Qin Xiao saw an empty wine jar lying on the side of the bed, knowing that the old guy had no wine to drink, he coughed and said, "Uncle Shen, is there any wine?" ”

The old drunkard's snoring stopped abruptly, and he immediately sat up, saw Qin Xiao standing outside the door, and immediately grinned: "Come on wine, come on wine, it was gone last night." ”

He was over fifty years old, his skin was dark, his face was dirty, and he seemed to have not washed his face for many days.

"It's okay to ask for wine." Qin Xiao smiled and said: "But since the day before yesterday, you have no money in your account, and I still paid for the wine in advance for the past two days, and my ability is also limited, so I can't pay any more." ”

The old drunkard stretched his waist and said, "If you don't have any money, you should have said that I can still pay you for the wine." ”

"That's good." Qin Xiao said: "The above meaning, if Uncle Shen can pay for the wine today, he will naturally be able to say anything, if he can't take it out, then he will have to be transferred to the C-word prison." ”

"What does the above mean, you don't know when you are an old thing, you have the final say in this A-word prison." The old drunkard said angrily: "He is young, calculating, and he values silver so much." ”

Qin Xiao said with a bitter face: "You also know that it is not so easy to bring wine to the Jiazi prison, and the brothers have to get it." It doesn't matter if I can't get the money, but they can't handle it. ”

The old drunkard got out of bed, walked to the cell door with his feet covered in mud, looked rather obscene, and grinned: "You go and get a jar of wine first, I will never pay you a lot of wine." ”

Qin Xiao shook his head and didn't speak.

The old drunkard said slightly annoyed: "I've been in for two months, and you and I have some friendship, so it's unreasonable?" ”

"Uncle Shen, if it weren't for our friendship, you would have been sent out of the Jiazi prison two days ago." Qin Xiao sighed: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's really powerless." ”

"That's it." The old drunkard said helplessly: "There is no friendship without silver these days, I have seen through it." Approaching Qin Xiao, he said in a low voice: "There is a place where you can receive a hundred taels of silver, you can go over tomorrow night and get it." ”

"One hundred taels?" Qin Xiao was a little surprised, if he hadn't really gotten the dozen taels of silver last time, Qin Xiao would never have believed that this old guy could still come up with a hundred taels of silver, and frowned: "Uncle Shen, you're not joking, right?" ”

The old drunkard smiled incomprehensibly and said, "No kidding, no kidding." Do you know the Land Temple in the West Side? ”

Qin Xiao has been in Turtle City for several years, the streets and alleys are very familiar, the entire Turtle City, there is a land temple in the east and west of the city, but the incense is not good, the land temple in the west city is located in the middle of nowhere, it has long been deserted, nodded and said: "You know, the silver is in the land temple?" ”

The old drunkard smiled and said, "Tomorrow night, when you go to the Land Temple, you can naturally get one hundred taels of silver, twenty taels of silver as your errand fee, and the rest will be recorded in the account, which is enough for my future expenses." ”

"Wait a minute." Qin Xiao immediately said, "You let me go over tomorrow night?" Isn't that the middle of the night? He smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Shen, you also know that the land temple is very barren, and the third watch ran over in the middle of the night, in case there are ghosts inside, wouldn't it scare me to death?" ”

"Zi is silent, and the strange force is confused." The old drunkard rolled his eyes, spread his hands and said: "I don't have a copper coin on me now, if you want silver, you can only go to the Land Temple to get it." ”

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, don't be angry, I mean, since the silver is in the Land Temple, wouldn't it be better for you to tell me where the silver is hidden, and I will go and get it during the day?" ”

"Do you think that the hundred taels of silver are hidden in the corners like last time?" The old drunkard rolled his eyes and said, "I tell you the truth, the one hundred taels of silver are the debts owed to me by others, and I am the creditor, and tomorrow night, that person will go to the Land Temple to pay off the debt." ”

"Someone owes you a debt?" Qin Xiao became more and more surprised: "Uncle Shen, don't laugh. ”

"Your eyes, like those ordinary people, are very snobbish." The old drunkard looked unteachable, and sighed: "If you can't get the money tomorrow night, even if you drive me out of the prison, I will never say anything." ”

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, things are really so coincidental, the silver in your account just ran out, and someone sent you silver?" ”

"It's not a coincidence, it's me." The old drunkard said: "Today is the fourth day of the third month, and I told the man that even if there is a big event, at all times on the night of the fifth day of the third month, the debt must be sent to the Xicheng Land Temple." The man kept his promise and would not break the promise, so if you go and see the man, he just said that Medicine Master Shen asked you to go over and get the silver, and he will naturally give the money to you. ”

Qin Xiao was still a little hesitant, but the old drunkard had already stretched his waist and said: "I know that if you are on an errand in the yamen, it will be at most two taels of silver a month, and tomorrow night you will get twenty taels of silver, which is almost worth your salary for a year, if you don't want to, you can drive me away now, and the one hundred taels of silver will be wasted." ”

After so many years, Qin Xiao also understands that silver is really a good thing, even if it is a hero, it is impossible to lack this yellow and white thing.

Although there is a lot of income in the Jiazi prison, the brothers in the prison have a share, and there are not too many in Qin Xiao's hands, twenty taels of silver, which is also very attractive to Qin Xiao.

Meng Zhutou had also told Qin Xiao before, if he really wants to earn some silver, he must save it well, marry a wife in a few years, and then have children, there are many places to spend silver, and the current residence in Mutou Lane is very simple, and if he saves enough silver, he can change to a better place to live.

Run a trip tomorrow night, and get twenty taels of silver, which can be regarded as a windfall.

"Uncle Shen, there won't be any danger, right?" Qin Xiao thought for a moment before lowering his voice and saying, "Will there be a trap there?" ”

The old drunkard stared at Qin Xiao's eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Trap? Who are you and who are you going to set a trap for you? I'm still in prison, if something really happens to you, can I still have a good life? Yawned, glanced down at the wine gourd on Qin Xiao's waist out of the corner of his eye, licked his lips and said, "I'll sleep first, and I'll get me the jar wine later." He walked to the side of the bed, fell down on his back, and didn't talk nonsense.

Turtle City is an important place in Xiling, and it is a necessary place for business travelers to and from east to west.

In the thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed in a lonely city.

Xiling is sparsely populated, the wind and sand are raging, and the environment is harsh, but it can't stop the footsteps of business travel.

The Wutuo people from the west, the Tusun people from the north, and the Tang people from the west of Jiayu Pass, can see their figures in the Turtle City, and the murderers who committed major crimes come to Xiling for refuge, some Jianghu rangers rest here, the fish and dragons are mixed, although the Turtle City is not as grand as the Xiling Fenggan Mansion, but there are hundreds of thousands of people.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the city is crowded with people, with different costumes, bustling and lively.

If the most lively place in the city, apart from the brothels, it can only be the gambling houses scattered all over the city.

The gambling house is the rivers and lakes, sitting on the gambling table, whether you are a rich businessman or a ranger, whether you are a son or a pawn in the market, there is only one identity in this, that is, a gambler, no one will care what your identity is after you go out, there is only one idea here, that is, to win the silver in your pocket into my pocket.

The Golden Hook Gambling House is the largest gambling house in the Turtle City row, and after dark, the gambling house is overcrowded.

Qin Xiao was wearing casual clothes at this time, standing in front of the tea shop opposite the Golden Hook Gambling House, looking at the gambling house where people were entering and leaving on the opposite side, thoughtfully.

The gambling god Wen Budao will be escorted to Fenggan Mansion in a few days, there is something strange, and it is very likely that the ghost behind him is Qiao Leshan, who is now in charge of the Golden Hook Gambling House, I don't know why, Qin Xiao only feels that Wen Budao has fallen into an extremely dangerous situation, but how dangerous it is, he can't say.

Mo said that he was just a jailer guarding the prison, that is, Han Duwei, and he had no right to inquire into the details of the case.

The county guard of Zhen County sits in Guicheng, and there are six Caos under the county guard's mansion, except for the criminal Cao, there is still some power, and the other Caos are in vain, and many local affairs are actually controlled in the hands of the Zhenhou Mansion.

Criminal cases in Zhen County were tried by Xing Cao, and the duty of the Governor's Office, in addition to maintaining law and order in Guicheng, was to assist Xing Cao in arresting and guarding criminals.

With an official document, the prisoners in the prison can be transferred away at any time, and the Governor's Mansion has no right to stop them.

Qin Xiao has been in charge of the Jiazi Prison for more than two years, but all the prisoners who have been convicted and sent to the Jiazi Prison will hardly be transferred unless they are released after completing their sentences.

Han Duwei also instructed Qin Xiao several times that the guards must be conscientious, but they should not ask the prisoners what cases they had committed, let alone get involved in the rights and wrongs of the prisoners.

Qin Xiao also understood the deep meaning behind Han Duwei.

Zhen Hou Mansion's eyes have been staring at the Du Wei Mansion, hoping to find the handle of the Du Wei Mansion, if the Du Wei Mansion is involved in the case, it will inevitably be deducted by the Zhen Hou Mansion as a big hat for abuse of power involved in the case, which will of course bring great trouble to the Du Wei Mansion.

Wen Budao's case was very strange, Qin Xiao knew in his heart that even if he really figured out the truth behind the case, he might not be able to help much, and even accidentally brought trouble to the Governor's Mansion.

After working in the Turtle City Prison for a few years, although Qin Xiao's cleverness in getting along with people has been trained, it has also made Qin Xiao simple, obviously feeling that Wen Budao is in a dangerous situation this time, but he ignores it and turns a blind eye, Qin Xiao really can't do it.

He only wants to know a little bit about the strangeness, and if he has someone who can help, he will do his best.

Turtle City is mixed, there are a lot of things that happen every day, big and small things will become the topic of chatter in the streets and alleys, Wen Budao was also one of the most famous celebrities in Turtle City, this time to be sent to Fenggan Mansion for retrial, naturally it is not a trivial matter, and this kind of thing often becomes a hot topic of discussion in teahouses and restaurants.

However, after walking around several teahouses, I didn't hear anyone talk about Wen Budao.

Qin Xiao already understood in his heart that although the Jiazi Supervisor received the document to transfer Wen Budao away, this matter did not spread, at least not a few people in the market knew about it.

Standing in front of the teahouse, thinking to himself, suddenly heard a shouting sound from the opposite side, looked up, only to see a figure flying out of the Golden Hook Gambling House, "bang", fell on the street in front of the door, and then saw several big men rushing out of the gambling house, two big men rushed forward, raised their feet and kicked at the person lying on the ground, the person held his head, wailing endlessly.