The sky was dimming, and in a small narrow room, Brother Jin was sitting on the ground, leaning against the table, and yawned.
There were thunderous snoring around me, and the room was filled with the odor of alcohol, feet, and sweat, mixed with the original greasy-sweet aroma, making it nauseating.
Brother Jin carefully removed the big man's arm from his leg, and then looked around.
The light from outside shines in through the red paper window lattice, giving the room a charming look. However, the seven big men lying scattered on the ground look particularly strange at this time.
Brother Jin tiptoed to the door and opened it carefully.
The yard was also generally small and low, with more than half of the sunlight not reaching it. Red lights were hung on the trees and under the corridors, and they were still on. There was a low, sweet laughter coming from the yard. Brother Jin looked at it subconsciously, only to see that
I saw the door of the next door opened, and a man and woman in disheveled clothes were saying goodbye.
"Uncle, I will come again tomorrow. It will be hard for me to live without you at night."
"Miaoren, what do you miss me?"
While teasing and kissing each other, Brother Jin's eyes widened, and when he looked at the woman's exposed skin, he was so frightened that he slammed the door, his heartbeat almost coming out of his throat.
What kind of ghostly place is this?
The clanking sound caused all the big men in the room to wake up instantly, and they habitually touched their waists.
"Brother Jin, you're awake." A big man came to his senses first and saw the frightened Brother Jin at the door. He raised his body and said vaguely.
"Brother Jiang Lin, let's go find my wife quickly." Brother Jin said hurriedly.
Their words made more people wake up.
"It's dawn." Everyone said vaguely, sitting up, and for a moment they didn't know where they were.
Someone shook the nearby wine jar and threw it away with some disappointment.
"Damn, Xiang Qi, this ungrateful man, he said well when he was in trouble, but now he sends us away with only a few taels of silver. Are we beggars?" He muttered and cursed, "This little money.
, it’s just enough to live in a brothel, and it can’t even afford a woman.”
"What do you think of us as deserters? Or should we not join the army again and go home to farm." The other one also sat up and said with a sullen face, "Why are we looking for him? Isn't it just to reverse the case? That thief
The man forced us to flee because he deliberately wanted us to be guilty of deserting. He didn't say that he would make the decision with us to reverse the case, but he sent us away like this."
The man who had been lying on the ground with his pillow in his hands smiled.
"Doing this to Xiang Qi can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous thing." He said.
He had a thorny beard on his face and still looked slovenly, but his voice was mellow, his tone was slow, and he had an elegance that was obviously different from the others just now. He was the patient who had read several books that day.
"Third brother, why do you say this? If it hadn't been for us, Xiang Qi would have lost his life. How would he have come to the capital to marry into a wealthy family and work as an official?" The man next to him stared in disbelief and said.
"That's right, the Dong family was interested in you, Third Brother, because you knew that Xiang Qi liked the Miss Dong family, so you deliberately shied away from it..." Another man also said.
The third brother smiled, put back his hands and sat up, with quick movements.
"He didn't send us to the official office, so he was repaying the favor. If he doesn't do his own business, whoever is willing to come forward should not care about it in such a world." He said.
"Who is willing to come forward?" a man said. He saw Brother Jin who was stunned beside him. He was stunned for a while before he seemed to remember who it was. "Hey, isn't that the life-saving lady?"
Speaking of Madam, everyone in the room came to their senses and looked at Brother Jin one after another.
"Yes, yes, I found my wife so smoothly."
"Didn't this boy say that he lost his wife?"
After stopping everyone's chattering, the third brother sat down in front of Brother Jin.
"Brother Jin, please think about what your wife's house looks like, and then we can go look for it." He said slowly.
Just as Brother Jin nodded and was about to speak, a man sitting at the door suddenly hissed.
The messy room immediately became quiet.
"Brother, how are you?" someone asked in a low voice.
The man sitting in front of the door looked gloomy through the crack in the door and turned his head.
"Some soldiers are looking for something." He whispered, "Isn't it, Xiang Qi..."
The people in the room immediately stood up with solemn expressions.
"So high, Jiangzhou accent." The soldier at the gate of the courtyard said, gesturing and handing the sketch in his hand to the madam.
The madam hurriedly came over and looked at it carefully.
"It looks familiar," she said.
A prostitute with loose hair next to her also came over to take a look.
"Hey, it's him." She shouted, "He came here last night and was pinched by several men. He looked like he was crying."
The soldiers were overjoyed.
After struggling all night, I finally got the idea.
"Those men are so mean. They came to visit the brothel and had no money, so they ordered a banquet." Seeing this, the prostitute hurriedly said, thinking that she didn't get any customers last night and wasted her time on these men. At this time
Seeing the soldiers coming for him, he hurriedly added to his jealousy, "The child was held by them and huddled in the corner crying. I don't know if he was abducted..."
The man is fierce, the child cries, and he doesn't let women accompany him when he goes to the brothel.
The soldiers suddenly had a bad association.
Although this child doesn't look very good in the painting, from last night to now, many people in the capital have been rushing around. The low-level soldiers are not sure about the specific things, but it is said that they are also related to Chen Xianggong's family. Several young masters of the Chen family yesterday
I was also running around the streets in the evening looking for it.
Is this a lost and precious young man from someone's family?
A delicate young man from a wealthy family, with tender skin and tender flesh...
The soldiers looked at each other, held down the swords in their hands, and slowly retreated.
The opportunity to make a contribution has arrived!
"Jintian Lane?" Zhou Lang asked, looking at the servant who came to report.
"Yes, sir, all the people from the government office and 50% of the army and horses department have passed." The servant said happily.
The maid happily held Cheng Jiaoniang's arm.
"Madam, madam, I found it, I found it." She shouted, and then she was surprised, "Why did this brat get there?"
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at her.
"That's Fireworks Alley." The maid came closer and explained in a low voice.
"Go back to my wife, according to the people in the government office, Brother Jin seems to have been kidnapped." The servant said hurriedly.
"Abducted?" The maid was surprised and became nervous again, "Then, you should ask them to be more careful. Don't force those kidnappers to hurt anyone."
At this time, more soldiers gathered outside the door of the kiln on Jintian Lane.
The madam pointed them in a direction with some trembling, and the soldiers walked quietly past.
Stand outside the door and listen to the faint sound of snoring inside.
The prostitute said that these people came late last night and drank until almost dawn before going to bed. They must be still drunk at this time.
The soldiers stood up, looked at each other, raised the swords in their hands, suddenly shouted in unison, kicked open the door and rushed in.
"Handling cases on official business, acquitting crimes without killing them."
There were noisy shouts in the room, but the shouts quickly died away, and the soldiers and officers looked at each other in shock.
There was no one in the room, the back window was wide open, and the oil paper was punctured, and the wind made a whirring sound like snoring.
"Run away!"
"He is indeed a thief!"
"Hurry up and chase!"
He poked his head at the entrance of the alley, the man waved his hand behind him, and several people stepped out of the way quickly.
"Why are there so many alleys in this ghost capital? Which side is the city gate?" A man whispered.
"We can't go to the city gate now. There must be people waiting there already." said the third brother who was walking in front.
"The third brother is right." The elder brother walking behind said, looking left and right.
After passing through this alley, we arrived at the lively market. The market was already very lively in the early morning, and more and more people were walking around in this alley. Seeing this group of seven people, and a half-year-old child, they all looked curious
's gaze.
Several people subconsciously turned their heads and lowered their faces. The third child in front suddenly stopped and they all bumped into him.
"Over there!"
A group of people were running past on the street, and when they suddenly saw this place, one of them shouted.
"Let's go quickly." Lao San shouted.
Everyone turned around hurriedly.
Brother Jin was so frightened that he lost his way, and now he is being chased by the government for no apparent reason.
"Brother Jin has been implicated since he followed us. Find a place to abandon him." The eldest brother said.
"Brother Jiang Lin." Brother Jin shouted tremblingly.
"Although you are lost, your wife will definitely look for you. As long as you are in the capital, she will always find you. If you are implicated by us and put in a cell, then I am afraid that you will never see your wife again.
"Lao San said, walking quickly.
Brother Jin didn't dare to speak anymore and just ran away.
"There is a firewood pile over there, go and hide there." The eldest brother saw it and whispered quickly, pushing Brother Jin out.
Brother Jin was about to take a step forward in panic, but saw a large group of people coming over there.
"Here, we found it!" they shouted in confusion, and rushed towards them with weapons raised.
At this time, no matter how separated Brother Jin was, we couldn't get rid of the relationship. The third child stretched out his hand and pulled Brother Jin back.
"Climb over the wall to get into the house," he shouted.
The seven people immediately climbed to the side.
The third child lifted Brother Jin up, and the man who jumped up earlier stretched out his hand to grab him and climbed into the wall.
People and horses rushing from both sides surrounded the courtyard.
"What are you doing there!" Liu Lang reached out and took Cheng Jiaoniang's arm, raising his eyebrows and shouting.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked back at him.
"Look," she said.
"What are you looking at? Just wait here and don't cause trouble." Zhou Lang said with a face.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him again, looking at him seriously, just like that time when she looked at the naked body of a young man who had asked for forgiveness.
Liulang felt his hands were hot and let go suddenly.
"Have you always been so stupid?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
"You are stupid!" Zhou Lang's face jumped, and he gritted his teeth and glared.
"Yes, I am a fool." Cheng Jiaoniang looked away and stepped forward, "It's just that I'm not stupid."
Brother Jin huddled in the corner, looking scared and confused.
Several big men in front of him stood ready, and the family on the other side also huddled in a corner crying.
There was a knock at the door outside.
"...Don't be afraid. We can't hide in. We have no choice but to use you as hostages. We just want to delay time and will never hurt you." The third child said in a deep voice to the family.
But this comfort is of no use at all.
"Hero, please spare my life, my dear, please spare my life." The family cried and trembled.
"Third brother, stop talking nonsense and take Brother Jin away." The boss said.
"It's better to take him away with a stick." Lao San shook his head, "I'm not in good health, so I can't take him with me."
"I won't leave!" a man yelled immediately, holding a broken blade in his hand.
After a moment of silence outside, there was the sound of footsteps.
"Listen to the people inside, hand them over and there will be no punishment." A voice shouted.
Of course no one answered him.
A man couldn't help but look back.
"It's really strange. They keep asking us to hand over people. Are we stupid? Who do they want us to hand over? How can we hand over ourselves?" he asked.
The third child frowned.
At this time, the entire street outside the door was closed, the street was crowded, and there were all kinds of discussions.
"...Wang Yang Thief..."
"...The bandit who killed a hundred people..."
Wait for the speculation to spread rapidly among the crowd.
"What did you say?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
An official over there who was briefing Liu Lang on the current confrontation situation came over.
What is this girl doing here?
Following Liu Lang, who is... who?
But Liulang didn't mean to stop and scold him at all, but turned his head, and the officials understood.
"...We held a family of four hostage, and we didn't dare to attack them." He said with some respect.
"Tell them that as long as they hand the person over, they won't be held accountable for anything." The maidservant said hurriedly, "You can just give them money."
The key is that now, if you say this, people inside won’t believe it...
Women don't understand these things.
The officials nodded in response.
"What did the person who discovered them say in the first place? I want to see that person." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
This place is not far from Jintian Lane, and the madam was soon brought here.
"We don't know either. We open a store to do business and we have to welcome anyone who comes. I really didn't know these people were kidnappers..." The old bustard kept whining and crying.
"What are these people like?" Cheng Jiaoniang interrupted her.
"Stop crying and talk nicely." The maid looked at the old madam and shouted, and then asked Cheng Jiaoniang again.
What's so bad...
The madam curled her lips.
"It's nothing like that. A foreigner, fierce, very tall, with a beard. The child was crying at that time. Those people threatened him, saying, don't cry. If you cry again, you won't be able to see your wife..."
"She said, adding more fuel and jealousy to make these murderers more powerful, and then it would appear that they had been coerced and exempted from guilt.
"How many people?" Cheng Jiaoniang interrupted her and asked.
"Seven, maybe..." the madam thought for a while and said.
Before she finished speaking, she saw Cheng Jiaoniang taking steps, stretched out her hand to push her away, and walked straight into the alley.
The maid was stunned for a moment and followed without hesitation. Liu Lang naturally raised his feet and reached out to hold her arm.
"It's enough for you." He gritted his teeth and whispered.
"Stupid." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"You are the only smart one!" Zhou Lang looked at her and gritted his teeth.
"That's not kidnapping," Cheng Jiaoniang said, "that's help."
Saturday Lang was stunned.
On the other side of the yard, the third child also slapped his leg fiercely.
"Oops!" he shouted, "misunderstanding!"
Everyone looked over.
"What's the misunderstanding?" asked the boss.
"Open the door." The third child didn't bother to answer and shouted hurriedly.
Everyone was stunned.
"Third brother, we can't give in just now!" Several people shouted with eyes wide open.
The third child shook his head and strode towards the door.
"It's not that I'm giving in, it's just a misunderstanding!" he said, shouting again.
"Open the door!"
This time, it wasn't just his voice, there was also a female voice outside.
When the sound came out, there was a period of silence.
"Open the door."
Li and Wai said at the same time again.
Brother Jin, who had been sitting aside, suddenly stood up.
"Madam!" he shouted, got up and ran out.
The third child strode forward, opened the door, and looked at the woman standing outside the door, wrapped in a cloak and hood as always.
Look at each other twice.
The man couldn't help it at first and laughed.
The corners of Cheng Jiaoniang's mouth curved and she lowered her head slightly.
Liu Lang, who was following closely behind, looked at this scene and his face tightened.
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