When the belatedly arriving officer of the Heqing County City Defense Office stepped into the gate of the Washington Palace, the servants who were sweeping had already washed away the blood on the ground. Wu and the uninjured escorts from the Escort Bureau were busy taking care of the seriously injured and those who were about to die and those who were slightly injured.
There were not many people, and they all sat down in the courtyard leaning on the pillars and white walls of the corridor. The dead ones had been carried to the backyard. Everyone was covered with a fine white cloth, not burlap, which was decent.
When the fat steward who hurried back to Washington saw these officers sent by the city defense yamen, he cursed in his heart, "If you don't come early, if you don't come late, if you don't come late, the thieves will come to kill you, and you won't take care of them. This time, they came to Washington instead."
To beat the autumn wind, if you don’t work hard and work hard, you just want to beat the autumn wind and make money. It’s a good plan.
Even so, the fat steward still put on a greasy smile, and when he bowed to the head guard, he secretly handed over a banknote of one hundred liang denomination, and after thinking about it, he stuffed in an ingot of fifteen taels of silver. After all, it was real money.
The money is the hard currency. Although the banknotes given by Washington are always genuine, with such a little extra, I think this old and greedy police chief will not refuse to accept it. If he accepts it, his words will be tightened after leaving Washington.
some.
The officer sent by the city defense yamen collected the money and left Washington as expected. Before leaving, he asked if he needed a widower. If so, he would need to add more money to the previous money. The fat steward couldn't help but greet this man in his heart.
The leader of the police force has eighteen generations of ancestors, but he smiled shyly and handed over a silver coin.
Are you treating our Washington government as a ticket office, and will you come here when you are short of money? The fat steward spat, and trotted to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.
It seems that the auspicious day of the zodiac chosen by the Sun family to welcome the bride is useless, so they have to choose another day. The courtyard of Xiaoxiang Pavilion was originally crowded with bustling servants of the Washington Palace. Now that they heard that the Woniu Mountain murderer had retreated, they all returned to the Washington Palace.
Originally, everyone was performing their respective duties, but before leaving the Xiaoxiang Hall, they did not forget to kneel down with Hua Xiang and express their gratitude to their master for taking him in.
Standing in the house and watching these people go away, even the servants in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion also avoided to go to the side room. In the main room where the Xiaoxiang Pavilion was entertaining guests, Hua An, the owner of Hua Mansion, stood with his hands behind his hands, and Hua Xiang, who had just closed the door
He said with a smile: "Thousands of small favors in daily life can't compare to this life-saving kindness. You are better at controlling people's hearts than your father."
"Now it seems that this method has revealed the truth of people's hearts." Hua Xiang's red lips parted slightly, moving people's hearts, but what he said was the harshest words, "On weekdays, if you give them a piece of gold, you can give them tens of millions of dollars."
After thanking you, I secretly told you that you might want to accumulate some blessings for me. If you take a piece of jujube cake from them, you will have to pierce a scarecrow with Hua Xiang's name on it."
"You have a lot of gold, and their jujube cakes may only have a few pieces a month, so they can't be compared." Hua An stretched out his hands behind his back, spread them flat, and raised one hand slightly.
, "In their hearts, that piece of date cake may not be worth less than your gold ingot, my daughter."
"Xiang'er has been taught a lesson by his father's words." Hua Xiang thought for a long time before feeling out the meaning, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Today is your happy day. Who would have thought that the king of Wo Niu Mountain would be so rampant, killing people in the county and robbing people in broad daylight. Fortunately, Wu He and the escorts of the escort agency fought hard at the risk of their lives, and the escort leader used it again.
Wisdom." Hua An rubbed the emerald green ring on his thumb, "Otherwise, it would be very unpleasant for my father, and you would be kidnapped and taken to Woniu Mountain, and my father would have no choice but to watch. My father's difficulties...
"
"The Huafu has always shown itself weak. So far, many people in Suzhou think that the Huafu is just a first-rate wealthy family in Heqing County. My daughter knows her father's ingenuity." She sighed, "It's just that the family is gone all of a sudden.
So many lives..."
"One general's success will cause all bones to wither,
This is an eternal truth that needs no further elaboration.”
Seemingly a little displeased, Hua An added: "As a father, I also know that you are dissatisfied with this marriage between the Sun family in the north of the city. The children of the Sun family tend to be such unambitious characters..."
"The husband sings and the wife follows." Hua Xiang chuckled again, "It's a good idea to put on some disguises for my father."
"That's very good. My Xiang'er understands righteousness well and is not inferior to men. I am very happy as a father." Hua An said happily, and then told Hua Xiang about the fighting scene in the Washington Palace today. If an ordinary woman heard this, she would inevitably be confused.
Rong was pale, but this pampered only daughter in Washington got excited after hearing this.
"Father." Hua Xiang suddenly interrupted the latter, "You said that the head of the Wuhe Escort Bureau, Zhang, seems to be somewhat resourceful. There are probably some clues to his crude and deceitful skills.
Please pay attention to my father then."
"It doesn't matter." Hua An waved his hand, "Things in this world that can be solved with money are nothing in my father's eyes."
This time the Hua family spent a lot of money to show off their weakness.
Hua Xiang also smiled.
The young master of Jiangzhou was named Xiang, and he was unparalleled.
The son of the Hua family in Suzhou was extremely wealthy.
Most people in Heqing County know that Huafu has strong financial resources, but they don't know that this is just a little treasure revealed from the fingers of Huaan, the owner of Huafu.
Ten thousand taels....Ten thousand taels of silver....
Ten thousand taels of silver!
The amount that the fat steward said with a smile on his face made Zhang Bashun feel like he was in the clouds. The five thousand taels of silver that were originally agreed upon have now doubled. Anyone who heard this would go crazy with joy. The original silver was divided.
Giving some subsidies to my dead brother is enough to make a living, but it's still far from being happy and happy. Nowadays, Washington is so generous...
Zhang Bashun came to find Hua An, the master of the Washington Mansion, in order to clear up his previous doubts. He happened to bump into the fat steward, and without any explanation, he pulled him aside and told him the amount of ten thousand taels of silver.
However, Zhang Bashun did not have the expected expression of joy on Zhang Bashun's face. He seemed to acquiesce, turned around and walked back.
Seeing this, the fat steward lied a little, thinking that the money he offered was less. The master's original intention was to add another 10,000 taels, but he felt that the 15,000 taels of silver were given to these mud-legged warriors.
, it was really a waste, so he made his own decision and offered a price of 10,000 taels of silver. Not to mention saving 5,000 taels, the master might be happy and reward him with a few hundred taels.
He trotted up, trembling and fat, and just when he was about to speak, Zhang, the head of the Wuhe Escort Agency, turned around, with a gloomy face that seemed to drip out of water, and said in a deep voice:
"Go back and tell your master that the life of the daughter of the Washington Palace is life, and the life of our brothers and the escort agency is equally life!"
After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving the fat steward smiling bitterly.
Walking to a side courtyard in Washington DC, Zhang Bashun opened the door, and met two Wu He Escort Bureau guards who looked at him eagerly. When they saw it was Zhang Bashun, the head of the escort, they put down their swords.
After experiencing this life-and-death fight, Wu He and the escorts in the escort agency were all frightened. The slightly injured ones were still lying in the room with their weapons close to their bodies. One of the seriously injured ones bled too much and could not recover. The rest were lying in the room.
The Washington government hired a good doctor to nurse him back to health, but his life was not in danger.
Zhang Bashun opened the curtain of one of the rooms and entered. The strong smell of medicine mixed with blood rushed to his face. Heqing County City
One of the most respected doctors in the hospital was changing the dressing on Gu Shengyang's broken arm. The weather was hot in summer, and there were a lot of mosquitoes and flies. If the dressing was not changed the next day, a swarm of flies would bite the gauze. Washington was already one of the worst in Heqing County.
Once the ground was clean, there were few snakes and insects. However, the weather was hot and two basins of ice were placed in the room, so the effect was limited.
When Gu Shengyang saw Zhang Bashun come in, he squeezed out a smile on his pale face and called to the little Gu Gu Sheng who was waiting nearby to bring him a chair. He watched him sit down and asked:
"How many brothers died?"
"Five are dead and eight including you are injured." Zhang Bashun sighed, "There are less than ten of our escorts who are still able to move and have some minor injuries on their bodies."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have taken money from the Washington government." He continued expressionlessly, "When I return to Jinzhou afterwards, I will go to the chief escort officer to apologize."
"What's your fault? The fault is that I'm too old to help, and our bodyguard agency is not strong enough." Old Gu Gu Shengyang sighed, "If it had been twenty years ago, when the chief bodyguard was taking the lead, with that Wu Erlang
His abilities are nothing special..."
"What to do with the dead brother?" Zhang Bashun thought of this section and said with even more shame, "If we leave it here for two more days, it will stink."
"Burn it as soon as possible, take the ashes back to your hometown, and then go to a nearby temple to find some decent monks to pray for you. We have plenty of money now, so we can't be stingy with this little money."
Zhang Bashun did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence. The two uninjured bodyguards in the room set off to find the monk who had been saved and the place where the people were burned. The doctor indicated that he wanted to change Gu Shengyang's dressing, and it was best to free up some space. Gu Sheng and Zhang Bashun could do it.
He consciously exited. Before leaving the room, Zhang Bashun looked back and saw Gu Shengyang stretched out an arm, took a cork stick and bit it in his mouth. The doctor untied the cloth wrapped around the severed arm, and saw that the flesh and blood were ferocious and the bones were thick with stubble.
He turned around and put down the curtain and went out, unable to bear to look at it anymore.
A howl that was suppressed deep in his throat came from inside the room. Zhang Anshun knew in his heart what kind of person his old friend was. Unless he was in extreme pain, he would not make a sound.
Gu Sheng, who was nearby, was also paying attention to what was going on in the house. He trembled all over and punched the wall. Then he supported his arms and buried his head between his arms. There were gradually signs of water on the ground below.
"If I had gone with him, if I had gone earlier..." Wei Changpan was also nearby and murmured after hearing the noise coming from the house.
The wailing that he tried to suppress came from the room and finally stopped. He didn't know whether it was because he lost his strength or because the doctor was already in trouble. Gu Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, opened the curtain and rushed in.
"You have tried your best. If you hadn't paid attention in the end, the lives of so many brothers would have been in vain. I, Zhang Bashun, owe you a huge favor to you, little brother Wei." Zhang Bashun patted his shoulder, "Little brother Wei,
Wu He Escort also accepts your kindness so that its reputation will not be damaged."
He also walked in. From his back, he looked ten years older.