In He Qizhou's opinion, even if he drank ten or eight pounds of this low-grade wine, he would not be half drunk. However, Guo Xiuyi didn't know whether it was because he was too sad or because he was not able to drink enough. He drank a jar of two pounds of water.
Even though the cold wind blew for half the night, his face and neck were still a drunken blush. When he saw He Qizhou coming over, although he was disgusted, he didn't want to show his timidity. He took the wine jar and took another sip.
He Qizhou also took a big sip and said in a low voice: "Brother Guo, I have no interest in that Miss Han at all. I hope you don't misunderstand me."
When Guo Xiuyi heard this, his heart was shocked. He Qizhou's extremely hateful face suddenly became cute. He was about to say something, but when he thought of Mrs. Han and his daughter's attitude towards him, his heart became cold again, and he started drinking wine.
Another bite.
"Can you tell me about the relationship between your Guo family and Yu family?" He Qizhou asked.
"My father and Mrs. Han's father, the eldest brother of the Yu family, Yu Jingming, were brothers who died. At that time, my family's escort agency was about to be unable to survive. It was Uncle Yu who asked his younger brother, my master, to help.
Little by little he made his name.
Han Rui was born three years after me. As soon as she was born, our two families became in-laws. Uncle Yu was not afraid of disturbing the generations and wanted to betroth his granddaughter to my family. My father also asked me to become a disciple of Yu Jingshan.
Our family supported each other and grew stronger day by day. However, not long after, Uncle Yu and his third brother were both killed in the battlefield, and the family gradually declined. It was my family who supported the children of the Yu family to study and practice martial arts. At that time, Han Chong was just a little boy.
I am a sixth-grade captain, and my family is already the most famous escort agency in the northwest.
But my family has never despised the Han family. Every January, they send people to Chang'an to send gifts and greet the marquis. Now it's better. The Han family has become prosperous, but they regard me as a loser. It seems that they deliberately want to use you to impress me.
It's hard to retreat!" Guo Xiuyi took advantage of the drunkenness and vomited a lump in his heart.
He Qizhou imagined that Second Master Yu was full of joy and brought his disciple to meet his niece and his disciple's fiancée, but he never thought that he would end up like this. He felt sad in his heart. He patted Guo Xiuyi on the shoulder and said: "Marriage is destined by heaven, if Han
Rui is really so ungrateful. He only cares about powerful people because he only has a good skin. For you, what's the pity?"
Guo Xiuyi raised his head and glanced at He Qizhou. After savoring it carefully, he felt that it really made sense. However, when he thought of Han Rui's pretty appearance, he felt disappointed again.
"By the way, how many times have you met their mother and daughter?" He Qizhou asked.
"When Mrs. Guo took her daughter to Ganzhou three years ago, my father took me to the Yu family once. It was just for a quick New Year greeting. I felt that Mrs. Han was much older than before. I heard that General Han
I haven't returned to Chang'an for six years, I guess it's because I'm overworking myself. But sister Han Rui is really a woman who has transformed..." Guo Xiuyi's heart is still filled with Han Rui.
"You go and have something to eat. I'll be here for a while." He Qizhou felt disappointed.
"I can't eat it. Don't worry. When someone comes from Suzhou, I will send Master home and won't bother the Han family anymore." Guo Xiuyi said sadly.
"Okay, then I'll go into the house first." He Qizhou snatched the wine jar from the other party's hand, jumped off the low wall, and left silently.
Back in the hall, Bai Huwei had already sent two horses and four horses straight to Suzhou to request reinforcements; while Shen Yan asked the shopkeeper to call the postmaster of the post station in the town early in the morning and ask him to go to Ganzhou Wucha Division to report the situation and send someone there quickly.
.The entire inn was filled with lifelessness. A room was cleared downstairs and six corpses were placed there. The shopkeeper seemed to be dead. He started drinking again early in the morning. The two waiters had been wiping away the blood since dawn.
The chef who was in charge of the kitchen alone, while busy with the cooking, was muttering something, either praying to the Bodhisattva for blessing or cursing the group of disaster stars that brought disaster.
There were only eight sergeants left in the inn, including the white guards. Except for the soldiers who were on duty, most of them were meditating in the hall and adjusting their breath. Two people fell asleep while sitting there.
He Qizhou went to the second floor to inquire about the condition of mother and daughter. Mrs. Han said that the condition was much better. She also praised He Qizhou's medicine and said that she wanted to ask Guard Bai to give some silver coins, but firstly, she didn't have much silver coins around. Even she felt embarrassed to use these vulgar things to thank him, and she had to ask He Qizhou to meet General Han before deciding how to repay him.
Seeing that there was no hope of reaching the ranch on time, He Qizhou calmed down and decided to send Buddha to the west, so he agreed.
Apart from checking the six corpses again, Shen Yan spent the rest of the time sitting cross-legged in the corridor on the second floor.
Knowing that Shen Yan was still suspicious of him, Yu and his son stayed in the room.
In the late afternoon, two horses suddenly came galloping from the west. The soldiers watching on the wall shouted: "Brother Huang is back! Brother Huang is back!"
The white guard hurriedly rushed out, and two soldiers with the same uniforms rode horses one after another until they stopped in the front yard. The white guard frowned and asked the soldier surnamed Huang who was running in front: "Why are you the only one back?" Isn’t this Ade? Why are you here too?”
The soldier surnamed Huang gasped and said: "I met Ad and Dalin on the way. General Han arrived at Qingyan Town yesterday and was welcoming us all the way. Ad is the outpost and is going to inform Madam. Ad and I will come back first to report the news. , Dalin and Xiao Zhao will go and inform the general of our situation here."
The soldier named Ade said: "If everything goes well, the general will be able to get here in less than an hour."
Everyone in the building felt relieved after hearing the conversation outside. Only He Qizhou and Shen Yan could not see any excitement on their faces.
Shen Yan said to Guard Bai, who was leading the two of them into the house: "Guard Bai, you must be more careful during this period. Please ask your brothers to hold on for a while."
"It should be so." Guard Bai said. Since he had hardly stopped patrolling for half a day and night, he looked very haggard.
He Qizhou stood up and said: "Then I will go to the rooftop to help watch, and by the way, I will tell Brother Guo the news."
He Qizhou walked to the north wall and just explained something to Guo Xiuyi when he heard the soldiers on the rooftop shout again: "Someone is coming on the official road to the east again, four cars and twelve horses, like a convoy delivering oil." .”
Bai Huwei ordered the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, send it away as usual. Madam promised to compensate you for the money you lost according to the price."
From morning to now, more than a dozen groups of dining and overnight guests have been sent away. After hearing this, the shopkeeper wanted to say a few words, but in the end he endured it and walked quickly to the entrance of the courtyard, waiting for the convoy to approach the inn. The leader of the motorcade smiled apologetically and said, "Why did Mr. Qin personally lead the team this time?"
"Well, there are more goods this time, and the fifth master ordered me to rush on time, so I can only make a trip by myself. Hey, how come you are so rich? There are soldiers guarding the door?" Mr. Qin is a burly middle-aged man. I saw two soldiers sitting on the wall of the courtyard and joked.
The shopkeeper said with a sad face: "Master Qin is joking, the shop has some distinguished guests and it is already full. Can Master Qin find another place to stay?"
When Master Qin heard this, he immediately said with a serious face: "Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? How often did my men not just put together a few tables in the hall? It's already this hour, where else do you want me to find it? A place to stay? Do you want to freeze them to death? Or you can help me solve it. There is also food for people and water and grass for horses!" After saying that, he was going to push the shopkeeper who was blocking the road.
The shopkeeper was really about to burst into tears. He backed away and waved his hands and said: "No, no, listen to me. I heard that the customers in the store are relatives of General Han, and there was another death here last night. The general's mansion won't allow it."
If someone else comes into the store again, what can I do?"
He Qizhou, who had already stepped onto the rooftop, looked at the situation outside the inn and asked the soldier beside him: "I'm just a delivery boy, but he's so arrogant when he sees officers and soldiers? Why is the shopkeeper so afraid of him?"
The soldier replied: "There are not many products in Suzhou. Some grains, oils, rice and noodles are sent from Yongzhou, Ganzhou and other places. Although those who can take over this kind of business are businessmen, they are all officials behind them. The one surnamed Qin should be our Suzhou
The owner of Qinji Oil Shop in Zhoucheng owns two-thirds of the oil shops in the city."
"Then General Han can't deal with these officials and businessmen?" He Qizhou asked.
"How can they take care of these small things? Besides, they haven't violated any royal laws. In addition to military supplies, the people of Suzhou Prefecture also need these grains, oils, rice and noodles, but they say there is a real boss behind the surname Qin.
, Mr. Tang Wu from Ganzhou City opened several gambling houses and brothels."
"How do you know so much?" He Qizhou asked.
The soldier said with some embarrassment:
"There are many soldiers in Suzhou City. In the past, they would go to casinos and brothels to have fun on their days off. It was probably because the Zhang family disdained doing this kind of business, so the one who did the most in this business was Tang Wuye, and later he extended his hand to
Go up to the grain store and oil mill. After the general took office, he destroyed all the casinos and brothels in the city on the pretext of bribing officials and affecting military discipline. He also said that if this Tang Wuye hadn't been in Ganzhou, he would have been punished.
It’s time! We little soldiers are living a very miserable life, but we can save some money.”
He Qizhou suddenly thought of something and asked: "The Jubao Village in Ganzhou City was opened by Mr. Tang Wu, right?"
"I don't know about Ganzhou City, but I heard that the Jubaozhuang in Suzhou belonged to the Fifth Master of Tang Dynasty." The soldier replied.
Outside the courtyard wall, Boss Qin was too frightened to make any mistake after knowing the identity of the person in the inn. He discussed it with the innkeeper for a few words. The innkeeper hurriedly ran into the courtyard and asked Guard Bai for instructions: "Sir, Mr. Qin who delivered the oil said that we should leave."
It will only get dark for more than an hour at most, and there is no place to stay. They want to buy some water and grass to feed their horses, and they will camp outside the south wall of our inn at night. I would like to ask you to make it convenient."
Guard Bai thought for a while, turned around and entered the building, and told Shen Yan about the situation upstairs.
Shen Yan usually collected money from Master Tang Wu, and he also knew the relationship between the man named Qin outside the door and Master Tang Wu, so he said: "Guard Bai, you can make your own decision, but it's best not to let them block the south gate. General Han will
We’re probably here. By the way, it’s best to check the goods on their car.”
"Okay, then let them go under the east wall. I will check the goods myself. The man named Qin has been doing business in Suzhou, so there should be no problems." Bai Wei said.