Chapter 3: The Thief
This mission was the first time Qi Niang had made a mistake since following Bian Che over the years, and Bian Che was very angry, and he didn't know if it was because Hanjiang Pavilion saw through their plan and got in the way, or because Qi Niang helped the enemy escape, or both. Lei Dai was dropped in the carriage and returned home safe and sound, and Ye Luxin failed to assassinate him, just because Hanjiang Pavilion informed Lei Dai in advance when he would start. Hanjiang Pavilion was even trickier than they imagined. This is probably the first time Bian Che has personally experienced a failure in his life.
Qi Niang received the punishment from Jiu Zhang Ji, she had already lost half of her life, some people watched her walk tremblingly on the road, knowing what Qi Niang was punished for this time, they all looked at each other coldly, the killer is not worthy of sympathy. The human affection was warm and cold, Qi Niang had already looked down on it, she hooked the corners of her lips indifferently, and saw Ye Shiyi walking towards her step by step from a distance. Dressed sexy, with a graceful figure and a good face, this is Qi Niang's all her impression of Ye Shiyi, she and Eleven usually have almost no contact, and they only nod when they meet, I don't know why Eleven came to her today.
Eleven saw that Qi Niang's face was pale and she was stumbling when she walked, and she hurriedly stepped forward to help her with a twist of her eyebrows, and asked with concern: "Qi Niang, are you okay?" ”
Qi Niang shook her head and said it was okay. Eleven helped her back to the room, and said in her mouth: "I said Qi Niang, why did you make such a mistake this time, the landlord usually uses you the most, but you completely annoyed him this time, and I can't complain that he punished you." What the hell is that guy going to do to help him like this? ”
Eleven said while helping Qi Niang take off the bloody clothes, and when she took it inside, the clothes were already torn, and the rags were embedded in the flesh and skin. The clothes inside were so bad that they couldn't take off the whole thing, and when they were torn, they would lead to the wound and bleed, Qi Niang's lips were white, but she couldn't bear the pain.
"If you don't want to say it, I'm asking for Ye Jiu, Ye Jiu is now going to check the matter of Hanjiang Pavilion with the landlord, I don't have a chance to see you." Eleven tore off a rag from Qi Niang's back, Qi Niang gasped with a "hiss", Eleven frowned and said: "Oh yes, your injury is estimated to be difficult for a month, why do you have so many scars on your back?" ”
"It's all from the past." Qi Niang covered her chest with her hands, and didn't want to say more, the memories of her youth were as unforgettable as a nightmare.
Eleven didn't ask, smeared the medicine with his hand and smeared it on Qi Niang's back, then helped her tie the bandage, and muttered in his mouth: "I don't have any good medicine, only pain relief, when it heals depends on you." ”
Qi Niang felt that her back was cold, and the hot pain was relieved a lot, so she smiled gratefully, "It's okay, thank you Eleven, tell Ye Jiu for me, so that he doesn't have to worry about me." ”
Eleven smiled softly with deep meaning, and his smile was very coquettish, "Your relationship with Ye Jiu is really good, but if Qi Niang still wants to continue to be reused by the landlord, it is best not to get too close to Ye Jiu." ”
Qi Niang was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”
Eleven stared at her deeply for a long time and waved his hand, "It's not interesting, when I didn't say it." I'm leaving, you're doing it yourself. ”
After Qi Niang saw Ye Shiyi leave, she moved to the table, took out a pen and paper, wrote a few sentences, rolled it into a roll and tied it to the carrier pigeon's leg, and then released the pigeon. The person who sent the letter from Qi Niang was Ye Xiaoliu, who was at the helm of Qianjilou, and she was now unable to move, so she could only turn to Sixteen to help her investigate the situation of the man next to Yeluxin. If that's what she thinks, that man is...... Thinking that nearly ten years of hard work and anticipation may be coming to an end, Qi Niang can't help but have tears in her eyes no matter how stoic she is.
Miao Zi'an, the younger brother who has a blood connection with her. The meaning of Qi Niang's life is all pinned on this man.
The killer is ruthless, this is what Qi Niang has heard countless times in Red Lotus Castle, as a killer, he should not be bound by any feelings in the world, once he is concerned, he will be trapped by love, and there is no place to bury him. Over the years, Qi Niang has always kept it in mind, but only this blood and family affection, she can't give it up no matter what. She silently searched for her brother, and her name, was never mentioned.
It has long become a habit for a person to bear silently.
The news came three days after the rudder, and Qi Niang hurriedly opened the letter of Sixteen, and after reading it, her heart full of anticipation was disappointed again. Yeluya, formerly known as Gao Li, his biological father was from the Western Regions, his mother is unknown, he came to the Central Plains with his father at the age of 10, lived in the Central Plains for nearly three years, studied under the martial idiot Bai Toyota, and after the death of his biological father, he was accepted by Yelu Xin as a righteous son, changed his surname to Yelu, and was the most powerful assistant around Ye Lu Xin. After that, what was written was no longer so important to Qi Niang, Qi Niang grabbed the letter and lowered her hand, looking out the window with her eyes wandering. Outside the window, a pair of sisters and brothers were arguing over a trivial matter, arguing so fiercely that they almost started a fight, but Qi Niang was very envious, and she resented God's injustice for the first time.
Cuizhu Valley is a secluded bamboo forest on the outskirts of the capital far from the market, and some people say that the martial idiot White Toyota lives here. Qi Niang still couldn't help but come. Although Xiao Sixteen had already told her about Yeluya's life experience in the letter, Qi Niang still had a glimmer of hope for her intuition. She has been looking for so many years, and it is the first time she has such a strong feeling, and it is definitely not the first time she and Yeluya have met. Even if Yeluya is not related to her, she has to confirm it in person.
Follow the path to a bamboo hut, Qi Niang looked inside outside the fence, only to see a big dog lying in the yard inside, was lazily basking in the sun, smelling the smell of strangers, it raised its head and looked at Qi Niang vigilantly, and did not bark.
"May I ask if Senior Bai is here?" Qi Niang asked Chaori.
"Bai Lao is not here for the past few days, please go back." A childish boy replied, and out of the room came a little beggar dressed in tattered clothes. The little beggar was holding the dog basin, and when he saw Qi Niang, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then somehow the dog basin fell, and he jumped out of the fence in a panic and ran away.
Qi Niang's reaction to the little beggar was also stunned for a moment, and then a hurried glimpse of a certain market quickly flashed in her mind, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she immediately chased after her. chased until a den of beggars in the suburbs, and the little beggar disappeared. What a quick hand! Qi Niang couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Qi Niang searched around the tents made of rags and wood, but the little beggar was never seen. There was a strong musty smell all around, and the garbage on the ground was all over the place, dirty and messy, such a scene made Qi Niang frown slightly. It was broad daylight, and the beggars had gone out to beg, leaving only a few women, children, and old. They all looked at Qi Niang, an uninvited guest with a beautiful face but a bad complexion, with strange eyes.
Qi Niang searched one tent by one, and found the last hiding place, she walked over quickly with a cold face, and as soon as she walked outside the tent, she saw a white and thin hand open the tent, and a tall and thin young man walked out of it. The eyebrows are clear and the eyes are beautiful, the green clothes are elegant, like jade and lotus, and he is actually the son who met once in the Snow Moon Pavilion that day. Qi Niang was stunned for a moment, and then regardless of the man's inquiring gaze, she walked from him to the tent as she pleased.
"Girl......" the man called behind him.
The smell of herbs in the tent was waving to the face, and an old woman was lying in the pile of rags on the ground, and the little beggar was sitting beside her. Seeing Qi Niang breaking in, the little beggar hurriedly stood up.
"Give me back my jade pendant." Qi Niang explained her intention without a trace of emotion/color, and stretched out her hand directly to the little beggar.
The old woman sat up inexplicably, her cloudy eyes looked back and forth between Qi Niang and the little beggar, and her voice was hoarse and weak: "What's going on?" ”
The little beggar suddenly panicked and said, "What jade pendant, I don't know!" ”
Qi Niang paused word by word, her eyes were like torches, "Didn't you steal half of my jade pendant?" ”
"I, I didn't steal!" Under Qi Niang's stern gaze and the old woman's shocked gaze, the little beggar hurriedly defended, his face red.
At this time, the man outside the tent walked in and persuaded him with kind words: "Girl, is there any misunderstanding in this?" ”
Qi Niang snorted coldly and said categorically: "My memory is very good, and my eyes are fine, if he didn't steal from me, why did he run away when he saw me?" ”
The man looked at the little beggar with a surprised and gentle gaze, and the little beggar was blushing at his gentle eyes: "I ......"
The boy's reaction had already made things clear, and the old woman trembled her fingers and pointed at the little beggar and scolded: "You bastard, I told you that your hands are not clean, and you have learned to steal!" See if I don't kill you! While scolding, he got up to fight, but as soon as he left the ground, he fell down again, and coughed violently with his palms covering his heart, and it seemed that he was not lightly ill.
The man immediately stepped forward to support the old woman, and patted the old woman on the back without disgust, and said: "Auntie, don't be angry, otherwise the disease will attack again." As he spoke, he gave the old woman another pill.
The little beggar was already at a loss for what to do, and when he tried to step forward, he was glared back by the old woman.
Qi Niang watched all this indifferently, thinking only about getting her jade pendant back.
The little beggar hurriedly explained: "It's not such a mother-in-law, I'm not a thief." ”
"You still dare to quibble, dare to steal things and dare not admit it, you are really getting more and more promising! Don't hurry up and return the things to others! The old woman's breath fell together, and her wrinkled face turned purple.
The man looked at Qi Niang pleadingly, as if begging Qi Niang to take the little boy out first. Qi Niang glanced at the little beggar expressionlessly and said, "Boy, come out with me." ”
The little beggar lowered his head and trembled and followed Qi Niang out of the tent.
"Sister, I didn't mean to take your jade pendant, my mother-in-law is sick and has no money to treat, I can't steal things, no, no, it's not stealing, I'm borrowing, I'll pay you back when I make money in the future." The little beggar was afraid that Qi Niang would misunderstand something, so he hurriedly recruited him.
Qi Niang glanced at him, with a suspicious expression, "Borrow?" How do you make money? I don't have time to ink with you, where's my jade pendant? ”
"Jade pendant, I took it as a ......," the little beggar said uneasily, his head almost down to his chest.
Qi Niang suddenly jumped violently, she suppressed her anger and asked, "Which pawnshop?" ”
"Damn, the biggest pawnshop near the city gate." As soon as the little beggar finished speaking, Qi Niang rushed away.
"Shopkeeper, did a little beggar come here a few days ago to be half a jade pendant?" Qi Niang's eager eyes made Liu, the No. 1 pawnshop in the capital, who has countless people, immediately realize that there will be a big business today.
Liu Tieshan glanced at Qi Niang, and saw that she had high eyebrows and a high nose, deep eyes, unlike people from the Central Plains, although she was dressed simply, but the quality was superior, and she was a rich person at first glance, and she was greedy in her heart. "It seems that there is such a little beggar who has come, and I thought it was strange at the time, how could this beggar have such a good jade pendant, and it was not a serious reason at first glance. Is it you, girl? ”
"It's mine."
Liu Tieshan smiled, leaned over to the counter and said, "I'll just say, I was still thinking about whether to accept it at that time, but you also know that we are in this business, how can you say don't want it when you meet a baby." Although it is only a broken jade, it is indeed a good jade......"
"Just tell me straight, how much can you buy back?" Qi Niang was a little impatient with Liu Tieshan's words, and asked bluntly.
"Hehe," Liu Tieshan laughed for a while, "The girl is really refreshing." As he spoke, he compared a number with his hand, and looked at Qi Niang's expression.
Qi Niang poured all the fine silver out of her purse without thinking about it, Liu Tieshan stared at the silver directly, smiled and counted it, then frowned and counted it again, and looked up: "Girl, this money is not enough." ”
"What?" Qi Niang frowned slightly, and she also counted it, it was really not enough, so she was annoyed in her heart, since that day Xueyue Pavilion annoyed Bian Che, her monthly money this month was deducted, and now is the time to be compact. Qi Niang hesitated for a while, and said in a consultative tone: "Shopkeeper, can you have less?" ”
Seeing that the fat sheep in his hand was gone in an instant, Liu Tieshan was not very happy, "I said girl, this price is already the lowest, no matter how low it is, I can't do this business, although this jade is yours, but I also spent money to get it back." Liu Tieshan saw that Qi Niang was dressed well, not like a person who couldn't take out the money, so he said: "Otherwise, girl, how about you go back to collect enough money first, and then come back to redeem it?" ”
"Then can you promise not to sell it for a month?" Qi Niang thought that she should be able to receive the monthly money next month.
Hearing her say this, Liu Tieshan immediately lowered his face, and his attitude changed one hundred and eighty degrees, "Girl, don't you have a heart to get along with me?" I saw that you were dressed up beautifully so I gave you a low price, and I wouldn't sell it if it was someone else. You said that this jade pendant is yours, but you can't afford it, the original owner may not know who it is! If you don't have the money to buy it, let's go. ”
Qi Niang's hands were clenched into fists, and she was about to react, when suddenly a voice like a spring breeze sounded behind herself: "I'll pay for this girl." ”
As soon as the words fell, only a faint aroma of herbs was smelled, and a skeletal hand reached over and handed a few silver tickets to Shopkeeper Liu.
"That's enough." The man smiled softly, and his voice was pleasant.
Shopkeeper Liu counted it and said with a smile: "Enough is enough." ”
"Then don't give anything to this girl."
"Eh, give it right away." Liu Tieshan immediately took out the jade pendant from the counter, and then respectfully held it in front of Qi Niang.
Qi Niang looked at the man who only had two sides in a daze, until the man smiled and reminded her: "Girl, take back the jade pendant." ”
Qi Niang took back the jade pendant and checked it, and only after confirming that it was Yu's jade pendant did she put it in her arms, and then followed the man out of the pawnshop without saying a word, and only after coming out did she wonder: "Why do you want to help me?" Then he shook his head and said to himself, "Forget it, thank you, I will pay back your money as soon as possible, what is your name, where do you live?" I'll ask someone to pay it back next month. ”
The man looked at Qi Niang with a little surprise After saying these words, and then a shallow smile appeared in his eyes, as if he had encountered something interesting, and said: "This money does not need to be returned by the girl, Xiao Ba Shi took your jade pendant in exchange for money to treat her mother-in-law, and I will not charge him for this medical fee, so I will return it to the original owner, and by the way, I apologized to the girl for Xiao Ba Shi." ”
What the man said was so natural, seeing that he was dressed as either rich or expensive, Qi Niang nodded unceremoniously. Smelling the good smell of medicine on the man's body in the warm breeze, he felt familiar, Qi Niang raised her head and asked, "Have we seen it anywhere?" ”
The man smiled at her, "As far as I know, my first meeting with the girl was in the Snow Moon Pavilion. In Xiajiang Qihan, dare to ask what the girl is called? ”