The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 61 Dark Clouds Are Coming
Li Diudiu glanced at Yu Jiuling, and Yu Jiuling was also looking at him. Li Diudiu envied his nimble hands and feet in cutting and washing vegetables, and he envied the hospital uniform on Li Diudiu.
“The clothes are real.”
Li Diudiu smiled and said, "People are fake."
Yu Jiuling did not understand the meaning of this sentence. He asked: "Why are people fake? Aren't you a human being...lovable by everyone? You look so handsome."
Li Diudiu smiled and said, "I believe it now."
Yu Jiuling asked: "What do you believe in?"
Li Diudiu said: "Believe what you said before, there are many people who want to beat you up."
Yu Jiuling smiled awkwardly: "I really can't control my mouth. The shopkeeper said that I am not as smart as I am talkative. Don't take it to heart."
Li Diudiu thought carefully about what the typical symptoms of a person who has a poor brain but a quick mouth were. While he was still thinking, Yu Jiuling had already begun to explain responsibly.
"Let me explain it to you this way."
Yu Jiuling said: "People whose brains are faster than their mouths will think twice before speaking, so as not to offend others. I am a person whose mouth is faster than my brain, so I will think about whether the words are right after they are spoken. For example, I think this thing looks like shit, but my brain hasn't stopped me yet, and I have already tasted it..."
Li Diudiu said: "Your analogy is really like killing 800 enemies and losing more than 1 million of your own."
Yu Jiuling chuckled and said, "Why are you still asking me why it's fake?"
Li Diudiu explained: "You think that the students in the academy are all well-known people, and their families are either rich or powerful. I have nothing and am even poorer than you. When I say people are fake, I mean that you think I am a person of status and that is fake."
Yu Jiuling asked curiously, "Then how did you get into the Four Pages Academy? I heard it's hard to get in there, even if you have money."
Li Diudiu said: "Yes, it's not enough to just have money. The main reason I was able to enter the academy is because of my good image, good temperament, rich knowledge, and great talent..."
Yu Jiuling couldn't help interrupting him before he finished speaking. He looked into Li Diudiu's eyes and said seriously, "The way you said these words just now was exactly the same as when I was selling wine."
Li Diudiu laughed out loud.
The shopkeeper was busy in the kitchen. From time to time, he looked back to see Yu Jiuling and Li Diudiu talking. Although Yu Jiuling, that brat, usually chatted with the customers, he was never as heartless as he was when chatting with Li Diudiu.
It turns out that having a partner is very important.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but think that it would not be wrong for Yu Jiuling to follow these people. If this disciple of the academy really was a person without money or power, then that would be even more commendable, because he was not pretending.
The shopkeeper has been doing business for many years and has seen all kinds of people. In his opinion, the poorer and less powerful a person is, the more willing he is to pretend. Under normal circumstances, when someone like Li Diudiu enters the academy, people will naturally feel that his status is different, and he should be as pretentious as possible, and even walk differently from before.
There are also people who clearly have no money and cannot afford to buy meat, but after finally buying two taels of pig skin, they have to carry it around and show it off for others to see.
If you tell him that you bought pork skin today, he will say indifferently that he didn't buy meat because he didn't like eating meat, it's boring, and pork skin is more delicious, even though you didn't ask him.
So the shopkeeper thought that if Yu Jiuling followed such a person, at least he would not be cheated.
While they were having this meal, outside the city, the group of killers who had chased Mr. Yuming last night all gathered in a forest. It was not that they did not want to continue the pursuit, but that the matter was beyond their ability.
After a whistle was blown, all the people stood up and looked outside the woods at the same time.
Not long after, a group of knights came in from outside the woods. They were wearing red and black brocade clothes and had helmets different from those of the palace soldiers. The palace soldiers wore iron helmets, while they wore cloth helmets and bright red cloaks. The moment dozens of people rode in, all the killers took a few steps back. It was a fear that came from the bottom of their bones.
"My Lord."
The leader, who was called Master Liu, was named Liu Shengzi. When he saw the brocade knight approaching, he immediately bowed and said, "I'm sorry, sir, we... failed to kill Guo Songming. He has already gone to Jizhou."
The people on horseback were wearing clothes called Ruilin clothes, and the swords on their waists were called Xiangyun swords. Ordinary people would have been scared and stayed away from them when they saw people dressed like this.
They are from the Criminal Investigation Department.
Liu Chongxin, the chief inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, had two chiefs on the left and right, twelve brigade commanders, and one hundred and six regiment commanders. These people were almost rampant whether they were in the capital or in the countryside.
At this time, the person in front of Liu Shengzi was a military officer from the Investigation Bureau named Yuan Wuxian. Logically speaking, the military officer from the Investigation Bureau was only a sixth-rank official. According to his official rank, he should perform formal formalities when seeing officials from the prefectural government. But in reality, when officials from the prefectural government saw the military officer from the Investigation Bureau, it was like a mouse seeing a cat.
Officials at the level of local county magistrates would slide down and kneel down when they see the chief judge of the judicial department, even if they are only a few dozen meters away, otherwise they would appear to be insincere.
Yuan Wuxian looked at Liu Shengzi. The murderous intent on his face frightened Liu Shengzi so much that he almost peed his pants. He couldn't hold on for two breaths before he fell to his knees with a thud.
He explained with a trembling voice: "Sir, I really didn't expect Guo Songming to think of hiring civilians to escort him. He hired hundreds of people and beat gongs and drums along the way to attract more people to watch and follow. It's really difficult for us to do anything."
Yuan Wuxian leaned back on the horse, looked down at Liu Shengzi and asked in a very feminine tone: "Guess, if I take your words and explain them to Lord Lu, will he listen?"
After hearing this, Liu Shengzi began to kowtow continuously, and soon blood appeared on his forehead.
"You guys are just quacks."
Yuan Wuxian said helplessly: "The Criminal Investigation Department gives you a lot of money to support you, and you are good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, but you are not good at doing things."
He pointed at Liu Shengzi with his whip and said, "Either you give me a reason that Lord Lu will believe, or I will find one myself."
Liu Shengzi kowtowed and said, "I beg you to show me mercy, Master Tuanshu. I beg you to give me instructions."
Yuan Wuxian sighed and said, "It seems that you can't think of anything. I still have to do it myself..."
He waved his hand and said, "Kill them all."
Liu Shengzi raised his head abruptly: "Sir!"
The guards from the Criminal Investigation Department took off their crossbows almost at the same time and started firing at the group of people kneeling on the ground. These guards were very strong and brutal, and more than half of those gangsters were knocked down before they could even put up a resistance.
The rest of the people did not dare to resist and stood up and ran, but how could they outrun the war horses?
The guards from the Criminal Investigation Department rode their horses and chased people in the woods, shooting arrows as they chased. Those gangsters fell to the ground one by one, and soon they were all slaughtered.
Yuan Wuxian, who was sitting on horseback, flicked his nails and said with some contempt, "These people should not be used, but it is Master Lu who finds it convenient to use them."
His men gathered back together, and one of them leaned forward and said, "Sir, everything has been dealt with."
Yuan Wuxian said: "Well, do you know how to report it?"
The subordinate immediately said , "Yes, Master Tuan Shu personally led us to chase the bandits. We worked tirelessly for two days and two nights and finally caught up with the bandits outside Tang County. After a fierce battle, we killed all the bandits."
Yuan Wuxian nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's do this for now... Send two people to inform the magistrate of Tang County and ask him to clean up this, and the rest of you will follow me to Jizhou."
He urged his horse forward: "This is all trouble. If Guo Songming enters Jizhou, those bastards in the Recording Law Department will be furious... If this gets to the ears of the governor, we will all be in trouble. So before the people in the Recording Law Department intervene, we must get rid of Guo Songming."
"yes!"
A group of guards responded.
"Let's go."
Yuan Wuxian urged the horse, and the warhorse spread out its four hooves and rushed forward.
At the same time, about ten miles away from Tang County, a team of at least a thousand soldiers from the government marched forward in an orderly manner on the official road, their uniforms and armor distinctly visible.
There was a carriage in the team with its doors closed. From time to time, some heart-stirring sounds, like crying or chanting, were heard from the carriage. In short, the sounds made the guards outside the carriage uneasy, but no one dared to look into the carriage.
Not long after, a middle-aged man came out of the carriage, put on his clothes, looked outside and asked, "How far is it to Tang County?"
A fifth-rank general of the imperial army bowed his head and said, "Sir, it's only more than ten miles away from Tang County. It won't take long to get there."
The brigade commander Yan Jiuji hummed, looked back at the prostitutes brought from Laihu County in the carriage, waved his hand and said, "You all go back. It's not good for me to take you to Tang County and be seen by others. I'm going to do business."
The women looked at each other in bewilderment. One of them pleaded, "Sir, how are we going to get back now? We have already walked nearly a hundred miles. We..."
Yan Jiuji frowned: "What did you say?"
A regimental instructor beside the carriage immediately shouted angrily: "Why don't you get out of here?"
The women immediately got off the carriage, looking somewhat pitiful in their dishevelled appearance. If they could have been in charge, why would they be here? In the final analysis, they were indeed pitiful people.
"Give them both money for their journey."
Yan Jiuji gave an order, then pointed to a cavalryman beside him: "Give me the horse."
The cavalryman jumped off his horse without saying a word. Yan Jiuji jumped directly from the carriage onto the warhorse and pulled the reins: "Too slow! Let the team catch up!"
As he rode out, the cavalry team also began to accelerate. There were about 200 cavalrymen in the team of more than a thousand people, and the rest were infantry. However, they did not dare to continue walking and all ran.
"Yuan Wuxian is a guy who makes people feel uneasy."
Yan Jiuji looked at the regimental commander riding beside him and said, "Don't go into the city. Take your men to catch up with Yuan Wuxian and ask him to return to Tang County. No matter what happened, he must come back, even if Guo Songming has already escaped."
The regimental commander Zhang Chang responded immediately and waved his hand to lead the people to separate from the large group.
At this moment, Li Diudiu and his friends were just about to have dinner in the Zhiyin Restaurant.
The dining table was filled with various exquisite dishes. It must be said that the shopkeeper's cooking skills were truly amazing. Many of the dishes had never been seen before by Li Diudiu.
" It seems like it was right to leave a little later."
Li Diudiu's eyes were full of stars as he looked at the dishes.
The wind suddenly picked up, causing the door to bang. The shopkeeper looked sideways and saw that it had become cloudy outside without him noticing. He could see in the distance that thick dark clouds in the sky were moving towards him.
