Chapter Twenty-Three: Night Trouble
Qiao Ran's face turned green: anyone who was brought to this kind of place in the middle of the night would have the same reaction.
The night breeze swept by, and a chill came from the soles of my feet.
"Uncle, I don't have such a good temper!" Qiao Ran watched him step aside, and the wind blew through the mountains and forests, making a sharp whistling sound.
"What are you afraid of?" The old man didn't raise his head, he lowered his head and dug it, "It's just that there is something evil that won't come out at this time," he said and threw a shovel over, "You can help dig it together!" ”
Running to a mass grave in the middle of the night to dig people? No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like something a normal person would do. Qiao Ran hesitated for a moment and picked up the shovel on the ground.
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Tonight is really not a big stop, Jinling City, which has not had anything for a long time, first had a fire tonight, helped to put out the fire and carried people to the hospital in a hurry, the people are so conformist, running around at night, and after the doctor said that the person is gone, he almost has to follow the past of the coffin shop and the funeral will be done...... I finally drove people back, and I had been tossing for most of the night.
The officers and soldiers patrolling the streets breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the quiet streets and alleys ahead, and sighed: "It's okay, what's the toss at night, some sleep quickly!" Looks like we haven't slept yet! ”
......The officers and soldiers behind him walked forward, and as soon as they hit the ground, they stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately they were stopped in time.
"Who, who on the street told you to leave things around?" Complaints began, and as the lanterns flickered, the goose-yellow skirts reflected in the dim light.
It's not a thing, it's a person!
The officers and soldiers gathered around, and the sudden glare made the woman's eyelids tremble on the ground for a moment, and then suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. She raised her hand to cover the blinding light, and only let go of her hand when she got used to it, and when she looked at the officers and soldiers around her, the woman murmured, "Miss......"
The corners of the officers and soldiers at the head twitched: With such a bright light, they can still be regarded as her young lady? Then how anxious this young lady must be!
Calming down, he said loudly: "See clearly? Which one is Miss You? You ......"
A piercing scream interrupted his words, causing the surrounding officers and soldiers to frown.
"Miss! My young lady was taken away! The girl got up from the ground in a hurry and rushed towards them.
Hey, hey, don't die? Seeing that she rushed here regardless of it, the officers and soldiers led by her hurriedly put away the spears in their hands and almost hit the muzzle! The officers and soldiers were frightened into a cold sweat, and then saw that the woman who was desperate had already grabbed his sleeve: "My young lady...... My young lady was taken away! Go and save Miss! Then he began to cry.
It's so ugly to cry, my hair is messy, and I have a big bag on my forehead, as if I hit it somewhere. The officers and soldiers pushed her in disgust: "Hey, Lao Tzu's clothes are newly washed!" Why are you here in the middle of the night? Don't know about the curfew? The first offense will go to prison according to the rules! ”
Suddenly reprimanded, the woman raised her head blankly, there was still a big snot bubble hanging between her nose, and after looking at him in a daze for a moment, she let out a louder cry: "My young lady...... My young lady was taken away! ”
"Got it." The officers and soldiers frowned and looked at her, "You said it several times!" ”
The woman looked at him, and tears flowed down her eyes again: "My young lady ......"
"Got it, got it, you're annoyed!" The officers and soldiers glanced at their sleeves that were rubbed with snot and tears, and took her aside in disgust, "Let's talk about your young lady!" Let's talk about why you ignore the curfew and show up on the street in the middle of the night! ”
The girl was crying breathlessly and looked up at him: "My family ......"
"I know, your young lady was arrested!" The officer and soldier paused as they spoke, and looked at their subordinates with some hesitation.
There was obvious disgust on the faces of his subordinates...... Plus a little bit of unbearability. I don't know why, looking at this girl who doesn't know which family is crying, crying so ugly, it's a little unbearable.
"I don't care about the curfew." The officers and soldiers thought for a while.
The girl didn't notice it, and only muttered with a blank look: "My young lady ......"
"That's it! Tell me who captured your young lady? The officers and soldiers looked at her, "Where did you go?" ”
She shook her head blankly: her eyes were black, and she didn't see anything.
"Can you see the face of the person who captured her?"
The girl nodded vigorously, gritted her teeth and said, "I see clearly, it's a bad old man!" ”
The bad old man sneezed loudly, rubbed his nose, stuck the shovel into the mound on the side, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "The thief's mother's is buried quite deep." ”
After digging for so long, I finally saw a sleeve.
Qiao Ran only felt that the sleeves were a little familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere.
"Here, help lift the man up!" The old man rolled up his sleeves and used his hands to remove the layer of dirt that covered the corpse, revealing the corpse for what it was.
When he saw the true face of the corpse, Rao was as calm as Qiao Ran, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation: "She is ......"
"The mother-in-law who opened the coffin!" The old man snorted coldly, "I don't know if you're gone, but I'll follow you." As soon as the quacks who sat in the hall said that the people were gone, the people who watched the excitement dispersed, and there was no need to act if no one watched the excitement, and the one who opened the coffin shop buried his beautiful mother directly...... Hey, what are you doing? ”
Seeing that the girl suddenly lay down, she didn't do anything at the beginning, but at this time she didn't care about it, grabbed the person and dragged her out, and the old man was startled.
Qiao Ran, who dragged people out of the pit, looked up at him: "You called me here to save her, right?" As the girl spoke, she stretched out her hand, pulled out the hairpin, and stabbed her eyes down without blinking, and beads of blood the size of beans poured out instantly.
She put her finger in front of the old man: "Help! ”
After a moment of panic, an angry rebuke instantly sounded: "Why don't you bleed without saying a word?" How to save people here? The old man said and picked up Na Liniang and ran down the mountain, "Follow me!" ”
Qiao Ran strode after him.
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When the night faded and the day began to lighten, the officers and soldiers finally arrested the scribe who was responsible for painting the portraits.
"I said Tang Zhongyuan, what are you crazy about in the morning? Still don't let people sleep? The clerk yawned and looked at the arresting officer with an unkind face.
"I haven't slept all night!" The officer and soldier named Tang Zhongyuan pursed his lips as he spoke, pointing inside, "If you don't come to paint this portrait, Lao Tzu won't be able to leave today!" ”
An unkempt woman with a bag on her head hurriedly ran out of it when she heard this, and when she saw them speak, she said bluntly: "My young lady ......"
"Alright, alright!" Tang Zhongyuan shouted, "Someone has arrested you, tell him what that bad old man looks like!" ”
The scribe looked at Tang Zhongyuan in surprise: "You were just tossed by this crazy woman all night?" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" I don't know why, it sounds a little weird, but he's a serious person. Tang Zhongyuan glared at the scribe and reprimanded him: "Go to work!" I don't know whose girl lost her own lady, you went to draw for a while and posted it on the list. ”
"I don't know where the bad old man came from, so arrogant!" Tang Zhongyuan said with a sigh, "There are such villains in my Jinling City, this is amazing, you must not let this kind of person go!" ”