The lantern holder's lamp really had something to say. Xu Zhiqiong thought that only a knife could emerge. He was wrong. This lamp had many functions.
There are not only knives in the lamp pole, but also crossbow arrows, and oil. If you touch the mechanism and drop the oil on the candle, the lantern can make fire and smoke.
There is also powdered medicine hidden under the lamp holder. If you shake it vigorously, the powdered medicine will be sprinkled on the candle flame. Fireworks will appear and fly several feet high. This is used to warn and call for help.
Xu Zhiqiong spent a whole morning learning how to use the lamp, and spent another two taels of silver to let Niu Yuxian make some modifications to the lamp pole.
Although Niu Yuxian was only at the ninth level, Xu Zhiqiong found that his methods were very unusual. Just as Lu Yinpeng said, Niu Yuxian might be an unparalleled genius.
At noon, just as he was about to go home, he saw Yang Wu walking over with a tired face.
He had just finished cleaning Wang Shijie's room.
"Zhiqiong, come here, I have something to tell you."
Yang Wu called Xu Zhiqiong to a quiet place and handed him two slings of money.
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "Why did you give me money?"
"Give this money to Wang Denglang. Brother, listen to my advice and stop competing with Wang Denglang. You will be the one who suffers in the end."
Xu Zhiqiong wiped his nose and said, "Why did I suffer a loss?"
"You are so stubborn that you patrol the night until dawn every day. Don't you think it's hard for you? We followed Wang Denglang on the night patrol, and it was over before three o'clock. We came back and accompanied Wang Denglang to eat supper in the Yamen until dawn. Look at this How good."
Xu Zhiqiong heard this and said: "Are you going to accompany him to eat midnight snacks, or wait for him to eat midnight snacks?"
"It's not like I'm serving him. Just take care of him. He's the senior."
"You guys are also treating me to midnight snacks?"
Yang Wuguan laughed and said: "It doesn't cost much. You don't have to buy many things, they are all ready-made."
Xu Zhiqiong asked in astonishment: "Where did it come from?"
Yang Wudao: "Don't ask, if you are reluctant to part with it, I will pay for your share."
Xu Zhiqiong pushed the money back to Yang Wu and shook his head repeatedly.
Yang Wu looked anxious and said: "A good man never suffers a loss. I asked others and it's the same for all newcomers in the first year. Look, Chief Wu is here. Hurry up and say a few soft words."
Wu Chunyang was holding a pile of washed clothes and was preparing to send them to Wang Shijie's small house. Wang Shijie was sleeping in the Yamen today.
Yang Wu quickly stepped forward to stop Wu Chunyang: "Wu Qi leader, let Zhi Qiong deliver the clothes. He has something to say to Wang Qi leader."
Wu Chunyang looked at Xu Zhiqiong and snorted: "How can I afford Xu Denglang?"
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the pile of clothes, quietly took out a paper bag from his pocket, and hid it in his hand.
He walked up to Wu Chunyang, reached for the clothes, and said with a naive expression: "Yes, yes, let me send it to you."
Wu Chunyang said angrily: "Get out of the way and stay away from me!"
"Let me give it away, let me give it away..." Taking advantage of the opportunity of tearing, Xu Zhiqiong inserted his hand into the clothes, shook his fingertips, and sprinkled the powder on the clothes.
Fortunately, I was quick and almost got it on my fingers.
After tearing for a while, Wu Chunyang became more and more angry and shouted at Xu Zhiqiong: "Get away, don't touch these clothes, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Xu Zhiqiong stepped aside and curled his lips and said, "If you don't touch me, you won't touch me. Who cares?"
Wu Chunyang sent the clothes in, and Yang Wu was so anxious that he beat his chest and said: "Zhiqiong, you are not sincere, you are not sincere, you are so stubborn, can Wang Qishou spare you?"
Am I sincere?
My heart is very sincere!
I sincerely gave Wang Denglang a big gift.
If he is itchy for a day, he will definitely be furious.
He will definitely doubt me, and then he will do something evil to me.
Then that four-inch horn will be mine...
That night, Xu Zhiqiong came to work on time.
Wang Shijie still had the same face: "I don't need to say more, you go to Beiyuan! Yesterday Meng Qingdeng went for a random inspection and found that not a single lamp was missing. This will continue to be the case in the future. If a lamp is missing, I will tear you apart."
Xu Zhiqiong was holding a lantern and was about to leave when he suddenly saw Meng Shizhen, the green lantern man, walking over.
"Where are you going?"
Xu Zhiqiong sniffed and said, "Go to Beiyuan for night patrol!"
"go alone?"
"I go alone these days."
Wang Shijie was frightened and quickly stepped forward and said to Meng Shizhen: "Meng Qingdeng, don't listen to his nonsense. I asked him to go to the north of the city to familiarize himself with the roads, not to actually go on patrol at night."
Xu Zhiqiong scratched his head and said, "I am the one who lights the lamp."
Wang Shijie was about to scold Xu Zhiqiong, but Meng Qingdeng started to scold him: "You are a shameless old man, you are just lazy, don't you know the serious things? It's not peaceful recently, why did you let him go to Beiyuan alone? Beiyuan is your territory, don’t you know where it is? Can you afford it if something happens? Today you two will patrol the night together, don’t separate!"
Meng Shizhen scolded him for a long time, and Wang Shijie said yes again and again. When Meng Shizhen left, Wang Shijie spat at his back.
You say I'm lazy? How long has it been since you went on night watch?
According to the rules of Zhangdeng Yamen, the white lantern man has to patrol every night, the green lantern man has to patrol every three days, the green lantern man has to patrol every five days, and even the red lantern man has to patrol every ten days.
But Wu Xu was usually lax in his discipline, and his lantern men often fished for fish. The red lantern men seldom went out, and the green lantern men only wandered around. The green lantern men could only go out for three streets, and the rest was left to the white lantern men.
Now there are new people, and some of them have also taken a break, such as Ma Guangli, Wang Zhennan, and Li Pu'an who were in charge of Beiyuan together with Wang Shijie, Feng Angui, Li Changjie, and Xiong Kangjun who were in charge of Xiji, Dai Yun, and Zhu Hong'an who were in charge of Xilu. Shi Xun, Kou Shiyi and Li Xiuwu from Wang'an River... they temporarily handed over their territory to Wang Shijie, and asked Wang Shijie to lead the newcomers to patrol the night and light the lanterns. They went home and hugged their wives to sleep. This was also the reason why other white lantern men cooperated with Wang Shijie to squeeze the newcomers. There are real benefits here.
Not only Bai Deng Lang, but the entire Deng Yamen had the habit of bullying newcomers. This has almost become an established rule.
After being scolded by Meng Shizhen, Wang Shijie felt unhappy and led everyone to patrol Wang'an River.
While walking on the road, Xu Zhiqiong knew that the medicine was taking effect when he saw Wang Shijie scratching his back.
Xu Zhiqiong was very anxious.
If Wang Shijie found out that Xu Zhiqiong had drugged him, he would definitely take action against Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong couldn't kill anyone because Wang'an River was too prosperous and he couldn't kill people in a crowded place.
He really wanted to find an opportunity to go to Beiyuan. He had prepared everything there and was waiting for Wang Shijie to catch up to Beiyuan before taking action. That was the place that was suitable for reaping the rewards.
It's all because of Meng Shizhen's trouble. Without him, we would have succeeded tonight!
It seems that I have to endure it tonight, and remember the Taoist priest's instructions not to leave anything behind.
It was so troublesome to kill a dog last time. If you want to kill someone this time, you must not leave the tail behind because of impulse.
Walking to the Wang'an River, Wang Shijie saw an old woman selling vegetables. She stepped forward and looked at the vegetables in the basket and asked, "Who asked you to sell vegetables here?"
The old lady was so scared that she trembled and saluted Wang Shijie repeatedly: "A civilian woman has been selling vegetables here every year, for many years."
"Did you pay last month's taxes?"
Paying taxes is a matter for the Ministry of Household Affairs and not the office in charge of the lighting. Wang Shijie is simply looking for trouble.
But there's nothing you can do about him looking for trouble. The lantern holder is the master of the capital at night.
The old woman quickly took out the tax stamp and said, "Sir, there are a total of one hundred and twenty coins, so I paid them in full."
Wang Shijie looked at the tax stamp, threw it aside and said, "I sold this big basket of vegetables in one day and paid more than 100 cultural taxes in a month. How much did you miss?"
The old woman hurriedly defended herself: "Sir, women of the common people pay a fixed amount of tax, four cents a day, which is a lot of money!"
"Fuck you! I've wronged you! Someone, collect the vegetable basket!"
The two newlyweds went up to collect the vegetable basket, but the old woman held the vegetable basket and refused to give it to her: "Sir, you can't do it. A civilian woman has not violated the king's law. She has no children. She has a little grandson at home, so she makes a living by selling some side dishes.
Ah, my lord, I can’t help you…”
After grabbing it a few times, I couldn't get it, and the newcomer couldn't take it anymore.
This is an old lady. She is a human being and cannot do anything to her.
"General trash!" Wang Shijie stepped forward and kicked the old woman in the face. The old woman rushed to the ground, her face covered with blood, and kept wailing. The two newcomers moved the vegetable basket and followed Wang Shijie away.
Chu He was behind him, his veins bulging with anger, he clenched his fists and walked behind Wang Shijie.
Yang Wu stepped forward and grabbed Chu He: "You don't understand the rules here. It's like this every day. Wang Qishou said, this is called establishing authority. These traders must beat them frequently, otherwise they won't take us seriously!"
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Chu He pointed at the old woman on the ground and said: "Bullying a sixty-year-old woman is called establishing authority? Is this something that people can do?"
"Keep your voice down," Yang Wu said in a low voice while looking at the onlookers pointing, "The flag leader said, no matter the old, weak, women or children, you can't be soft-hearted about this kind of thing! I have been a lantern bearer for more than ten years, and all of them are
Coming here like this, what do we know?"
Xu Zhiqiong finally understood why Wang Shijie's crime was four inches long.
This was saved over more than ten years.
With everyone watching, Wang Shijie's expression remained unchanged, he pushed away the crowd and continued patrolling the streets.
Xu Zhiqiong squatted next to the old woman and asked, "Can you still walk?"
The old woman cried: "I can't leave. My grandson is waiting for dinner. Sir, grandpa, I kowtow to you. Please return the food to me..."
The old woman cried so hard that she broke her heart. Xu Zhiqiong took out a piece of silver from his arms, stuffed it into the old woman's hand, and said in a low voice: "This is enough for you to sell vegetables for a few days. Take it and leave quickly."
Bar."
The old woman stopped crying and looked at Xu Zhiqiong blankly.
Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Let's go quickly. I'm going to be wronged tonight. Let's take my grandson to eat something good."
Before the old woman could say thank you, Xu Zhiqiong stood up and left. His actions just now were extremely secretive. The onlookers didn't see Xu Zhiqiong give the old lady any money, but they just didn't understand why the old lady didn't cry.
But someone saw it.
Xu Zhiqiong continued walking forward, and suddenly felt that the sound of footsteps was wrong.
The judge's ears are very good and he can determine the exact location of a person from the sound of footsteps. If there is a person whose relative position remains unchanged, it proves one thing: Xu Zhiqiong is being followed.
Xu Zhiqiong was followed by Zou Shunda once by the Wang'an River, and the thrilling memories are still vivid in his mind.
He glanced behind him with his peripheral vision and determined the location of the stalker.
He is such a tall man, almost as tall as Chu He.
Who among the people you know is about the same height as Chu He?
There seems to be only one...
Wang Shijie walked along the river and met another orange seller.
Squatting next to the tangerines, Wang Shijie asked the stall owner: "Do you want this basket of tangerines?"
"No," the stall owner said tremblingly, "it's just for sale."
Guanpu, a common game in Daxuan.
It’s okay to say it’s a game, it’s okay to say it’s gambling.
This basket of oranges sells for two hundred cents. You can buy them for two hundred cents, or buy them for twenty cents.
The rules of Guan Po are very simple. Take six copper coins and toss them. If six of them face up, it is called Liu Chun. If you pounce on the basket of oranges, they will all be given to you.
If there are five heads up, it is called five pure ones, and you can take away part of the orange. The specific amount to take needs to be discussed with the stall owner.
If there are not even five pure ones, then it will be considered a failure and the twenty cents will be given to the stall owner in vain.
Wang Shijie took out six copper coins and said to the stall owner: "Your basket of oranges is not worth much. One pounce is only two cents. What do you think?"
How shameless you are, you have to spend two pennies every time.
The stall owner kept pleading: "Master Denglang, if I don't flutter my oranges, I'll just sell them."
Wang Shijie didn't seem to hear: "Is it okay if I pounce on Sanchun?"
Three pure means that if there are three or more heads, it counts as a win.
There is no such thing as "three pure" in Guan Pu, there are only three "face up", so what else is it called "pure"?
Chu He was so angry that his scalp almost exploded.
Wang Shijie took out six copper coins and threw them, two were heads and four were tails, and he lost.
The stall owner took a deep breath and saluted repeatedly: "Master Denglang, I don't want your money. I said it from the beginning. If I don't fight with you, I will get you some oranges to eat."
Wang Shijie lowered his eyes and said, "You still want my money? You are making a secret bet here. I should take you back to the Yamen. You still want my money?"
The stall owner looked at Wang Shijie with tears in his eyes and cried: "Sir, I didn't, I didn't pounce, my lord, I didn't..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Shijie punched the stall owner down, then stepped forward and slapped him on the face several times.
The stall owner had a five-year-old daughter. She stepped forward and hugged the stall owner, crying: "Don't hit my daddy, don't hit my daddy!"
Wang Shijie stepped forward and kicked the girl in the face. The girl's face was covered with blood, and she lay on the ground, crying heartbrokenly.
This was so heartbreaking that Chu He's lungs almost exploded.
Wang Shijie turned around and said to the newlyweds: "Don't say I didn't treat you well, just share a few oranges with each other and eat them!"
The orange basket was snatched away. The stall owner was holding his daughter and wanted to snatch it back. Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward to stop him again, stuffed two pieces of silver into the basket, and whispered: "Hurry up, take your daughter with you, and go home quickly."
Normally Wang Shijie would only clean up two or three vendors, but today he was in an extremely bad mood. First he was scolded by Meng Qingdeng, and he felt extremely itchy and unspeakable.
Along the way, they beat up two fish sellers, one wine seller, one tea seller, one flower cake seller, and two fruit sellers. They hit all the old, weak, women and children...
Several newcomers were carrying burdens and pushing carts, but they could hardly hold them anymore.
Wang Shijie felt that tonight was almost over, and was about to go back to the Yamen when he suddenly saw a girl singing on the street playing a tambourine.
The girl is pretty and can sing well, and the people listening to the music around her are only interested in applauding and rewarding her. Wang Shijie made such a big noise, but these people didn't notice it.
Wang Shijie stepped forward, pushed aside the crowd, and walked up to the girl.
Seeing this ferocious lantern man, the listeners dispersed in a hurry.
The girl was so frightened that she put away her tambourine and tried to run away, but was stopped by Wang Shijie.
"Young lady, you are so handsome. I will give you two coins to sing two songs at my place."
While speaking, Wang Shijie pinched the girl's face with her hands: "This little face is so fair!"
The girl hid, but Wang Shijie reached out to pinch her again.
If the girl hides again, Wang Shijie will pinch her again.
The girl hid again, which made Wang Shijie angry.
"What are you hiding from? Are you planning something evil? Is there something hidden on you? Let me search!"
The girl looked at the lantern-carrying men with a horrified look on her face, her eyes resting on Xu Zhiqiong, as if asking for help.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at this girl and thought she looked familiar.
It seems to be the egg seller at the entrance of the alley.
The egg seller's name is Shani.
The female promotion officer's name is Xia Hu.
Is this girl the promoter?
Is she a colleague?
Are you here to steal business?
Wang Shijie reached out to grab the girl's clothes, but the girl tried to dodge.
Wang Shijie's body became more and more itchy, and her heart became more and more irritable. She shouted angrily: "You still dare to hide?"
After that, he punched the girl in the face.
The fist stopped in mid-air, and the wrist was clenched.
A tall figure appeared behind him.
Who can be so tall?
It must be Chu He.
Wang Shijie laughed and said: "Chu, you dare to grab my wrist, you are the one who provoked me tonight, don't blame my poisoned hands!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shijie raised the lamp pole and stabbed it behind him. The tip of the knife came out and stabbed directly into the man's eyes.
Since it was Chu He who made the first move, it would be okay for Wang Shijie to blind him!
Ding! A crisp sound.
This time I poked my eyes, but it felt like I was poked with an iron plate.
Wang Shijie put away the lantern pole, her crotch got wet and she peed!
The person behind him is not Chu He.
He knew who this person was.
"Thousands, thousands of households..."
Wu Xu let go of Wang Shijie's wrist and pulled Wang Shijie in front of his eyes by his hair: "Look at your little face, why are you so handsome? How white your little face is!"
"Qian, Qianhu, this, this woman, she, she has evil intentions, I see her..."
Before he finished speaking, Wu Xu punched Wang Shijie in the face.
Wang Shijie's nose collapsed, she flew more than ten feet and rolled into the Wang'an River.
Wu Xu pointed at the newcomers and said, "You fish him out, tie him up, and send him back to the Yamen."
He turned around and pointed at Xu Zhiqiong: "You, follow me!"
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Wang Shijie in the river with distress. Didn't he beat him to death this time?
What should you do if you are beaten to death? If you are beaten to death by others, do your merits still count?
The girl singing also looked at the river with concern. She was a little disappointed when she saw that Wang Shijie showed up and was not dead.
Why is she disappointed?
If she is Xia Hu, it proves that she is a seventh-grade judge.
It seems that the eighth-level judge cannot kill with his own hands.
Maybe seventh-grade judges can't kill people with their own hands and can only pick up ready-made ones.
Xu Zhiqiong let out a long breath, and suddenly heard Wu Xu shout: "I want you to come with me, wait till you come!"