Chapter 9: Vulcan
Ye Xipo stared at the distant back of the painting boat and asked Zhao Qing, "Who is this person?" ”
Although he had seen it outside the city at that time, he didn't think much about it, after all, Hangzhou City was so big, even if he touched it, he would have forgotten it.
Zhao Qing came back to his senses when he heard Ye Xipo's words: "The second son of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhang." However, he did not live up to his name, and acted extremely arrogantly. ”
"The Xiao family?"
"That's right! There are three major families in Hangzhou City, the Xiao family, the Zhao family, and the Li family. The Xiao family is also the first family in Hangzhou City. Zhao Qing said with a solemn face.
Ye Xipo seemed to understand a little: "Then Brother Zhao, are you?" ”
"I am a member of the Zhao family, ranked third, Brother Wang is the only son of the prefect of Hangzhou, and I ask Brother Ye to forgive us for not telling you." Zhao Qing said apologetically.
"I treat you as friends because of people, not because of who you are." Ye Xipo shook his head, he would not envy anyone with a good family business, because he believed that he could do it too.
"But Brother Ye, since you have a holiday with the person surnamed Xiao, you have to be careful, tell us anything." Zhao Qing and Wang Zhong nodded at Ye Xipo and said.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, let's not be in a bad mood for such a person, by the way, didn't Brother Zhao say that Hangzhou Chengxi City is all juggling, why don't we go and have a look?" Ye Xipo packed up his mood and proposed, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but recall the fear of being dominated by Zhao Qing yesterday.
"Good!" As soon as Ye Xipo put it forward, it was unanimously approved.
The West Market is a resting place for all kinds of people who go south and north, maybe you went to see a monkey show yesterday, and today you will find that the monkey trickster has left, and most people are just asking for a fare.
So there are no permanent residents in the West Market, which is also the reason why the West Market is attractive, you can never guess what kind of performance they have today.
After Ye Xipo and his party said goodbye to the boatman, they came to the entrance of the West Market, just at the entrance, you can already see how lively it is, there are all kinds of knives, monkeys, dolls, etc., and even people from the Western Regions can be seen dancing with flutes to control snakes, which has attracted the praise of a group of people.
Ye Xipo and a few people were walking on the road when they suddenly saw a stall selling masks in front of them, and after talking to a few people, they walked over. "Boss, how do you sell this?" Ye Xipo casually pointed to a mask of a Rakshasa ghost.
After paying the money, Ye Xipo walked towards Zhao Qing and the others with the mask he had just bought, the spring breeze was slow, and a white shadow also passed by Ye Xipo with a Rakshasa mask, maybe they didn't know each other, this was the first time they met, and it was also the beginning of a lifetime together.
"Brother Ye." Zhao Qing and the others shouted when they saw Ye Xipo coming. Ye Xipo seemed to be aware of it and looked back, but he didn't see anything, so he left with a few people.
"Brother Xipo, there's a bustle ahead, let's go over and take a look." Erzhu saw that there were many people in front of him, so he urged Ye Xipo and a few people to go over together.
finally squeezed to the front of the crowd, and found that this was a person from the theater troupe playing tricks, "Everyone, look at it." The master of the trick took out an empty pocket, and after showing it to everyone inside and out, he put his hand into it, and with a slight movement, he took out the pigeons.
"Good!" Erzhu and a few people sang in harmony, "Next, I will perform a unique trick to press the bottom of the box, the god of fire is alive, and I will conjure up flames all over my body, but I will not be damaged in the fire at all." The troupe leader said loudly.
"This, how is this possible?"
"Yes, how can people have nothing to do in the fire, I don't believe it."
"Brother Xipo, do you say what he said is true?" Erzhu looked at Ye Xipo and asked.
"Look at it, you'll know if it's true or not."
As he was talking, the troupe leader took out a torch, "Everyone is optimistic." With a pinch of his hands, it turned into two flames, looking at the shocked eyes of everyone, the class master smiled proudly, and then suddenly pressed the flame towards his clothes, and the flames burned along the clothes in an instant, so frightened that everyone closed their eyes, and the two pillars were no exception, but after waiting for a while, there was no scream, and everyone quickly opened their eyes and looked at the class master.
I saw that the class master did not have any harm in the fire, and even walked back and forth, some people did not believe in the evil and thought that it was a fake fire, so they stretched out their hands, and after an instant cry of pain, they took it back.
The troupe owner said: "I believe everyone has seen it, this fire is real fire, but I am still not injured in it, which proves that..." Before the master of the troupe finished speaking, an expression of fear came to his face, and then he exclaimed loudly: "Help, save me!" While shouting, he rolled to the ground, hoping to extinguish the fire on his body, but the fire was too big, and tossing back and forth was a drop in the bucket, and after the people of the troupe brought water to extinguish the flames on the troupe owner, the troupe owner had been burned beyond recognition.
After seeing the death of the troupe owner, the crowd retreated.
The habit of watching the excitement may have existed since ancient times, and after discovering that there was a murder here, the number of people around him increased instead of decreasing.
"I said something was going to happen!"
"What's going on here?"
"It was said that he was joking with Grandpa Vulcan, but Grandpa Vulcan got angry and burned him to death, but it was really miserable!"
At this time, there was a commotion outside the crowd, "Let's go, let's go!" Originally, the squeezed person wanted to turn around and scold a few words, but when he saw that he was wearing the official mansion, he suddenly fell silent, obedient like a little daughter-in-law
Gave way to the position.
There are a total of three officials and a catcher, and the catch is not the same as the officer, and the catcher can only be held after layers of selection, and it can be regarded as the official compilation of the imperial court, which is a person with an official body, and the official officer is different, as long as others recommend it, it can be done, and it does not belong to the imperial court, which is between a commoner and an official, although there are still many people who ask for it.
"My lord, the dead were burned to death." A servant walked over to inspect the corpse and said to Wang Ming.
After questioning the eyewitnesses, that is, the people in the crowd, Wang Ming made a decision that he died in an accident, this kind of thing Wang Ming has encountered many times between being arrested and arrested, as long as there is evidence, the case will be closed.
Finally, after confirming the confession with the rest of the troupe, he was ready to collect the team and return to the yamen.
"Wait a minute." Ye Xipo's voice came, and he stepped forward as he spoke, "My lord, this is not an accidental death. ”
"Who are you to dare to block the government's case." Before Wang Ming could speak, a servant beside him scolded Ye Xipo.
Wang Ming heard it but waved his hand: "Let him continue." ”