The man in green clothes looked at the swill bucket lying on the ground beside the young man. There was no swill flowing out of the bucket, and it was obviously 'empty'——
At this time, a carriage came and stopped to check the situation.
"What's going on?" The coachman jumped off the shaft.
At the same time, a figure flashed out of the carriage. Using the carriage body and the night as a cover, he quickly stepped forward and quickly carried the dark figure next to the swill bucket onto the carriage.
There was chaos all around, and there were several concerned people covering up, so no one noticed anything strange.
"How do you ride a horse?"
"This is swill shipped from the palace. Now that I have spilled this, how do you want us to explain it to the master?"
Several men complained that it was difficult to initiate.
"Everyone calm down, this is indeed my fault. This horse has only been tamed for a few days, but somehow it got wild and bumped into you..."
The men became even more angry when they heard this.
"You dare to ride a newly tamed horse in the city, and you're not afraid of——" A man just started to speak, and when he saw a few gold leaves suddenly handed to him, his eyes widened, and his tone unconsciously became kind, even a little bit...
Well-intentioned scolding: "...Aren't you afraid of hurting yourself? It's better to replace such a fierce horse with another one."
"Yes, yes." Xiao Qi, whose eyebrows, eyes and skin were specially modified, stuffed the gold leaves into her hands: "I'll buy you a bottle of wine to calm down your shock."
"Easy to say..." The man showed a cheerful smile, put away the gold leaves, and asked casually: "I haven't asked you which family the young master is from?"
——I wonder where you usually ride horses?
"I'm just a foreigner who came to the capital for a visit." Xiao Qi saluted again, and if you listen carefully, the tone of his words was indeed not serious Beijing dialect: "I still have important things to do, and I can't help you deal with them together.
, I have to thank you all for putting in more effort."
"It doesn't matter. Since you have important matters, please don't delay."
"I'll take my leave."
Xiaoqi got on his horse and left, and several men gathered around holding the golden leaves and blooming with joy.
The horse it hit was clearly the God of Wealth!
"Okay, okay, clean up quickly, let me go drink and eat meat!" the leading man urged with a smile.
A few people quickly put the swill bucket back on the carriage and drove away.
But not far away, the man driving the cart at the back suddenly thought of something. He stopped the mule cart and looked in the direction behind him: "Wait...that's not right!"
"What's wrong? You were so surprised?"
The man pointed to the car board behind him and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves approaching.
Several people subconsciously raised their eyes and looked over.
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and soon broke through the darkness of the night, reaching the eyes of several people.
After seeing the clothes of those people clearly, the expressions of several men changed.
It's a police officer!
Just as he was about to pull the mule cart to the side to make way, he saw the pedestrian reining in his horse and getting off. The leader drew his sword and walked towards them. He asked in a cold voice: "What's going on in the car from Xixiao Gate today?"
Shipped swill?”
Looking at the long knife that shone with cold light, several people were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they nodded like garlic.
"We have been responsible for transporting swill for several years. I wonder what you officials are doing..." the leading man asked bravely.
However, the detective ignored him and went straight to a mule cart, using a long knife to open the wooden lid of a bucket.
A sour smell rushed straight to his forehead. The detective frowned and looked intently into the bucket, but his expression changed. He turned the light of the knife in his hand and pointed the tip at a man: "Why is this bucket?"
Is it empty?! What was inside it!"
If you want to load people, you must use an empty bucket!
"This... this was originally filled with swill, but on the way back, it accidentally collided with a fierce horse, and it spilled out!" The man's voice was urgent and trembling: "If you don't believe me, sir,
You can check them one by one...this is not the only empty bucket in the car!"
The detective's brows jumped when he heard this, and he turned his head and motioned for his men to come forward and check.
The lids of the swill buckets were removed one after another. It can be seen that many of them are empty, and some only have half the bucket left.
"When and where did they collide? Does the horse have an owner?"
The man was so frightened that he was sweating profusely: "On Yongqin Lane behind Caishikou... That man said he was from out of town! I dare to ask the official, what on earth happened here..."
The detective's eyes swept over several men, and he looked at them coldly: "Today, there was an assassin hiding in a slop bucket and sneaking out of the palace. Didn't you notice anything strange at all?"
These people have been transporting swill to the palace all year round, and there may indeed be some who do not know about it, but it is absolutely impossible to say that no one among them cooperates!
"Stab, assassin?!"
"This...how is this possible!"
"I...Master, I thought of a suspicious person!" The face of the man who had stopped to speak suddenly changed, and he swallowed nervously.
"explain!"
The man said: "Today there is a stranger with us. It turned out that he came from another place and wanted to find a job. The host found that he was quite honest and reliable... It happened that one of us was ill recently and was missing a child.
He was moved with the car, so the owner asked this person to go with us!"
As soon as he said this, the other three men looked around subconsciously.
Yes, there is an additional young man named Guo joining them today!
Wait—where are the people?
Where is that young man!
"They must have just taken advantage of us not paying attention and ran away with the man on the horse! They must be in the same group!" A man realized in surprise and said in surprise - Good guy, today's assassins are so generous in their attacks.
, what can I do if I have this family background?
The detective gritted his teeth when he heard this.
It’s still a step too late!
"Which direction did they escape to?"
"Going east from Yongqin Lane!"
"Deng Jiu, take two people to stay and keep an eye on them first. The others will follow me to chase them!" The police officer glanced at the men one last time before mounting his horse: "Who dares to spread even a word about what happened tonight?"
,Watch your heads!”
…
As the curfew approaches, Xuesheng Tea House in Chengnan Lane has closed its doors and no longer welcomes customers.
At this time, a carriage with green curtains slowly stopped at the back door of the tea house.
A maid jumped out of the car first, walked up and knocked on the back door of the teahouse.
Immediately afterwards, a girl wearing a bright blue embroidered white orchid thin silk shirt and a moonlight woven gold skirt stepped out of the carriage.
With a soft "squeak" sound, the door quickly opened a small crack, and half of his head poked out of the small crack. After he saw clearly who the girl standing under the moonlight was, Shou Ming pushed the door open.
He greeted me with a smile and lowered his voice: "Miss Xu, please come in quickly."
Xu Mingyi then took Ah Zhu into the teahouse.
"The young master hasn't arrived yet, but he has been brought back. Do you want to see Miss Xu first?" Shou Ming asked in a low voice.
