Chapter 43: Hearing about the Japanese Bandit for the First Time
"Master, my wife sent me to call you. Something happened at home!" The doorman shouted loudly as he entered the door.
Dakui was startled and immediately jumped up, separated from everyone and rushed out the door.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Da Kui saw no horses. Da Kui was so anxious that he galloped away towards his home. When a group of people followed him out, they saw that Da Kui had already disappeared. It was only then that no one knew that his family was home.
The master comes and goes like the wind, his body and his movements are like lightning.
It turned out that Dakui was drunk, and no one dared to leave without permission. All the horses had been pulled to the backyard. At this moment, all the relatives saw Dakui running on foot, and they couldn't help but look at each other, fearing that something had really happened to Zhang's house. At that moment, together with Ou Dachui
, huffing and puffing, they rushed to the backyard, grabbed the horses, jumped on their horses, and chased Da Kui all the way.
Besides, Dakui ran all the way and arrived at the door of his house in a short time. There were family members waiting in front of the house. When he saw Dakui, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Master, Madam is waiting in the front hall." Dakui didn't waste any more time and hurried into the front hall of the house.
And go.
The sight he saw made Dakui confused. He saw more than ten people gathered in the middle of the hall, and servants in the mansion were running back and forth. Dakui rushed over and separated everyone to look into the crowd. He was shocked when he saw it. There was a door panel on the ground.
It was Meng Ge lying on the door panel. His chest was open and his clothes were open, revealing several bandaged wounds. The clothes on both sides were covered with blood.
On the table on one side of the hall, the doctor was writing prescriptions with a pen. Pan Bu and Huang Ying were watching anxiously. Dakui shouted: "What's going on?" Everyone was shocked. Pan Bu couldn't help shouting when he saw his adoptive father coming back.
He cried, walked a few steps quickly, came to Dakui and knelt down.
"Tell me what's going on?" Dakui asked urgently, and Panbu finally told the whole story.
It turned out that Meng Ge and Pan Bu went to the Huguang area to investigate Fang Jiutian's whereabouts together with Da Kui's previous spies. It took several months to get a clue, until Yingtian sent an official to capture the traitors of King Fu of Huguang. Meng
Ge and Pan Bu were just preparing to return home. Unexpectedly, the night before their departure, Meng Ge received an intelligence report. Wang Fu did not die, but he escaped by using the golden cicada's escape plan.
Although Meng Ge and Pan Bu were members of Dakui's family, one was a retainer and the other was an adopted son, so they both had no real power and could not help Wang Fu. They had no choice but to rush back to Suzhou to make other plans. But I don't know how Wang Fu learned about Meng Ge.
After hearing the news about Pan Bu, killers were sent out on the road to intercept Meng Ge and Pan Bu. After many twists and turns, the two managed to escape back to Suzhou.
When Meng Ge and Pan Bu arrived at Pingwang County, they were intercepted and killed by nearly a hundred swordsmen. The two fought desperately to escape from the siege, but Meng Ge was stabbed six times to save Pan Bu, and his life is now in danger.
He was already dying. Da Kui couldn't help but get furious when he heard this, but the top priority was to treat Meng Ge first.
The doctor prescribed the medicine and left the Zhang Mansion. According to Huang Ying, "Meng Ge's body was seriously injured by a knife. Although his life has been saved, he still needs to be carefully guarded and cannot move rashly." Dakui nodded and immediately arranged for Meng Ge to be taken away.
He carried him to the side room and ordered someone to take care of his daily life, food, and care for his injuries.
Then Dakui asked Panbu carefully about the ins and outs of the matter, and Panbu did not dare to conceal his explanations and answered them one by one.
It turned out that Meng Ge and Pan Bu were in Pingwang County when they were in trouble, not far from the county seat. After they fled to Pingwang County, Pingwang County Magistrate Hou Qiuhu sent men to escort Meng Ge and Pan Bu back.
He went to Zhang Mansion in Wu County. Da Kui couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, could Wang Fu cover the sky with one hand? There were nearly a hundred swordsmen in ambush in this place in the south of the Yangtze River, which shows that Wang Fu also has power in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
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Dakui is well aware of Meng Ge's martial arts. If he could hurt Meng Ge to such an extent, there are only two possibilities. One is to take advantage of Meng Ge's unpreparedness, and the other is to have extremely high martial arts. Meng Ge is so skilled in martial arts, how can it be unusual?
Who can be hurt? Moreover, if Meng Ge was alone, self-protection would not be a problem. But now he was seriously injured because of Panbu, how righteous.
When Master Feng heard that Da Kui had returned home, he rushed back from Hangzhou. On that day, Da Kui held a meeting in the front hall of Zhang Mansion. Now Meng Ge was seriously injured because of Pan Bu, and Pan Bu was Da Kui's adopted son. In other words
, it means that some people are provoking Da Kuimingli and do not take Da Kui, the Jiangnan political envoy, seriously.
In the meantime, Master Feng reported: "Sir, the famous bandit in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas is Liu Yifei from the Zhoushan area. This man was once Zhang Shicheng's general. After Zhang Shicheng was destroyed by the Ming army, Liu Yifei escaped alive. Now there are three or five people gathered.
Hundreds of gangsters gathered in the Zhoushan area to rob homes and homes. Once they were surrounded by a large army, they would flee in boats. For a year, the government and the army had nothing to do with them."
Hearing this, Da Kui couldn't help but think that the armaments of the coastal provinces and state capitals used to be under the jurisdiction of Brother Chang Yuchun. Now that Brother Chang has sent troops to the Northern Expedition with Marshal Xu Daxu, the coastal defense has been handed over to Brother Tang. Emperor Taizu
Dedicated to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, guard posts have been set up in all the coastal states. This group of bandits can come and go freely, so I'm afraid they have someone inside.
When he was in Yingtian, he heard that there were banditry along the coast. He had just returned to Suzhou from Yingtian and did not know the specific situation of the pirates. Da Kui couldn't help but asked Master Feng: "Master Feng, I have heard that there is banditry along the coast. I don't know."
But what is the general situation?"
Master Feng pondered for a moment and then said: "Master Zhang doesn't know something. There is an island country to the west of the Chinese Sea, called the Wonu Kingdom. There have been wars in the country for many years, causing the defeated soldiers to go into exile at sea and become bandits. The sea bandits colluded with the traitors in the interior and took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
Liu Yifei and his gang are most likely colluding with these pirates to continuously harass our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty."
Dakui nodded when he heard the words, and couldn't help but think about what happened last time Zhang's house was attacked. The opponent also had nearly a hundred swordsmen. This time Meng Ge and Pan Bu were attacked by nearly a hundred swordsmen. Is there any involvement in this?
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Nowadays, there are not many people available in the house, including Wu Ya, Gou Sheng, stones, brooms, dustpans, benches and Panbu. They are not good at martial arts, but they are competent enough to investigate things.
Da Kui immediately ordered five people including Gou Sheng, a stone, a broom, a dustpan, and a bench to go to Changshu County, Taicang Prefecture, and Jiading three coastal counties for overt and covert inspections. He also ordered Master Feng to withdraw all spies from other places except those from Huguang Province.
Everyone accepted the order and immediately followed Dakui's instructions. Now that Jiangnan officialdom has undergone a major purge, spies from all over the country no longer need to investigate anymore.
Although Wang Fu of Huguang Province escaped, the princess who was beside King Wu is now relegated to the cold palace. It can be said that Wang Fu has become a fallen phoenix and not as good as a chicken. But he relied on the unjust behavior he accepted when he was an official.
Although I can no longer be an official, I can still be a bandit and a bandit.
Da Kui had seen Wang Fu's dead soldiers. Those people were really cold-blooded and fearless. Shun Yuan's brothers Xu Qian and Xu Wan left a deep impression on Da Kui.
Just a few words, he is really a good man.
Da Kui was lost in the hall when someone walked in outside the door. Da Kui couldn't help being shocked when he saw it. The person who came was Ou Dachui. At this moment, Ou Dachui's face was swollen and there were blood stains on his mouth and nose. Da Kui asked why.
Ou Dachui said in a loud voice: "I saw them all riding away, so I wanted to follow, but there was no horse. When I saw your red horse tied in the yard, I untied the reins and wanted to ride up. Who knows?
The red horse is so powerful. I was thrown off the horse and kicked by the red horse again..."
Dakui couldn't help but smile when he heard this. It turned out that Ou Dachui asked Hongyun to kick him. Hongyun is a BMW horse, how could he ask someone to ride it freely? But Ou Dachui also had good intentions, so Dakui immediately sent for the doctor.
Ou Dachui didn't wait for the doctor to come and asked urgently: "Sir, I heard that Meng Ge came back and was injured. Where is he now? Go down and see him." His words were quite urgent.
Dakui knew that he was on good terms with Meng Ge, so he immediately said: "I have nothing to do at the moment, so you can come with me to see him." After saying that, Dakui got up and personally led Ou Dachui out of the hall.
When Qu Dachui saw Meng Ge, Meng Ge was still unconscious. Pan Bu said at the side: "The doctor said that my master lost too much blood and fell into coma. I..." Pan Bu had just said this.
I can't make a sound because of my tears.
Ou Dachui gritted his teeth and said, "If I encounter those bastards, I will have to chop them alive."
Da Kui consoled him: "Meng Ge was injured because of the dog. I will investigate and give Meng Ge justice. Don't worry, Master Ou." Da Kui saw that Meng Ge's injury had been properly treated and there was no accident expected, so he
He ordered his servants to stew ginseng soup.
This human body is what was left when Huang Ying was recuperating during her confinement. This is authentic wild ginseng. It is not easy to find ginseng in the land of Jiangnan. The small ginseng tree used by Dakui when he was poisoned was
It costs one hundred taels of silver, which shows how precious ginseng is.
Ginseng can greatly replenish vitality, produce fluid and quench thirst, restore pulse and strengthen the pulse, nourish the spleen and lungs, soothe the mind and improve intelligence. It is a great tonic. Taking ginseng when Meng Ge was seriously injured was a legitimate and magical effect. Dakui drank it for Meng Ge with his own hands.
After drinking ginseng soup, in order not to disturb Meng Ge's rest, Dakui ordered everyone to leave Meng Ge's room.
Arriving at the courtyard, Ou Dachui couldn't help but ask: "Sir, do you know who did it?"
Dakui shook his head and said: "There is no clue yet. I have sent people to investigate. I believe there will be news soon."
Ou Dachui immediately said in a low voice: "If there is news, remember to inform me, I have to kill a few of them to vent my anger." Dakui chuckled and nodded, Ou Dachui's temper was really straightforward, Dakui couldn't help but
I feel like the meaning of the saying 'birds of a feather flock together'. Meng Ge is truly blessed to have made such a friend.
At this time, a servant in Tsing Yi walked in from the front yard. This servant came to Dakui and the other three and handed over his hands to report: "Master Zhang, Mr. Hu is waiting in the front hall."
Dakui waved his hand and said, "I understand, you can go down." The servant took the order and turned back to the front yard. Dakui turned to Pan Bu and said, "Take Master District to the front house for medical treatment." Pan Bu responded immediately.
Unexpectedly, Ou Dachui said: "My little injury is nothing, why should I worry about it?"
Dakui laughed and said: "My horse kicked and injured you, how can it be none of my business? Hahaha, go ahead."
It wasn't until Pan Bu and Ou Dachui walked away that Da Kui turned around and went to the back house. He needed to explain some things to Huang Ying, because Da Kui would be running around again and would not have a moment of peace.