Chapter 18: Fire
"Fence me here, not a single mouse can be released!"
From afar, Li Zhidi gave orders to the officials behind him with a unique and sharp voice. Without looking back, he knew that his fat and oily face was sneering and smug again.
"Brother Jin, today is Chinese New Year's Eve! I had just returned to the mansion here, and before I could sit down on my ass, I heard a report from the garrison. Li Zhidi walked to Jin Chi's side with figure-eight steps, and asked with a smile on the skin of the cigarette pouch and pot, "What are you missing here?" After speaking, he pretended to wake up and slapped his head, "Look at what I said, this is a fire in the cotton barn!" β
Jin Chi was not surprised by Li Zhidi's appearance, he patiently waited for a group of government soldiers to surround this place, and sneered: "Li Guanren, I am burned cleanly, and the only ones who can breathe are contemptible and Yu Shan." What do you mean by rats? β
As he spoke, the sound of neat running came from the empty streets, and the city defense commander and rows of heavily armed city defense soldiers surrounded the ruins again in the blink of an eye. Li Zhidi tilted his head and glanced at it, there were city guards, and he didn't dare to mess around. "You don't know if there are rats here, but I've heard that the Jin family's cotton barn is hiding something unclean. If a rat with no eyes nibbles something that shouldn't be here, it's just a matter of that! β
Li Zhidi slowly lifted his hands from the bottom to the top, walked to the wreckage of the wooden box in the middle of the warehouse while gesturing, and stretched out his foot to kick a few wooden planks that were still pestle. Only a "click" was heard, and the plank was skewed, revealing a blackened copper pipe. "Roar~! What is this black thing? Li Zhidi glanced at Jin Chi with a smile, squatted down, and carefully reached out to pull out the copper pipe. Oh! As soon as he pulled out the brass pipe, he inhaled the cold air and threw it on the ground.
"Scald to death!" Li Zhidi pursed his fat mouth and blew at his fingers.
Although it was a copper pipe, it was connected to an irregular metal piece at one end, and Li Zhidi squatted down with great difficulty, borrowing the torch held by the government to observe carefully. "Master Kim, do you know what this is?" Feeling that his hands were not so hot, Li Zhidi stretched out his hand and pointed at the copper pipe and asked angrily.
The matter has come to this point, and Jin Chi knows that he has been put on a hard beating. He looked at Li Zhidi with a calm gaze, and did not defend, but turned around and was about to leave with a cold snort.
"Can't let him go!"
"That's right! The Jin family is not letting the people have a quiet year! β
The door was already full of people watching the excitement, and they exchanged their heads and pointed at Jin Chi. What's more, they shouted loudly that the Jin family's disrespect for the New Year would bring trouble to Jincheng out of thin air. Beating the water dogs is vividly displayed at this moment.
"Take him down for me!"
Li Zhidi stood up with his hands on his knees, with a smile on his face, pointing at Jin Chi's back and shouting: "The Jin family sells arms, the crime is unforgivable!" The high-pitched tone pierced this supposed lively Chinese New Year's Eve and reached the ears of the people of Jincheng.
The five years of Xuande are destined to be a year of undercurrents.
The violently shaking hat wings showed Li Zhidi's anger, and the original mocking smile gradually cooled after clarifying the situation. Since receiving the report from the Bai and Du families, he has been skeptical. When I saw the truth today, I suddenly realized that I was also being led by the nose and slipped around.
Since the Jin family sells arms, it is naturally impossible to leave some broken copper and iron as evidence for these three boxes of goods, and the rest are naturally divided between the two families. Originally, the three of them discussed a big scene, and he played a grand guard who was just a clown who offended people and did no good.
What a fisherman's profiting Bai family!
What a Du family who fishes in troubled waters!
The sword guards and the city guards holding spears high surrounded the two of Jin Chi in three layers inside and three layers outside, Li Zhidi stood on the periphery of the city defense soldiers, pinched his teeth and said: "Jin Chi!" This official is here with human and material evidence, what else do you have to say? β
Jin Chi turned his head slightly, glancing at Li Zhidi with his spare eyes. His teeth clenched, knotted muscles and wrinkles intertwined across his smooth face.
"Humph!"
Jin Chi snorted faintly, closed his mouth and stopped talking, before he thought of a way to deal with the situation, any sentence could be used as a handle by the other party. He closed his eyes and let the servants put on the shackles. Holding the heavy iron chain, he staggered towards the cell.
"Old man......"
Yu Yan chased a few steps, but was stopped by Jin Chi. "Go back! Tell the curtain beads! Without her permission, no one is allowed to step out of the Jin family! β
The wind blew mercilessly, and the dust from the corners of the wall stuck to the raised hair. The gray strands of hair trembled in the wind, as if tired of the tired journey, and stuck to the corners of the forehead and wrapped around the eyelashes. Jin Chi could have easily tied up this long strand of hair. It's just that the heavy shackles bind his arms, and he can't move easily.
Once upon a time, his majestic Golden Pond thought that there would be today; Once upon a time, his admired master of the Jin family would become a prisoner; At this moment, he did it! It has become one of the biggest laughing stocks in Jincheng. Plummeting from the high-profile mountain to the bottom of the valley. This kind of shame actually happened to Jin Chi.
He is unwilling, and he is unwilling!
Curtain beads? The third aunt too?
Yu Yan returned to the Jin family with doubts. Grandma is very old, and the eldest lady takes care of all matters. Now that Mrs. has entered Beijing, all matters should be handed over to Mrs. Chi. But why did the lord hand over the power to the third aunt who was a little lower? Besides, she was just a drama before, and she was not Mrs. Chi's opponent in terms of Chengfu or means. Thinking about it, Yu Yan still did as Jin Chi instructed.
Hibiscus Garden.
The third aunt listened to Yu Yan's statement too silently, her gloomy eyes locked on the blue and white porcelain vase at the door, and her delicate heart felt pressure. The lord did not let Mrs. Chi manage this matter, presumably taking care of Linlang. This girl is quirky and clever. If you come back safely, you will definitely be able to come up with a perfect solution.
"Where is Linlang now? Heyββ! The third aunt's sleeping phoenix eyes were melancholy, and her eyelashes were gloomy and explored between her eyebrows.
What she didn't expect was that Jin Chi was not only afraid of Linlang, but more importantly, Chi Jingyuan's life experience, a secret that only he knew. Therefore, Jin Chi would rather believe in the third aunt who is a little less capable than entrust Chi Jingfei with all of it. All because "those who are not of my race will have different hearts!" β
The third aunt felt a chill all over her body too suddenly, and she shivered involuntarily, and then looked around with palpitations. After confirming that everything was fine, his eyes showed a relaxed and calm state, put his hand on his chest and cushioned the corner of the square table, leaned forward to the corner of his body, cleared his throat and lowered his voice: "Does the master mean that the Bai family and the Du family are also involved in this matter?" β
Yu Shan's eyebrows raised sharply, nodded solemnly, and his clenched fists made a "gurgling" sound. His narrowed eyes showed a fierce light, "The Bai family is inconsistent, and it was ...... back then"
"Ding!"
Suddenly, there was a slight sound outside the window, like the crisp sound of a bracelet rolling down, like the whisper of a wind chime's soft kiss.
Yu Shan's black eyebrows furrowed, his face changed suddenly, and he slapped the table hard with a "snap", and then took advantage of the momentum, used his feet to exert force, and directly kicked open the airtight window and chased out.
The third aunt was taken aback by the sudden change, a pair of small hands covered her chest and trembled, and after a long time, she took out the silk scarf in a daze and dipped it in the corner of her forehead full of cold sweat.
"Squeak~!"
After about half an hour, Yu Yan shook his head and pushed the door open. He apparently didn't catch up with the eavesdropper, only holding a half-bloodshot piece of damaged jade in his hand.
"Have you ever seen this, ma'am?"
"How?" The third aunt was too nervous when she saw Yu Yan with an anxious face.
Reaching out to take the remnant jade, he gently placed it on the square table with a look of disbelief in his eyes. "How is that possible!" The third aunt leaned down to observe carefully. The half of the jade was like the head horns of a toad, and it looked like a four-legged ear. However, there were only two people in possession of these two jade pieces in the Golden Mansion.
One is the eldest lady's maid Nan'er, and the other is the grandmother.
At the beginning, Nan'er didn't know what to do for the eldest lady, and was rewarded by the lady and was given a four-legged waist pendant. On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Nan'er knelt in front of her and saw it with her own eyes. The pair of Ding ears were very similar to the remnant jade in front of them. And the grandmother is holding a palm-sized emerald jade toad all day long. This piece of jade resembles the horns of a toad's head.
Is it really a coincidence?
The four-legged square tripod ears are made into a toad-shaped, does this shape have any special meaning? The third aunt is too calm and contemplative, which obviously has no meaning. Nan'er encountered an accident early this morning and died in the West Hill. How could the old grandmother escape Yu Shan's pursuit?
"Who could it be?"
The third aunt is too puzzled, if it is Mrs. Chi's eyeliner, it will not be good!
"Yu Shan, quickly block all the exits of the Golden Mansion and send reliable people out of the city to find Linlang's whereabouts." The third aunt quickly regained her composure, with a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, and her gestures showed everyone's demeanor. "Also, send someone to pay more attention to Mrs. Chi's side, and if there is a slight change, immediately limit the room to no contact with anyone. As for the Bai family, they must look for flaws, do everything possible to lead the troubles to the east, and send Bai Shuyuan to prison in exchange for the master. β
"Yes!"
Yu Yan received the order, bowed respectfully, and turned away. The third aunt's methodical appearance deeply impressed Yu Shan, she was not shocked when she was changing, and she was not chaotic. At this point, Yu Yan had trust in this woman who looked like a vase, the kind of trust that seemed to treat Jin Chi for no reason.
"Wait!" The third aunt suddenly stopped Yu Shan, who turned around and wanted to leave, "Don't worry about the Bai family, you are the master's cronies, so they are naturally extra careful with you." Let's let Cui'er go! After speaking, the third aunt lowered her head and sighed: "Hey, it would be nice if Linlang was here!" β