Chapter 723 The truth
Gently reining in the horse, the horse had already passed Cui Tu and walked towards the small door with small steps. Cui Tu was stunned and hurriedly chased after him. Yang Rong smiled and stretched out his hand to call Li. Several officers who were a few steps away from them gave a few instructions in a low voice before chasing the group of people.
The street can accommodate several horse-drawn carriages traveling side by side. The one-meter-square bluestone pavement highlights the luxury here. The houses on both sides of the street are all made of blue bricks and green tiles, with the layout of front stores and backyards.
In the past many years, the Cui family's old residence has not only been the political center of Boling County, but also the economic center. No matter where the goods come from, after entering Bolingqun, they will all consciously transport the goods here, and then distribute them to all parts of the county.
Even the materials sent by the imperial court to outside the customs at that time had to pass through here.
Naturally, the Cui family will not deduct these supplies. Even after staying with them for a night, there will be a lot more goods the next day.
A large amount of embargoed materials were sent out of the customs in such a big way, bringing huge profits to the Cui family.
The New Year is approaching, and the scene that should have been draped in red and green, with countless New Year’s goods filling the stores on both sides of the street and even being placed on the streets has become a memory of the past.
Today, almost all stores have their doors closed. Just as Cui Tu said, most of the houses have white flags hanging on their doorsteps. If you listen carefully, you can hear faint sounds of crying inside the house.
The look through the crack in the door was definitely not kind.
It was a kind of hatred that was desperately suppressed.
People who have lost their loved ones don’t know who to hate. Anyone who appears in front of them at this time and wants to take advantage of them is the object of their hatred.
At this time, they are the most vulnerable, but at the same time, they are also the most ferocious.
Injured beasts are always more ferocious.
Because they want to show their ferocity in front of others to intimidate their opponents.
Li Guohua naturally doesn't care about the looks of these people,
Seeing and killing people alive would only appear in legends or story books. Li Guohua felt that even if thousands of people were staring at him, he would just laugh it off.
As Li Guohua stepped onto the square, cries and howls suddenly sounded from the mourning sheds on both sides, but there was no trace of pathos in those cries.
Cui Mingdu has been dead for several days. No matter how sad he is, it is time to cry all his tears.
It's just that when guests come, they always have to put on a show and act like a filial son and grandson.
When they were approaching the main funeral shed, Cui Shu, who was wearing a filial piety hat, linen clothes and a hemp rope around his waist, came out of it at the right time with a large group of men from the Cui family.
Cui Shu touched her chest with her left hand and pressed it deeply to the ground. There was a little whimpering in Cui Shu's tone.
"Cui Shu thanked the general for coming in person, and his father was also relieved under Jiuquan!"
Li Guohua stepped forward to help Cui Shu up and said warmly: "A certain family was shocked to hear that Cui Gong passed away. They have already reported the matter to the commander-in-chief. I think it won't take long for the reward from the court to arrive. Cui Gong died in state affairs. The court I will never be stingy with rewards, but Mr. Cui would like to express my condolences.”
"Thank you, General, thank you, Marshal!" After a pause, Cui Shu said again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
"Lead me to offer a stick of incense!" Li Guohua said.
"Yes!"
Cui Shu led Li Guohua and Yang Rong into the mourning hall. He led a group of filial sons and grandchildren to kneel down.
Li Guohua burned a pile of paper, lit three sticks of incense, knelt down and kowtowed three times in a disciplined manner, stood up, helped Cui Shu up, then walked to the coffin, stretched out his hand to hold the coffin lid, looked back at Cui Shu and said: " After saying goodbye a month ago, Cui Gong’s voice and smile are still in my mind. I want to take a look at Cui Gong’s remains, can you?”
Cui Shu hesitated slightly, but finally nodded under Li Guohua's gaze. Li Guohua exerted a slight force on his hand, and the heavy coffin lid slowly moved back. Li Guohua stared at Cui Ming's body in the coffin.
Very peaceful,
Very peaceful.
Li Guohua reached in and held Cui Ming's cold hand.
"Brother, don't worry, I will avenge you later!" Li Guohua whispered.
Yang Rong, who was following him, looked at Li Guohua's hand, but his expression changed slightly. Because there was a metal plate on Li Guohua's thumb. The moment the two sides came into contact, a very thin sharp needle popped out and pierced Cui Ming's wrist deeply.
Cui Shu lowered his head, not daring to look at Cui Ming's remains. This is naturally necessary for a filial son like him, and everyone else is still kneeling, let alone Li Guohua's little move.
"General, please come this way. Food and wine have been prepared inside!" Cui Shu said.
Li Guohua shook his head, "No need. I'm really not in the mood to drink at this time. Let's arrange a place to rest first, and bring food and drink to the room. Master Cui, open the window and speak frankly. I'm here with nothing to worry about." Go to the Three Treasures Hall and arrange things here. Let’s talk about how to deal with the current situation tonight.”
Cui Shu smiled bitterly and nodded: "The general brought five thousand elites here. He thinks too highly of my Cui family. Of the five thousand armored men of the Cui family, seven to eight out of ten were buried under the sun. Now these people in the family are looking at the armor. Mingliang has strict military discipline, but he is just a facade and cannot be taken seriously. If the general has any requirements, he can just give them orders. There is no talk of negotiation or non-negotiation! "
Li Guohua looked deeply at Cui Shu and said calmly: "Of course we need to discuss it. The Cui family is the leader among the wealthy families in the Central Plains. Even if the armored man is gone, the strength is still there. Moreover, the Cui family leader thinks too much. I brought people here this time because I was really prepared. To help defend the Cui family's old home, Yangguan is deploying troops on a large scale. You don't know the speed of the cavalry outside the pass, but we know it deeply. Just a surprise. ”
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Cui Shu exhaled a breath and nodded: "Okay, let's ask the general and Duke Yang to go and have a rest first. I'll take care of the external affairs and come to discuss with you two in the evening. Cui Tu, send the general and Mr. Yang went to Qingxin Pavilion to rest.”
After closing the door, Yang Rong's expression changed. He looked at Li Guohua and said with some dissatisfaction: "What do you mean? Mr. Cui is also a figure after all. He was a hero. Why are you still humiliating him now that he is dead?"
"I think Cui Ming's death is a bit strange!" Li Guohua's words shocked Yang Rong.
"What do you mean, do you think Cui Ming was murdered?"
Watching Li Guohua take off the iron finger, he took out a small bottle of potion from his arms and poured a little into the teacup. The spikes came out silently and dipped into the teacup. In a moment, the spikes were There was a faint layer of gray on the bed.
Yang Rong's eyes suddenly widened.
Li Guohua raised his head and looked at him.
"How did you guess that?"
"I said to open the coffin and see Cui Ming's remains. Although Cui Shu hesitated, he still agreed." Li Guohua said: "If he didn't have a ghost in his heart, he would never agree to such a thing. At that moment, he knew that I I had some doubts, and in order to prove my innocence, I agreed to let me open the coffin.”
"But Cui Ming is obviously poisoned!"
"Did you see it?" Li Guohua said: "If it weren't for this thing, who among us would be able to tell from the appearance that Cui Ming was poisoned?"
"It is indeed very clever!" Yang Rong said: "Why did Cui Shu kill Cui Ming? This is his father!"
Li Guohua paced back and forth in the room and said: "Either the two of them have fundamental differences on how the Cui family will go next, or there are huge benefits for him to take the risk!"
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"So what should we do next?" Yang Rong asked word by word.
(End of chapter)