Chapter 13 Baoyou, this is not to be worn!
Knowing that Mo Jiu and his party's assassination target was Ma Shiyao from Tongguan, Zhang Xiaofan and the other two were secretly shocked and continued to listen carefully.
Then Mo Jiu said, "Second Young Master, there is one thing I can't understand. The jade pendant representing the head of the family was brought back to you by the old prince before he died on the battlefield. I heard that with this jade pendant, it would be like an old prince coming in person. Everyone in the Geng family knew about this, but why can't you still bear the title?"
The second young master shook his head in pain, took out a jade pendant from his arms, and said, "When my father was alive, this jade pendant was considered a token of inheritance. The person holding the jade pendant was the head of the Geng family. Everyone said that, but this jade pendant was a dead thing after all."
"A man dies like a lamp extinguishes, and the death of his father, it is inevitable that the people below will have different thoughts. It's a pity that I, Geng Jichen, was only a few hours later than that Geng Jimao. But everyone respects him as the future head of the Geng family."
"And it's hard to say that this matter has no meaning from the above. I see that the 'the one above' actually didn't have any kind intentions. When my father crossed the sea to the Qing Dynasty, he had shed blood and made contributions to their Qing Dynasty."
"Now, not only has the title of king who has sacrificed his father's blood and fought for his life, but he has also said, "It is difficult for a clean official to make a decision on family affairs. The court has no intention of intervening, so the one who avenged his father first is the Viscount." It is obvious that he wants to seize the title of my Geng family."
The second young master named Geng Jichen was chattering, but after listening for a while, Zhang Xiaofan also understood a rough idea.
He originally felt familiar when he heard the name "Geng Jimao". When he heard "crossing the sea to surrender to the Qing Dynasty" later, he had already realized that the old prince they mentioned was Geng Zhongming, the King of Huaishun who died in Tongguan.
Zhang Xiaofan thought to himself: "It seems that before Geng Zhongming died in battle, he left a family-heirloom jade pendant for Mo Jiu, and asked him to take it home."
"This jade pendant represents the identity of the head of the Geng family, but Geng Zhongming is partial to his younger son. Before his death, he did not give the jade pendant to his eldest son Geng Jimao, but instead gave it to his younger son, that is, the Geng Jichen who was talking in front of him."
"I remember that according to the Qing Dynasty's official system, titles can be demoted to inherit titles. Although Geng Zhongming died in battle, his son can still inherit his titles. Even if he can't attack the king's title, he can still attack a duke."
"But it may be that Geng Zhongming was defeated and died, so the inheritance of the title was also discounted. The descendants of the Geng family could only inherit the Viscount."
"However, even so, Dorgon did not allow the Geng family members to succeed in inheriting the title, but instead threw out a peach that "successfully attacks the viscount for the father first."
"Geng Zhongming died in Tongguan, and his enemy is naturally Ma Shiyao. In other words, whoever can kill Ma Shiyao first can inherit the Geng family's family and the title of this viscount."
"Then Ma Shiyao is the commander of Dashun. Dodo and 100,000 people returned in Tongguan. Now Dorgon said that the one who killed Ma Shiyao first was the viscount. This is clearly that the rabbit died and the dog cooked, and he wanted to take back the power of the Geng family. The imperial family's mental skills are indeed extraordinary."
Geng Jichen continued to say to Mo Jiu: "Thanks to you, not only did you snatch the head of your father from the chaos army, but you also reported the news for thousands of miles. Your loyalty is comparable to that of Guan Erye during the Three Kingdoms. I remember this. If we can kill Ma Shiyao successfully this trip, I, Geng Jichen, will definitely eat it in the future, and you Mo Jiu's bite."
Upon hearing this, Mo Jiu hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying seriously: "King Huaishun treats me as much as a mountain, and Mo Jiu is not enough to repay him if he is broken. It is my responsibility that Mo Jiu should fulfill. The second prince is so serious."
Geng Jichenxu pressed Mo Jiu's shoulder and asked him to sit down, saying, "You don't have to do this. By the way, have you heard of Geng Jimao's movements?"
Mo Jiu thought for a while and said, "No, but it is said that he has left the mansion. Is it like us, running to Tongguan, but I don't know much."
Geng Jichen said: "Actually, I have received some news here that Geng Jimao hired a powerful killer to go to Tongguan to help him kill Ma Shiyao."
Hearing that in addition to Geng Jichen and Mo Jiu's group, Geng Zhongming's eldest son Geng Jimao also hired a killer, which was not good for his own adults. Ma Xier, who was standing beside him, was worried and her attention couldn't help but increase her attention a little more.
Mo Jiu was also surprised and said, "Geng Jimao also hired a killer? I have never heard of this. Does the second young master have any definite news?"
Geng Jichen shook his head and said, "This killer is extremely mysterious. It is said that he has never failed. Few people have seen him. I spent a lot of money, but I only got one name."
"Name?" Mo Jiu said in confusion: "Since you have a name, you can always find some traces according to the map."
Geng Jichen sighed and said, "It's not the real name, it's just a flower number. However, this flower number is a bit interesting, called 'Swimming Rabbit'."
Mo Jiu frowned and said, "This flower number is so weird. As far as I know, this rabbit is most afraid of water, so how can it swim?"
Geng Jichen said in a deep voice: "I have also asked hunters for this matter. Rabbits are indeed afraid of water, but they are not unable to swim. But once they get stuck in water, the rabbit will definitely die. As the saying goes, there is a wrong name, but no wrong nickname. I think this killer is probably a dead soldier."
Mo Jiu also felt that what Geng Jichen said was a bit reasonable, so he nodded repeatedly and analyzed: "A person is as his name, for example, a person is called 'Sai Li Kui', he must be a tall and mighty man. And this 'swimming rabbit', I wonder if it would be a tiny rabbit?"
Geng Jichen pondered: "Master Rabbit...it's not impossible. In short, we should not only act quickly, but also beware of this killer. We must not let that kid Geng Jimao take the lead."
Ma Xier remembered the words of Mo Jiu and Geng Jichen in his heart without missing a word. He thought that after returning to Tongguan, I would definitely report to Mr. Ma, arrest all the rabbits in Tongguan city and interrogate them one by one.
It is easy to be a thief for thousands of miles, but it is difficult to defend against thieves for thousands of miles. It is difficult to deal with a team of assassins like Geng Jichen, and now there is another mysterious killer. Master Ma is really a bit dangerous.
While talking, the waiter ran up with a tray and served the dishes one by one.
After finally serving Mo Jiu's dishes, he did not leave, but bent down and stood beside Mo Jiu with his head down.
Seeing that the waiter in the shop stopped leaving, Mo Jiu couldn't help but say annoyed: "After serving the food, why are you standing by my side? Go and do whatever you should do! Are you still thinking about giving you a reward for consumption? I'm really thinking about it!"
The waiter smiled and said, "No, I just returned to the counter and weighed your money. Some...some are not right."
Mo Jiu glared and said, "Why, I've given too much money? Then what else can I waste my life? Find money quickly."
The waiter said more and more carefully: "No...not much. I just weighed it on the cabinet and lost two cents."
Mo Jiu frowned and said, "Fart, you saw it yourself just now. That bad boy is tall for you. Do you doubt grandpa's bad boy have any problems?"
The waiter sighed and said, "No...no, maybe I misread it, and it's so happy to disturb the uncle's meal."
Mo Jiu had a lot of power, and the waiter didn't dare to say anything. Although the money was less, he had to admit that he was unlucky.
Fortunately, all the restaurants in the world are half profitable, and they can't be said to be a loss. Moreover, just now, a few Jianlu masters took advantage of the money they should have paid on the counter. This day, he also lost a big silver medal.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look down at the silver medal tied beside my waist. Because Kong Ming's silver medal is the shape of a waist medal, there is a small hole on the top, which is specially used for tying ropes. Although the waiter didn't know how to read, he saw that the silver medal was exquisitely crafted, so he tied the silver medal to his waist.
He subconsciously glanced at his waist, but Mo Jiu also saw it.
Mo Jiu saw the handwriting on the silver medal at a glance, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then grabbed the silver medal in his hand.
When the waiter saw Mo Jiu grab the silver medal on his waist, he immediately said anxiously: "Hey, Master, why are you robbing my card?"
Mo Jiu held the silver medal in his hand and looked at it repeatedly before saying in a deep voice: "This card is not yours, right?"
The waiter said anxiously: "It's not mine, can it still be yours?"
Mo Jiu let go of the sign and smiled and said, "You are really right. This sign is mine."
The waiter was so scared that he took two steps back, and tightly covered the silver medal around his waist, saying, "Mr., this joke is not good. Let's not talk about the more money you have, but I'm still tied to my waist. I can't just rob it if you have too many people!"
Mo Jiu looked at the second young master Geng Jichen beside him, and said secretly in his heart, and then smiled and said to the waiter: "Look at what you said, how could I, a seven-foot man, rob you?"
"As far as you go, the brand on your waist is actually a treasure, but my friend, it's not fun to wear it!"
The waiter wondered: "Why don't you wear it anymore? Can you violate any other kingly law when wearing a brand?"
Mo Jiu smiled and said, "Is this a king's law not a violation? But you should be illiterate, right? I guess, you got this brand from an old Taoist."
The waiter hesitated: "So what if you can't read? This is an experienced man who has paid for the money."
Mo Jiu nodded and said, "This card is also called the 'plague card' and has the six words "The Great Evil Plague Demon Sorrow" written on it."
"It was really mine, but because my family had committed a ghost evil, I couldn't have peace. So I invited a real person from Taiqing Palace to recite the scriptures for a few days and sealed all the evil spirits and plagues in this silver medal."
"After that, I hung this silver medal on the merit tree of Taiqing Palace, hoping to slowly resolve the plague in my family with the power of merit."
"But I don't expect that the old Taoist in Taiqing Palace would pick my 'plague card' overnight when he saw the money. He didn't expect to meet him here..."
Mo Jiu and the others came from the capital, and Dorgon promoted the Gu to be a military advisor. Everyone knew about this in the capital. Mo Jiu naturally had heard of it.
At this time, when you look at this brand, you will know that there is no counterfeit. It must be the Qing Dynasty military advisor who protected the country and left this brand behind.
The military advisor of the country has a high level of magic power, and I saw it personally at that time. If I could make a relationship of one or two, it would be a great benefit for me, so I wanted to cheat this brand.
The brand is written with the six words "The Military Advisor of the Qing Dynasty" and Mo Jiu is meticulous. Although the waiter doesn't know the word, the word "big" is too simple and it is difficult to recognize it. So Mo Jiu did not change the first word, and changed all the next five words.
The waiter was indeed a little vaguely by Mo Jiu's statement, so he picked up the silver medal and looked at it. The silver medal had Chinese characters written in front, but Manchu text behind it.
He didn't know Manwen, but he felt that the words behind were similar to those of the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple. What the black and thin man in front of him might not necessarily be fake. However, he still held the silver medal tightly and said carefully:
"Are you talking nonsense and want to coax my silver medal? At worst, I will find the silversmith in my city, spend some money, and turn the silver medal into pieces."
Mo Jiu shook his head and said, "The silver medal can be transformed. How can this plague hidden in the card be transformed with the mortal cremation? If you keep that brand, it is equivalent to keeping the plague in your body. But my plague cannot be resolved, and I feel uneasy."
"In this way, I won't want you for nothing. I have a ingot of silver here. It's the real Qing Dynasty snowflakes with 5 taels of silver, which is different from those inadequate silver in the Ming Dynasty. I'll just buy your silver medal with money."
As he said that, he took out a ingot of silver from his arms and threw it to the waiter.
The waiter took it in his hand and took a look. The silver was really solid. There was no trace of the scissors being twisted, but it was only five taels of silver.
The waiter thought to himself: "I heard that some cultural relics and antiques are valuable, but the cultural relics in this world are not made with this Adu."
"Looking at the shiny silver medal, it is obviously not Chen Yin who has been in the past many years. This transaction will not lose any loss."
So he smiled and said, "Hi, Master, look at what you said. Since this brand is your object, then my object will be returned to the original owner. What's the money left?"
After carefully putting the five taels of silver, he took off the waist card of the "Qing Dynasty Guardian Military Advisor" from his waist and handed it to Mo Jiu.
Mo Jiu didn't let anyone see it, and directly put the waist card in his pocket and waved his hand to leave.
Mo Jiu's movements were quite fast. Others, including Geng Jichen, didn't see clearly what was written on the sign. Several other personal soldiers were curious and wanted to ask, but Mo Jiu was evaded by him.
Geng Jichen didn't care much about this because he was thinking about the major event of assassination of Ma Shiyao.
Because they were in a hurry to go to Tongguan, everyone did not eat wine and had eaten the food in a hurry. So they were about to get up and leave.
Mo Jiu picked up Geng Jichen's wig and said, "Second Young Master, we are getting closer and closer to Tongguan, so we can't be careless. We need to develop a habit in everything. Even if the wig on our heads is uncomfortable, we cannot take it off. So that those who are interested will see the flaws, we must put major issues first."
Geng Jichen pondered for a moment, turned to everyone and said, "Mo Jiu made sense, it is always right to be careful in everything. Start with me today. Even if I sleep, the wig cannot be taken off. Everyone remembers it!"
Everyone agreed in unison, and Geng Jichen then said to Mo Jiu: "You are right. If the father's personal soldiers are as loyal as you, how can they fall into Tongguan? You are the most familiar with the inside story when you go to Tongguan this time. You have to spend more time and take more thoughts and take responsibility for leading."
Mo Jiu crossed his hands and said loudly: "Mo Jiu dared not obey his orders!"
Geng Jichen nodded and asked everyone to pack their bags and rush to go. In a moment, everyone on the second floor left cleanly.
Chapter completed!