My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 252 The Tufuzi and the Stone Pillow (1+1)

"Brother Zijian, brother Zhengyang, this is the foolish brother Zhongdao. If you two have anything to say, you can directly bring it up in person."

Eldest brother Wei Ke brought two Confucian scholars, Pan Zijian and Xu Zhengyang, both of whom are well-known talents in Luoyang.

Pan Zijian had met Wei Cheng once before, so he didn't seem unfamiliar at the moment, but Xu Zhengyang was a little cautious.

"I've seen Mr. Wei." Xu Zhengyang bowed.

Wei Cheng glanced at the elder brother, moved away slightly, gave a little support, and said: "Brother Xu doesn't need to do this, since he is a close friend of my brother, he is Wei's elder, and it would be nice to call me 'Zhongdao'. Be kind."

"Don't dare, dare not." Xu Zhengyang seemed to be an honest and responsible person, and he did not dare to neglect Wei Cheng's status as the state pastor.

Wei Cheng didn't bother to tangle with the title, so he let him go.

"Zhongdao, Brother Zhengyang, let's sit down and talk about it." Wei Ji gestured to Wei Cheng.

Wei Cheng looked at Xu Zhengyang who had been bowing all the time, nodded amusedly, and signaled everyone to sit down together.

"The thing is like this. Brother Zhengyang and I found that there were many strangers in the team when we settled the refugees."

"Oh?"

Wei Cheng frowned slightly.

Pan Zijian explained: "The refugees going north have always formed a team of hundreds of people. Among them, there are a team leader and a number of assistants, so that they can take care of the elderly, weak, women and children along the way. Therefore, everyone is very familiar with the identity of the people in the team."

"Only three days ago, Brother Zhengyang discovered that many people had mixed in among the refugees. Among them were some strong men with standard weapons and incomplete armor. We were worried about scaring the snake, and we kept telling everyone not to act rashly."

Wei Jiao nodded and said: "You are not wrong to do this. If you directly name the other party, I am afraid that it will anger the other party and even implicate innocent people."

Pan Zijian cupped his hands and saluted, "Brother Zhengyang and I also thought the same, so we asked the corporal commander to instruct everyone to keep quiet, and we didn't report to the envoy until we arrived in Anyi today and after the allocation of residences."

Wei Ke looked at his younger brother.

Wei Cheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "So, those people have already infiltrated into various satellite cities?"

Pan Zijian was stunned for a moment, got up hastily, and replied in fear, "It happened suddenly, and we had no choice but to do it."

Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I came up with this idea. If Mr. Wei wants to punish him, he can punish me alone. It has nothing to do with Brother Zijian."

Wei Cheng waved his hand, frowned and said, "I don't mean to blame you, so far, your approach is the safest, but, I'm wondering... Is the purpose of these people in the first place, is to infiltrate the satellite city .”

Wei Ji raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, these people are probably sent by other forces to inquire about information?"

Wei Cheng shook his head and said, "For now, there is only this possibility. Moreover, it is not difficult to find out from Brother Pan's description that these people are likely to be from the military. I think there is a high probability that they are deserters."

"deserter?"

Wei Qi and the three looked at each other.

Wei Cheng picked up the teapot, sniffed the tea, and said, "That's right, there are quite a few people who were forcibly conscripted into the army..."

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Satellite City No. [-].

Thirty percent of the people living here are masons, and the remaining [-]% are either apprentices or family members of the masons.

Early this morning, another group of refugees went north to Anyi, and the stewards selected more than 100 of them to live in the satellite city.

"This will be your home from now on. The treatment in our No. [-] City is very good. As long as you are willing to work, it is possible to eat meat every meal."

The stewards of the No. [-] satellite city were all households of the Wei family at the beginning.

The power in his hands has increased, but his temper has not changed.

For these colleagues who had fled, the stewards did not intend to embarrass them at all, but tried their best to arrange their residences.

"Hu Laoshi, there are nine members of your family, you should live in this courtyard from now on."

At the door of a small independent courtyard, the steward led a family of nine and pushed the door in.

Seeing the neat layout in the yard, and four wing rooms in the east and west, Hu Laoshi and his party were overjoyed.

One of the boys with a dirty face tugged at the sleeve of the middle-aged man next to him and whispered, "Father, aren't we going to the city to sell goods? Is it really good to live here? In case someone finds out our identities , I’m afraid I won’t be able to escape even if I escape.”

The middle-aged man was curiously looking at the layout of the small courtyard, glanced at the old man who had a good chat with the steward, and replied in a deep voice: "This matter depends on how you, Weng, decide. If he doesn't want to leave, we two Can you still slip away by yourself?"

The young man curled his lips and slandered: "I think Ah Weng is old-fashioned, what's so good about a stonemason, let's... woo woo."

"Shut up, don't take us with you if you want to die."

The young man's mouth was covered by a tomboy dressed like a beggar. If you look carefully, the tomboy's left hand was holding a strangely shaped short knife against the young man's back.

"Hey, what are they?" The steward turned around and asked curiously.

The tomboy hurriedly let go of the boy, and said with a smile: "I'm making the manager laugh, my brother and I are always playing around like this."

The steward was stunned when he heard the words, and then he laughed and said: "Yes, yes, the two boys in my family are also fighting like this... Old brother is so lucky, the whole family is male, no one will dare to bully you in the future Family, hahaha."

The old man in the lead frowned slightly, and stared at the young man and the tomboy indiscriminately.

"Haha, the guard also saw it. There are nine people in the family, and eating is always a problem. Otherwise, they wouldn't have traveled all the way to seek refuge."

"Well, it's true, half-children eat poor old men, not to mention four or five young ones in your family, my brother is suffering."

The old man shook his head with a wry smile, completely unable to see the harshness of the stare just now.

The guy hiding aside squinted at the tomboy next to him, and didn't dare to talk anymore, the old man never showed mercy when he beat someone up.

"In this way, the last household has been settled, and Wei will stop nagging. Brother, let's take them to clean the inside and outside of the house first, so as not to be difficult to sleep tonight."

The old man bowed his hands to the manager and said a few more words of gratitude.

Wait until the steward leaves.

The old man's kind expression instantly turned gloomy.

"Kneel down, both of you."

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After leaving the small courtyard, the steward walked back to the guard all the way.

Just half a step into the guard, he suddenly let out a big breath, and his whole body instantly relaxed.

"How about it, have you found out the origin of the heel?"

Xun Yu came out from nowhere, and handed a wet towel to the steward to wipe his sweat.

The steward took the wipes with both hands, and said with a wry smile: "I always thought they were deserters, which made me nervous all the way."

Xun Yu froze for a moment, frowned and said, "Why, aren't they deserters?"

The steward spread out a wet towel, wiped his face, and said angrily, "Those before are definitely deserters, but this family of nine is absolutely not. Do you know what I saw in them?"

"what?"

"The soil shovel used to touch gold, these people are probably Tufuzi."

Xun Yu's expression changed, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he felt as if he had cleared his mind all of a sudden.

"Quickly, send someone to take them into custody, and I will interrogate them myself."

The steward handed the wet towel to the side boy, looked at Xun Yu who was in a hurry, and asked curiously, "Why, do they have a problem?"

Xun Yu laughed and said, "There is nothing wrong with them, but there is a big problem with their previous whereabouts. If my guess is not wrong, those so-called deserters are actually all with them."

Xun Yu walked towards the door while talking, "By the way, the people in the other satellite cities should also be restrained. You send someone to spread the word and don't hurt those native masters. These people may still be of great use. As for Those soldiers can be taken into custody for the time being."

The steward nodded, wondering: "Why are you so flustered, and where are you going in such a hurry?"

Xun Yu replied without turning his head, "I'm going to see the young master."

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Weifu.

Wei Cheng looked at Xun Yu opposite him with a strange expression, "Are you sure you're not joking?"

Xun Yu didn't know why Wei Cheng asked such a question, and said bluntly, "Master, this matter is absolutely true, and there are quite a few people who know it. If you don't believe me, you can ask the second master or the fifth master. They should all have heard of it." right."

Xu Ding standing next to him stood up and said: "My lord, I can verify this matter again, the Cao family indeed secretly supported many native masters, and these people specialize in robbing ancient tombs and collecting gold, silver and jewels.

Back then, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, used this to gain access to Cao Teng's relationship. Many people said that Cao Song was born as a Tufuzi. "

Wei Cheng opened his mouth, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Damn, how come Captain Mojin is still there? Is there still Faqiu Zhonglang?

"Okay, okay, first control the people and ask them if they were sent by Cao Cao to sell the stolen goods."

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Time passes quickly.

the next day.

Xun Yu came to Wei Mansion again, this time he did not come alone, but brought an old man with him, it was Hu Laoshi from yesterday.

"See, I have met Mr. Wei."

Hu Laoshi knelt on the ground in panic. The scene of the family being tortured to extract a confession last night still flashed in his mind. Hu Laoshi couldn't contempt for the seemingly harmless Liu Shijun in front of him.

Wei Cheng looked at the legendary "Lieutenant Mojin" in front of him, looked curiously for a while, and asked, "Your surname is Hu?"

Hu Laoshi lay on the ground respectfully, and replied: "Yes, yes."

Wei Cheng nodded thoughtfully, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Hu Bayi, I caught your ancestors!

"Tell me, who sent you to rob the tomb, and who sent you to Hedong in exchange for supplies."

These questions, Xun Yu had pried them out of the mouths of these local masters last night, and now they are placed on the low table in front of Wei Cheng.

The reason why Wei Cheng asked again was purely out of curiosity about the abilities of these native masters.

What is looking for the dragon and dividing the gold to see the mountain, one level of entanglement is one level of pass... Is it so evil?

The result made him very disappointed. These people were not so much Tufuzi as contractors.

There is basically no professionalism in tomb robbery. If you catch an ancient tomb, you just dig it. You are not afraid of rice dumplings or female corpses. You are like a group of demolition teams.

At the gate of the courtyard, several big men from the city guard moved in several large boxes.

Xun Yu said: "These are some of the funeral objects. There are eight teams in total, and they hid the funeral objects in eight secret places outside the city. The other seven places are far away, and it is estimated that they will be delivered in the afternoon."

Wei Cheng nodded, not interested in the funeral objects.

Just as Xun Yu was about to dispose of it at will, he suddenly felt a faint buzzing sound in his mind.

Wei Wei frowned.

The buzzing sound was a bit like some kind of weird call, and he couldn't help but focus on one of the large boxes.

Seeing this, the two city guards next to the box thought that Wei Cheng wanted them to open the box, so they hurriedly opened the lid to reveal the funerary objects inside.

Wei Cheng stretched out his hand to cover one ear, but the buzzing sound was not affected in the slightest, or in other words, as the box was opened, the sound became sharper.

"My lord, are you alright?" Xun Yu also noticed something was wrong with Wei Cheng.

Wei Cheng waved his hand. Although the buzzing sound was still there, he himself was not uncomfortable at all.

Getting up and walking to the box, Wei Cheng looked at the bronze utensils in the box, frowning slightly, it wasn't them calling me.

At this time, I don't care that these are things used by the dead.

Wei Cheng stretched out his hands and pulled the bronze vessels away, and took out a simple pillow from under the box.

Ancient pillows were all carved from stone or jade, and the pillow in Wei Cheng's hand was a purple stone of unknown material.

When Wei Cheng touched the stone pillow with both hands, the buzzing in his mind suddenly stopped strangely.

Then a hungry thought was formed in Wei Cheng's sea of ​​consciousness, as if the stone pillow in his hand was a treasure, and Wei Cheng had the urge to swallow it into his belly for nothing.

"Wen Ruo, you wait here, I will come as soon as I go."

Wei Cheng couldn't stand the impulse, so he ran into the bedroom next to him with the stone pillow.

Xun Yu and the others looked at each other, wondering what happened to Wei Cheng, and what was so mysterious about that stone pillow.

On the contrary, Hu Laoshi, the Tufuzi, couldn't help frowning as he watched Wei Cheng's leaving back.

After Wei Cheng entered the room, he directly locked the door with his backhand.

Go to the bed and sit down, put the stone pillow on the quilt and put it away.

However, just as his hands left the stone pillow, the humming sounded again in his mind, and it was even sharper than before.

Sudden.

There was a bang of 'boom'.

A bright light flashed in front of Wei Cheng's eyes, making him close his eyes instinctively.

When he opened his eyes again, the world in front of him was blank, and there was only a purple stone pillow floating in the void in front of him.

Wei Cheng reached out and grabbed the stone pillow uncontrollably, stuffed two whole mouthfuls into his mouth, and chewed relish.

Seems to taste okay.

A strong sense of satisfaction welled up from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help hiccupping.

Opening his eyes again, Wei Cheng found himself standing on the balcony on the second floor of the modern old house.

"I returned to modern time and space by myself?"

Wei Cheng looked curiously at the sliding door behind him, and the scene in front of him made his face change suddenly.

A sliding door is still a sliding door, and the space-time vortex that would appear as soon as he approached it, did not appear!

"What the hell is this?"

Wei Cheng tried to touch the glass door, but his hand didn't go through, but touched the actual glass.

"This is me, I can't go back..."

Wei Cheng stood there in a daze.

(End of this chapter)