Chapter 29 10. Earthworms send messages

Just after noon the next day, Grandfather called a church meeting. This time it was an enlarged meeting. In addition to Batou, there were also some prominent little feet. The grandfather said solemnly: "It's difficult to draw a dragon and a tiger. Knowing people and faces but not the heart. Grandfather, I treat my disciples well, why do you still want to be an inner ghost?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, their hearts pounding. "Sanbatou!" Grandpa yelled loudly, "You still didn't do it!" Sanbatou was taken aback: "Grandfather, what does this mean?"

The grandfather looked up to the sky and screamed: "It's in vain that I worked so hard to cultivate you, but I didn't expect you to eat inside and out!" Sanbatou yelled: "I'm wronged, grandpa, I'm wronged!" The grandfather smiled coldly, and took out a thin reed stalk from his sleeve, "The technique is superb, the oil paper is engraved with imitation Song characters, rolled up and inserted into the reed stalk, and then stuffed the reed stalk into the stomach of the earthworm, and the earthworm followed suit When the stream flows down, a fine net is blocked at the water outlet of the pond, and the earthworms carrying the reed stalks will be stopped. After the informant gets the earthworms, the news will come out. .In the name of fishing, the insider's reality is flawless, flawless!"

Sanbatou was shocked: "Grandfather, you have been wronged! I don't know about these things!" The grandfather yelled: "Pull it out, cut it off!" Sanbatou wept and shouted: "Grandpa clearly checked! Wronged, wronged!" All the heads were sweating, "Grandpa, have you found out about this matter?" Wubatou Liang Wenqiu got up and said: "Grandfather, since the third master has followed grandfather, he has been loyal and has never done anything unusual. This matter must be verified before he can be executed!" The grandfather looked at Sanbatou and said: "Go to the dungeon first, and after I beat Mei Xuanzi back to his original form, I will kill you and sacrifice to heaven!"

A few little feet tied up Sanbatou and pushed him out. At night, Sanbatou curled up in the dungeon, sighing constantly, wondering what's going on here?While hesitating, a little foot delivered food. "Third Master, let's eat!" Sanbatou yelled, "I don't fucking eat!" The little feet pushed the food in and said in a low voice, "Grandfather ordered, you must eat!" Sanbatou looked at Xiaojiao suspiciously, took the food, it was a bowl of rice noodles and a few slices of salted fish, after Xiaojiao left, Sanbatou sat on the ground and grabbed a few mouthfuls of rice noodles, and took another bite of salted fish, thinking There was something to pad the teeth. It turned out that there was an oil paper bag in the stomach of the salted fish. Sanbatou hurriedly opened the oil paper, and inside was a note, which was written by his grandfather: "The plan of bitter meat comes from hardships, and brotherhood comes from hardships." Sanbatou looked at it. Finished, ate the note, and laughed.

All of this was arranged by the grandfather and Zeng Jingwu together. On that day, the grandfather went to Zeng Jingwu and explained the ins and outs of Shilu one by one. The grandfather said: "When I was 'Shilu', I used the method of 'Yingyao', and I observed how many dams..." Zeng Jingwu said: "We are very cautious in conveying information, and every move may be a secret signal, but all secret communications are ultimately completed by people. The reason why the eyeliner placed by the grandfather around Batou can't be found is because they are very familiar with Batou. The behavior of the bosses is used to it. Grandfather, don’t worry, since the ghost has already knocked the mountain, the ghost will definitely send a message as soon as possible to find a way out. I arranged for a few people to follow in secret. These people are well-trained brothers. Knowing how to do it carefully, after Master Huo (Huo Yuanjia) was poisoned to death, these brothers did all the work of our assassination of the Japanese, if the insider sends out a message, they will definitely find out!"

So a few veterans of the "Jingwu Association" began to deploy defenses at the places where Sanbatou, Sibatou, and Wubatou often appeared.As a result, when the person monitoring Sanbatou pretended to be a punting fisherman in the fish pond to spy, he discovered the mystery in the fish food. That day, Sanbatou fished all afternoon. When it was getting dark, Sanbatou got up and went home. The little foot in charge of fish food looked around and poured the remaining earthworms in the basket into the fish pond. The earthworms flowed Down below, the water outlet of the fish pond was stopped by a fine net. The people from the "Jingwu Club" picked up the earthworm and observed it carefully, only then did they discover the secret in the earthworm's stomach!

According to the instructions of the grandfather and Zeng Jingwu, the people of the "Jingwu Club" did not intercept the news in the earthworm, but put it back to the original place, waiting for the other party to pick it up. After dark, the other party's informant pretended to be a fisherman and took the news away up.The next afternoon, the other party used the same method to tie Mei Xuanzi's reply letter on the fine net. At night, the little foot next to Sanbatou dived into the water and took the reed pole away. At first, the grandfather really thought that Sanbatou had rebelled, and thought that this time it would be bad. My brother is not long to live.

Fortunately, my grandfather was scheming and did not rush to act.After the little feet beside Sanbatou took back the reed stalks, they didn't go directly back to Sanbatou's house, but came to Sibatou's residence. After looking around the house, they stuffed the reed stalks into Sibatou In the gutter in the corner, and then retreated quietly. Only then did the grandfather find out the truth of the matter. The inner ghost was the fourth son Qi Chunfu. This guy was really treacherous. He used Sanbatou to spread the news. Once found out, Sanbatou would be the dead ghost! The most hateful thing is the little foot next to Sanbatou. He was originally the eyeliner placed by the grandfather next to Sanbatou.

Anger is inevitable, where does sadness come from?Because the grandfather treated this little foot like his own son, never dreaming that he would be the ghost! This little foot is named Sun Yexing, and the grandfather let him be his eyeliner, and there is a good story about it. No one knows who Sun Yexing is, but his father is indeed a well-known figure.When Zhang Dancheng's several dams "climbed incense", the leader was Sun Yexing's father, who was Zhang Dancheng's fourth child.Sun Yexing's father was Sun Kao, who was cruel and ruthless, and he was the one who took the lead in killing his grandfather's brother and sister.

Sun Kao and other Batou teamed up to "climb incense". Fortunately, Zhang Dancheng and Zhou Zhenlong were saved from death by their grandfather. Later, the grandfather helped Zhang Dancheng bring reinforcements from Wang Yaqiao, which quelled the rebellion. After the rebellion subsided, Zhang Dancheng wanted to clean up the remnants in the team, and Sun Kao's one-year-old son, Sun Yexing, was also implicated.At this juncture, the grandfather came out to intercede: "Master Zhang, the disaster is worse than his wife and children. Although Sun Kao is heinous, but his son is young and ignorant of human affairs, please forgive me!"

The reason why the grandfather begged for mercy was based on the kindness in his heart. When he saw the child, he thought of his younger brothers and sisters.What's more, the father of this child was burned to death by lighting a sky lantern by himself. The grandfather couldn't bear to kill his son again after his father was dead. So, the child grew up day by day under the protection of his grandfather, who passed on his four books and five classics, taught him how to be a man, and gradually became close to him. Do your own eyeliner by your side. Sun Yexing didn't know that his grandfather was his father-killing enemy, and everyone who spoke about this matter kept his mouth shut. The grandfather gave the death order, and whoever dares to tell the truth will be shot! The turning point of the matter occurred in 1932. In that year, the grandfather personally acted as a "mister", arranged Erbatou to drive away the corpses, helped Jia Siye to transport smoke and soil, and left the hall for nearly a month. It was during this month that Qi Chunfu, the eldest son of the court, called Sun Yexing to tell the whole story. Why did Qi Chunfu tell the truth?What is his relationship with Sun Yexing? The grandfather found out Qi Chunfu and Sun Yexing, but stood still, because the grandfather didn't know if Qi Chunfu had any accomplices, especially whether Liang Wenqiu, who was also a survivor of Zhang Dancheng's first class, was an accomplice, so he used his plan and closed three Batou, first to paralyze Qi Chunfu, second, to delay time and test Liang Wenqiu. Qi Chunfu was already panicking at that time!He didn't know how his grandfather intercepted the news. Did Sun Yexing discover it when he sent it, or did he find it when he recovered it?Or neither, but the news from the informant next to Mei Xuanzi.When the grandfather "shilu" talked so much, Qi Chunfu couldn't figure out whether it was true or not. Qi Chunfu nervously analyzed that if it was intercepted when sending the message, then it is logical for the grandfather to kill Sanbatou.However, Sun Yexing can't get rid of the responsibility, but Sun Yexing can protect himself for the time being, saying that he is only responsible for adding fish food to Sanbatou, and knows nothing about other situations. It is human nature to dump the remaining earthworms into the fish pond Common sense.There is no evidence that grandfather can't kill people indiscriminately, besides, Sun Yexing is also the eyeliner placed by grandfather around Sanbatou, with a high degree of integrity. The method of careful operation is to send and receive messages. Both sending and receiving messages must be safe. If the two cannot be achieved at the same time, 50% security must be guaranteed, otherwise it will be dead for nothing. There is a saying in "Acquaintance with Careful Works": "Even two guarantees, one thing is five, and the resurrection of the corpse is added to six." It means that if you want to do it carefully, the risk is relatively high, and you have to do it, then divide the risk of the matter into two, and if you can guarantee the safety of one channel, then the feasibility of this matter is 50%; , is to bring in outsiders and disturb the audience. If you can find a scapegoat, you will be 60% sure of the matter. If the boss is not the grandfather, but an impulsive master dad, then it is very likely that Sun Yexing's message will be intercepted on the same day, and then Sun Yexing and Sanbatou will be interrogated together, which will hit Qi Chunfu's trick. But the actual situation is that the grandfather only said that he would cut off the three heads, but did not interrogate Sun Yexing! Qi Chunfu's mind is in a mess!He guessed that his grandfather already knew everything, but he wasn't sure, the communication channel with Mei Xuanzi had been cut off, and he didn't know anything about the situation there. He was anxious and couldn't sleep all night! At this moment, the grandfather used another trick of "making something out of nothing" and made a false news. Early the next morning, he asked two people from the "Jingwu Club" to pretend to be roe deer to tell fortunes, and one went to Qi Chunfu. One went to Liang Wenqiu's front door. During the test, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, both of them took out a note from their sleeves and stuffed it into Qi Chunfu and Liang Wenqiu respectively. After the two Batou got the note, Qi Chunfu kept it secret, but Liang Wenqiu came to visit urgently, saying that a roe deer stuffed a note just now when the fortune-telling was at the front door, and hoped that the grandfather would see clearly. The note reads: Tonight at three o'clock, there is a boat on the left side of the fish pond by the river, call the signal three times, someone will respond, run away! A huge stone fell from the grandfather's heart, and he patted Liang Wenqiu, who was trembling, and said, "Master Liang is loyal, accept my worship!" He said, wanting to bow and salute. Liang Wenqiu was so frightened that he quickly helped his grandfather up: "What's the reason? I can't bear it!" This is my grandfather's sincere respect. Liang Wenqiu is fifteen years older than himself. All these years, he has worked hard and worked hard. In this moment of internal and external troubles, he is still loyal and unyielding. The grandfather gave this great gift from the heart. The grandfather sighed: "Master Liang, go back and rest earlier, don't talk to others about today's affairs." Liang Wenqiu looked at his grandfather suspiciously, said yes, and turned away. In the middle of the night, heavy fog fell from the sky, and the surface of the river was in chaos. Qi Chunfu packed up the gold and silver, took Sun Yexing to the riverside, looked around, and shouted three times: "Draw ten! Draw ten! Draw ten!" Draw ten is slang, chopsticks Meaning, here alludes to oars, the meaning of running. A white sail was raised on the boat, and Qi Chunfu and Sun Yexing got out of the grass pit and jumped onto the boat.When I opened the curtain, I was frightened out of my wits when I saw it. "Grandfather!" Immediately, the two were tied up and brought back to the hall. The hall was brightly lit, Qi Chunfu and Sun Yexing knelt on the ground, and the grandfather looked at them coldly. "Why did you betray me?" Qi Chunfu looked up to the sky and burst into tears, crying: "Forget it, forget it, God has no eyes, let my family die at your hands!" Qi Chunfu's yell made grandpa overheard. The grandfather felt that there was something in Qi Chunfu's words, so he made everyone retreat. There were only three people left in the room, and Qi Chunfu told his love and hatred for fifteen years with tears. When Sun Yexing's father, Sun Kao, rebelled, Zhang Dancheng also killed Sun Yexing's mother, Sun Kao's wife. Sun Kao was lecherous, promiscuous, uninhibited, and often sought out flowers and women. His wife's advice was hopeless many times, and his heart was chilled.But as a female Abao, she has a lot of hardships. Officials dare not report the identity of this kind of liar, and she has nowhere to say it. She had to swallow the bitterness to her stomach.This state was discovered by a small "juren" under Sun Kao, who was Qi Chunfu.Qi Chunfu was seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, smart and handsome. Seeing his mistress wiping his eyes and tears every day, he felt pity for this pretty mistress. , I tied some paper lanterns and paper mandarin ducks, and ran to my wife to make her happy. Women are made of ice, born to love; women are vicious, born to love revenge.Just like this, the two people fell in love with each other for a long time.Finally, one day, the two of them couldn't control themselves, and performed the ceremony of Duke Zhou. Afterwards, the woman was afraid that Sun Kao might be suspicious, so she hurriedly had sex with Sun Kao one after another. Later, Sun Kao was very happy when she saw that the woman had a big belly, but the woman knew in her heart that the child belonged to Qi Chunfu. After the child was born, the woman was afraid that Sun Kao would find out when she grew up in the future, so she secretly discussed with Qi Chunfu to run away together. Never letting go of one principle, Sun Kao's wife was also killed. If the grandfather hadn't pleaded hard, Sun Yexing would have died in his infancy. The grandfather saved Sun Yexing, and Qi Chunfu did not run away, because his flesh and blood are here.But he dare not admit it.He hated Zhang Dancheng, hated his grandfather even more, and hated this hall. If his grandfather hadn't saved Zhang Dancheng, Sun Kao would not have died, nor would Sun Kao's wife. In his eyes, she was his own wife. Now The person he loved was killed, and his son was controlled by his grandfather. The anger in his heart couldn't help igniting, and he blamed all of this on his grandfather!Therefore, when the grandfather "drinking wine to release the military power", he strongly demanded to continue to assist the grandfather. He knew that he must not retreat to the second line, and he wanted to control all the dynamics at the entrance of the hall.He tried hard to conceal this past, just waiting for an opportunity to kill grandfather, reunite father and son, and destroy the entire "Muzilian"! In 1932, when his grandfather was away in southern Guangdong, Qi Chunfu found Sun Yexing and told the story. Sun Yexing didn't believe it at first, so Qi Chunfu showed Sun Yexing the blood book that had been treasured for fifteen years. It was Sun Yexing's mother's last pen. He also pointed out that there was a triangular mark on Sun Yexing's back, which was branded by his mother with a branding iron during his lifetime, which proved that father and son would recognize each other in the future.After Sun Yexing heard this, the father and son hugged each other and cried loudly.From then on, the father and son began to conspire to rebel. After Mei Xuanzi gained momentum, Qi Chunfu felt that the time had come.Qi Chunfu is very smart, he knows that Mei Xuanzi is so powerful this time, he must have got the support of an expert, he felt that the history of Jianghuai was about to be rewritten, so he secretly informed Mei Xuanzi, and told the other party the ancestral taboo of the "Jiang Xiang faction", The other party just set up the Wufa coffin bureau, intending to ruin the grandfather's reputation in one fell swoop! After the grandfather heard it, his heart felt desolate.The grievances between two generations, the deep love between father and son, who is right and who is wrong, the grandfather is full of confusion. The grandfather didn't want to kill people, one was Zhang Dancheng's widow, and the other was a baby he had grown up with, but these two had to be killed. On the day of the execution, the grandfather wept.Especially the way Sun Yexing was lying under the knife, tilting his head and glaring, made grandfather feel distressed. After the two died, the grandfather issued an order to bury them generously. The Batou people didn't know why the grandfather was so kind to the two inner ghosts. The grandfather said: "They were also bewitched by Mei Xuanzi and went astray! The relationship between me and Mei Xuanzi Hatred cannot be shared!" Grandpa intended to divert the conflict and let everyone turn their hatred to the Plum Blossom Club, so that the whole hall could be twisted into a single rope to fight against Mei Xuanzi. On the genealogy of "Jiang Xiangpai", the grandfather added two names in his own handwriting: Qi Chunfu, the fifteenth grandson, and Sun Yexing, the sixteenth grandson.This means that these two people are still members of the "Jiang Xiang sect", and they can still enjoy the incense offerings from Jiang Xiang's descendants after they die. After writing, they burn three sticks of incense, and then weep silently and sigh.