Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Before, he always said that Xu Tong was killed by the boatman in front of him, but this was just his guess and there was no real evidence. Now that the other party admitted it, it made him a little at a loss.

The boatman cast a contemptuous glance at Mr. Liu in front of him, and said again: "I work for the Tiger Flag, and killing Xu Tong is the order of our director general."

"It's fine if you admit it. Now go to see the officer with me, and repeat what you just said in front of the county magistrate here." Mr. Liu stretched out his hand and was about to grab the boatman in front of him.

The boatman took a step back, avoiding Mr. Liu's grabbing arm, and said, "Xu Tong is dead, are you sure you want to fight against Master Liu?"

Mr. Liu paused with his outstretched arm.

The boatman continued: "I would like to advise you, go back to Guangling County and live your life with peace of mind, you will have a lot of money and land, if you continue to intervene in Xu Tong's affairs, you should guess what will happen in the future. "

Hearing this, Mr. Liu felt a chill in his heart.

Thinking that the other party dared to kill even a court official like Xu Tong, it was not a big deal to kill one more of his staff.

The boatman said again: "Think of your family more."

After speaking, he ignored Mr. Liu and turned to leave.

This time, Mr. Liu didn't reach out to stop him, and let the boatman leave.

If there were people around him, he could be seen shaking slightly at this moment.

"Boater, we have to cross the river, can you take us to the other side?"

At this moment, a few men on horseback came from the dirt road in the distance and appeared on the bank of the river.

The boatman shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, my ferry has just sank to the bottom of the river. I'm afraid I won't be able to cross the river for a while."

One of the men said: "Please help the boatman. We have important matters to cross the river. I also ask the boatman to help us find a way. We are rushing to the capital."

The boatman shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I can't help you with this, but you can go to the Tianhe Village ahead and ask. There are fishermen in the village who can take you across the river with a fishing boat."

"Thank you very much, the boatman." The man clasped his fist at the boatman, turned around and led the people away on horseback.

As soon as these men left, Mr. Liu suddenly said, "Aren't those people from your tiger flag just now?"

The boatman who was about to leave turned around, looked at Mr. Liu and said, "Mr. Liu misunderstood, it's just a few boat passengers who want to cross the river."

"If they were ordinary boat passengers, they wouldn't recognize you as the boatman at a glance. You're not on the ferry right now." Mr. Liu said blankly.

The boatman said with a smile: "It seems that nothing can be hidden from Mr. Liu."

Mr. Liu continued: "They are here to see if my lord is dead or not! If my prediction is correct, even if my lord does not cross the river here, but chooses to take a detour downstream, he will still fall into your tiger flag plan .”

The boatman paused for a moment.

I sighed in my heart, these scholars who are the staff really should not be underestimated, they actually guessed most of their plans, fortunately Xu Tong had already drowned.

"Why don't you talk? It seems that I have hit the spot. Your proprietor Liu is really good at it." Mr. Liu said with a cold face.

The boatman smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, please go back to Guangling earlier, it is best not to leave Guangling if there is nothing to do."

"Aren't you going to kill me?" Mr. Liu frowned.

The boatman smiled slightly, turned around, and walked along the dirt road towards Tianhe Village.

Mr. Liu stood on the bank of the river, watching the back of the boatman leaving, his face was cloudy and uncertain. After a while, he finally let out a long sigh.

Among the few men who rode away from the river bank, someone said: "Niu Er, go to Sunliu Village downstream and tell our people that Xu Tong is dead and we can leave."

"Yes." A man next to him agreed, turned his horse's head, and galloped towards another road.

At this moment, Mrs. Liu was beside a large cart with an anxious expression on her face. When she saw Mr. Liu coming back, she rushed to greet him and asked, "I heard something happened to Mr. Xu, is it true?"

The distraught Mr. Liu nodded.

Mrs. Liu said again: "What should we do? Do you want to go to Beijing?"

"No, go back to Guangling. From now on, we will stay in Guangling's hometown and never leave again." Mr. Liu said.

What the boatman said before he left made him understand that his family would only be able to stay in Guangling in the future, and they could not leave, so they were placed under house arrest.

At this time, he also understood why the Hu Ziqi people didn't kill him, it was entirely because the death of Xu Tong could still be said to be an accident, if he, an aide, died immediately, it would easily arouse the suspicion of the court.

At the same time, he was also full of fear in his heart.

If he was on the ferry with Xu Tong, he must be one of the people who died right now.

Mrs. Liu said: "It's better to go back to Guangling. In Guangling, our family has fields and land. We can't afford food and drink. It's much better than going to a place like the capital."

"Clean up, let's go now." Mr. Liu said.

Mrs. Liu hesitated and said: "The ladies are all on the other side of the river, why don't we tell the lady?"

Mr. Liu looked up at the other side of the river.

He noticed that there was also looting on the other side of the river.

Thinking of the normal behavior of those wives, he felt like a mirror in his heart. Once Xu Tong died, these wives would not only not investigate the cause of Xu Tong's death, but would only try their best to fight for the money left by Xu Tong.

As for the cause of Xu Tong's death, I'm afraid that even the imperial court is unwilling to investigate, and will only think that the death was accidental. After all, Xu Tong has already hated the current emperor, and even worse, many adults in the court. No one will do it for a local official who has lost power. , to find out the cause of death seriously, and do such a thankless thing.

He understood that even if he said that Xu Tong was murdered by people from Hu Zi Banner, no one would believe him, and on the contrary, he would bring disaster to his family.

Almost all the servants who followed Xu Tong to the capital fled, but many carts were left behind.

Mr. Liu took out a small piece of silver and bribed a coachman who hadn't left to drive the cart to send him and his wife back to Datong.

In Tianhe Village, a fast horse appeared from the entrance of the village and galloped towards the southwest.

When Liu Heng received Xu Tong's death letter, he had already arrived in Datong.

Chapter 485 Lu Bu Raises Troops

After hearing Li Yi's words, Gan Mei was a little dazed for a while.

Although she said it euphemistically, the meaning is already very clear. She just wanted to ask Li Yi to send troops to make decisions for the people of Xuzhou. She didn't give an answer, but she wanted to take over her whole family as soon as she opened her mouth. What should she do?

After all, Ganmei is a daughter's family. When encountering this situation, she doesn't know how to deal with it.

Moreover, Ganmei's coming to Li Yi's place was actually the result of a considerable number of Xuzhou's aristocratic families.

Because Li Yi and Xia Houyuan have been confronting each other without fighting, and Li Yi's excuses to the outside world are also vague, which makes people in the Xuzhou family very uneasy, and some people even privately doubt that if this continues, will Li Yi be with Cao Cao? Some nasty deals were reached, so Li Yi and Xia Houyuan went to war. On the one hand, it was what the Xuzhou family wanted to see, and at the same time, they needed a reassurance.

It's just that Li Yiwei is famous, and Xuzhou still can't do without Li Yi. Everyone wanted to persuade Li Yi to send troops, but few dared to say it face to face. good consequences.

So, a group of people from the aristocratic family made a calculation and set their sights on Ganmei's family, because the girl Ganmei is well-known for her beauty, and Li Yi seems to be so lustful, everyone felt that they should persuade Li Yi , it's better to come up with a beauty trick and send Ganmei to Li Yi to try.