that Chief Ye and a few other toasts got entangled, and as a result, you kill me, I kill you, Chief Ye wins, and those toasts die. The family members of those Tusi refused to give up, and the governor was not easy to judge, so he had to be escorted to the capital to be tried by the emperor! ”

Xu Boyi nodded and said with a smile: "I see! ”

Xu Boyi turned his head to Yan County and ordered: "The tributes are all destroyed because of this case, Ben Qincha must understand all the reasons and the results of the punishment, so that he can return to Beijing to resume his life, Lord County, you must try this case clearly as soon as possible, I will go back first." ”

Although Yan Xianling was a little curious about why Lord Qincha came and went in a hurry, but without him watching at the scene, Yan Xianling also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "I'll send Lord Qincha!" ”

Xu Boyi said lightly: "No need, the county respects to handle official business, let's leave!" ”

Xu Boyi arched his hand to him, turned around and left. He didn't want to be seen by Ye Xiaotian, although he was now favored by Emperor Wanli, even if the emperor knew his former identity, as long as he explained it well, it should be fine, but after all, it was a trouble. Moreover, hiding in the shadows, it was convenient for him to deal with Ye Xiaotian. Open guns, how can they be as sharp as dark arrows!

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(To be continued......)