[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

The blue light dances and is reflected on the screen embroidered with grass.There was a streak of scarlet dripping on the blade of the dagger, which was the mark left by scratching the flesh.Zhang Shu clutched his waist and abdomen, and took two steps back.Mr. Li bullied himself, Zhang Shu had nothing to stop him, he could only hold Mr. Li's dagger with his palm.

The sharp blade cut along the gap between the fingers, and only came towards Zhang Shu's neck.The palm is flesh and blood, how can it block the dagger, the neck is scratched by the tip, and blood gushes out.

Li Gongzi put his thumb and index finger around the handle of the dagger, and the other three fingers supported the back of Zhang Shu's neck. With the other hand, he pressed the crumpled brocade clothes against Zhang Shu's neck wound that kept bleeding, so as not to splatter blood. It would be bad at that time. tidy.

Zhang Shu's eyes were wide open, his body convulsed uncontrollably under Mr. Li's restraint, like a fish out of water, and within a moment, he slumped to the ground like a piece of clothing that had been taken off.

Ouyang Chun's heart was moved, and he turned his eyes to the teapot with a white and transparent body.The tea in the teacup was not yet cold, but it was still steaming.I think that Mr. Li might have also smeared Bibosan on the teapot, and the number of sheets fell into his trick.

Looking again, I saw that Mr. Li took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, and wanted to sprinkle the powder inside on the wound on Zhang Shu's waist and abdomen.Ouyang Chun suddenly thought of another evil medicine that was circulating in the rivers and lakes today—corpse powder, and thought that it would be difficult to trace after the corpse was destroyed, so he kicked the window and a carp jumped into the house.

Mr. Li was startled by the noise. Looking back, he saw that Ouyang Chun had kicked over the desk, the porcelain pot was smashed to the ground, and the tea dripped all over the floor. .Dodging to He Huan's bed, he wrapped the loose bundle in his blood-stained brocade clothes, ran to the window in two or three steps, and jumped down.

Ouyang Chun wanted to catch up, but he heard Zhang Shu groaning on the ground behind him, thinking: Zhang Shu is still alive?

Turning to look at the number of sheets, I saw that he was convulsing on the ground, and turbid yellow foam had already appeared on the wound, presumably the corpse powder had been sprinkled on the wound.There were tears in the corners of Zhang Shu's eyes, and his unsealed eyes stared straight at the empty Acacia bed.

Ouyang Chun secretly sighed, thinking that there was no way he could be saved.

Suddenly, Ouyang Chun heard a faint sound of wind behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that a piece of fire had been thrown in, and it just landed in the brocade gauze tent.And the number of sheets on the ground has been turned into corpse powder, exposing bones.

Ouyang Chun thought for a moment, turned around and jumped out of the window.

Following Mr. Li, seeing him carrying a burden in the distance, his body still light, he stepped up to the plane tree next to the back wall in two or three steps, stretched his arms over the wall, and was instantly swallowed up by the white powder wall.Ouyang Chun cheered up, followed his method, climbed over the wall, and quietly followed Mr. Li all the way.

Behind the wall is a green lima horse tied to the willow tree that cannot be hugged together, which should have been prepared in advance.Mr. Li jumped on the horse's back, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, raised his whip and gave a low shout, the horse shot out like an arrow, the horse's hoof knocked on the stone slab, and it went to the official road.

At dawn, I saw the river water.What he was looking for was a remote ferry, with open fields, low trees in the river, no pedestrians, and rushing water, reflecting the rising sun, turning red waves.Fortunately, the current is fast but the river is narrow. When you look up, you can see the flat forest on the other side shaking in the wind of the river.You Yedu was lying on the beach with still water, and a white smoke floated from the cabin roof, presumably Zhouzi was lighting a fire for cooking.Mr. Li didn't notice anyone following him along the way, so he rolled off the saddle, led the green lima, and walked slowly towards the boat.

"Boater, do you want to take people and horses across the river?" Mr. Li took off his burden as he walked, and threw the brocade clothes and fake gold into the river, "Silver and silver are easy to discuss."

Zhouzi in the boat replied: "My lord, come on board." Hearing that the other party answered him, Mr. Li led his horse and waded into the boat.The boatman, wearing a bamboo hat, stood at the bow of the boat with his feet apart. He took a water pole and pointed it towards the beach at the back. Then the boat left the beach and went leisurely on the water.Mr. Li lowered his head and got into the cabin, looked around, saw a pool of ashes on the ground, opened the straw curtain, and cast a glance at Zhouzi.

With his back broadly turned to him, Zhouzi asked himself, "Where is this master going?"

Mr. Li didn't answer, but asked him instead: "I saw the boatman lighting a fire, and I thought it was cooking rice. Could you give me a bowl to satisfy my hunger and thirst?"

Zhouzi said with a smile: "Where is cooking, it's just a fire to keep warm."

Mr. Li said: "So that's how it is."

Suddenly, Zhouzi pulled up the water pole from the water, brought up the rippling river water, swirled it into a circle of curtains, and swept it behind him with the whistling wind.There was a ding, the water pole collided with a little blue light, and the blue light flew into the river without a trace.The momentum of the water pole continued unabated, and with a loud noise, the roof of the cabin was lifted, and it also fell into the water.

Mr. Li leaned over and lowered his head, barely avoiding this sharp move, so as not to let the force on the pole hurt himself.But the Qingli horse at the stern was frightened, and it raised its front hooves and neighed long.The boat was on the water, suddenly lost its stability, the horse sank and the person was light, the stern of the boat fell into the river, and at the same time, the bow of the boat also picked up the water of the Lijiang River, and flew into the air with the sound of wind.Zhouzi took advantage of the momentum and jumped up, his body was like a crane with black wings and white feathers.

Mr. Li looked up, and saw Zhouzi's towering purple beard, his beard and hair flying in the wind.

It turned out that along the way, Ouyang Chun had spotted his direction and came to the ferry before him, waiting for him to take the bait.

The Qingli horse at the stern could no longer stand in the middle of the boat, screaming and rolling into the river on its back, causing waves around its head.Mr. Li didn't care about the horses, he was doused in the cold river water and rolled in the flooded cabin, avoiding the penny piercing his heart.

In the hands of an ordinary boatman, the penny is just a tool for rowing and sailing, but in the hands of Ouyang Chun, it is a gun or a stick, picking, stabbing, poking, sweeping, chopping, changing it in thousands of ways, and using it in various ways, forcing Mr. Zhang Huang parried, and after a while, he ate pudding on his shoulders, legs, and waist.His hair was in a disheveled bun, his face was wet, his night clothes were torn by the wind, and he was drenched in water, staggering and dodging in the cabin, in a state of embarrassment.Ouyang Chun saw the right moment, and greeted Mr. Li with his head.If this blow hits the target, although it won't kill you for a while, it can shatter your silver teeth and make you dizzy.

The wind blew the water, and the boat swayed down, but Mr. Li spread his feet in the cabin to stabilize his foot, and lowered his head to avoid the fatal blow.The water pole only hit his bun, and the crown of hair flew into the river, and all the black hairs were scattered.Ouyang Chun exerted seven or eight percent of his strength on this pole, and it was not easy to withdraw it and change his move.Mr. Li seemed to have taken a fancy to this moment, he raised his face, Ouyang Chun saw him smile contemptuously in his messy hair, his hands dropped one by one, he opened a mouthful of white teeth, and crushed the thrown pill.Ouyang Chunxin couldn't tell, this man was going to commit suicide.

Before the water pole had exhausted its strength, Mr. Li vomited a mouthful of blood and sprayed it into the cabin.Ouyang Chun threw the water pole and stretched out his arms to catch him, but couldn't catch him by the hem of his clothes.With a squeak, the clothes tore apart, Mr. Li fell into the river on his back, and was swallowed by the rapids between his eyelashes.

A blush bloomed on the surface of the river, and it was washed away by the turbulent current in an instant.Ouyang Chun stretched out his head to look into the river, and soon saw a little green floating on the river not far away, and was quickly washed away by the river, it must be a corpse floating up.Ouyang Chun heaved a sigh of relief and said to himself, if the clues are broken, this matter will become more difficult to settle.

He picked up the water pole, punted the boat, turned the bow, and slowly swayed towards the shore.He suddenly remembered that Mr. Li vaguely threw something into the water before boarding the boat.Back on the beach where the boat was moored, Ouyang Chun jumped into the water, wading through the fine sand and soft mud to feel his way.Luckily Mr. Li didn't use all his strength to throw it, Ouyang Chun counted his steps correctly, plunged into the water, and soon touched the gold nugget.

Carrying things, Ouyang Chun trudged out of the waist-deep river, sat on the floor, wiped the dripping water off his face, untied the strips of the cloth wrapping, and shook out the brocade clothes.Taking a closer look at the patterns on it, Ouyang Chun realized that they were clothes made of patterned cloth from Sunji Shop in Bianjing.Thinking of Mr. Li's accent, he is also from Bianliang.He planned in his mind, first go back to Songjiang Mansion to look for his little nephew, and then go to Bianjing to inquire about this matter.

Everyone knew what happened after that, so he stopped talking about it.

After listening to Ouyang Chun's narration, Han Zhang asked: "Does Hero Ouyang believe that this young man surnamed Li died in the river?"

Ouyang Chun shook his head and said: "I didn't believe it at first, but I heard from Shaoxia Bai that he searched secretly in the capital for a long time, but he was nowhere to be seen, so I dare not say anything."

Bai Yutang said: "Through the ages, there is only one death. At that time, Mr. Li was not forced into a desperate situation by the hero Ouyang, but he swallowed medicine to commit suicide. It is really unreasonable. If I were in that situation, I would have a medicine to fake death, which can kill others. If you hide it from the past, it will be used immediately."

Ouyang Chun pondered: "Bai Shaoxia is right. It's just like looking for a needle in a haystack in the huge city of Bianjing looking for that Li. I don't know how to find another way to force him to show up."

After hearing this, Lu Caichun suddenly said, "I have an idea."

Jiang Ping hurriedly said, "Sixth Sister, tell me quickly."

Lu Caichun said: "My uncle said that Mr. Li escaped from the window, and Zhang Shu was lying on the ground, still a little angry - if Mr. Li can't tell whether Zhang Shu is dead, then this matter will be easy to handle. "

After hearing this, Han Zhang shouted: "Liu Mei is right. If we pretend that Zhang Shu is still alive, then Mr. Li will kill the grass and root out the roots, and he will definitely follow the vine to prevent future troubles. Then we will try to Get him!"

But Xu Qing said: "But Zhang Shu is indeed dead, how can he pretend that he is not dead, and let that surnamed Li believe us?"

Jiang Ping smiled and said, "I have a good idea."

Everyone hurriedly urged Jiang Ping, and Jiang Ping said: "I heard from Ouyang Daxia and the fifth younger brother that Zhang Shu fell in love with a woman in a brothel in Yangzhou and wanted to redeem her. We can use this to create momentum and say that Zhang Shu wants to marry her." That woman, bragging and beating, carrying a big sedan chair eight times, didn't she scare people to come?"

After hearing this, Xu Qing asked again: "It's just that the woman is in Yangzhou, and the person surnamed Li is probably in Bianjing. Zhang Shu wants to marry a wife, and he also goes to Yangzhou to marry her. How can he create momentum in Bianjing?"

Han Zhang said with a smile, "It's not easy? That woman is not a good family member. Zhang Shu got a friend's help in the capital. Isn't it a good story to bring her to the capital for a wedding banquet?" At the end, he Said, "Besides, even if that surnamed Li sees through our scheme and knows to lure him into the bait, he has no choice but to take the bait. At that time, he swallowed medicine and pretended to commit suicide. Wasn't it just a cover-up? Now someone is relentlessly forcing him to take the bait." Show up, can he not sit still?"

Bai Yutang said: "Brothers, think about it, what should we do if we were the ones who escaped death but lost the trace of our enemy?"

Han Zhang asked, "What does Fifth Brother mean?"

Bai Yutang said: "What they are most afraid of when they assassinate the prefect of Qin is that this matter will be publicized. Zhang Shu wants to take revenge on that surnamed Li. On the one hand, he will use his marriage to build momentum, and on the other hand, he can also make meritorious deeds by reporting the situation to the government. Both parties will exert pressure. Force the person surnamed Li to show up. If this is the case, the mastermind behind the scenes will not be able to sit still no matter what, and will come out to suppress this matter. This muddy water should be as muddy as possible. Bring it out."

"That's right," Lu Caichun hurriedly said, "At that time, a few more officials from Kaifeng Mansion will come to the wedding banquet, and this will be done."

Xu Qingdao: "I see that it's easy for you to say, but this number is dead, and the woman is not in the capital, you are married in a fake way, the new official is gone, and the bride is far away in the sky, what's wrong with this relative?" Married?"

Han Zhangdao: "Before getting married, Zhang Shu doesn't need to show his face, so that the surnamed Li guesses, the more he guesses, the more suspicious he is, so that he can be lured into the bait. As for the wedding banquet - we have seen Zhang Shu more or less, as much as possible." Make another one of him." After speaking, he turned his eyes to Bai Yutang, "I think Fifth Brother is the most suitable."

Bai Yutang said: "In order to catch that guy, it's not a problem to change his appearance."

Xu Qing laughed, looked at Lu Caichun and said: "Then if you are looking for a bride—" Lu Caichun was startled, and wanted to subconsciously wave his hand to refuse, but he caught a glimpse of Bai Yutang out of the corner of his eye, and hesitated to raise his hand, but in the end he didn't lift it up.

But before Xu Qing finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ouyang Chun: "Just make a sheet and count it."

Xu Qing hurriedly stopped talking.Everyone here also knew that Ouyang Chun cherished Lu Caichun's fame, so they kept silent about it.

Han Zhangdao: "The first thing we have to do is to book hundreds of wedding invitations, and the second thing is to distribute wedding invitations to friends in the capital who can come to the banquet. This number is also a famous figure in the world , he is going to get married, there must be quite a few people present at that time. Let them spread the word, and at least let those who hide in the dark know."

Jiang Pingdao: "The day of the wedding banquet can't be too far away, I'm afraid that person will go to Yangzhou to verify the authenticity."

Everyone agrees.Han Zhang looked at Bai Yutang and said, "Among us, the fifth younger brother has the best literary talent, so I will leave it to the fifth younger brother to write wedding invitations."

Bai Yutang looked at Han Zhang, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I will definitely live up to my expectations."

Han Zhang said: "In this case, let's pretend to live in the big brother's house and live in an extra room. Our brother is worrying about his marriage."

Xu Qing said with a smile: "Second brother's statement is really wonderful!" As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the seat burst into laughter.