At ten o'clock in the evening, the Ran'er sisters, who had been accompanying their grandmother in the small pavilion in the pond, and Xiao Yucai returned to the small building. After dinner, and then at night, the four of them came to the three tiled houses where Yu'er's family lived in front, called Aunt Zhang, led the four dogs, and hid in the room on the other side of the ancestral hall. The six people sent by the owner of the Zhang Pavilion were guarding the outside.

At the same time, Zhang Dazhu also took Ge Zhuang from the thatched hut to the tiled house, and hid in the inner room with the other three long-term workers, and the four people from the martial arts hall were guarding the bright room. It has been agreed in advance that there will be no arrangements for even the night patrol tonight. After nightfall, the entire Bamboo Forest Villa became quiet.

Xie Yu and his entourage set off from Yangzhuang at the beginning of the year and came to Xia Village, and when they turned the foot of the mountain, it was almost three minutes of the hour. In the past few days, Xie Yu has been arranging for people to secretly observe Ran'er's every move. As Ran'er expected, Grandpa Li led his three sons and two grandsons to Ran'er's place, and Xie Yu knew about it as soon as possible. At that time, Xie Yu smiled contemptuously after listening to the report of his subordinates. In Xie Yu's opinion, what use can a few croppers have?

However, in order not to make a big fuss, I waited patiently for two days, and from the mouths of those who returned from dinner, I knew that there was no night patrol here tonight. I thought to myself, what can two little girls do? If Ge Yan was here, tonight's action would probably not be so smooth.

Leading the twelve people, turning around the foot of the mountain at the east end of Xia Village, Xie Yu saw a light from a distance. Ask the men who came to inquire:

"What's the light?"

"It's the small building where the young lady lives."

"Hmph, play this bluff trick with me. They all walked a few steps, leaving two people to guard the intersection where they went out, and no one was allowed to escape. The rest of the people surrounded the small building, according to our prior arrangement, and tried not to hurt anyone. ”

Obviously, the people brought by Xie Yu all had kung fu, and although their strides were large and fast, they didn't make much noise. When Xie Yu came to the small building with ten people, he still didn't alarm anyone. However, there was a subordinate who had been secretly observing for the past few days, and whispered in Xie Yu's ear:

"Master, it doesn't seem right. Even if you don't wake people up, why can't you hear a dog barking? There are four dogs here. Will there be fraud? ”

Xie Yu also felt that it was a little abnormal to be quiet. But thinking that Ge Yanxing was not there, only a seventeen-year-old girl, the slightest doubt in his heart was swept away.

"What can there be? What can we do with a few crops? Hurry up, go upstairs and search me carefully, and after I catch those two girls, I will question them personally. ”

Leaving the two of them at the door on the first floor, Xie Yu led eight people to the upstairs. I saw a wind lamp hanging under the eaves of the porch, and the doors of the four rooms were closed tightly, and there was no sound inside. Xie Yu motioned to his subordinates to open the door, and when he found that there was no figure in the four rooms, Xie Yu knew that he had been fooled. However, at this time, Xie Yu still did not have the slightest worry in his heart. Say to your subordinates:

"I guess I'm hiding, hurry in and search, it's a small vermilion wooden box, if you can't find it, look for it somewhere else."

"No need to look for it."

Just as Xie Yu's subordinates were about to enter the house to search, a faint voice suddenly sounded in their ears.

"Miss Ran'er has really analyzed it accurately enough, everyone, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Do you tie your hands and take it, or do you do it with the hands of those who work me? ”

As soon as Zhang Li's words fell, more than a dozen people came up from the stairs one after another, and there were still people walking up behind. At this time, Xie Yu knew that he had underestimated Ran'er's girl from the beginning. Hurriedly shouted to his subordinates:

"Rush out and meet the old places."

"Come when you want, go when you want, when I don't have tension? Disciples, not one of them is allowed to go, and if anyone lets go, I will drive him out of the wall on the spot. Do it. ”

Although the people brought by Xie Yu also had two hits, they had no choice but to defeat the four hands with two fists, and in less than half an hour, the twelve people brought by Xie Yu were all captured, except for the two who escaped at the intersection. Zhang Zhang didn't talk nonsense with Xie Yu, and directly took Xie Yu, who was tied up with five flowers, to the ancestral hall and handed it over to Ran'er to deal with.

"Miss Ran'er, Zhang Lixing was not dishonored, except for the two who escaped, the remaining eleven people were all brought. What is Miss Ran'er going to do with them? ”

"Pavilion Master Zhang, I don't want to see him. Please ask Pavilion Master Zhang to arrange manpower, escort them to kneel in front of Ran Erniang's grave for a night, let Xie Yu go after dawn, and leave the rest of the people behind, and wait for the people from the palace to arrive, so that they can deal with it. ”

"Sister, you can't let Xie Yu go like this."

"Yes, Miss Ran'er. You let him go this time, what if he comes back? ”

"Pavilion Master Zhang, Lian'er, let him be unkind, but Ran'er can't be unjust. He's going to come again, just come. ”

Ran Er looked at her grandmother, saw her grandmother nodded, and then said to Pavilion Master Zhang:

"Pavilion Master Zhang, Ran'er wants to hire four martial artists from the Martial Arts Pavilion, I don't know what the Pavilion thinks?"

"Don't say anything about hiring, Miss Ran'er wants to hire people, just say it. I'll pick four for you when I go back, no, the six most powerful disciples, you don't need to pay them, just think that the martial arts hall arranged for them to come here to practice. I will have the disciples of the martial arts hall take turns to come and be on duty. ”

"The owner of the Zhang Pavilion is polite, where is the reason for vain employing people. So it was decided, six for six, four taels of silver per person per month, and food and shelter. No matter how much it is, Ran'er can't afford to pay it. ”

"If Miss Ran'er has to pay, then one or two pieces of silver per person per month, otherwise Miss Ran'er will invite someone else."

"Thank you, Pavilion Master."

Although Ran'er and Zhang Zhang have only been in contact for two or three days, they can see that Zhang Zhang is an upright man, so he is no longer polite and simply agrees. If it is really four taels of silver per person per month, it will be two hundred and eighty-eight taels for six people in a year, plus three meals a day for six people, it will cost almost four hundred taels of silver. Although Ran'er's family can afford it, it's still a bit heavy. This is also the reason why Ran'er only wanted to invite four in the first place.

Under the escort of Zhang Li's disciples, Xie Yu and the eleven people were taken to his mother's grave, and Ran'er's words were to ask them to kneel all night, but how could Xie Yu and the others be willing to kneel. However, under the roof of people, it is not their final say. The disciple who was tense kicked to the ground according to the crook of the eleven's legs, and had to kneel there honestly.

Xie Yu originally had the idea of begging Ran'er and her grandmother to let him go, but seeing that Ran'er didn't even let him see anyone, he gave up. I secretly swore in my heart that in the future, I would not only find the jade pendant, but also avenge today's kneeling. After all, Xie Yu is a person who reads poetry and books, and he was forced to kneel, and this humiliation cannot be collected no matter what.

Summer was originally a few short nights, and when Xie Yu was captured, it was already almost ugly, and it was dawn in the middle of the day. Just when Xie Yu was speculating in his heart about what Ran'er would do with him, he saw the guards untie the rope on his body and said:

"According to Miss Ran'er's orders, you can go."

Xie Yu stood up with difficulty with his hands on the ground, rubbed his sour and stiff knees, and saw that the person he brought was still kneeling there, and he was the only one who was loosened, so he couldn't help asking:

"What about them?"

"Why do you care about so many things, can you leave? If you don't go, I'm tying you up. ”

Xie Yu had no choice but to say to his subordinates:

"You stay here first, and I'll try to save you when I get back."

And he said to his keepers,

"I'm going to see it."

"Miss Ran'er commanded, she doesn't want to see you."

"Hmph."

Xie Yu maintained the hypocritical self-esteem of a scholar, and he rarely had the habit of begging for help since he was a child, so he didn't want to see him, so he snorted heavily and turned around. If he knew that Ran'er planned to hand over the people he brought to the palace, he probably wouldn't have left so easily.