Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 412 Assassination of Jiangbei Barbarian Camp
"The surname is Xu! You don't need to say anything else, if you don't pay for the crime today, and don't hand over that woman, the brothers will let you guys leave here sideways!"

"Master Xu, the tea girl was brought out from Guizhou by the little one at a high price, and she has already negotiated a next home. It is really difficult for you to intervene like this. But who made Master Xu discern the pearl, the little one doesn't If you want more, 300 taels, the person is yours, and we will sign the deed immediately."

In the afternoon when Shenyou alternated, Xu Dayong and Wu Desheng were negotiating with local people in a teahouse in Jiangbei Manying, Chongqing Prefecture.Seeing that the boss of the uninvited Xiaoluzi was so arrogant, Ren Ya also changed his previous attitude. Xu Dayong knew this before and kept his face; while Wu Desheng, who came with him, was ashen-faced, knowing that he was being attacked by others. tricked.

At this time, there were a lot of trackers holding bamboo poles, wooden sticks, and picks outside the teahouse. At a glance, there were about 500 to [-] people, and the place was tightly surrounded, and other tea guests had already slipped away.

To put it bluntly, Xu Dayong and the others are still foreigners after all. Although Wu Desheng had guaranteed the ticket before and recommended someone to take care of it, he is now a white man.There are as many as [-] government servants in Baxian County, and there are many factions in it. If he really has such a big face as he and Xu Dayong boasted, why bother to do things for Xu Dayong.

Although he kindly helped Chamei before, the inn is not a long-term hiding place.Even though Xu Da used money to block the mouths of the boss and his buddies, the news still leaked out.

The cause of the incident was that Xu Dayong wanted to use Wu Desheng to find a yamen servant to set up a fake guide for Chamei, but Wu Desheng entrusted someone who was not, and the book office of the household he was looking for had been cooperating with traffickers for many years.After hearing Wu Desheng's description about the tea girl, he concluded that the gang in Jiangbei were investigating her a few days ago.In order to avoid suspicion, the book office informed the official media privately, and the official media informed the gang of human traffickers in Jiangbei.

The so-called official media, in simple terms, is registered by private matchmakers in the government.Beginning in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when a female prisoner who committed a crime passed through a place, she was also escorted by the official media, similar to the escort function of female policemen in later generations.In addition to this is the human trade.

Although the Qing government stipulated that the sale of population should be monogrammed by the official media, and the price and contract can only be established after asking about the origin, but this kind of thing is just a matter of hearing.Almost none of those who engage in human trafficking these days do not collude with the official media, otherwise huge profits would be out of the question.

After inquiring, the traffickers found that Xu Dayong and his group were all powerful and seemed to be carrying something with them, so they asked people from the Hulu Society to help, and promised to give [-] yuan to them after the matter was completed.

The leader of the Gulu Society is currently short of money, and he was overjoyed when he heard that the Beidi club that had been blackmailed last year was coming again.It's just the same, if you want to do something, you can only do it in the Jiangbei barracks, they dare not in Chongqing Fucheng.

The reason why Guluzi dared to come forward was that in June last year, Gurkha Surbardab led [-] Gurkha soldiers to invade Tibet and successively occupied Nyalam, Jilongzong, and Tsongkazong on the southern border. And other places, besieged Xiegarzong.In July, Qianlong ordered Li Shijie, governor of Sichuan, and Chengde, governor of Sichuan, to dispatch more than [-] Manchu, Han, and Tibetan soldiers to Houzang.

At the beginning of this year, although the two sides had negotiated a peace in private, the Gurkhas withdrew their troops.But the army did not withdraw. With the reduction of local force, the government was too busy to take care of money and food logistics, and had no time to take care of local security.

So they beat the drums and spread the flowers, and finally the Household Book Office sent a word to Wu Desheng that the tea girl's business is easy to handle, let him be the middleman, make an appointment to go to a certain teahouse in Jiangbei, and just have a clear discussion with the person.

As soon as Xu Dayong heard that he was going to Jiangbei, he knew that nothing good would happen. He was so angry that he wanted to deal with those bums, but he was worried that he would have no chance.This year is no better than last year, so he first inquired with Wu Desheng about the location of the teahouse, and after discussing secretly with Zhang Beihai, Zhang Beihai divided his 30 people into six groups, and sat down early the next morning. The boat went to Jiangbei and ambushed in restaurants and restaurants around the teahouse.

Xu Da used this side to wait for lunch, leaving the two of them to watch the tea girl in case of accidents, so he took four of his subordinates, Wu Desheng, and the county government secretary office, to Chaotianmen and took a boat to Jiangbei.

When the two parties met at the teahouse, Ren Ya was very polite at first, saying that he could sell the tea girl to Xu Dayong for 15 taels of silver.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the talk, the book office left under the pretext of going to the toilet, and the two leaders of Guluzi surrounded the teahouse with a large number of trackers.

Xu Dayong glanced at the boss who blackmailed him last year, turned his head and grinned at Wu Desheng, "Mr. Wu, do you know who he is?"

Wu Desheng pointed at the leader of the Gulu and scolded him: "Kuang Er, wait until you gather people to blackmail you during the daytime, don't be afraid that the government will punish you!"

Kuang Er laughed and said: "Master Wu, you were an errand in the yamen before, so I respect you as a master. But Master Rentian has already dismissed your errand, so let's stop being a fool!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a few sluts around laughed, and one of them said: "It's true that bedbugs come from cracking melon seeds, and there are all kinds of benevolence (people). Brothers, this is to defend the injustice for Second Brother Li. What does it have to do with blackmail?"

Wu Desheng was so angry that he trembled all over, knowing that he had been caught in a trap.

Xu Da drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, poured it for himself again, and said, "Kuang Er, last year I stole more than 100 taels of silver from my master, and it was spent so quickly?"

Kuang Er said: "Master Xu, don't speak so harshly, how can you be false? Besides, I, Kuang, have so many brothers, 100 taels is not enough to fit between the teeth."

Xu Dayong said: "I heard what you said, what's the matter, is there going to be a long market?"

Kuang Er said: "He wants 300 taels from Li Er's place. For me, since Mr. Xu is an acquaintance, let's make up the whole, 500 taels! Brother, I won't get involved in this matter."

"What a fucking toad is yawning," Xu Dayong squinted at Kuang Er and asked, "What if I don't?"

Kuang Er spilled the residual tea in the teacup of the previous book office, reached out and snatched the teapot from Xu Dayong's hand, and said with a vicious expression: "Then ask Master Xu to stay with my brother for a while, when will the money be collected?" When will I see you off?"

Xu Dayong thought for a while, and said to Kuang Er: "Then this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Wu, let him go first."

"Master Xu is righteous! There is no such thing as Master Wu here."

When Wu Desheng heard this, he felt relieved, but he couldn't face it, and he cupped his hands and said, "Master Xu, if it wasn't for Wu who trusted others..."

Xu Dayong stopped by raising his hand: "Mr. Wu, don't talk about it now. After I finish taking care of the affairs here, I will have to trouble you to come forward. Please go back and rest first, and we can talk about anything tomorrow."

After hearing this, Wu Desheng knew that he must not be kind.He asked himself that he didn't have the strength to restrain a chicken, thought for a while, sighed, and walked through the crowd towards the river with his hands folded.

Xu Da turned his head to watch Wu Desheng walk away, then suddenly picked up the teacup and threw it on the ground forcefully.There was a crisp sound, and it shattered to the ground immediately.

"Hehe, you're still playing cup throwing." Kuang Er was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, and the few sluts beside him also laughed maliciously.

Just as Xu Dayong finished throwing the cup, a thick black pipe popped out of the window on the second floor of a stilted restaurant opposite the teahouse.However, the merchants and residents in the surrounding stilted buildings were all looking at the movement of the teahouse, and no one noticed the strange "black pipe".

There was only a light click, and in the blink of an eye, Kuang Er in the teahouse suddenly shook, first leaned back, and then lay down on the Eight Immortals table without moving.

The bosses next to him were all taken aback, completely unaware of what happened.This is a teahouse not a tavern, why is the second brother drunk?
At this time, a sharp-eyed person next to him saw dark red liquid dripping from under Kuang Er's lying body, which was not tea soup at all.He was startled, and he leaned over to take a closer look before confirming his guess. Just as he was about to yell, "Kang Dang" fell to the ground, flipping over with the bench next to him.

At this time, all the bosses in the teahouse realized that something was wrong, and they were so frightened that they took two steps back.A bold guy leaned over and reached out to touch the nose of the fallen man, his face turned pale with fright.

"Wang Gui is dead!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Renya but also Hualuzi and the tracker were all shocked.

Xu Dayong pretended to be surprised and said: "Ah, the sky is bright and bright, why are they all drunk? Hurry up and help them go back to rest."

After hearing this, the leaders of Hualuzi turned pale with fright.Don't look at them shouting that they want to fight and kill, but they dare not kill people in the downtown area.In the past few years, those who dared to rob and murder in the downtown area were all sentenced to Ling Chi and executed by the government.

"You, you, you..." a leader of the sluts stammered for a long time, then suddenly pointed at Xu Dayong and said, "You are a member of the Yuan Sect!"

"Fart your mother! My arms have been frozen like this, without moving! Obviously he was too drunk at noon!" Xu Da gave the man a blank look, and then looked at the man named Li Er. Said: "What's the matter? Should we sign this contract?"

Li Er was almost scared to pee, two people died suddenly on a sunny day, it must have something to do with the cup throwing of Xu in front of him!But Xu Dayong sat leisurely with his arms folded, and even his four subordinates sat behind him without moving.

"Mother! Someone died, run away!"

With Li Er's scream, the trackers outside the teahouse exploded.Many of them were fooled by Gu Luzi with five cents, saying that there would be fifteen cents left after the work was done.It's okay to fight in groups to build momentum, but if you really lose your life, you are not afraid of it.

At this moment, there was chaos inside and outside the teahouse. Xu Dayong got up and brushed off his clothes, then turned around and walked out with four of his subordinates.At this time, a slut rushed over and shouted: "Xu, you can't go!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, his whole body fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.And in the restaurant on the second floor opposite, Zhang Beihai said to the men holding the guns: "There is still that human tooth, let's clean it up together!"

Following the death of four or five people in the "Xingshun" teahouse, several streets and alleys in Linjiang, the entire Jiangbei barbarian camp, were completely bombed. Here are the trackers running out, and there are people who heard the news and ran over to watch the excitement. , For a while, the street was crowded with people, people were fighting each other, and it was a mess.

During the time when Xu Dayong was walking out hurriedly with his four subordinates, whenever someone yelled "Don't tell that guy to go, keep him", that person immediately fell to the ground, and soon There was a puddle of blood under him.

Until he boarded the boat with people and left, from the teahouse to the riverside, seven or eight people died one after another.

On the other side, Zhang Beihai and the others quickly dismantled the weapons and wrapped them in several bundles and straw mats after they had done their work. Taking advantage of the chaos, they followed the flow of people and returned to the south bank by boat.

In the evening, the news spread across the river, causing a sensation in the entire Chongqing government. The Chongqing Tongzhi Yamen in the north of the Jiangbei sent a large number of officials to surround the teahouse with three floors inside and three floors outside.At night, the entire Chongqing government was under curfew, and a large number of soldiers took to the streets to patrol.

However, the next morning, the news from Jiangbei had completely changed. Many people discussed what happened yesterday in restaurants and teahouses. They went shopping with their sons, and finally killed dozens of people with evil methods, robbed a large amount of gold and silver and fled into the forest.

Wu Desheng also heard about Jiangbei's affairs early in the morning. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that Xu Dayong must have something to do with it.After hastily eating breakfast, I was thinking about whether to go to the county government to report the case, when I heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard.When he walked over to inquire, he heard a familiar Northland accent coming from outside the door, which immediately made him tremble, almost wanting to escape over the wall.

"Is Mr. Wu at home?"

When Wu Desheng tiptoed back to his back door, he just opened the door and stuck his head out when he saw another familiar face greet him.

"Oh, Mr. Wu, where are you going this early in the morning? Master Xu and I have something to discuss with you."

Seeing Zhang Beihai clasping his fists and laughing, Wu Desheng's expression was uglier than that of a dead mother.

"I, I, I empty the toilet!"

At the same time, in Funing County, thousands of miles away from Chongqing, three men in worn-out jackets, each carrying a burden, walked into a restaurant in the city with a dusty look on their faces.

"What do the three guest officials eat?"

"Here's thirty steamed buns, a plate of pork head meat, another plate of pork offal, and two jugs of wine. Forget it, I don't want the wine. Let's serve three bowls of noodle soup."

The store clerk was about to leave when one of the three men, with a fairly handsome face, stopped him and asked, "Xiaoer, I want to know something. Why are you leaving Xujiazhuang, Sheyang Lake?"

"Exit the east gate and walk along the Wusha River for twenty miles. There is a big Zhuangzi by the river."

The handsome man nodded after hearing this, waved his hand to let the shop assistant go, then turned his head and said to the other two: "Brother, we are here."

The person called Senior Brother gave a "hmm" and said, "After dinner, I'll find a clothing store to change my clothes."

"What's wrong?" The handsome man looked down at his clothes and thought that there was nothing wrong.

Another person next to him said: "Brother, what you mean is that the three of us don't look like people who are fleeing. Especially you, Qingwen, you look like a schoolteacher when you wear robes, don't hit!"

"Oh. Brother is still thoughtful." The handsome man chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

These three are the three apprentices of the famous Henan martial arts master Chang Naizhou who were invited out of the mountain by Heshen last year, namely Chai Rugui, Gao Liugeng and Li Qingwen.Among the three, Gao Liugeng was still a prison student. After reading the letter brought by He Shen's subordinates last year, he decided it was his duty to eradicate the traitors for the court.

It's just that Chai Rugui went to Shanxi before and didn't return home until the end of February, so the three of them didn't make the trip until March. They planned to pretend to be refugees and take a boat from Sheyang Lake to Beihai Town.

At this time, the hidden flower reward of 1 taels of gold had spread throughout the northern provinces of the Central Plains, and everyone who heard about it was not tempted.Didn’t I say it before, now the Jiangnan region hires long-term workers, and the annual salary is only one tael of silver. The official price of 1 taels of gold is 12 taels of silver. Although this amount of money is not incomparably rich, it is certain that generations of people will have no worries about food and clothing.

(End of this chapter)