A knife in love

Chapter 2867
After the food and wine were set, Li Qiufeng filled the wine for Hu Er and the others himself, and persuaded the three of them to drink and eat the food.Hu Er and the others drank a few glasses of wine, and ate chicken and elbow meat, their bodies suddenly became light and their speech became entangled.Li Qiufeng took the opportunity to say: "Brother Hu, you said that Dongliao County has suffered a catastrophe, can you elaborate on it?"

Hu Er was dizzy from drinking, even if his wife came in front of him at this time, he would dare to yell at him. When Li Qiufeng asked himself, he smiled, patted Li Qiufeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I I know you are worried about your family members staying in Dong'an County. In fact, in life, the most important thing is to be happy and happy, and everyone else is fucked! Especially the wife who married into the house, even if she looks like a fairy at first glance, after a few days, she can't see it. I'm tired of watching. I'm afraid that after those shrews enter the house, they will be like greedy hungry wolves and tigers. They will never give up until they eat you to the bone! Listen to Lao Tzu's words, it is understandable to feel sorry for your parents. Your wife died at the hands of robbers this time, so you kid will be secretly happy! Haha, haha!"

Li Qiufeng listened to Hu Er talking upside down, he was very angry and funny, he just wanted to get information from this person, but he couldn't get angry, so he had to laugh twice, and was about to speak when Hu Er rushed to say: "It's not a secret. , the three of us are merchants in the timber business, we do timber business in Ping'anli at the foot of Baishan Mountain, and we have been doing business with a horseman from Dongliao County for the past few years..."

Hearing what Hu Er said, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled. He thought of the owner of the horse village in Dongmajiazhuang, Dongliao County.The owner of Ma Zhuang made his fortune by doing timber business, and has always been at odds with Wang Jiazhuang.This man was greedy by nature and had a huge wealth, but he was targeted by the Yagyu clan, and finally died in the hands of the Yagyu clan's killers, and his wealth also fell into the hands of the Japanese pirates.Hu Er and the others knew that a major event had happened in Dongliao County, and nine out of ten it was because they went to Dongliao County to find the owner of Ma Zhuang, and accidentally learned the news that Japanese pirates captured Dongliao County.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, Hu Er went on to say: "Ma Yuanwai bought a batch of wood from us four months ago and owed us a sum of money. We are going to Dongliao County this time to transfer the sum of money. I got the money back. Unexpectedly, when I walked to the east of Majiazhuang seven days ago, I found several corpses lying on the ground."

When Hu Er said this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and a look of horror appeared on his face. He paused for a moment, and then said in a trembling voice: "When we saw this situation, we were frightened out of our wits, thinking to ourselves that Ma Yuanwai is Dongliao County. One of the few rich men, we have been to Majiazhuang a few times before, and the village is very neatly built. With the skills of the horsemen, how can these corpses be left outside Majiazhuang? I am afraid that there will be great changes in the village, the owner of Mazhuang Too busy to take care of himself, there is no time to pack up and bury these corpses.

"The three of us discussed it for a while. Although we were afraid in our hearts, we thought that the money hadn't been retrieved yet, so we couldn't go back and confess it. So we thought twice, and we bravely walked to Majiazhuang. When we reached the entrance of the village, we I saw more than a dozen corpses. Judging by the clothes on their bodies, they were all Zhuang Ding of Majiazhuang. Looking at the darkness inside the Zhuangzi, it seemed that there were some terrible ghosts and beasts lurking. We were frightened and let out a cry Shouting, turned around and fled, desperately ran for two or three miles, and then stopped.

"After stopping, recalling that most of the corpses of Zhuang Ding we saw just now were incomplete. We know that something tragic must have happened in Majiazhuang. Ma Yuanwai is a well-known figure in Dongliao County, and he has always been on good terms with the government. Zhuanglizhuang So many people died outside, and the corpses were thrown away, it must not be the hands of the government. Most likely, Yuanwai offended the people in the world, or was targeted by the robbers in the green forest cottage, and this was the catastrophe."

When Hu Er said this, he glanced at Li Qiufeng, lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Little brother, since you are born in Dongliao County, you must know Ma Yuanwai? Do you know that Ma Yuanwai is the owner of Majiazhuang? Besides, is there anyone else?"

Although Li Qiufeng knew the details of the owner of Ma Zhuang, he just didn't know why Hu Er would ask such a question, so he pretended to be puzzled and said hesitantly: "Ma Yuanwai is a famous rich man in our Dongliao County. His family is so rich that even the magistrate looks at him differently. I know he is the owner of Majiazhuang, but as for his other status, I don't know."

Seeing Li Qiufeng's puzzled expression, Hu Er felt complacent and said with a smile: "Little brother is an honest man, so naturally he doesn't know the details of the horsemen. He is not only the owner of the Majiazhuang, but also the leader of the Liaodong platoon. The leader of the gang. The Pai Gang makes a living by putting wooden rafts and reselling timber. Although it cannot be called a green forest cottage or an underworld, it has secret contacts with many green forest cottages. Otherwise, the wood obtained by the owner of the horse may not be able to get out of Baishan People will rob them all under their feet. Majiazhuang suffered such a catastrophe this time, perhaps because of the dirty hands between the horseman Wai and the green forest thieves.

"The three of us discussed for a long time. At first, we were afraid and only wanted to escape back to Ping Anli, but we thought that if we took the money gifted by Second Master Qu, if we returned to Ping Anli empty-handed, according to Second Master Qu's temper, we would have to return the money to Ping Anli. He can't. In this case, let's not talk about it for nothing, but also give Qu Erye more than a dozen taels of silver, how can we be reconciled?!"

Hearing what Hu Er said, Li Qiufeng's heart brightened, and he thought to himself that Hu Er had just claimed that the three of them were in the timber business, and that they were doing timber business with the owner of Ma Zhuang. .Thinking about it, the three of them were not the owners of the wood shop at all, but just three small characters, helping a guy named Qu Erye with his work.Second Master Qu is the boss who does business with Zhuang Ma. Because Zhuang Ma owed him a sum of money, Er Master Qu sent Hu Er and others to Dongliao County to recover the money.Before Hu Er and the others set off, Second Master Qu gave the three of them some money, and most likely promised to give them a few taels of silver as a reward after they brought the money back to Ping'an.When Hu Er and others arrived outside Majiazhuang, they found that there were corpses everywhere inside and outside Majiazhuang. The owner of Mazhuang was probably killed, so the three of them naturally couldn't get the silver that Qu Erye demanded.In this way, if the three of them returned to Ping'an Li empty-handed, Second Master Qu would not only not pay the reward, but most likely would have to take back the money he had given to the three of them.In this way, Hu Er and the others won't make any money at all during this trip, and they may even lose five or six taels of silver each.No wonder just now Hu Er yelled that he would be scolded by the tigress when he returned home, presumably before he left, he had already told his wife about the rewards he could earn from this trip, if he came home empty-handed, he would naturally be scolded.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, Hu Er went on to say: "We thought about it, and finally made up our minds. We plan to go straight to the county magistrate's office in Dongliao County and report the disaster at Majiazhuang to the county magistrate. We see The corpses of Zhuang Ding at Zhuangkou in Majiazhuang haven’t decomposed yet, and the day when the green forest thieves murdered them was only a day or two ago, and the government didn’t know about it. If we reported this to the government first, maybe we would get it More than a dozen taels of silver rewards, this trip does not lose or make money, which is a great thing.

"After we made up our minds, we bypassed Majiazhuang and walked straight to Dongliao County. It was late at night, and the surroundings were dark, so we could only walk forward by groping. Unexpectedly, we had just walked more than a mile We saw a large group of black shadows appearing in front of us. We only thought that the green forest thieves were ambushing here. We were so frightened that we turned around and wanted to escape, but several figures had already chased behind me. I saw that the hands of these people The cold light flickered, as if he was holding a bright steel knife, the old man's legs went limp in fright, and he almost knelt on the ground."

(End of this chapter)