Chapter 161: Lu Yuqiuyue
Although the Qing court was not interested in their paintings and drawings at the beginning, Ling Muyun was not interested in this at the beginning. Because he thought that he had already seen the level of paintings and drawings of this era when he was in Yangzhou. Just like the portraits of Mao Shiba, even if they were standing in front of the other side and people could compare and see them, they might not be able to recognize them. Even a portrait of that level can catch people according to the picture? It's a joke!
However, after several levels were recognized in a row, Ling Muyun did not dare to look at it again. It could be said to be coincidental once or twice, but it was definitely not a coincidence. Therefore, when passing through a roadblock, Ling Muyun couldn't help but snatch all the portraits in the hands of the officers and soldiers. After taking them, he found that the portraits wanted to them were not of the same level as those of Mao Shiba when he saw in Yangzhou. Although it could not be said to be exactly the same as the three, it was at least similar, especially the charms of each other were depicted in a very close way.
Ling Muyun didn't know that the person who painted their shadows and those who painted Mao Shiba were all different things. The person who painted Mao Shiba was just an ordinary painter in the Yangzhou government office. He was not very good at first, and he didn't take much attention when painting, so the level of the things he painted was naturally not much higher.
But the portraits of Ling Muyun and the others were court painters who were specially sent by the young emperor Kangxi from the palace who were skilled in fine brushwork. They were the best at depicting characters and were also responsible for the emperor's orders. They did not dare to do their best. They not only asked witnesses carefully, but also continued to improve based on the descriptions and corrections of the witnesses. This was the portrait of Ling Muyun and the three others. The effect was naturally not comparable to the pictures of the wanted criminals.
Lu Gaoxuan asked, "Young Master, what should I do?"
"Cold salmon, just go there like this. If you can't recognize us, it's their luck. If you recognize us, then you can take some effort to send them to the underworld." Ling Muyun sneered, put the curtains back into the carriage.
"Yes, young master." Lu Gaoxuan nodded, waved his whip and made a "pop" sound, and drove the carriage to continue moving forward.
As soon as the carriage reached the roadblock, two Qing soldiers holding spears came over and shouted, "Stop, stop, wait in line for inspection!"
"Wow—"
Lu Gaoxuan stopped the carriage and asked the two soldiers: "Two soldiers, what are you going to check? Why are there blocks on the official road? We are still in a hurry to go!"
"Stop talking nonsense. The court arrests wanted criminals. Not to mention rushing to the road, even if you are busy attending the funeral, you have to wait in line here. You can only get over after the inspection. Otherwise, you will be careful to arrest you as wanted criminals!"
Lu Gaoxuan's face couldn't help but sank down, and he wanted to kill this Qing soldier who was not talking. Although Lu Gaoxuan regarded himself as a literati, as a person from the Dragon Teachings, how could he have any kindness? It is normal to kill people at any time.
However, thinking of the situation in front of him, he barely suppressed his anger, and tugged and smiled, saying nothing. It’s not that Lu Gaoxuan was afraid of the combat power of these Qing soldiers. With this number of Qing soldiers, he could only do everything by himself. But in this way, their whereabouts would inevitably be revealed again. The Qing court’s tyrants who had finally gotten rid of them must catch up again, and it is inevitable that they would be troublesome.
The two Qing soldiers didn't know that they had already wandered around in front of the Ghost Gate. Seeing that Lu Gaoxuan looked bad, he stopped talking. He thought he was afraid of them. He laughed wildly. He was about to say something, but suddenly heard a sound of horse hooves, and another group of knights rushed over. The two Qing soldiers didn't care about entanglement with Lu Gaoxuan anymore. They held a spear and greeted the group of knights: "Stop, stop, wait in line to check!"
Ling Muyun heard the sound and poked his head out of the car window and looked back. He saw that there were more than a dozen people later, each riding a horse. The first one was a 25 or 26-year-old man, tall and thin, slightly dark, and a full of heroic spirit. But for some reason, Ling Muyun always felt a sense of kindness when he saw him, and seemed to have seen him somewhere, but when he thought about it carefully, he had no impression.
Behind this young man, there were more than ten people, including old and young, men and women. Each of them had weapons and eyes full of brilliance, and they were obviously all martial arts. Among them, one of the old men attracted Ling Muyun's attention the most. The old man was tall and looked about seventy years old, with white beards floating under his chin, but his face was red, and his eyes were particularly bright, as if he was two bright lamps.
Who are these people? It seems that their martial arts are not weak, especially that old man, who is so energetic at such an old age, and his internal skills are really not weak. I guess he is not much worse than Lao Lu!
Ling Muyun muttered in her heart, and saw that these people's eyes were also looking at him, smiled slightly, and shrank his head back into the carriage.
"Two officials, I wonder why the official road is set up?" The young man immediately clasped his fists and asked the two Qing soldiers.
"Stop talking. The court arrested important criminals and waited for inspection. No one was allowed to go there without inspection! Especially you, each of you, each with weapons, don't be the thieves!"
After hearing what the two Qing soldiers said, the faces of these people changed slightly, and several of them instinctively touched the weapons at their waists.
The old man with white beard coughed suddenly, and the sound was like a loud bell, as if an ordinary person deliberately opened his voice and made a sound. Those who were walking with him seemed to have received some warning, his face calmed down a little, and several people who touched the weapons without any trace put their hands down again.
The two Qing soldiers were startled, and one of them jumped up and pointed at the old man's nose and cursed: "What do you old guy want to do? Do you dare to scare Jun Ye, do you want to die?"
The white-bearded old man quickly smiled and said, "Mr. Jun. I have a misunderstanding. Old man, I have a loud voice. I didn't deliberately scare the two military masters. I would like to ask the two military masters for forgiveness." Although I usually speak, my voice was extremely loud, just like an ordinary person yelling on purpose.
Seeing this, the two Qing soldiers knew that the old man was right, but they were used to it, but they refused to give up. The other man pointed at the weapons on everyone's waists and said, "All you guys are all wearing sharp blades and weapons, so what kind of good people are you? Don't you not some thieves from the thieves from the mountains and rivers? Are you going to commit a case when you come out of the mountain?"
The old man quickly bowed and smiled, "The two soldiers are joking. We are both kind-hearted people. Look at us, both old and young, how could we have something to do with any bandits? Will the bandit on the mountain want old man and me? Isn't that a waste of food?"
"Then why are you all carrying weapons and sharp blades? I don't think they are bandits, but also thieves from the rivers. Maybe they are thieves from the ancestors!" The two Qing soldiers said relentlessly.
"The two soldiers don't know that we are both from the south. We came to the north this time to visit relatives, but we were worried that some bandits would make us think of us on the way, so we specially brought a weapon one by one, to give ourselves courage, and to scare people so that we can't be targeted by bad people. Besides, the court has no choice but to order everyone to carry weapons?"
During the Qing Dynasty, there was no explicit prohibition on the people from carrying cold weapons, but the people were not allowed to equip firearms. Therefore, although this group of people all seemed a bit eye-catching, it was really not illegal from the legal perspective. Therefore, the two Qing soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.
Seeing that the two Qing soldiers still looked unwilling, the young man quickly turned over and got off the horse, reached out and took out two pieces of silver from his arms and handed it over, and said, "Two soldiers, you also know that it is not easy for us who are away from home to walk. We always have to find some ways to protect ourselves. Please understand the two soldiers."
After stuffing the silver, the two Qing soldiers' faces became much better and nodded to the young man: "Okay, because you are quite sensible, it's not difficult for you. But you have to be a good party to be inspected before you can leave after the inspection. This rule cannot be messed up, and don't cause trouble for yourself!"
The young man said, "Don't worry, two military officials, we will never dare to cause trouble. We just don't know what the wanted criminals you are going to arrest are for? How many people are? Maybe we happened to see them!"
"Well, anyway, all the prefectures have posted wanted notices now, and it's okay to tell you." One of the Qing soldiers nodded and said, "There are three suspects to be hunted this time, two men and one woman. It is said that they committed a major case in Shanxi Province and killed hundreds of people in one breath, including the guards and father-in-law in the palace. Therefore, the emperor was furious and ordered the nationwide arrest to arrest the criminals."
"Hiss—"
The group of people led by the young man couldn't help but breathe a breath. Hundreds of lives! Where did this killing god come out? It's too cruel to start! Although they are all people who lick blood on the knife, they heard that this wanted criminal actually killed hundreds of people in one breath, and they couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts. Those are hundreds of lives, not hundreds of chickens, even if they kill hundreds of chickens in a row, they will be ruthless, right? What's more, it's a human!
Ling Muyun heard the voices outside in the carriage and felt angry. What is this and what? The rumors are indeed becoming more and more outrageous. He and Lu Gaoxuan killed less than 100 people in Qingliang Temple that night, okay? When did they kill hundreds of people in one breath? Isn’t this destroying his reputation!
Of course, Ling Muyun forgot that in addition to killing nearly a hundred people in Qingliang Temple, he and Lu Gaoxuan also killed nearly a hundred Qing court experts. In addition, there were still hundreds of Qing soldiers killed by several forced breakthroughs, which was not considered unfair to them, but they were not just killed in one breath.
Chapter completed!