It's late at night, and a crescent moon hangs in the sky, casting a very stingy ray of light on this piece of land, and it seems impossible to get any more.
In a dilapidated temple in the south of the city, with the faint moonlight, I could see a black shadow pacing back and forth inside. It seemed to be anxious, and I could hear her chanting: "
It’s been so long, why haven’t you come yet? Why haven’t you come yet?”
Because this ruined temple is located in a very remote location and is surrounded by darkness, I could occasionally hear frogs croaking.
After a while, a sneaky figure walked quickly towards the temple. While walking, it was still looking around, as if it was afraid of being seen.
"Is it Brother Ming?"
A soft female voice came from inside the temple.
After hearing this, the sneaky figure quickly entered the temple, "What's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you? Now is the most critical time. If there is nothing important, don't come to me easily.
Moreover, the imperial envoy who came specifically for this case only arrived in Hangzhou yesterday. If anyone sees this, we will all be doomed."
The woman said: "I--I don't want to either. You---you know, the imperial envoy summoned me for questioning today."
"I already knew this in the morning, but didn't I tell you a long time ago? As long as you do what I say, nothing will happen to you. What we have done in this matter is watertight. As long as we don't get into trouble,
There is no way they will discover it, and even if they suspect it, they will not be able to find evidence, so you must stay calm!"
"But --- but this imperial envoy is not someone to be trifled with. He is Gao Yanei, the son of Captain Gao. I have heard many things about him in the capital."
"I've heard about this too, so what? Not to mention that Gao Qiu has already retired from office. Even if he hadn't, this matter has caused such a big fuss. If there is no conclusive evidence, there is nothing he can do against us."
The woman said anxiously: "But--but I always feel that he seems to have noticed something."
The man was shocked and said: "What? You---did you say the wrong thing?"
The woman said in a panic: "No--no, I followed your instructions, but--but he asked about my condition, and he also used the excuse of meeting Zhao Mingcheng to say that he would help Zhao Mingcheng.
Take good care of me, and also---he also said that he would bring an imperial doctor to my house tomorrow to help me diagnose."
"This---it's been so long, so it shouldn't be possible to find out."
Even so, there was clearly a hint of panic in his tone.
"I don't know either, Brother Ming, I'm really scared. If we find out, we'll be doomed."
After the woman spoke, her voice became a little choked.
When faced with major events, women are inherently disadvantaged compared to men.
The man's brows deepened slightly when he heard this. He glanced at the woman, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm here, I will find a way to solve these things, so don't scare yourself."
Take it upon yourself." As he said that, he stretched out his hands and held the woman in his arms.
"Brother Ming. I can only rely on you now. Please don't abandon me."
"How could it happen, Sister Qin? You can rest assured, take a step back and say, if there is really any trouble, at worst we can just elope, go to a place where no one knows us, and live a new life."
"Um."
Bang bang bang!
Suddenly there was a burst of applause, and a frivolous voice was heard, saying: "Wonderful! Wonderful! This scene of murder and silence is really wonderful!"
"ah---!"
Following the exclamation from the woman's mouth, the two people hugging each other in the temple separated like lightning.
In an instant, streaks of firelight shone in.
The fire flickered on and off, and with the sound of hurried footsteps, a group of people were seen pouring in from outside.
"ah---!"
But when the whole temple was illuminated, the woman screamed again, pointed at the dagger still held in the man's hand, and said with resentment in her eyes: "You--you are so cruel, you actually want to kill me and silence me."
The man's eyes flashed and he said hurriedly: "Sister Qin, you misunderstood. I--I just took it out because I was frightened. Don't believe what others say!"
"Lei Ming, you still want to lie to me. I, Liu Qin, am so blind that I would believe you."
These people were none other than Zhao Mingcheng's concubine Liu Qin and Lei Ming, the young proprietor of Lei's Drug Store.
"Haha, I didn't expect that when I came here for inspection, I would see such a good show."
But seeing the leader with his hands on his hips, he burst out laughing.
This person was Gao Yanei, and beside him stood Ouyang Che, Chai Cong, Hong Tianjiu, Ma Qiao and other officers and soldiers.
Oops! We have all fallen into the trap! Lei Ming rolled his eyes and saluted hurriedly: "It turns out to be the Imperial Envoy. Lei Ming, a common man, has met the Imperial Envoy and the Prefect."
Gao Yanei said cheerfully: "No courtesy, no courtesy, by the way, what are you two doing here in the middle of the night? Huh? Isn't this Mr. Liu? We have met today!"
Lei Ming glanced at Liu Qin and hurriedly said: "The common people dare not deceive the imperial envoy. In fact, the common people and Liu Qin have already secretly been in love. It's just because Mr. Zhao Xiaoxiang died not long ago, so we can only come here for a tryst."
Ouyang Che glanced at Lei Ming and saw that he had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was tall and looked very talented. He thought to himself that Li Qi was indeed right. This man was indeed a ruthless person. At this time, he was not panicked at all.
My mind is very clear.
Youdao is to catch thieves and seize stolen goods, and to catch an adulterer in bed. Lei Ming knows very well that based on the current situation, Gao Yanei and the others are not even qualified to accuse him of adultery. At most, it means that Liu Qin does not abide by the rules of women, let alone Zhao Mingcheng.
The case was closed, so he chose to protect himself wisely and openly admitted that he and Liu Qin came here for a tryst. In this way, he could deny the rest.
It has to be said that he made the wisest choice. Until now, Gao Yanei and others still had no way to deal with him because they lacked evidence!
Gao Yanei chuckled: "It turns out they are a pair of adulterers and adulteresses."
Lei Ming said: "Please be clear to me, sir, the common people are just here for a tryst with Liu Qin, and they have not done anything deviant."
Chai Cong smiled and said: "I have seen a lot of trysts like this, but this is the first time I have seen one with a dagger." He also specially emphasized the pronunciation of "dagger".
When Liu Qin saw Gao Yanei and Ouyang Che coming, and saw Lei Ming wanting to kill her and silence her, Liu Qin was already desperate. But when she heard about the dagger, her anger surged up, she suddenly froze, and said firmly: "Sir,
, women of the common people should take care of themselves---."
Lei Ming's face tightened and he interrupted Liu Qin loudly, "Sister Qin, what do you want to do? Someone is clearly setting up a trap to frame us. Don't get involved with the traitor!"
Hong Tianjiu whispered: "Brother, he is calling us traitors."
Gao Yanei hummed: "We are not the ones setting up the trap, so what does it have to do with us."
"That's true."
Xiao Jiu, who was heartless, looked at it with great interest.
Liu Qin said sternly: "I can see very clearly, you are a wolf-hearted thing. You just wanted to kill me and silence me. Huh, I don't want to live now, but I will never make it easy for you, my lord, a common woman."
You must surrender."
Gao Yanei chuckled and said, "Really? Come on, tell me quickly. I am worried that I have no case to handle."
"you---!"
Lei Ming's eyes suddenly filled with murderous intent, and he raised his dagger to stab Liu Qin.
Snap!
Lei Ming felt his wrist go numb, heard a clang, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Ma Qiao took a step forward and said calmly: "I, Ma Qiao, have never seen a man bully a woman in my life. You are a villain. I'm afraid of dirtying my hands if I kill you. Kneel on the ground yourself."
No. If Ma Qiao takes action, there will be no chance for me to shine. Gao Yanei rolled his eyes, flicked his front, and yelled: "The lewd thief, catch me if you don't restrain your hands."
As he spoke, he took the lead and rushed out.
"boom!"
"ah---!"
In a daze, I saw Gao Yanei suddenly bounce back.
Chai Cong and Hong Tianjiu hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Brother, why did you come back?"
Gao Yanei covered his chest and coughed loudly, "Ahem, cough, cough, this guy's fists and kicks are so powerful. Come on, I must catch this guy."
At this moment, a sound of breaking through the air was heard outside the window, and a light and shadow shot toward Liu Qin.
Between the electric light and flint.
A short knife flew out of Ma Qiao's sleeve.
I saw fire splashing everywhere, heard a few tinkling sounds, and an iron nail fell to the ground.
This sudden iron nail shocked everyone.
"Protect brother quickly."
"Xiaojiu, pay attention."
"Everyone, please be aware that there is an ambush."
Although these three young masters usually try to undermine each other, they are still very united when they encounter difficulties and try to stand in front of each other.
Lei Ming saw the opportunity, turned around and rushed towards the window next to him.
"What's the trouble!"
Ma Qiao shook his head and sighed. Before he finished speaking, everyone felt their eyes blurred.
Lei Ming jumped up with a loud sound and was about to break out of the window when he suddenly felt a strong pulling force on his back.
"Come back to me."
Ma Qiao grabbed Lei Ming's belt with one hand, roared, pulled it back, and quickly adjusted his feet to an optimal position. His moves were very cool, and he flew up and kicked out, hitting Lei Ming's abdomen.
Along with a muffled roar, thunder rose into the sky.
"Wow!"
The third young master slowly raised his head, his movements were uniform, and he let out an exclamation at the same time.
But this thunder was not ordinary. The moment he landed, his legs suddenly bent and he pushed backwards. Using inertia, he rushed towards Maqiao like a cheetah and threw out a punch.
Ma Qiao glanced sideways, tilted his body slightly, and easily avoided it. Just as Lei Ming's fist passed through his chest, he reached out with lightning, grabbed Lei Ming's wrist, and pulled it up. Almost at the same time, his right foot
Stomp hard.
A crisp sound of bone breaking was heard.
"ah---!"
A scream came from Lei Ming's mouth, and his right knee seemed to have given out, and he knelt on the ground. If Ma Qiao hadn't held his right hand, he would have fallen down.
Ma Qiao stepped on his right knee and said contemptuously: "If you don't want your left knee to be broken by my stepping on it, just kneel down." As he said that, he threw Lei Ming's hand away casually. Although Ma Qiao just stepped on it,
Lei Ming's right knee, but Lei Ming felt that he couldn't move his whole body. He put his hands on the ground and knelt on the ground. Facing the powerful and cold-blooded Ma Qiao, he could only endure the huge pain of his knee shattering and kneel down.
Beads of sweat dropped from Douda's face, and he couldn't even make a sound to beg for mercy.
Ma Qiao patted his front, shook his head and sighed: "Sometimes I really don't understand why despicable people like you always wait until you can't stand up before you kneel down."
Chai Cong reminded him: "There is another horse guard."
Ma Qiao glanced back, sighed heavily, and said angrily: "It's really unlucky to meet such a loser. If I had known this, I should have changed with an alcoholic."
"Hey, hey, Maqiao, Maqiao."
Gao Yanei suddenly shouted in a low voice.
Ma Qiao gave him two questioning looks.
Gao Yanei kept looking at Lei Ming and winking.
After all, Ma Qiao and Gao Yanei were old acquaintances. He stretched out his hand to Lei Ming and said, "Please."
After receiving Ma Qiao's promise, Gao Yanei knew that the situation was safe, so he rushed forward again and refused to take revenge. This was not the character of this idiot, and it would be even more impossible after ten years.
Gao Yanei rushed to Lei Ming and made a Cuju gesture. It was like turning the world around, so cool and unrestrained. But at this moment, Chai Cong suddenly shouted: "Yanei, peace prize."
"You didn't tell me earlier. Oops!"
Gao Yanei let out a scream and forcibly twisted his body, but not only did he not kick Lei Ming, he fell heavily to the ground.
Chai Cong and Hong Tianjiu covered their eyes at the same time. (To be continued...)