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Chapter 361: Just look at the fish like a fish, kill people and leave a name

In the middle of Haishi, the ancestral house of Mr. Luo in Luojiadian, there is a huge picture with the Chinese character "Shou" painted in gold in the middle of the hall.

There are many people in the hall, which can accommodate more than a hundred people. Almost all the prominent figures from several counties along the river gather here.

Numerous gentry and magistrates from each county, as well as the magistrates of Anfeng Junzhou where Huoqiu and Shouchun were located, as well as the Huainan West Road Economic and Technological Envoys all attended.

It can be said that Luo Jinyi was given enough face, or that Wanqixi was given enough face.

Ordinarily, apart from the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, the distinguished person is Chen Bokang. However, after the banquet, Mr. Luo only had a few token words with Chen Bokang, but did not pay much attention to him after that.

However, it was the squires from Huoqiu and Shouchun counties who came forward to have a brief chat with Chen Jing.

When talking about the fire outside Shouchun City a few days ago, several people sighed with sadness.

Pei Weishu, the magistrate of Anfeng Military Prefecture who accompanied the leader, almost laughed. He was very aware of the power of the gentry along the Yangtze River. Although there was no evidence, he concluded that the fire in the Shouchun granary was inseparable from this group of people.

But after these people did it, they still pretended to comfort Chen Bokang. They were really arrogant.

Seeing the way Chen Bokang was talking stupidly to the squires, Pei Weishu couldn't tell for a moment whether he was pretending or if he really didn't realize that he was being played.

But whether he was pretending to be stupid or really stupid, he could only endure it.

As a traitor of the main war faction, Chen Bokang has no foundation in the court and relies entirely on Prime Minister Qin and Lord Wanqi to protect him.

To put it bluntly, this is Master Wanqi’s dog!

Luo Jinyi is the father-in-law of Wanqixi. As long as he is here, the squires along the Yangtze River only know about the Luo family and not about you, Mr. Chen.

It's quite boring to be an official and do this.

Pei Weishu suddenly felt a little uninterested because of his empathy.

On Chen Bokang's side, after dismissing the squires, he looked at the full moon with a missing mark outside the window and roughly estimated the time.

Jianziying was taken away by Lou Yuxing, the magistrate of Huoqiu County, and he could not come back until at least the end of Yinshi.

At present, the Luo family's ancestral residence is brightly lit and there are many people. Chen Bokang judged that even if He Huanfeng came tonight, he would have to wait until midnight after Ye Jingren decided to come.

Originally, he had no murderous intention towards Luo Jinyi, but now, he wished He Huanfeng would take off the old dog's head!
  Chen Bokang remained calm and glanced outside as if unintentionally.
  The people sitting inside were people with official status like him and some elders.

Outside, the status is lower, mostly businessmen.
  Among them, Shopkeeper Peng of Huoqiu Wanyuan Trading Company was the busiest, with a constant stream of people toasting and chatting.

The so-called Wanyuan Trading Company was actually a name changed by Huaibei Sihai Trading Company to facilitate its operations in Huainan.

Half of the people here know this.

But because this business house can provide each family with products that can be resold all over the country, it is a common cash cow for many families.

No one would cut off their own money. Under their protection, even if the government knew that Wanyuan Trading Company came from Huaibei, there was no way to touch it.

Chen Bokang was not interested in this trading company. He wanted to obtain replanting of golden beans from Huaibei to make up for the possible turmoil caused by the poor summer grain harvest. However, his only connection with Huaibei was Hu Quan from the Privy Council Computer Laboratory.

After all, Hu Quan has an official status, and it is not convenient for him to come forward for many things. But can shopkeeper Peng use him as a private line to get a batch of golden bean seedlings from Huaibei?

Chen Bokang, who had been focusing on Shopkeeper Peng from the corner of his eye, was thinking about it when he saw a young man dressed as an entourage walking up to Shopkeeper Peng and whispering a few words.

Shopkeeper Peng showed an obviously surprised expression, and then took something from the attendant's hand.

The hall was filled with laughter, singing and dancing, but no one paid attention to these small gestures, except Chen Bokang, who looked across the crowd.

After a few breaths, Shopkeeper Peng left the table and came behind Wang Yuanwai at another table. The two chatted in a low voice. Wang Yuanwai's expression was far more shocked than Shopkeeper Peng's.

Even confirmed something again and again.

The more Chen Bokang watched, the more interesting he found it. Needless to say, Shopkeeper Peng’s background in Huaibei, Wang Yuanwai also had an inexplicable relationship with Huaibei. What were these two people doing so secretly?

Finally, shopkeeper Peng also gave Wang Yuanwai an object he got from his entourage.

This time, Chen Bokang saw clearly that what shopkeeper Peng gave to Mr. Wang was actually a big red silk flower.

The style of men wearing hairpins was quite popular in Zhou State at that time.

After Ding Wei, some people reflected that men were so pretentious and lost their masculinity, which was the reason why the Zhou Kingdom lost half of its kingdom.

Therefore, in recent years, few men have hairpins.

Chen Bokang was puzzled. These two grown men were sneaking around just to give away silk flowers?
  This... this is too abstract. Could it be that the two of them are close friends?
  "Master Chen, Master Chen?"

Pei Weishu, who was sitting with him, saw that Chen Bokang was deliberately ignored by Luo Jinyi, and was about to have a casual chat with him to relieve the latter's embarrassment. However, he found that Mr. Chen had been staring outside and couldn't help but turn his head to look over. He didn't see anything unusual.
  "What are you looking at, Mr. Chen?"

"Uh, no big deal, I suddenly thought of an old friend and lost my mind, haha."

Chen Bokang concealed his words and thought in his mind: If Peng and Wang were captured, could they coerce Huaibei into providing golden beans?
  But this matter is not easy to handle. Firstly, the squire along the river will protect them, and secondly, the people who can be sent to Huainan must not be important people in Huaibei.
  By the way, can we directly establish a relationship with the King of Chu through the concubine named Yunong?

But this matter is also a double-edged sword. It was the same thing to promote the disgusting Qi State and Chen Chu back then. What would the Zhou Dynasty think if they really recognized this family?
  If you hide it from the court, you will be handing over your own affairs to the fake King of Qi and Chu. It will be difficult to handle!
  While I was thinking, I suddenly heard a shouting in front of me, interspersed with a few shrill shouts.
  The guests outside heard it first, stopped talking and turned to look at the front house.

The Luo family is a big family with strict rules, and Luo Jinyi is very happy tonight. Who dares to make such noise outside.

The sudden silence outside quickly spreads to the inside
  Pei Weishu, who was drinking with Chen Bokang, paused in the air with his hand holding the wine glass, looking confused.

In an instant, the cheerful inner and outer halls became quiet at the same time, and more than a hundred Huainan elites kept turning and looking at the front house.

Just at this time, the girl playing the piano finished playing the song and came to the last note.

The hall becomes quieter
  After the sound of the piano was finished, the sound of clanging iron blades could be heard clearly.

The next breath, I suddenly heard an angry shout from the front, "Who is coming! This is the palace of Lord Wanqi, the minister of Dali Temple!"

Before he finished speaking, he ended with a painful 'ah' sound.

Luo Jinyi, who was sitting high in the middle, couldn't help but became furious and shouted, "Who is making noise in the front house! Catch him quickly!"

The boss spoke, and the two villagers outside the hall immediately strode towards the front house.

But before the two of them went out, a strong man stumbled in first.
  Zhuang Ding took a closer look, oh, isn't this Lu Baoyin, the leader of our nursing home!
  Lu Baoyin is known as the invincible fighter in Huainan. He has the skills of a strong bridge and a strong horse, and even five or six men cannot get an advantage.

But at this time, Lu Baoyin's right arm had been cut off at shoulder level. Even though he was covering it with his left hand, the blood still gushes down like a small spring.

I saw him running into the yard and shouting miserably, "Master! There are thieves attacking the village."

After saying that, he fell to the ground due to excessive blood loss.

All the nobles in the hall were stunned and a little unable to react. This Luo family has at least seventy or eighty guards, more than a hundred villagers, and sergeants from the nearby Jianzi camp. How dare the thieves come here to stroke the tiger's beard?
  Besides, this is the father-in-law's residence of Lord Wanqi, one of the nine ministers of Dali Temple! If the thieves dare to harass this place, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, Master Wanqi will not let you go!

This deal is not worth it!
  Only Chen Bokang, who was standing in the crowd, was shocked. He realized that he might have misjudged!
  Because he had single-handedly assassinated the emperor many years ago, Chen Bokang had always regarded He Huanfeng as a lone-wolf assassin.

In his imagination, He Huanfeng would only seek revenge by sneaking alone at night.
  But now it seems that He Huanfeng was able to sneak into Zhuangzi quietly and was not noticed until he reached the front house. He must have a group of well-disciplined and extremely fierce helpers!
  Chen Bokang's mind moved and he hurriedly looked for shopkeeper Peng and Wang Yuwai in the crowd in front. He saw that the two of them had already put the big red silk flowers on their heads!

Thinking that the two of them were related to Huaibei, Chen Bokang understood instantly!
  Tonight, there may be a big disaster!
  Subconsciously, he raised his hand and pointed at Shopkeeper Peng and Officer Wang, but in the end he didn't shout out the words, 'These two are in cahoots with Huaibei and want to catch us all in one fell swoop.'

In just one breath, Chen Bokang thought clearly about the current situation. He immediately retracted his fingers, took two wrong steps, walked to a singer, raised his hand, pulled out the crimson silk flower on the other person's head, and put a hairpin on his own head. .

This silk flower is a sign, which means that not all of the people who come here know Peng and Wang, but they must all know that the 'man with hairpin flower' is one of their own.

In desperation, Chen Bokang used a trick to confuse the enemy with his own eyes.
  But most people, even Luo Jinyi, did not understand the danger at hand. They only heard Mr. Luo shouting in a voice full of anger: "There are some thieves, what are you afraid of! Luo Ting, Luo Jing, quickly lead people to the front to surround the thieves! Luo!" Zhao, go out through the back door and notify Jianziying!"

The two Luo family members, Luo Ting and Luo Jing, were equally angry and dared to cause trouble at the old man's birthday party. They wanted to see who had the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard!
  Immediately, he ordered all the twenty or thirty guards in the courtyard, Zhuang Ding, and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Unexpectedly, the thief had already reached the third entrance of the courtyard.

One group of people wanted to go out, and another group of people wanted to come in. The two sides bumped into each other.
  As soon as they came into contact, Luo Ting felt something was wrong. The pressure from these people was too much!

Luo Jing, who was rushing in the front, only saw him face to face, and then he was hit by a crossbow. The crossbow arrow went straight into his eye socket. He fell to the ground not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

In just a few breaths, most of the bodyguard Zhuang Ding was lost. The rest of the bodyguard had never seen such a clean and neat fighting method. He immediately collapsed and ran back to the courtyard.

When the squires and officials in the courtyard saw this, they couldn't help being frightened and began to panic.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Luo Jinyi hurriedly turned around and wanted to escape to the back house. When he turned around, he saw a pale-faced Luo Zhao standing in the door leading to the back house.

"Idiot! Didn't I ask you to go to the Jianzi Camp!" Luo Jinyi said anxiously.

But Luo Zhao tremblingly raised his hand and pointed at Luo Jinyi, and stammered: "Grandpa, this is my master."

After he finished speaking, a cold shadow flashed, and a good man's head flew up out of thin air.
  "what!"

The screams of the singer's maid echoed through the house.

After the headless corpse was straightened to the end, several people were revealed from behind. A thin man with a cold face, and a young farmer with handsome features.
  "Who are you?"

Luo Jinyi stammered, but the young man turned his head and glanced at the thin man, patted the latter on the shoulder and said: "Take your revenge yourself."

Upon hearing this, Luo Jinyi ran his brain at full speed, recalling who he had enemies with. However, he found that countless people had their families destroyed by his hands, and he could not be sure who his enemies were.
  Dabao Sword has never been a person who likes to be long-winded. With just one strike, the rusty broad sword cut Luo Jinyi in half.

This technique is very particular. It can cause fatal injuries, but it can't kill you for a while.
  But the white-haired rat only felt relieved after seeing it. A few days ago, when Da Baojian told Chen Chu about the past for the first time, he mentioned that his wife was cut in half by the officers and soldiers brought by Wan Qixi.

Mr. Big, there is hatred in my heart.

At the front door, Luo family guards Zhuang Ding had all been eliminated, and Boss Shi led people into the courtyard.

At the back door, Chen Chu also blocked the escape route.

A group of officials and gentry were squeezed into the front hall, all of them expressionless.

Finally, a Shouchun squire took courage and said calmly: "Everyone, I don't care if you have any grudges against the Luo family. But we are just guests of his family. From now on, when brothers walk in the rivers and lakes, they will inevitably encounter high mountains and low waters. At this time, we might as well make friends.”

"That's right, if a good man passes by my Huoqiu Xue Family Village that day, I, Xue, will definitely entertain him well."

"Yes. My Shouchun Lin family has a close relationship with King Liu of Bagong Mountain. I don't know which mountain you are from."

With the Shouchun squire taking the lead, everyone ignored the crowd and talked about their connections on the road.

Let’s save our lives first. As for how to capture these daring thieves, we’ll talk about it tomorrow!

After Chen Chu glanced around, he waved his hand.
  This action was like a command, and the Shi brothers, Da Baojian and others rushed forward like arrows off the string.

More than a hundred gentry officials have become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The magnificent Luo Family Flower Hall suddenly became a Shura field
  The screams and screams for mercy are endless. Some people want to fight with trapped animals, and some people kneel down and beg for mercy, but it is all in vain.

There were also some people who hid in their huts or cupboards in panic.
  Less than a hundred breaths later, the screams and wails in the hall gradually subsided.

Shi Wulang held a bloody knife and searched the three flower halls inside and outside for fish that had slipped through the net.

He opened a curtain and saw two people hiding in the corner. Shigoro glanced at the big red silk flowers on their heads and pulled the curtain back to its original place, covering their figures.

When Shi Xiaoqi was searching a cabinet containing wine utensils, he found a middle-aged man with a handsome face curled up and hiding in it with his knees in his arms.
  The man's face turned pale with fright, but he still forced out a smile and whispered: "One of our own"

Shi Xiaoqi was a little confused. Today, the prince showed them the appearance of the silk flower. The flower on the man's head was not bright red, but crimson.
  It must have faded!
  Shi Xiaoqi got a reasonable explanation and whispered to the man: "I see you are scared. The prince has already told me, hide it, it's okay!"

After that, Shichiro closed the cabinet again.

After walking through the gate of hell for a while, Chen Bokang felt that his heartbeat was beating like a drum but he was finally certain of something.

‘My lord! ’

At the beginning of the child.

Chen Chu stopped the search. Peng and Wang were not the only ones attending the banquet today, but they couldn't be left alone. In order to avoid being too conspicuous, some people who had nothing to do with Huaibei needed to be left behind to better cover it up.

Here, Luo Jinyi, who had been ignored for the moment, was still alive. He dragged half of his body and dragged a dirty blood stain on the floor. Judging from the route, he wanted to crawl under the couch not far away to hide himself. shape.
  Or it could be said that the scourge will last for thousands of years, this guy’s vitality is really tenacious!
  Chen Chu moved two steps to the side to allow Cairo Jinyi to move forward.
  After quickly cleaning the battlefield, Boss Shi stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "We can withdraw."

Chen Chu nodded, and the big sword next to him, who was wiping his clothes with a rag, suddenly said: "Please leave a few words for me, my boss!"

Chen Chu looked at the big sword and immediately guessed what the other party wanted to write.
  In a blood feud, Big Sword not only wants to avenge it, but also wants to let the enemy know that he is back!
  On this occasion, Chen Chu didn't bother to study ink, so he directly grabbed a pen specially designed for writing large characters, dipped it in the blood under Luo Jinyi's body, jumped on the desk, and painted a gold-painted longevity sign on the table that was about ten feet long. On the writing, a line of big characters was written.

Despite years of practice, Chen Chu's handwriting is by no means beautiful.

But the font of this hand is wild and unruly, and when written with blood, a strong bloody aura rushes towards the face.

It’s chilling to watch
  ‘Kill all the evil gentry and corrupt officials in the world! The murderer, Dajiang Sword He Huanfeng! ’

At midnight on March [-], the Huoqiu Fire burned more than [-] acres of crops.

On the same night, He Huanfeng, the former leader of Green Forest on the [-]th Huaidong Road, bloodbathed the Luo family mansion.

Not a single male in the Luo family was left alive.

It happened to be Luo Yuanwai's birthday, and ninety-seven of the country squires and officials died.
  Overnight, the gentry along the river were almost wiped out.

(End of this chapter)