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 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 home. When a group of people followed him out, they saw that Da Kui had already disappeared. It was not until this time that everyone 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 Da Kui was drunk and no one dared to leave without permission. All the horses had been pulled to the backyard. At this moment, when everyone saw Da Kui running on foot, they couldn't help but look at each other. They were afraid that something had happened to Zhang's house. , huffing and puffing, they rushed to the backyard, grabbed the horses, jumped on their horses, and chased Da Kui all the way.
Besides, Da Kui ran all the way and arrived at the door of his house in a short time. There was already a family waiting in front of the door. When he saw Da Kui, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Master, Madam is waiting in the front hall." Da Kui 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. The servants in the mansion were rushing back and forth. Dakui rushed over and separated everyone and looked into the crowd. He was shocked when he saw it. There was a door panel on the ground. It was Meng Ge who was 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.
The doctor was writing prescriptions on the table on one side of the hall. Pan Bu and Huang Ying were watching anxiously. Dakui shouted: "What's going on?" 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, but little did they know that the night before their departure, Meng Ge received a tip-off that Wang Fu was not dead, but escaped by using the golden cicada's escape plan.
Although Meng Ge and Pan Bu were members of Da Kui's family, one was a retainer and the other was an adopted son, so they both had no real power. Wang Fu had no choice but to rush back to Suzhou to make other plans. However, he did not 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 break out of the siege. Unexpectedly, Meng Ge was stabbed six times to protect Pan Bu, and his life is now in danger. Da Kui was already dying. Hearing this, Da Kui couldn't help but become furious, but the most urgent task 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 to the hospital. He carried him to the wing 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 already in Pingwang County when they were in trouble, not far from the county seat. After they fled to Pingwang County, Hou Qiuhu, the magistrate of Pingwang County, sent Meng Ge and Pan Bu to escort them back. When they arrived at Zhang Mansion in Wu County, Dakui couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. How could Wang Fu cover the sky with one hand? He could actually ambush nearly a hundred swordsmen in this place south of the Yangtze River. This shows that Wang Fu also has power in Suzhou and Hangzhou. .
Dakui is well aware of Meng Ge's martial arts. If Meng Ge can be injured to such an extent, there are only two possibilities: one is to take advantage of his unpreparedness, and the other is that his martial arts is extremely high. Meng Ge has practiced all over the body, how can it be unusual? If Meng Ge was alone, self-protection would not be a problem. But now he was seriously injured because of Pan Bu. How righteous.
Master Feng heard that Da Kui had returned home and 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 but it was 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 Suhang area is Liu Yifei from 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 together." Hundreds of gangsters gathered in the Zhoushan area to rob homes and houses. 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 Brother Chang is sent to the Northern Expedition with Marshal Xu Daxu, but the coastal defense is 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, and I am afraid they have already had an internal response.
When he was in Yingtian, he heard that there was a lot of banditry along the coast. He had just returned to Suzhou from Yingtian. The specific situation of the pirates was still unclear. Da Kui couldn't help but asked Master Feng: "Master Feng, I have heard that there is a banditry along the coast. I don't know." But what a normal scene,"
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, resulting in the defeated soldiers fleeing to sea to become bandits. The sea bandits colluded with the traitors inland and took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition. Liu Yifei and his gang are most likely colluding with these pirates to continuously infringe our coastal areas of Ming Dynasty."
Dakui nodded when he heard the words, and couldn't help but think about it. The 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? .
Nowadays, there are not many people available in the house. Wu Ya, Gou Sheng, stones, brooms, dustpans, benches and Panbu are not good at martial arts, but they are competent enough to investigate things.
Da Kui immediately ordered 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 for the spies 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 next to King Wu is now relegated to the cold palace. It can be said that Wang Fu has become a fallen phoenix, not as good as a chicken. Although I can no longer be an official, I can still be a bandit and be a bandit.
Da Kui had seen Wang Fu's dead soldiers. Those people were really cold-blooded, cruel and fearless of death. 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 a person 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 them, but there was no horse. When I saw your red horse tied up 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 was a BMW horse, so how could he ask someone to ride it freely? However, 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 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 a 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 justice to Meng Ge. 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 replenish vitality, produce fluid and quench thirst, restore the pulse and strengthen the pulse, nourish the spleen and lungs, soothe the mind and improve the intelligence. It is a great tonic. When Meng Ge was seriously injured, taking ginseng had legitimate and magical effects. 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.
When they arrived at the courtyard, Ou Dachui couldn't help but asked: "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 any 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 think the meaning of the saying "birds of a feather flock together" means that 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: "Sir 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 Panbu and said, "Take Master District to the front house for medical treatment," Panbu immediately responded.
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.