On a snowy and cold night, meat and strong drinks were pouring out. Sun Tuzi was sitting cross-legged at a small table, with two of his men beside him diligently urging him to drink. The three of them ate with their mouths dripping with oil and making loud noises.
"To say that we are really unjustly accused, what does this matter have to do with us? It is completely unreasonable for the leader of the Dazhai to scold the leader of the fourth village. The leader of the fourth village has long advised them to bring in more people, but they just refused.
.The death of the leader of the sixth village and the leader of the seventh village has nothing to do with us, the leader of the fourth village." A wretched-looking man sitting at the bottom said while chewing meat.
"Isn't that right? It's caused us to run around here and there these days, inquiring for information. Let me tell you, the leader of the village is just staying in the water village. If you want to do anything, you have to wait until the weather gets warmer. It's cold in the twelfth lunar month.
It doesn't make people live in peace either." Another thin man said.
Sun Tuzi, who was drinking heavily, took a cup of wine and cursed: "Can't the boiling meat scald your dog's mouth? If you keep chirping, get out of here. I'm not asking you to come and drink with me to relieve my boredom.
Adding trouble to me."
The skinny little man said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, we shouldn't talk too much. The fourth village master calms down. Three bald men, give the fourth village master a full cup. Let's give him a drink."
The wretched-looking man hurriedly grabbed the wine can and filled it up for Sun Tuzi, and the three of them drank a glass. The third bald man wiped the wine stains and said: "Zeng Xiaoyi, let's go get the Widow Wang here later. It's so cold in such a cold weather.
She warmed the bed for our fourth village leader."
The thin little man nodded and said: "Very good, without further ado, let's go now. Ask the Widow Wang to eat a few bites of meat and serve her more attentively."
The two of them laughed heartily.
Sun Tuzi waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I have no appetite for her, and my skin is wrinkled by old age. Besides, I need to take some time off these days. Today is the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year will be here in a few days. I guess Village Master Feng
Action must be taken before the end of the year. We should Ansheng inquire about the information, find out the situation and report it. There can be no mistakes this time. We must kill those guys from the north and those from the county government in one go, and then we can have Ansheng
day."
San Baldzi and Zeng Xiaoyi cupped their hands upon hearing this and said, "The Fourth Village Master is right."
The three of them continued eating and drinking. Suddenly, Tuzi Sun stopped his glass and turned his head to the side, frowning and saying nothing. San Baldy and Zeng Xiaoyi hurriedly asked: "Master of the Fourth Village, what's wrong?"
"Don't talk. There seems to be some movement. Listen. It seems to be the sound of fighting." Sun Tuzi whispered.
San Baldzi and Zeng Xiaoyi listened carefully. Everything was completely silent at this moment. The wind also stopped at night after the snow stopped, and the night was very quiet. Sure enough, in the silence, they heard some movement. It was the sound of swords clashing.
There was a lot of noise and it seemed like someone was actually fighting.
"Blow out the lights and go out and take a look." Sun Tuzi shouted in a low voice.
The three bald men blew out the candle in one breath, and the three of them stood up and came to the window. Sun Tuzi lifted up the curtains covering the curtains and pushed the window open a gap. Suddenly, the sounds of shouting and fighting outside became louder, as if they were in Beicheng.
On the street.
Sun Tuzi closed the window, and with the three bald men Zeng Xiaoyi and two others, they went to the door and secretly opened it and stepped outside. Sun Tuzi whispered: "Get the ladder and go up to the room."
Zeng Xiaoyi moved the wooden ladder, and the three of them quickly climbed up to the roof. The roof was covered with thick snow, but the front edge of the roof was flat, so it would not slip. The three of them stooped to the west side near North Street.
Side, lying on the snow and looking at the streets of Beijie.
Figures of people were shaking on the streets of Beijie. Although it was night, some scenes could still be seen under the snowy light. But I saw more than a dozen black figures chasing and fighting on the street. From time to time, some people screamed and fell to the ground, and some shouted and cursed loudly.
Yell.
The dozen or so people chased and fought from North Street to near the city gate, then disappeared into the alley.
Sun Tuzi and the other three were dumbfounded and turned to look in the direction of Dongcheng. There was also a fire on the East Street. The sounds of shouting and fighting came from far away. It seemed that a fierce battle was going on.
The three of you looked at me and I looked at you, wondering what was going on.
"Could it be that... the leader of the stronghold led an attack?" San Baldy asked in a low voice.
"Impossible. Why didn't the main attacker of Dazhai not inform us when they came in? At least they had to ask us to open the city gate for them. Absolutely impossible." Sun Tuzi said solemnly.
"Could it be that the imperial troops have invaded? Or maybe there's a fight between the county government's group and those beggars from the north?" asked the three bald man.
"We can't rule out these possibilities." Sun Tuzi frowned.
"Should we go and take a look?" Zeng Xiaoyi whispered.
Sun Tuzi raised his hand and gave him a chestnut, and scolded him in a low voice: "If you go out and take a look at this time, aren't you seeking death? We'll figure it out after dawn tomorrow. Go down to the house, go to the house, and go to bed. Don't drink any wine.
Put away the food and wine, there is no telling who might break in in the middle of the night."
San Baldzi and Zeng Xiaoyi were shocked. The three of them came down from the roof and returned to the house. They had withdrawn the food and wine and did not dare to make any move.
The sound of fighting outside continued intermittently until midnight before it stopped. The three of them were sure that something unexpected had happened in the city. Excluding the soldiers from the water village coming, the only remaining things were the imperial troops attacking the city and the fighting inside the city.
Already.
Early the next morning, Tuzi Sun and Zeng Xiaoyi, the three bald men, put on tattered clothes and pretended to be beggars and went separately to find out the news.
Sun Tuzi went out and walked west. He first went to the street where the fight took place last night. He saw a large amount of blood scattered on the trampled snow on the street. The body was missing and seemed to have been gathered away. Then Sun Tuzi went to Xicheng to look for it.
Two of his subordinates learned some specific information from them.
As a result, these two guys slept deeply last night and didn't hear anything. The angry Sun Tuzi cursed the two of them and ordered them to go out to investigate, while he strolled along the long street.
Heading in the direction of East Street. When passing by the intersection of the county government office, Sun Tuzi was shocked to see a large group of people standing at the gate of the county government office. There was a long line of corpses wrapped in reed mats on the snow. There were also people shouting loudly.
Cursing and crying.
Tuzi Sun quickly ducked into the alley to take a peek. He saw the group of people carrying the corpses wrapped in reeds one by one into a cart and heading to West Street, as if they were going to bury them.
Sun Tuzi didn't dare to show up, let alone follow him. He took a big detour from the alley and walked around the intersection to not far from the East Gate Square.
There were also many corpses piled up in the East Gate Square. A group of refugee soldiers were carrying these corpses out of the city for burial.
Sun Tuzi thought about it and couldn't figure it out. He returned to East Street and saw Old Man Zheng, who used to own a small restaurant on East Street, standing in front of his house. He hurriedly approached him and asked him secretly.
"What...is going on? Why are so many people dead? There was so much noise last night, what happened?"
Mr. Zheng glanced at the beggar and muttered: "Why are there so many beggars today? Three of them passed by in a while. They all came to ask what happened last night and didn't want to eat. It's really strange."
Sun Tuzi knew as soon as he heard that San Baldy and the others had arrived at the scheduled time. So he said: "I'm just curious. You old man, if you know, just say it, if you don't know, just say you don't know. Are we beggars offending you?"
Mr. Zheng said: "I have never seen such a ferocious beggar. Let me tell you. Two gangs in the city fought last night."
Sun Tuzi hurriedly asked: "Where are the two groups of people? People from the county government and people from the north?"
Mr. Zheng said: "I don't know very well. I just heard someone say that Marshal Wang who came from the north had a falling out with his deputy. The deputy colluded with the people sent by the court who came before and wanted to kill Marshal Wang. There was a fight between the two sides.
Get up and fight all night. The beating was fierce, and many people died. Oh, this world is really hard for people to live. Forty or fifty people died in one night. No, they were all wrapped in reed mats and dragged out to be buried.
It’s over.”
Sun Tuzi was startled, and then he was happy. He sighed: "Oh, that's really a crime. They actually started fighting on their own, it's really strange."
Mr. Zheng said: "What's so strange? They all want to be the boss. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, so why don't they have to fight? Hey, I don't know when this day will end. Life has been like this, and there are still fights and killings. That's all, I don't
I told you, there's no need to cause any trouble."
Mr. Zheng sighed, turned around and entered the house, slamming the door shut.
Sun Tuzi was in agitated mood and did not dare to stay for long, so he walked into an alley and left quickly.
Soon after, Sun Tuzi received a summary of the news from his subordinates at his residence in Beicheng, and learned the ins and outs of what happened last night.
What Mr. Zheng told him was right, but not entirely right.
The fight last night was indeed a fight within the refugee armed forces, and it was indeed Wang Guangzu and his deputy Zhou Che who each led their men to fight, killing or injuring fifty or sixty people. Zhou Che originally had a small manpower and was no match for his opponent, but the county government
Li Xiancheng, a new man here, brought his men to help Zhou Che, and he was on a par with Wang Guangzu's men.
But the cause of the matter is not that there is no room for two tigers in the same mountain, but because of the uneven distribution of the spoils. To be precise, it is for women.
Sanbalzi said that the news he found out from Dongcheng was: the night before yesterday, a group of refugees escaped from the north overnight. It was said that they were the family members of a wealthy family in the north. Among them were more than 20 beautiful young women who were the wives of that wealthy family.
Female concubine.
Wang Guangzu and Zhou Che actually had a falling out because of these women. The wives and daughters of this wealthy family were all beautiful, and they had a falling out in order to get them into their own hands. Zhou Che suffered a loss and took them with him.
People went to Li County Cheng for help, which eventually led to this firefight.
Sanbalzi said that he took the risk to confirm that he indeed saw many women in the large house where refugee handsome Wang Zuguang lived in Zhangjia Garden in the east of the city. Those women were all locked in the house, and they were dressed in colorful clothes.
Women from an unusual family. Because I was afraid, I didn’t dare to take a closer look, but I could see that they were all young and beautiful women.
This news was also confirmed by two other subordinates. The news they got from others was that Wang Guangzu and Zhou Che had a falling out and got into a fight over grabbing a woman.