Chapter 19: The Spy (4)
"What a fucking bad luck!"
In the room on the second floor of an inn in Jiankang City, a thin man rummaged through the cabinets, and he was disappointed that there was nothing to squander, let alone money, except for some worthless clothes.
went downstairs with hatred all the way, and the guys in the inn didn't even dare to be angry, just begging these not to cause trouble in the store, as for what he did when he went up, he could only wait for the unlucky guest officer to come back and clear his own diǎn.
On the other end, the merchant who was followed by his accomplice named "Pole" seemed to have come to Jiankang for the first time, and walked very slowly along the way, stopping from time to time to inquire about someone, and the pole did not dare to follow too closely, hanging far away, but it seemed very leisurely. When he reached a narrow alley, the merchant went up again and knocked on the door, and he looked at the little lady in the street for a while at the mouth of the alley, and turned his head sideways to take a look, but he was tapped on the shoulder.
"What about Diǎnzi?" The skinny companion gasped, he trotted all the way over, but fortunately the two of them didn't walk fast, and basically didn't change direction, otherwise they didn't know where to fight.
"What's the matter, it's empty?" The pole squeaked in the direction of the alley and asked.
"Mo Ti, this thief is tight, I'm afraid that the property is on my body, find a secluded place, you and I will block people, and spare him if I know him. Otherwise, just do it, hand it over, and say that this person's whereabouts are suspicious, and Brother Xiao Yi is waiting for us to send someone there, look at this person sneakily, and he can't be wronged. ”
The thin man looked sideways and looked inside, the alley was a two-way street, and there was no third exit. The pole was startled by his murderous words, but when he thought about what happened to the head of the club, he was also a little indignant, his companion was right, this person's behavior can already be classified as suspicious, as for whether it is true or not, who can say clearly, if it is really wronged, it can only consider itself unlucky.
As soon as he said it, the thin man glanced at him, and quietly walked around, this area they knew so well that finding a way to get to the exit in front of him was a simple matter. The merchants they were staring at seemed to be looking for someone, knocking on the door one by one to ask, and the ordinary people who lived in this area did not have to worry about provoking someone who should not be provoked.
Estimating that his companion was about to be in place, the pole touched the back of the waist, and under the shirt was (3) dǐng (3) diǎn (3) small (3) and said, .2 ● 3.o□s_ (); Dǐng puffed up, pulled up the corner of the coat, revealing a piece of wood-wrapped hilt, and walked towards the merchant's back. Some people along the way originally opened the door and walked around, but when they saw his appearance, they quickly hid in, quickly picked up their own children, and were bold, covering the door and secretly going through the crack, and the timid "clang" plugged the door shut, lest it affect itself.
The whole alley suddenly took on a very strange quiet, and the merchant walked towards the next house with his hands in his hands, shaking his head at the same time, not noticing the danger coming. The pole walked very slowly, he was waiting for the opposite alley mouth companion to appear at the moment, as the distance gradually approached, unconsciously, his hand had tightened the handle of the knife, his eyes were fixed on the figure not far away, his face slowly became hideous, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the mouth of the alley, there was only one family left in front, and suddenly he felt that it was dark in front of him, and a person turned into the alley, blocking the way out and blocking the light.
"Don't move, get on your stomach." The companion appeared just right, and blocked the merchant's way before the last house, and the man was about to give way to the side, but when he saw the ill-intentioned appearance of the pole, he was frightened at once, and before he could make a move, the two men each picked him up and leaned against the wall.
"The hero spares his life, there are some things in his bag, which are not worth a few dollars, and the two of them take them, but they don't hurt them." The merchant did not cry out loudly, but fell down to the wall as they were told.
The two of them groped around with him, and the bag mentioned was searched, and they were disappointed that there were only a few banknotes in it, and it looked like a meeting that no one had been willing to accept for a long time.
"Where did you come from, how did you get penniless, where did you say you were hiding, was it on the inn counter?" For the sake of safety, many inns have the practice of keeping belongings on behalf of guests, especially for people like them, to ensure that their wealth is not exposed, this is the best way.
"I don't dare to hide it from the two heroes, I have transported some cloth to the city on this trip, and I have spent all the money, how can I put any property elsewhere, if you don't believe it, I am willing to take you to the inn to see if you are lying." The merchant swore an oath, and the two of them did not believe it, but it was impossible to take him to the inn, and the pole did not give up, and put his hand into his robe, wanting to see what was inside.
Who knew that when he touched it like this, the merchant's face turned white with fright, and his expression changed to be seen by the two of them, and he ripped off the robe as soon as he came up, and the pole reached out and groped around, and sure enough, he touched a hidden bag. Dig inside, but it is not an imaginary hard object, but a sign engraved with words, the most depressing thing is that this brand is still made of wood, with a rope tied to it, the pole looked at it and threw it to his companions, the two people were dumbfounded all of a sudden, they were illiterate.
"This is for passing, it's not worth much, the two of you should still be with you." The merchant had already accepted his fate, but seeing that the two of them were at a loss, he understood a little in his heart, he squeezed out a smiling face, and reached out to take it.
"What road? Come from the north, listen to your accent and don't be authentic, tell you the truth, my brother is a member of the Yamen, and he was sent by the top to arrest people of unknown origin like you. The thin man threw the sign to the pole, the matter had already been done, and now it was impossible to turn back, so he could only insist on it, and maybe he could exchange it for diǎn money to spend when he got it to Brother Xiaoyi, which was better than nothing.
The merchant was caught by the two with a bitter face, and seeing that the bright ox ear sharp knife was in the hands of others, where did he dare to say anything, he calmly picked up the robe that was taken off by the two of them, and slowly put it on his body. The two of them urged a little impatiently, but no one saw it, and just behind the thin man, the door of the last house was suddenly opened, and out of it came a man of low stature, and quietly sneaked towards them with his hands behind his back.
"Be careful" was facing the man's pole and suddenly saw his movements, and before he finished a word of reminder, the man took out the thing behind him, which was actually a Song people-style bending knife, and he didn't see any moves, so he put one hand on the back shoulder of the thin man, and with the strength of a climb, he sent the bending knife in the other hand out. Before the poor thin man could turn his head to look at it, he felt a cold in his ribs, and a huge pain rushed to his brain, and he fell down at once.
The pole watched his brother being stabbed to death, but did not step forward to fight hard, the man's eyes were very calm, at first glance he was used to being a good hand, he did not care about the dead eyes of his companions, he shoved the merchant in front of him violently in that direction, and then turned and ran, still holding the wooden sign tightly in his hand.
"Is that you? How did it happen? The two glanced at each other, but the merchant had not yet reacted from the situation of being coerced, and he reproached, and when he touched his body, his face changed.
"Quick, grab that guy, he's taken something." The merchant turned and pointed at the fleeing back of the pole, and the man who appeared later did not hesitate to chase after him with his knife, without asking what it was.
The pole ran and took the time to look behind him, and at a glance, the man who killed was actually behind him, and he was running faster and faster, he was so frightened that he didn't even have time to shout "help", so he ran lifelessly on the street, the distance between the two was getting closer and closer, the man had already raised the knife, and was about to stab with a cruel smile.
"." The man's eyes suddenly lost his target, and the person also tripped over something, and flew straight forward, instinctively holding it with his hand, and when he turned around, he saw that the green skin was getting up from the ground and running in the opposite direction.
The trick can only be used once, and before the pole can experience the feeling of escaping death, he finds that the evil god has chased after him again, and he did not dare to drill into the alley in a panic, and rushed directly into the wide street, hoping to meet the messenger of the yamen or the sergeant patrolling the city, but these two types of people did not meet, and a large group of people of different colors came to meet him.
"Brother Xiaoyi, save me." When the pole saw the man at the head, it was like seeing his own father, and he opened his hand and shouted that his steps were a little brisker.
"Come on, don't leave that."
With a hero scarf on his head, a hairpin and a flower, his upper body is half naked, revealing bright tattoos, the largest green-skinned leader in Jiankang City, Chen Xiaoyi, who was personally allowed by Liu Yu to dominate the underworld, waved his hands, and the gangsters behind him suddenly dispersed, and surrounded them all at once.
But in the blink of an eye, he changed from a hunter to someone else's prey, and the gangsters had no way to show it, and they took all kinds of things, probably because they were afraid of his bravery, and no one planned to fight with him alone, and they surrounded him neatly.
The man with the bent knife was not afraid, but his two fists were invincible to his four hands, let alone being beaten by the crowd. Gangsters, you tease, I teased, specifically beckoned to his back, a few times down a few times, the person became stumbling, and then the knife in his hand was knocked down again, and before he could pick it up, a group of black shadows pounced on him.
Chen Xiaoyi crossed his arms and watched behind him, but he was just a person, it was not worth his personal action, seeing that the battle was decided, he turned his attention to the pole that he saved, this kid still looked at the man stupidly, and saw that he was pressed to the ground by his own people, so he planned to rush up to mend the knife.
"Okay, who is he, why is he chasing you?" Chen Xiaoyi dragged him down.
"Back to Brother Xiaoyi, the little brother and the brother found that there was a new merchant who entered the city very suspicious, so they secretly followed, planning to arrest him and offer him to you, who knew that he was plotted by this guy, the poor little brother died in the hands of this person, he didn't let me go, and chased him here, if he didn't meet Brother Xiaoyi, the little one's life would have been confessed."
Is it just to kill people? Chen Xiaoyi didn't believe it, isn't this obviously looking for death, even if he didn't encounter it, Jiankang City was taken over by the official army, and the wartime system had been restored, he went this time to tell his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance, he never wanted to encounter this kind of thing, and suddenly saw a pole dragging something in his hand, and what caught his attention was the tassel that was exposed.
"What's in your hand?"
"Oh, that's it, I searched from that merchant, and I was about to give it to Brother Xiaoyi, but I forgot about the little one." The pole handed over the wooden card in his hand, Chen Xiaoyi actually couldn't read a few words, but the format of that brand was clearly used to go in and out to ask the envoy, because he also had a brand of the same standard, which was handed over to him before Taishou left.
Things are a little interesting, Chen Xiaoyi looked at the man who was pressed by his own subordinates, and he still looked very unconvinced, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and walked towards the direction of the mansion with a large group of people with a move of his hand.
"Bring people here."
In the bedroom in the back hall of the Shuaifu, Li Tingzhi was still lying on the couch, and when he heard the report of the pro-soldiers, he closed his eyes and commanded, which made the pro-soldiers slightly stunned, what did the marshal mean to bring that green skin to this room?
However, the military order is unquestionable, although the pro-soldiers are puzzled or clenched their fists and go, after a while, footsteps sounded at the door, Li Tingzhi knew that the person was about to arrive, he supported his hands and sat up straight, but he did not stand up, still leaning on the cushion on the couch, watching a person being brought in by the pro-soldiers, standing still not far from him, bending down.
"Little Chen Xiaoyi, I've seen the big handsome."
"You are Chen Xiaoyi, do you know why you want to see you?" Li Tingzhi's voice is still a little weak, but in Chen Xiaoyi's ears, it is full of might, this big man above is a big man who even Liu Taishou has to respect, how can he be so lucky?
"Little guess, but it's because of Liu's parents?" Chen Xiaoyi was able to sit in this position, of course, not only by force, but also by seeing the wind and knowing that flexibility is the way for him to stand.
His answer made Li Tingzhi's eyes light up, and he wondered no wonder Liu Yu would solemnly recommend such a person to him before leaving, he really has some knowledge, of course, this is not enough, if you want to impress him, you have to come up with more things.
"Now that you've guessed, why don't you tell me how you're going to do it?"
The little one dared to speak out, the little one has been in this city for decades, and it can be said that he is familiar with every grass and tree in the city, and Liu's parents valued the little one because of this familiarity. It is not a small boast, anyone who comes from outside, no matter who it is, as long as the little one and his brothers see it, he can recognize it at a glance, if he wants to do something, he will never hide it from his small eyes, this thing is a clear proof, please take a look. ”
As he spoke, he presented a wooden card, and the personal soldier who brought him in took it, and handed it over after a glance, Li Tingzhi took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile dumbly, this brand was owned by his henchman Mr. Xuzhi, and after it was replaced for some reason, he couldn't wait for that person to redeem it, and now it is actually in the hands of this gangster.
It's just that when Chen Xiaoyi told the story one by one, and caught a live mouth, Li Tingzhi felt the strictness of the matter, because this brand can not only pass through the envoys, but also all important places are the same, if it is not intercepted by this person today, once it is used by the Yuan people's spies, the consequences are unimaginable.
"You have made a meritorious service, and the prime minister gives you two choices, one is to protect a false military position, which can only be hung at home to look good, and the other is to integrate you and your people into the army, and you are the commander." Li Tingzhi looked at this strangely dressed gangster and asked.
"The small ones may have to live up to the good intentions of the marshal, the rules in the army are too strict, and the small ones and those brothers are afraid that it will be difficult to adapt." Chen Xiaoyi thought about it and replied with a bitter face, in his mind, the marshal must have recruited him into the army, and he didn't know if he would anger the other party if he refused so blatantly, but when the people above heard it, they laughed.
"That's a good answer, Ben Shuai will go to the court, and your reward will come down soon." Li Tingzhi's mood suddenly improved, he smiled and motioned to his soldiers to help Chen Xiaoyi up, and then continued: "What did your parents promise you, Ben Shuai should take care of it, and this affairs in Jiankang City will be entrusted to you and your brothers." ”