Chapter 71 Listening to the Window in the Dark Night
Guo Mo stood up, holding on to the fence and looking downstairs.
I saw a procession of about thirty or fifty people welcoming the bride. In the front, someone sounded a gong to clear the way, and in the middle was a big red sedan.
It felt like the inside of the sedan was swaying, as if the sound of someone struggling inside was too far away to be heard.
Next to the sedan, there was a strong woman dressed in red and green with heavy makeup. She looked like a matchmaker walking around the streets. She kept covering the sedan door with her hands.
There were a few drummers following behind, and the rest were government servants, servants and the like.
The group of people walked lively, but strangely, they did not see the groom.
The team was not big, and it passed in a short time. They turned around the street and could no longer be seen. They could only vaguely hear the sound of blowing pipes.
Guo Mo sat down again and asked the waiter next to him, "Man, who is getting married here?"
The waiter at the shop hesitated to speak and looked to the left and right alertly, as if he was worried about something.
Guo Mo took out about one tael of silver from his pocket and put it on the table, "Man, answer my question honestly. If I am satisfied, the two silver coins will be yours."
When he saw the silver on the table, the waiter's eyes widened. He was working as a waiter in this "Ke Laitou", and in addition to taking care of food and housing for a month, he only had half a coin. This tael of silver could last him two months.
income.
"Sir, feel free to ask," the waiter lowered his voice and skillfully pulled the silver on the table into his sleeve with one hand.
Guo Mo pretended not to see his actions, "What happened to the guy who just went over to get married?"
"Sir, are you not a local?"
Guo Mo didn't reply, but nodded, indicating for him to continue.
"The person who was sitting in the sedan just now was the daughter of Zhou Xiucai in the west of the city. This daughter is only thirteen years old this year. She is marrying the county man of our Dingxing County. She is... fifty-eight years old this year." The waiter said
Keep your voice very low.
"This week's scholar was originally a small official in charge of money and food in our Dingxing County. Later, when the new county master arrived, he was fired and replaced by his own people."
"Our county master has only been in office for more than half a year, and he hasn't done much business. His concubine is married to a sixth or seventh house. This is the ninth house today. How old is the poor child?"
"Oh, then Zhou Xiucai is willing to marry his young daughter to this county master?" Guo Mo thought, if this Zhou Xiucai is a flatterer, he doesn't need to meddle in others' affairs.
"How can that be possible? Whose child is not raised by his own parents?" The waiter looked around again and glanced at Guo Mo with the sword on his back, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
He lowered his voice again and said, "I heard that because Zhou Xiucai did not agree to the marriage, we, the county magistrate, secretly sent someone to injure Zhou Xiucai."
"Today is said to be a wedding, but in fact it is a robbery. If anyone can help me, I..."
The waiter thought that after asking so many questions, Guo Mo looked like a knight-errant who could fight against injustice.
Who would have thought that when he looked up, he was so tired from the journey that he fell asleep on the table and spent a long time spitting on himself?
After waiting for the waiter to leave angrily, Guo Mo slowly opened his eyes.
"Second brother, do you want to save this girl?" Huang Rong asked.
"Let's eat first, then let's stay and then go rescue people at night." Guo Mo said in a low voice.
After eating, I looked at the position of the sun. It was probably just after midnight, and it was still early before dark.
I booked two rooms at "Ke Laitou" and then went out to the street.
Guo Mo and Huang Rong ran out of "Lujiaji" in a hurry and didn't bring any replacement clothes. Taking advantage of this stall, they found a decent ready-made clothing store and bought a few sets each.
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Dingxing County is not a big city, and the main streets are only three vertical and two horizontal. The two of them did not ride horses, but strolled along the street, just to move around at night and step on the plates.
Dingxing County Government is located on Central Street not far from "Ke Laitou", less than two miles away.
Normal county offices have offices in the front yard, and the back yard is the private residential area of the county master.
The two of them walked along the street and turned to the back door. The people who came in and out were all servants doing shopping or doing business.
After walking around the county government office until I knew it well, I returned to "Gu Lai Tiao" from the other direction.
The two had a simple dinner and went back to the house to rest.
As soon as the second watch arrived, he heard a gentle knock on the door. Guo Mo smiled, it seemed that this little girl really couldn't hold her breath.
Opening the door, Huang Rong was indeed at the door, "Rong'er, are you ready?"
Finding that Huang Rong had changed into a pair of soapy blue clothes and Guo Mo didn't bring the "Leng Ye" sword, they quietly left the "Ke Laitou" and headed towards the county government office.
The two of them took the familiar route to the back door, looked around and saw no one around, tapped their toes on the ground, jumped over the big wall, and entered the courtyard.
After figuring out the direction, I didn't dare to walk in the middle, so I touched the base of the west wall and headed south.
We didn't have much time and came to a small courtyard. The main reason was that the other courtyards were completely dark, but here there were still lights on.
The two of them sneaked under the rear window, lightly tapped the broken window lattice paper, and looked inside.
There were two people in the room. A woman wearing a red hijab was sitting in the wedding tent, sobbing constantly.
There was another person standing next to her, an old woman in her forties, who was persuading the woman on the bedside.
"Miss Zhou, I've been telling you this for a long time, but why are you still crying? Today is your big day, so this is unlucky."
"I am a bit older, but I am also the 'Bailihou' of Dingxing County. As a man, you will be more caring when you get older."
"After tonight, I should change my mind and stop calling you 'Ms. Zhou'. You will be the 'Ninth Grandma' in my house."
"Your mother died early, and your scholarly father probably didn't teach you how to serve a man, right? The master will come soon, and you want to be like this, so, so..." (800 words omitted here)
It was quiet all around. Guo Mo and Huang Rong were outside the window and listened carefully.
Not to mention, this old lady is really sharp-tongued and her story is so precise and fascinating that Guo Mo has never seen anything in his previous life, so he listened happily.
Now, Huang Rong is in trouble. She is only a fifteen-year-old girl. She was raised by her father alone. She has never been exposed to such things.
The old woman was talking happily in the room, and Huang Rong could neither walk nor stand.
Fortunately, at this moment, the door creaked open from the outside, and an "old man" dressed in bright red came in.
He is really an old man. His hair is almost all white and sparse. One-third of his hair is left? It is less than the hair of "Old Monster from the Mountain".
He came over after burping from wine, "You, go out first and close the door." The visitor pointed at the old woman and said.
The old woman did not dare to disobey, so she obediently withdrew and closed the door.
Afterwards, he took a deep look into the room, with a look of envy on his face.