Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 118 Conspiracy
In the early morning, the residents of Donglai Inn were awakened by a loud noise.Someone opened the door to check, only to find that a large number of servants from the government had come. These servants were fully armed, holding iron chains, knives and sticks in their hands. The entire inn was surrounded tightly. Several prisoners.

The shopkeeper of the Donglai Inn—Boss Qian was respectfully accompanying Tian Butou.

"Tian Butou, Xiaomin really doesn't know that they are horse thieves. You say they are dressed like a caravan, and the little old man can't see it. If I knew it earlier, I would have informed you in the morning That's it." Boss Qian was busy explaining with a bitter face.A wanted horse thief was found in his shop, and he was suspected of being unclear.

"This matter, I will investigate clearly. Whether you know or not is up to you, understand?" Tian Butou sneered, looked up at the roof and said.

"The little old man knows that Tian Butou will handle it impartially, and he will be fair to the little old man. These... are just a little bit of my heart, and I have the right to give wine to the brothers." Boss Qian said with a flattering smile, and went to Tian Butou. Stuck a few pieces of silver in it.

Tian Tutou snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "Eat wine? Doesn't Shopkeeper Tian sell wine at this inn?"

"Ah? This... oh, of course there is this one, so at noon today, the right little old man will be the host, entertaining Tian Butou and all the brothers, what do you think?" Boss Qian understood, and hurriedly said.

"Some of my brothers are on duty at noon, so they can't come." The head of Tian catcher said to himself.

The corner of Boss Qian's mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Then invite him again tonight. Tian Butou is busy with work, and I know that."

When Tian Butou heard this, a smile finally appeared on his wooden face, and he weighed the money in his hand.

At this time, the three Li Ce brothers were standing in the corridor on the second floor looking down.

"Brother, look at the insatiable appearance of that surnamed Tian. He is clearly taking the opportunity to extort money. Is it okay to hand him over?" Di Qing worried.

"That can't be helped, we can't take them on the road." Li Ce smiled wryly.

"If you want me to say, you should have listened to me last night, and killed them on the spot, and saved trouble." Guan Zhen said a little dissatisfied.

"The horse bandit is also a life, not to mention they paid the price last night." Li Ce said lightly.

"Senior brother, you are the benevolence of a woman. Today I must teach that Xue surname severely. Then don't stop me." Guan Zhenyao pointed to Xue Shengxing who was below.

At this time, Xue Shengxing was talking with Tian Butou with a smile on his face, but he occasionally glanced at Scarface casually.

The three of them saw clearly from upstairs, and seeing Xue Shengxing's dodging eyes, it was clear that there was a ghost.

"No, now is not the time to tear our face apart, we just need to know about this." Li Ce hurriedly stopped.

Di Qing also said: "Why? Let Guan Zhen show him some flair to frighten him, lest he do more outrageous things."

Li Ce explained: "It's not difficult to simply beat him up, but after you beat him up, you still have to go on the road with him, but if you beat him up, he must feel resentful, although we are not afraid of him, but It's not a good thing to be remembered by a villain after all."

Guan Zhen curled his lips and said, "What are you afraid of him doing!"

Li Ce waved his hand and said, "Listen to me first. It's a long way to go to the capital. He Ruinian is uncertain, but he still has a plan. Those enemies hidden in the dark are the deadliest. Let's keep Xue Shengxing and make good use of it." Let him send wrong information to the assassins, which can also confuse them. As for you want to beat him, hehe, it’s not too late when we arrive in the capital.”

"Brother analyzed it." Di Qing nodded in agreement.

Guan Zhen thought about it for a long time and saw that Di Qing also applauded, so he could only say: "Okay, since the second brother also said so, then I have no objection."

Li Ce looked at Xue Shengxing's charming smile, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

After breakfast, everyone went on the road again.

From the beginning of breakfast, Xue Shengxing led a group of yamen servants to sit far away on purpose. Li Ce met his eyes several times, but he quickly avoided them and never dared to look directly at him. Li Ce knew that he had a ghost in his heart. , just secretly sneered.

On the way, the young yamen servant said to the old yamen servant: "Old Song, Xuetou seems to have something on his mind today."

The old yamen servant glanced at Xue Shengxing's figure and said: "I can see it too, but since he doesn't say anything, let's not meddle in our own business. Understand?"

The little yamen servant nodded, looked around and said in a low voice: "What's going on this morning? I heard the sound of fighting and shouting upstairs last night. Why did those horse bandits come to rob Mr. Li and the others?"

The old man frowned, he reined in the rein in his hand, the horse slowed down, and after a while he said: "I am afraid that what happened last night was not that simple, we are just the guards who escorted the prisoner, as long as we arrive in the capital, we will be done." Don’t worry about the mission, other things.”

Xue Shengxing rode aside alone, his head lowered and frowning all the time, he was thinking about what happened last night!How could the final result be that Ma Sanye was caught by mistake and beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face? This is too unbelievable... In fact, when he woke up this morning and found out about it, he was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out come out.

He also heard the movement upstairs last night. He thought the painful moaning was from Li Ce and the others, but he didn't expect it to be from Ma Sanye and the others. He didn't know if he confessed himself, but this morning Seeing his appearance, he didn't seem to confess himself, otherwise, according to that Guan Zhen's temper, he would have found his own bad luck, Xue Shengxing kept comforting himself.

After walking for more than four hours in the morning, Li Ce and the three were talking and laughing at the front, and the yamen servants behind were also talking and laughing, but Xue Shengxing was the only one who was depressed and looked preoccupied.

Li Ce secretly observed his movements, and thought to himself: Pretend that you don't even know how to pretend, your thoughts are all written on your face, why are you still imitating others to be a bad person like this?
Near noon, everyone saw a tea shed in front of them and stopped to rest. Due to the hot weather, everyone tied their horses and couldn't wait to sit in the tea shed. Only Xue Shengxing dawdled for a long time to tie the horse.

"Xue Tou, I'll come, you rest." The little yamen servant ran out diligently and took the reins again.

"No, no, I'm not thirsty." Xue Shengxing said incoherently, and he pushed the little yamen servant to go back while talking.The little yamen servant looked at him puzzled, and walked back in embarrassment.

"Boss, is there anything to eat?" Li Ce asked.

The owner of the tea shed is an old man, and there is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who runs the hall. It seems to be the grandparents. The kid hurried over when he heard Li Ce's greeting and said, "Guest officer, there are only steamed buns in this wilderness." , how many do you want?"

"Let's have three first," Li Ce said.

The yamen servants sat at another table, asked for some steamed buns, and ate them with tea.

Guan Zhen bit his steamed bun and said in a low voice, "The one surnamed Xue has been lingering and refusing to come in, so what the hell is he doing?"

Di Qing looked around first, and then whispered: "He must be leaving a mark, so that people can know which way we are going."

As he was talking, Xue Shengxing suddenly ouched: "My stomach hurts, go and make it easier." He held his stomach as he spoke, and hurried to the grass beside the road with an impatient look.

Li Ce sneered and said, "It's finally here, let's let him toss, let's be more careful."

Everyone had almost finished eating, and Xue Shengxing also came back, with a relaxed expression on his face, as if it was really convenient to go just now.

"Enough to eat and drink, let's go on the road." Li Ce patted his clothes, except for the tea shed, leading the horse and said.

"The sun at noon is so poisonous, don't you want to rest?" Xue Shengxing said in a daze. According to Li Ce's usual style, he would never wrong himself like this.

"I'm afraid it will delay the time, so I won't rest." After Li Ce got on his horse, Di Qing and Guan Zhen followed closely behind.

The servants were so reluctant, it can be seen that Li Ce had already started to leave on his horse, but had no choice but to get on his horse and follow.Xue Shengxing felt his shriveled stomach, hurriedly bought two steamed buns and put them in his arms, ready to eat on the road.

The sun at noon in summer is extremely poisonous. Everyone sweated profusely after walking under the scorching sun for a while, and even the horses were a little irritable when they sat down, and stopped from time to time.

The old yamen servant finally couldn't help but shouted: "Mr. Li, the scorching heat is unbearable, why don't you take a break and let the horses rest as well."

Li Ce was actually suffering from the heat early on, but in order to disrupt Xue Shengxing's plan, he had to grit his teeth and hold on.He didn't speak, but Di Qing said: "Xiangzhou is ahead, and after Xiangzhou is the capital, we must arrive at Xiangzhou tonight."

"What? Arrived in Xiangzhou tonight?" the servants whispered.

"Isn't there a small Qingzhou in front of Xiangzhou? I think we can settle in Xiaoqingzhou tonight. Why do we have to be in such a hurry, the date set by the court is half a month away!" Xue Shengxing said loudly.

"I'm afraid that the assassin will come again. It will be a long night and dreamy. It's better as soon as possible." Li Ce stared at him with burning eyes, and said bluntly.

Xue Shengxing blushed. He was afraid that he would reveal his secrets, so he hurriedly said to himself, "Oh, it's so hot that my old Xue's face is flushed. If this is the case, let's not delay, let's go."

Li Ce looked at his pretentious posture, sneered, and then raised his whip, "Drive!", and the horse accelerated forward.

At Shen o'clock in the afternoon, everyone arrived in Xiaoqingzhou. As soon as they entered the town, Xue Shengxing yelled that he was hungry and had to eat before leaving.

Guan Zhen didn't agree at all, and only said to buy some food to eat on the way, but Li Ce agreed to eat before going on the road.

When entering the inn, Guan Zhen grabbed Li Ce and said, "Brother, can't you see that this Xue is clearly delaying time on purpose?"

Li Ce smiled lightly and said, "How could I not know."

"Then you still agree to delay again?" Guan Zhen asked urgently.

"Oh, Guan Zhen, just listen to your brother, he must have already made up his mind." Di Qing put his arms around Guan Zhen's shoulders and pushed him into the inn.

After the three of them entered the inn and sat down, Li Ce looked around and realized why Xue Shengxing was missing. He hurriedly got up and walked to the table of the servants and said, "Mr. Song, where is your head Xue?"

The old yamen servant said: "Just now Xue Tou said he had a stomachache and went out to buy some medicine."

Li Ce narrowed his eyes and nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Song, this little Mr. Li is so strange." The yamen servant waited for Li Ce to leave, and whispered.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't look at him as gentle, this person is not simple, let's not get involved in the matter between him and Xue Tou." The old yamen servant reprimanded in a low voice. All kinds of people, with his experienced eyes, have long seen that Xue Shengxing and Li Cezhi have a feud, but the two have not broken their faces.

"What's the situation?" Di Qing asked after Li Ce sat down.

"Sure enough, Xue left with another excuse. Let's tease him first." Li Ce said with a sip of tea and a light smile.

"Why, big brother is going to change his mind and plan to stay here tonight?" Di Qing asked.

"That's right, but the second brother understands me." Li Ce patted Di Qing with a smile and said.

"This time Xue Shengxing was treated badly by you. He didn't eat all day. After he came back and heard the news, he would have a stomachache or go out to buy medicine, haha..." Di Qing couldn't help teasing. .

(End of this chapter)