Chapter 0048: Night Encounter
The contact between Zhou Qingfeng and the traversal is a great risk to both parties, after all, he still has the official wanted of the Ming Dynasty on his back. But if he doesn't come into contact with his companions, the hard life of crossing the crowd will continue, and he doesn't know what unfortunate ordeal awaits the whole team.
In the briefing, Zhou Qingfeng also explained his current situation. But no one expected this wanted to come so quickly. Now that the crisis is coming, everyone is stunned, Guo Jiaming immediately shouted: "The person who wants to arrest Zhou Qingfeng is not coming at us, let him go out to hide, just stay in the inn." ”
That being said, everyone in the team glared angrily at Guo Jiaming. Even the innkeeper who helped to ventilate the news felt that this person was too unauthentic, and couldn't help but say: "There is a curfew at night in the city, and ordinary people are not allowed to go out." The old man Han outside is also a ruthless person who knows how to spell, if this young master doesn't have great magical powers, otherwise he will be even more troublesome if he goes out. ”
The 'all-eater Taoist' hurriedly took out a few coins of silver and wanted to stuff them into the man's hand, and asked, "Little brother, we are all good people, and we don't want to be evil with the government." It's a pity that I lost my way when I came from afar, and I was really speechless when I met the government. Since this little brother has spoken, he must be able to help a little. ”
During the day, when Zhou Qingfeng settled through the crowd, he took out a lot of broken silver and handed it to 'all-in-one' and others. The 'all-eater' knows best that he must be willing to buy the relationship with silver at the critical time, and he will pay about five dollars as soon as he makes a move, which is not a small windfall. In addition, Zhou Qingfeng used the 'mind confusion technique' on it, which had a miraculous effect.
The innkeeper was originally a little afraid, but seeing that the silver was really hot, he gritted his teeth and said: "It's easy to say that there is no way to lead, the government is not strict in investigation, and it is a big deal to give some silver taels and it will be fine." It's just that this young master is a little troublesome, and it is absolutely impossible for him to hide in the inn, and the small shop will also be implicated. I can lure him out, but whether or not I can avoid the arrest depends on luck. ”
With the help of the local natives, it is naturally better than Zhou Qingfeng going out to take refuge alone. Traversal has also dealt with a lot of officials in the Ming Dynasty in the past month, and knows that the low-level officials are greedy and lazy, as long as they can fool the Han Gui Han Chaye who is eager for revenge, everything else is easy to say.
The innkeeper took Zhou Qingfeng and left through the back door, and the others packed up and went back to their rooms to sleep. At this time, I did hear a burst of shouting and knocking on the street outside, and it was the officials in the city who had nothing to do with it, and expanded the scope of the search, taking the opportunity to ask for money.
Zhou Qingfeng came out of the back door of the inn, feeling that it was dark and cold, and he couldn't see his fingers. The innkeeper led him to an intersection, where he saw several patrol soldiers with torches. With these soldiers here, the inn guys didn't dare to step forward, and Zhou Qingfeng naturally couldn't leave.
...... turning around, the innkeeper led him down another alley in the dark. I just walked for a while and saw that there were still people with torches in front of me, and there were quite a few people on the other side, and even shook the torches to actively search every corner of the night.
The people didn't fight with the officials, and seeing that the people from the government were approaching, the innkeepers were immediately timid. He left Zhou Qingfeng and turned his head to run, not to mention the shortness of breath, and the sound of running footsteps was very loud. The official who was searching heard the movement and hurriedly walked over to see what was going on.
"Damn it!" Zhou Qingfeng scolded in his heart. His spiritual power has recovered a lot, but he is not afraid of a few ordinary officials, and he can completely kill the other party. But the keen hearing brought by the 'Listening Wind Stone' was most effective in the silent night, allowing him to clearly judge the situation of all enemy personnel within twenty or thirty meters of the surrounding area, and he knew that once he made a move, it would be like stabbing a hornet's nest.
The official messenger chased after him, and Zhou Qingfeng could only retreat. He didn't have torches, and the dark alleys needed to be explored by his own hands, and he had to maintain a certain speed under his feet, otherwise the officer with the torch behind him would appear at any time. In this case, he would hit his head against the wall from time to time, and he couldn't cry out in pain after hitting it a few times, until he ran out of the other end of the alley.
It was still dark when he ran out, but Zhou Qingfeng could be sure that he hadn't returned to the direction of the original inn. The chaotic construction of this ancient city is too serious, and it is a wall and a road to see the needles. Now when you go to Beijing's Dongcheng District to see the old hutongs left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties, you will find that those old buildings with extremely expensive land are actually short and small, and the alleys are narrow and crooked.
What a bad luck!
Zhou Qingfeng couldn't figure out where he was now, but he could clearly hear a sound coming from the wind. Someone was saying, 'Master Han, we just saw the kid you were looking for, so we ran along this fork in the road.' However, the brothers are definitely not his opponents, so he can only ask Han Ye to ...... by himself.
The conversation ended with a cold snort, followed by a few small footsteps as they approached. It is accompanied by the crackling of torches and slow breathing, which is the opponent's gathering momentum and preparing to move.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't move rashly, he stood in place and carefully distinguished the surrounding sounds. Although his opponent was trying his best to suppress his breathing, he could still hear the sound of air flowing in and out of his chest with the presence of 'Listening to the Wind Stone'. This voice will go to the left for a while, and then to the right, obviously the alley environment in this place is complicated, and the opponent has suffered losses during the day, and he does not dare to run into it casually.
Just when Zhou Qingfeng was hoping that making a mistake with his opponent would create a chance for him to escape, another sound suddenly came from the wind - it was the sound of a bell shaking with his pace. The crisp sound was heard far and wide in the quiet of the night, and it was very recognizable.
The voice must have been heard there.......
Then another noisy voice also came from the wind, "Miss, Miss, are you okay going home?" The master misses you, and he says that if you don't come home, he will be angry. He asked me to tell you that if you don't go home, I won't give you a tael of silver this month, just watch your 'Happy Forest' close Zhang Daji." ”
It's 'flat feathers', the puppet bird in the Guo family bookstore.
Then the sound of the bell is ......, Guo Jiao.
Zhou Qingfeng hurriedly looked up in the direction where the voice came from, he guessed that there should be a big road across the wall from him, and it was Guo Jiao and the puppet bird 'Flat Feather' walking on the road. Hearing the voices of the master and servant getting closer and closer, the enemy who was originally searching for Zhou Qingfeng also heard it. He didn't seem to want to cause trouble, so he stood quietly, trying to wait for Guo Jiao to leave.
Zhou Qingfeng, who also didn't dare to move, had an idea in his heart, he slowly leaned down and touched the ground, and after touching a fist-sized stone, he estimated the direction of Guo Jiao and threw it over.
The stone flew out silently and landed on the ground with a click. Zhou Qingfeng soon heard a woman's coquettish shout, "Who ......, who is sneaky there?" Get the hell out of here. ”
After a moment of silence in the dark night, Zhou Qingfeng felt a gust of wind blowing overhead, and the enemy who was searching for him jumped over the wall. I heard this person say in a deep voice after he landed: "Miss Guo, Han Gui from the Thousand Households is here, searching for criminals here. Don't blame the eldest lady for disturbing the eldest lady. ”
Zhou Qingfeng heard Guo Jiao coldly shout 'Get out'. Just later, the opponent who forced him to hold his breath responded "yes" again and again, and ran away with his tail between his legs. Zhou Qingfeng, who was on this side of the wall, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that tonight's level had finally passed.
didn't wait for Zhou Qingfeng to speak, but he heard Guo Jiao shout again: "Throw stones, come out for me." Use me as a shield, do you want to forget it? ”
There was a sound of wings flapping, and as soon as Zhou Qingfeng looked up, he saw the 'flat hair' flying to the wall. The puppet bird's two eyes actually lit up like searchlights, and the dazzling light shone on Zhou Qingfeng's body. It croaked, "Miss, who do you think I've caught?" It was the little scoundrel who took advantage of our family last time, and he used you as a shield this time, and he came to take advantage of us again. ”
The 'flat hair' flew to the top of Zhou Qingfeng's head, and as soon as he grabbed his claws, he lifted Zhou Qingfeng and flew up. It was not big, and it actually pulled Zhou Qingfeng off the wall and threw it in front of Guo Jiao on the other side.
The 'flat hair' flew up and landed on Guo Jiao's shoulders again, and the two searchlight-like eyes shone on Zhou Qingfeng, and said triumphantly: "Miss, squeeze his oil and water." Yesterday, the horse market in Fushun Pass was plundered, and the owner asked me to fly to investigate, and I saw with my own eyes that this kid was behind the ghost. Li Yongfang's stupid guy was robbed by him, and he must have money on him. ”
'Flat hair' jumped on Guo Jiao's shoulder, constantly shouting, 'Don't let go of this little scoundrel', 'Don't let him take advantage of us again'. But Guo Jiao only snorted coldly after looking at it a few times, and the word 'roll' popped out of her mouth again, no longer paying attention to Zhou Qingfeng, and strode away.
It's just that Zhou Qingfeng hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hand and shouted, "Sister Guo Jiao, wait." ”
Guo Jiao's footsteps didn't stop, but the 'flat hair' flew up and landed on Zhou Qingfeng's shoulder and asked, "Boy, hand over the money on you." I know you have money on you, and I smell good babies on you. Hurry up and dedicate it to my eldest lady. ”
"Flat hair, the money is owed first, and I will give it later." Zhou Qingfeng said perfunctorily, and chased after Guo Jiao and shouted: "Sister Guo Jiao, can you do me a favor?" How can I ask your father to save my master? ”
Guo Jiao snorted coldly again when she heard this, she stopped and looked at Zhou Qingfeng unhappily and said, "Boy, you really have to make inches." I wasn't helping you just now, it's just that I don't have a good opinion of the officials in this city. You're so cheeky to take advantage. Come and bother me again, believe it or not, where will I throw you to Li Yongfang? That idiot is getting you all over the place right now. ”
After speaking, Guo Jiao started again, but Zhou Qingfeng stopped in front of her again and said, "Sister Guo Jiao, I ......, can I help you with anything?" ”
"Haha...... it's up to you?" Guo Jiao sneered, flashed past Zhou Qingfeng, and walked to the front.
Instead, the 'flat hair' flew to Zhou Qingfeng's shoulder and said: "Give money, give money, just give money." The eldest lady's 'Happy Forest' is going to be unable to open, so if you give money, you will be able to help. ”
Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head and asked, "How much money do you lack?" ”
"Give five thousand taels first." 'Flat Hair' said.
"So much?" Zhou Qingfeng immediately said with a bitter face: "I don't have so much money? ”
"You still want to help if you don't have money? I see, you're here to take advantage. Get out, get out, don't take advantage of our eldest lady again. "'Flat hair' flew up and chased after Guo Jiao, and said intimidatingly: "Don't catch up, otherwise I will peck you."
Zhou Qingfeng could only shout from behind: "Wait......, why are you short of money?" ”
Guo Jiao's master and servant kept at their feet, completely ignoring them.
Zhou Qingfeng shouted again: "I can help you make money, make a lot of money!" ”
Guo Jiao's master and servant still didn't care.
Zhou Qingfeng finally became anxious and shouted loudly: "I dare to rob Li Yongfang's goods, even Nurhachi's money, I not only dare to think, I dare to do it." I can really help you make money. ”
Guo Jiao stopped slightly, and 'Flat Hair' opened her mouth and whispered: "Miss, that little scoundrel is thick-skinned, bold, and has a lot of ghost ideas, and he still has some ability." Why don't you let him help? Otherwise, your 'Happy Forest' really won't be able to open. ”