Hearing this, Liu Ziqiu was shocked, and he quickly poked his head out, and saw that the naughty-looking guy was pointing in the direction of Li Jing's residence.
Liu Ziqiu once promised Wang Guizhi that he would avenge her, but he had just rescued Gao Xiuer and the news was getting louder. He did not plan to take action in the near future, but he did not expect that Xu Tingfu would cling to him and would implicat Li Jing. Liu Ziqiu suddenly wanted to kill him.
born!
In order to avoid getting into trouble at the city gate, Liu Ziqiu came out without weapons. Although the alley was quiet, people often passed by. In addition to Xu Tingfu, there were four rogues on the other side. Liu Ziqiu could kill them with his bare hands.
But in broad daylight, it is not easy not to attract other people's attention. Moreover, this is right in front of Li Jing's house, so it is not appropriate to kill someone.
But Xu Tingfu asked again: "Have you ever inquired about the details of this family?"
"Brother Xu's matter, how dare you neglect me? You already know everything about it." Leisan changed the topic and said, "Brother Xu is now rich and powerful, but brothers still have enough to eat. You can't."
Look at this..."
Xu Tingfu sneered and said: "It's not difficult to be rich. As long as you are willing to give up those words and follow us into the palace, we will praise you."
Another gangster had already smiled evilly and said: "Brothers don't have the courage of Brother Xu."
It turned out that before Xu Tingfu entered the palace, he was in the same group with these ruffians. Later, he couldn't survive anymore, so he became a eunuch in the palace. Xu Tingfu was originally a greedy man, but when he was ridiculed, he became angry and said: "Sir
I only gave you one hundred taels this time, how can you be so greedy!"
Lesan snorted coldly: "That's the account that was set on fire last time. One code will be the same!"
Only then did Liu Ziqiu realize that it was these gangsters who set the fire for being drunk. It took no effort at all. Today, he took advantage of it and avenged Wang Guizhi on his behalf. However, he couldn't think of a safe way for the moment.
Xu Tingfu was silent for a while, and then said: "Well, for the sake of our brotherhood, we will pay you three hundred taels first! It is not easy for our family to go out of the palace, so we first went to get some silver and have a drink!"
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The gangsters didn't expect that a piece of news would be more expensive than setting a fire, and they were all overjoyed, but Liu Ziqiu knew that their death was coming soon! Wang Guizhi was the emperor's woman, and Xu Tingfu dared to kill even Wang Xiaoting for five hundred taels of silver.
How could he let these scoundrels go if they dared to burn them? It’s just that Liu Ziqiu didn’t know how he was going to start.
Watching the gangsters leave the alley, Liu Ziqiu pointed to Li Jing's house and said, "Xiu'er, go to the eldest brother and sister-in-law's house first and wait for me. I'll come back when I go!"
Gao Xiuer refused and said, "I'll go with you!"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said: "When you master your kung fu, I will guide you."
Gao Xiuer also knew that if she followed, she would become a drag, so she watched Liu Ziqiu disappear at the end of the alley and knocked on the door of Li Jing's house.
Xu Tingfu loved to amass money, but it was inconvenient to hide the money in the palace, so he quietly built a private house in a secluded part of Luoyang City. Only he knew about it. Today, for that important event, he had no choice but to bring these gangsters over.
Although Xu Tingfu held a grudge about Liu Ziqiu's intervention for Wang Guizhi that day, he didn't necessarily want to put Liu Ziqiu to death and then be happy. He didn't have the time. But the assassin in Shanglin Garden always felt familiar to Xu Tingfu. After thinking about it,
Finally, it was discovered that the assassin's figure was somewhat similar to Liu Ziqiu's, especially his sharp eyes. If the assassin's origin could be found out, he would have made a great contribution and would definitely be rewarded by Yang Guang. Xu Tingfu was greedy for merit and did not treat the government well.
Said that, but let Le San and others come to investigate, and they actually found out some information.
Liu Ziqiu sneaked behind them from a distance, walked through the streets and alleys, and saw them entering a courtyard. Liu Ziqiu looked around and saw no one, and jumped over the courtyard wall, only to see that there was no dust in the courtyard. It turned out that Xu Tingfu was in the palace.
I have stayed in China for a long time and I like cleanliness. Every time I come to this private house, I will clean it myself.
The house was very large, with three entrances inside and outside. Xu Tingfu was not there, and there were only a bunch of scoundrels in the hall shouting. After a cup of tea, Xu Tingfu came out from behind, holding a heavy baggage in his arms, and said:
"Leisan, the money is all here, it's up to you how to divide it. You can tell me now."
LeSan opened the bag and took a look, his eyes were shining, and he laughed and said: "Brother Xu is indeed trustworthy! That man is also a court official, his surname is Li, and he is currently a member of the driving department. Brother Xu must have heard of it."
"It turns out it's him!" The story of Hong Fu's running at night was widely circulated in Luoyang City. When Xu Tingfu heard it, he immediately understood, but then said, "Brothers, we have one more thing to say. A drunken person will wander off.
Let no one mention it again from now on."
All the gangsters said in unison: "Brother Xu, don't worry, I promise no one will mention this matter!"
"It's not that our family can't trust you brothers, it's just that in our current position, there are so many pairs of eyes staring at us, so we have to be careful." Xu Tingfu said, "Come, let's take a blood oath to show our sincerity!"
After saying that, Xu Tingfu took out a wine shell and a dagger from behind like a magic trick. Lesan San was also a bachelor, so he had already found a bowl, filled it with wine, grabbed the dagger and slashed it hard on his fingertips.
Several people also followed suit. Xu Tingfu didn't even care about someone who dared to say such things. Several people started drinking blood wine in the hall.
Liu Ziqiu had already lightly touched the hall. He was relieved and was not worried about anyone recognizing him. Before he could make a move, Le San and a few scoundrels staggered to the ground.
Xu Tingfu grabbed the dagger and sneered: "Robbing food from our mouths is asking for death!"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his wrist go numb. The dagger was already in Liu Ziqiu's hand and placed on his neck. Liu Ziqiu asked coldly: "What was in the wine?"
Xu Tingfu's eyes were rolling around, and he was thinking about countermeasures, but he felt a pain in his neck, and Liu Ziqiu had opened a gap.
"explain!"
"No, it's nothing, just a little sweat medicine."
Liu Ziqiu reached out and knocked Xu Tingfu to the ground.
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More than half an hour later, Liu Ziqiu walked out of Xu's house with a cloth bag on his back and locked the courtyard door casually, as if this was not Xu's house but Liu's house.
Liu Ziqiu walked leisurely on the streets of Luoyang. The big cloth bag was heavy and covered with soil. However, he was stooped and looked like an old farmer with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky. The cloth bag might contain grain or something.
, but it didn’t attract anyone’s attention.
After turning a few streets, Liu Ziqiu knocked on the door of Li Jing's house. The person who opened the door was Hongfu Nu, who asked in surprise: "Old man, who are you looking for?"
Liu Ziqiu suddenly straightened his back, cupped his hands and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you even recognize your brothers?"
"Brother, is it really you?" Li Jing rushed out upon hearing the sound, with tears streaming down his face.
Even though he knew in advance from Gao Xiuer that Liu Ziqiu was safe and sound, Li Jing, a tough man, still couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
Liu Ziqiu cupped his fists and said with a smile: "Brother, don't you want to invite your brothers to come in and sit down?"
Hong Fu Nu reacted and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, come in quickly, come in quickly."
Her eyes were obviously filled with tears.
Despite Yang Guang's strict order to block the news, the story that the assassin kidnapped a beauty and fell off the cliff in Shanglin Garden gradually spread. That day, Li Jing and Hong Funu waited until dawn, but Liu Ziqiu did not come back, and they already felt that something was wrong. After hearing the news,
The couple was even more shocked. Li Jing even got drunk because of this. Later, Han Shi'er also heard the news and came from the army to mourn Liu Ziqiu's death silently. Now that he learned that Liu Ziqiu had escaped danger, he saw him again.
, all cried with joy.
"Brother, sister-in-law, don't be sad." Liu Ziqiu smiled and put the cloth bag on the table and said, "Look what gift I brought you?"
Li Jing opened the cloth bag with suspicion and couldn't help but take a breath. The cloth bag was full of gold, silver and jewelry, which dazzled everyone.
Gao Xiuer had already washed away her disguise and revealed her true face. She opened her mouth for a while and said, "Mr. Lang, where did these come from?"
Liu Ziqiu said in a deep voice: "These are the ill-gotten gains collected by Xu Tingfu."
Li Jing had just heard from Gao Xiu'er that Xu Tingfu had found him. If Liu Ziqiu hadn't happened to bump into him, the couple would have been in danger, and they would have been on the verge of death. Li Jing is not a pedantic person.
Naturally, he would not be polite to Xu Tingfu and others, and immediately nodded and said: "My dear brother, it's good to get this ill-gotten wealth! However, I can't take all of these things, I can only take 10%."
Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Brother, you have underestimated Xu Tingfu. He has plundered more than this. I will go get the rest tomorrow!"
In the evening, there was inevitably a drink to celebrate, and Liu Ziqiu inevitably had to tell the story of his adventure in Shanglinyuan, which made Li Jing and his wife sigh. Of course, the part where he helped Wang Guizhi perform artificial respiration was omitted.
Hongfu Nu suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that we couldn't find Miss Hou."
Liu Ziqiu thought for a while and said: "Anyway, I will stay in Luoyang for about ten days, and I will go to the palace again on a dark moon night!"
But Li Jing shook his head and said: "We can't go now. After you made a big fuss in the Forbidden Garden, Yang Guang ordered people to build another city wall outside the garden wall, and began to build a sluice on the lake canal. Although it has not been completed yet, it stayed up all night and everywhere
Man, why are you hiding?"
Liu Ziqiu frowned. He had promised Han Shi'er to rescue Hou Susu, but he could only save Gao Xiu'er and Hou Susu first. Now that he had rescued Gao Xiu'er, it also made it more difficult to rescue Hou Susu, which was a bit selfish.
Liu Ziqiu did not hide this matter from Gao Xiuer, so Gao Xiuer also knew the inside story and couldn't help but comfort her: "In the Sixteenth Academy of Shanglin, there are 336 ladies and beauties in each academy, and they all think hard to get something.
You are so favored by the Hunjun. Miss Hou is just a handyman. If she is plain in appearance, she will still have the opportunity to appear in front of the emperor. If she is pretty, she may not even be able to see Yang Guang's face, so why worry?"
Although Hongfu Nu is full of wits and plans, she has never stayed in the palace and does not know the details. After listening to Gao Xiuer's words, she realized how fierce the competition is here. It can be said that she does everything possible, but she feels a little relieved
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She also saw that Gao Xiuer had a pretty face and was a perfect match for Liu Ziqiu. She couldn't help but said, "Brother Xian, when will you two get married? Tell your sister-in-law as soon as possible so that she can prepare a generous gift for you."
Gao Xiu'er couldn't help but lowered her head in shame, but Gao's ears were perked up, eager to hear Liu Ziqiu's own words to tell the truth.