It was said that official Wang went to the next yard to examine the bodies of his men, and he seemed to be frightened. Jia Cong, who was reading at midnight, finished eating snacks and drank half a pot of tea. When he didn't come back, he became a little impatient and ordered someone to invite Gong Kun.

Come over, Yin said to Gao Ying: "Mr. Gong will make the decision here. I have to go out and stretch my muscles after sleeping for a long time." Gao Ying nodded, and he wandered outside.

Suddenly he wandered outside the inn door and saw government officials guarding him from far and near, and many people watching the excitement. He was upset, so he walked further along the street. Suddenly someone came up and said: "This little man

Brother, did you come out from last night..." He pointed at the inn, "Where did you come from?"

Jia Cong turned his head and saw an old man timidly smiling. He nodded and said, "Yes, I was so scared that I hid in the cupboard all night."

The old man hurriedly grabbed him: "I heard that many people died?"

Jia Cong said: "That's what the people in the inn said. I still want to see it, but they don't allow it."

The old man asked again: "Is there anyone alive?"

Jia Cong was stunned.

The old man then sighed: "Brother, I heard that the son of an old neighbor came here last night with Young Master Wang. Some people said that those who didn't escape were all dead. They came to inquire and were stopped by the gentleman... I don't know.

Is that child still there?"

Jia Cong felt sad and said: "I heard from your Excellency that the family they robbed was a general, and his men were all veterans who had fought barbarians in the north for many years. The robbers were far inferior to them in terms of ability, and they could not escape.

...all dead.”

When the old man heard this, he immediately shed tears: "How can he let me live?"

Jia Cong also lowered his head and said after a long time: "Why would a good person become a robber?"

The old man waved his hand and said: "Young people, relying on their strength, don't want to make a living honestly, so it's easy to rob them. But there are some dark-hearted people who coax them into the wrong way. That's all, I don't meet anyone who is capable today.

, sooner or later he will meet him one day. This is his fate." He then shook his head and left.

Jia Cong looked at his back and looked around, and sure enough he found many people, men, women, old and young, looking around. They were probably relatives of those who died last night. He immediately lost all thoughts of wandering around and went back to the inn to lie down.

On the kang.

He felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but think that if there was more war and chaos in the future, how many people would die. This was not an online game.

He was dazed for a while and fell asleep again. When he opened his eyes, it was already dark, so he slowly got up and ran to look for Gong Kun.

Pushing open the door, he saw a large group of people sitting in Gong Kun's room, talking animatedly. Jia Cong squeezed in beside Jia Huan without saying a word, poured himself a cup of tea, and reached for Jia Huan's paper bag.

Get some snacks.

Gong Kun glanced at him and said, "Student made one hundred thousand taels for Third Master today."

Jia Cong asked with snacks in his mouth: "Is it just ours or does it include the Gao family's?"

Gong Kun said: "It's our family alone. I don't care about the Gao family. Gao Ying discussed it with him for half a day, and it seems like it's only ten thousand taels."

Jia Cong was happy to hear this and said with a smile: "Cousin Gao somewhat doesn't want to offend the eldest prince. To compensate our family for such a round sum is definitely not just for everyone's recovery."

Gong Kun nodded and said: "I've been scaring him for a long time. What kind of person is our Third Master Cong? Last year, the ministers discussed the establishment of a prince. The saint hesitated for several months, but our Third Master gave up his idea with just a few words.

"

Jia Cong felt something in his heart and glared at him: "You are just watching the fun and don't think it's a big deal."

Gong Kun said with a smile: "Their money was given to the prince in vain to cause trouble. Why don't you bring it to us? Third Master, don't forget to fill in seven good things for the house."

Jia Cong was speechless for a moment. He swallowed the snack and asked if he could find out who died last night.

Gong Kun said: "I searched for people to inquire about it, and tried Wang Daguan's words. I thought that many of his masters were killed. We were just discussing. Does Han Guang have such ability? Is there anyone else?

Take action? If he is really that capable, he is truly a talent."

Jia Cong waved his hands repeatedly: "No! Anyway, you have to be responsible for killing him. No matter how hard I try, I can't forgive Brother Han Qi and I can't keep him alive. As the saying goes, we don't conspire against each other, even if he is used by me, he will be killed sooner or later.

He was a drag, and even if he failed to protect everything, he would backfire. Furthermore, even if he died for the sake of the three members of the Gao family last night, he must pay for it with his life."

Gong Kun thought for a moment and advised: "Third Master, the days are long and there are many things that only a small person like him can do."

Jia Cong said flatly: "There is no need to discuss. We are not ruthless enough. There are indeed many things that are inconvenient to deal with. It doesn't matter. We can always become more ruthless in the future, or get a few more ruthless people. Take people like Han Guang here

There will be endless troubles, and I don’t have the energy to keep an eye on him.”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Gong Kun nodded and said, "That's it. If it's like this, I won't keep him anymore." He then added, "The people who fled back last night said that our birthday gifts are worth a fortune, and we can buy half of them."

Taiyuan Prefecture.”

Jia Cong frowned: "Together we will become Tang Monk flesh. What else is there?"

Gong Kun said: "The leading people are all dead."

Jia Cong asked: "Did we kill them or were they killed by their own people?"

"Pfft..." Wu Xiaoxi laughed out loud, pointed at him and said, "Why do you have the same thoughts as Mr. Gong?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "The leaders are all capable. Several capable people are dead? No one knew how to escape? No one escaped? That young master Wang died first, okay?

If it were me and them, the most important thing would be to send Young Master Wang's body back."

Jia Huan said, "Whether it's for the valuable Liancheng's birthday gift is still unknown. We were just guessing what method they used to coax these people here." Seeing Jia Cong go to see Liu Feng, he said again, "Liu Feng

This guy didn't say a word."

Seeing that Liu Feng had told him, he said: "I don't need to worry about it. You are all guessing in vain. No matter what method they use, it has nothing to do with us. Anyway, Wang Daguan and Han Guang can't stay."

Once everyone heard that it made sense, they let it go.

In the next few days, no one was in the mood to hang around. Wang Daguan sent people to take away the corpses in the large yard. Many families in Taiyuan City were covered in sackcloth and mourning and burst into tears. The inn was busy repairing the yard; Gao Ying asked Han Guang to invite him.

Two groups of well-known monks and Taoists in the city were invited to perform rituals to save the souls of the dead.

One day, two servants from the Gao and Jia families came together to see the excitement, and while chatting, they actually compared the birthday gifts of the two families, and both said that their own birthday gifts were better. They argued for a long time, neither of them accepted the other.

Then he said that he would go back and compare the gift lists. A young Taoist priest was very curious after hearing this and quietly followed the two of them. After a while, he saw that they had taken the gift lists from their respective masters. After a while, the Jia family became dejected.

Returned with the gift list.

The man from the Gao family returned to their yard arrogantly, forgetting to close the door, and the little Taoist followed him in. It was just afternoon, and the only sound in the yard was quiet. The man felt sleepy, so he curled up on a chair in the east wing.

After taking a nap on the bed, the gift list was casually left on the coffee table. The little Taoist priest hurriedly slipped in quietly, thought about it, quietly opened the window of the wing, turned around, took the gift list and left. Later, several people from the Gao family came out.

He searched for things inside and outside, but when asked, they refused to tell the truth. They only said that they were afraid that something important might have been swept away by the wind. Finally, a man found a cover under a willow tree outside the yard.

I patted my chest with a fallen leaf for a long time and went back happily.

After the ritual was completed and the banknotes were received, the Gao and Jia families left Taiyuan Mansion in a hurry. Because the injured servants of the Gao family could not move for a while, Gao Ying left two people to take care of them and some money. He died.

The bodies of the three servants of the Gao family were sent back to Ping'an Prefecture by a horse dealer early on.

They encountered no trouble after that and arrived in Chang'an without incident. Because someone had gone to Gaofu to report the news early, they saw the moat in the distance and saw Ou Cheng leading a large group of people waiting by the roadside with a smile.

Jia Cong hurriedly rode over and shouted: "Uncle Ou~~"

Ou Cheng smiled so much that his eyes widened and asked him, "Are you tired?"

Jia Cong drooped his face and said, "I feel so stupid when I try to be strong and say I'm not tired. I'm really tired."

Ou Cheng laughed loudly, stretched out his big bear paw and rubbed his head. Jia Cong became increasingly sad that he was short - Ou Cheng was standing on the ground, and he was riding a horse, and he could hold his head down effortlessly.

.

It was a bumpy journey, but everyone finally felt at ease. They all jumped off their horses to greet Ou Cheng one after another, and then entered the city together.

After walking for a while, Jia Cong suddenly smiled at Ou Cheng and Gao Ying and said, "Uncle Ou, cousin Gao, do you know where Jia's horse is?"

Ou Chengdao: "It's at Houzaimen. I know it's your family's property."

Jia Cong hurriedly asked: "Is it far? There will be a lot of detours on the way there?"

Ou Cheng smiled and said, "Master Cong wants to check if the shopkeeper is lazy and is not in a hurry. Didn't you say you were tired just now?"

Jia Cong said sternly: "Because I want to get a birthday gift."

Ou Cheng was stunned: "Aren't these the birthday gifts you sent me?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Of course these are also part of it. Because it is a long road from the capital to Chang'an, firstly, I am afraid that something will go wrong, and secondly, even if I carry good things along with me, I will be easily stared at by discerning thieves, so it is important."

Several things are not in this convoy."

Ou Cheng, Gao Yingju was surprised.

"If there is a thief who wants to take the risk to rob us, he must first find out what is in here. The more capable ones can look through it in the middle of the night while we are not paying attention. There are many masters in the world. Most of them are here.

Ordinary birthday gifts are not worthy of them going to war. Although we have experienced several risks along the way, everything is safe, but there is a bit of luck in it. But what if something happens?" He looked at Gao Ying and said with a smile, "I made it for the Wang family that day.

In fact, the list of counterfeit gifts has not been reduced very much. There are still seven most important things. I came up with the idea of ​​using the horse store to send people some large quantities of not very valuable things as an excuse, and each of them was mixed in with the goods.

, such as cloth, grain and rice, were all quietly sent to Chang'an City half a month ago, and are now stored at the horse store. I thought it would be better to go get them now and put them together.

Don’t have to come back to get a birthday gift again.”

Ou Cheng Gaoying was stunned for a moment, and Gaoying took the lead in stroking his palm: "What a boy! You are so smart!"

Ou Cheng also praised: "It is really rare to be so stable at such a young age."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's just a reminder of the story." Gao Ying asked what the story was, and Jia Cong said, "It's inconvenient now, how about we talk about it later?"

Gao Ying hurriedly responded. Naturally, they were quite curious about Ma Xing's birthday gift, so they all went to get the birthday gift first, and then sent a suitable person back to report the news.

Ou Cheng then led the way, and everyone went to the rear to kill Jia's family.
To be continued...