The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 99: The beginning of the month
Li Diudiu was somewhat shocked by the speed of reaction of the Green Clothes Formation. It took only half an hour from the time Lei Yuan was killed at the formation gate to the time the Green Clothes Formation was on the way to counterattack.
Xiahou Zhuo once said that Jiedushi Zeng Ling governed the Qingyi formation according to the military governance standards, so in such a trance, Li Diudiu couldn't help but think... If a Jiedushi, such a high-ranking official, was willing to set up a secret force according to the military governance standards, why couldn't he govern the place well?
Is it really much better than even fame?
It's just the difference between one very bad and one not very bad.
All are bad.
And with such a quick reaction speed, is there really no preparation at all?
Li Diudiu was stunned. Xiahou Zhuo's attention was on the brothers in blue clothes lined up in battle formation. He did not notice the disappointment gradually appearing in Li Diudiu's eyes.
Before thinking about all this, Li Diudiu felt that the Qingyi formation was not a secret force, but heroes.
Today's realization shows that the men in blue are not heroes.
Li Diudiu let out a long sigh and thought of Wang Heita again. He felt that the man died unjustly. The passion that had been ignited when he saw the blue-clothed formation just now was extinguished in an instant.
"I'm going back."
Li Diudiu said softly, and walked away without waiting for Xiahou Zhuo to respond .
After Xiahou Zhuo talked to the three members of the formation for a few words and wanted to chase Li Diudiu, he found that Li Diudiu had disappeared.
He chased back to the academy and ran to where Li Diudiu lived. The young man was in the yard, wearing only long trousers and bare-chested, pouring a bucket of cold water over his head.
With a loud bang, the young man shuddered.
“Everything in the world can be distinguished as right or wrong.”
Xiahou Zhuo walked into the yard, took the bucket from Li Diudiu, fetched a bucket of water, and poured it on himself.
He shook the water off his head, looked at Li Diudiu and said, "I can probably guess what you were thinking. You felt that you were unjust for a moment."
Li Diudiu shook his head and said nothing.
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You are just over twelve years old. You shouldn't worry about these things. It's not the right age."
Li Diudiu looked at Xiahou Zhuo for a long while and said, "I really shouldn't have done that, but I'm already troubled by these things."
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "Have you thought of how to solve your troubles?"
Li Diudiu shook his head again.
"Let me tell you something."
Xiahou Zhuo said, "A month ago, Prince Wu flew into a rage in Prince Yu's mansion and issued a death order to the governor. If the whole family doesn't achieve success within a month, then Zeng Ling's whole family will be killed."
Li Diudiu was shocked.
Xiahou Zhuo said, "Yesterday afternoon, Lei Yuan from the Zhenmen led his men to investigate something. They probably discovered that Lian Gongming had a private vault, and that it contained a large amount of food, fodder and weapons. This could cost Lian Gongming his life."
Li Diudiu said: "So Lei Yuan is dead, Lian Gongming wants to tell the governor that he will not accept his fate."
"He doesn't stand a chance."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "If you can't sleep tonight, I'll take you to see a play. I didn't know the play would come so soon. You know, I don't know everything yet."
Li Diudiu felt that he really couldn't sleep tonight. Sometimes he wondered why he was worrying about the country and the people every day at his age.
"anyway."
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu and said, "The death of Lian Gongming is a good thing for the people of Jizhou City, and it is also a good thing for you."
Li Diudiu reached out and took the clothes next to him and put them on. He walked out and said, "Let's go."
Xiahou Zhuo hummed, then muttered to himself: "My dick is cold."
Li Diudiu: “…”
He walked a few steps and nodded: "It's indeed cold."
The two men left the academy again, one after the other. They did not hide their tracks and walked directly on the street. Xiahou Zhuo asked Li Diudiu to tie the red ropes of the green-clothed formation, so that there would be no trouble.
The night wind was getting stronger and stronger. It was early autumn, so it was getting cooler.
As Xiahou Zhuo walked, he suddenly sighed.
"I think they all blew it down for me."
Li Diudiu nodded, he felt the same way, it was not only small but also tight.
After walking about a mile or two, Xiahou Zhuo stopped and looked at the street next to him. There were no night lights on that street, so all he could see were densely packed figures like ink and wash and a forest of swords and guns.
Those were the troops mobilized by Jiedushi Zeng Ling.
Li Diudiu suddenly reacted. He opened his mouth and wanted to ask Xiahou Zhuo, was Lei Yuan's death really inevitable?
But he didn't ask. If he did, it would only embarrass Xiahou Zhuo. What does all this have to do with Xiahou Zhuo? Lei Yuan was dead, and the people in the blue-clothed formation were full of hatred. This was indeed not something Xiahou Zhuo could control.
After walking about another mile, they saw a large courtyard next to them with its door open and brightly lit. Xiahou Zhuo stopped to look inside, and Li Diudiu also stopped to look.
On the open space inside the gate, men in green clothes were hacking to death the kneeling people one by one. Under the flash of the swords, human lives were worthless.
"Li Chi, did I tell you that the Qingyi formation has many good things?"
"yes."
“I still say these nice things now.”
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu and said seriously, "You are disappointed, but I think there is something to be thankful for. In this era, there is no good choice for you. You have no choice, I have no choice, and the people probably have no choice. So we should try to accept whichever is better. Since we can't choose the best, it is not difficult to choose between the bad and the worse."
He pointed to the courtyard and said, "Prince Wu has come to Jizhou City, so even his fame is going to die. In any case, this is a good thing."
Li Diudiu didn't say anything, but Xiahou Zhuo used "no matter what" twice when he spoke, which was enough to explain Xiahou Zhuo's state of mind.
In fact, he was thinking about something else in his mind. Why did Prince Wu order the Jiedushi Zeng to take action? Instead of punishing him in an open and aboveboard manner, why did he plunder in this way first?
Yes, this is plundering. One powerful person plunders from another powerful person, and the remaining parts of the plunder are subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
After tonight, even the fame and honor will go into the hands of the Jiedushi, and not a single copper penny of the stolen money will enter the court's account.
This is also why the alleys are densely packed with soldiers from the Great Chu, but they are just standing there waiting, because it is not their turn to appear yet.
"I don't want to watch it anymore."
Li Diudiu shrugged: "Go home and sleep."
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You should look more. If you don't want to be a person who is lost in the crowd in the future, and don't want to be like those people who bow their heads and pretend not to see when encountering things, you should look more."
He patted Li Diudiu on the shoulder and said, "You haven't seen the right thing yet, so look at what is wrong. It's useful. At least you will know these wrong things and make you sick."
Li Diudiu asked: "Are you sick?"
Xiahou Zhuo nodded: "Disgusting... but I'm at an age where I have to endure the nausea."
Li Diudiu fell silent again. Wasn’t Xiahou Zhuo only seventeen?
The government office of Jizhou Prefecture, even his fame and fortune were not at home but in the yamen, because he knew that tonight would be the hurdle, a hurdle that perhaps he would never be able to overcome. He would feel a little more at ease in the yamen, because it was a symbol of power.
But he is alone now.
He found it a little ridiculous because the people accompanying him at this moment were not his subordinates who usually talked about loyalty, but a killer who took money from him to kill people for him.
How could Lian Gongming ever look up to someone like Yao Wuhen? In Lian Gongming's eyes, Yao Wuhen was just a lowly person and a small character.
"It seems that the master is a little angry?"
Yao Wuhen, who was sitting on the side with his legs crossed on the table, smiled. There was no sarcasm in his smile, he just thought it was interesting.
"Am I not treating them well?"
Lian Gongming looked around and said, "I gave them a future, gold and silver, and gave them power, but when it came to the critical moment, they ran away faster than anyone else. Instead, you, a person who kills for money, stayed with me. Why don't you leave?"
Yao Wuhen said: "I am not a glorious person, but I am trustworthy. You hired me, and it will not be over until you die or I die."
Lian Gongming asked: "Are you sure you can take me out of the city?"
Yao Wuhen shook his head: "No."
Lian Gongming asked again: "Are you sure you can hide me?"
"No."
Lian Gongming smiled bitterly and said, "You are so lazy that you can't even tell a nice lie."
Yao Wuhen said: "It's useless."
Lian Gongming looked into Yao Wuhen's eyes and said, "If you kill me now, you can take away all the money here without having to worry or risk your life. Why don't you do it?"
Yao Wuhen looked at Lian Gongming as if he were an idiot, and this time there was a lot of sarcasm in his smile.
"I understand why you are deserted by everyone. It's not just because your men are afraid of death, but also because you are not worth their lives."
Yao Wuhen said, "I set a price for killing someone. Killing a person who poses little threat costs two hundred taels. However, if I encounter danger when I kill someone, or even lose my life, I will not ask you for more money, because two hundred taels is two hundred taels."
"You hired me to protect you. I said one thousand taels a day, and that's one thousand taels a day. Even if you have one million taels, it has nothing to do with me. Do you know what this means?"
Yao Wuhen stood up, walked to Lian Gongming and stood about a foot in front of him, looking him in the eye and said, "Qiyi, you officials are such fucking bastards. Are all the officials of Chu State like you? You don't even have any shame? I am a killer, but I can stand in front of you and point my finger at your nose and say that you are a fucked-up person. Don't you think it's fucked-up?"
Lian Gongming was stunned.
Yao Wuhen said: "I look down on you who wear official uniforms. You don't know what it means to keep your word, and you don't know what is shame."
Seeing Lian Gongming still looking confused, Yao Wuhen asked, "Are you still not leaving?"
Lian Gongming subconsciously looked back at the dozen or so large boxes on the ground, each of which was filled with gold, silver and treasures.
“Life is important.”
Yao Wuhen pulled Lian Gongming and said, "Let's go. I'll try to keep you alive for a while longer."
Lian Gongming was dragged forward by him, and he kept looking back. Before leaving, he asked Yao Wuhen: "You care so much about money. Any jewel in the box is worth more than a thousand taels. Why don't you take it?"
Yao Wuhen said: "They are indeed very valuable, but they are not mine."
The streets outside were becoming increasingly chaotic, with fighting going on everywhere. Those secret forces that relied on Lian Gongming were destined to be slaughtered tonight.
At the back door of the government office, Lian Gongming sighed: "I have devoted half my life to this, but now..."
Snapped!
Yao Wuhen slapped him.
"Can you walk peacefully?"
Yao Wuhen glared at him.
