October 11th, at the end of the day.

The sky and the earth are dark, everything is hazy, the city gate is about to close, and a porter who is guarding the entrance of Qianguofang Lane never sees Han Si's family come back, he doesn't dare to wait any longer, he picks up the stick and hurries out of the city, and goes around the city in a big circle, until there is no one on the wharf along the river before rushing to a stilted building in the east water box.

There were more than a dozen people sitting around the room, and their faces were getting uglier and uglier than the other.

The porter who had just returned from Qianguofang was about to speak, and Wu Er, who was sitting in the middle, raised his head, "Huzi, did Han Si and the Sichuan Gang not return to the city?" ”

"No, I haven't seen any of them in the alley for a day." Zhang Hu wiped his sweat and asked worriedly: "Second brother, did they not go home and went directly to Bao'en Temple?" ”

Wu Er pointed to a porter sitting opposite, and said hatefully: "Your cousin has been guarding in Bao'en Temple for a day, and I didn't see them going, but I only saw the people of the Immortal Fang. ”

Zhang Hu sat down and asked, "...... them Are they delayed by something, come back tomorrow and leave directly, and don't plan to go to Bao'en Temple to offer incense? ”

Wu Er picked up the scissors and plucked the wick, and said with a gloomy face: "Han Si is going to the capital to fill the vacancy and become an official, what can he do more important than going to the capital, even if he encounters a big event, he will not be delayed." ”

"And where did they go?"

"Huzi, we were all deceived by Han Si's turtle son!" Wu San took over the conversation, gritted his teeth and said: "He played a trick on a dog day, saying that he went to Jiangbei to visit relatives, in my opinion, he didn't go to Jiangbei at all, he must be guarding against us, and he went to Jiangbei directly under the pretext of going to Jiangbei!" ”

"But I watched them get on the boat, and the boat did go to Jiangbei, and the river is not wide, so I can see it clearly!"

"There are so many boats on the docks, do you know which one they are on?" Wu Sanyue wanted to get more and more angry, and while sharpening the wooden stick with a knife, he said angrily: "I dare to conclude that going to Jiangbei to visit relatives is a trick, his mother-in-law should have gone, he and the turtle son of the Sichuan Gang definitely didn't go, but left directly from the Qianguomen Wharf." ”

"Second brother, they all blame me, but yesterday I could see clearly that they were on the same boat." missed a few cousins' major events, Zhang Hu didn't mention how sad it was.

"Huzi, I don't blame you for this, if you want to complain, you can only blame me." Wu Er slapped his thigh with a "snap", and said remorsefully: "Careless, careless!" I just thought about the melon baby in the Sichuan Gang, and I forgot what Han Si did! His turtle son has been working as an errand boy in the yamen, and he is better than a monkey, so he must have thought that it is impossible for us not to help the eldest brother take revenge. ”

Zhang Hu asked with a bitter face: "Then what should I do now, can I repay this revenge?" ”

Wu San stood up suddenly, and said eagerly: "Second brother, we swore in front of the eldest brother's spirit, and if we don't take revenge, we won't be human." Although his turtle son played a trick but didn't go far, anyway, the boat has already been hired, we will leave as soon as dawn, let the boat sail faster, we will definitely be able to catch up! ”

Compared with Wu San and Wu Si and other brothers, Wu Er is much calmer, he picked up the bowl and took a sip of tea, frowned tightly and said: "Revenge must be avenged, if you don't report it, how can you be worthy of the eldest brother's spirit in the sky, how can I explain to my sister-in-law after I go back." But what we have to deal with now is not only the melon baby of the Sichuan Gang, but also Han Si, who is better than a monkey. ”

"What's wrong with fine, no matter how fine he is, he only has one life!"

"He only has one life, but we also only have one life, what if we don't get revenge and fall into the trap he set?"

"Second brother, don't you want to avenge your eldest brother, what kind of trap can his turtle son set?"

"Don't forget what he used to do, and what his father-in-law did! The military room of the government is inherited, and it can talk to the following states and counties. We can't touch them in the city, and they can't touch us either. It's different when you go out of the city, there are more people on the river, if he calls a group of officials to wait on the river, we won't fall into his trap. ”

Wu Er paused, and then said, "The eldest brother is dead, and we can still help take revenge." It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. I can't report it now, but I can report it in the future. If we just fall into his trap and plant it all in the hands of his turtle son, how will the eldest brother's revenge be avenged, and who will help us take revenge? ”

"Second brother, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, even if we don't die after ten years, we will be old, and we can't get revenge if we want to."

"Yes, second brother, if you don't avenge it now, it will be even more difficult to avenge it in the future! His turtle son is so difficult to deal with if he doesn't become a Shangguan, how can we fight him when he becomes a Shangguan? ”

"Second brother, you are afraid of falling into the trap of his turtle son, we are not afraid!"

The younger brothers were indignant, and Wu Er had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I will chase after you early tomorrow morning, but you have to listen to me after catching up, and no one is allowed to do it until you find out the details." ”

"Okay, we'll all listen to you."

Wu Er motioned for them to sit down, and said solemnly: "Third, fourth, it's not that I don't want to help the eldest brother avenge, nor am I afraid of them, but I don't want to take all of you in because of revenge for the eldest brother." In the final analysis, Han Si is still powerful, although he is not a formal official, but he is similar to the official master in the boundary of Ba County. The people don't fight with the officials, we can't really fight him. ”

"If you can't fight, you have to fight, otherwise the eldest brother won't die in vain!"

"Yes, big brother can't die in vain, we have to chase after it, but we also have to think about it in the long run, think about what to do if we can't catch up."

Wu San realized that it was useless to have determination alone, so many brothers had scraped together a total of more than a dozen taels of silver, and it would cost silver money to chase, even if he chased it early tomorrow morning, how far could he chase it, thinking that it was very likely that he would not be able to catch up, he couldn't help asking, "What should I do?" ”

"I don't know, but there's always a way."

"Second brother, his turtle son can run, and the monk can't run the temple. If we can't catch up, we'll come back and him!" Wu Si said hatefully.

"Fourth, what are you talking about!" Without waiting for Wu Er to speak, Wu San glared at him fiercely: "There is a debtor and a master, what we are looking for is the melon baby of the Sichuan Gang, Han Si insists on protecting that melon baby, so we are ruthless and even Han Si cleans it up, this matter has nothing to do with his mother-in-law, if you kill innocents indiscriminately, you will be punished!" ”

"The third child is right, you can't kill innocents indiscriminately just because you can't take revenge for a while." Wu Er took a deep breath, got up and said, "I'm going to chase it early tomorrow morning, so let's rest early." ”

Wu Si also realized that it was wrong, and said stupidly: "Second brother, that's what I said." ”

"Brother knows, don't talk about it, go wash and sleep."

……

At the same time, Duan Jingcheng and Guan Zhutou were eating and drinking in the Huguang Hall not far from Dongshuimen. The guest head of the Huguang Hall sat at the top, and Zhu Er, the head of the tea gang, was anxious to accompany him at the bottom.

This meal was thrilling, because from the time I sat down to hold the glass, five people had come to report it.