Chapter 68: Disaster Comes From Heaven
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When the carriage slowly moved, Liu Qiong'er covered her high chest and saw Xu Huai staring at her chest, she glanced at him and asked, "How about it, can my words shock them?"
"They sent someone to Hutou Village. If Zheng Hui did not directly target Yuhuangling's deployment, how would you step down?" Xu Huaihu turned around and leaned lazily to the wall of the carriage and asked.
"Along the way back to Yuhuangling, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that Zheng Hui's deployment was probably aimed at the entire Xu family. Xu Wufu was just a clown who was playing with by Zheng Hui," Liu Qiong'er said proudly, "We had no time to pay attention to the movements of Hutou Village before, but as long as Xu Wufu was scared by me and sent someone to Hutou Village again, we would definitely see something strange."
Xu Huai smiled and said, "I hope so!"
Zheng Hui is currently the most sinister poisonous snake lurking deep in Tongbai Mountain. He has always speculated about Zheng Hui's motives and plans.
However, Xu Wujiang and Wushang fled to the army and fell into the grass. They were like dogs who were struggling. Even if they had some strength, they were still watching the movements of Xiema Mountain and Xu Wufu. Where did anyone lurk in Hutou Village?
Besides, Zheng Hui lurked in Hutou Village with a group of good men, and not everyone can get close to reconnaissance.
Unless Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an and others rushed over, but sent others to watch the movements there near Hutou Village. Who can not only ensure their own safety, but also see through the reality and reality of Hutou Village in detail?
After all, most of the martial arts soldiers are just mountain villagers who are only good at fists and feet!
He had no available people to verify his inner guesses one by one. Perhaps forcing Xu Wufu and the others to take action is the most suitable choice at the moment...
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After Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang, Xu Guanshan and others gathered in carriages to the Xinzhai of Dongpo Shituling, they saw Xu Wuji and Zhou Jing, both of them were still thinking, and Xu Heng said anxiously:
"Don't listen to the crazy woman talking nonsense! Xu Wujiang must have instructed her to talk so randomly, so that she can sow discord us! It was Xu Wujiang and the others who were brave enough to commit suicide, as if they were persecuted by us. It was really a big deal!"
"Okay, don't say anything more!" Xu Wufu stopped Xu Heng.
Xu Wuji and Zhou Jing have followed him over the years, commanding clan soldiers and handling clan affairs. How could they just fool them with a few words?
Although not many people have completely seen through the incident of Wang Bing's bandits, Huaiyuan and even prefectures and counties have speculations. The restlessness of Hutouzhai and Xu Wujiang's escape from the army are full of many inexplicable strange things in the eyes of outsiders.
Liu Qiong'er made everything clear, not only explaining the part they were involved in clearly, but most other things were true.
These are all in line with all the questions. At this time, he forced his defense to really deceive Xu Wuli. Zhou Jing and others are rough martial artists?
"This woman is right," Xu Wufu thought about it and said to Xu Wuji and Zhou Jing. "It's not easy for Wang Bing to meet bandits. Just after the first time in Hutou Village, Chen Tong, the grain surveillance envoy, found me. Many hints were nothing more than saying that a noble man wanted Wang Bing to die but was interfered with by others. All these signs pointed to me. Xu's trip was really a disaster from the sky, and I had no choice but to decide to sacrifice Xu Wujiang and the others, hoping that after Wang Bing's death, Tongbai Mountain could restore peace. Perhaps just as the woman said, everything might be that I was tying myself."
"That woman's words were not entirely credible. It was probably her plan at the beginning, and she had to drag my Xu into the water. I also believe that the head of the family thought that Xu was the only one who had to make such a decision," Xu Wuli said with a calm expression, "But if the people who wanted to assassinate the king were manipulating it after Hutou Village, I really thought they should be wary of their impure intentions!"
Xu Wuqi's statement made him feel much more relieved, and Xu Wufu asked, "What do you say?"
"The military camp conquered Shangliuzhai, but Pan Chenghu finally escaped, and there were many bandits following him. I was worried that he would hold everything to Xu's head and do something unfavorable to me. Yesterday, I sent someone to the Hengfeng Mountain area to the north to track their whereabouts, and wanted to keep an eye on their place of foot so that he could free up his hands to eradicate the roots in the future..." Xu Wuli said in a deep thought.
Xu Heng looked at Xu Wuqi in surprise.
Yesterday, when he saw Pan Chenghu's thieves being defeated, Deng Gui returned to the inspector's military camp, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that Xu Wuli would secretly deploy the matter of eradicating Pan Chenghu's troops.
"Have you found anything?" Xu Wufu asked.
Xu Wuli frowned and said, "What can be confirmed now is that they will arrange boats in advance at the Tiger Beach yesterday evening and pick them up to Hutouling!"
"..." Xu Wuqi sat on the rock aside with some weakness.
Chen Tong came to him without saying a lot of things, and he would not ask them openly, but since he knew the root of everything, it was Cai Ying who sent people to assassinate the king but could not help him. Whose person behind Hutou Village was stirring up the wind and rain? Can he still guess?
He had a conversation with Deng Gui, and Deng Gui stepped down early. What was his intention to replace Guo Caoling? How could he not understand?
As for the so-called news that Xu Wujiang was rejected by throwing into Hutou Village, how could he not guess who was making the news, and how could he not guess their intention to kill someone with a knife?
But before today, he thought that the only one behind the scenes wanted to get rid of Xu Wujiang and the others with the ones behind him.
Did you think it was simple?
If they just want to use a knife to get rid of Xu Wujiang, they can hold back Deng Gui and not ask him to send troops, instead of preparing early, just wait for Deng Gui to send troops to break through Shangliu Village, so that they can incorporate Pan Chenghu's remnants!
They had Guo Caoling who took over Deng Gui and took control of the military camp. Wang Bing had become their own belongings. Hutou Village tried his best to acquire Pan Chenghu's remnants. Who did they want to deal with?
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"What Miss Liu said just now next to Qingliuxi Bridge is a bit true, or perhaps it is just a pure rebuttal to refute the blame?"
Xu Wujiang still didn't want to drag the entire Xu family into this quagmire. He was surprised to hear Liu Qiong'er's words. When he returned to the new village of Shituling, he couldn't wait to ask for details.
"Is it true or not? We cannot send anyone to Hutou Village to find out the details, but Xu Wufu will not slacken. We will know in a day or two. Furthermore, even if Miss Liu speculates that it is true, Guo Caoling is dead now, and we still have a chance to breathe!" During the night war, Xu Huai was cut two times under his armpit, and his injuries were not serious, but the muscles and bones of his arm and lumbar spine need to be kept in peace for a while. When he returned to Xinzhai, Xu Wuliang specially found a couch for him to speak halfway.
"You rash guy, you don't know anything, so you go to kill Guo Caoling. Are you afraid of missing out?" Su Di was so angry that he wanted to use something to beat him.
"The consequences of the mistake are unimaginable!" Although Xu Guanshan was a little convinced after hearing what Liu Qiong'er said, thinking that Guo Caoling was killed, he still felt that it was too risky to assassinate directly.
But can you blame him?
More than a month ago, he praised his boy Xu Xin'an as a respectful person as Deng Langjun. He was like a whirlwind with a good gun. In another three or four years, he might be able to become a senior and ask for a good family girl to come in.
Who can imagine that the sky will collapse in the blink of an eye?
"I think what Miss Liu said is reasonable, so I did it,"
Xu Huai didn't want to hide it from Xu Wujiang and Su Di, but Xu Guanshan and Su Laochang still asked for self-protection. He didn't want to cause unnecessary disputes, so he decided to ask Liu Qiong'er to bear the black disaster to the end.
"And Miss Liu said this is not as dangerous as you think."
"What do you mean?" Su Laochang asked with a frown.
Liu Qiong'er wanted to kick Xu Huai, and she would hit her head with all kinds of troubles, but how could she come up with a good explanation immediately?
"... Just like Xu Wufu can be threatened by us, Deng Gui is not an unusable person. He is a cunning person and has arranged for you to die in the Seventeenth Uncle, but all of this is the crime of Wang Xiang's death under his jurisdiction, let alone he has the courage to force Wang Xiang to death. So Miss Liu said, if I fail, as long as I can escape to Wang Jing's position in time, Wang Xiang will save me if he fights to death!" Xu Huai said slowly, as if these words were really something Liu Qiong'er had analyzed long ago.
Su Di looked at Xu Wujiang with some confusion.
When he escaped from the army, Xu Huai said that Liu Qiong'er had responded to Zheng Hui and others. After eavesdropping on some confidential matters, he involved Liu Qiong'er in. The purpose was to use Liu Qiong'er as bait to lure the snake out of the hole. Why did the words change now?
Is all this really what Liu Qionger made of?
However, when Xiemashan was sitting in the chair, Liu Qiong'er set up the third chair. Xu Huai, Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun were all under her name. Now Xu Huai is pushing everything to Liu Qiong'er, but Su Di has no choice but to say anything.
"Let's talk about this matter when Xu Wufu sent someone to Hutou Village to inquire about the news," Xu Wujiang said with a calm expression. "Zheng Huizhen wants to have a ill-hearted intention towards the Xu family. Xu Wufu and the others naturally know how to choose!"
"If the speculation is wrong, Xu Wufu will probably not allow us to gain a foothold in Xiema Mountain!" Su Laochang sighed with some concern.
They had previously threatened Xu's wife and had already touched Xu Wufu's patience.
However, at that time, Pan Chenghu and the thieves were threatening the safety of Lutaizhai, which forced Xu Wufu to compromise. If the threat Liu Qiong'er mentioned did not exist, it would be easy for Xu Wufu to convince the elders of the clan to "destroy their relatives for justice" to protect the clan.
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What Mr. Su Chang was worried about did not happen. The next afternoon, Xu Wufu, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Xu Wuji, Zhou Jing and others walked into the Xinzhai of Dongpo, Shituoling.
"Miss Liu, how much do you know about Zheng Hui?" Xu Wufu walked into the back camp where many families were restricted to enter on weekdays, staring at Liu Qiong'er with a gloomy face and asked.
"Then I wonder how much the head of the Xu family knows about Hutou Village?"
Seeing Xu Wufu and others walking into the new village with great concern, Liu Qiong'er knew that her and Xu Huai's previous guess was correct. Zheng Hui's plan in Tongbai Mountain was no longer limited to creating accidents and causing Wang Bing to die in Huaiyuan.
"Since Chen Zixiao plotted to murder Tang Biao, the Breaking Wind Blade and seized the power of Hutou Village, in addition to stepping up exploitation of surrounding villages, he has been secretly recruiting soldiers - at this time, there is reason to believe that there are four or five hundred thieves in Hutou Village. After Pan Chenghu was defeated by Shangliu Village, he took advantage of Hutou Village to prepare boats in advance at the Hutou Beach and led the remaining troops to the west to surrender to Hutou Village!"
No matter what, Xu Wufu can call people, but this is not the only one here.
With a clear idea, Xu Wuji also arranged for people to see many clues one day earlier. It was not difficult to understand the situation in Hutouzhai in a general way.
"The head of the Xu family will no longer blame me for instigating Xu Huai to assassinate Guo Caoling, right?" Liu Qiong'er asked proudly, she wanted to poke the faces of people like Xu Wufu.
Xu Wufu's face twitched for a moment, but for him who already knew almost all the details, he knew very well that if Zheng Hui and others were mainly thinking that Wang Bing died, Guo Caoling would replace Deng Gui as the inspector of Huaiyuan, it would be enough, and there was no need to make trouble.
Zheng Hui was in the inspection envoy, and Guo Caoling was in charge of the local situation, but at the same time he was recruiting soldiers and expanding his power in Hutouzhai. No matter what Zheng Hui had intent, Xu Wufu would not think that Zheng Hui arranged this way, just to deal with Xu Wujiang, a small group of people...
Chapter completed!