Text Chapter 18 Entry
The torrent in the capital did not affect Hai Wuxian, who made several new friends in more than half a month after coming to Langya County. Probably the eyes are not so good! Jiang Cong's brothers originally planned to make some money on the street, but they happened to see Hai Wuxian's face, so the flower of friendship between the brothers surnamed Jiang and Hai Wuxian bloomed!
"Come on, come on, take a look! Take a look!"
"Those who come from the south and go to the north, don't miss it when you pass by."
"Folks, come and join in the fun, two at night!"
Jiang Cong, as usual, had a blanket spread on the ground, and three dice cups and a bead were placed on it. Hold the beads in the sieve cup, the three sieve cups keep changing, as long as you guess the beads are buckled under the sieve cup, you can get two coins of silver, and only thirty dollars to participate.
Jiang Cong and his brothers are the head snakes here, and Cong used his own methods to pretend to be a child of several brothers, and he pit many outsiders. But today I met Hai Wuxian, and the Jiang brothers planted it!
Hai Wuxian has been in Langya County for more than half a month, and he has not heard any news about the fugitives, so he originally planned to leave Langya County and go to other places to inquire. But he followed Sister Comb's advice to walk around the street. Suddenly, he was stopped by a stranger.
"This brother! Do you want to play two? Jiang Cong finally caught a glimpse of a strange face, and the local people knew their brother's background, and no one wanted to fall into their trap.
"Good! How to play? Hai Wuxian pretended to be a rich boy who went out for the first time.
"This son, it's very simple, just guess that the beads are in that sieve cup." Jiang Cong, a nursery brother pretending to be a passerby, said.
"Thirty dollars once, if you guess correctly, you can win two dollars!" Jiang Cong said.
"Two coins of silver?" Hai Wuxian said in astonishment.
"This son, don't trust them easily!" A well-wisher persuaded.
"Humph!" After the Jiang Cong brothers who were surrounding the gambling stall issued a warning sound, their eyes kept staring at the guy who wanted to ruin their financial path. The passers-by who had previously dissuaded Hai Wuxian hurriedly retreated when they saw this.
"How about it, do you want to play two? If you don't play childe, you will give a land to those rich masters. Jiang Cong urged, afraid that the person just now would disturb the other party, so he deliberately provoked Hai Wuxian.
"Come on!" Hai Wuxian acted as if he had been ridiculed by others for being a poor boy and a rich man who forced himself to save face.
When the Jiang Cong brothers heard this, they were secretly happy in their hearts, and their faces were silent.
"This!" Hai Wuxian pointed to the sieve cup in the middle and said to Jiang Cong.
"Open!! Congratulations to Childe for guessing correctly, this is Childe's two coins of silver. Jiang Cong originally planned to start pit Hai Wuxian for the first time, but suddenly saw that when Hai Wuxian threw the thirty coins just now, the money bag full of silver, he planned to put a long line and drop the big fish.
Jiang Cong played with Hai Wuxian for about five or six laps.
"Do you want to change the way you play?" Jiang Cong said tentatively.
"How?"
"Raise the antchees! How about betting on two taels and twenty taels? Seeing that Hai Wuxian was interested, he knew that the other party had taken the bait.
"Come on! Today, the master is going to kill all sides. Hai Wuxian shouted very arrogantly.
"Childe is magnificent." Jiang Cong glanced at several cousins.
It's time to close the net! When Jiang Cong shook the sieve cup, he secretly replaced the beads of the sieve cup. Practice makes perfect, this trick Jiang brothers don't know how many outsiders have been deceived, and everything is done without knowing it, just wait for Hai Wuxian to choose three empty sieve cups, and wait to collect money.
Who knew that Hai Wuxian didn't want to do the same as the previous times, and directly pointed out the sieve cup with beads. Instead, he stared at the three sieve cups unmoved.
Watching Hai Wuxian hesitate there. Jiang Cong couldn't help but be a little anxious, he couldn't afford to lose his wife and soldiers, he had already put in seven or eight dollars of silver, just waiting for Hai Wuxian to uncover the empty sieve cup, why didn't he do it?
"If I choose two empty sieve cups, will I win?" Hai Wuxian suddenly spoke.
Hearing this, Jiang Cong knew that he had met a master who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger. So he glanced at a few cousins. A figure in the crowd faded away.
"Childe, how can there be such a choice?" Jiang Cong procrastinated.
"How so? Isn't the selection of empty sieve cups the same as the selection of beads? Hai Wuxian said with a frown.
"Childe, we haven't played like this before, or should we play the same way before?" Jiang Cong put his hands in front of his chest and shook his head back.
"Get out of the way! The county is not allowed to gather people to gamble, don't you know? The man in a quick costume shouted. He was followed by a group of servants.
"Come on, take down this gambler!" The catcher pointed at Hai Wuxian and said.
"What? Can't afford to lose? Hai Wuxian stared at Jiang Cong's hand that put away the silver and said.
"Why did Childe say that? Someone from the government is here, and besides, isn't the son still guessing! Jiang Cong quibbled. When they meet a foreigner who can't be pitted, their brothers will privately find a bribed catcher to act. This is their usual style.
Hai Wuxian didn't talk to them anymore, and when a famous officer approached Hai Wuxian, Hai Wuxian grabbed the difference and threw it back. I only heard a "eh", and the messenger made a gesture and lay down on the ground. Jiang Cong's brothers also sneered secretly, waiting for the family to ransom people with silver, and dare to do it to the people of the yamen!
"The Zhenfu Division handles the case, and the idlers disperse immediately!" Before the other servants could come up, Hai Wuxian took out the token of the Suppression Division.
Jiang Cong has never seen anything in the world, and he thought it was a fake brand, which does not mean that others have not seen it. The catcher who shouted before immediately felt as if a thunderbolt had caught in his head, and his limbs suddenly became numb, and he poked there in amazement like half a piece of wood. The Suppression Division can be regarded as the emperor's pro-army. It's time to kill the Jiang brothers, this time they killed Lao Tzu.
"Meet your lordship, I don't know what case your lord is investigating on this trip?" The catcher immediately saluted Hai Wuxian.
"This arrest is tracking down the fugitives from the imperial court, but he was entangled by these people, presumably these people are the accomplices of the fugitives!" Hai Wuxian said with a sneer.
When he heard Hai Wuxian's words, he immediately stared at Jiang Cong's brothers. He also knew that Hai Wuxian was talking nonsense, but he didn't say anything to refute it, so he could only nod his head heavily. What accomplices? He doesn't know about the Jiang Cong brothers, but since they have said it, it means that they don't pursue their own troubles, after all, dead friends don't die poor.
Jiang Cong's face was flushed, his eyes were round, his mouth was so wide open, his brows were wrinkled, and even his hair was shaking. He didn't know that Hai Wuxian was so shameless, he earned seven or eight dollars of silver, and he came to wronged himself, what kind of entanglement, it was you who bumped into it yourself. Jiang Cong's two cousins had already run away when they saw this, and the remaining few were standing around the catcher, and there was nowhere to run.....
Those officers are so serious! Before Hai Wuxian could say anything, Jiang Cong's brothers were pushed to the ground and beaten.
Jiang Cong, who was beaten, was sluggish, his face was pale, and he was a little angry. He really didn't understand it, Hai Wuxian hadn't said anything yet, why did Wang Zhutou start to do it, and he usually gave so much silver to that bastard.
Hai Wuxian was overjoyed, how many days have passed, and the situation of the Seventh Prince's fief has not been very clear, and Sister Comb didn't ask about the fugitive, but just let herself go around the market, maybe she can hear any news, after such a long time, Hai Wuxian is ready to change places, and he actually sent Jiang Cong, the head snake.
Hai Wuxian rode on his horse and looked at the endless stream of pedestrians, and said to Jiang Cong who was following behind, "What is the matter with the blacksmith's shop?" ”
"Back to my lord, according to legend, a few years ago, the owner of the blacksmith shop didn't know where to get a batch of gold to make a fortune, and then moved to another place, the blacksmith shop has been deserted, just some time ago, the shop came to live alone, the time happened to be the same as the day when the fugitive you said arrived in Yizhou," Jiang Cong answered Hai Wuxian's question very attentively, Hai Wuxian said that as long as the fugitive is found, the horse under his body will be given to himself, that horse is a Liangzhou horse, I heard that it is worth thirty-five taels of silver, Jujube red looks festive.
"How far is it?" Hai Wuxian was a little impatient, he had been walking for a long time, if he hadn't heard about the fugitives, Hai Wuxian really didn't want to waste such time and deliberately take a detour to see some blacksmith shop.
"Not far away, not far away! You will be there after the front alley. Jiang Cong hurriedly replied.
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"This is it!" Jiang Cong saw the blacksmith shop in front of him, and immediately shouted to Hai Wuxian. All the way, Shanghai Wuxian has been urged several times.
The blacksmith shop did not look like it was inhabited, it looked deserted, and the door was locked. Hai Wuxian walked over expressionlessly, suddenly raised his foot, and kicked the door of the blacksmith shop. The feet are heavy, and the door lock has rusted because it has not been taken care of for many years.
"Bang!" The two door panels were kicked open by Hai Wuxian.
Iron piers, sledgehammers and other necessities and even coals and other fuels were placed in the corner, the oven was set in the opposite corner, and the whole house was covered with dust, Hai Wuxian walked to a table and touched it, there was no sign of any recent occupancy. The windows inside were also boarded up, and the doors were locked so that no one could enter.
At this moment, there was a "click", and the door that was kicked open by Hai Wuxian was closed from the outside. "Click!" It was too late for Hai Wuxian to turn around and run back, the door was locked, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder.
"The lackeys of the Pacification Division, hum!"
It's not Jiang Cong's voice, it's another person's voice. Hai Wuxian couldn't think of who it was, this blacksmith shop was very remote, just now there were only two people him, Jiang Cong, and no one else was found, and no one followed him on the road, that person was here at the beginning? What is the purpose? Everything is against his cloth bureau? When did he start getting into the innings? Is it the man of the Seven Princes or the hand of a fugitive? Is it the same person who killed Tie Zhengsha?
"Ignition!" There was no time for Hai Wuxian to continue thinking, and the man outside had already shouted.
“.. Boom.." The blacksmith shop collapsed.