(Thanks to Oriental Spider, Dapeng Juju, and Clear Sky Tourmaline for their tips)
Everyone heard the noise and hurriedly looked over to see what was going on, but saw their young master sitting dumbly with his hands folded, and the young master across from him with tears in his eyes. They didn't know what happened for a while, and they were all too stunned to come forward. Highway.
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Xiao Sui'er came from behind carrying a plate of dried fruits. When she entered the hall, she was dumbfounded and said hurriedly: "Sir, what's going on?"
Su Jin looked at Xiao Sui'er and said, "Sui'er, do you still remember Brother Lu and Brother Cheng from Yingtianyuan, who are my sworn sworn friends?"
Xiao Sui'er said: "Remember, both young masters have very good tempers, and my maid even talked to them."
Su Jin said: "They went..."
"Gone? Where?" Xiao Sui'er didn't react for a moment.
"Miss Sui'er, the two eldest brothers have passed away." Wei Songhe sniffed and said.
Xiao Sui'er was dumbfounded for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses. After all, she was not very familiar with these two people, and she was not as sad as Su Jin and Wei Songhe when hearing the news of their death. She hurriedly put the fruit plate on the table.
He asked: "Why did you go away so well? The two gentlemen are only in their twenties. Could it be that they are seriously ill?"
Su Jin then remembered that he hadn't asked what the cause of death was, and hurriedly asked: "Yes, why did you go so well?"
Wei Songhe gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Xian, do you still remember that Manager Qin?"
Su Jin said: "Is it Qin Fei who is under King Teng?"
"It was this traitor, and the lives of the two brothers were ruined in his hands."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "How could it be possible? Mr. Bao went to Yingtian Mansion to be the governor. He should start to cut off Zhao Zongdan's gang members. In this case, how could Qin Fei kill the two brothers?"
Wei Songhe said: "The thing happened very suddenly. Since you came to Beijing, we have been studying in the college with peace of mind. We heard that the college will be upgraded to the Imperial College next year, so Chief Qi Shan kept telling us to work hard and strive for success after next year.
In the autumn and spring examinations, there are students who can be among the top three, because it is said that one of the conditions set by the emperor for promotion to the Imperial Academy is that someone must be among the top three in the imperial examination before approval."
Su Jin nodded and said, "But it happened. That day, Master Fu Bi went to the court to announce the decree, and I was beside him. That's what he said."
Wei Songhe said: "Yes, so we all want to bring glory to the hospital, and we don't even play Cuju anymore. We all work hard and diligently. In Yingtian City, the situation in Yingtian City also changed drastically after Master Bao arrived. The earlier governor Tang Jie was a man of the people on his way to Beijing.
Mr. Bao first set out to investigate the case. Later, he heard that the case was traced to Prince Teng's Mansion. There was evidence that it was the case led by Qin Fei, the steward of the Prince's Mansion. When Mr. Bao led people to arrest Qin Fei and bring him to justice, he did not know.
How did the news get out and this guy disappeared without a trace? When I asked Prince Teng, Prince Teng only said that Qin Fei had not shown up at the palace for several days and that he was also looking for him."
Su Jin cursed angrily: "Qin Fei's murder of Tang Jie must have been ordered by King Teng, but he pushed it all away. How could Mr. Bao believe him?"
Wei Songhe said: "Of course Master Bao didn't believe it, but Zhao Zongdan couldn't be moved unless Qin Fei was caught, so he ordered the whole city to paint a shadow to capture Qin Fei."
Su Jin said: "Then how to catch it?"
Wei Songhe said: "Master Bao ordered the whole city to be under martial law after he found out about Yingtian Mansion, so Master Bao believed that Qin Fei must not have escaped. After searching for two or three days, he still couldn't find him. Master Bao saw that he wouldn't be able to get it for a while."
That guy, so he ordered people to search slowly, and he and the returning German army deployed General **** to take two thousand Yingtianfu forbidden troops out of the city. I don’t know where they are going, but I heard from hearsay
Rumor has it that we are going to destroy a few strongholds."
Su Jin nodded and said: "That's true. Zhao Zongdan has thousands of private soldiers outside, who are all disguised as bandits and hiding in the stronghold. Master Bao must be afraid of chaos in the long run, so he first cuts off Zhao Zongdan's foreign aid."
Wei Songhe said: "That's it. After Mr. Bao left, the city's defense was handed over to the Yamen general magistrate. The city's Yamen patrols and arrests, plus some returned German soldiers who stayed behind, totaled only two thousand people, although they were still under the ban.
He died, but the search for Qin Fei was not that intense, mainly due to lack of manpower; soon after, trouble broke out in the city."
Su Jin was surprised and said: "What happened?"
Wei Songhe said: "One night, there was a man named Capt. Song from the Yamen who was patrolling the streets and alleys in the south of the city with more than 30 agents. When they walked to Erdaokanzi Alley, they seemed to hear the sound of swords inside. Capt. Song
The leader then led people to quietly check, and unexpectedly found that a house in the alley was packed with people. Each of these people had swords in their hands, and seemed to be preparing to cause trouble. Song Captou saw with his own eyes that Qin Fei was among them, and there were
We all know the leaders, but they are the same ruffians from the previous four cities."
Su Jin took a breath and said, "No, these people must be taking advantage of the lack of defense in the city to rush out of the city."
Wei Songhe said: "That's exactly what happened. Capt. Song hurriedly ran out to report the news. When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he was blocked in the alley by another group of people who rushed to the alley. After two rounds of fighting, the arrests were all killed.
Song was a good catcher, and he was the only one who fought his way out and escaped. Before he could go to the government office to report the news, dozens of houses in the city had already caught fire, and there were about two to three hundred unidentified people.
Fires were set everywhere in the city, and there was chaos."
Su Jin scolded: "What a thief. Needless to say, Zhao Zongdan must have gathered all his forces in the city and planned to rush out of the city to rebel."
Wei Songhe said: "Song's arrest report was quite timely. Although all four cities were on fire, the thieves gathered in the south city. From this, they judged that they wanted to flee south, so Lord Tongpan directly mobilized his troops and rushed to the south city.
Pay attention to the chaos elsewhere.”
Su Jin clapped his hands and said: "Yes, this decision is correct. The fires everywhere are disturbing people's attention. Nancheng is the main direction of attack."
Wei Songhe said: "Yes, they were attacking Nancheng. When the large group of troops arrived, more than half of the two hundred defenders at the head of Nancheng had been killed or injured. The two defenders were both killed, and reinforcements were coming in at the city gate.
It was occupied the moment they arrived. Seeing the arrival of the brigade of officers and soldiers, the rioting bandits did not dare to fight, so they all rushed out from the south gate and fled along the official road. The judge led people in hot pursuit, and at the same time ordered people to send a signal to report to Yingtianyuan garrison.
The twenty soldiers knew about it and signaled them to attack head on."
Su Jin was shocked and said: "How can twenty soldiers block it? Isn't this a way to die?"
Wei Songhe said: "Who can say otherwise? The courtyard was already alarmed when the city's flames shot up to the sky and the shouts of "killing Zhentian" were heard. At that time, we all stood on a high place to watch. When the signal was given, the courtyard's guarding imperial army set off in formation. At this time, everyone's bloody
We all got up, and everyone knew something about what was going on in the city, so we judged that there must be thieves fleeing outside the city, so someone shouted, and everyone took sticks and branches and rushed out after the imperial guards."
Su Jin stamped his feet and said: "It's nonsense, it's nonsense. These are students who have no strength to restrain themselves. How can they fight against tigers and wolves? Just let those people escape. Are you afraid that you won't be able to catch them in the future? You should close the gate of the courtyard tightly at this time."
The best thing to do is guard against it."
Wei Songhe said with a guilty look on his face: "I wish you were here at that time, but it's a pity that everyone's blood was boiling. I also rushed out with a stick in my head."
Su Jin shook his head repeatedly and asked, "Where's Brother Jiefu? He rushed out too?"
"Brother Jiefu was the first one to shout. With his shout, everyone followed him and ran to stop him."
Su Jin's face turned green with anger: "Brother Jiefu is really confused. He knows some martial arts on his own, so it's okay to help. It's simply a sin to lead these usually powerless students to die."
Wei Songhe said: "At that time, I can't blame Brother Jiefu. If he doesn't speak out, someone will speak out. They are all strong-blooded people, so there is no guarantee that they will not be impulsive."
Su Jin shook his head and said slowly: "Of course you don't need to tell me the result. I think Brother Lu and Brother Cheng must have died there..."
Wei Songhe nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "Seventeen of our classmates from the hospital died and more than thirty were injured. Brother Lu and Brother Cheng were among the victims."
Su Jin felt sad in his heart and said softly: "Did those gangsters stop them?"
Wei Songhe said: "Nothing is missing, Qin Fei is here, and there is also Zhao Zongdan, the king of Teng in disguise."
Su Jin punched the table and said: "Thieves, you should be cut into pieces. Although the two sworn brothers behaved unwisely, it is really not worth it for them to die because of their merits; but they deserve to die."
Already."
Wei Songhe nodded and said: "Master Bao asked the court to postulate the deceased classmate as a 'righteous man', and the reward was very generous. Brother Jiefu Wu Hengxin and I personally escorted the coffin back to their hometown for burial; Brother Lu was from a poor family.
When we went there, his sixty-year-old mother didn’t know what was going on, and we couldn’t tell her..."
When Su Jin heard this, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.