Chapter 143 It’s too obvious
The next morning, Yang Wei steamed a lot of multi-grain steamed buns and dumplings and enthusiastically gave some to them. The Qin family also benefited from it, and each person received a big steamed bun or dumpling.
When Zhao Long saw this, his eyes rolled around.
When they set out, everyone was together, but Yang Wei's side had carriages, and the nobles were also sitting in carriages. It was not good to be too obvious, so he drove the carriage ahead.
The two sides thus distanced themselves from each other.
Zhao Long was puzzled.
Lu Songli remained calm.
But at noon, when Lu Songli and his party arrived at the designated resting place, they saw that Yang Wei and others had already parked the carriage and were cooking there.
Seeing them, Yang Wei quickly greeted them, "Brother Xu, what a coincidence, we meet again. We're just about to have dinner. If you don't mind, would you like to eat together?"
Xu Zheng looked at him silently: No, little brother, you are obviously doing this, you know?
"Come on, come on, sit down! Xiao Wu, set up the table and bring the food over to everyone!" Yang Wei shouted at the top of his voice. "You guys have no sense at all!"
Yang Wei had someone serve them a pot of bacon and cabbage stew, and a dozen white flour buns, which was more than enough.
After the meal was finished, he stood aside and said with embarrassment, "Brother Xu, look, we still have quite a few dishes left. Can we ask them to help us finish some? Those nobles have small stomachs. They only eat a few chopsticks of anything and then stop. Isn't that a waste? Unfortunately, my friends and I are full and can't eat any more."
Xu Zheng waved his hand weakly, "Whatever you want."
Yang Wei heaved a sigh of relief. Another meal was ready! He quickly sent someone to deliver food to the Qin family.
Zhao Long leaned over to take a look, only to see a young man carrying two large basins with dry and wet ingredients simply separated. It looked like a hodgepodge, which was exactly what Chief Escort Yang had said about having only touched a chopstick or two.
Lu Mingzhi, Mo Bing, Liu Erxi and others were all in the carriage and hardly met Xu Zheng and others.
The Qin family ate in silence.
Xu Zheng called Yang Wei over and said to him while they ate, "...You have a carriage, so you can definitely go faster. We've covered such a short distance in one day, how long will it take you to reach Lelang County?"
Xu Zheng was hinting frantically. "That's a horse-drawn carriage. Not to mention it can travel three or four hundred miles a day, but you've only traveled twenty miles in half a day. That's not acceptable."
Yang Wei understood and laughed dryly, "There's nothing we can do. The nobles can't stand the bumps, so we can only walk for a while and rest for a while. Perhaps after a few days, when the nobles get used to it, we can cover more distance in a day."
He was in tears, he didn't want to, really. He had to rack his brains to feed people every meal, was it easy for him?
After eating and drinking, the two groups set out again. The Yang Wei Escort Agency's convoy once again ran ahead of them.
But when Lu Songli and his companions arrived at their planned accommodation, a dilapidated house, they happened to meet Yang Wei and his companions.
Xu Zheng was speechless when he looked at Yang Wei.
Yang Wei touched his nose and said awkwardly, "Secretary Xu, one of our escort horses has diarrhea for some reason, so we have to stop and rest."
"Look, that's the one. Its legs are so weak from overwork that it can't even walk, let alone pull a cart. We can't just abandon it, can we?" Yang Wei said distressedly, pointing to the horse tied under the eaves with its front hooves kneeling on the ground.
Xu Zheng took a look, then silently looked away, thinking, OK, this excuse is fine, as long as you are happy.
So that night, there was another sumptuous dinner, and the Qin family was lucky enough to have delicious food.
Zhao Long seemed to have confirmed something now, and a sneer appeared on his face.
The other officers looked at each other privately, and vaguely guessed something, but since Xu Yasi didn't say anything, they pretended to know nothing.
After dinner, the three Qin brothers met with Lu Songli when the officers were not paying attention.
Qin Heng and Lu Songli talked in a low voice, while Qin Zhao and Qin Sheng kept watch.
"Sixth sister-in-law, it's too obvious. Can you pass a message to your people?" Qin Heng whispered.
Lu Songli's heart moved, "What?"
"The other officers are fine, but that Zhao Long, he's gotta—" Qin Heng made a clicking gesture.
Lu Songli looked at him in surprise. His expression was cold and murderous, which was very inconsistent with his elegant temperament.
Qin Heng smiled, understanding the meaning in her eyes. As the saying goes, a merciful army cannot be commanded, and he was definitely not a soft-hearted person. The fourth child was gone, his father was gone, and their Qin family could no longer bear the loss of anyone. Since Zhao Long had bad intentions, he would have to die. On the road of exile, whether it was a prisoner or an official, it was normal for someone to die. Who stipulated that only prisoners could die?
Lu Songli was also trying to find a way to get rid of him without leaving any trace. There was no doubt that there was someone behind this person.
The people from Yang Wei's Escort Agency did it so obviously, yet he still dared to do something bad. There is no other explanation except that there is someone behind him.
The Qin and Lu families had no personal grudge against him, so if it was for money, it wouldn't be worth it. All the officials had been arranged before they set out, and the Qin family was completely broke. He was still thinking of dealing with them at this time, either because he was stupid or because the people behind him had offered him benefits that he couldn't refuse.
"Brother, how are you going to deal with him?"
Qin Heng meant to find an opportunity to knock him out while he was relieving himself outside, and let him freeze to death outside.
Lu Songli felt that this method was somewhat risky and might even implicate Xu Zheng. Furthermore, if Zhao Long, as the deputy bailiff, was away for too long, Xu Zheng would definitely send other officers out to look for him.
It would be better for him to die quietly in his sleep.
Lu Songli told her own method.
"This method is good, but, does it really work?" This method is unheard of. Can it really make Zhao Long die in his sleep?
"Try it. If it doesn't work, I'll try your method again."
"Alright."
At this time, Lu Songli's expression was slightly hesitant.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Songli glanced at the three brothers of the Qin family, and her gaze finally fell on Qin Sheng, "Brother, don't you think I am a cruel person?" Well, although she did, she still wanted to know what they thought.
Qin Sheng looked puzzled.
Qin Zhao: Sixth sister-in-law, you've always been like this. Our whole family knows it. Even if we didn't know, we'd have known about it after seeing the fate of the Xie and Zhao families when we were released from prison. Isn't it a little late for you to worry about this problem now?
Qin Heng laughed. "Whether a person is ruthless or not is not determined by the means she uses, but by her purpose. I also want to kill Zhao Long, and I've even figured out a specific way to do it. Isn't that just as ruthless?"
"After so many years of guarding the northern border, my hands are stained with blood and lives. Well, everyone in our Qin family is like this. Even Ah Sheng has taken the lives of many foreigners on his hands. How can we explain this?"
The next morning, Yang Wei Escort Agency provided breakfast for everyone as usual, and then both parties set off again.
Xu Zheng and others were left behind again. Just when everyone thought that today would be a repeat of yesterday's script, at noon, the people from Yang Wei's Escort Agency unexpectedly met them again in front without waiting.
After eating good meals for several days in a row, the Qin family was fine with suddenly having to eat their own dry food, but the officers were not used to it.
When they arrived at the inn they were planning to stay in in the evening, they found that the entire inn had been booked by Yang Wei's Escort Agency.
Today is the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the eve of the Chinese New Year. It is freezing and snowy, and there are few people in the inn.
Yang Wei still warmly treated them to food and drinks, and also prepared six rooms for Xu Zheng and other bailiffs. Two of them were upper rooms, which were the warmest rooms in the entire inn because they were in the middle of the inn. Once the doors and windows were closed, they were almost airtight.
Zhao Long was very satisfied with this. After sleeping in the open air for several days, it was really great to sleep in the upper room of the inn for one night.
At night, Zhao Long slept soundly in the upper room he had chosen. There was originally a charcoal brazier in the room, and at some point, another one had appeared. Meanwhile, all the doors and windows in his room were tightly shut.
The next day, he was still awake, so the other officers had no choice but to knock on his door, but received no response. Later, after forcing the door open, they discovered that he was already dead.
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