After a while, Yang Sheng ran back excitedly, followed by a group of people.
Zhao Dexun raised his hands and counted: "No more, no less, twenty-eight. It's still you guys who are wild!"
A group of people laughed naively and said in unison: "Greetings to Mr. Zhou, Mr. Pei, and General Zhao!"
Gu Qi looked at this group of people and couldn't help laughing when she recalled the first time they met.
"Sir!" Yang Sheng took out a hammer from the hay shed and puffed up his chest: "Let's go!"
Zhou Hu angrily scolded: "Nonsense!"
Yang Sheng was so frightened by Zhou Hu's voice that he almost lost his grip on the hammer.
"Master Zhou is right. We were here to talk about relocating the village, not to stir up trouble."
Yang Sheng looked at Gu Qi, and after some hesitation, he clenched his hammer tighter: "Sir, you didn't see that battle, it was very scary!"
Gu Qi stepped forward and took Yang Sheng's hammer over: "As long as I'm here, nothing will happen."
After saying that, he shouted to the standing "brothers": "Put down your hoes, hammers, whatever."
A group of people whispered to each other and said something.
"Hurry! We have to get to lunch in a hurry!"
"What? Can... still eat?" The tallest man in the crowd, as strong as an ox, held two blacksmith's sledgehammers in his hands. He stood dumbly in the distance and asked Gu Qi.
Gu Qi smiled and said: "In front of the governor's office of Yingjiang County, a porridge shop is being set up."
"Then...then what are you waiting for!" The man knocked the person in front of him away with his body and threw the sledgehammer into Yang Sheng's hay shed. With a "bang" sound, a hole was made in the ground.
Yang Sheng became anxious, pointed at the man on tiptoe and cursed: "Lao San! You little brat! If you smashed my straw shed, I have to smash your ass!"
"First... find your front teeth... and then get them back!"
Everyone laughed, and Yang Sheng was a little embarrassed. He walked to the hay shed angrily and kicked Lao San's sledgehammer twice.
Zhao Dexun smiled and bent down beside him.
Gu Qi suppressed his laughter and waved to everyone: "Hurry up, put your things away and let's set off!"
After hearing this, everyone no longer hesitated and put the things in their hands into the straw shed.
The vast team headed straight for Lingjiang County.
Gu Qi, Zhao Dexun and Zhou Hu were sitting in the carriage, followed by Yang Sheng and others.
A few donkey carts were found from nowhere. Six or seven men were sitting on the carts. The skinny donkeys were breathing heavily, and the carts were creaking and squeaking.
Several people dusted each other and laughed heartily from time to time.
Zhou Hu, who was sitting in the car, felt sad and his eyes were a little moist.
Gu Qi patted Zhou Hu on the shoulder and said nothing.
Since arriving in Tuzhou, all the people I saw were complaining, and there were few smiles on their faces.
Just because I mentioned "there is a porridge shop" today, more than 20 men followed me happily as if celebrating the New Year.
"That's what you civil servants are like, you shed tears at every turn."
Gu Qi smiled and raised his hand to wipe the tears on his face: "Let Brother Zhao see the joke."
Near noon, we finally arrived at the boundary of Yingjiang County.
The carriage suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
The coachman's voice came from outside: "Sir, it seems that we can't make it through."
"Ah?" Zhao Dexun didn't know why, so he lifted the curtain and looked outside.
Dozens of people were standing not far away, holding all kinds of things in their hands, forming a row and blocking the road ahead.
"Brother Pei." Zhao Dexun turned around and called Gu Qi.
Gu Qi turned his head slightly and looked outside.
"Alas." Zhou Hu sighed beside him.
An unknown man shouted from behind: "Sir! Are we still going over there?"
Gu Qi took a deep breath and said, "Get out of the car."
Zhao Dexun followed closely behind, and Zhou Hu got out of the car when he saw the two of them acting like this.
The "brothers" who followed also stood up and stood behind the three of them.
Among the crowd, a man was the first to bear the brunt. Seeing that Zhou Hu was wearing official uniform, he took a few steps forward and stood in front of Zhou Hu.
He tilted his head and looked at Yang Sheng behind him: "What? You called me an official, do you think I don't dare to hit you?"
Gu Qi said nothing, only looked up and down, then lowered his head and smiled.
This is not an ordinary person. Although the clothes on his body are old, the material is much better than coarse linen.
I think it was Feng Rui who sent him to cause trouble.
The oncoming provocation made Zhou Hu furious. He clenched his fists hard to suppress his anger.
However, Zhao Dexun was a person who did not rub dirt in his eyes. He stepped forward and pushed him hard: "Who do you think you are? You are so arrogant!"
The man took a step back under the force, looked at Zhao Dexun, and smiled.
"Hey, you're quite strong! You even brought a sword? Come on, let's cut like this!"
The man pointed at his neck and kept approaching Zhao Dexun.
"Master, I..."
"Brother Zhao!"
Gu Qi stepped forward quickly and pressed Zhao Dexun's hand hard.
Zhao Dexun gritted his teeth, but did not draw his sword.
"What? Are you scared now?"
The man spat hard at Zhao Dexun's shoe.
Yang Sheng and others behind him became anxious and gathered around them: "What are you doing!"
When the people behind the man saw this, they also jumped up: "What? You want to fight?"
Zhou Hu was afraid that the two groups would fight again, so he had no choice but to push Yang Sheng and others back.
"alright."
Seeing Gu Qi speak, Yang Sheng and others fell silent.
When the man saw that Gu Qi's words were so effective, he knew that he was a man in charge.
Not wanting to die, he approached Gu Qi again and said, "With a bunch of dogs like you, you will go back the same way you came here."
"What did you say!"
"You're the fucking dog!"
"You have the guts to fight with your father! Bah!"
"..."
Zhou Hu raised his arms to stop a few people with red eyes, and looked at Gu Qi anxiously.
Gu Qi looked at the man and said with a smile: "I wonder where the governor of Yingjiang County, Li Jinghao, is?"
"Are you in charge?"
Gu Qi was still arrogant and showed a fake smile: "Some time ago, was it you who injured Yang Yi?"
Yang Sheng pointed at the man behind him and shouted: "Sir, that's him!"
"What are you calling me! If I call you another one, I'll beat you up too!"
The man raised his hand and touched Gu Qi's clothes: "Sir, you have such delicate skin and tender flesh, why don't you get involved?"
Gu Qi's smile suddenly disappeared. She raised her foot and kicked the man's knee hard!
The man fell to the ground instantly, covering his knees with his hands and wailing!
It's too late to say it, but it's soon!
Gu Qi took out the sword in Zhao Dexun's hand and pressed it directly against the man's neck!
The people behind the man rushed forward. Zhou Hu was afraid that Gu Qi would be injured, so he hurriedly ran forward, surrounded Gu Qi with Zhao Dexun on the left and right.
Without Zhou Hu's obstruction, Yang Sheng and others rushed forward and started fighting with the group of people!
Perhaps they were intimidated by Gu Qi. Although the group had "weapons" in their hands, they were still beaten by Yang Sheng and others and were unable to fight back.
They formed a group in twos and threes, rolled on the ground and waved their fists, and dust suddenly flew up.
Looking at the fighting people, Zhou Hu sighed.
"thump!"
Yang Sheng rushed toward a small man. The man pushed Yang Sheng to the ground and ran away.
"Brother Pei, he ran away."
Gu Qi looked at the escaping people and said, "It doesn't matter."
After about half a stick of incense, I saw several people running towards me from a distance.
Gu Qi raised her hand: "Stop!"
Yang Sheng and others stopped taking action and just held on to the opponent's collar.
Li Jinghao, wearing official uniform, stumbled over and ran over. His fair face was now red and he was out of breath:
"Pei...Master Pei!"
Gu Qi looked at Li Jinghao and said with a smile, "Thank you for coming all the way."
"This is a subordinate who neglected his duty!"
"It doesn't matter," Gu Qi handed the sword in his hand to Zhao Dexun and stood with his hands behind his back: "Take him to see the doctor."
Li Jinghao stood up and waved to the two boys beside him.
The young man understood and stepped forward to help the man on the ground.
Gu Qi raised her hand and pointed at the little man who had just led the way: "You——"
The little man shivered with fright, and his legs began to spin.
Then I heard Gu Qi say: "Good job."
His legs went weak and he staggered.
Li Jinghao stood aside with his head bowed, raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his cheeks.
"If he doesn't go, his leg will be useless."
Li Jinghao bowed to Gu Qishen, walked up to the boy and said something, and the two boys helped him back slowly.
"grown ups..."
Just as Li Jinghao was about to say something, he heard Xue Peilin's voice.
"Nonsense! Nonsense!"
Gu Qi looked forward and saw Feng Rui holding Xue Peilin's arm and heading this way eagerly.
Everyone saluted: "Master Xue, Master Feng."
Xue Peilin looked at the common people with worried faces and stamped his feet anxiously: "Pei Qihuan! What are you doing! Huh?"
"It's nothing," Gu Qi stretched out his sleeves: "A few common people beat up the imperial officials, now everything is fine."
The man being dragged by Yang Sheng said unconvincingly: "We beat you? Obviously..."
"What is it?" Gu Qi turned to look at him.
"Yes...yes..." The man was immediately frightened and wiped his nosebleed without saying anything.
"Look," Gu Qifu looked at Xue Peilin and grinned, "It's okay."
"You!" Xue Peilin's eyes were so round that they seemed to bulge out, and his beard jumped with the twitching on his face.
"Li Jinghao!"
Hearing Gu Qi's call, Li Jinghao stepped forward quickly: "I'm here."
"Help Mr. Xue go back to rest. From now on, don't bother Mr. Xue with such trivial matters."
Li Jinghao stood there blankly, not knowing what to do.
Feng Rui supported Xue Peilin and sneered: "Master Pei, you don't take me, the governor of Tuzhou, seriously!"
Gu Qi glanced at Feng Rui and folded her hands: "Master Feng, we have agreed that I will have full authority to handle the matter of moving the village."
Xue Peilin pointed at Gu Qi and said angrily: "Pei Qihuan! You, you..."
"Zhou Hu!"
"I'm here."
Gu Qi slapped his sore neck: "Send Mr. Xue and Mr. Feng back to the Governor's Mansion first."
Zhou Hu looked at Gu Qi, plucked up his courage, and stepped in front of Xue Peilin: "Otherwise, can I send you two adults back first?"
Xue Peilin was so angry that he almost fainted, but fortunately Feng Rui was beside him and kept patting his chest and back.
"Pei Qihuan, I will definitely seek an explanation from His Majesty!"
Gu Qi bowed slightly to Xue Peilin: "My lord, walk slowly."
Zhao Dexun looked at Xue Peilin's back and whispered: "That kick just now was so fierce."
Gu Qi approached Zhao Dexun and said softly: "My feet are still numb even now."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"What's next?"
Seeing Xue Peilin and others walking further and further away, Gu Qiwei narrowed his eyes.
"Is His Highness coming back soon?"
Zhao Dexun didn't know why and said: "Yes."
"Then we don't have to worry about it."
