There was no nightlife in Zhongyang Town 1,800 years ago. There were no restaurants open all night, and there were no brothels with singing and dancing birds. After a busy day, people went home early to rest... As the sun rises,
The moon rests, roughly like this.
The market was deserted, with almost no pedestrians in sight.
Cao Peng, wearing a gray turban, took advantage of the dark night and came to the foot of a high wall.
Seeing no one around him, he walked to the foot of the wall, pushed aside the withered grass, and a small dog hole appeared. However, looking at the withered grass at the entrance of the hole, it must have been abandoned for many years. Cao Peng took a deep breath, and ducked into the wall through the dog hole.
Finally, he squatted under the corner and looked around carefully.
This is the backyard of Cheng Kee Trading Company, with two buildings, one high and one low.
One building is used as a warehouse, and the other is for people to live in.
In his previous life, Cao Peng had dealt with people like Cheng Ji... He knew very well that such people were narrow-minded and would retaliate for their anger. They were typical villains.
What do rich people care about?
The answer is simple: face!
Wang Meng hurt Cheng Ji's face during the day. With a character like Cheng Ji's, how could he swallow his anger?
Not to mention that this incident was caused by Cao Peng's mother, but just because Cheng Ji took his mother's jade pendant by force, Cao Peng could not let him go easily.
I can’t remember the sentence in that novel: There is a beast hidden in everyone’s heart.
In a society ruled by law, no matter whether the word "legal system" is in quotation marks or not, the effect is very obvious. Heavy laws firmly suppress the beast in the human heart. Cao Peng is a law enforcer, so this kind of suppression is particularly obvious. But now
Reborn in the troubled times of 1,800 years ago, all kinds of constraints seemed to have become insignificant. When Cao Peng helped his mother leave during the day, he keenly captured the murderous intention hidden in the eyes of Cheng Ji and the three elders... That was when Cao Peng was helping his mother to leave.
At that moment, Cao Peng knew that this matter was not over yet!
Rather than being harmed by them, it is better to take the initiative yourself!
The gunshot beside the Xiong'er River Reservoir not only killed him, but also released the layers of shackles that were weighing on Cao Peng's heart.
If others do not offend me, I will not offend others...
But since you have offended me, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Cao Ji is a loyal and honest man. This can be seen from his first reaction after learning the cause of the matter, which was to come to reason with Cheng Ji and seek justice; Wang Meng's previous experiences, Cao Peng
He doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know. But he knows that maybe Wang Meng was lawless in the past, but now... Wang Meng has become his shackles, making it impossible for him to do whatever he wants.
Wang Mai is a lawless guy, but I can't tell him this matter.
Therefore, Cao Peng decided to seek justice himself.
While buying medicine, Cao Peng observed the environment of Chengji Trading Company and discovered this unknown dog cave. He knew that Chengji Trading Company was the best place to live in Zhongyang Town. According to his understanding, Chengji Trading Company
When Ji usually comes to Zhongyang, he always lives in a trading house...
It's not that San Lao is unenthusiastic, but Cheng Ji is a person who loves to enjoy himself.
Since he lives comfortably in his own business, it is absolutely impossible for him to live in someone else's house.
Cao Peng observed the situation in the courtyard. He leaned against the wall and came to the door of the room without anyone noticing. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door gently... The door opened slightly. The door was not locked.
, the room was also dark, and there was no sound inside.
Cheng Ji was invited to drink by the three elders in the evening, so there was no one else in the room at this time.
Cao Peng ducked into the room and closed the door.
It was pitch dark and I couldn't see clearly what was inside.
Cao Peng narrowed his eyes and tried his best to adapt to the darkness in the room. He groped deeply and lightly, and soon found out the layout of the room. Facing the door, there was a low couch.
The bed during the Three Kingdoms period has a very peculiar shape... It is about two meters long and one meter four wide. It has six legs and is twenty centimeters high. The wound surface is a movable drawer board, with fences on all sides, and a gap is left at the front and back for convenience.
Up and down. One side of this bed is against the wall, leaving only a gap for people to use.
Although he couldn't see clearly the overall appearance of the bed, Cao Peng could still roughly understand its specific shape.
There is a low table in front of the bed, with a roll of wooden slips placed on it.
Cao Peng groped for a while, and soon found a cabinet in the corner. It was about two meters high, and there was a groove hidden on the top of the cabinet. After testing the width and height, Cao Peng put away the dagger.
Okay, I jumped up suddenly, grabbed the edge of the cabinet with both hands, used my arms hard, and my body fell into the groove. Lying in this cabinet, it is difficult for outsiders to find it without paying attention.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the house.
Cao Peng hid on the top of the cabinet and looked out through the gap in the wooden railing... He saw lights flashing, and then the door was pushed open. Two servants walked in carrying lanterns, lit the oil lamps, and left
Go to the center of the room and lift up a piece of floor, revealing a dark fire pit.
A servant walked out of the house, brought in some live coals from outside, and poured them into the fire pit.
"Hurry up, the master will be back in a while. If the temperature is not enough, you and I will both suffer."
"Isn't that what I'm doing?"
Another handyman used a fire blower and kept blowing air into the fire pond. The coals in the pond gradually lit up, and the temperature in the room gradually increased.
"Gouzi, do you think the master has passed during the day?"
"What happened?"
"I mean... we all know who the Cao family's wife is. She came to pawn the jade pendant in order to get talisman water for her son.
If you do this, you will inevitably harm the world.
To be honest, I can't stand it... Our master is not short of money, so why should he bother women and other people?"
"shut up!"
Gouzi quickly stopped the handyman and said softly: "It's not our turn to complain about this kind of thing. Don't you know who the master is? If a goose plucks its hair or poops, you will get a mouthful of it."
People... If you ask me, it’s the Cao family’s daughter-in-law who doesn’t have eyesight and came to us to pawn. How could I let the good things come to my door? If you want to blame her, just blame her because there is no one above her, she deserves to be unlucky!”
Then, Gouzi lowered his voice and said, "Do you think our master is easy to get along with?
How about King Tiger! That is the number one hero in Zhongyang Mountain... But I tell you, in less than three days, that tiger will turn into a dead tiger."
Cao Peng lay on the top of the cabinet, his eyes suddenly turned cold.
Sure enough, Cheng Ji really wanted to kill Wang Meng...
"Gouzi, how do you know?"
"Did you see Cheng Si this afternoon?
Let me tell you, that guy rushed back to Wuyin County on the order of the master. It is estimated that he will soon arrive in Wuyin County at this time... If the master reacts quickly, he will definitely send someone before dark tomorrow
Come here. At the latest, we will arrive in Zhongyang early the day after tomorrow.
Wang Laohu can indeed fight, but can he withstand our great master?"
The servant grinned and made no further comment.
But looking at him blowing the fire pond vigorously, you can tell that this guy is afraid.
The fire pit quickly burned, and the room was as warm as spring. The two servants left the room while talking, and closed the door.
Cao Peng was on top of the cabinet, motionless.
Fortunately, I made a decisive decision, otherwise, disaster would have been imminent.
But the more this happened, the stronger Cao Peng's desire to kill Cheng Ji became. This was a mad dog. If he couldn't kill him, he would endanger the whole party sooner or later.
He curled up and closed his eyes.
Now that the fire pond has been lit, Cheng Ji must be back soon!
One of the compulsory courses for being a criminal police officer is to wait for a while. I remember when Cao Peng spent six days waiting to catch a criminal. This moment of waiting was nothing to him. Closing his eyes made it easier to wait.
He recharged his batteries and waited for Na Cheng Ji to come back.
Time passed little by little.
About an hour and a half later, there was another sound of footsteps outside the house.
The door was suddenly pushed open by someone. With the support of a guard, Cheng Ji walked into the room drunkenly, shouting as he walked.
"Sooner or later I will make sure he dies badly!"
Who will die badly?
Cao Peng didn't know.
But considering the conversation they had just now with Gouzi, it should be Wang Meng.
"Sir, would you like some hangover soup?"
The guard helped Cheng Ji sit down on the bed and asked cautiously.
Cheng Ji drunkenly waved his hand, "Liu, you go and have a rest... You will accompany me to the mountains tomorrow morning... By the way, where did you put the box that Lao Cheng gave you just now?"
The guard pointed to the bed and said, "It's right at your fingertips.
Master, do you really don’t need the little one to serve you? Then the little man will go down first. If anything happens, you can just call me."
"Go down, go down!"
Cheng Ji waved impatiently, and the guard quickly exited the room.
But he didn't notice that on top of the cabinet in the corner of the room, a pair of cold eyes stared at Cheng Ji through the gap in the wooden fence.
Cheng Ji picked up a bowl of water and took a big gulp.
Then he picked up a box, opened it, and kept laughing.
The box is not that big, twenty centimeters long, less than ten centimeters wide, and about five centimeters high. The lid of the box is engraved with exquisite patterns...
Cheng Ji put the box next to him, then took out a jade pendant from his arms and put it into the box.
Cao Peng could clearly see from the top of the cabinet where he was sitting. In the box, there were several shining gold cakes. Each gold cake was about the size of a baby's fist, and it was estimated to weigh about seven or eight taels. And that one
The jade pendant, could it be the jade pendant that was taken away from my mother?
Cao Peng moved subconsciously and accidentally raised his foot on the wooden railing.
He was startled, and quickly shrank up and lowered his head. However, there was no movement in the room. After a while, Cao Peng heard a snore.
When he looked up again, he saw that Cheng Ji had fallen on the bed, fast asleep.
The big stone in his heart was finally put back into his stomach. But Cao Peng was not in a hurry to take action and continued to huddle on the top of the cabinet, motionless.
After about an hour, it became quiet outside the house.
In the house, the light of the oil lamp flickered, and the coals of the fire pond flickered brighter and darker.
Cheng Ji was snoring loudly, and he was obviously fast asleep... Cao Peng slowly stood up, stretched his legs, and landed gently along the cabinet, then crawled on his stomach. After observing for a while, he saw that Cheng Ji was indeed fast asleep.
Then he slowly stood up and walked quietly to the bed.
Gently pulling out the hunting knife, Cheng Ji's shiny fat face was clearly visible in the light in the room.
Cao Peng's heart was beating fast.
He raised the hunting knife and slowly approached Cheng Ji's neck. When the hunting knife was about half a centimeter away from Cheng Ji's neck, he put one hand on the back of the knife and suddenly exerted force... Poof, it was scratched by Cao Peng
The extremely sharp hunting knife fiercely cut into Cheng Ji's neck.
Cheng Ji's eyes suddenly opened, but before he could see clearly who the murderer was, Cao Peng held the handle of the knife with his other hand and pulled hard.
The knife edge left Cheng Ji's body with a stream of blood... Cheng Ji stared and covered his neck with one hand. Blood gurgled along the seams of his hands and instantly dyed the bed red. He stretched out one hand and grabbed it.
Cao Peng's arm opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
At this time, Cao Peng was no longer nervous.
He raised his hand and struck out with another knife, which hit Cheng Ji's face.
His fat body twitched twice, and Cheng Ji suddenly fell into a pool of blood, with his head on the ground and half of his body tilted...
However, Cao Peng also used too much force, so that the hunting knife broke into two pieces with a snap. One blade remained on Cheng Ji's head!
Cao Peng inserted half of the short knife into his waist, broke away from Cheng Ji's hand, and then reached out to pick up the box placed next to the wooden pillow.
He opened it and took a look. The gold and jade pendant were still there. So he put it in his arms, glanced at Cheng Ji's body, stepped forward and took off a bag from the body's waist. He weighed it in his hand and found that it was five baht.
There were at least two or three pieces of money. Cao Peng did not hesitate, put the money bag into his arms, and then quietly walked out of the room.
Since Cao Peng killed people cleanly, there was not much movement.
The guard in the next room was obviously asleep and did not notice what happened here. The cool air blew in, clearing Cao Peng's mind.
He closed the door and saw that there was no movement in the yard, so he trotted all the way to the dog hole with his back bent.
Returning along the original road, Cao Peng arranged the withered grass again outside the courtyard wall. He looked around and saw no one, so he trotted along the path and left Chengji Trading Company. He ran three or four hundred meters away.
, Cao Peng stopped, holding on to a tree by the roadside, bending over and breathing heavily.
In his previous life, he killed someone!
But that is as a law enforcer...
Now, he was killing people as a criminal. The excitement and panic were so intertwined that he couldn't calm down for a long time.
No, we must go back quickly!
Leave Zhongyang Town before dawn, otherwise there will be endless trouble.
Cao Peng thought of this, straightened up and prepared to go home.
After being out for so long, he had no intention of hiding anything. Cheng Ji deserved his punishment, so killing him might help Cao Ji make up his mind.
Cao Pengke heard all the conversation between Cao Ji and his wife in the afternoon.
Despite what Cao Ji said, Cao Peng knew that Cao Ji was still hesitant.
Perhaps only in this way can Cao Ji no longer have any nostalgia. Zhongyang Town has now become a place of right and wrong.
After turning a corner and walking forward, you can see your home.
Cao Peng's mood had calmed down and he was thinking about what to say. Suddenly a man rushed out of the darkness and grabbed his arm.
"You bastard, how dare you kill someone!"
In an instant, Cao Peng was so shaken that his legs went weak and he almost sat on the ground.
