Suddenly I heard a loud shout in the distance: "Save someone under the knife!"
Buzz.
The big knife, which was as tall as a man, slashed hard and landed on the tip of Dou Aiwei's nose. Even if the sound was slower, Dou Aiwei's head would have been split open.
Snap.
A bead of sweat slid down the tip of Dou Aiwei's nose and fell to the stone floor.
Dou Aiwei opened his eyes and turned his head slightly. Not far away, he saw a young man wearing thin clothes, about seventeen or eighteen years old, rushing towards him.
There were two burly men beside the young man. When they came up, they hurriedly hugged Yuchi Gong.
The young man tried to dissuade him: "Uncle Yuchi, impulsiveness is the devil. Even if you kill him now, what will happen to the injustice that Brother Yuchi suffered?"
"No one can stop me. I will chop him down. Even if Pauline dies, there will be no injustice!"
With that said, Yuchi Gong was about to take action.
Dou Aiwei was so frightened that he hurriedly hid next to the young man.
The young man waved his hand, and the two burly men dragged Yu Chigong away.
Dou Aiwei didn't see it. When Yu Chigong passed by the young man, he winked playfully, as if asking, how do you think my acting skills are?
After Yu Chigong was dragged away, Dou Aiwei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you, young hero, for the rescue!"
The young man turned around and smiled, showing his white and neat teeth: "I know you, the head of the Dou family. Let me introduce myself. This young master is Du He."
Duhe?
Dou Aiwei was shocked and stood there speechless for a long time.
Before he came, he knew that Du He was a young man, but he could become the Marquis of Huyi County, just one step away from being a duke. Such a person must be very shrewd and cunning, and should be around twenty years old.
But looking at it now, Du He looks gentle and very childish.
The key is to be very simple!
Thinking about it, Dou Aiwei felt contempt in his heart.
A boy who doesn't even have hair on his head still wants to negotiate with me. He is really overestimating his capabilities.
"Oh, I have met the Marquis of Huyi County. Look at this negotiation..."
Du He pointed inside and said, "Master Dou, everything is ready. Please come with me."
Du He behaved politely and was not at all like the rumored big devil.
Dou Aiwei felt more confident.
A young boy, just fooling around.
A disdainful smile appeared on his lips, he looked at his dog-headed military advisor, and followed Du He into the courtyard.
In the spacious courtyard, four long tables were put together to form an extremely long table. One end was in the northeast corner of the courtyard, the other end was in the southwest corner of the courtyard, and there were several chairs at each end.
This was the first time Dou Aiwei had seen such an arrangement.
Du He sat in the northeast corner, and Dou Aiwei and the military advisor sat in the southwest corner.
After sitting down, Dou Aiwei cupped his hands and said, "Marquis of Huyi County, I am a guest from afar. Isn't the table you arranged inappropriate?"
The two parties basically have to rely on their throats to speak.
Snapped.
Across the way, Du He suddenly slammed the table, startling everyone present, and shouted loudly: "What are you talking about? Master Dou, haven't you eaten?"
Dou Aiwei had a black line on his face.
He stood up and said loudly: "Marquis of Huyi County, since you invited me to negotiate, you naturally have to show sincerity, but judging from your arrangement, it really doesn't look like you are sincere."
"Are you doubting my sincerity?"
"That's right!"
Snapped.
Du He slapped the table, jumped up, pointed at Dou Aiwei and yelled: "Master Dou, you are so stubborn. You dare to make conditions on this young master's territory... Come on, please ask Master Dou out, by the way.
Uncle Yuchi invites you, please stand aside, lest Uncle Yuchi stabs you and blood splashes three feet, which will harm you..."
Immediately, several guards came out to ask Dou Aiwei to leave.
Dou Aiwei was completely confused.
Is this still the gentle young man just now?
He is simply an unreasonable murderer.
At the mention of Yu Chigong, Dou Aiwei's heart froze.
He quickly shouted: "Master Hou, calm down, calm down...I'm not making any conditions, just..."
"It's nothing. If you want to talk, just sit down. If you don't want to talk, get out!" Du He waved his hand, sat down, and put his legs on the table.
"Let's talk, let's talk!"
Dou Aiwei, who was so confident just now and even looked down on Du He, was now in a state of chaos and his attitude was extremely low.
As the old man got older, he felt a chill on his back.
He regrets it so much now. If he had known earlier, he would have brought all his guards over to suppress the situation.
He quickly glanced at military advisor Yang Wei.
Yang Wei understood and hurriedly got up and went out.
However, not long after, Yang Wei came back, leaned into Dou Aiwei's ear, and whispered: "Master, something bad has happened... all the people we brought have disappeared, I'm afraid... something bad has happened to them."
boom!
Dou Aiwei felt like five thunders were hitting his head.
He looked at Du He in the northeast corner across the table. Du He smiled brightly.
But in Dou Aiwei's opinion, that smile was really like a devil.
Very scary!
That's all, I'm a slave to you and I'm a fish, what else can I do?
He said respectfully: "Master Marquis, our negotiations can begin."
Du He clapped his hands and said, "This is right."
Immediately, two people came out from behind him, and Dou Aiwei actually knew them.
These two people were Wei Ting, minister of Dali Temple, and Li Daozong, minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Du He introduced: "The head of the Dou family, Mr. Wei, and Mr. Li are all my friends and witnesses of today's negotiation."
Du He waved his hand, and Wei Ting stepped forward, took out a thick pile of paper and threw it to Dou Aiwei.
Wei Ting said: "Master Dou, this is the confession of your son Dou Xianren."
Dou Aiwei took it and took a look.
It actually records in detail the entire process of the Dou family trying to kill Yuchi Baolin, including the Dou family sending people to snatch Yuan Xiu from Yangzhou businessman Wang Laowu, and then setting up an ambush at Huguo Temple to kill Yuan Xiu.
He even wanted to take action against Hou Duhe of Huyi County...
If you take these out one by one, Dou Xianren will be dead.
Behind the confession were irrelevant records. When Dou Aiwei saw that Dou Xianren was actually having an affair with his concubines, and there were more than one, he was so angry that he almost fainted.
After a while, Dou Aiwei raised his head, looked at Du He, and asked feebly: "Master Marquis, tell me, what conditions do you want?"
Du He smiled slightly, his smile as warm as the spring breeze, and said: "Master Dou, the conditions are very simple. First, you, the Dou family, will immediately withdraw the appeal and not hold Yuchi Baolin accountable."
"impossible!"
Dou Aiwei stood up in excitement: "My son's body is still cold, why can't Yuchi Baolin be held accountable?"
Du He knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Master Dou, you have thought clearly about what your son is. You don't need me to remind you. Now that you insist on pursuing Yuchi Baolin's son, we have no choice but to put this son to death."
The confession is handed over to Your Majesty. When the time comes, you will not only lose Dou Gongde, but also Dou Xianren, whom you are proud of..."
Hearing this, Dou Aiwei suddenly hesitated.
Du He talked about his pain point.
He looked at Du He, and there was no trace of contempt in his heart. Instead, he secretly thought, this young man is such a powerful character.