Chapter 614 Southbound (11)
The five-toothed warship was walking on the water. Han Yue, who was covered in bruises, was tied to the mast with a ball of rag in his mouth. The "little door god" who was so majestic in the past looked embarrassed at this time. His clothes were often damaged, and his face was covered with blood. His head was lowered and his eyes were closed, and he fainted.
Next to him, four strong private soldiers of the Xie family surrounded him with short swords, staring at Han Yue with their eyes. Xie Yongzhi had already told him that although this man looked weak, he still had a tiger to be looked down upon. Even if he was seriously injured, he could still break free from the ropes and hurt people at any time. There must be a dedicated person guarding him day and night, and if there is any abnormal movement, he will be killed on the spot.
Li Caosa ignored these things, and only cared about the companions who were dripping with their grass. They smiled foolishly on the deck as they watched the dry silk, and didn't care about the others at all. Although there was a Xie family guarding her around, no one could steal it, for them, they just looked at the wealth and felt happy.
When the Xie family's business declines, it often depends on the property obtained by this branch to feed back. However, the aristocratic family is always aristocratic family, and at least the face is still needed. This time they did a desperate act, and the money they earned for life is not much. According to normal handling, the money they earned should be distributed to a cadre. Everyone has a share of this batch of silk. Even if the amount is different, they can be more or less divided.
Li Caosao and others were planning the numbers that could be divided into their heads, and they all laughed from ear to ear. In addition to being greedy for money and short-sighted, they also had their own little abacus. Although they provoked Duke Tang this time, they did not really kill the envoys, so they would not become a deadly enemy. I heard that Duke Tang was generous for a long time, and maybe they were too lazy to care about him and other villains.
Even if he really wants to do something, it will not be a matter of day and night. From investigation to discovering where he is, and then to taking action, it will take some time. You can use this time to escape. The world is vast, and as long as you have money, you can't go? In the future, you will find someone else's place to fall into trouble. Whether it is the Xie family or the Li family, you may not be able to calculate and find them, these little people. For them, these silks are the hope of survival, so they naturally put all their thoughts on it, and they have no way to take care of other people or things, and even Xie Yongzhi and other important figures in the plot have quietly left.
In the cabin, Xie Yongzhi and others sat in a row, and everyone looked bad. Unlike the water bandits of Li Caoshe, these people were loyal slaves of the Xie family. They sacrificed their lives for the sake of the master and did not take good care of the wealth. Although there were many seized this time, Xu Le was not caught, and they were defeated, and no one felt relieved.
A big man glanced at the timing hourglass beside him and frowned and said, "Things are wrong! Although Xie Jiulang is skilled, he is still an elderly man in his family after all, and his approach to doing things will never be bad. After so long, he shouldn't have sent any news. It's probably something happened!"
Another big man also echoed: "I just said that Xie Jiu brought too few people. Xu Le was naturally not an ordinary character to kill Yu Juluo. Fighting against each other on the ground, at least dozens of people must be prepared to deal with him. Only a few people are just going to die!"
Xie Yongzhi glanced at him and snorted coldly: "So, Goro is blaming a certain dispatcher for being incompetent?"
Although everyone here is a slave and general of the Xie family, even among the slaves, there is a difference in identity. Xie Yongzhi is a person who was given a name by the head of the family, and his status is naturally above these slaves who use numbers or stems and branches to randomly choose names. On weekdays, everyone is more or less dissatisfied with him, and even saying that he is not behind his back is normal, but he has to be respectful in person, and no one dares to oppose him publicly.
Seeing Xie Yongzhi turn against each other, the man named Wulang suddenly lost his courage and quickly explained: "My... I didn't say such a thing. I just think that Xie Jiu's coward is always timid. He only hides behind and shoots arrows on weekdays, and does not dare to fight against swords and guns. If he meets Le Langjun, he will definitely be frightened and may not even be able to pull the bow. If this kind of trash goes after someone, he will die even if he catches up."
The man who looked at the hourglass at the beginning also said, "It would be fine if he died, but I'm afraid he was not dead!" He glanced at Xie Yongzhi, "We know how many strange things Xie Jiu has said in the past two years. This ungrateful dog has no idea what shame is, and we cannot expect him to be loyal to his lord. If he is captured alive, he will be sold clean for his life. If so..."
Before he could finish his words, Xie Yongzhi spoke: "What he wanted was to sell us clean!"
He looked at everyone and showed a sneer on his face: "These three Xu Le are not ordinary people. They were unable to bear their lives on the water. It would be even more difficult to kill people on the land. Even if you all here lead the troops there, can you guarantee that they can be killed?"
Everyone lowered their heads, and none of them dared to take this conversation. When Xie Yongzhi sent Xie Jiu to chase him, everyone was dissatisfied, but none of them dared to say it, just because they were worried that the errands would fall on their heads. Everyone knew that even if Xu Le didn't have armored soldiers, it was not so easy to deal with.
It is certainly not enough to bring fewer people, and it is not a solution to bring too many people. Those people are not stupid, and they can escape when the momentum is wrong. Where can I find it? Besides, the world is no longer the King of Wuyi after all. In Xie's era, the lord cannot rely on power to do whatever he wants like his ancestors. There are still officers and soldiers on the Han River, and even the head of the family must be afraid of it. It is a bad sign that it is necessary to send orders to everyone to return to Parrot Island.
If it were back then, such a thing would have never happened. Now this arrangement is full of guilt. If a large group of people, Minghuo, were on the verge of killing Xu Le and his party, once they caught the attention of the government or other aristocratic families, they would be afraid of being ineffective. However, Xu Le and others were skilled in martial arts and could not make a big fuss and kill or capture people alive, which was simply difficult. These leaders of the army could not come up with decent ideas, so Xie Yongzhi naturally had nothing to say when he asked.
Xie Yongzhi said: "Everyone knows that these people must die, and they must die in our hands. Otherwise, how can they convey to the Lord? But if they want to catch them, they can't catch them, so they have to let them die by themselves. Parrot Island is our place. As long as they go to the island, they will not want to leave alive. No matter how bad his martial arts are, can he be better than our hundreds of men? We rushed back and arranged everything and waited for them to drill into the net by themselves!"
Xie Wu then suddenly realized: "You sent Xie Jiu to chase him to be taken so that he could tell him that Parrot Island and let Xu Le die? But if he was killed by Xu Le before he could surrender, what should we do?"
"If this is the case, then God will not help us, and I can't do anything." Xie Yongzhi snorted: "Everyone is a military man, and I haven't read many books. Where can I do that? The only idea I can think of is this. Whoever you have a good way to speak up, would you rather let him be the leader!"
The man who spoke first quickly made a smooth move: "Wuro has no other intentions. Everyone is worried that he will not be able to do the job well. I am sorry for the lord. There is no grudge between them and no harm to the harmony. Xie Da is the lord's confidant, so the solution is naturally good. I just follow the orders. But I don't understand very much, what the man keeps him for? Wouldn't it be clean if he kills him with one knife?"
"The second brother said something is a bit inappropriate. You are also a veteran in the army. How can you not know the reason? If you don't even have bait, what are we going to fish? Xu Le and others are powerful. If we let him do it, even if there are too many people, we will suffer a loss. With this big man here, it is equivalent to putting a rein on Xu Le's neck. No matter how great his ability is, he has to listen to us! He wants to kill, and there is no hurry to be at this moment."
"Then the plum straw sandals and the others?"
"The same is true. It's not the time yet, let's talk about it when the errand is over!"
In the forest, Xu Le also completed the inquiry of Xie Jiu and others. As the Xie family thought, Xie Jiu's temperament was different from Xie Yongzhi. He was not very loyal to the head of the family he served, and only wanted to offer money and grain. As the Xie family's business declined, the support for the army was not as good as before, and the errands he did became more and more dangerous. Xie Jiu was dissatisfied with a long time ago, but he didn't find a suitable opportunity to escape. Seeing that the troubled times were about to begin, Xie Jiu wanted to join the wise leader and rely on his ability and strength to seek wealth, rather than being driven by the down-and-out family for the rest of his life. Now, in order to survive, he naturally said whatever he said, and sold the terrain of the Parrot Island and the situation of Xie Yongzhi and others.
When Han Xiaoliu learned that his brother was still alive, he suddenly became happy. He first kicked and beat Xie Jiu, and then said to Xu Le: "This time we have caught the handle of the dog thief. Let's see what he has to say! Xie Shufang sent the family to attack us, and it will be a death sentence no matter where he goes! We will go back and go to the Duke to judge!"
Xu Le was not as excited as Xiao Liu. Xie Shufang dared to arrange for the family to take action, so he was naturally fearless. Not only did he believe in his subordinates' loyalty to him, but he also believed that he had enough ability to smooth the beginning and end and would not be tracked down. Children from aristocratic families were used to conspiracies and tricks, so he naturally knew how to deal with the aftermath.
Even if he posed Xie Jiu in front of Xie Shu, he could still push it clean, and in turn he would frame him. In the end, the matter would still turn into a fight, and other families would come forward to speak for Xie Shufang, confusing the right and wrong, and eventually he would have to leave it alone.
These were things he had expected long ago, so he would not waste his energy. The reason why he captured Xie Jiu and others alive was not to ask the envoy for confession, but to find the whereabouts of the bandits and try to rescue Han Yue. He asked some questions and compared them with the previous answers to make sure that Xie Jiu was not lying. He was thinking about how to save people and how to destroy this group of bandits. No matter how many people they came from, since they took the initiative to get involved in him, they had to be prepared to be wiped out.
Bu Li pulled Xu Le's arm at this time and said two words to him: "Ambushes!"
Xu Le nodded: "You are right. The Xie family sent such a coward to chase us just to lead us to the Parrot Island. Xie Yongzhi must have set up an ambush there and waited for us to get in and die. But in order to rescue Han Da, he had to go in any ambush! Besides, they wanted to see me so much, wouldn't I let it go and let me live up to my good intentions? They wanted to find me, so I would visit them and explain the matter clearly!"
Speaking of this, Xu Le smiled slightly, revealing eight white teeth. His smile, which was full of sunshine in the past, seemed murderous at this moment.
Chapter completed!