Chapter 162: Thunderbolt from the blue!
It's raining heavily outside the window, and the house is filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms.
On the long table, white silk was spread out, and dye pens, coloring pens, row brushes, crab claws, and eyebrows were arranged in order on the Wufeng pen holder.
The color-mixing cup is filled with four soft colors: ochre, galanthus, gamboge, and rouge.
The beautiful woman sits upright holding a piece of silk, while Du Wenchang sketches with a brush.
"After the Daqian period, everyone liked literati paintings, using thick rice paper, and even painting with ink and color no longer used silk.
But if you ask me to paint, I still have to use this silk, because it takes on color better and the ink doesn’t easily spread. Spring is warm and rainy, so if I use rice paper, I can’t paint a picture.”
"Master Du is not only good at writing poetry, but I didn't expect him to be so good at painting as well."
"Hey, young lady, you don't know that when I was taking the imperial examination, I was also a poor scholar. I was good at painting, especially beauties. I often sold my paintings. The more beautiful the beauties, the better my paintings were. What a pity, what a pity."
Xiao Chuner blinked her eyes and said, "What's the pity, sir?"
Du Wenchang shook his head and said, "It's a pity that today's painting is probably the best I can do in my life. I will never find a more beautiful woman than Chun'er, or paint a better painting in the future!"
"Pfft...Your Excellency is really good at joking."
When the beauty smiles, Du Wenchang feels very happy.
When two people are in a relationship, they must be affectionate and thoughtful. If there is desire but no affection, the relationship will not last long.
Although he is fat, he is a scholar who has read books all his life.
"I'm not..."
"Master Du!"
The master's urgent call came from outside the door, ending the ambiguous atmosphere in the room.
Du Wenchang put down his pen but was not angry. His master had followed him for a long time and knew that he would not be bothered unless it was something important.
"Hold on."
He walked out of the room quickly and closed the door gently.
"Flustered, what happened?"
The master's face was filled with panic: "The head of the Whale Gang has been taken down by someone!"
Lightning struck the sky, there was a loud bang, and rain washed the tiles and eaves into a curtain.
Du Wenchang's expression suddenly changed.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly!"
"The subordinates sent a message saying that a young man of about 17 or 18 years old took the Whale Gang members hostage and went to the Whale Gang headquarters with a gun. We are no match for him..."
The master had been running all the way here with a dry mouth and swallowed his saliva as he told the story of what had happened at the Whale Gang's headquarters bit by bit.
The more Du Wenchang listened, the more frightened he became. He was so flustered that he grabbed his master by the collar.
"Where are Liu Jie and Liu Yi? Are they just going to watch their own people die?"
"Dead! They are all dead!"
"died?"
Du Wenchang screamed.
"That man was holding the door on his head! Only Zheng Tianfu was still alive, but his limbs were all broken, just like a dead dog!"
Du Wenchang felt dizzy and staggered backwards. The master quickly stepped forward to hold him up.
The Whale Gang is so big, with hundreds of people, and there are hundreds of warriors alone.
Let one person pick it! ?
"Can you see clearly?"
Du Wenchang's voice was slightly distorted and hoarse.
The master smiled bitterly: "I don't believe it either, but the person who reported the news is my nephew. He swore that it was Liu Jie's head and Liu Yi's body. If he was wrong, he would chop off his head and give it to me."
"What's that young man's name?"
"I don't know. I only know that he was wearing the official uniform of the Hebo Office, and half of his body was covered with auspicious cloud patterns. He must be an eighth-rank Hebo."
From the eighth rank of Habaek…
Du Wenchang's head felt like it was about to explode, and he forced himself to think.
Those nobles and generals would not serve as minor officials of the eighth rank, let alone the eighth rank, which was only half a level higher than the ninth rank.
Is it local recruitment?
Liu Jie is at the pinnacle of horse galloping!
There is only one expert in signal fire in the entire Fengbu County, and that is the county lieutenant. Apart from him, Liu Jie is the best!
How could Hebo Institute recruit such a talent in Pingyang County when he was less than 17 or 18 years old?
Du Changwen's chest felt stuffy as if it was clogged with blood.
How did things turn out like this?
He knew the whole process too well. A small monster would not cause trouble and would not attract the big attention of the River God.
There are only two outcomes to the whole thing. Either the He Bo official returns with a full load, or the next He Bo official who comes over also returns with a full load. In this way, the deal can always be made.
He never expected that Liu Jie and Liu Yi would lose their lives because of this!
Is there really a cat that doesn't steal fish? Can we continue to attack that young man?
No.
Du Wenchang denied it immediately.
The purpose and intention of doing it yourself are too obvious.
And everyone knows that such talented young people are in high demand everywhere. No one would not pick up gold when seeing it on the roadside and take it home.
Killing one would cause even bigger trouble.
He even had to worry about being framed by others and getting himself into trouble.
After thinking for a while, Du Wenchang could only pray that since he collected so much money from the Whale Gang every year, the Whale Gang didn't leave any evidence in the accounts...
"I will be out of office in only two years. If there is evidence against me, I should have used it to ask for my position earlier. But there shouldn't be any evidence. There shouldn't be any evidence..."
The master's eyes widened when he heard this.
"Master Du, what if this...what should we do?"
Du Wen has a headache.
"If there really was one... then it could only have been done by the clerks. Yes, the clerks!"
"Empty?"
The master thought quickly.
It seems that Li Xu is indeed someone who can be blamed?
The county magistrate of Dashun could be transferred at will, but the clerks and clerks had been in office for generations, and it was common for them to be hollowed out.
The more Du Wenchang thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
"Yes, they have sidelined me! I don't have any power and can only be a county magistrate for pleasure. The Whale Gang has nothing to do with me! It was the clerks who deceived their superiors and colluded with foreign enemies!
Come on, come on! Hurry up and get the raincoat!
I want to go visit this little hero! He helped me eliminate the biggest evil in Fengbu County!"
……
In the courtyard of the Whale Gang's headquarters, gang members were lying on the ground in groups, or lying on the side in surrender.
Liang Qu came to the courtyard, strung the black iron bow and practiced shooting.
The process of taking down the entire Whale Gang headquarters is very simple.
The gang members who could stay in the headquarters could not reach the second level at most. Liang Qu didn't even have the time to defend. They were simply unable to break through the protection of the sturgeon monster's inner armor, tungsten gold arm guards, and mountain cowhide belt.
boom!
Another target was shot and exploded into pieces.
"Change the target!"
The members of the Whale Gang held a wooden target, tremblingly stepped forward to stab it, and quickly fled the courtyard.
The guy was so vicious that I was really worried that he might want to use him as a live target the next moment.
Liang Qu rubbed his shoulders.
He and the bow are more compatible than expected.
As the saying goes, a hundred crossbows and a thousand bows have ten thousand bullets.
That means shooting with a crossbow one hundred times, shooting with a bow one thousand times, and shooting with a slingshot ten thousand times before you can practice to a certain level of accuracy.
The difficulty of the three increases step by step, and vice versa.
Emperor Chuanzhu is a master of slingshots, so using a bow is actually a simple task.
"Where is the young hero who got rid of the great evil?"
There were noisy shouts coming from outside the headquarters courtyard.
Liang Qu stared at several gang members.
Several people were frightened by the stare and hurried out to check.
No wonder so many people like to have subordinates, someone to run errands for them and do everything for them.
While they were thinking, several people came back to report the news.
"County magistrate?" Liang Qu raised his eyebrows. "Let him in."
The door was wide open, and a "meat mountain" covered in a wet straw raincoat ran towards the courtyard with a sad look on its face.
Liang Qu’s eyes widened.
The meat mountain is full of fat and weighs at least three hundred kilograms!
This, is this the county magistrate of Fengbu County?
"Young hero, young hero! You have eliminated a great evil for Fengbu County!" Du Wenchang came up and grabbed Liang Qu's hands, shaking them vigorously. "It's a pity that I have been the county magistrate for more than ten years, but I didn't expect to be sidelined to this point and accomplish nothing! I feel ashamed of the people and the official who is their father!"
His words were full of regret, and I burst into tears when I heard them.
(End of this chapter)
