Chapter 163, Ghost Hand
In order to rescue her son, the old woman saw that Xie Yucheng was going to see the madman Nawu, so she volunteered to lead the way.
Xie Yucheng and the others followed her, re-entered the gambling house, walked through the hall with large and small gambling tables, came out of a corner door, came to a verandah, turned around, and turned to a small courtyard paved with flowers and stones.
The gate of this small courtyard was open. At a glance, you can see that the courtyard is a two-zhang square flower garden, in which a few lush peach and plum trees are planted, and on the ground around the tree, there are white, yellow, and red small flowers, exuding a faint fragrance.
"See, that row of rooms in the courtyard......" the old woman stopped at the door, and pointed out to the courtyard.
Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and saw that behind the flower garden, there was a row of three-bay houses, with tiled stone walls, and very narrow doors and windows. It looks like a firewood house.
"That martial madman, it's in the middle room."
After a pause, she added, "Go in, I won't go in." Mr. Xie and Mr. Xie, although our mother and daughter are begging for a living in Lejia, we really haven't done anything bad...... Now that Lejia has fallen, I will take him home to farm, and I don't dare to mix this line of food anymore. Do you like it? ā
"Ha, you're smart enough to know that Lewantong has completely fallen. But your son was still sheltering Lejia just now, and when I asked him what he wanted, he replied that he didn't know...... Now he's still fighting for the tiger, and he doesn't have any eyesight, how can you let me let him go? Xie Yucheng carefully observed the courtyard and found that the courtyard wall was quite high, and green bamboos and lush pines and cypresses could be faintly visible outside the wall.
In front of the courtyard gate, the row of three-bay stone houses is very sturdy, but it does not occupy a large area, not like a warehouse for storing materials.
Could it be that this courtyard is just where Lejia detains people?
"Mr. Xie, you are the leader, what you say, what you spit out, can't you talk without words?" The old woman was a little anxious, but on that bitter melon face, she still tried her best to squeeze out an embarrassed smile.
Xie Yuzhen glanced at her, and had a few admiration in his heart, but he also knew that she was old and fine, and she usually worked in this gambling house, and it was not easy to hide it from her eyes.
It seems that a large number of gold and silver jewelry of this Lejia will soon surface.
Thinking of this, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, but he still had an indifferent look on his face, snorted, and said: "You said that you were going to take me to find the gold, silver and jewelry of the Lejia, what are you bringing me here?" ā
Time is urgent, we must find the gold and silver in the fastest way, and then quickly withdraw to the cottage with the team.
"You? You don't want to see ......" The old woman wanted to question Xie Yucheng a few words, but she retracted her voice, rolled her eyes angrily, breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed, "Okay, then hurry up, I'll take you to find the place where Le Wantong hides gold and silver, just a few walls and cellars." This time, let's talk about it first, you find gold and silver, and my mother and I will ...... Just ......"
Before she could finish her sentence, there was a sudden knock on the door of the courtyard hut. When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw that the door of the stone house in the middle was constantly vibrating back and forth, and an old and hoarse voice came from inside:
"Listen, you, you...... Looking for Lewantong obscure...... The first thing to do is to let me out. IāI know all his secrets! ā
The man imprisoned in the stone house spoke clearly, and his blue official words were round.
"Didn't you say it was a martial madman?"
Xie Yucheng couldn't help but glance at the old woman in front of him, and stretched out his hand to the women's team next to him: "Come on!" ā
Standing beside him was a young girl. Seeing this, she immediately stepped forward and handed the fire gun in her hand to Xie Yucheng's palm.
Xie Yucheng took it, strode into the courtyard, turned the flower garden, came to the door of the stone house, rolled the machine spring, chose a position, stood a little off, and then pulled the trigger against the lock.
Rumble!
There was a loud noise, white gunpowder smoke was everywhere, and after a while, there was a coughing sound in the stone house, but it was the gunpowder smoke that penetrated through the crack in the door, and the person in the house was by the door, choking.
The smoke faded, and the door lock swayed, but in fact unscathed. It turned out that a few minutes away, the shot just now actually missed, and it was a side ball, and the projectile had been shot into the wooden door.
The old woman had been following in unison, following Xie Yucheng's side. At this time, she really saw it, and she was old and refined, and she said in her heart that it was not good: Isn't it embarrassing to move forward at this time. I want to retreat quietly to avoid it, but I am afraid that there will be more traces.
Therefore, for a while, she had to look away.
However, the young man in front of him did not have the slightest hint of shame, and saw that he easily shoved the empty pipe into the hand of the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl beside him, and shouted, "Hammer! ā
This girl was born in a peasant family, has always been hard-working, and is used to being obedient, at this time, seeing the call of her boss, she hurriedly stepped forward, took it, and replied softly: "Report to Commander Xie, no, no hammer......"
"There is no ......hammer," the commanding young man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately changed his words, "So, are there any stones and bricks?" Hurry up and find it. ā
"Yes, yes." The girl was helpless, looked left and right, and saw that there was a delicate stone square incense burner in the middle of the flower stone flat outside the courtyard, and hurriedly hung the empty fire gun on her shoulder, turned around and trotted out of the courtyard door, and came to the stone incense burner.
Although this stone incense burner is small, it is less than a hundred catties, and she tried it hard, feeling that she really couldn't move it.
She hurriedly turned her eyes for help to her teammates, but at this time, the eyes of her teammates were focused on Commander Na Xie, who noticed her predicament.
I saw that she was thin and used her strength to eat, her face was red, and she only moved the stone incense burner slightly suspended in the air, and if she wanted to carry it, it was obviously impossible to do it.
"The people inside the door dodge!"
At this time, I heard a loud shout in front of the stone house, and the door clattered, but it was Na Xie who kicked the door violently and kicked the door open.
The door clicked and fell into the dust.
But he saw a man sitting on a small bench in the room.
This man was pale, unshaven, and skinny, but his eyes were faintly shining, and he occasionally met people's eyes, as if he could see through people's hearts at a glance.
However, he now wears an iron collar around his neck, and he wears an iron ring on his left and right hand, which are connected by iron chains.
Time was pressing, Xie Yucheng had no intention of entanglement, and asked quickly: "I have precious time, who are you, why did Le Wantong imprison you here, say it quickly." ā
"I ......" saw this man sigh gloomily, his back closed, and two lines of tears flowed down.
After a moment, his hands were spread out, as if to embrace the sunlight outside, and his eyes were also open, as fine as electricity.
"Come on, I'm quite short of time." Xie Yucheng guessed that this man must have a story, but now he didn't have time to listen to this thing, so he urged loudly again.
"Times have changed, and today, even speaking has become so extravagant."
I heard the man in the door cough and laughed, "I, I am...... Le Wantong's junior brother was invited to come here five years ago to help him manage the gambling house...... Because he couldn't see him wantonly paging the people, he secretly poisoned him and imprisoned him in this stone house for four years. ā
It turned out that this stone house was a private cell set up by Le Wantong, and now this person in the stone house, formerly known as Zhu Deshui, is Le Wantong's junior brother.
In the early years, they had two brothers and another senior brother, a total of three people, worshiped under the famous Jianghu saint in Hunan and Jiangxi - Chen Shihe, and learned gambling and swordsmanship and martial arts.
Within a few years, the senior brother made his debut.
Soon he was hired by the warlord Sun Chuanfang and entrusted with the position of boxing instructor, and he was in the limelight for a while.
Soon, the two junior brothers also made their debut, and the two went directly to the senior brother and served in Sun Chuanfang's army.
Later, during the Northern Expedition of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the three brothers became Sun Chuanfang's right-hand men, leading the team to block the Northern Expeditionary Army, killing and wounding many soldiers and family members of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In one battle, the elder brother died.
In the end, Sun Chuanfang was also defeated again and again, and withdrew from the political arena and retired to Jinmen.
Le Wantong also went incognito, returned to his hometown in Luoxiao Mountain, and opened a smoke house gambling shop.
Within two years, it was developed.
There will inevitably be a shortage of manpower.
Le Wantong wrote a letter and called his little brother Zhu Deshui to help.
Soon, the brothers turned against each other, and Zhu Deshui was shackled and imprisoned by Le Wantong, who had already premeditated.
Xie Yucheng suddenly found that the cow in front of him was in water, and there was a hidden fierce aura in his upper body, but the two legs of his lower limbs had been seriously atrophied, and he couldn't support the empty trousers at all.
"Your legs?"
"Wasted! Le Wantong is killing this god, I'm afraid that I won't be able to stop it, so let people persuade me to drink first, get drunk on me, and pick my tendons, haha......"
Listening to Zhu Deshui's words, although Xie Yucheng was surprised by Le Wantong's cruelty, he knew that he had once again wasted time on inconsequential matters.
"I'm sorry, this man. I sympathize with what happened to you. However, I am very short of time, and I must get things done right away and leave as soon as possible. As he spoke, Xie Yucheng took out a few silver dollars, stepped into the door, and gently placed them on the lap of the handicapped former master, then retreated, turned around and waved his hand, and shouted to the old woman in the courtyard, "Take us quickly, find the place where the gold and silver are hidden......
Everyone responded with a bang, and the fish rushed out.
Suddenly, there was a sad and long laugh from behind him: "Young man, don't leave me, I have a unique job." Or it may be of great use to you. ā
"Forget it, you cheats and kidnaps, I'm not interested!"
"Haha, what a haughty fellow, young man, I see that the dagger on your waist is good, can you lend me one? Throwing knife stunt, do you want to learn it? ā