Chapter Forty-Seven: Exploring the Four Gates at Night
He Xiu was invited into the bedroom by Guan Zhihe, sat on the wooden bench with his head down, clasped his knees with his hands, and did not speak for a long time.
"Brother He Xiu, you smell so much wine, are you drinking with Mr. Sha again?" Guan Zhihe put a cup of sake tea in front of him and said.
"Ahh Yes, Mr. Sha and I found some clues of the murderer today, and we drank a few more glasses when we were happy, hehe. He Xiu slowly led the topic to this.
"Oh, yes, what did you find?" Guan Zhihe said quietly in front of him with her eyes twinkled.
"Hmm... I found... No, it was Mr. Sha who found a lot of your girls' underwear in that house. He Xiu took a sip of tea and said.
"Hee-hee, hehe, haha. ”
He Xiu slowly put the teacup on the foot of the table and asked tentatively, "He'er, are you making fun of us?"
Guan Zhihe's laughter stopped abruptly in an instant, the thrush squeezed into a line, and her eyes stared at him and said, "And then?"
"Then, I discussed with Brother Qiao... No, no, no, I want something back. He Xiu clasped his hands together and said weakly.
Guan Zhihe heard this, his neck approached slightly, his mouth was fragrant, and he said, "What does Brother He Xiu want to ask me for?"
"That's... It is... Well... That one... Ah... Red cloth up!"
He Xiuchang exhaled a breath, and finally finished speaking, bowed his head and didn't dare to look at her, and saw that Guan Zhihe didn't reply for a long time, so he said: "Otherwise, forget it, I'll go ......"
"Is that it?"
Guan Zhihe pursed her thin lips, her apricot cheeks bulged, her eyes were smiling, she hid her left hand behind her, her waist shook playfully, and her right hand handed the red fabric to He Xiu's eyes.
He Xiu was shocked and half sat in the air: "Oh, yes, that's it, I want to use it to warn the murderer and make him stop persecuting girls." ”
"Hee-hee, I forgot to throw this thing away after I got it from you, and now it's just useful, you can take it. Guan Zhihe was still in the same posture as before, but the smile in her eyes was stronger.
"Oh. He Xiu snatched the red cloth over, and in a panic it took three times to find the placket, and immediately stuffed it in, got up and ran.
"Stop!"
He Xiu stood stiffly in place and didn't dare to move: "He'er, is there anything else?"
"He'er thank you for those girls!"
"Oh. ”
"But you have to protect yourself!"
"Good!"
He Xiu hurriedly snatched it out, quickly closed the door with his hand, patted his chest, and gasped against the door.
He Xiu was extremely uncomfortable at dinner time because he was carrying the girl's personal belongings in his arms, Guan Zhihe had a great appetite and ate non-stop, Qiao Shenming knew that the matter was done when he saw He Xiu's state, and he bit the chopsticks and laughed in his heart.
Late at night, he never missed an appointment, and when he came on time, He Xiu tiptoed to the visitor hall, found that Qiao Shen was waiting early in the morning, and whispered, "Did you bring something?"
He Xiu patted his chest and nodded, "Here." ”
Qiao Shenming put on his night clothes and said, "How many?"
He Xiu stretched out a finger, and Qiao Shenming complained and said, "You only got one of the four city gates?"
Only then did He Xiu remember that there was a mistake in the plan, and he also put on his night clothes: "I forgot it for a while, what should I do? Why don't I go back again?"
"It's too late, things have been delayed for so long, if we act one day late, those women will be more dangerous, let's act." ”
Qiao Shenming had already taken the lead in walking out, and He Xiu hammered his head and followed.
Qiao Shenming deliberately arranged for his trusted family Ding Hou to be at the back door during the day, and the two walked out of the Guan Mansion smoothly.
The two then walked against the wall towards the East Gate of Ki Man Street, and when they passed the Hui Peng Building, two drunken men walked out, and they were forced to stop in a shady corner.
When there was no movement on the street, the two came to the foot of the east gate wall: "Quick, I'll cover you, and you hang this thing in the most conspicuous place of the city gate tower." ”
He Xiu took more than thirty steps back, struggled to run, and when he was five meters away from the city wall, he bent his knees and jumped, and his legs kicked the wall and crossed the top of the gatehouse.
Taking out the thing in his arms and wrapping it around the pillar of the gatehouse, He Xiu tried to pull it hard, but found that it was fixed very firmly, and then turned over and fell.
"Let's go, Simon. ”
He Xiu patted Qiao Shenming's shoulder: "I only brought one, what are you doing at Ximen?"
"I'll explain it to you later. Qiao Shenming was on guard around his waist and said.
"Oh, Brother Joe, you ......"
"Not what you think. ”
He Xiu never expected Qiao Shenming to keep his hand and wanted to take the opportunity to be sarcastic, but was coldly interrupted by Qiao Shenming.
The two of them came to the west gate, where there were the most food sellers, and Qiao Shenming was in charge of guarding under the corner, and He Xiu was in charge of doing it.
After a cup of tea, He Xiu turned over and landed: "Brother Qiao, is there anything else?"
Qiao Shenming didn't answer, walked towards the south cat's waist, passed in front of the Guo Mansion and walked for half a pillar of incense, and the south gate appeared in front of him.
Qiao Shenming took the third piece out of his arms and handed it to He Xiu: "Don't ask why, act quickly." ”
He Xiu didn't hesitate, and immediately bounced up, still fixing it on the pillar of the gatehouse.
After He Xiu jumped down, he was sure that there was a fourth piece in Qiao Shenming's arms, and immediately trotted towards the north, Qiao Shenming followed closely, and soon came to the north gate next to the horse market.
"Brother Qiao, what should I do, it's not easy to go up to the north gate, or forget it here, I think those three things are enough to deter the murderer." ”
"No, this is a place heavily guarded by officials, and the more we have to attack where they are most vigilant, the more people can pay attention. ”
"No, if they find out, we won't have anywhere to hide. ”
"I'll go and lead them away, and you will do what you want. ”
Before He Xiu could refuse, Qiao Shenming stuffed the fourth piece into his hand, and then deliberately appeared within the guards' alert range, and when it was young, a large number of guards chased after him with torches.
There was no turning back from the start of work, He Xiu took advantage of the guards' panic, flew up, crossed the guards' heads, and successfully came to the gatehouse by kicking the wall, and after everything was in order, he found that the torches under the city gate rushed to the sky, turning the night into day.
There was no turning back, He Xiu simply sat cross-legged on the ground and waited for the opportunity to get out, and gradually He Xiu heard Guo Fengxiao's reprimand, as if he was blaming these guards for dereliction of duty, and finally heard Guo Zhenxing's voice as conceited as always.
He Xiu raised the courage to expose half of his head, and he saw Guo Zhenxing's back from where the archers on the city wall were standing, and he was talking to Xiao Daoren at this time.
"It's all dispatched, it seems that there is a lot of commotion today, and I don't know what happened to Brother Qiao. ”
He Xiu whispered secretly in his heart, and then saw Guo's father and son leave, and Xiao Daoren stayed alone.
Things came to this point, He Xiu completely lost his mind, and could only silently pray that they would not check the gatehouse.
Soon, He Xiu heard the noisy sound, and his curiosity led him to show his head, and he saw Xiao Daoren and some guards drinking heavily in place.
The tight heart relaxed a lot, and gradually the sky fell a drizzle, and He Xiu heard the noise below louder, and soon, the drifting rain poured down.
He Xiu never thought that the rainy season he fantasized about would meet it in such a scene, but he could feel the baptism of spring for the first time, and he was also drunk.
He Xiu knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and muttered: "Father, mother, grandfather, grandma, have you seen it? I kowtowed for you in the rain!"
Cleaning up the sad mood, He Xiu lay on the wall and saw that the guards were all in the shift camp to take shelter from the rain, seize the opportunity, turn over and fall, at this moment the heavy rain did not stop, and the sound of him landing was completely covered, and the guards did not notice it at all.
He Xiu clinged to the wall to avoid the shift camp, strode towards the Guanfu, and when he arrived at the foot of the wall at the back gate of the Guanfu, He Xiu saw a man in black fall to the ground with an arrow in the right front chest, and he felt bad in his heart, and immediately went to check, Qiao Shenming was already in an extreme coma.
He Xiu picked him up, walked into the courtyard, and when he passed the hall, he saw Guan Zhihe waiting anxiously inside: "Brother He Xiu, what's wrong with Steward Qiao?"
"He was shot in the chest, so go get the medicine for the knife wound. ”
He Xiu placed him on his bed, tore open his clothes, and found that thick black blood was flowing from the wound: "It's not good, Brother Qiao is a poisonous arrow, you have to clean the wound immediately, otherwise your life will be lost." ”
Guan Zhihe saw that he couldn't help, so he was so anxious that he walked in circles, He Xiu turned his heart sideways, pulled out the poisonous arrow hard, and before he had time to clean the wound, he sucked the blood into his mouth. ”
"Brother He Xiu, let's hand over Steward Qiao to the doctor for treatment, the wound is poisonous, what if you get infected?"
He Xiu didn't answer, he had already spit out the second mouthful of blood on the ground, Guan Zhihe pushed him away, and he was about to catch his mouth, but he was pushed aside by He Xiu, as the blood spit on the ground gradually turned red, Qiao Shenming's face also turned ruddy, and He Xiu sat on the ground: "Okay, it's okay, take a knife and gun medicine and put it on him." ”
Guan Zhihe looked at He Xiu while giving medicine to Qiao Shenming, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, and suddenly Qiao Shenming held her slender hand, Guan Zhihe was startled, and turned her head to look at He Xiu with innocent eyes.
"Don't, don't, don't leave my ......"
A cold sweat broke out on Qiao Shenming's forehead, and a sentence was muttered in his mouth, He Xiu nodded towards Guan Zhihe, and Guan Zhihe replied: "I won't leave you, I won't leave you." ”
"Daddy, Daddy, don't leave Ming'er......"
Guan Zhihe looked at He Xiu with more innocent eyes, Qiao Shenming sat up abruptly with a scream, panting in his mouth, and after a while, when he saw himself holding Guan Zhihe's slender hand, he immediately let go, and quickly knelt down: "I'm sorry Miss, I'm sorry Miss, I didn't mean to, I ......"
"Brother Qiao, Brother Qiao, are you okay?"
He Xiu stood up and cared again and again, Qiao Shenming saw that he was also present, and he couldn't stop kowtowing and admitting his mistake: "Brother He, I'm sorry for you......"
"Brother Qiao, don't worry, He'er and I don't mean to blame you," He Xiu paused here and glanced at Guan Zhihe: "You were calling your father just now, you didn't do anything rude to He'er, you lie down and be careful of the wound." ”
Qiao Shenming calmed down at this time, covered his chest, rolled his eyes, and fell into a coma in bed.