Mr.
Gong was mature and prudent, and he did things without leakage.
He told his son that no matter what requests the Army Guard made, as long as they could be met, he would agree to them all.
There was only one exception, and that was that the Gong family could not directly conflict with the Xia family.
After all, the Army Guard If you are a foreigner, even if you fail, you can just pat your butt and leave.
The Gong family is a native of the hometown.
A monk can escape but cannot escape from the temple.
Gong Zijun couldn't help but smile bitterly.
What's the difference between paying for Chen Zikun to buy arms to fight Xia Dalong, and directly going into battle to fight Xia Dalong?
As his father got older, it was no longer easy to make up his mind to deal with the Xia family, so he didn't say anything, Nuonuo Call it yes.
The first thing to do is to help the military envoy find a few servants.
This is easy to handle.
There has been a famine in Nantai County for the past two years, and people everywhere are unable to eat.
It is easy to find two innocent families who are willing to sell themselves and join them.
They are both husband and wife A child can be bought for only ten yuan.
These four people can be regarded as rough servants.
They also bought four maids for the two ladies.
They are all little girls of thirteen or fourteen years old.
They are pretty and elegant.
Stupid, it only cost fifty yuan in total.
After the character's appearance was good, he was taken directly to the county government's back house for the two ladies to see each other.
Naturally, he was satisfied.
So the back house finally had people working, and together with the guards, there were nearly thirty people, and the yang energy was strong. , not even a ghost appeared in the past two days.
It rained heavily that day, with lightning and thunder, and the rain poured down.
The dripping water under the eaves was like a waterfall.
Jian Bing and Yao Yilei were bored, so they moved a chair and sat at the door to watch the rain.
Two maids stood behind them, holding Holding a fan and holding Tremella, Lotus Seed Soup and Sour Plum Soup, Yao Yilei’s feet were the mangy dog A Bian brought from Beijing, and Jian Bing’s arms were lying on the local tabby cat.
The rain is still falling, and the humidity is unbearable.
It feels like my whole body is moldy.
But the most uncomfortable thing is not the humidity, but the boredom, the deep boredom.
I have already turned over the Conan Doyle detective novels I brought from Beijing. , so boring that he has no interest in even bickering.
A man entered the yard holding an oilcloth umbrella.
Jian Bing and Yao Yilei asked at the same time: "What's going on?"
It was Adjutant Zhao who came.
He chuckled and said, "Mr.
Xia, I'm treating you to a dinner tomorrow."
Both of them immediately lost interest.
The food in Nantai County was really unpalatable.
If they had any free time, they might as well stay at home and watch the rain.
Zhao Yufeng entered the study and presented the invitation.
Chen Zikun looked at it and smiled and said, "Xia Dalong can't bear it anymore."
"Should we go?"
Zhao Yufeng asked.
"Go, why don't you go?
Even if it's the Hongmen Banquet, you have to go."
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It was night in a blink of an eye, and the rain continued to fall.
It was said that flash floods broke out, the Dawang River swelled, and there was a danger of flooding.
County Magistrate Liu had already taken the civilians to go on duty at the city wall.
Chen Zikun knew that he had his subordinates stand ready and prepared things to block the water. .
Fortunately, the rain gradually subsided at midnight, but the lightning and thunder were still there.
Everyone had a restless sleep.
Yao Yilei tossed and turned in bed, always unable to fall asleep.
Suddenly, there was a vague cry outside the window, which made her Creepy.
I got up in my clothes and came out with a flashlight and slippers.
I happened to meet Jian Bing in the corridor.
He also had a frightened look on his face.
He was holding a lantern in his hand.
A gust of wind blew by.
The lantern flickered on and off, which was extremely strange.
The maids and servants were all working people, sleeping soundly.
The soldier in charge of the security was also sitting in the corridor, holding a big gun and snoring, with a glistening trace of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.
The two ladies were frightened and walked forward slowly.
Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of them, scaring them so much that they almost screamed.
"Don't scream, it's me."
The man whispered.
It turned out to be Chen Zikun.
He was holding a pistol and had a serious look on his face.
"Stop talking and watch me catch ghosts."
The two ladies nodded and stood where they were.
Chen Zikun closed his eyes and listened with bated breath for a while.
He determined that the strange sound was near the well.
He took the lantern in the ice-censoring water and walked slowly over to stand next to the well.
The rain hit him and he was soaked in an instant.
Silk shirt, he seemed to notice something, and slowly opened the safety of the pistol.
Yao Yilei and Jian Bing stared at the well intently.
If it weren't for Chen Zikun, they would have run away long ago, but with the man in charge here, they had nothing to fear.
Chen Zikun clearly heard a faint gasp coming from the bottom of the well, and the well rope was trembling slightly.
He was sure that someone was playing tricks in the well, and it was the person who had been pretending to be a ghost.
Slowly, a pair of hands stretched out from the well and grabbed the edge of the well.
It was an extremely pale human hand with slender fingers, like a woman's hand.
Chen Zikun remained motionless.
Yao Yilei almost screamed, but Jian Bing covered her mouth and made a silencing gesture to her.
Yao Yilei nodded in panic and continued to watch the ghost coming out of the well.
Then came the other hand, and then the black hair, which spread out to cover his head and face.
Ordinary people would have been scared crazy, but Chen Zikun smiled.
Instead, he inserted the pistol into his belt and held his cheek with one hand.
If you are interested in watching ghosts, continue climbing.
The "ghost" was dressed in white clothes and had a thin figure.
His face could not be seen clearly.
However, when it found that the person standing in front of it was Chen Zikun, it clearly trembled, then quickly jumped out, turned around and ran away.
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Before it was too late, the female ghost in white was grabbed by the hair by Chen Zikun, and her long wet hair was pulled off.
The ghost turned back sharply, sticking out her bright red tongue for a long time.
The white clothes were fluttering in the night, and she couldn't say anything. weird.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck in the sky, and the night sky turned pale.
Chen Zikun grabbed the ghost's neck, laughed and said, "It's not enough yet," and pulled off the mask.
It turned out to be Magistrate Liu.
"Hahahaha, I've already guessed that it was your kid who caused the trouble."
Chen Zikun looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter was drowned by the rumbling thunder, and another brighter lightning flashed across the night sky, and then, a scene that everyone present would never forget A strange scene appeared.
On the wall behind the well, a scene appeared, as clear as a projection in a movie theater.
What was shown on the screen was the backyard of the county government office, but it was completely different from today's backyard.
A man in official uniform of the Qing Dynasty stood in the screen. , with melancholy eyes and lifelike face, as if he was about to walk out of the wall.
Everyone was stunned.
Even Chen Zikun felt his scalp was going crazy and even forgot to take out his gun.
"Ah" this time Jian Bing and Yao Yilei shouted together, but their voices were also drowned by the dull rolling thunder.
The picture on the wall quickly disappeared, and Liu Youjin took the opportunity to escape, moving as nimbly as an ape, but was grabbed and dragged back by Chen Zikun.
Without alerting anyone, Liu Youjin was brought into Chen Zikun's study.
Both of them were soaked.
They sat opposite each other.
County Magistrate Liu smiled awkwardly and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Jian Bing, get a midnight snack for the county magistrate.
Wait, get me a snack too," Chen Zikun said.
Jian Bing hurried over, but Yao Yilei was still standing stupidly at the door.
"You go too."
Chen Zikun said.
"Didn't someone go there?"
Yao Yilei said.
"Go if you tell me to."
Chen Zikun winked at her, and Yao Yilei finally understood and evaded with an ooh.
Chen Zikun took a towel and threw it to Liu Youjin, lit a cigarette himself, and blew out the smoke ring leisurely.
The sound of rain outside became more intense again.
This rain was destined to be heavy.
"My surname is not Liu."
Liu Youjin wiped his hair with a towel and said casually.
Chen Zikun did not interrupt or ask questions.
It was story time now.
"The last Nantai County Magistrate in the Qing Dynasty was named Zeng Zeru.
He served as a county magistrate in Nantai for ten years, married four concubines, but only gave birth to one son.
In three years, he was cleared of the magistrate's office and earned one hundred thousand snowflakes.
At that time, Nantai was not as poor as it is now.
The magistrate is also a rich man.
Magistrate Zeng’s family wealth is more than one hundred thousand, which has attracted the covetousness of many treacherous villains.
Fortunately, the magistrate has a tiger general named Xia Long, who is the leader of the patrol camp.
With him in charge, Nantai County There hasn’t been much chaos.”
Speaking of this, County Magistrate Liu sighed, "Succeeded by Xiao He and defeated Xiao He.
In the end, the person who harmed County Magistrate Zeng was Xia Long who he single-handedly promoted.
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The Revolution of 1911 caused chaos in the world.
Provinces became independent one after another.
Nantai could not survive alone.
Xia Long This traitor led the patrol camp to rebel, killed Zeng Zeru, who was kind to him, allowed the rebels to insult his wife and children, seized the county magistrate's property, and changed the name the county magistrate gave him.
From now on, he will be called Xia Dalong.”
"My real name is Zeng Jiao, with the courtesy name Fubai, and I am the son of County Magistrate Zeng."
After Liu Youjin said this, he looked at Chen Zikun quietly, waiting for his reaction.
"Then I should call you County Magistrate Liu now, or Mr.
Zeng."
Chen Zikun didn't seem surprised.
"Haha, you are an interesting person.
You can call me whatever you want.
Liu Youjin is my pseudonym.
I changed my name since my family suffered a big disaster.
I was afraid that someone would kill them all, so I bought the seat of the county magistrate.
It’s for two things, first, to find the treasure left by my father, and second, to take revenge.”
When he heard the word "treasure", Chen Zikun's pupils shrank slightly.
He didn't bring much money from Beijing.
Although Sun Meiyao sponsored a lot of money, it couldn't support a company of soldiers and horses.
Can't stand it anymore.
Liu Youjin said: "Although Xia Dalong occupied my family's property and house, the gold and silver left by my father have never been found.
I have been back to Nantai for a while.
I have searched inside and outside, but there is still no whereabouts.
Looking for Without this money, revenge is out of the question.
As you know, Xia Dalong is very powerful and talented, and even seven or eight men can't get close to him. " Chen Zikun said: "Stop it, just to hunt for treasure, you are pretending to be a ghost to scare us and try to drive us away."
Liu Youjin smiled self-deprecatingly: "This trick used to work very well, but I stopped when I touched you.
It seems that ghosts are also afraid of evil people."
Chen Zikun said: "You put the gray manganese oxygen, you faked the ghost noises, and you bribed the Taoist priests.
So, what happened to the scene on the wall tonight?"
Liu Youjin shook his head: "That's not true.
I just asked the Taoist priest to catch ghosts.
I didn't ask him to pretend to be so similar.
I don't understand the strange shadows on the wall.
I heard from others that they also appeared during thunderstorms a few years ago.
Pass."
Chen Zikun was silent.
The strange shadow on the wall could not be explained scientifically.
Could it be that a ghost really appeared.
The rain was falling, and neither of them spoke.
A bolt of lightning struck outside the window, and the sky and earth turned pale
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