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864. Chapter eight hundred and sixty-four

Someone reported that the prisoner Mr. Zhao had been kidnapped. Mr. Lu said happily: "Mr. Zhou's fortune telling is really good!" He turned to look at the man in Tsing Yi.

The man in Tsing Yi who stopped the assassin was naturally Liu Xiaoqi. He smiled and said: "Please prepare your troops and horses."

Mr. Lu said proudly: "It has been prepared for a long time."

Not long after, five thousand troops arrived in front of the Yamen with loaded guns and ammunition, and there were people pushing artillery behind them. The general leading the troops was named Bao, with a dark face and a majestic figure. Mr. Lu had already put on soft armor and was waiting at the door with his hands behind his back.

General Bao raised his hands and exchanged greetings. A soldier flashed behind Mr. Lu, clasping his fists and saying: "General Bao, sir, the thief came from the back garden, please follow me down."

The soldier then led the way, leading the soldiers and horses around to the back street of the Yamen, and straight across the street to a crossroads. The soldier found the sign, waved people to follow him and turned around. In this way, he searched all the way to the west of the city.

After walking three miles out of the city, there was a village in front, with its gate wide open. General Bao frowned and shouted, "Wait a minute!" The soldiers hurriedly ran back. General Bao turned to Lord Lu and said, "This is Bagua Village.

"

Mr. Lu was shocked: "What?"

Liu Xiaoqi asked from the side: "Is there anything strange about Zhuangzi?"

A soldier said: "The roads in the Bagua Village are all designed according to the Nine Palaces and Bagua. Outsiders will definitely get lost if they go in. At first, I don't know how many curious people broke in, but they couldn't get in. In the past two years, no one dared to go in.

.”

Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said, "Don't worry, just go in. I'll make sure everyone comes out safe and sound."

Lord Lu stroked his beard and said, "Zhuangshi Liu, can you really take us out?"

"Yes." Liu Xiaoqi said proudly, "I have learned the Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation since I was nine years old, and all ninety-nine and eighty-one variations of it are within the palm of my hand."

Mr. Lu was overjoyed: "Then we have to rely on the strong men!" Then he said to the soldiers, "Go in." The soldiers agreed readily and led the way into Zhuangzi. General Bao left his deputies and two thousand soldiers and horses outside, and he only led three thousand men.

Go in.

This Bagua Village does not look very big. There are three roads leading to the entrance. The houses on the roadside are exactly the same. There are no lanterns or couplets. The soldier searched for a while and found a sign on the east road. He led the people inside and turned twice.

There were more than a dozen curves, and suddenly it became clear that it was a martial arts arena. There were weapon racks all around, including swords, guns, swords and halberds. A full circle of plum blossom stakes surrounded the arena, extremely high. There were more than fifty erected

The targets are not the ones used in the military in a row, with different heights and distances. Liu Xiaoqi said: "This kind of target is not for practicing archery, but for beginners to practice concealed weapons."

Mr. Lu was stunned: "Beginner?"

Liu Xiaoqi thought for a while: "Beginners are not considered just beginners."

Suddenly a person appeared from behind Mr. Lu and said: "Liu Zhuang is a bit strict. Those who can use these concealed weapons are already quite good." Liu Xiaoqi smiled at him. This person was the person who had just been killed.

The guard sent by Mr. Lu to deliver the confession to King Qi.

Liu Xiaoqi asked: "How's it going inside?"

The guard said: "It's a big house, all of them are good. Moreover, this house is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Liu Xiaoqi said "Oh" and waved his hand: "Load the artillery and blow it up."

The guard was stunned: "What?"

"The house is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Of course we let them come out before attacking!" Liu Xiaoqi said confidently, "otherwise it would be a lot of trouble for us to bring the artillery."

The guard laughed dumbly: "I have just thought of countless ways, but I have never thought of this."

General Bao immediately said: "I have never thought about it!" Everyone laughed and ordered the artillerymen to push the artillery closer.

The artillerymen set up their posture in front of the house, and everyone else left the martial arts arena. General Bao raised his hand and was about to give an order, when suddenly he saw the door of the house opened wide, and Mr. Zhao led a group of people out. These people were of various heights, short, fat, and thin.

His eyes were bright, and he looked like he was from the green forest. Liu Xiaoqi hurriedly asked General Bao to mutter a few words, and General Bao looked at him with a smile. Mr. Zhao sneered and shouted: "Master Lu, it's a good move to get up the stairs to the house."

"

Master Lu cupped his hands with a smile on his face, and shouted loudly across the martial arts arena: "I accept, I accept. If you weren't anxious and afraid, I might not be able to succeed."

Mr. Zhao shouted proudly: "It's just that you may not be able to win. You can't get in or out of this Bagua Village."

Liu Xiaoqi shouted: "Don't worry, we can get out."

Mr. Zhao laughed for a while before shouting: "The marks you made when you came in are no longer of use. If you don't believe me, send someone to take a look."

Mr. Lu frowned slightly, and sure enough he sent someone to investigate. Liu Xiaoqi then shouted: "I learned the art of Nine Palaces and Bagua as soon as I peeed. I'm just better than you, not that you are weaker."

Mr. Zhao said proudly: "I have guessed that someone who is good at this skill will break in sooner or later, so this is a slightly modified formation. If you don't believe me, you can try to walk away. There are many traps here. What do you think?

There simply aren’t enough people to fill it.”

"Oh, thank you for the reminder." Liu Xiaoqi shouted, "Anyway, if we can get out safely, Mr. Zhao won't have to worry about it. By the way," he whistled, "have you ever heard of..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard several loud "boom--" sounds, and the artillery fired! The two artillery fires were fired at the same time, and the opponent was completely unprepared. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the front half of the room collapsed suddenly, and screams were heard throughout the room.

Clouds and fog rose and fell one after another. Some were injured by bombs, and some were injured by collapsed walls and broken beams.

Mr. Zhao happened to escape the shell, but was still shocked and fell to the ground. He coughed for a long time, lying in the smoke and shouting: "You attack in secret, you are not a gentleman."

General Bao laughed: "Where can a gentleman come from when two armies are facing each other? The winner will live and the loser will die."

Liu Xiaoqi shouted: "Didn't someone send out a Green Forest Post yesterday, telling you that 'the wind is tight and blowing'? So many people have left, but you still have the luck to go your own way. It is really difficult for a Buddha to seek death."

people."

I heard someone yelling, and a figure ran out of the back of the house quickly. Just as he ran past the door, several gunshots rang out, and the figure fell to the ground. Everyone took a closer look, and saw that it was a nine-meter-tall figure.

The tall man was holding a musket in his hand.

Liu Xiaoqi whispered: "They actually have muskets? Red Bones never sells firearms to the Green Forest people. Where did they get them?"

General Bao looked at the musket held by the corpse from a distance, frowned and said: "It looks like one from the army."

A soldier beside him raised his own gun and said, "It's a real gun in the army. General, look, it's exactly the same as mine."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Look at it this way, either there is a general in the military camp doing thieves' business, or there is a general who has taken refuge with a certain His Highness, and that His Highness is doing thieves' business."

However, the person who had just gone outside to check the signs came back and said, "There are signs at every fork in the road. We can't tell which one we did first."

Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "We have artillery here, so why are we afraid of the Bagua Maze? Anyway, they are coming from the east, and we just need to blast a way out from the east."

Mr. Lu, General Bao heard this and clapped his hands: "Liu Zhuangshi is so refreshing!" "That's right, you really don't have to worry about finding a way."

Before he finished speaking, the guard shouted in a low voice: "My lords, what is that?"

Looking up, the gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated and the dust gradually settled. In the half-collapsed house, there were faintly visible human heads, but only the muzzles of gunshots were exposed. Mr. Zhao had already fled back in a crawl. Someone was moving.

He opened the debris and pushed something out from behind - it was also an artillery piece. Everyone was silent. Liu Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Don't worry, this thing is useless." With that, he jumped onto the plum blossom pile.

I saw him jumping up and down like flying on the plum blossom pile, and in the blink of an eye, he had already circled half of the martial arts field. Suddenly, he flashed and disappeared! General Bao was looking for him everywhere with his eyes, and the soldier reminded:

"General! Their artillery is about to be pushed out!"

I saw seven or eight people among the rubble pushing the artillery slowly toward the door. Their heads were covered with dust and blood. Standing in the martial arts arena, you could see the blood red flashing in their eyes. General Bao shouted: "The artillery is ready."

——”

Before he finished speaking, two gunshots rang out, and the two people behind the artillery fell to the ground. Liu Xiaoqi's voice sounded from somewhere: "Only these two people are artillerymen. The rest are all green forests and grass.

Know how to use artillery."

"Hahahaha——" General Bao's soldiers burst into laughter.

Not long after, Liu Xiaoqi wandered around on the plum blossom pile for a while and returned to the vicinity of the Qi army. He stood on a high pile and said loudly: "Artillery is not easy. You have to hone your skills year after year to be able to aim the gun well."

The front sight. Otherwise, if one accidentally blows up the barrel, he will be killed first." The soldiers laughed again, and Liu Xiaoqi jumped off the plum blossom pile.

These words did not scare the person pushing the cannon in the slightest. After discussing for a while, the two people circled around the cannon and opened the breech. One person behind picked up the cannonball. Liu Xiaoqi whistled. This book

It was the firing signal that he and General Bao had discussed. The Qi army's gunners had just prepared and aimed correctly. When they heard the signal, they immediately fired another shot. One of the shots happened to hit the opposite artillery piece. This time it was not fun.

The Qi army's artillery exploded, and the opposite cannonball that had not yet been locked into the breech exploded, causing countless more cannonballs to explode in succession. Suddenly, there was a roar of fire, and the debris of the house flew everywhere, and the screams were mixed with vague incomprehensible sounds.

distinguish.

Mr. Lu covered his ears and sighed, "I don't know if there are any left alive."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Even if the person is dead, the musket will not be destroyed so easily. You can find the source by holding the musket. And -" he pointed out, "the two dead artillerymen were both face down.

You can tell whose subordinate you are by turning around. Artillerymen must be officers and soldiers, and thieves and bandits cannot be trained. Those who carry muskets outside are all men from the green forest. There must be a gentleman hiding in the back room who has no power to restrain a chicken. Even if he dies, it will inevitably be with him.

There are tokens and other tokens.”

After a long time, someone came out from inside with his hands raised in the air and his face ashen. A moment later, someone else came out, and more than thirty people came out one after another. The soldiers of the Qi army came forward and tied up all these people.

Mr. Lu suddenly said urgently: "Quick, put out the fire quickly!"

"Ah?!" Liu Xiaoqi said, "The fire is so big, it's very troublesome to save it. Just let it burn itself out."

Mr. Lu stumbled and said: "There must be no important files or other things in there."

Liu Xiaoqi pointed at a man with a smile and said, "Don't be anxious, sir. Do you think this man's clothes look like a steward of a noble family?"

Mr. Lu took a look and saw that although the man was covered in black smoke, he was wearing a satin jacket and looked like a steward. Liu Xiaoqi directly reached out and searched the man. After a while, he touched a waistband without looking at it.

Passed it to Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu was shocked when he saw it: "Is it him?"

Liu Xiaoqi asked with a smile: "Who are you?" Mr. Lu stretched out three fingers and handed the belt card to the guard sent by King Qi. Liu Xiaoqi said again, "This... I remember his uncle is a military commander.

.”

Mr. Lu smiled bitterly and said: "I am usually very peaceful, but I really can't think of him."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "This is called pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, or it is also called praying mantis catching cicada and oriole behind."

Mr. Lu snorted: "With such an idea and ability, you dare to be called an oriole."

Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "If our husband hadn't interfered in the theater, he might have succeeded in the chaos among the fans."

Master Lu also smiled and said, "Thank you sir." He then asked, "I don't hear Zhuangshi Liu's accent as being from Nanyang."

Liu Xiaoqi smiled slightly: "Most of the people from Nanyang are immigrants from China." Mr. Lu nodded.

Liu Xiaoqi then took out the items from the steward's arms and took out several seals. Mr. Lu identified them and found that they were the seals of several teahouses, restaurants and inns. He thought to himself: "How can one person manage so many properties?"

With?"

Liu Xiaoqi stretched out his head to take a look and said: "These are definitely not serious tea and wine sellers and inn business, they must be doing shady business."

The steward said in a hoarse voice: "My hero has good eyesight. These are all green forest businesses. I just check the accounts for my master and never interfere." Liu Xiaoqi then looked at Master Lu and laughed.

Mr. Lu coughed and said, "I will naturally decide how far I have to go with you."

The steward said: "I know the way and can lead the adults out."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "No need. I can't trust you. I don't know if you will lead us to some strange place. You don't need to swear, I don't believe it." The steward was raising his hands and opening his mouth as if he was about to swear.

, Hearing this, he had to shut up. "We have artillery. It would not be a pity to blow up such a place where filth and people gather."

The steward hurriedly said: "It is not easy to build this Bagua Village, even the prince can use it."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "If the Crown Prince also wants to build a Bagua Village, I can provide him with the drawings. Don't take over other people's places, especially places used by others to hide secrets. In case there is any secret passage that can only be used by others."

Does the master know this?" The steward's expression suddenly changed. Liu Xiaoqi looked at him and smiled. Mr. Lu was still a little hesitant.

General Bao said: "Master Lu, what Liu Zhuangshi said makes sense." He glanced at the steward and said, "A person sent by the master to deal with confidential matters must be loyal. Maybe this person wants to lead us to the agency to die together?"

Master Lu then said: "Forget it, I will listen to you two." Liu Xiaoqi and General Bao looked at each other and smiled. The steward's legs went weak and he fell to the ground.

Then he ordered people to push the artillery and blast it towards the east. The sound was like thunder, which shocked everyone with their mouths wide open. Countless muskets were still pointed at the burning house, fearing that someone might escape. Seeing that the east side had become a piece of rubble, a

The surrendered Green Forester smacked his tongue and said, "Good boy! Manager Ding, these people are different from what you said!"

When Liu Xiaoqi heard the words "Guanshi Ding", she smiled calmly.


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