It was getting late, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji were walking on the street. Neither of them brought weapons. Cheng Dalei's ax had been brought back by Qin Man.
"Master, why do you have to take me with you?" Xu Shenji.
"Hey, it's not because the military advisor is so resourceful and clever. To be honest, I can't do it without you." Cheng Dalei rolled his eyes at Xu Shenji: "Also, call me Young Master, Young Master Oba Ou."
"Well, sir, you go and do your business, and I will go and do mine."
"What do you have to do?"
"Let's go drink flower wine." Xu Shenji said confidently: "You go find your girl, and I'll go drink my flower wine."
"Forget it, go ahead." Cheng Dalei waved his hand: "Don't miss the business, we will meet at the restaurant tomorrow."
Xu Shenji ran away quickly. Looking at his speed, it really put a thousand-mile horse to shame.
Looking at his back, Cheng Dalei took out a money bag from his arms and said silently: "Why would you drink wine if you don't have money?"
After separating from Xu Shenji, Cheng Dalei went to look for Su Ying. It was almost dark at this time, and Su Ying thought she was in her own house.
When Cheng Dalei arrived, before he got close to the gate, he heard the sound of crying inside. He walked at the gate and pushed it. The door was locked inside, so Cheng Dalei climbed over the wall and went in.
After becoming a bandit, his talent in climbing walls seems to have improved a lot, and now he is not used to letting Cheng Dalei walk through the door.
"who!"
As soon as her feet landed on the ground, Xiaodie came out with a kitchen knife, her eyes red at the moment.
"It turns out it's you. If you don't leave the door, why would you climb over the wall?" Xiaodie said with a cry in her voice.
"Why are you crying?" Cheng Dalei asked strangely: "Where is your young lady?"
"The master is dead."
Su Ying's father has been ill in bed for a long time and his health is getting worse day by day. Su Ying also mentioned this in her letter. It seems that he did not survive this winter after all.
"Has your lady gone home?"
"The lady was captured by them."
"Catch!" Cheng Dalei was stunned.
"The master passed away three days ago. The young lady wanted to pay homage, but was kicked out several times. They were interested in Hudi Lao's business and said that unless the restaurant was returned, they would not allow the young lady to pay his last respects to the master. Today
In the afternoon, the Su family called the young lady away to discuss this matter, but the young lady has not come back yet."
This matter is according to Cheng Dalei's wish. If you don't send it off, you can't go. Anyway, Su Sihai was not very kind to Su Ying during his lifetime. However, he was Su Ying's father after all, and people in this era are foolish and loyal.
Foolish filial piety. So this matter may be really a hurdle for Su Ying to get over.
"Let's go. Let's go to Su's house and have a look." Cheng Dalei said.
"You go, but what if someone arrests you because of your identity?" Xiaodie.
"Let's go, let's go."
The two of them quickly arrived at the Su Mansion. Cheng Dalei stood waiting on the steps while Xiaodie went to knock on the door.
After shouting several times, someone opened the door with a lantern: "What's the fuss about? It's called mourning!"
"Su Zhong, I'm here to see the young lady." Xiaodie recognized this concierge.
"What are you looking for, Miss? She left before dark, but I didn't see her."
"Impossible! I've been waiting for the lady, but she didn't come back at all."
"Then I don't know. Maybe she will find some wild man. Anyway, she is a bandit's woman. This kind of thing is not surprising at all."
"Su Zhong, please keep your mouth clean!" Xiaodie turned pale with anger, pointed at Su Zhong's nose and said, "I don't believe it, the lady must have been locked up by you, let me go in and look for her."
"Go away!" Su Zhong pushed Xiaodie away: "You undisciplined thing, what kind of place do you think the Su family is? You can enter if you want."
Su Zhong suddenly opened the door a crack: "Even if I open the door, do you dare to come in today?"
Looking inside the black hole-like door, Xiaodie didn't dare to speak.
Su Zhong sneered and slammed the door shut.
Xiaodie came to Cheng Dalei: "Miss is missing."
"I heard it just now."
"The young lady must have been locked up by them, and she must still be in the Su family." Xiaodie shouted: "By the way, the Su family has a cellar, and sometimes some servants who have made mistakes will be locked up in it. The young lady must also have been locked up.
They're locked in."
"Are you sure it was the Su family who did it?"
"Miss has no enemies in the city, so who else could have done it if they hadn't done it! Don't you know how to climb over the wall? Let's climb over the wall and find Miss to see if they have anything else to say."
"What kind of wall are you going to climb over? Let's go through the gate."
"But what if your identity alerts the government?"
After all, Cheng Dalei was a bandit, and officials and bandits could not meet him. However, Cheng Dalei did not seem to consider this at the moment and directly brought Xiaodie to the door.
…
The Su family had a mourning hall, and several of Su Sihai's concubines and daughters, dressed in sackcloth, kept vigil in front of the hall.
But Su Sihai's first wife, Li Ru, was not here. In a yard behind the mourning hall, Li Ru was leaning on the Arhat bed, wearing mourning clothes with a tired look on her face.
Li Datou sat on the chair with a serious expression: "Little sister, let's detain Su Ying. Is this really okay?"
"What does it matter? I'll keep her in the cellar for a few years. When the news is over, I'll betroth her to a servant. A woman will accept her fate after giving birth to a child."
"But isn't this too cruel?"
"Cruel!" Li Ru suddenly gritted his teeth: "I followed Su Sihai when I was eighteen years old, but when this old bastard died, he left all his family property to Su Ying without giving me a penny. In his eyes, I
, I will always be a concubine, a concubine, a slave! If this old bastard hadn’t been so heartless, why would I have killed them all?”
A cruel look appeared on her gentle face. She glanced at Li Datou and shook her head gently.
"Brother, we all came from a miserable background. My parents sold me when I was thirteen years old. How can I tell you the hardships I have endured? Living by now, we should have understood that things in this world cannot be obtained without fighting for them.
Someone will give it to you."
"But Su Ying has something to do with the bandits after all. If they take revenge, we..."
"It's just a rumor." Li Ru waved his hand indifferently: "Even if Su Ying has been with the bandits, I'm afraid she has been tired of it. Otherwise, she would have been snatched back to the village long ago. Are there still bandits in the world who are gentle, courteous and thrifty? Haha
.”
"Okay, you go down first. Remember to pay attention to me in the past few days and recruit a few skilled people. There are some things that are inconvenient for me to do as a woman."
"I'm already working on this matter, and I probably have some clues."
Li Datou said something and stood up to leave. At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud shout outside and a commotion broke out.
"The bandits are coming!"
"The bandits are coming!"
The sound spread, from the front yard to the back yard, until it reached the ears of Li Ru and Li Datou.