Chapter 60: Seeking Wealth
The light in Qiao Er's room was still on, and he obviously hadn't fallen asleep yet. Shen Xingchen stood on the bottom of the room opposite him, holding a bow in his hand, her hand pulling the bow deliberately brought three points of internal force, the arrow slammed through the night sky like a meteor, and then clicked, this abnormal sound is especially obvious in the silent night.
Qiao Er in the house had been worried because he owed money to the gambling house, and the sudden sound outside the house made him even more frightened. He subconsciously hid under the covers with his head covered, and for a while, when he found that there was nothing else abnormal, he tiptoed up and opened the door. The alley was empty, and the black hole was like the bloody mouth of a giant beast, and there was no human figure in sight.
He reached out and touched his chilly skull, and when he turned to enter the room, he saw the bow and arrow on the door and window, and a letter pierced on the sharp arrow, and the letter was empty on the envelope, and nothing was written.
The behavior of the third watch in the middle of the night must have been deliberate, but who could it be? Why is it his own home? Is it someone else who has made a mistake? Qiao Er's curious eyes thought for a while when he saw the envelope before he reached out and prepared to pull out the arrow, the bow and arrow seemed to grow out of the door and window, Qiao Er saw that he couldn't pull out the two with one hand, so he could only use the palms of his two hands to pull off the arrow this time.
Qiao Er looked at the crack in the door and window, and his curious eyes suddenly became solemn. He opened the envelope, and rows of clear and elegant words jumped on the page. Qiao Er had no intention of paying attention to these, and after he read the letter, he was surprised and happy, but the mixed taste also made him feel unhappy.
The content of the letter is nothing more than that the sender once hid a sum of jewelry and silver money in the courtyard of the Yun family, but he can't appear in the Yun family now, he knows everything about Qiao Er, and he also knows that Qiao Er is short of money, and his old man is good, Xu Jianniang was locked up!
That's why I wanted to ask Qiao Er to help him with this, and as for the honorarium, it was half of those jewels. The envelope also contains a map of the Yun family's layout!
Since he gave the jade bracelet to Xu Jianniang a few days ago, he has never seen Xu Jianniang again. He had recently become addicted to gambling and owed some silver in the gambling house, and the reason why he gave her the precious jade bracelet as a birthday gift was not because he wanted to put a long line to catch a big fish. But I didn't think that Xu Jianniang would avoid it at this time, could it be that she had seen through her purpose? So in the past few days, he has also secretly stayed in the Yun family's courtyard to investigate, but those little guys guarding the door either said that they didn't know, or they would directly scold and let him go.
Qiao Er felt that Xu Jianniang's side was unreliable, so she hurriedly went home to pack her things and prepare to go to other places to hide from debts, but as soon as she was about to go out, she was stuffed into the house by the people from the gambling house and beaten to death.
Seeing that as soon as tomorrow passes, that group of people will come over to force debts. He was penniless and had nothing to do to pay off his debts, and his plan to run away didn't work. Qiao Er was like an ant on a hot pot at this moment, so anxious.
But if the contents of the letter in front of him are true, it can indeed solve his urgent need.
However, the source of the envelope is unknown, and the purpose of the person who sent the letter is even less clear, and whether the content of the letter is correct is also up for debate.
The only thing that is certain is that he has no relatives or friends around him, and the messenger is definitely not doing it for his own good. But people's hearts are always like this, the lifeline in a desperate situation is already in front of your eyes, who really just waits for death dryly, and doesn't fight. Qiao Er decided to go to the Yun family to find out the truth of the matter first.
He lay down in a daze for a night, and went to the gate of the Yun family's courtyard early at dawn the next day to wait. As soon as the little guy guarding the door saw Qiao Er appear here, he immediately waved his hand impatiently and called him to leave. Qiao Er also knew the temper of those two people, he smiled and walked up the steps to the young brother, took out a bit of broken silver from his cuff and stuffed it into his hand.
"I've been causing trouble for my brothers these days, so be careful and buy some wine. ”
The young brother checked the broken silver in his hand, looked at the little guy opposite, and when he saw the smile on his face, he turned his head and showed a smile towards Qiao Er: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”
As soon as Qiao Er saw the play, he immediately said the purpose of his trip.
"Do the two little brothers know about Xu Jianniang?"
When Qiao Er saw the curious and incomprehensible gazes from the two little guys, he smiled even more flatteringly and continued to explain: "She is the kitchen manager here, and I am her distant relative, this time I came to find her There is indeed a very important matter, and I also asked the little brother to run for me, just call her out to meet her." If it does, I will be grateful. ”
The two young guys have always been called at random in the Yun family, and the first time they were treated like this, they were also a little proud in their hearts, not to mention that Qiao Er gave back the silver. He told Qiao Er what he heard in the chatter of other subordinates.
Xu Jianniang was imprisoned in the firewood room, and they didn't know the reason. So, what is in the Epistle is true. Qiao Er asked more questions with a sneer, but the answers he could get were all that he didn't know, Qiao Er knew that he couldn't ask any questions, so he left the Yun family with interest.
Xu Jianniang originally proposed to Chunya to enter the Yun family to work, and within a month, Chunya took Xu Jianniang into the Yun family, or directly did the kitchen stewardship. Of course, Qiao Er knew that Chunya's identity played a crucial role in this matter, and it was also this factor that made Xu Jianniang very popular in the Yun family, at least those subordinates couldn't move her at will. Therefore, what will be the reason for Xu Jianniang's arrest this time? Offended the master? And because of what happened, Chunya couldn't hold back this time, compared to a lot of things. The hope pinned on Xu Jianniang dissipated in an instant, and she still had to rely on herself to find a way. But stealing is not a trivial matter, and if you are caught, you have to eat a prison cell?
Qiao Er lowered his head, and when he had been weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he unconsciously walked to the door of the gambling house on North Street, and happened to meet the owner of the gambling house. The owner of the gambling house knew that Qiao Er had the intention to escape, but he still teased him with a smile on his face, Qiao Eryi saw the harmless smiling face of the owner of the gambling house, and only felt that his body was extremely sore, and he subconsciously took a few steps back to leave, and when the owner of the gambling house kindly reminded him that tomorrow was the day to repay his debts. Qiao Er's footsteps as he ran were happier.
Regardless of whether the content of the letter is true or false, Qiao Er decided to take a look with his own eyes. In the dead of night, Qiao Er kicked a map of the Yun family's pattern sandwiched in the letter in his arms, passed by the North Street Weapons Shop and chose a dagger and entered the Yun family.
At night, the door of Yun's house was empty, and there were no night watchmen, but Qiao Er looked at the closed vermilion gate and the high wall, but he was worried. Everyone arrived at the gate of the Yun family, the white flowers and silver taels were just across the wall, Qiao Er couldn't help but think of the scene of being beaten yesterday, after all, he still didn't give up, he tiptoed to the door, and repeatedly prayed in his heart that the gatekeeper was careless and forgot to bolt the door, and then full of hope and disappointment, he stretched out his hand to push the door, but the door was really pushed open by him.