Chapter seven hundred and seventh night without a turbulent night and morning shock
Do you want a guy who comes to your door crying and begging to be a lackey? For Zhang Shou, this is a question not worth considering at all. Is he full to hold on? There are a lot of malleable little ones at home.
You don’t need this guy. Ah Liu personally picked him up after going around the capital and outside. You don’t need a helper with good character, but you use someone who comes from the black market to do dirty work?
To put it another way, even if he might need someone to do the dirty work in the future... who else could do it more efficiently than Ah Liu?
Therefore, when Jiang Zhuoer asked who those guys who had also accepted this task were, he hooked up with Ah Liu, and then left Jiang Zhuoer in the torture chamber without hesitation, and then took Ah Liu with him.
When Liu went out to the study, he said bluntly: "Can you contact Mr. Hua Qi? If you can, throw this hot potato out. There are no torture instruments in this torture room, so it won't last long."
"Not tonight." Ah Liu shook his head very directly. Seeing that Zhang Shou was a little surprised, he said solemnly, "Something might happen tonight. I have no evidence, it just feels wrong."
Zhang Shou is not superstitious, but he dare not disbelieve in the so-called sixth sense. After all, for someone like him who has lived in peaceful times for too long and has spent most of his time in comfort after arriving in this world.
For a human being, his premonition of danger is infinitely close to zero, and at most he can only judge the crisis from changes in the situation.
At this moment, when Ah Liu said this, he remembered that he and Zhu Ying were in the village when they heard about the Yingxiao rebellion in the Linhai camp. Then he thought about the events that had happened one after another in the past few days, and it was clear that a storm was coming.
The wind filled the building, and he couldn't help but feel that his heart was heavy, and his relaxed and carefree expression disappeared.
"I understand. Then it's up to you. Just lock this person up and ignore him. There's no need to send anyone to report the news, so as not to cause any harm to those who go out during the night. You can go and arrange the defenses yourself. I, a layman, can
I don’t want to command you, an expert.”
Being called an expert by Zhang Shou, Ah Liu was naturally very happy. He agreed enthusiastically, and then strode out, but before taking two steps, he turned around again, but hesitantly
Said: "Although the madman has trained a lot of people, the heat is still low. Why don't you and your wife go to Tiangongfang, where it is safe."
Hearing such a reasonable suggestion, Zhang Shouzheng was about to agree, but suddenly he had a vague idea in his mind.
You know, underground chambers and secret passages are originally the last resort for wealthy people these days. In addition, they are hidden deep underground and are easy to defend and difficult to attack. When you really encounter a dead end, you can even move immediately.
As for many secret passages, there are even self-destruction devices - of course, self-destruction will never use gunpowder...
Who can bear the thought of having a gunpowder magazine under their house that could explode into the sky at any time?
But things like secret passages and chambers are still afraid of two things, one is water, and the other is fire. Water attacks are afraid of people diverting water and pouring it back. Fortunately, most people these days are not so crazy that they use this method to attack the city.
Used to deal with secret passages in secret rooms.
As for fire, there is no such thing as burning down a secret tunnel, because it is difficult for fire to spread underground, but the problem is that when there is fire, there is smoke. In this era when all air circulation depends on vents, smoke prevention is
It is completely unrealistic. After burning down a house, the air on all sides will be filled with the smell of smoke, and the secret passage will not be spared.
However, leaving aside the extraordinary means of water attack and fire attack, if the secret passage is to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is another major prerequisite, that is, the location of the secret passage in the secret room is very hidden and unknown to others.
However, his garden was formerly known as the Luwang Villa. After he took over, not only did he not dig out these things again, but Ah Liu even went through them specially, drew the location of the secret passages and chambers on a drawing, and reported it to the emperor. Of course,
This is just superficial. This Zhangyuan has been owned by the royal family for a long time. How can those secret rooms and secret passages be hidden?
Realizing this, Zhang Shou couldn't help frowning and asked: "Unlike the secret room behind this study, I remember that there are exits on the other side of Tiangongfang. Are those exits really reliable?"
Ah Liu is quite dull in other places, but when it comes to such professional issues, his reaction is very quick: "Master, are you afraid of being discovered when you exit, so you counterattack and come in?"
Seeing Zhang Shou nodding, he said thoughtfully, "I heard from a lunatic that there used to be a shop belonging to a relative of Shuntian Prefecture.
It’s there. But it’s now a charity hall belonging to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Of course, the word “Supervisor of Ceremonies” will not be mentioned in the name, that Jimin Charitable Hall is still somewhat famous in the capital.”
At this point, he said seriously: "However, this shrine is under the emperor's nose, and there is not so much mess. I have been there. It is peaceful and quiet inside, and the atmosphere is good. But I don't think the young master needs to be cunning.
, so after I sent up the secret passage and the secret room map, I told the madman to block all the exits of the secret passage, and I also asked the madman to come over and set up traps."
Zhang Shou ignored all the internal affairs of the family - as an outsider with a shallow foundation, he calmly accepted the emperor's plan to sell the house, but in fact it was a gift, and he also fully accepted Hua Qilai's plan to help train the people in the house.
, that is to openly expose everything about yourself to the emperor's eyes, so he only had a vague impression of what Ah Liu said.
He is so busy, where does he have time to take care of this?
Therefore, he didn't bother to think about it and said bluntly: "Even the layers of rammed earth like the imperial tombs of the past dynasties cannot withstand the tomb robbers who break holes, let alone the blocked secret passage exits in our house.
Already."
Ah Liu was ready to refute, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Shou's statement was not unreasonable. So, he was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Then let's do this. The young master will sort out his things and stay at the lady's place at night.
You don’t have to worry about it.”
Zhang Shou saw Ah Liu say these words and walk out. He didn't know if he would let Ah Liu break his legs just by talking, but he felt that his worries were not unreasonable, so he didn't remind him anything.
, after returning to the desk, he cleaned up casually, then put a stack of manuscript papers into the wooden box, put on his cloak and hugged the wooden box and left the study. Apart from the manuscript, he had nothing important. As for the person behind him,
He completely forgot about the fact that there was a prisoner in the secret room that he regarded as a torture chamber.
That night, Zhang Shou slept on the large carved bed in the east wing of Wu's courtyard. Although the environment suddenly changed and there had been a lot of turmoil recently, he was probably too busy during the day. When he came over at night, he was attracted by Wu's adoptive mother.
After nagging him hard about the relationship, he had no energy to think about it. He went back to his room to wash up and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
However, perhaps because he was too tired, he dreamed one after another, and every time he woke up, he continued to dream almost without any hesitation. One after another, when he was finally woken up by a call, it was
I found myself sweating all over.
When they met, it was Wu's familiar face. Zhang Shou, who was still in a daze, was stunned for a moment.
Seeing his scene, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but think of the nightmare he had when she was a child. She quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat. She was stunned for a moment and then avoided him with a little embarrassment. Only then did she realize that Zhang Zhang was now...
Not only is Shou getting older, but he also already knows that the two of them are not biological mother and son, so such closeness is a bit inappropriate.
So, she immediately stuffed the handkerchief back into her sleeve, and then said with a smile: "Ah Shou, Ah Liu sent someone to report in the middle of the night that he had caught a few thieves who had sneaked in. He told me not to tell you, until daybreak.
Besides, I thought about it and waited until midnight. It’s still early now, but something big happened at home, so I still want to wake you up and say something.”
"Why don't you go out today and go back to sleep? Looking at how sweaty you are, please take a day off."
Ah Liu captured a thief or something. Although Zhang Shou's heart sank, he wasn't too worried, but Mrs. Wu instructed him to take leave today, so he couldn't help but glance sideways outside the window. There was no light outside.
, as if it is still a long night.
With his throat a little thirsty, he smiled at Mrs. Wu and didn't answer, but wanted to get the tea cup on the small table. Seeing this, Mrs. Wu quickly grabbed the tea cup and poured out the cold remaining tea inside.
, but went to pour another cup from the cattail bag. Although the tea was not much warmer than the tea just now, when she handed it to Zhang Shou, she still whispered: "When you go to bed in the future, hang a pot of water outside."
Seeing that Zhang Shou was noncommittal and lowered his head to drink tea, she added, "This will prevent you from having to drink this cold tea when you are thirsty in the middle of the night."
"Mom, it's okay. On weekdays, Ah Liu is next to me, and the teapot is warm under the thick quilt. There is warm tea anytime and anywhere." After saying this, Zhang Shou put on his socks and clothes and got out of bed.
Yin smiled and said, "As for asking for leave if there is a thief in the house, this is a bit of a fuss... Let's wait until daybreak and send someone outside to investigate."
Knowing that his avoidance just now might give Wu something to think about, he took the initiative to shake Wu's hand: "Mom, I promise you, if someone comes back to inquire, it won't be peaceful outside, so I will ask for leave today.
If there's nothing big going on outside, I'll go to Jiuzhangtang later. Don't look at me sweating profusely just now, it's just because I'm dreaming too much."
"I think about it every day and dream about it at night. If you weren't so busy and encountered so many things, how could it be like this?"
Although Wu felt distressed, Zhang Shou had given in like this, and she could no longer be stubborn. After sighing, she made way for Zhang Shou to change clothes. Although the two mothers seconded by Zhao Guogong were teaching the girls at home, they could not be stubborn anymore.
Zhang Shou had never done anything about dressing up, except Ah Liu, and she had no intention of testing the self-control of those little girls.
After all, when Zhang Shou was in the village, who wouldn't like to follow Zhang Shou around all day long?
When Zhang Shou finished dressing up and came out, she saw that his hair had been combed, so she quickly said, "I'll send someone to call Ah Liu over. Can you ask him personally?"
Knowing that Wu would never let him and Ah Liu team up to hide her this time, Zhang Shou nodded readily and immediately ordered someone to fetch water to wash up. After rinsing his mouth with warm water and brushing his teeth, and washing his face with cold water, he finally felt energetic.
Feeling refreshed, I simply used a soft towel wrung out from cold water and applied it to my eyes for a while.
While Zhang Shou was washing up, Mrs. Wu had already hurriedly asked someone to go to the kitchen to see what was available. Fortunately, after a while, she saw the mother Yang she had sent come back with a food box.
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"The small kitchen was still lighting a fire. In the big kitchen, Mrs. Xu stayed up all night and made a lot of vegetable buns, so Ah Liu had the strength to stay up late to work. When she heard that the young master was up, she asked me to bring ten of them back. Next.
If you heat it over a charcoal fire, it shouldn't get cold."
Zhang Shou didn't expect that the big kitchen would be busy all night. Although Mrs. Xu is not as old and frail as she seems, making steamed buns is not as easy as it seems. There are just a lot of green leafy vegetables that need to be cleaned.
, kneading the dough, chopping the stuffing, mixing the stuffing, etc., it takes a long time, not to mention that because it is so popular, every time it is made, there are a hundred.
Therefore, the required flour and vegetables all require a large amount. She is not willing to leave others alone, so she does not often make it at home.
Thinking that the old man had not slept all night, he immediately felt a little apologetic, but when the food box was brought to him and opened, he saw the slightly yellow but chubby buns, and his stomach couldn't help but feel even hungrier, and he immediately thought about it.
Unwillingly, he grabbed one in his hand, then pushed the food box in front of Wu, and he destroyed the one in his hand in three strokes.
Seeing his unscrupulous eating style, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but smile knowingly when she thought of how everyone outside said about Zhang Shoushi's appearance and demeanor - in her opinion, it was only in front of his own family that Zhang Shou was so unscrupulous.
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Zhang Shou finished the meal in one go and found that Mrs. Wu still hadn't moved, so he had to remind her again, but then motioned to Yang's mother and others to help themselves. Although the others were polite, but when he saw Mr. Wu eating one, he shook his head, and Zhang Shou shook his head.
Shou said it was enough if he had eaten three, and they divided the rest among themselves.
After all, once Mrs. Xu makes vegetable buns, and there are many people in the family, every cent will be lost. Even if they never tire of eating, they still can't force the old but stubborn old man to make more. Who is willing to waste?
And when the group of people had almost filled their stomachs, Ah Liu finally arrived with Anlu.
Although he hadn't slept all night, Ah Liu still looked energetic, while An Lu, the lame man who was in charge of the concierge before, still had a murderous look on his body. Although there was no trace of blood on their clothes, they could still smell the blood.
Angry. Even though Wu had already known that a thief had sneaked in before, she couldn't help but turn pale. Could it be that she had killed someone before?
Ah Liu bowed to Wu and Zhang Shou as usual, and said simply: "Two groups of thieves came in at night, eight in total."
Seeing Ah Liu's simple words, Wu, Zhang Shou, mother and son all looked at him, and Anlu could only explain in detail: "Madam, young master, after the ugly scene last night, a total of two groups of thieves sneaked in. One group came from outside.
The two people who came in through the wall were discovered by others, so I quickly led people to surround them, but this was an attack in the east. The real killer move was that someone dug out the secret passage exit at the other end of Tiangongfang and sneaked in six people.
Individuals were hit by traps, four died, two were seriously injured, and they were all captured!"