"Several groups of people gathered outside. They had different opinions after taking the first two cities. There was a quarrel after dinner last night. One of the groups directly withdrew its night guard."
Wu Fang narrated what he saw in an unchanging tone: "I took advantage of the opportunity to sneak into the city."
Qi Shang was thoughtful after hearing this, "Can you find out the source of the dispute?"
"Some people couldn't stand their subordinates and burned, killed and looted the city they had conquered before." Wu Fang was so calm that he was almost indifferent. "Some of them wanted to maintain the stability of the city and proposed to kill a few people to show military style. The other part wanted to protect their subordinates and were unwilling to do so. Hand over the people.”
Yun Qi chuckled: "They are just rogue bandits, yet we expect them to abide by the law."
"This is an opportunity." Qi Shang's thick black eyes reflected the skylight, illuminating a bright sky, "Their hearts are divided, just like the five colors of soil. Even if they are mixed together for a short time, they will still be scattered into a pile after a long time. .”
Su Ji tapped the table lightly: "Qi Shen wants to alienate them by saying this? But no matter what we do, they will be suspicious. If it turns out to be self-defeating, they will become entangled again."
There was a hint of deepness in Qi Shang's expression, "Who is their leader?"
"One of them calls himself a prince, and the others are all generals."
Yun Qi chuckled softly: "They are just closing the door and becoming emperors." He was arrogant.
Qi Shang's always resolute and upright face became more calculating, "We will send one person out to negotiate with those who can make the decision."
"Wonderful." Su Ji clasped his hands: "Now they have come together for the common interests, but from last night's argument, it can be seen that no one is convinced by the other. If only one person is found, no one will be able to trust the others. "
In this way, there is no need for them to do unnecessary provocations, and the rebels can cause chaos on their own.
"Although the separation is effective for a while, in the end they outnumber us by more than ten times." Qi Shang said sternly: "It will be at least half a month until the imperial court knows our situation before sending troops. During this period, we can only rely on ourselves."
The topic was a bit heavy, and everyone in the room fell silent.
"You can't be passive." After a while, Su Ji stood up with his palms on the table and said solemnly: "Ping County has a flat terrain and has no inherent advantage in defending the city. Moreover, the neighboring counties of Yeyou have been captured and cannot provide support."
Qi Shang nodded, which was why he said from the beginning that he would lead people to break out.
In the end, everyone unanimously decided——
"Let's create some trouble for them first, and then we'll take action when they start fighting among themselves."
—
The sun had just set, the cold dew had not yet fallen, and the sky was getting dark, Lu Anran and three others sneaked into the city.
At this moment, it was just when the vendors who had entered the city early in the morning were lining up to leave the city. People were going home to eat. The restaurants were still noisy, but the streets were empty.
The soldiers guarding the city were busy dealing with rotten leaves and piles of dead firewood. When they saw that Lu Anran didn't let down their guard, they first rudely lifted the cloth of Lu Anran's mask. On the contrary, they were shocked when they saw Lu Anran's face.
The superiors secretly told them to pay special attention to the women entering the city, but everyone knew that the women the Fox Fairy named were all young and beautiful, and not so 'ferocious' in appearance. She frowned and waved her hand like a fly, "Go quickly, go quickly."
Lu Anran passed, and Li Erniang and Lu Taotao were stopped again. The former was nervous, but Lu Taotao blinked his big eyes and said with a smile, "Who do you think I am?"
As he spoke, Lu Taotao leaned close to him. The guard was opening his eyes wide when a strange sound came into his ears, and his eyes were blank for a moment.
The three people left quickly and soon arrived at the Liu family's old house.
Returning here again, Li'er Niang felt like she was in another world. She didn't know whether it was an illusion, but even the fence in front of the door was very old. She stood at the door of the courtyard and looked at it for a long time before stepping in.
Before he got close, Qi Qi Ai Ai's shouts leaked out from the cracks in the window. It wasn't very clear, but it made people feel the sadness inside.
Li'er Niang learned from Lu Anran that her mother-in-law had fallen down the night before. Now she was afraid that she could not move, so she could only vent her sorrow through her throat a few times.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Erniang opened the door.
"What does it smell like? It's so stinky." Lu Taotao was following closely, but he immediately jumped two or three feet away.
Lu Anran wasn't even afraid of the smell of corpses, so she didn't make too much of a fuss about the smell. She raised her eyes and immediately had a clear view of the inside of the room.
The old woman was lying on the bed with her back to everyone. There were two sea bowls side by side next to the bed. Judging from the residue at the bottom, there was a bowl of soup and a bowl of porridge. Everything else was in order, but there was an unpleasant odor in the unventilated room.
If you look carefully, the bedding is mostly wet with water and urine, and there is even a light yellow liquid dripping down from the edge of the bed.
Both of them were silent. Lu Anran's silence came from her personality, while Li Erniang's face was obscure and the emotions in her eyes were extremely complicated.
The wind outside blew in from outside the door. The old woman probably thought she was a neighbor again, so she opened her mouth and started crying, "Let me die, so that you won't be in trouble and have to serve me, an old woman, with soup, medicine and food." Thinking about the hardship of life, and Cursing Li'er Niang, "You are a cruel and poisonous woman who killed my son, forced my husband to death, and even my granddaughter was tricked by that poisonous woman, leaving only me, a half-disabled and pitiful old woman..."
Lu Taotao pinched her nose and leaned against the door frame, refusing to come in. She poked half of her head and said, "Hey, where are you singing?"
Only then did the old woman realize that something was wrong. As soon as she turned her head and met Li'er Niang's eyes, she was so angry that she forgot that she couldn't move and was about to pounce on him and beat her.
Li'er Niang looked at her meaningless struggle and said coldly: "If you have the guts, you can chop me with a knife. I'll just stand here."
The old woman could only move her mouth when she couldn't move her body, scolding her no matter what, without repeating her words. Lu Taotao was stunned for a moment.
Li'er Niang changed her clothes, pants and bed without saying a word. The old lady cursed and started crying, but there was no trace of resentment in her expression.
"Don't blame me for being heartless. Liu Zhiquan is not a thing. He will not give his family dignity even if he dies. This situation is all caused by him. I also died once, so I don't owe you Liu family anything."
The old woman beat the bed with her skinny arms. Li'er Niang ignored her crying and complaining, and left the house without looking back.
But after leaving the room, she still found her neighbor, spent some money, and said, "Please help me take care of him for another day or two. I will eat three meals a day until I starve to death."
Lu Taotao sat on the pony where the children sat, supported his head with both hands and said, "I'm still soft-hearted."
Lu Anran said quietly: "People have weaknesses."
Li'er Niang came over with an apology on her face, "I wonder if doing this will mess up the lady's plan."
They came back secretly this time, so it was best not to alert anyone. Not to mention her mother-in-law making such a fuss, what if the neighbors knew that the county government was catching the fox fairy and reported it.
Lu Anran told her that it was important to find something, "We will leave the city overnight."
—
The address written on the land deed is a village on the outskirts of Yi County. It is in a remote location with a mountain behind it and an orchard on the left.
As luck would have it, the cave where Li'er Niang and the others were hiding was at the other end of the orchard.
Lu Taotao was not ashamed to say, "Look, what I chose is indeed a paradise."
Before setting off this time, Tong Xiuzhen also asked to go with her, "Let me go. If things don't work out, I can still be a lookout for you."
Li'er Niang could understand that Tong Xiuzhen had been very insecure since she was sold by her biological father three times. Since she accepted Li'er Niang from the bottom of her heart, she was unwilling to leave her.
"I'm just afraid of danger..."
Lu Taotao hummed and said: "Danger? With the Great Immortal Fox here, what kind of danger can there be?"
To avoid wasting time, the three of them had no choice but to bring Tong Xiuzhen and the little donkey who got into trouble when it encountered fruit.
On the way, Lu Anran asked about Zhuangzi, and Li Erniang shook her head: "I have never heard of such a Zhuangzi there, and Liu Zhiquan didn't go home and talk about anything related to Zhuangzi."
Lu Taotao never cared about other people's mood when he spoke, and said whatever came to his mind, so now he said carelessly: "Of course, the people who share the same bed have changed a few times, what are you talking about with a yellow-faced woman like you?" head."
Li'er Niang smiled bitterly. Although her words were unpleasant, she had to say that she really hit the point.
With different moods, they came to the farm.
Everyone knows that it is difficult to grow food in Yi County, so the fields are mostly filled with fruit trees. However, the fields here are obviously abandoned, and the appearance of the farm is also dilapidated, with a few hasty houses, and I don’t know how many layers of dust have fallen. It looks like someone lives in it.
"Hey~ What a shabby place." Lu Taotao couldn't hide his disgust.
Li'er Niang looked at Lu Anran, "What are you thinking about, young lady?"
Lu Anran patted the little donkey and let it go to play by itself, "I was wondering, did Jin Yu'e know when Liu Zhiquan rented this place?"
If Jin Yu'e is a member of the counterfeit banknote case, her purpose of approaching Liu Zhiquan is not so simple. Maybe what Liu Zhiquan is hiding is also related to her.
So why was it that no one touched the things here after the deaths of Liu Zhiquan and Jin Yu'e?
Or has someone already taken it?
How did the old cat know this?
There were too many questions. Lu Anran carefully observed his surroundings. The four people did not enter the farm immediately.
"Although what Miss Lu just said makes sense." Lierniang said, "But I have been married to him for several years, and I know a little bit about him as a person. If he can hide so much from me, the Jin family probably doesn't know. of."
At first he thought Liu Zhiquan was addicted to women, but later he found out that Jin was worth more than Liu Zhiquan and thought he was obsessed with wealth. Now he knew that his relationship with Jin Yu'e was not pure.
"From this point of view, Liu Zhiquan is a very cautious person." Lu Anran wiped the low wooden door with his fingertips, and said thoughtfully with his eyes: "His relationship with Jin Yu'e is not what we speculated, then, if it is There is a deal between them, and even his family can’t trust him, so he won’t give everything to a woman outside easily.”
Although Li'er Niang didn't know what Liu Zhiquan was involved in, she had a hunch that it must be a big deal, but she kept her composure and did not ask Lu Anran.
"Miss Lu, why don't I go check it out first, and you guys wait here for a while."
Lu Anran did not respond, but said: "There is a secret passage in the farm, but we cannot find it with our ability."
Li'er Niang was surprised and couldn't help but sigh, "How can ordinary people do this kind of charlatanism?" Some people have only heard of it in dramas.
"There is a great immortal." Lu Taotao let go of the donkey's ears that had been tortured for a long time, and raised his chin with one hand on his hip, "You women who have never seen the world, oh my, I can't wait to find out and laugh at you. ”
Lu Anran frowned: "Don't break things and let others see that they are strange."
Lu Taotao crossed her legs, stepped on the ground and jumped into the air. Her extremely arrogant voice came from the air: "I will show you what I am capable of!"
Lu Anran's expression returned to calmness and he said to Li Erniang: "Wait until she comes back from the investigation."
Li'er Niang: "..."
Suddenly, I realized that Lu Daxian, who was inspired to succeed by Miss Lu's few words, was a bit pitiful.
