Jinshui cage cold fog, Rongcheng smoke.

In the twilight of the year, the prosperous city of Chengdu has rarely washed away the lead, and it has become a little tranquil and even depressed. There were few pedestrians on the street, and occasionally one or two hurried by with their jackets tightened, complaining about the harsh winter of the cold dead man.

No one wants to go out to suffer from the cold, the business of the shops and shops is naturally cold, and the Wang family's tea and rice in the past are only sitting at four or five tables of drinkers at this time, each holding a steaming tea bowl and talking quietly.

"Alas......" Li Jin'er sighed as she looked at the empty street outside the teahouse.

Wang Ran put down the tea bowl in his hand, looked at Li Jin'er who was wearing an apricot-colored slanted winter jacket and covered his forehead with a mink, and only felt relaxed and happy, the unpowdered face was as elegant as a clear water hibiscus against the backdrop of snow-white fluff, even if he pretended to be depressed at this time, he looked delicate and cute.

Li Zongyu on the side of "Alas......" also seemed to be infected with anxiety, and he also sighed.

Seeing the dejected appearance of the two, and not knowing how to comfort them, Wang Ran couldn't help but look worried.

"Those who are young are all sad and do a lot of things, be careful of old fast." Lin Jiuniang, who came out of the backyard, saw that the three of them were all sad, so she was a little distressed, and said: "Don't leave at night, let's celebrate the festival together, I made Laba rice, and Jin Yatou, your favorite Qing offering sand fish whisk." ”

Li Jin'er immediately turned her sorrow into joy, and said coquettishly: "Okay, thank you Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin is the best." ”

Lin Jiuniang smiled, put a jacket on Wang Daju, and went back to the kitchen to work. Li Jin'er breathed a long sigh of relief, and said pitifully: "Alas, Wang Xiaoer, when are we going to wait, it's almost the New Year, I miss my mother." ”

"It's coming, it should be coming." Wang Ran's confidence was not enough, after all, he had waited for so long, and his confidence was gradually exhausted.

Things have to start from two months ago, that day he discussed with the Li brothers and sisters, and decided that without further ado, the three of them picked a dark and windy night to sneak into the Bomai secretary again, but ......

In the middle of the night, the street was empty, Wang Ran and the Li brothers and sisters were wearing black samurai uniforms and black scarves, and cautiously sneaked to the side wall of the Bomai Division, it was still Li Zongyu who jumped up, and after making sure that there was no abnormality, Li Jin'er also jumped up, Wang Ran also carefully climbed the eaves of the wall, looked left and right, and suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

He grabbed the Li brothers and sisters who were about to jump into the courtyard, pointed to the front and whispered, "That's the Peony Garden where Qi Yuanzhen lives every day, don't you think it's a little strange?" ”

Li Jin'er looked in the direction pointed by Wang Ran, and saw that the attic in the courtyard was brightly lit, so she said, "It's obvious, what's strange?" ”

Wang Ran said solemnly: "Don't you think it's very quiet, that attic is ......?"

"It's so eye-catching." Li Zongyu also realized that something was abnormal, and said softly: "The other courtyard houses are all black-lit, only there is a lamp lit, like a candle to lure moths. ”

"Maybe it's just a coincidence, you're too thief-minded." Li Jin'er didn't want to give up easily.

"Prudence can catch cicadas, revenge is important, and life is more important." Wang Ran said cautiously, and then exchanged a few words with Li Zongyu softly.

Li Zongyu nodded, jumped into the courtyard gently, prostrated himself and walked quickly, sweeping towards the Peony Garden like a ghost, but did not sneak into it, but hid outside the courtyard wall, picked up a stone, threw it into the courtyard with force, and then pinched his throat and shouted: "There are assassins!" Then he quickly turned around and fled, without any fuss.

Wang Ran and Li Jin'er, who were standing on the eaves of the outer wall, carefully observed, and saw that the stone thrown by Li Zongyu fell on the top of the attic in the Peony Garden for a while, and there were a few clanging sounds, and several arrows came out of the place where the stones fell, and then several warriors with swords on their backs and crossbows pushed the door out of the house, climbed the eaves and climbed to the top.

In the houses around the Peony Garden, there were countless soldiers who were sturdy and stubborn, and then they scattered in a line, surrounding the Peony Garden.

Li Zongyu, who had returned to the eaves of the outer wall, glanced at Wang Ran, both frightened and afraid, if he had just sneaked into the Peony Garden, he was afraid that there would be no return.

Seeing that the entire office was gradually lit up, the soldiers also began to search around, and the three of them hurriedly swept off the courtyard wall and fled.

"It's so cunning that you have laid a net waiting for us." Li Jin jumped to her feet angrily.

"He won't wait for us to kill him." Wang Ran quickly accepted the reality, the failure of the first two assassinations would definitely arouse Qi Yuanzhen's vigilance, but he didn't expect the other party to use such a big battle.

"What's next?" Li Zongyu was also very distressed.

"I'm afraid it's hard to get it by sneaking in, Qi Yuanzhen has already taken precautions, and he will definitely be more cautious, and he will never live in the Peony Garden as a target again." Wang Ran said in a deep voice: "Wait, wait for him to come out by himself." ”

Li Zongyu worried: "He is very careful every time he travels, he has enough guards with him, and in this city, even if he succeeds, it will be difficult to get out." ”

"Don't do anything in the city, wait for him to get out of the city." Wang Ran shook his head and said: "I heard that Brother Wang's righteous army has captured Shuzhou, and it may not be long before they will march into Chengdu, Qi Yuanzhen will definitely go out of the city to avoid trouble, and we will ambush him on the road." ”

"That's all there is to it." Li Zongyu sighed.

So the three of them had no choice but to stop and carefully inquire about the news of the righteous army every day, hoping that this external force could break the deadlock at this time.

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"It's been so long, maybe they've let their guard down, or why don't we try to sneak in again? Even if you can't get it, you can scare them. Li Jin'er suddenly said excitedly.

"No, if you startle the snake again, I am afraid of unnecessary variables, anyway, I have been waiting for so long, I don't care about a few more days." Wang Ran hurriedly persuaded.

"Hmph, why is it so difficult to take revenge, you can't be happy with revenge after practicing kung fu, it's different from what is said in the script." Li Jin'er was a little aggrieved.

"Alas, that guy is an official of the imperial court, and he can't go one-on-one with us according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, let's fight for life and death." Li Zongyu said with a headache.

Wang Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, yes, no matter how high the kung fu is, how skilled Second Brother Li is, he was not almost ruined by Shi Zan, who was powerless, and the master of the Li brothers and sisters, Yang Chongjin, was invincible, and he was easily calculated to death by insidious villains such as Wang Jien, it can be seen that power is the sharpest sword, and with a few words, you can kill people without blood.

was worried, a person suddenly came in the teahouse, Wang Ran looked up and saw that it was Su Daya, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Su, how is it?" Any news? ”

Su Daya sat down and sighed: "I heard that the rebels captured the Yongkang army, and then the troops were divided into two ways, one has now reached Pixian, and the other is attacking Wenjiang, it may not be long before this Chengdu Mansion will be surrounded, alas, I am afraid that this business will be difficult to do in the future." ”

Wang Ran and the Li brothers and sisters were secretly happy when they heard this, but it was not easy to show it on their faces, Wang Ran was relieved: "I heard that they only punish corrupt officials and local tyrants and inferior gentry, and will not harm ordinary people. ”

Su Daya smiled bitterly: "I hope so, I'll go see your sister-in-law, and you can talk." Then he went into the backyard.

After Wang Ran and others rescued Su Daya that day, they were afraid that the people of the Jinyi Society would find him to retaliate again, so they discussed with Lin Jiuniang to let the three members of the Su family move over and live, so that they could take care of each other, and the Wang Family Teahouse is located in front of the official mansion, presumably the people of the Jinyi Society did not dare to fight too openly, Lin Jiuniang and Su Daya thought so, so now the two families live in the courtyard behind the teahouse.

Su Daya also saw a lot after this incident, for the sake of his wife and daughter, he decided that he no longer had to fight with the Naya Merchant Guild, and wanted to find another livelihood, Lin Jiuniang said that he might as well be the shopkeeper in the Wang Family Tea Workshop, anyway, now the tea shop is short of people, Wang Daju is careless, and Lin Jiuniang is busy enough every day, and he has no time to visit the fat powder shop, so Su Daya agreed.

So Wang Dahu retreated to become the owner and water boiler, and he still lay on the counter and fell asleep every day.