"What a fate. Today I am entertaining a young monk to eat vegetarian food, and you will complete the painting here."
Hong Jin was puzzled when she heard what she said. Aunt Song Sangu waved the little maid down first, and then whispered: "Daughter, a little master has been sent from Nanshan."
"Where are the people?"
"Have a rest in my wing." Song Sangu told Li Dan what she had asked for in her letter.
However, he saw Hong Jin lowering his head and thinking deeply. Thinking that she was in trouble, he said, "Good girl, our future lives will be in Inspector Li's hands. We cannot ignore his request."
"Mom misunderstood." Hong Jin looked outside the door, walked over and closed the door, came back and pulled Song Sangu to sit down, and said softly:
"My mother knows that every time Master Jiu comes, there is nothing abnormal, and there is nothing wrong with his speech and behavior.
It didn't seem to his daughter that he had anything on his mind or that he was deliberately hiding something. Therefore, the slave felt that the root cause of the matter was not with him. "
"Having said that, wouldn't it be better to ask him to ask?"
Hong Jin nodded slightly, and then became afraid again: "Mom, they, they won't be harmful to Jiulang?"
"Where did the girl go?" Song Sangu laughed:
"That little master looks like he is only eleven or twelve years old. He doesn't even know his personnel. How could he be so ruthless? Don't worry. Besides, I'm here, so they won't be allowed to do whatever they want!"
Hong Jin felt relieved and wrote a few words, asking to meet Jia Mingjiu.
Song Sangu came out and called a young boy who was responsible for handling affairs to give him some instructions and asked him to go to Tu's courtyard to invite Jia Mingjiu. As soon as she returned to the front, a turtle man came up to her and whispered to her:
"Third aunt, there is a guest here who claims to be a carpenter. He said that in the morning, a young monk decided to repair the temple and asked him to come here for a talk in the evening. I asked him to wait in the concierge."
"Oh, I know about this. Take him to see me under the clothesline." Song Sangu ordered.
Soon, a man with strong arms was brought to Sister Song. She didn't say much, nodded, turned around and walked ahead, with the man following behind.
They came to the small courtyard outside the side door and knocked on the door. The door opened. After they went in, Turtle Gong closed and bolted the door again, and still stood guard in front of the door.
Aunt Song San asked softly outside the door of the wing: "Master, are you resting? We have a visitor."
"Please come in!"
Xing Wu's voice of agreement came from inside. Song Sangu turned sideways to let the man in, and then went back to the front. She has to wait for Jia Mingjiu, because only he can get to the core of the rebel camp.
Jia Mingjiu looked back at the words "Baofeng Tower". This is really a terrible place.
In the evening, he received an invitation from Hong Jin and rushed over to meet him. Unexpectedly, he was led to a remote wing to meet a young monk.
Hearing that he came down from Nanshan Mountain, Jia Mingjiu was so shocked that he jumped up because he knew that there was a sudden visitor from Nanshan Mountain, and he was also a young monk. This was definitely unusual.
But before he jumped for the second time, a big hand slapped him on the shoulder from behind, and a rich voice told him not to move, not to look back, and to answer the monk's questions honestly.
"Recently? Nothing special happened?" Jia Mingjiu was confused after hearing the question: "Third Marshal should eat and drink, everything is as usual."
"Do you still see him often?"
"Yes, I can see him, but recently he has been busy hunting a lot. Sometimes he is away for two days. In the meantime, he went to have a drink with Guangxin Chow Tai Fook. Oh, it's the phoenix milk nectar he brought with him."
"Then what did he do to the winery?"
"The winery? Nothing has been done. Isn't the wine still being shipped? It's just..., there were a few captains who got drunk and made trouble, and were severely whipped. The third marshal said he was afraid that people would make trouble again, I sent an extra team of people to guard it.”
“Have you been to a winery recently?”
"No." Jia Mingjiu shook his head: "I heard that someone in Toad Pond recently reported that his boss had embezzled money. I went there for three days and was busy with purchasing after I came back, so I have never been there."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the young monk: "May I ask Master, why are you asking these questions? Aren't Shen Xiaowu and the others running around and jumping around?"
"Why are you asking so many questions?" The man behind him was a little impatient: "Since the inspection team is here, there is something wrong. There is something wrong."
Xingwu stopped counting beads in his hand, raised his head and said: "Donor Jia, although everyone's business has been booming in the past month, after all, it is a war between two armies.
There are those who are happy to do business, and there are those who are dissatisfied with such interactions. You need to be very careful. Inspector Li asked me to tell you and go back and investigate carefully.
Recently, the winery only receives and inspects the goods without saying a single extra word. This is very abnormal! Either it's really safe, or you've all fallen into a trap without realizing it. Cherish, cherish! "
"Hiss!" Jia Mingjiu felt that his hair was about to stand on end. "I, I, I am Third Young Marshal's confidant. If there is anything, I will definitely know. But, but..."
"Shopkeeper Jia, please stop thinking of yourself as someone else's confidant." The man behind him coldly mocked: "They are rebels who want to rebel against the losers and the Yi clan. You always stick to them, and it's very difficult for you to do so." Is it interesting?"
"Uh, no, no, I didn't mean that." Jia Mingjiu was about to cry and quickly waved his hands. "I'm curious. If the Third Marshal made any arrangements, why would he hide it from me?"
"He doesn't trust you anymore. Don't you understand? You contacted Nanshan first. Maybe he thinks you have been bribed by us."
The man slapped him on the shoulder hard: "That's why I have to get rid of you, so there are some things that I can't let you fully know."
"Then, if this is really the case, wouldn't I...?"
"It's very dangerous!" The young monk suddenly said: "So you have to be more careful. Just make sure that nothing happens. If something happens, you can find an excuse to go to the Toad Pond Camp, and someone will come to protect you."
Jia Mingjiu was stunned. This sentence contained two messages: Nanshan wanted to protect him, and there were people from Nanshan in the Toad Pond Camp!
After a while, he asked: "Why, why, why should Inspector Li be retained as the next 'rebel' leader?"
"Because you still have a conscience and want to be a good person, and because Li Sanlang promised good things to you and Hong Jin, and he is unwilling to break his promise." After Xing Wu finished singing the Buddha's name, he pointed at Jia Mingjiu and said:
"Your fate is your own, but if you don't be yourself, others don't have to protect you, protect you, or risk their lives for you. Do you remember?
Now you go, the beautiful woman is waiting for you, but don't be greedy, you have to do things when you get back. Only when the rebels are driven out and everything is peaceful can you two have a truly happy day. Amitabha! "
In the mountains in summer, the wind is warm and moist. With the wind sweeping over his face, Jia Mingjiu suddenly felt clearer.
While thinking about the scene just now and what the young monk and the man said, he walked towards Tu's courtyard.
Suddenly, something aroused his alertness, and Jia Mingjiu instinctively felt that someone was following him.
Taking advantage of the turn, he looked back from the corner and saw that there was indeed a cunning guy. He was Lou Shifan's soldier!
He was startled, and his back was suddenly soaked with cold sweat. Could it be that what the young monk said was true and Inspector Li's suspicion was unreasonable?
The wall of Tu's courtyard has been built, which is six feet high. The guard above saw it was him, said hello and followed him in.
At this moment, Jia Mingjiu suddenly felt regretful. He really shouldn't have come in. What if he had fallen into a trap himself? He bravely returned to his place, fell on the bed and fell asleep tiredly.
After daybreak, Jia Mingjiu was going to talk to Hua Zuibao and then go to Toad Pond. He couldn't help but be curious to see which hidden line was buried there in Nanshan. When I walked under the window, I heard someone talking inside.
"He still refuses to tell us all his plans? Damn it, you've already agreed to be a school captain for him, and you're still so greedy?"
"Replying to the Third Young Marshal, the guy said that he wanted to take my mother out of Yugan because he was afraid of being retaliated by the Li family. He also said that the family's more than twenty acres of land and house could not be saved, and he wanted twenty taels of gold for settling down. .”
"This man is really... He doesn't want me to give him to my aunt, does he?" Lou Shifan said through gritted teeth. After a while, he asked softly: "Apart from the monk's affairs, did he say anything else?"
"He...he said..."
"What? Hurry up and stop hesitating!"
"The Madam of Baofeng Tower and Miss Hongjin seem to have serious suspicions. He heard Thief Li mention it during the meeting. In addition... Thief Li has set up a detective team. They are all bold and good at martial arts. It is said that there are already people lurking exist……."
"Who is that?"
"Oh, it's me. I'm going to Toad Pond to talk to the Third Marshal. But there seems to be someone in his room, so I'll stand here and wait before going in."
The voices in the room suddenly stopped. The curtain opened and Lou Shifan walked out, followed by two confidants.
"Who is it? Oh, it turns out to be Lao Jia, why do you want to go out? Wait a minute, I have some urgent matters to take care of here, and I have something to discuss with you in detail after I finish it."
As he spoke, he glanced at one of the confidants behind him: "Take Lao Jia to find a quiet place to wait for me." The man responded and came over to hold his arm.
"If Third Marshal has something to say, I'll be waiting in my room. Just send someone to call him." Jia Mingjiu still wanted to struggle.
The confidant smiled and said: "Since the young marshal said it, shopkeeper Jia, don't be polite, let's go!" With a look of shame, a personal guard came up, and the two of them pulled Jia Mingjiu away.
"Go and seal the Baofeng Tower. The Madam and the Hongjin are locked up. One more person goes and seals the wine shop and locks everyone down!"
Lou Shifan called several people in succession to issue orders, and finally called a soldier: "Go and deliver a message to my second brother. The matter has been taken care of. It has been verified and the person has been taken into custody. After asking him to come, we will decide how to deal with it!"
Watching everyone leave, he waved to the sentry who had just come back to report to go down and rest. Look up at the hot sun and lick your lips:
"Damn it, if you don't do business well, you have to do these little tricks. If my second brother hadn't reminded me, I almost fell into the trap again.
This Li Sanlang is really hateful. He is not a big man but has many evil ideas! If you catch it, I will definitely let out such a bad breath! "
Jia Mingjiu was pushed out and initially locked in a woodshed with someone guarding the door.
After a while, no one responded. Jia Ming was thinking wildly, sometimes worried about Hong Jin, sometimes afraid that the young monk would not be able to escape, and also thought about the meaning of what he just heard, that there must be a traitor on Nanshan Mountain.
Thinking, thinking, suddenly the door opened, and a little boss came in, saying that the Third Marshal had invited him, but two soldiers came in and tied his arms and took him out.
When he walked into a courtyard, he saw Hou Yi, the leader of Lou Shifan's soldiers, standing in the courtyard to greet him with a smile. "Bring it in" he laughed.
Jia Mingjiu's hair stood on end, because this Hou Yi was famous for torturing people, and he couldn't help but scream.
Unexpectedly, he was stunned when he entered the door. He saw the two people beside the wall, it was Song Sangu and Hong Jin. Their hands were tied with leather strips and hung on the beam, shivering.
"Old Jia, I didn't make it difficult for them. I have already recruited them myself." Lou Shifan stood up and came over: "The thing is very clear. They are greedy for money, so they introduced you to Na Shen Xiaowu. You are being used!"
"Thank you, Third Marshal, you have learned from thousands of miles away!"
"But... you can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living penalty. You have to do something for me."
"Third Marshal, please speak!"
"Two days later, my second brother arrived with two thousand reinforcements. With his ability, it is absolutely impossible to capture Nanshan.
I have promised Shen Xiaowu of the winery that if he is willing to rebel and try to persuade Du Gong and Zangtou from the winery to come over, I can help him find a supervisor for his father when he ascends the throne. That is It’s the sixth grade!
One of your tasks is to persuade Xiao Wu to stop hesitating; the other is to send a letter to Nanshan, telling them that the wine here is bad and asking them to send the best Du Gong and Zangtou over to take a look! "
"Ah?" Jia Mingjiu grinned: "My young marshal, where can I deliver the message? I have never been to Nanshan! Besides, if he deceived Li Sanlang, he still has to take my life?"
"Oh, you've never been there and don't want to go? Are you afraid of losing your life?" Lou Shifan nodded:
"That's easy to handle. It is said that they have a lurking den in this town. If they dig it out, I will ask him to report it. But how to dig it out?"
As he spoke, he turned his eyes to the wall and suddenly shouted: "Hou Yi, come here, take off the clothes of these two girls and beat them hard. I will find out where the other rats are hiding!"
Hou Yi responded and jumped over, scaring both women into screaming.
"Don't, don't, don't, Young Marshal, Young Marshal, calm down, I, I'll go! Please Marshal, don't touch them, I won't go if you touch them!" Jia Mingjiu cried and knelt down.
"Okay, okay, that's right." Lou Shifan leaned over with a smile: "As long as you get their Du Gong and Zangtou back, I will let them go immediately.
But within two days, my second brother arrived with the troops two days later, and he had the final say in everything. Whether the heads of Shen Xiaowu and these two girls can be saved depends on your luck! "
After saying that, he raised his chin to Hou Yi and ordered: "Go back to the woodshed and get something to eat for our shopkeeper Jia. Send him across the river early tomorrow morning!"
"Then, what should we do with these two girls?" Hou Yi asked with glaring eyes.
"Lock them up for now." Lou Shifan looked at them playfully and said, "If Shopkeeper Jia can't do this, I'll leave the old and the young to you, and you can do whatever you want with them!"
Some people died, but not completely...
