"Sister, we killed someone!" Li Suwen sobbed tremblingly, "It's terrible!"
"Suwen, don't you always say you want to avenge my mother-in-law? Why are you scared now?"
"But isn't this female officer my enemy?"
"Su Wen, my mother's enemy is the queen. She has countless minions, and this woman is just one of them. If you don't dare to kill even one of her minions, how can you avenge your mother?"
When her sister mentioned the hatred of killing her mother, Li Suwen's face changed slightly. She wiped the tears on her face: "My sister taught me that I was wrong, but what should I do next? What if we let that evil woman know that we killed her?" My subordinates will definitely not let us go!"
"This *** came with a maidservant waiting outside. You go out, bring her in, and kill her together. We are about the same size as them. We just need to change into their clothes and put on the curtain hat. You got out, escape from here, and we’ll find a way!”
Li Suwen was frightened and had no plan. After listening to Li Xiayu's words, she seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and nodded: "Okay, sister, just do as you say. I will go out and lure that bitch in." !」
"Don't panic! Let's hide the body first!" Li Xiayu stopped his sister, and the two of them moved the female officer's body to the bed. They then arranged the clothes and made sure there were no traces left before patting her sister on the shoulder. : "When you go out, tell that bitch that this female officer suddenly fainted, lead her in, and then do the same thing as before, just grab her hands!"
"Yeah!" Li Suwen nodded, walked out, and came back a moment later with a maid, saying, "I don't know what happened, but I suddenly fainted just as I was talking. My sister and I helped her lie down on the bed, come and take a look!"
"I must be too tired these days!" The maid saw that the female official was lying inward with her back to her, and she stepped forward to take a look. Suddenly, Li Suwen grabbed her hands with a cold look.
"What are you doing-" She subconsciously felt something was wrong, and just as she was about to struggle, a thin rope suddenly came from behind and strangled her throat.
"Su Wen, hold on tight!" Li Xiayu strangled the maid's throat and pulled her back with both hands while pressing her knees against the other's vest. The maid's hands were caught and her throat was strangled, but within a moment she There is no breath anymore.
"Sister, I'm out of breath!" Li Suwen sniffed the maid's breath and whispered.
"Very good, hurry up, you change into the maid's clothes, and I'll change into the clothes of the female official. Hurry up, otherwise things will change!"
"Yes!" Li Suwen responded and hurried to untie the maid's belt. But for some reason, she just felt that her fingers were knotted. After a long time, she not only failed to untie the deceased's belt, but it became tighter and tighter. Teared together into a knot.
"Suwen, why haven't you finished changing yet?"
Li Suwen turned around and saw Li Xiayu standing aside. She had already changed into the clothes of the female official. She couldn't help but instinctively lowered her head: "Sister, I don't know why, but, I just can't untie it-" Here, tears could not help but flow down.
Li Xiayu saw that his sister's face was full of fear, obviously because she had just killed someone, and she couldn't help feeling sad. His sister was born in an emperor's family, but she didn't enjoy the blessings for a few days, and was relegated to the cold palace at a young age. , whose life was not as good as that of the lowest servant in the palace, finally got a turn for the better, but was forced to kill someone himself. If my mother had a spirit underground, I really don’t know what she would think.
"Suwen, don't worry, it's not a big deal, just let my sister take care of it!" Li Xiayu hugged his sister into his arms, patted her back twice, and comforted her softly.
Under Li Xiayu's hug and comfort, Li Suwen's tight body quickly relaxed. She shook her head: "I can do it without my sister!" After that, she broke away from Li Xiayu's hug and hugged her three times. In two strokes, he untied the maid's belt, took off her clothes, and then took off her own clothes and put them on.
"Sister, what should I do with these two corpses? Put them under the bed?"
"No, there is a well in the yard, throw it into the well!" Li Xiayu said, "This way we will be discovered by the thieves later, and we can increase the time to escape!"
"Yeah, that's what my sister said!"
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Jinren asked the house.
"Mr. Lang! Is Cao Wenzong asking for an audience outside the house?" Hei Te Changzhi whispered.
"Cao Wenzong, is that General Cao?" Wang Wenzuo sipped his wine. There were so many things going on during this time that he almost forgot about this person: "Did you say something?"
"I didn't say it! I just said it's an urgent matter, and I can only say it in front of you!" Hei Te Changzhi observed Wang Wenzuo's face: "Why don't we just say that you have something to go out and refuse!"
"Forget it! Let him come in!" Wang Wenzuo waved his hand: "At first, I thought he was a responsible person. If he had no other choice, he wouldn't have come to me. He just thought he was doing good deeds!"
"Yes, then I'll lure him here right away!"
After a while, Cao Wenzong came in and knelt down and kowtowed: "Kowtow to Wang Sima, little man! Please give Wang Sima a helping hand and save Cao Manchu!"
"General Cao, please get up!" Wang Wenzuo made Cao Wenzong a little confused: "What are you doing! Get up and speak!"
However, Cao Wenzong did not get up: "How can a villain deserve the title of general? He is a sinner and dare not get up!"
Seeing Cao Wenzong like this, Wang Wenzuo had no choice but to ask a servant to bring a mat and let Cao Wenzong kneel on the mat: "You said you are a sinner, did you participate in the riots a few days ago?"
"How is that possible!" Cao Wenzong hurriedly said: "Although the villain has never read any books since he was a child, he still knows right and wrong. The villains who do evil things usually don't dare to take a second look at them, let alone... Do it!"
"I remember Xiao Yi said that several of your disciples are also capable. Could it be that they have done something evil?"
"Although those children have some abilities, the villain is usually very strict, so how dare they do such things. During the riot that day, the villain and his disciples stayed behind closed doors, and they didn't do anything evil!"
"Then since you didn't do anything evil, why did you come to beg me? Could it be that the government has wronged you?"
"It can't be said to be an injustice!" Cao Wenzong said with a bitter smile. It turns out that since the last riot, the imperial court issued an order to recruit 60,000 Chang'an evil youths to join the army in Anxi. Cao Wenzong's family was also among them, so they came to Wang Wenzuo came here to pray.
"Sixty thousand evil boys? What a great gesture from the imperial court!" Wang Wenzuo couldn't help but exclaimed. He looked at Cao Wenzong: "But at your age, you can't be considered a bad boy, right?"
"What Sima doesn't know is that this time it's not just the bad boys who are being recruited, but also the sons-in-law, merchants, and anyone who is a scoundrel in Chang'an City!"
"Then you don't count, right?"
Cao Wenzong showed a wry smile: "Although the villain has strict control over the children in the family, his reputation is somewhat false. Some of the evil young men in the capital have learned swords and crossbows from the villain for a few days, so Jing Zhaoyin sent him The villain’s name is included!”
After hearing this, Wang Wenzuo understood. It turns out that after this incident, the imperial court recruited evil boys to increase Anxi's military strength and strengthen the defense against Tibet, but more importantly, it was to eliminate potential unstable factors in Chang'an. People like Cao Wenzong, who was excellent in martial arts, had many disciples. No matter how cautious he is, it will be difficult for him to escape the list above.
"I probably understand, but what do you want? Stay in Chang'an? Or something else?"
"Sima, you are joking. How can I dare to hope to stay in Chang'an?" Cao Wenzong shook his head and sighed: "I won't hide it from you. When I came to Chang'an, I really wanted to use my skills to report to the country, make some achievements, and honor our ancestors. Thoughts. But as he got older and accomplished nothing, he thought about passing on the skills passed down from his ancestors and training these children to become talents. But after this incident, the villain understood that Chang'an is not for ordinary people. Even if he is not drafted to Anxi, the villain himself will have to leave!"
"If you don't want to stay in Chang'an, then why don't you want to go to Anxi? Is it because there is a fight with the Tubo people there?"
"It's not that I don't want to go to Anxi, nor that I don't want to fight with the Tubo people. It's just that I don't want to be conscripted like this.
Go to Anxi! The 60,000 people who were conscripted to Anxi this time were like criminals. They were allowed to be used by local generals and even sold as slaves. They were afraid that they would be dead before they met the Tubo people. "
Hearing this, Wang Wenzuo also understood that although the recruitment of evil boys in the Tang Dynasty was nominally sent to serve as soldiers, it was different from the usual government soldiers and recruitment. It was closer to the conscription of later generations. After arriving in Anxi, most of them Most people will become slaves of local officials instead of soldiers, and local officials will abuse and enslave them at will. Even if Cao Wenzong is good at martial arts and wants to kill the enemy and serve the country, he would not want to go to Anxi in this way.
"So there is such a thing!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Then why don't you escape? With the skills of you and your disciples, it shouldn't be difficult to escape, right?"
"Sima, you don't know something!" Cao Wenzong sighed: "If I escape, not only will my family be implicated, but I will also have nowhere to live. I can only hide in the Zhongnan Mountains and become a refugee. I will soon be forced to make a living. If you become a bandit, you will die sooner or later."
"That's true, but I never thought of it!" Wang Wenzuo sighed. Although the household registration system in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be full of loopholes, it was only for the rich and powerful local tyrants. Although Cao Wenzong was excellent in martial arts, he had no power. For ordinary people who have no wealth and power, it is as dense and airtight as a spider web. Especially in the Guanzhong area, the land that can be cultivated must have been cleared long ago. Cao Wenzong and his family and disciples will either go to work for powerful men. Child slaves can either go to the depths of the uninhabited Zhongnan Mountains and become refugees. If they are lucky enough to find a small valley with water and can farm, otherwise they can only become robbers and bandits, and sooner or later they will be killed by the army. If you kill it, cut off your head and ask for a reward.
"I understand what you mean!" Wang Wenzuo thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Well, you go back first. I will give you an answer on this matter in two days!"
"Thank you, Wang Sima?" Cao Wenzong was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly. Wang Wenzuo did not evade, and accepted his bow. After he left the door, he said in a deep voice: "Come here, Wu Xiaoyi will ask him to come see me as soon as he comes back!"
at dusk.
Wang Wenzuo put down the soup bowl and let out a long sigh of relief. He had to admit that the cook at Jin Renwen's house was really a very smart guy. He could make pork with dried plums and vegetables, steamed eggs with shrimps, and cabbage with vinegar just by describing them verbally. It was really not easy to restore several home-cooked dishes to perfection. Wang Wenzuo even began to consider whether to ask Jin Renwen to ask the cook to accompany him to Baekje.
"Mr. Lang, do you want to see me?" Wu Xiaoyi's voice came from outside the door.
"Well, yes!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Have you eaten?"
"not yet!"
"Didn't you eat? Then come in and have some together. Bring Xiao Yi a pair of bowls and chopsticks!"
Wu Xiaoyi looked at Wang Wenzuo hesitantly, and saw that the other man's face was shiny. There were seven or eight dishes placed on the tables in front of the door, and he was obviously eating. Just as he was hesitating, the maid had already taken the bowls and chopsticks and placed them on the tables.
"I've finished eating, you can do what you want!" Wang Wenzuo picked his teeth while sipping the soup, pointing to the plates on the table with a smile: "These dishes are good, but you can't eat them outside. Don't think it's leftovers. It's just an unlucky time for you to come here. I've almost finished eating, so just make do with it!"
The corner of Wu Xiaoyi's mouth twitched. She didn't know how to answer for a moment. The tempting aroma of the food aroused his appetite. After a moment's hesitation, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating. As he started eating, he put down his chopsticks. The speed was getting faster and faster, and in a short while, several dishes on the table were cleared.
"I'm right! This cook's skills are very good, and you may not be able to get it even in these vegetable palaces!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Hey, give Xiao Yi a bowl of hot soup to eat!"
Perhaps the food in his mouth dispelled Wu Xiaoyi's wariness. His tight cheeks relaxed a lot. He took the soup bowl and took a sip: "What did you want me to do?"
"I can't tell you what the order is. Why don't you go out with me tonight?"
"At night?" Wu Xiaoyi asked in surprise, "You should know, right? There is a curfew outside Chang'an City after dark!"
"Of course I know that, but this curfew shouldn't affect you, nor me, right?"
Wu Xiaoyi glanced at Wang Wenzuo and drank all the leftover soup in the bowl: "When are you leaving?"
"If you're done eating, do it now!"
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Night falls in the west, covering all directions.
"Please go this way!" Hei Te Changzhi carefully pushed open the corner door of the square and used the torch in his hand to light the way for Wang Wenzuo.
"Lang Jun!" Wu Xiaoyi whispered: "I still want to advise you. If you are not in a special hurry, it is best not to go out on the streets after dark. The streets of Chang'an at night are very unsafe!"
