Chapter 670 Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill
Li Banfeng once again grabbed the connecting rod of the stylus with his hand and lifted the stylus from the record. However, the stylus of the record player stretched rapidly and kept in contact with the record.
The weird singing never stopped, the five Luo sisters and Hu Qihong suffered heavy losses, and the worm brought by the wind-up record player was also dying.
Li Banfeng wanted to summon a shadow and break the record player into pieces, but amid the harsh music, Li Banfeng couldn't use the skill of shadowing.
Dismantle it, must dismantle it!
Li Banfeng's eyes were blood red, staring closely at the clockwork record player.
Luo Shaojun was in the distance and shouted with difficulty: "Brother Qi, run away quickly, this is a second-class weapon."
Luo Lijun shouted: "Master Li, let's go, I don't want to drag you down."
Luo Xiujun said: "How about us sisters go up and help Li Qi fight, maybe we can still hold it down!"
Luo Yujun said: "Stop talking nonsense. How can a second-class weapon be held down? Whoever dares to touch this thing will die. Let's escape too. Anyone who can escape is considered lucky."
Bang!
Mi dang dang!
A piece of parts was scattered on the ground, and the wind-up record player was dismantled.
The sisters were frightened for a while, and Li Banfeng was also in a daze looking at the parts on the ground.
The material of this record player is strong and the structure is meticulous. Just now, Li Banfeng was holding the stylus with one hand and pressing the tray with the other, trying to separate the stylus from the record, but it was very difficult.
He couldn't summon the shadow at that time.
The question then becomes, how was this record player dismantled?
A gear shook slowly on the ground, and the gear's axle suddenly stood up and spun rapidly on the ground.
Shaojun shouted: "No, we need to recover!"
Can this machine be restored?
Li Banfeng trampled the gears to pieces with his step on the rivers. He wanted to pick up the other parts together, but Gloves shouted in a low voice: "Master, keep the other things for now. I will take them back and give them to the master's mother-in-law. I guess I can get some usefulness."
"Do you know whether the other parts are alive or dead? Can you tell whether they are alive or dead?"
"I think the rest of them are probably dead, but there's no guarantee that there are special ones inside. Let's try to contain them first. If we can't contain them anymore, we can find a solution from the master."
The gloves could really be used to collect all the parts of the record player. The Luo sisters didn't know what method Li Banfeng used, but they only found that the smoke and dust cleared and all the parts were gone.
The worm, who was originally carrying a record player, lay on the ground and used one foot to take out the bottle of grease from his body.
He knew that he was bound to die, and he wanted to return the grease to Li Banfeng.
Luo Yujun stepped forward and shouted at Chongzi, "Who asked you to come?"
The insect could not speak. He made a "hissing" sound and steam was spitting out of him.
Luo Yanjun checked the bug: "He can't speak, his throat was removed."
Luo Lijun gritted her teeth and said: "It turned out to be a sacrificial slave! I don't know who sent him here!"
Li Banfeng asked: "What does it mean to sacrifice one's life?"
Luo Shaojun said: "A slave who sacrifices his life is a slave who is carefree and loyal. The master allows them to perform a mission that requires death."
Luo Yanjun thought about the scene when he first met this slave, and analyzed the context of the whole thing: "This person should have been sent by Bao Yingjun. He asked this slave to intercept us halfway."
Luo Yujun said: "Can he recognize us? Aren't we rouged?"
Luo Yanjun shook his head and said: "The rouge is useless. This servant can't smell it. Even his tentacles have been removed and he can't smell anything."
Luo Xiujun said: "How can he live without his tentacles? Won't he become a useless person in the future?"
Luo Yujun glared at Luo Xiujun: "Otherwise, I'll tell you that you have a stupid head. This is a sacrificial slave. You will die anyway, so there will be no future."
Luo Yanjun made another inference: "It doesn't matter even if he doesn't recognize us, he will play music on the road we must pass. If we can't bear it and have no way around it, we will probably be killed by this second-class weapon.
Even if we escape, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. If he sends another sacrificial slave, we will still be unable to escape death. "
Luo Shaojun said: "He played music on the roadside. How many people would die?"
Luo Lijun sneered: "Who do you think Bao Yingjun is? There are all common people in the coal yard, how can he care about the life and death of common people?"
Li Banfeng raised his head and said, "In addition to the common people, I also saw a lot of slaves working there."
Luo Lijun remained silent. In her concept, slaves could not be considered human beings.
Hu Qihong explained for Luo Lijun: "In Boundless City, the death of a slave is never a big deal, and the death of a commoner can be dealt with.
Things involving subordinates are trivial, but if a noble is killed, the matter becomes serious. "
Luo Lijun felt that there was something in Hu Qihong's words: "Please speak more clearly."
Hu Qihong said: "After Bao Yingjun defected to the Bao family, he changed his surname but not his name. This situation is not common. He has also always claimed to the outside world that he has never forgotten the nurturing grace of the Luo family and took over Boundless City. after,
He also declared that he would treat the descendants of the Luo family well.
Inferring from this, even if he wants to attack the lord, he will not do it in his own name. He will find another scapegoat. Who can this scapegoat be? "
Luo Lijun thought for a moment and felt that what Hu Chihong said made sense: "You have to build a memorial arch after becoming a bitch. Bao Yingjun does have this temperament. Does he have any old people from Boundless City around him now?"
Hu Qihong nodded and said, "There are two doctors, Bai Chenliang and Lu Mosheng."
"Lu Mosheng——" Luo Lijun's eyebrows trembled, "This man is weak and incompetent, and he is a scapegoat."
Thinking of this, Luo Lijun asked the worm: "Did Lu Mosheng ask you to come?"
Worm was silent for a long time and nodded slightly.
Luo Shaojun said: "Sister, Lao Donkey has been following our family for many years. Let's talk about it and maybe he can do something for us."
Luo Lijun shook her head and said: "It's difficult, the old donkey has been timid all his life and doesn't dare to do anything."
"Since the old donkey can't count on him, there's no need to keep this man." Luo Xiujun took out a sharp thorn from the shell and prepared to kill the worm.
Li Banfeng stopped Luo Xiujun: "Let him live because he gave us a life."
If this worm attacks Li Banfeng without any precautions, as long as he assembles the record player in advance,
There is a high probability that Li Banfeng will be severely injured.
He assembled the record player in front of Li Banfeng, giving Li Banfeng a chance to calmly take on the challenge.
Now this worm wants to return the grease to Li Banfeng, who feels he is not qualified to eat it.
Li Banfeng pushed the grease back to him.
Luo Yujun reminded: "If the matter is not done, his master will not let him go. He will die for his master. This loyalty is also valuable to him. It is better to fulfill his wish.'"
Li Banfeng shook his head: "It is not valuable at all. His master will not shed a tear for him. Such loyalty is worthless."
Luo Yujun did not agree with Li Banfeng's idea: "If his master doesn't cry, it would be too far-fetched for you to say that loyalty is not valuable!"
"It's not far-fetched at all," Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "If you don't believe it, let's try letting him cry twice.
You will know what is valuable to him. "
Luo Lijun was surprised: "Who did you make cry?"
"His master." Li Banfeng took out the wine gourd to treat the worm's injuries.
Luo Yujun was surprised: "You want to find his master?"
Li Banfeng said: "He sent people to kill me, why shouldn't I look for him?"
Luo Xiujun said: "We are guilty, and if we make such a big noise in Boundless City, Bao Yingjun will definitely not let us go."
Li Banfeng smiled and said, "What you said, if you don't make any noise, Lord Bao Ying will let you go?"
Luo Yanjun nodded: "Master Li is right, killing us all quietly is exactly what Bao Yingjun wants."
Li Banfeng said to Hu Qihong: "Miss Hu, do you have any other place to live? This place is no longer safe.
Let's talk somewhere else. "
Marquis Mansion, clear lobby.
This was originally the residence of the Luo family, and the Mingxing Hall was where the head of the Luo family handled government affairs.
A leopard squatted on the ground, closed his eyes and meditated. After a while, he shuttled back and forth between the pillars.
One of the pillars suddenly became slightly taller, and the roof of the hall creaked and cracked.
A donkey lay next to the leopard and whispered: "Master Marquis, calm down."
This is the characteristic of the Hall of Clarity. It can convey the message of Boundless City and can also sense people's emotions.
This leopard is Leopard Yingjun.
This donkey is Lu Mosheng.
Bao Yingjun shook his head and said: "It's very bad to make the lobby clear. Everything I think is laid out in front of you, and you don't know how to think carefully."
Lu Mosheng's face was pressed tightly against the ground: "I serve my lord wholeheartedly and have never slacked off."
"Then tell me, why did I get angry just now?" Bao Yingjun patted Lu Mosheng's head with his paw.
Lu Mosheng pondered for a long time, shook his head and said: "I am stupid, but I couldn't guess this."
"Stupid donkey!" Bao Yingjun slapped Lu Mosheng, leaving a bloodstain on the left side of Lu Mosheng's face, "You can't guess anything, how dare you say that you are not slacking off?"
The people standing in the lobby dared to be angry but dared not speak out. Bao Yingjun's behavior was far different from that of a prince.
Lu Mosheng lowered his head and said, "I do my best to my lord, but because of my lack of talent, I really can't figure out what my lord is thinking."
"I can't think of anything, what's the use of you?" Bao Yingjun slapped Lu Mosheng's right face, causing both sides of Lu Mosheng's cheeks to bloom.
There was a white horse next to him, laughing secretly. This donkey was indeed stupid. He was able to get the position he had today by his master's side entirely because of his seniority and good luck.
This white horse is Bai Chenliang, an old friend of the Luo family.
Huabao came to Bai Chenliang and asked, "Guess why I'm angry?"
Bai Chenliang said: "My lord just called on the eyes of Wubian City, but failed to see the whereabouts of the thief. This proves that Wubian City is not loyal to the lord, and all servants who are not loyal enough should be killed."
Lu Mosheng said blankly: "Boundless City cannot be killed. This is the foundation of our future."
Bai Chenliang shook his head and said: "The foundation does not lie in greatness, but in stability. If Boundless City always pretends to be an outsider in its heart, it cannot be left to the Lord as its foundation.
The Boundless City, which is open to outsiders in its heart, no matter how prosperous it is, is just a scourge. This city should not stay, and if the people in this city are ignorant, they should not stay either. "
Bao Yingjun laughed loudly: "With this understanding, my cultivation of you is not in vain!"
Bai Chenliang lowered his head and said, "My lord, you have given me too much praise."
While speaking, Bai Chenliang looked at Lu Mosheng aside and cursed in his heart along with his master: "Stupid donkey."
Bao Yingjun suddenly raised his sharp claws and slapped Bai Chenliang on the face: "You can guess everything, how can you be so capable?"
Bai Liangchen was caught with a face full of flowers, and was even kicked by Bao Yingjun.
Bao Yingjun shouted to everyone: "Listen to me, there are thieves in Boundless City, and the thieves must be caught today.
To eat the emperor's salary and to be loyal to the emperor is the duty of a minister, and it is also your duty. Do you all understand? "
It was hard to understand what he said. He didn't say who the thief was or where he was, but people didn't dare to ask more questions and could only say yes.
Bao Yingjun looked at Lu Mosheng: "I asked you to send a sacrificial servant to catch the thief, did you do it?"
Lu Mosheng nodded quickly.
"How many have been sent?"
"one person."
Bao Yingjun came to Lu Mosheng again: "I asked you to send a sacrificial sergeant to catch the thief, and you sent one? Are you perfunctory with me? Or are you mocking me?"
Lu Mosheng lowered his head and said: "I asked the sacrificial servant to bring a second-class weapon, which is enough to accomplish the task."
Lu Mosheng had considered this matter carefully, and he really didn't mean to deal with Bao Yingjun on purpose.
Bao Yingjun asked him to send a sacrificial servant to kill the Luo sisters, and claimed that the Luo sisters were his flesh and blood siblings. Once the matter spread, Lu Mosheng would definitely be the one to take the blame.
Moreover, he also received news that the Luo sisters were with Li Qi. Li Qi was a distinguished guest invited by Qiao Yi. If he hurt Li Qi, he would offend Qiao Yi, so don't make a big fuss about this matter.
Moreover, Lu Mosheng did everything right. He sent the people and brought weapons. The matter has been done. Whether it will be successful or not will be discussed later.
Bao Yingjun asked Lu Mosheng: "Is there any news?"
"Not yet." Lu Mosheng shook his head slightly.
"Then send a few more people," Bao Yingjun patted Lu Mosheng's head again, "The matter of enslaving people is a trivial matter. Don't be so afraid. It doesn't hurt to send a few more!"
In addition to the main residence on Zuo Ninth Street, Hu Chihong also has an outhouse on Right Thirteenth Street.
Luo Yanjun praised: "Yihong, your outer house is quite well built. The pavilions and pavilions are well-proportioned, but the space is a bit small."
Hu Qihong quickly explained: "This is the place where I practice my transformation. It's not really a house. After I transformed, my body became smaller, so I don't need a big place."
Luo Yanjun smiled and said: "I compliment you on your house, but it doesn't mean that you are overstepping the limit. What are you afraid of?"
Hu Qihong's heart is still hanging on. Although the Luo sisters have lost power, exceeding the rules is a serious crime for Dashang. This matter must be explained clearly.
Shaojun's voice came from the room: "Brother Qi, your shape is wrong. It doesn't look like a bug, but more like a box."
Li Banfeng said: "What we need to do is the box."
This is a very complicated process. Li Banfeng has to pretend to be a wooden box.
This process requires two steps. The first is to make visual modifications, which can be done with a projector.
Another problem is to modify the sense of smell, which is a bit complicated. The blood-containing pendulum needs to help Li Banfeng make some rouge, and Luo Shaojun also needs to cooperate.
It was impossible for Li Banfeng to know what he looked like in Luo Shaojun's eyes, so he could only rely on Luo Shaojun's description to adjust the ingredients of the rouge.
After trying it dozens of times, Luo Shaojun nodded and said, "It looks like this time. It does look like a box, exactly the same as the box he was carrying."
Li Banfeng climbed on the worm's back and asked the worm to return to life.
This is a very risky behavior. The worm should not have gone back to life in the first place, and he himself did not have the courage to go back to life again.
Li Banfeng fed Worm two cans of grease in succession, and also made him drink a can of alcohol. He didn't know whether it was the alcohol or the grease. The seriously injured Worm gained the courage and took Li Banfeng back to recover. .
The five sisters of the Luo family all felt that something was wrong. Luo Lijun said: "He is a sacrificial slave who came out to die. If you let him go back now, it will definitely arouse suspicion."
Li Banfeng shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. Just say that you are afraid of death and don't want to die. Go back to the master and ask for accommodation."
Luo Lijun said: "What nonsense is this? The master is the slave's heaven. If the slave is scared to death, how can he dare to tell the master?"
Li Banfeng laughed: "The sky is not that small, and the master is not that big. It is the same for all living beings. How can anyone be stronger than the other?"
Luo Lijun said: "Master Li, matters involving subordinates are all trivial matters, but matters involving nobles are big matters. You should think twice before you act!"
"Things involving subordinates are all small matters, while matters for nobles are all big matters." Li Banfeng nodded slightly, "Then let's make the big things small first, and then make the small things bigger."
Luo Shaojun said: "Brother Qi, I'll go with you!"
"You guys wait here for my news." Li Banfeng rode on Worm's back, took out the wine gourd and fed Worm another sip of strong wine. Worm took Li Banfeng and walked all the way towards Youliu Street. .
The Luo sisters wanted to follow, but were driven back by Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng lay on the back of the worm, took out the map and looked through it.
On the left and right streets there lived many Qing officials who were enshrined by the Luo family. The worm stopped at the door of a house, which was the home of Lu Mosheng, the Qing doctor.
As Worm was about to walk in the door, a flea jumped out of the house and shouted at Worm: "Xi, why are you back? What did the master tell you?"
Xi is the name of this worm, which is also a common name among slaves.
And this flea is the little leader of Li Ren. His status is slightly higher than that of Li Ren, and he can barely be regarded as a commoner.
Xi's throat was removed and he was unable to respond.
Flea knew that Xi had become a sacrificial slave and was carrying an important mission, so he did not dare to say anything. He pointed at Xi and said, "Come in and talk!"
Xi followed Flea to enter the yard, but Flea turned around and gave the insect a whip: "You still dare to go through the door? Get through the hole!"
There was a hole next to the main door. Flea pulled the rope and opened the gate at the hole, just enough for the servant to get through.
Xi is a slave, this is the path a slave should take, and he is used to it.
But he suddenly didn't want to leave today.
Xi Zhi walked straight towards the door.
The flea grabbed the whip and started beating him: "You don't want to live anymore?"
This question is ridiculous, Xi has become a self-sacrificial slave, he no longer wants to live!
Xi Shengsheng received a whip, knocked away the fleas, and entered the front yard.
The flea got up and looked around, fearing that someone else would see it.
In the mansion, although this flea always stayed among the servants, he felt that his status was much higher than these servants.
Once, the master rewarded him with two bites of leftover fat. He even felt that he had become half a scholar.
With his current status, he must not be despised by a slave, let alone be bumped into by a slave. This matter must be severely punished!
But Xi's situation is somewhat special.
His parents were dead, he didn't have a family, and now he was a slave who sacrificed his life. He didn't even want his life anymore. What else could scare him?
Seeing Xi entering the house, Flea had no time to think about it. In order to repay his master's kindness, he had to stop this crazy slave at any cost!
Flea jumped up and came to Xi: "Stop, if you take one more step inside, I will smash you to pieces!"
Bang!
Li Banfeng stepped through the river with one foot and crushed the flea to pieces. Because he moved so fast, no one around him saw Li Banfeng, and Xi himself didn't see it either.
It didn't matter that he couldn't see him. He was very drunk and Xi went straight into the main courtyard.
A poodle entered the yard. This man really had an identity. He was the housekeeper of the mansion. Normally, ordinary servants would never see him.
The butler was well-informed and shouted to the servant: "If you have something to say, come to the cross-yard with me. Don't mess around here!"
If he really went to the cross-yard, Xi would be held down by the guards, beaten until he was breathless, pierced with iron rings and chains, locked in a dungeon, waiting for the master's order to torture him to death, or maybe in Before being tortured to death, he could not wait for his master's orders.
In the past, even if he knew the result, Xi would have gone with the housekeeper, because in his eyes,
The steward's orders are the master's orders, and the master's orders cannot be disobeyed.
Now Xi is a little hesitant.
Should I follow the butler? Do you still need to be afraid of the housekeeper? Do you still need to be afraid of the master?
As the alcohol hit him, Xi Neng realized that he was already desperate for his life——·
The housekeeper didn't know the name of this servant, so he simply showed an elder's attitude and lectured: "My child,
We cannot make the same mistake again and again. Without the master, we are nothing.
We didn't understand what the master told us, and we have no shame in living in this world. Now if we come to the master's house to cause trouble again, even if we are shattered into pieces and wiped out in ashes, can we be able to wash away this sin? "
Bang!
Li Banfeng broke the poodle's leg with one foot.
The poodle howled: "Beast, you are going to rebel-"
Before he finished speaking, Li Banfeng broke off one of his legs.
"You deserve to be killed——"
Bang!
The housekeeper broke another arm and dared not speak.
In the mansion, a group of grasshoppers gathered around, holding iron hooks and ropes, trying to catch this slave.
These grasshoppers are the guards of the mansion, and the iron hooks in their hands are considered third-class weapons in the Great Shang Kingdom.
A third-class weapon is not an ordinary object. If you throw it with an iron hook, you can find someone by yourself. The hook can be embedded in the flesh and blood. It can also carry a rope and thread it into the flesh. It is indeed more than enough to catch a slave, but I want to take this Catching Li Banfeng is a bit more difficult.
A grasshopper jumped up and threw the iron hook at the worm's head.
The iron hook suddenly turned in mid-air and hooked the butler's arm.
The housekeeper only had one good arm left, and the iron hook penetrated directly through the skin and penetrated the flesh with a piece of rope.
This time it really hurt. The housekeeper had hooked many slaves before, but this was the first time he had been hooked. The pain was so unbearable that the housekeeper was in so much pain that he could hardly scream.
The grasshopper hurriedly picked up the hook for the butler. The other guards were still attacking the worm. Another hook missed the mark and caught the butler's cheek.
Before the hook on his face could be taken off, another hook caught his stomach.
The grasshopper who was rescuing him was caught in the back by a hook and fell to the ground.
The steward shouted: "You, you all want to rebel?"
The guards dared not move.
They don't know why the hooks in their hands always miss when they take action? And they all hit the housekeeper.
One of the guards lowered his voice and said, "I seemed to see the box behind him move."
"Is it the weapon behind his back?"
Many people know that Xi has become a sacrificial slave, and many people know that Xi carries a deadly weapon.
But what the killer weapon is, even the butler doesn’t know.
Everyone was talking about it, and Xi carried Li Banfeng to the backyard.
The guards asked the steward: "Are you still chasing me inside?"
"Chase!" The housekeeper couldn't move, but he was still worried about his master's family.
The guards asked again: "Are we going to fight again when we go in?"
"What are you fighting for? Can you bear the pain of injuring the young master and his ladies?" The housekeeper wanted to stand up, but still couldn't.
The guards didn't know what to do: "We can't fight, why are we chasing after him?"
"You should keep an eye on him first and call the master back!"
In the Mingshi Lobby of the Marquis Mansion, Lu Mosheng and Bai Liangchen were still waiting for news about the Luo sisters. A scholar came in and sent a message to Lu Mosheng: "Sir, something happened at home."
Bao Yingjun had very good ears. He walked closer and asked, "What happened?"
The scholar did not dare to hide it, so he had to answer: "Xi is back and there is trouble at home."
Lu Mosheng was stunned: "Who is Xi?"
"That's the sacrificial slave you sent out."
The gray donkey was frightened.
He is not afraid of the slaves, he is afraid of the second-class weapons on the slaves.
Bao Yingjun laughed loudly when he heard this: "Look at the person you chose and your ability to employ people. You can't even handle a subordinate. Old donkey, I feel sorry for you."
The gray donkey looked pale and said nothing.
Bao Yingjun waved his hand: "Go back and deal with the slaves. The affairs of slaves are not big things. People like you can't accomplish big things. I don't need so many doctors under me. I want to see who of you can." Get the serious stuff done!”
Lu Mosheng asked someone to bring three second-class weapons and returned to the mansion.
He didn't want to use these weapons at home, otherwise if he made a mistake, the whole family would die.
There are many ways to subdue a subordinate. As long as it is done properly, a few words will be enough.
Lu Mosheng asked his men to wait in the front yard. He entered the backyard alone and saw a group of guards lying lifeless on the ground. He also saw a group of children who were scared out of their wits. Lu Mosheng laughed at the servants in the yard. Said: "Don't forget who raised you, don't forget who fed you and clothed you. If you repay kindness with hatred, you will not end well in this life, and you will also suffer bad retribution in the next life!"
Snap!
Li Banfeng slapped Lu Mosheng: "Who are you talking to?"
Lu Mosheng looked Li Banfeng up and down and asked, "Who are you?"
Snap!
Li Banfeng slapped Lu Mosheng again: "You don't even know who I am? What can I tell you about this life and the next life?"
Lu Mosheng felt dizzy: "This is my home——"
Snap!
Li Banfeng slapped him again: "How dare you take human lives in your own home?"
Lu Mosheng looked at the corpses on the ground and didn't know how to respond.