"Wow..."

"Brother Zhou, please have tea."

"Thank you, Brother Li, too."

Before the end of the day, the Wangjia Tea Workshop was already full of customers, and the sound of pouring tea, buzzing and talking, and the sound of boiling water was endless, so it was not lively.

"Ahh Last night, he quietly sneaked into the Bomai secretary on the opposite side again, and slipped into the peony garden through the pool according to the previous route, but saw that there were six guards in the garden waiting for him, and he soaked in the water for a long time and did not see the opportunity, so he had to give up the assassination again.

It seems that the other assassin that night caused a lot of trouble for the guards, and he must not have caught the man, otherwise they would not have been so tightly guarded, alas, but the chances of infiltrating the Si Ya and assassinating him were slim to none. Wang Ran couldn't help but feel a little upset.

"Ah......" An earth-shattering yawn interrupted Wang Ran's thoughts, and he looked sideways at Wang Daju, who was blind-eyed, Wang Ran smiled helplessly, if only he could be carefree every day like the shopkeeper.

"Brother Zhou, have you heard about the incident in Shuzhou?"

Wang Ran's ears moved, and he quietly focused his attention on the two men sitting at the table in front of him.

"What's the matter? I've been reading at home lately, and my ears don't hear what's going on outside the window. The man known as Brother Zhou replied.

"You don't know yet? That righteousness... The rebels are said to have occupied Qiongzhou and begun to attack the counties of Shuzhou. ”

"Huh? So fast? I heard last month that they were still in Anren County, but now they have hit Shuzhou? ”

"Shhhhhh I heard that these rebels advocated "equal wealth and poverty", only punished corrupt officials and local tyrants and inferior gentry, and distributed the stolen money and grain to the local poor, so the people everywhere they went were mostly in the middle of the road to greet each other, especially those side households, who took the initiative to join the rebels, and it is said that they have now grown to nearly 100,000 people. ”

"Ah, this is worth it, those guards of the city are all decorations?"

"Hey, isn't it just an ornament! Emperor Taizu collected the world's elite soldiers to form a forbidden army, half of them guarded the Beijing division, half of them were on the border, and the troops left in various places were all old, weak, sick and disabled, expecting these people to fight with those rebels who rebelled with their heads? That's not even your brother Zhou's move—it's all a loss, and I guess it won't be a few months before the rebels get here. ”

"Huh? How's that good? Why don't we go out of the city and take refuge first? ”

"Where to go? I have a wife and children, Brother Zhou, you are also the eldest and youngest of the family, and we are all the main households, will you allow us to go out of the city to avoid trouble? Then there must be no chaos in this city. Alas, I don't plan to hide, anyway, I, Li Shaoxiang, am neither a corrupt official nor a local tyrant or a shoddy gentry, and the rebels won't do anything to me when the rebels come in, and I think that when the rebels kill all the officials, they still need scholars to manage the people. ”

"You... Brother Li, how can you say such disloyal and unkind words, you really read the book of sages in vain! ”

"Hey, I'm judging the situation and choosing a good tree to live on. Disloyal or unkind? Have you forgotten how Emperor Taizu's throne came about? After Meng Shu died, how did the people of Shu be exploited by him Zhao Song, have you forgotten? ”

"You... You..."

"How? By the way, I warn you not to talk too much, I know that your family fought with a farmer to kill two people last year, and I also know where you and your father secretly buried people, if you dare to go out and spread the word about what I just said, I will let you lose your head. ”

The scholar surnamed Zhou was so frightened that he had to bow his head and say nothing, Li Shaoxiang looked at him with disdain, put down a handful of money on the table, turned to Wang Ran and said, "Little Er, settle the bill." Then he got up and walked away.

"Officials go slowly, welcome to come back next time." Wang Ran said respectfully, it seems that Brother Wang and Second Brother Li are getting more and more successful, if they can really hit this Chengdu Mansion, there will definitely be chaos in this city, and then I can also take advantage of the chaos to take revenge? But what if Qi Yuanzhen escaped in advance?

Wang Ran was thinking nonsense, but suddenly saw Lin Jiuniang carrying a young girl into the store, the girl was crying sadly, Lin Jiuniang was also full of anxiety, seeing Lin Jiuniang mixed with the girl into the inner room, Wang Ran and Wang Daju also hurriedly followed.

"Mo girl, don't worry, Aunt Lin will help you find a way." Lin Jiuniang helped the young girl sit down, and then comforted.

"What's wrong?" Wang Ran hurriedly asked.

Lin Jiuniang looked at Wang Ran and Wang Daju, sighed, and then began to tell worriedly.

Lin Jiuniang went out early this morning, preparing to go to the east of the city to visit the fat powder shop, and by the way, she sent some money to Su Daya, so that he could take the time to go to the tea field to buy some tea today.

Who knew that when I arrived at Su Jiayaji, I saw Su Daya's second daughter Su Xiumo crying in the store, but Su Daya was nowhere to be seen, Lin Jiuniang asked Su Xiumo what happened, Su Xiumo said that not long after her father went out, the guy from the next shop suddenly ran to her house, saying that her father Su Daya was kidnapped, and her mother was not at home when she went out to buy things, so she ran to the store alone. I heard the street leaders on the left and right say that the person who kidnapped Su Daya claimed to be from the Jinti Society, and those people said that the Su family should prepare a thousand taels of silver, and they would come to get it in a few days, otherwise they would wait to collect Su Daya's body, and also said that the Su family was not allowed to report to the official, otherwise not only Su Daya's life would be difficult to protect, but the Su family would have no peace in the future.

Lin Jiuniang was shocked when she heard this, but she didn't know what to do, so she had to bring the heartbroken Su Xiumo over first, and find Wang Daju and Wang Ran to figure out a way together.

"Old Su Ding was implicated in Peng Er's incident, alas, what can I do!" Lin Jiuniang hung her head and said dejectedly, seeing Wang Ran's puzzled face, she explained again.

It turned out that this Peng Er was the person who had killed Su Daya before, when he called himself Peng Yi and asked Su Daya to help him find something to do, Su Daya introduced him to the Wangjia Teahouse, and a few days later Peng Yi took advantage of Wang Daya and Su Daya to go out to drink, and broke into Lin Jiuniang's room with the intention of despising her, Lin Jiuniang fought with him, he saw that he couldn't get it, so he rolled up the money in the counter and ran away.

After a while, almost half a month after Wang Ran came, he caught a suspicious person at the city gate, and after interrogation, he learned that it was Peng Yi, he said that his original name was Peng Er, and he was entrusted by someone to deliberately trap Su Daya.

The government continued to interrogate Peng Er under whose instructions, but he refused to speak again, and later Miki added himself, and only revealed that he was a member of the Jinti Society, and someone asked them to help frame Su Daya, and the leader sent him to execute, and he didn't know who the upper family was. After that, the official knife saw the wok, and it was not able to pry open his mouth again, so he had to be sentenced to stab and charge the army, and now it has been sent to Mengzhou.

"What exactly does the Jinti Society do? Where? Wang Ran asked.

"The Jinti Society is all tattooed skin, so good at doing some kidnapping, robbery, and even murder and arson, I heard Grandpa say it when I was a child, but I only heard that their hall is in Jinpu Fang, but no one knows where it is, so the government can't do anything about them. Last time, the government wanted to find them through Peng Er, but Peng Er refused to recruit them, so where they were hiding is still a mystery. Lin Jiuniang said helplessly.

"Aunt Lin, please help my family, you must save my grandfather, our family can't take out a thousand taels of silver at all." Su Xiumo, who calmed down a little, took Lin Jiuniang's hand and begged bitterly.

Lin Jiuniang's eyes turned red, and she comforted softly: "Don't worry, Aunt Lin will definitely help you make up enough money." He turned to Wang Ran and said, "Wang Qi, can you lend me your share of the money first?" I'll pay you back later. ”

"Sister Jiuniang just take it, Uncle Su is also my friend, I naturally won't stand idly by when he suffers." Wang Ran did not hesitate, and then worried: "It's just that our tea shop has only improved for more than a month, even if we take out all the money earned during this time, I'm afraid it's only two or three hundred taels, and it's still a lot worse than a thousand taels!" ”

Lin Jiuniang frowned and thought for a while, and said resolutely: "If I sell the jewelry, I can make up another hundred and ten taels, and if the rest is not good, I can borrow it from the cabinet, this tea shop should be worth about five hundred taels." ”

Wang Ran thought for a moment, pulled Lin Jiuniang and Wang Daju aside, and whispered: "I think something is wrong, those Jinti Society's evil deeds, even if we honestly give the ransom money, we may not be able to protect Uncle Su's thoughtfulness." ”

Lin Jiuniang's face sank when she heard this, and she said astringently: "Yes, what if they don't let go of the money after receiving the money, or let's go and report to the official?" ”

"But they threatened not to let the official, and they have not been exterminated for so long in Chengdu City, I am afraid that they are also inextricably linked to the people in the government, if we report to the official, we may be startled!" Wang Ran said cautiously.

"Alas, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, what the hell are you going to do!" Lin Jiuniang stomped her feet in a hurry.

"I remember that Sister Jiuniang said that it should have been someone from the Rausch Ziya Merchant Guild who set up a trap to harm Uncle Su, right?" Wang Ran had an idea.

"That's right, Su Daya is kind and kind, never has bad relations with others, and the only enemy is the Naya Merchant Guild, so he concluded that it was a bureau set up by people in the guild, but there is no evidence, and the government naturally refuses to be credulous."

"Since it was the people in the guild who instructed the Jinti Society to frame Uncle Su, and Peng Er was sent to make trouble, then they must know where the people of the Jinti Society live, and this time Uncle Su was taken captive, maybe they also participated." Wang Ran said in a deep voice.

Lin Jiuniang was suddenly taken aback: "Yes, you mean that we will start with the people of the Tooth Merchants Guild to investigate where Su Daya is hidden?" Without further ado, let's go find them. ”

"But if we look for it rashly, they will not admit it, and we are weak, even if we find the entrance of the Jinti Society, I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue Uncle Su." Wang Ran said helplessly.

Lin Jiuniang and Wang Daju were also gloomy when they heard this.

At this time, it would be good if there were masters such as Second Brother Li, Wang Ran said secretly in his heart.

"What kind of identity does this son have, what famous tea has he never drunk, I don't believe that this Xianhao can be better than the Beiyuan Dragon Troupe? Little two, tea! Suddenly there was a voice outside the house, the voice was clear, but there was a hint of lazy ruffian.

Wang Ran's eyes lit up.