Chapter Twenty-Eight: Witnessing Murder
Double dragons play with pearls, lions step on hydrangeas, stilts, puppet shows, juggling performances. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info acted while walking. More and more people are gathering to tailgating.
With the departure of the dragon dance team, the busyness of the wine shop has also come to an end.
"Alright, alright, it's all over, you two little girls go play!" Aunt Zhao waved her hand and stuffed some money into the hands of the two: "Take it to buy a head rope and buy some food." In the evening, we will close the wine shop early, and you should pay attention to the time to come back for dinner. ”
"By the way, Aunt Zhao, my father has gone to Xiwu Mountain, but I'm afraid that I will be late tonight. Today's celebration of the Harvest Festival, the wine shop is afraid that some of them are busy. If the door is closed early, these uncles and uncles will have no place to drink, and they will not be less happy. ”
Cheng Yao hadn't taken the pocket money given by her elders for a long time, and she didn't shirk Aunt Zhao's kindness.
Aunt Zhao thought about it for a while, looking at the current situation, I was afraid that it was indeed not sent to close the store early.
"Blame me, I've been busy and forgotten these days, and I didn't tell your father earlier, so let's take a look for two days, and then take a break, and the two families will get together again." Be careful when you go out. ”
Zhao Meng secretly pulled Cheng Yao's clothes.
"That, Aunt Zhao, Mengmeng and I won't come back for dinner tonight, I heard that there are lanterns in the east of the city tonight. We wanted to check it out. ”
"Oops, it hurts, it hurts! Mother, what are you filming me for? ”
"Was it your idea? How can a girl stay home at night? ”
Aunt Zhao slapped Zhao Meng's arm fiercely.
"Aunt Zhao, don't blame Mengmeng, I haven't been there, I asked Mengmeng to accompany me."
The lanterns in the east of the city are held every year for the Qingfeng Festival and the Lantern Festival, but Cheng Yao in his memory has never been there.
Bai is afraid that there are too many people, and it is easy to make mistakes. What is the excitement is detained by Cheng Yao.
Aunt Zhao sighed: "Okay, it's just that at night, you will go to the yamen to find your brother together, he will patrol the streets at night, you will follow him." ”
My brother is in charge of his head and feet, what's the point of following him!
"Aunt Zhao, that's what Mengmeng and I think, Brother Zhao wants to maintain the security order, and it is specified that there are many people there, so he will go wherever he goes, and it is right to follow him."
Cheng Yao hurriedly squeezed Zhao Meng's hand and asked her not to refute.
The two laughed and ran away.
"You must come back before the time or break your legs!" Aunt Zhao shouted.
"Got it!" He waved his hand and didn't look back.
Aunt Zhao sighed and said to herself: "Two clever ghosts. ”
She was also young, and she didn't know what yang and yin were. After a while, I still have to ask someone to bring a message, tell my son, and let him pay more attention.
"Boss, when did you and Lao Zhao give birth to such a handsome girl again!"
A man who drinks a little wine just talks a lot.
The scenery beside the Qujiang River is beautiful, and many young men and girls gather.
"Look at it, aren't you Qiao'er, the second daughter of the coffin shop on Front Street?"
The two sat on the stone benches on the embankment, eating rock sugar gourds while watching people come and go.
"That bucktooth? Where is it? ”
"The one in green and holding a fan! Look at her actually handing people a handkerchief! ”
"Wow, that man was so lucky. Qiao'er's father plans to lay the coffin for Qiao'er as a dowry! ”
This is definitely the opposite.
I heard that because of this Qiao'er buckteeth, I didn't succeed after seeing each other several times. Later, some people took a fancy to this girl's good temperament.
Qiao'er's father knew that the second daughter could get married, and as soon as he was excited, he promised the coffin shop to be a dowry, but he scared people away.
This Qiao'er has a good figure, and she is covered by a fan, but she is not a delicate little beauty.
Coincidentally, the young man had just taken the handkerchief, and someone knocked the fan in Qiao'er's hand off as soon as he hit it.
"Poof, haha, laughed to death. Did you see, that young man was about to cry! ”
On the Harvest Festival, men will give their beloved women's hairpins, and women can also send their favorite men's hairpins. Such a move will not cause criticism. After every celebration of the harvest festival, there are always many happy events in the family.
"It's a pity, Brother Yuan isn't here!" Seeing that others were facing each other, Zhao Meng still inevitably felt regretful. I couldn't help but take off the hairpin on my head, and I thought about things.
"Hey, I don't have a distant brother, but I have Sister Yao with you! Don't be too disgusted! Cheng Yao pinched Zhao Meng's face and comforted.
A figure ran quickly.
"Oops, my hairpin!"
Zhao Meng shouted.
The two hurriedly got up and chased after them, but the crowd was crowded and it was difficult to chase.
chased several streets in a row. A figure disappeared from the corner.
Cheng Yao clutched her chest and gasped. Thieves rely on small people, shuttle through the crowd, and are not easy to catch.
"Where did he go? My hairpin, it was given by my distant brother, he asked for money, I just gave it to him. Just return the hairpin to me! ”
Zhao Meng was so anxious that his eyes were red.
"There!" Cheng Yao saw someone probing his brain in a corner, and quickly chased after him.
The thief wanted to run again, but Cheng Yao grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back. The thief leaned back and threw the hairpin in his hand upward. The hairpin fell on the roof of the building next to it.
It was a thin little boy, probably not yet ten years old.
"Ahh
"Dreams!" Cheng Yao looked back and couldn't help but be surprised.
happened to be a group of people passing by, and Zhao Meng was accidentally hit and fell.
Taking advantage of Cheng Yao's distraction, the thief bit Cheng Yao's wrist, Cheng Yao was in pain and couldn't help but let go.
It's just a child, and the hairpin has been found. Cheng Yao hurriedly turned around and helped Zhao Meng up: "Mengmeng, are you okay?" Have you ever been stepped on? ”
"It's okay, I just got hit! What about thieves? ”
Zhao Meng patted the dust on his body, shook his head, and asked anxiously.
"Hairpin, there!"
Cheng Yao pointed to the roof on the side.
"What to do? Where to borrow a ladder? ”
Cheng Yao took a look, about three meters high. There is a pillar on one side of the corner.
Biting his lip, it stands to reason that it should be fine.
Letting Zhao Meng retreat a little, Cheng Yao ran for a while, stepped on the pillar and walked up two steps, holding the roof tiles with both hands.
The tiles on one side were a little loose, and Cheng Yao's hand slipped.
"Be careful!" Zhao Meng covered his eyes with his hands and didn't dare to look at it.
Cheng Yao took advantage of the situation, turned over and grabbed the other side with his backhand, flipped over again, and turned around again.
Whew, this body has not been trained, and it is a little difficult. Two more times you'll be to the place where the hairpin fell. Cheng Yao held her breath, turned around again and held the eaves with her backhand, grabbed it with one hand, and reached out to touch it with the other.
"Left, a little left, right, yes, yes, a little bit higher. Yes! That's great! Got it! Zhao Meng was excited.
"No, don't!"
Hidden in the lively sound of firecrackers, but the sound can still be discerned as terrifying.
Cheng Yao turned his head slightly.
I saw three people in the room on the second floor opposite. One of the men fell to his knees and begged for mercy.
But the other party didn't seem to mean to let go.
The man begging for mercy could only step back. Then the door blocked and could not be seen.
"Since you don't know anything, there's no use in keeping you!"
I saw that a man in a silver-gray brocade robe pulled out his long sword and stabbed it with a sword.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, please spare me! Yes! ”
Terrible wails,
Blood splattered.
This is murder!