Gao Pangshi was about to send someone to invite Huang Zhiting to discuss instigating a border conflict, but suddenly Huang Zhiting, Cen Ling and other chieftains came to ask for an audience.
Gao pragmatic didn't know what was going on. After meeting them, he asked and found out that it turned out that the chieftains had sent samples of goods. From crude sugar, tung oil to various types of wood, many samples had arrived in Nanning. They were here to invite them today.
I went to visit and inspect it with a high profile.
This was a serious matter, and Gao Pragmatic couldn't refuse, so he had to go with them.
The goods are all sent via waterways from Zuojiang and Youjiang. Since they are only partial samples at present, there are only seven or eight ships of goods in total, all of which are parked at the Nanning River Port Terminal.
The Nanning River Port is not too far from the Nanning Procuratorate, only six or seven miles away. Gao Pingshi boarded the green cloth sedan and soon arrived outside the harbor. He got off the sedan and entered the harbor with a group of toasts with smiles on their faces.
Because Nanning Prefecture is the confluence of the left and right rivers, the scale of the river port is second to none in southern Guangxi. Especially in terms of business, it is relatively developed and the port is crowded. Even if you arrive at the station, it will only open up a road when the avoidance sign arrives.
It was surrounded by merchants and people.
After two counter-insurgency battles and the Nanning Conference, the chieftains now fear and love Gao Pragmatic. What they fear is that he will hit him whenever he wants and without mercy, and what they love is that he is rich and powerful.
I am willing to take them to make money together.
Most of the traders and people in Nanning River Port were curious about him. Since Gao Pinggong had been staying in Nanning for nearly a month, and a Nanning Conference was held during this period, the people in Nanning City now also know that this master is very important.
It's extraordinary, and his achievements are even more remarkable - you only need to look at the chieftains in front of him who are usually so arrogant, but now they are surrounded by stars.
Maybe it’s because Chinese people have a tradition of being onlookers since ancient times. These traders and ordinary people rushed to see this six-time No. 1 scholar on the stage. Maybe they were hoping to get some culture and good luck. The crowding and hustle and bustle almost made people avoid it.
Even the procuratorates in the imperial court could not walk on the road.
The "professional characteristic" of the censor is to be strict with officials and kind to the people. Therefore, Gao is pragmatic and follows the tradition. Instead of being chased away by others, he frequently smiles and greets the "onlookers", which makes the troublemakers even more angry.
The array cheered.
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic actually likes this tone. After all, when he was the mayor, he had never been so crowded by the crowd, and he couldn't even think about "raucous applause"... Ordinary people in that era were far away from officials.
It is not possible to be in awe to this extent, only for subordinates to be in awe of their superiors.
After finally inspecting the samples that must have been carefully selected under the introduction of various shopkeepers and technical backbones in Jinghua, Gao Pragmatic fully expressed his affirmation to the toasts and reiterated once again that as long as the quality and quantity can be maintained,
The supply is on schedule and on time. The acquisition amount agreed between Jinghua and them at the previous Nanning conference can only be increased and will never be reduced.
The chieftains were greatly encouraged, and they were all happy and happy. They gave compliments one after another, put their hats on their heads one after another, and praised them as if they were like flowers.
Money can make the world go round, but the ancients will not deceive me.
Just as he and the chieftains were chatting and laughing, walking together to the place where the sedan chair was parked, someone from the crowd beside the road suddenly threw two smoking objects at them. One fell among the chieftains, and the other fell to the side.
It hit the spot and landed not far away.
These two objects were about the size of the mouths of two pottery bowls butted against each other. After they landed on the ground, thick smoke billowed out and a pungent stench was emitted. The toasts were startled and subconsciously avoided them.
Gao pragmatic was surrounded by the chieftains before, so he didn't see the appearance of the thing. But when he saw the smoke and the scene where the chieftains were avoiding each other, he suddenly realized that this might be the so-called poisonous fire hand cannon.
Understand it as the poisonous smoke version of a grenade.
He was only two or three feet away from the nearest poisonous fire hand cannon, so he naturally refused to smell the poisonous smoke and immediately moved to the side to avoid it. Unexpectedly, he turned around and took two steps towards the road to meet him.
When he saw an old man with a gloomy face, he not only did not yell and run away like the others, but instead walked quickly towards him.
Gao Pingshi's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that something was not right, there was something wrong with this old man!
But after all, he was just a civil servant. Although he practiced regularly, he had no experience in dealing with this kind of situation. He subconsciously opened his mouth to call Gao Zhang and the servants around him.
Unexpectedly, although the old man was old, his movements were quite swift. Gao Pingshi only had time to shout out "catch--" but nothing more happened, and he covered his mouth with one hand.
Seeing him cover his mouth, Gao pragmatic thought that the other party was out of imagination and wanted to take him away on such an occasion, so he couldn't help but struggle hard.
Unexpectedly, this struggle turned out to be extremely smooth. It turned out that the old man took the initiative to let go of his hand. Gao Pingshi felt as if something very small had rolled into his throat, and he swallowed it without hesitation.
At the same time, the old man said coldly in Gao Pingshi's ear: "Han dog, I prepared this sinister snake poison specially for you. Use your dog's life to bury my son!"
Gao Pingshi was shocked. Although he didn't know what Yin Snake Gu was, since it was Yin, snake, and voodoo, it was obviously not a powerful Vajra Pill. It would definitely be a fatal poison if eaten!
He couldn't care about anything else. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the old man let go of his hand, he stretched out his middle finger and dug into his throat - this action was not intended to dig out, but to cause the throat to protect itself and cause vomiting.
Gao Zhang on the other side just took one more look at the poisonous fire hand cannon before turning around and following Gao Pingshi to retreat. Moreover, he did not expect that the assassin turned out to be an old man, so he slowed down his movements and suddenly grabbed the old man.
, the old man had let go of Gao Pragmatic again, and he failed to catch him.
Gao Zhang was furious. Although he was not known for his personal martial arts in the Guard Guards, he could not stand an old man showing off in front of him. He suddenly took a big step forward and grabbed the shoulders of the old man who was about to run away.
"You dare to run!" Gao Zhang shouted angrily, and was about to pull the old man back and push him down. Suddenly, something seemed to bite him in his palm, and there was a strange itching in the severe pain. He subconsciously let go of his hand.
I looked at my palm, but before I could see clearly what was happening in my palm, I felt my eyes blurred for a while, swayed twice, and fell to the ground with a plop.
Over there, Gao pragmatic retched a few times, but only vomited out some saliva. He was feeling that he was about to suffer. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and he saw Gao Zhang falling in front of him. He couldn't help being shocked, and patted his chest.
He shouted: "Gao Zhang? Gao Zhang, what's going on? Wake up!"
At this time, not only the servants of the Gao family, but also the chieftains and the few wolf soldiers under their command also reacted, and they either surrounded the direction where the poison fire was thrown and the hand cannon was thrown, or they went to catch and escape in the chaos.
old man. However, the servants of the Gao family quickly gathered around to prevent the assassin from having any back-ups.
Huang Zhiting was the first to notice that Gao Jingshi had her mouth covered by the old man, but she was being guarded by her own wolf soldiers and moved back. By the time she pushed away the wolf soldiers angrily and ran over, Gao Jingshi had given up retching and called Gao Zhang instead.
went.
Huang Zhiting rushed over and asked anxiously: "How are you?"
At this moment, Gao pragmatic thought of the old man's words again, and felt a chill running down his spine and his scalp was numb. He said, "The old man fed me something, and I accidentally swallowed it. He said it was Yin Snake Gu."
As he talked, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his face turned pale.
"Yin Snake Gu?" Huang Zhiting was shocked, and then said angrily: "Then why are you still here? Come on, please raise the stage and return to the procuratorate!"
"Gao Zhang seems to have been hit too..." Before Gao Jingshi could finish his sentence, the two wolf soldiers beside Huang Zhiting picked him up without saying a word and carried him to the procuratorate.
Huang Zhiting hurriedly ordered: "Carry this person away too!" Then she quickly followed him and said pragmatically to Gao: "Don't worry about others. Don't talk or move from now on. I'll send someone to Luoyuzhai immediately to ask for Ah Li.
Sister, although the Yin Snake Gu is deadly, it will only take a month... Anyway, don't move now, you must be as quiet as a dead person. The more you move, the faster the poison will spread!"
Gao Pragmatic could only believe that she knew much better about poison than he did. However, when he heard that it would be a month before the poison entered the poison and killed him, he felt relieved, his mind gradually became clearer, and his body consciousness also recovered.
Normal, then looking at Huang Zhiting who looked anxious, she said with some confusion: "But Miss Huang... I don't seem to feel any discomfort."
