Chapter Forty-Seven: A Husband Takes Charge
The white arrow feathers quickly disappeared into the darkness, and then, a torch fell to the ground in the distance, and in an instant, there was chaos on that side.
Ghost Cry squinted his eyes: "It's off!"
He had calculated the arrow, and it shot the man in the chest, only to shoot his torch down with one arrow.
After all, I just got this bow, and I'm not familiar with it yet, but after shooting a few arrows, it will naturally be fine.
And this arrow, although it didn't hit anyone, was more effective.
In that area, more than a dozen family guards hid and did not dare to show their heads.
Ghost Cry quickly left the spot, stepping on the ridge of the roof and quietly moving to the other end.
Over there, a group of family guards were dragging big dogs and were coming towards this side with great momentum.
On this side, the distance is closer, only less than 50 steps.
The ghost cried and raised his hand to shoot an arrow through the neck of a big dog, and the big dog, which was originally vigorous and barked vigorously, suddenly fell to the ground and could no longer bark.
The ghost cried without stopping, grabbed an arrow, and shot arrow after arrow, shooting fast.
Before they could react, they had already shot six arrows in one go.
By the time they reacted, a big dog had already been shot with two arrows, one was wounded, and two were shot over, one did not know whether he was alive or dead, and the other fell to the ground and groaned.
They scrambled to dodge and disappeared into the corner.
Ghost Cry quickly left the place with his numb arm, and then, after a while. There was a noise over there, and the tiles of that piece rained down with arrows.
There are a lot of people in the whole Qian Mansion.
Just the master, young master, lady, and miss, there are thirty or forty people in a big family.
plus the maids and servants who are responsible for serving, there are more than 100.
And these family members who are called caretakers, but are actually private soldiers, are even more numerous, more than 200.
Why do you have to raise so much, first of all, it is indeed to take care of the family.
Master Qian is very rich, even if he is an official, he will inevitably be beaten by those lawless Jiang Yang thieves, kidnapping and extortion to the extreme, so he must raise so much.
Secondly, he is very greedy, now in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, there is almost no one who is not greedy, in the locality, there may be a few people who are out of the mud and not stained, but in the court, in the center, even if there are people who are not greedy, they are greedy after two years.
Those humble gentlemen in the court, everyone knows what they are like behind their backs. And Mr. Qian is not the most greedy, but the most obvious ones.
Under the private use of public weapons and the formation of parties for private purposes, it is inevitable that there will be enemies or knights in the rivers and lakes who will trouble him, so he must also raise so many people to protect his own safety.
He raised a master, but he was not suitable for appearing here, so he was raised in the countryside, and now he is far from being able to quench his thirst.
There are only about 200 family members left, and they are well-trained compared to the erosive Central Army on weekdays, but compared to the fierce border army, they are like little sheep.
Therefore, under the attack of the ghost crying east and west, after being shot by arrows and killing more than ten people, they no longer advanced an inch, and the few led by them shirked each other, and no one was willing to take another step.
The ghost cried alone, and with a bow and a pot of arrows, he nailed them firmly to the spot.
Not long after, Mr. Qian's family, who were out to visit the lantern festival, also got the news and hurriedly returned.
At the same time, a group of officials also squeezed over, and after being shot by two arrows from the ghost crying and flying two hats, this group of officials was less useful than the group of family members, and instantly retracted their heads, hid, and just let go of their mouths.
The ghost cried deaf ears and continued to wait.
Until there was a commotion outside, a loud voice exploded in the night: "The Heavenly Master's Mansion is doing business, and the idle people are scattered!"
Heavenly Master's Mansion, a total of six people came, among them, there were four people who knew the ghost cave, and the person at the head was the middle-aged man who was good at making a bow, and he gave the ghost a crying feeling, that is, he was steady, and taciturn.
However, judging from all indications, his status in the Heavenly Master's Mansion on this side of Hangzhou City is slightly lower than that of the old drunkard and the Anyang Daoist.
"Heavenly Master's Mansion?" "Uncle Qian, the eldest son of Master Qian, was shocked, could it be that there is a demon at work.
So, he hurriedly let the family disperse. The people of the Heavenly Master's Mansion passed smoothly, and the ghost cried out with a bow: "You are finally here." ”
The next moment, a group of family members raised their bows and arrows and aimed them at Ghost Cry.
"What's going on?" Uncle Qian was taken aback again.
One of the housekeepers shouted, "Uncle, this is him!" He suddenly broke in and killed his brothers, and he cut down the housekeeper, and the master did not know whether he was dead or alive. ”
When Uncle Qian heard this, he was overjoyed, and his face was anxious: "What, my father is in danger!"
"What, Dad is in danger!" Qian Er Ye exclaimed, he was really anxious, if his father went like this, the family property would undoubtedly fall to the eldest brother, this is unacceptable, even if he wants to die, he must make a will before he dies!
He hurriedly accused the Heavenly Master Mansion: "What are you Heavenly Master Mansion people doing, do you want to rebel?"
The rest of the ladies panicked when they heard the bad news. Among Mr. Qian's children, the youngest Qian Baye doesn't know whether he is happy or sad, happy that no one cares about him anymore, and sad that he can't compete with those brothers when he divides the family property. So, he also hurriedly joined the conquest of the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
Second Master Qian grabbed the collar of the head catcher: "What are you still stunned about, the people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion killed my father, go and arrest him!"
The head catcher turned pale, he was just a substitute for the dead. When his prefect heard that Qian Mansion had been attacked by thieves, he immediately pretended to be sick, and as a result, he took the blame and arrived here with a group of brothers.
At the beginning, he was still holding a fluke mentality, as long as Qian Shangshu was fine, maybe he could still keep his hat. However, it seems that this matter is not so simple. Only now did he know where the thief was, but the people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
Why did the people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion attack Qian Shangshu, he didn't know, he only knew that not only did he not be able to protect himself by wearing a hat, but he was afraid that even his life would be hanging in the balance.
Now sandwiched between the Qian Mansion and the Heavenly Master's Mansion, he doesn't dare to mess with either side.
provoked the Qian Mansion, the people were extremely powerful, and they could kill themselves with one finger.
And the Heavenly Master's Mansion is even more unprovoked. Although nominally, the Heavenly Master's Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. But in fact, the Heavenly Master's Mansion is independent of the imperial court and is only responsible for the Taishan Huoyun Cave.
How powerful the Taishan Huoyun Cave was, as a small catcher, he didn't know. He only knew that when the emperors of all dynasties ascended the throne, they had to go to Mount Tai Huoyun Cave to worship, which was orthodox.
So, the poor headcatcher rolled his eyes and fainted.
Second Master Qian was dumbfounded, Uncle Qian's face was sad, and his heart was about to jump.
"What's going on?" asked the taciturn middle-aged man.
The ghost cried and said in a low voice: "The Qian Shangshu inside invited the demon Dao, arrested 12 boys and girls, and extended his life." ”
The taciturn middle-aged man nodded expressionlessly and said, "How is the child?" ”
"It's okay for the time being, but it's raining a little, I'm afraid I'll get a cold. ”
Wind chill is a big problem.
The taciturn middle-aged man nodded again: "Okay, let's go in." ”