However, Hong Tian Xiao suddenly changed his mind the day before yesterday. In the original book, Mao Shi Ba was already heavily injured when he appeared at Li Chun Courtyard. The original book didn't explain who had injured Mao Shi Ba. Therefore, Hong Tian Xiao had been wandering around Yangzhou City since the day before yesterday, hoping to meet Mao Shi Ba in advance and see who had injured him. Therefore, apart from listening to Miss Xiuping play the zither every day, Hong Tian Xiao would wander around Yangzhou City until it was dark before returning to Li Chun Courtyard.
On this day, Hong Tian Xiao listened to the song played by Miss Xiu Ping as usual and began to stroll around Yangzhou City. At noon, he ordered four dishes and a pot of wine from the Victory Restaurant in the south of the city and began to eat and drink leisurely. There was not much difference between the wine of the Qing Dynasty and the wine of today, except that the alcohol content was slightly lower. Yangzhou was located in the south, so the alcohol content was lower, about 20 degrees.
Half-drunk, Hong Tian Xiao suddenly heard a soft conversation coming from the table next door.
"Brother, I heard that the infamous thief Mao Shi Ba has come to Yangzhou?”
"Mao Shi Ba, isn't he the hero who kills the rich and helps the poor? It was said that the government was trying their best to arrest him. It seemed that He Zhengkai, the brother-in-law of Cui Zhitong, the commander of Yangzhou, had died in his hands. It was said that Cui Zhitong was willing to get Mao Shi Ba to avenge his brother-in-law. If he came to Yangzhou now, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?”It seemed like this person had a high opinion of Mao Shi Ba.
" Brother, do you want to die? How dare you say something like that? What if someone hears you…" The man turned around and looked at the tables around him. When he saw that no one was paying attention to their conversation, he felt relieved. He made a beheading gesture with his hand and continued," This is a great crime. Be careful not to cause trouble." But how did you know that He Zhengkai died in Mao Shiba's hands?”
"Sigh, Brother Li doesn't know, but Mao Shi Ba is my benefactor. At this time last year, that shameless bastard He Zhengkai actually took a fancy to your sister-in-law's beauty and announced that he wanted to take her into the residence as his thirteenth concubine. At that time, I was at my wit's end and was about to commit suicide with your sister-in-law. Unexpectedly, at that time, Mao Engong appeared. When he heard about this, he flew into a rage and immediately wanted to kill that He Zhengkai. We don't know if it's true or not, so we can only temporarily give up the idea of suicide and wait for news. However, each of us has a kitchen knife in our hands. Once He Zhengkai comes to snatch her, we will both commit suicide. Unexpectedly, after a day of panic, the news of He Zhengkai being killed spread out. We naturally knew that He Zhengkai was killed by Mao Engong.”After saying so much in one breath, he suddenly felt thirsty and drank the wine in front of him.
"Oh, I see." The man with the surname Li suddenly understood. He then looked around and lowered his voice," Brother, do you know that the government has already found Mao Shi Ba's whereabouts? They are preparing to ambush Mao Shi Ba at the Sunset Slope in the south of the city this afternoon and arrest him in one fell swoop?"”
After Hong Tian Xiao heard this, not only did he understand the reason for Mao Shi Ba's injury, but he also felt that this restaurant was indeed the fastest place for news to spread.
Now that he knew Mao Shi Ba's whereabouts, he couldn't let him get hurt again, and he couldn't let him stay in Li Chun Court. That way, Wei Xiaobao and Mao Shi Ba would no longer have any connection, and Wei Xiaobao would never be able to go north to the capital, let alone enter the palace to replace Xiao Gui Zi.
After the meal, Hong Tian Xiao called the waiter over to settle the bill. He asked for the exact location of the Sunset Break and went downstairs.
Hong Tian Xiao had just arrived at the entrance of the Sunset Break when he could already feel a strong killing intent from within. Killing intent was an invisible smell, a thought. It couldn't be detected with the nose. One's martial arts had to reach a certain level to be able to sense it. Hong Tian Xiao could sense it, but Mao Shi Ba couldn't. When Hong Tian Xiao flew up to the tallest tree, he could clearly see a burly man holding a large knife walking towards the south entrance of Sunset Break.
Hong Tian Xiao looked into the slope and saw a large group of people sprawled on the ground. There were probably no less than a hundred people, and each of them had a shiny steel saber in their hands. Hong Tian Xiao couldn't help but be shocked. He didn't expect the government to send such a lineup in order to capture Mao Shi Ba. It seemed that Mao Shi Ba's martial arts were very ordinary. Moreover, if these hundred soldiers succeeded in ambushing Mao Shi Ba, there was no way Mao Shi Ba could escape with his martial arts skills. How could he hide in Li Chun Courtyard to recuperate? Could there be some kind of plot in between? Hong Tian Xiao could not figure it out and could only watch quietly.
Sure enough, Mao Shi Ba couldn't feel the killing intent from Setting Sun Break. He only cared about moving forward and soon arrived at the ambush site.
Mao Shi Ba was walking when he suddenly heard a shout: "Mao Shi Ba, let's see where you can run to today.”
Mao Shi Ba jumped in fright. Just as he raised his head, countless soldiers appeared from the surrounding slopes, surrounding Mao Shi Ba at the bottom of the slope. The Sunset Break was located 50 miles south of Yangzhou City. It was the best place for an ambush. It was surrounded by high slopes and a concave spot in the middle was the only road from the south to the north. Back then, a great battle between the Ming army and the Qing army took place here. The Ming army set up an ambush here according to the terrain and defeated the Qing army.
When Hong Tian Xiao saw this, he was secretly surprised. The hundred soldiers he saw were from the north of the slope. There were also more than a hundred soldiers from the east, west, and south of the slope. There were five hundred soldiers who participated in the ambush of Mao Shi Ba. There was only one person in Yangzhou who could mobilize so many soldiers to deal with one person, and that was the commander of Yangzhou, Cui Zhi Tong. It seemed that Cui Zhi Tong was in a hurry to avenge his brother-in-law, which was why he did not hesitate to pay the price. This Cui Zhitong must be someone who feared his wife like a tiger.
Mao Shiba had been wanted by the government for a long time and had been ambushed many times, but this was the first time he had seen such a lineup. When he first saw it, he was really shocked. But Mao Shi Ba was a man after all, he regained his composure and laughed: ""I didn't expect the Tartars to think so highly of me and use such a lineup, hahahaha.”Although Mao Shi Ba pretended not to care, he didn't dare to be careless in his heart. When he spoke, he had already passed the broadsword in his left hand to his right hand and was prepared to fight.
"Mao Shiba, you traitor, you have committed all kinds of crimes. The imperial court has already offered a reward for you. Today, Sunset Slope will be your burial ground. As long as I have your head, my future will be limitless.”Cui Zhi Tong saw that Mao Shi Ba was surrounded and thought that he couldn't escape this time. He was relieved and excited. He actually said what he was thinking.
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