At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 43 Shocking News
Gao Bufan pressed the crossbow on the fat cook's neck, the latter thought it was a dagger, and almost peed in fright, begging tremblingly: "Hero, spare your life, all the money is in the bedside bag, you take it all, thousands of dollars!" Don't kill the little one, there is an 80 years old Gaotang who has to take care of the little one..."

"Is there a three-year-old baby waiting to be fed?" Gao Bufan interrupted.

The fat cook immediately nodded and said, "How do you know, man?"

Gao Bufan was secretly amused, glared, pretended to be ferocious and said in a cold voice: "Stop talking nonsense, if you want to survive, I will answer whatever I ask you."

"You ask, you ask, the small guarantee knows everything, and the words are endless!"

"Who are you from Yuhuaji?"

"The young one is a cook, responsible for three meals a day for the adults."

"It seems that your adults are quite tricky, and you even bring a cook when you are on a business trip?"

The fat cook showed off proudly: "Although the little one is a cook, he is not an ordinary cook. The little one's ancestors have been imperial cooks for three generations. They not only served the late emperor, but also served the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty..."

Gao Bufan knocked the fat cook hard on the head, covered his mouth before he screamed in pain, and said coldly: "Niubi is not a cook, I am here to make a fortune, not to listen to you Bragging, say, where is your lord's money hidden? As for the bits and pieces by your bedside, I still look down on you."

The fat cook was so painful that he was about to cry, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and blurted out: "In the second master's room."

"Second master, Yuwen Zhiji?"

The fat cook nodded quickly, and Gao Bufan asked suspiciously: "How do you, a cook, know? It can't be Meng Laozi, right?" After speaking, he exerted a little force on his hand, and the iron crossbow barrel was poked forward.

The fat cook shuddered cleverly, and quickly explained: "The little one is making supper for the master tonight, and saw that he handed over all the packed belongings to the second master. I heard that the second master will leave for Luoyang tomorrow. I guess my lord asked the second master to take the belongings back to Luoyang first."

Gao Bufan secretly called it a fluke, fortunately he came tonight, otherwise Yu Wenzhi would have to take away the property tomorrow, and it would be impossible to get back the old man's money by then.

"Which room does Yu Wenzhi live in?" Gao Bufan continued to ask.

"It's the third room on the east side." The fat cook was obviously afraid of death, so he sold out his master very happily.

Gao Bufan found clothes to gag the fat cook's mouth, tied his hands and feet tightly, and threw him under the bed, and warned harshly: "Be honest, I will leave when I get the money, if I dare to play tricks , I will take your dog’s life when I come back.”

The fat cook nodded, and as expected, he lay obediently under the bed without struggling.

Only then did Gao Bufan leave the room in a blink of an eye, groped for the row of houses on the east side, and soon came to the third door. First, he lay down by the door and listened for a while. The dagger was about to lift the latch, but the door opened with a slight push. Yu Wenzhi probably didn't expect that someone would dare to steal his head, so he didn't lock the door at all.

It would be easy to do so, Gao Bufan went straight into the house, tied up Yu Wenzhiji who was lying on the bed, and then searched for his belongings leisurely.

Since Yu Wenzhi was leaving tomorrow, all the luggage was packed, and there were seven large wooden boxes, all of which were locked!
Gao Bufan picked the locks one by one, and found that one of the boxes was filled with gold and silver, three boxes were filled with clothes and souvenirs, and the remaining three boxes were filled with copper coins. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Gao Bufan was surprised and delighted, his grandma, Yu Wenhua and this dog official had extorted so many racecourses along the way, tens of thousands of taels of silver, the profit of Feiying Racecourse in ten years may not be 10,000 taels of silver, and it turned out that Under the guise of inspecting the racecourse, the goods come out for a stroll.

These are all ill-gotten gains, Gao Bufan is naturally not polite, but it is a bit troublesome, because there are too many copper coins, and the three large wooden boxes weigh hundreds of catties, how to get them?
"It doesn't matter, as much as you can take!" Gao Bufan took off the bed sheet and spread it on the ground, first packed the box of precious gold and silver, carried it out of the room, and touched the pond to put it into the water , and then go back to move copper coins.

It was impossible to take away so many copper coins at once, so Gao Bufan moved out three wooden boxes, sank them all into the depths of the pond, covered them with some silt, and slowly took them out later when he had time.

After everything was done, Gao Bufan divided the gold and silver into two parts and transported them out of the moat through the underdrain. When he got out of the water from the underdrain for the second time, the bright moon in the sky was almost setting, and it was estimated that it would be dawn in about half an hour. .

At that moment, Gao Bufan didn't stay any longer, he took the heavy bag of gold and silver on his back and quickly fled under the cover of night.Since it will be dawn soon, there may be early passers-by on the official road, in order to avoid being exposed, Gao Bufan searched for a mountain forest after a few miles, dug a hole to bury the gold and silver, After marking again, we continued on our way.

Without the burden on his body, Gao Bufan's pace became faster. The early autumn morning breeze was blowing, and he was doing exercises while driving, so his wet clothes dried quickly. They would meet one or two early passers-by, and they didn't think it was strange to each other. They looked at each other and passed by.

When Gao Bufan returned to Feiying Racecourse, a round of sun had just risen, and the old servant in charge of guarding the suspension bridge was still dozing off in the shed. Upon seeing this, Gao Bufan swam across the river lightly, climbed ashore and slipped back to the house .

Gao Bufan sneaked over the wall and entered the small courtyard where he lived, drenched his head with several buckets of well water, then returned to the room, changed into clean clothes, fell asleep and fell asleep.

This sleep was so sound that Gao Bufan didn't wake up until evening, but just as he opened his eyes, he saw two terrifying pie faces. The goods were almost close to his face, and his eyes seemed to be studying a fossil.

"Master, you finally woke up!" Gao Shou said happily.

It is said that Gao Shou and Gao Ren used to be called Gao Bufan Dalang. Although his surname is not Wu, Gao Bufan couldn't help sweating every time he was called Dalang. He started to call him Young Master.

Gao Bufan sat up and stretched, and asked, "What time is it?"

"Dinner is coming soon, young master, what time do you say?" Gao Shou asked back.

Gao Bufan was slightly taken aback, he actually slept all day long, it seems that he really consumed too much last night, he didn’t feel it when he was doing the exercises, but he was tired and sleepy when he stopped, it seems that the exercises are not a panacea , You have to eat when you are hungry, and you have to sleep when you are tired!

At the thought of eating, Gao Bufan immediately felt his muscles rumbling, and the feeling of hunger hit him, making him mad with discomfort!
"Master, did you become a thief last night? I've never seen you sleep so deeply during the day!" Gao Ren leaned forward and looked at Gao Bufan suspiciously.

"You thief, go eat, you're starving to death!" Gao Bufan pushed away the greasy face, quickly ran out of the house, and went straight to the kitchen.

"Master, eat slowly, don't choke." The cook looked at Gao Bufan who was hugging the rice bucket and eating the lake plug with a rice spoon. Eat it down.

"Master, you can just let go of your stomach and eat it, that's enough!" Gao Shou silently shoveled a shovelful of diced chicken and fried bamboo shoots from the iron pan until it reached the rice bucket.

Gao Bufan didn't talk nonsense, he didn't burp in satisfaction until he turned his rice bucket upside down.Gao Ren stuck out his tongue and said, "Looks like the young master didn't become a thief last night, but a coolie. I see you're so hungry."

Gao Bufan glared at this guy and said, "You're the only one who talks a lot of nonsense, and you still haven't brought me a bowl of water." After speaking, he burped again.

Gao Ren hastily poured Gao Bufan a bowl of cold water, while mysteriously saying: "I heard that the city of Yu County is under martial law, young master, do you know why?"

"Nonsense, I just woke up, I know what a shit, it's none of my business!" Gao Bufan pretended not to know.

Gao Ren wiped his face, gloated and said: "It is said that Bima Wenyu Wenhuaji was stolen last night, and all the money disappeared overnight, Yu Wenhuaji ordered the city to be closed and searched in a rage, hehe, it's really evil Bad news, it deserves it, but this is not the most sensational thing."

Gao Bufan raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean? Could there be a more sensational event than this?"

Gao Ren nodded solemnly, Gao Shou had already said: "Magistrate Zhou has been killed!"

Gao Bufan was taken aback, and blurted out: "Who killed it?"

"The young master also knows this person!"

"Who?"

"Sun Anzu!"

Gao Bufan almost jumped up, he was so shocked that he asked after a while: "Why? Why did Sun Anzu kill Magistrate Zhou?"

Gao Ren shook his head and said, "The news is not very clear now. It is said that the county magistrate of Zhou forced refugees to serve as slaves, and Sun Anzu was among them. In a fit of rage, he killed Magistrate Zhou."

Gao Bufan's heart moved, it seemed that the one he saw at the city gate that day was indeed Sun Anzu, he quickly asked: "Then he was caught by the government?"

"Probably not yet. It is said that after Sun Anzu killed the county magistrate Zhou, he fled with some refugees. The officials are searching everywhere. Fortunately, this Sun Anzu has not come to our racecourse as a slave, otherwise our racecourse will have to Being implicated by him." Gao Ren said happily.

"Master, then Sun Anzu has nowhere to go, so he won't come to our racecourse, right? If he comes, will you take him in, Master?" Gao Shou was a little worried.

Gao Bufan shook his head, this possibility is unlikely, Sun Anzu is quite a man of backbone, and he may not trust himself, so the possibility of running to the racecourse to seek refuge is extremely rare, alas, Sun Anzu is a man, what a pity!
(End of this chapter)