Chapter 8: Border Town (5)

Wu Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Qian, every sentence Wu Xun said is true. However, the bandits acted cunningly and were covered with wind and sand in the desert. It is often difficult to find traces of the murdered caravan. Moreover, the bandits massacred all the caravans every time, so there were not many people who reported the case. However...Mr. Qian, Wu Xun found the body of the Persian merchant in Shatuochi this time, and this is the best evidence!" As he said that, he signaled to his subordinates, and several people quickly carried a dead person from a carriage and threw it into Qian Guinan and others. It was Alatimur's body!

Qian Guinan's face was already pale and shaking. When he saw a dead man again, his eyes immediately rolled up, his throat rumbling, and he fell backwards. Wang Qian's eyes were clear and his hands were about to hold him up, and he kept stroking his chest. After a while, Master Qian slowly turned around and leaned on Wang Qian's body, saying half-deadly: "Wu, Wu Xun... I am unwell and unwell, I have to go home to rest and rest... What you said, I... I know, and after I discuss with everyone, I will make plans..."

Wang Qian helped Qian Guinan onto the carriage, and Wu Xun wanted to speak. Wang Qian glared at him: "Mr. Governor is like this, can you still kill them all?" Wu Xun pursed his lips angrily. Although he was reluctant, he had to retreat helplessly. Qian Guinan got into the car, lifted up the curtain of the car, and instructed: "Person Wu, send this dead man to the morgue of the governor's yamen... don't disturb the people."

The carriage started and drove out of the alley in panic. At this time, Wang Qian, who was sitting at the front of the car, turned around and asked in the car: "Sir Qian, should we go home or go..." Qian Guinan's cold and calm voice came from the car: "Forget it today, go home!"

In front of the governor's mansion, Wu Xun looked at Qian Guinan's carriage and left. His subordinates came up and asked, "Captain Wu, this corpse?" "Send it to the morgue!" Wu Xun shouted loudly, then sighed a long sigh.

More than half an hour later, in a food shop three streets away from the Tingzhou Governor's Mansion, Wu Xun took three or five of his closest subordinates to drink the wine. Several people sat around the greasy wooden table, put one leg on the bench, rolled up their sleeves and guessed for a while, and drank two jars of wine. Wu Xun still felt extremely depressed in his chest.

The sky was already full of stars, and the strong wind in the desert at night slowed down a lot when it arrived in Tingzhou City, but it still made the streets fly sand and stones, and it was dark. People had already closed their doors and hid homes, while merchants gathered in restaurants and restaurants or inns in groups of three or three. Tingzhou, a big oasis-like town outside the border, was also a sign of solemnity on winter nights, and there was no prosperity and variety of daytime.

Wu Xun was a little drunk. He picked up the wine glass and complained with his tongue: "Damn! I'm so fed up! What a bullshit, I'll dizzy when I see a dead person, which is worse than a woman! Such a person, just go home and breastfeed the child!" Several subordinates burst into drunken laughter. One of them shouted without hesitation, "Person Wu, you are a hero! Brothers admire you! Unlike other officials, they don't do anything serious except making money and playing with women! It's better to die than to live!"

Another subordinate waved his hand quickly: "Oh! Be careful that disaster comes from the mouth! Our Wushuo Captain is already a famous thorn in Tingzhou City. You haven't seen many masters treat Wushuo Captain as a thorn in his eyes. It's too late to find a handle! You can't cause trouble for Wushuo Captain!" "Crazy!" Wu Xun smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, shouting with red eyes: "Damn! So what if I caused trouble? When did I, Wushuo, have I ever been afraid of trouble? To catch my handle? I was so steadfast, all my heart was devoted to the Great Zhou and the imperial court, let alone the Tingzhou government, even... Well, even if the emperor came to ask, I was not afraid!"

"Yes, yes. Brothers know the character of the Martial Arts. But who cares about your hard work?" A seemingly sober interface among his subordinates said: "Look at your rank, you are still only a Martial Arts. Wang Qian, what's the matter! In terms of kung fu, character and talent, you can compare with your Martial Arts and Brother Wu, but they can flatter and behave like a man. Isn't it? I've become the sixth-rank lieutenant Guoyi, who is following the governor all day long, and his eyes are almost turning to the sky! Martial Arts, brothers are really unfair for you!"

Wu Xun sneered: "I don't want to be with such a villain like Wang Qian. What's hateful is that I, Wu Xun, have a passion for serving the country, and are always mistaken by these treacherous and slandered people! Just like this time, Shatuoji has a scoundrel, I have been talking about it for three years! The Tingzhou government ignored it completely. A large Han Navy stationed here, eating and drinking for free every day, consuming military pay from the court, but disregarding the security of the border trade routes. Seeing that there have been fewer and fewer caravans entering Tingzhou over the past three years, the commercial movements in Beiting are getting worse and worse day by day, and my heart is heartbroken!" Wu Xun's fist hit the table heavily, and the bowls, plates, cups and chopsticks followed, as if they were also making a fuss for him.

Everyone was silent, and they all lowered their heads and drank a few glasses of wine. The person sitting next to Wu Xun said, "Person Wu, should the governor be serious about the case of Shatuoji bandits this time? In the past, we always said that we had nothing to say, and today we threw the corpse in front of him. Can he continue to beat us? "Wu Xun's face was gloomy and frowned and did not speak. The subordinate thought about it again, came to Wu Xun and lowered his voice, "Person Wu, brothers have never understood why Lord Wu is so taboo about Shatuoji bandits? He is unwilling to pursue or not to mention it. Is there anything wrong with it?" Before he finished speaking, Wu Xun suddenly jumped up from the stool, jumped to the nearby table, and shouted loudly to the person sitting at the table: "Who? Why do you eavesdrop on our conversation?!"

The man was not panicked, looked at Wu Xun lightly, then turned his eyes away, and sat quietly. Wu Xun waited for a while, and saw that he had no intention of answering him, and couldn't help but be angry and annoyed. He raised his hand and slapped the table, shouting: "Did you hear this lieutenant talking to you?!" The man then raised his head and looked straight towards him with sharp eyes. The eyes of both sides intertwined. Although it was only a moment, Wu Xun made a cold war in a flash. The man spoke slowly: "Are you talking to me? Is there anything wrong?" His voice was very low and slightly hoarse.

Wu Xun was shocked by this man's introverted and sharp aura. When he came to his senses and looked at him carefully, he was shocked. He was wearing a whole set of military uniforms in the lieutenant, with a sleek look and a straight sitting posture, which was completely a soldier's temperament. Wu Xun just felt that this man had been paying attention to listening to his conversations and was worried that the visitor was not good, so he jumped over to ask the other party. Now that he noticed that the expression and behavior of this man was not as elegant as that of ordinary people, and also in this military uniform that was the same as himself, he couldn't help but feel strange from the bottom of his heart. Wu Xun had been in the army in Tingzhou for nearly twenty years and knew the situation of the Han Navy, so he could tell that this man was definitely not a local person, nor did he belong to the Han Navy.
Chapter completed!