When Steward Mao walked on Tianbei Street with one foot deep and one foot shallow, he was actually still entangled in his heart.

In the end, the wife is more towards her sister? Or do you want to go more to your own home?

Is my wife's plan really reliable? Can you really get those two hundred taels of silver back?

But it's useless to dwell on it in the end, anyway, now that the family is gone, if you don't take the path pointed out by your wife, you can't think of any other way for a while.

If you think about it again, it's actually nothing, and the risk is really not high.

Isn't it just to find those people last time and throw a few torches?

Steward Mao has already made up his mind, if the five torches can't be lit, he will not add silver to the death. It's probably some kind of compromise.

Five sticks are thrown in, if they don't light it, there's no. If it's lit, how can it be related to yourself? Those gangsters may not be caught, and even if they do, they can't identify themselves, they don't know their names, and they've long since gone a long time ago.

Thinking like this, Steward Mao's heart settled down again.

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The meeting place that Steward Mao and Hei Xiaolong's brothers agreed to meet was still that restaurant.

Naturally, the restaurant has closed, but it is still open.

The room was dark, and the oil lamp on a table was like beans, reflecting the faces of several people at the table with a fluttering and gloomy color.

Steward Mao identified it, and it was true that there was indeed a gangster who discussed with him that day, so he immediately took out three taels of silver, threw it on the table, and turned around to leave.

"Hey——," one of the people who had negotiated with the Mao steward before shouted: "Why do you want to leave, didn't you say okay?" You follow us to the backyard wall of Muzhaotang, and we throw torches and count them, and if five torches can't light a fire, you can add another piece of silver. ”

Why is this person talking so verbosely, and he has to tell all the plans, Steward Mao frowned, and said: "Now I have changed my mind, if I don't add it, there will be five!" Just look at it. ”

"That won't work!" People still don't do it: "Look at it, we have six or seven brothers here, and if we only throw five, one person will not be enough, so we should do what we said before." It's just a matter of a few steps, if you don't want to go here, who knows if you're out there and waiting for us to drill? ”

As he spoke, another person suddenly stood up from the table, walked to the side of the Mao steward, and said with a smile: "You gave two taels of silver before, right?" Now if you give three taels, it adds up to five taels, right? ”

The smile on the man's face looked like a model of a smiling man: "It's better to be like this, or a torch for one or two pieces of silver, you count it according to the head, and throw one for each person, how about it?" Don't let your brothers run away in vain. ”

Steward Mao suddenly had an inappropriate feeling in his heart, if he didn't stay to supervise, these people should be happy, maybe he didn't throw a single one, and he just dropped five taels of silver, why didn't he let himself go? What else do you say that you might set up for them? What can I do?

He was already a little hesitant, but at this time he simply stopped talking, just shook his head, and took more steps and rushed to the door.

He didn't make it to the door.

Because a hand was on his shoulder.

That hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and the steward could no longer move a single bit.

Something must be wrong. Steward Mao's heart was pounding, is it black? Or white? I had to turn around with a sad face, and just take something out of my arms.

It's just a few pieces of loose silver, about two taels.

"Brothers, can't I admit it? Take all the money, and do nothing else. "So far, Steward Mao can only hope that it will be black and black, and he will be bitten by these bastards.

Unexpectedly, the hand that was on his shoulder retracted, and when he stretched it out again, there was an extra waist card in that hand.

The cabinet next to it, which was originally used to hold cutlery, was suddenly pushed open from the inside.

I saw that all the partitions inside had been removed, and a person with a pen and paper in his hand stepped out of the cabinet while muttering, 'It's pitch black, I don't know if it's written clearly', which made the thugs laugh.

It's over, it's white.

Steward Mao suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Everyone didn't pay much attention to him, only loudly asked the shopkeeper to bring two more jugs of celebration wine, as if there was a dead man on the ground.

"Damn, I heard this guy is doing this for the money." A thug spat at the steward on the ground, "It's really asking for money and not dying." ”

"So, the place with oil and water is the most slippery." Another gangster sighed with emotion: "The more money you have, the more you have to be careful." Everyone knows this truth. ”

Hahaha...... Everyone laughed, only Steward Mao also opened his mouth wide, but what flowed into his mouth were salty and bitter tears.

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Xia Xiaodong was a little embarrassed, and casually wrapped a piece of silk cloth around it, twisting it like a twist.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Yunzhi sat opposite her, stacking pieces of material on top of each other: "Is it a strategic plan...... Five miles away, not as good as thousands of miles away? ”

Xia Xiaodong smiled reluctantly: "Sister Yunzhi, I really can't be happy at all." ”

"Why?" Lu Yunzhi was a little puzzled: "Steward Mao and Geng Niangzi and their two children are all locked up, and they will be dealt with after the first month." You can rest assured, you will definitely not spare them. ”

Xia Xiaodong sighed, slowly untied the 'twist' in his hand, and tried to smooth out the crumpled fabric again.

"You're not thinking about the reputation of the Lu family, are you?" Lu Yunzhi continued to guess: "Now that the government has not opened yet, the head of the team was invited to fill the scene with extra silver, and the matter will not spread." ”

"Worried about offending the fifth aunt because of this?" Lu Yunzhi flattened his mouth: "You won't worry about this." Besides, don't look at Yun Jie, who is a little lacking in heart, with a slow head and a fast mouth, but the fifth aunt is fine, so it won't be difficult for you because of two subordinates. What's more, it's on your side, she should be worried that she will offend you because of this. ”

"Alright, alright, don't guess." Xia Xiaodong folded the crumpled handkerchief in two, put it on Lu Yunzhi's stack of fabrics, and said with a smile: "Actually, I don't have anything." ”

"It's your idea to hide it in a cupboard and write down what it's said. When people speak, mention the causes and consequences, and you also explain it. Lu Yunzhi said: "Now it's all used, but you don't even have a smile, how can you say 'nothing'?" ”

"Actually," Xia Xiaodong decided to say it, Lu Yunzhi might be able to understand. "I just don't understand why the couple is so vicious. Everyone has no life and death grudges, why do they have to set fires? ”

"......" Lu Yunzhi opened a pair of beautiful eyes and looked at Xia Xiaodong strangely.

(To be continued.) )