Chapter 386
Several days passed in a flash.
Since the Qinghe Hou Mansion had these two giant pandas, Chen Xu spent almost every day in his spare time observing, feeding himself, and pouring water into the sink himself, enjoying it. He even specially made people build a wooden platform with logs in the fence and made several wooden frames that can be climbed, which were completely imitated by the structure of the giant panda garden in later generations. The two giant pandas seemed to like this place where food, drink and entertainment. After eating and drinking, they climbed and played on the wooden frames. The branches of the two large peach trees that grew inside had been crushed several of them.
After a few days of familiarity, Chen Xu could already reach out to touch the little guy's hair through the courtyard wall. In order to make the two pandas dirty fur, Chen Xu also made two large combs specially, put them on two meters long handles, and comb the two pandas' hair through the courtyard wall. Every time he combs his hair, it is the most enjoyable moment for both bears. He lies on the ground with his eyes closed and his feet facing the sky, humming and making a bleating sound.
"Mr. Marquis, someone has just sent a letter outside!" Chen Ping hurried over with a bamboo tube in his hand.
Chen Xu took it curiously, opened the bamboo tube and poured out a piece of hemp pulp paper, spread it out and took a look, then threw down the long comb in his hand and said, "Prepare the carriage and go out of the city with me!"
"Yes, Marquis!" Chen Ping turned around and hurried away, and Chen Xu also went back to the room to wash his hands and change his clothes.
Half an hour later, a luxurious horse-drawn carriage was escorted by dozens of guards with a tiger-backed and bear-waisted waist out of the south gate of Xianyang, and walked seven or eight miles southwest along the Wei River, and finally stopped in front of an abandoned mansion in the woods.
Two escorts in Hou Mansion in coarse cloth at the door saw Chen Xu's car coming over, and quickly greeted them together to salute.
"See Marquis!"
"No gift! Where is the person?" Chen Xu nodded and asked.
"It's inside!" said the two guards quickly.
"You wait outside and no one is allowed to enter!" Chen Xu reminded him, and after getting off the car, he walked into the dilapidated mansion about to collapse.
This mansion covers an area of 100 acres, dozens of houses are stacked, the floor is broken, the doors and windows are rotten and broken, dry moss and broken spider webs are everywhere, obviously abandoned for a long time, but the blue bricks and black tiles are extremely thick, and the beams and pillars are all huge thick wood. Although many of the covered stone tiles have been broken, many places have begun to collapse under the sun and rain, it can still be seen that the person living here should have been a wealthy family.
When you walk into the yard, you will see a large martial arts field, with stone locks and stone pillars, and even targets erected against the wall. However, the millet grass on the target has long been rotten, and there are several broken arrows inserted on it. Debris around it fell to the ground. Several carriages were ragged and turned to the ground, and the shafts and axles were already disintegrated.
The huge stone pillars on both sides of the main entrance stairs are carved with python beasts that look like dragons and snakes. They have claws but no horns, and their teeth and claws are scattered and their claws look quite fierce and domineering.
There was a wooden plaque hanging on the gate, and the words on it had fallen off. After barely recognizing it, they were two large seal scripts of "Xinhou".
Walking into the inner room with gravel and dead grass all over the ground, two more guards came up to greet each other and bowed. Under the leadership of the two, they walked through three houses and a corridor in succession. Finally, they saw Yu Wuya in a relatively complete room. There were also five people in tattered clothes, both men, women, and young and old. Among them, there was a little girl of five or six years old, most of whom were wounded, and they were bandaged with torn cloth strips, with black blood stains on their clothes.
On a bundle of scattered millet grass on the ground was a man with a haggard and covered with dry blood. His hair was as messy as messy, his face was gray and his eyes were closed, and he looked like a dead person.
Seeing Chen Xu coming in, several people quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for your help from Qinghehou!"
Chen Xu nodded expressionlessly, his eyes fell on a young man in his twenties in front of him.
This young man is Shang Qi, the second son of Shang Tu. He arranged for people to replace the construction drawings of the iron smelting furnace in the factory, which caused the iron smelting furnace to collapse after it was repaired. Then eight people died of helpers and work slaves, four people seriously injured, and several minor injuries. If Gongshu had not been defeated, he would have been crushed to death below.
Facing Chen Xu's sharp eyes, Shang Qi lies on the ground in horror, dare not move at all.
Chen Xu then fell on the man lying on the pile of millet and then squatted down and reached out to try it out between Shang Tu's mouth and nose. He found that he was breathing extremely faintly, but it was also intermittent.
"My benefactor, Wuya has not done this and went one step late. It was dusk. Dozens of people on the other side suddenly rushed out, all holding crossbows. When we killed these people, the soldiers and Shang Tu's family were almost killed or injured. In the end, only these few were rescued. Shang Tu was caught in five arrows, one of which went deep into the heart. I didn't dare to pull it out. I could only bandage it and transport it back. The journey was long and the road was bumpy and the blood was too much. Fortunately, I carried some medicine powders and pills refined by the benefactor, so Shang Tu could support it until now!" Yu Wuya said the situation with a little ashamed expression.
Chen Xu sighed: "It's not your fault for this matter. Zhao Gao is well prepared, or I'm too careless. Did he say anything after you saved Shang Tu?"
Yu Wuya shook his head: "Shang Tu was already unconscious at that time, and the situation was chaotic, so I hurriedly took Shang Tu and the still alive people away. Shang Tu had woken up twice on the way back, but his mind was vague. I rushed back without asking much!"
Chen Xu sighed again and stood up with a depressed expression, "If you give up this matter, Shang Tu is afraid that he will not be able to survive. These people will be temporarily placed here. Wait for a while for someone to send him to the border and wasteland to make a living!"
The so-called plan depends on people's success.
Chen Xu thought of the beginning of this incident, but did not expect the ending.
He didn't expect that Zhao Gao would act so quickly and decisively. Shang Tu was in a daze and was unconscious. This time, he was almost futile and only saved Shang Tu's five family members, one of which was Shang Qi, who Chen Xu wanted to kill.
"Arranging someone to protect them, this matter must be kept confidential, let's go!" Chen Xu's face twitched for a few seconds and turned around and walked out.
I just received a letter from Yu Wuya, saying that Shang Tu was seriously injured, but Chen Xu did not expect that he would be seriously injured like this. This has no value at all. Without Shang Tu's confession and Shang Tu's court evidence, it would be more difficult to move Zhao Gao out of thin air than climbing to heaven.
"Mr. Marquis~" Just as Chen Xu turned around and was about to leave, Shang Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter?" Chen Xu stopped and turned around and looked at Shang Qi coldly.
"Marty, you... are you really willing to let us live?" Shang Qi was covered in dust and frightened, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"You die or not, it is just the words of this marquis. I can save you, let you go, of course I can kill you. Have you not yet awakened yet? This incident was done by Zhao Gao. If I had not arranged for someone to go in time, your family would have been a lonely ghost. Don't think too much about it. Just recover from the wound here. After the injury is recovered, I will arrange for someone to send you out of the Central Plains. Whether you die or live depends on your own ability, but please remember that I can save you once and I can't save you a second time. If Zhao Gao knew that you were not dead, he would definitely take action again. You can do it again in the future. Humph!" Chen Xu snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves and prepared to leave again.
"Harewell!"
"What else do you have to say?"
"Marty, my father actually guessed that Zhao Gao might kill him this time, so he wrote something hidden under a tiles in the Tingwei Prison. I also knew that the Marquis and Zhao Gao had a grudge. If the Marquis went to get those things, it might be of some help to the Marquis deal with Zhao Gao in the future!" Shang Qi kowtowed and said.
"Really? Have you ever known what your father left?" Chen Xu asked excitedly for a moment.
"My father secretly told me on the road that he wrote some things he wrote about collusion with Ao Ping and Zhao Gao on weekdays. He wrote secretly in the Tingwei Prison. If Zhao Gao did not kill us this time, my father would also conceal this matter. But now Zhao Gao wants to kill all my merchants. There are only five of my merchants killed by Zhao Gao. Both of them died tragically. Therefore, Shang Qi hopes that the Marquis will be useful after they get it. If the Marquis can move Zhao Gao down in the future, I, Shang Qi, will have a chance to take revenge!"
"Okay!" Chen Xu was overjoyed and took out his waist card and handed it to Yu Wuya and said, "Brother Wuya, thank you for your hard work, you can go to the prison of the Tingwei Mansion in person to get the confession left by Shang Tu!"
"My benefactor, don't worry, Wuya will come when he goes!" Yu Wuya took the badge and went out, then rode his horse straight to Xianyang City.
Next, Chen Xu asked Shang Qi about some things about Shang Tu and Zhao Gao and Ao Ping on weekdays, and soon half an hour passed.
Chen Xu and others were anxious, and Shang Qi was also very nervous.
"My benefactor, I'm back!" Hearing the sound of horse hooves outside, Yu Wuya soon strode in, then took out a piece of torn linen from his arms and handed it to Chen Xu.
The package was opened and there was a thick stack of hemp pulp paper inside, with densely written words on it.
Chen Xu looked through one by one, his face sometimes surprised and sometimes confused.
There are more than 30 pieces of hemp pulp and paper, which are stacked in a thick stack. They are all written clearly in detail, including Shang Tu himself and Zhao Gao’s interactions and conversations, as well as the arrangement of Shang Qi’s activities to destroy the factory by Zhao Gao.
Soon after more than ten minutes, Chen Xu also read the content written by Shang Tu. The papers were signed under each page with the writing time and Shang Tu's name, and even a black finger was blood-stained on the last page.
"Shang Qi, see if this is your father's handwriting!" Chen Xu handed all the papers to Shang Qi.
Shang Qi quickly took it over and looked it up and nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Marquis, these are written by my father. There are also manuscripts of my father in my family, exactly the same as these handwriting!"
Chapter completed!