Chapter 240: Siege and Interception
It's an ordinary late autumn night, with a cool breeze and the fragrance of cinnamon. The moonlight is bright and bright, and the stars are dazzling. At the same time, this is another night that is destined not to be peaceful, and I don't know how many high-ranking officials and nobles are secretly sighing and can't sleep at night. The influence of this small account book is definitely not only the game between the two brothers Zhu Yi and Zhu Xian.
The content recorded in it is enough to make countless shops close their doors, and it is also enough to make countless high-ranking officials fall to the ground and lose their reputation. Everyone wants to secretly manipulate the whereabouts of the account books, so Guo Chenghei is doomed, and Zhong Ziyuan's road to the palace is full of thorns and dangers.
Before Guo Chengsi could breathe a sigh of relief, under the faint moonlight, many black-clothed people in the alley could be seen quietly appearing like ghosts, and they were approaching the three people who were surrounded in the middle step by step with sharp blades in their hands.
Cai Yin's pretty face turned pale, and she clenched the dagger in her hand more and more vigilantly, and a fight seemed to be about to break out.
In silence, a man in black walked out slowly. He glanced at the two corpses on the ground without changing his face, and said gloomily: "Since the general did not die on the grassland of the Khitans, he should spare his life, why do such a thankless task." As long as you hand over the account books, you can get out of the house. Madame is still so young and beautiful, I believe the general doesn't want her to accompany you to Huangquan! ”
The old tone and familiar face made Zhong Ziyuan startled, and she whispered incredulously: "He is the shopkeeper in the inn."
"Let the lady see and laugh! The old man was sentenced to three sentences, and he was ordered by the prince to be the shopkeeper of the Yuelai Inn for only three days. The faint moonlight illuminated Xingsan's wrinkled face, and his smile still bloomed like a chrysanthemum. But there was cruel banter in his cloudy eyes.
"Are you sure you can stop me?" Guo Chengsi was not surprised at all, but took a straw hat to reveal his true face. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a calm tone: "Praying mantis catches cicadas." The yellow finch is behind, you might as well look back and make a big statement! ”
Xing San suddenly looked back, but there was no one behind him except his companions, and there was no one else. "Oh no, fooled!" He turned his head suddenly, just in time to see Guo Chengsi kick open the closed door behind Zhong Ziyuan, and the three of them quickly dodged in. Then the door was closed tightly with a "pop".
"I want to run, hum, I'm afraid it's not that easy!" Xing San snorted coldly. I just wanted to order someone to climb over the wall and arrest someone. Behind the black wall, several objects suddenly flew over, smashing on the ground with a few crisp sounds.
Xing San suddenly remembered that it was said that the general's wife was very good at using drugs, and the means were endless. It's hard to guard against. He hurriedly shouted, "Be careful-drug-drug!" ”
The rest of the men in black immediately subconsciously covered their mouths and noses when they heard his greeting. And quickly retreated. After half a ring, Xing San saw that there seemed to be no other abnormality, so he covered his mouth and nose and held his breath and stepped forward cautiously step by step. In the faint light of the moon, he was shocked to find that what had been thrown from the other side of the wall were only a few pieces of coarse porcelain.
"Fooled! Chase after it. Xingsan's nose was crooked, and he immediately shouted angrily.
"What about people? What about the people who just broke in? ”
The unlucky owner who lived in the mansion was quickly pulled in front of the angry red eyes and desperately roaring in front of the three sentences. The master pointed to the wooden ladder leaning against the wall on the other side in fear, and stammered, "Run, run." Ran"
"Chase, hurry up and chase" Xing Sanyi pushed away the unlucky master. shouted: "If the account book enters the palace, our family will all be unlucky." ”
Guo Chengsi, Zhong Ziyuan, and Cai Yin walked quickly on the other road with their heads down, and those black-clothed people could be seen chasing after them from a distance. The front gradually became prosperous and bright, and the eyes were full of purple and red, and the sound of coquettish greeting was endless, and even the air was faintly filled with the rich fragrance of fat powder. This road Zhong Ziyuan is very familiar with, and it is the men's favorite pinjin cave - Fengyue Street.
At this moment, it is the best time for business on Fengyue Street, in addition to the men with money bags rattling and the women who are charming, there are also many officers and soldiers of the Five Cities who patrol here with waist knives.
Zhong Ziyuan's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Go over there, let the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division block them!" ”
"Good!"
The three of them gradually approached Fengyue Street, and they got closer and closer to the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division. Suddenly, Guo Chengsi noticed that the patrol of these officers and soldiers tonight was not as lazy as in the past, their hands were pressed on the saber at their waists intentionally or unintentionally, but their eyes were vigilantly scanning back and forth on the faces of the men who were looking for flowers and willows.
Guo Chengsi couldn't help but pause, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart. He frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, he said softly: "Those officers and soldiers seem to be unreliable!" ”
Cai Yin exclaimed, "Then what should I do? She couldn't help but look back and find that the man in black in the distance was getting closer and closer. She couldn't help but smile bitterly: "There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and tonight seems to be very unfavorable to us." ”
"Who said that! , I think this Fengyue Street is my feng shui treasure! Zhong Ziyuan looked at the prostitutes in front of him who were showing their powers, waving various embroidered handkerchiefs, and trying to solicit customers. There are also a few drunks who come to have fun with their shoulders on their backs, and their eyes are instantly bright
The third sentence in the back stared at a pair of gloomy eyes, and watched Guo Chengsi, Zhong Ziyuan, and Cai Yin mix behind the drunks, avoiding the sight of those officers and soldiers and blending into Fengyue Street. He couldn't help but stomp his feet and scolded: "Sure enough, it's a group of wine bags and rice bags, and three people of such a big size can't even find it." ”
Seeing Xing San and the others hurrying over, a cavalry captain led by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division immediately greeted him, and before he could speak, he attracted a few loud slaps from Xing San's head and face.
The cavalry lieutenant didn't know why, he covered his face and dared not speak angrily, but Xing San whispered gloomily: "Useless things, so many people look at them, and let people into this street." What's the use of your tricks? It's better to dig it clean! ”
The cavalry lieutenant trembled, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "My subordinates are negligent for a while, please calm your anger." Since that person has entered Fengyue Street, our brothers only need to guard a few street corners. Then they sent people into the search room by door. Forgive these untouchables and dare not hide it, the three of them are like catching turtles in an urn, and they will not miss the matter of the adults and the prince. ”
A fierce light flashed in the eyes of the third sentence. He said in a low voice: "This matter should not be publicized, just say that it is arresting fugitives." ”
"Yes." When the lieutenant received the order, he immediately went down and gave the order in secret.
Xing San led the black-clothed men to take off their night clothes in the dark, revealing the official uniforms that symbolized their status underneath. Looking at the tiger pattern in front of the uniform of the three officials, it is a three-rank martial arts lieutenant.
The rash search of the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division immediately aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of the prostitutes and benefactors on Fengyue Street. In particular, many of these benefactors are the unworthy descendants of the noble family, and they have money and people in hand. They don't have anything else. Eat, drink and have fun, but the ability to cause trouble is not small. So under the secret clamor of a few popular prostitutes, these people made a quarrel between their small servants and the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. made the third sentence who was caught off guard a mess.
Xing Sanming's identity on the face is only a third-grade Wuyi lieutenant, and it is neither big nor small to say. It can deter those prostitutes-turtles-dukes, but those noble descendants will not take him seriously. However, the account book is a very hidden thing, and it must not be publicized. Xing San looked at the arrogant and domineering face in front of him. I can't help but hate it. I can't wait to pull out my knife and cut down all these entangled wastes.
Just when the criminal university was surrounded by groups and couldn't get out, the dark back door of a brothel was opened with a "squeak". Several guards walked out tremblingly carrying a small green cloth sedan chair. There were also a few women in plain clothes and skirts next to the sedan chair, crying and walking while holding their burdens.
"Stop. Who? Where to go? The group had not gone far before they were immediately surrounded by a number of officers and men who were secretly on guard, led by the cavalry lieutenant who had only received a few slaps.
While asking, the officers and soldiers vigilantly illuminated everyone's faces with lanterns, and they did not dare to be careless at all.
An older prostitute hurriedly twisted his waist and stepped forward, and before he could say a word, he handed a few pieces of silver to the captain. Then he said with a smile: "Master Jun, forgive me." One of our girls here has a bad disease. Seeing that she is not saved, she can't be let down in the hall. Plain and unlucky, so take advantage of the darkness to carry out. ”
The cavalry lieutenant looked at the silver ingots in her hand, which weighed at least ten taels, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously. Usually she handed over these silver ingots, and he would definitely take them, and then turn a blind eye and pass. But today is different, today's events are too big, and he can't afford such a responsibility.
"Don't be verbose, get out of the way!" The lieutenant unceremoniously pushed the prostitute away, and then snatched a lantern from his men and held it in his hand, and then lifted the thick curtain of the sedan chair.
Before he could take a closer look, he heard the howls of the guards carrying the sedan chair, and they withdrew from the distance. The plain-clothed women, who were originally crying, also ran away in a panic with their burdens screaming.
Their strange behavior made the knight's heart flutter, and he looked at it carefully. In the sedan chair sat a girl with a lot of white silk wrapped around her. It is estimated that it is not these white silk that bind her body, and she can't sit stiffly in the sedan chair. The girl's eyes were sunken, her face was withered, and her lips were pale and chapped. Sure enough, he looked terminally ill and dying.
That's all this, the girl's face, the skin on the back of her hands is almost all red and swollen, and it is covered with yellow pus, which is very disgusting to look at. The cavalry lieutenant was startled, hurriedly withdrew the lantern, and asked, "What the hell, why is it so ugly?" ”
The old prostitute cautiously approached and muttered very tabooly, "It's bayberry sores!" ”
"Bayberry sores?" The knight screamed, and immediately threw the lantern in his hand and jumped out of the distance. The light around him was getting dimmer and dim, but just looking at it, he still felt that his whole body was itching.
This bayberry sore is not only ugly, but also highly contagious, and it is also a fatal terminal disease. If someone in any brothel gets this bayberry sore, the entire brothel will be closed for at least half a year.
"My lord! Quiet, small"
Unfortunately, his shouts had already alarmed the prostitutes in the other halls. So the closed back doors were opened, and many prostitutes poured out of the brothels. They shouted, "Who got bayberry sores?" Whoever gets bayberry sores will crawl out and wait for death, but don't harm your sisters here! ”
"Just, that's, where?"
The lonely green cloth sedan chair immediately became their target, and some people had the audacity to lift the lantern and look closer, and after a while, the screams came and went, making the whole dark alley boil.
"Bad luck, bad luck, it's really bad luck, my lord, let her go! If we die here, or if we infect anyone, how will our sisters do business! ”
"That's it, sir, you're doing well. At most, the next time you come to play, our sisters won't accept your drinks and silver. ”
"Adult"
The voice of this warbler Yanyan knocked the head of the captain unconscious, but the terrible bayberry sores patient did make him feel taboo. He thought secretly for a moment, casually ordered a few subordinates, and ordered, "You guys, take this thing away." The rest of the people all went back, and none of them could go out. ”
None of these officers and soldiers knew that bayberry sores was a highly contagious disease, and they were blaming each other in the dark, and none of them dared to step forward and touch the sedan chair pole. In the end, it was the cavalry captain who was so popular that he kicked one of the butts, and only then did the four of them come out. In the dark, he carried the sedan chair on his shoulders and walked out of the alley.
Before the cavalry captain had time to take a closer look, he was surrounded by a group of warblers and warblers. This one said: "The official has worked hard, come and sit with us!" The slave family pours you wine and sings songs. ”
The one said, "Go to us!" The new chef made a mandarin duck double roast, and the taste couldn't even be compared to the imperial food in the palace. ”
"Phew! It's as if you've eaten the imperial food in the palace. ”
"Why haven't you eaten, old lady, I used to have a subordinate minister, who was the cook of the imperial dining room."
"Hahaha, it's really funny"
Being so interjected by them, the poor horseman had a big head. He had to put up his official authority and shouted loudly: "Go back, go back, if anyone dares to stop this official errand again, all of them will be arrested as fugitives and comrades." ”
Hulala, without him shouting a second time, all the prostitutes staggered back to their respective inns, as abrupt as when they came out.
A strange feeling rose in the captain's heart, he touched the back of his head and thought about it, and then asked the subordinates behind him: "You can see clearly, no one of them went out, right?" ”
Someone stepped forward and said flatteringly: "The subordinates really look at it, except for the sedan chair, no one else goes out." ”
At the mention of the sedan chair, the Captain shivered again, and then comforted himself: "That's good, that's good." You are all very careful, and you are not allowed to let anyone out. ”
"Yes!" (To be continued.) )