Chapter 14: The Man and the Pig
At night, Zhao Haitang slept unsteadily, and always vaguely felt that something was going to happen.
"Miss, you've been up three times, and the old slave will light you with incense for sleep."
"Thank you, Mom Liu."
It's not just that he was uncomfortable with Lei Du just now, but it's also that the warm dragon in the house is too hot, and Zhao Haitang always feels that he is holding his breath for no reason. A smell of fragrance filled his nose, and even though Zhao Haitang was a little uncertain, he also calmed his eyelids in a daze and fell asleep.
"It's water, it's water!"
On the third watch, Zhao Haitang's room suddenly burst into flames, and bursts of smoke rolled into the house.
"Miss, run! It's on fire. ”
I don't know if this soothing incense is too heavy, Zhao Haitang slept very deeply, and it wasn't until Liu's mother shook her that she opened her eyes in a daze.
"Damn Shen Zhi!"
Zhao Haitang's first thought was to rush into the side hall to grab the account book, she almost didn't need to look at the source of the fire to be sure that the account book must have burned.
"Miss, it's too late, run, this fire is too strong, and it has already burned to the main hall."
Liu's mother dragged Zhao Haitang and staggered out of the room, outside the room, the palace maid guard was holding a small bucket in her arms, and after a while, Zhao Haitang's room completely became a water curtain hole.
"Daring, who set fire to this palace?"
The palace maid all the way was holding a lantern, Shen Zhi was holding his hands behind his back, his face was not good, Lei Du was injured, the stone was holding him, and his steps were a little staggering, but he walked a lot faster than Shen Zhi, coughing while walking, his face was full of anxiety.
"Someone, what's going on?"
Shen Zhi was busy asking for the guilt, and Lei Du was slightly relieved when he saw Zhao Haitang standing at the door safely.
"Did it hurt?"
Lei Du looked at Zhao Haitang carefully, Zhao Haitang looked frightened, looked at the burned yard with wooden eyes, and shook his head.
Born in Jiangmen, Zhao Haitang has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is more vigilant than ordinary people, even if he lights the incense to calm the nerves, but he will not be aware of the fire at the door of the house, the only possibility is that the incense not only sleeps, but also makes people unconscious.
So is this fire to burn the ledger or to burn her?
Thinking of this, Zhao Haitang looked at Shen Zhi with cold eyes, Shen Zhi stood at the front, waved his hand and asked, in front of him, the palace maids all the way knelt in a row, and no one could answer Shen Zhi's question. Shen Zhi was angry, and directly threw the sunspot he was holding in his hand to the ground.
"He has been playing chess with me and has never left."
seemed to see through Zhao Haitang's suspicions, Lei Du opened his mouth leisurely, but his eyes fell on the house that had been burned down.
"Brother Shen, what's wrong?"
On the side, Tang Yuru hurried over with a big belly and two palace maids, it was so unpleasant in the morning, Shen Zhi went to Lei Gongzi's room, it was so late, Shen Zhi didn't go back to the room to sleep, and I don't know if he was discussing big things with Lei Gongzi, or with Zhao Haitang......
Tang Yuru couldn't control her thoughts, she didn't have much to sleep, and the maid persuaded Tang Yuru to rest, and shouted outside the door again.
"It's okay, Ru'er, don't panic."
Seeing Tang Yuru coming, Shen Zhi instantly unloaded his anger, he opened his arms, softly hugged Tang Yuru into his arms, and gently patted her back with his big hand, as if he was afraid of scaring her in the slightest.
"Brother Shen, it's okay if you're okay."
Tang Yuru nestled in Shen Zhi's arms, and there was a feeling of being lost and regained, as if she was in another world.
"Lord Wang, your yard, isn't the defense good?"
Zhao Haitang stepped forward leisurely, she had just found out that there was a problem with the account book, and the account book was burned, which was too coincidental.
"Perhaps, there are too many flammable things in Miss Zhao's room."
Shen Zhiming knew that Zhao Haitang doubted him, and he didn't defend himself, but he wouldn't let Zhao Haitang take advantage of him in the slightest.
"Lord Qiqi, it has now been ascertained that the source of the fire was a candle, which was blown down by the wind on the desk, which caused the fire."
The guard's face was full of gray carbon, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Shen Zhi.
Shen Zhi nodded, signaling that he understood, and then hugged Tang Yuru and went back to the room.
Candle? Is this also called a reason? Not to mention the wind, her window is clearly closed, this group of guards obviously doesn't want to check, and Shen Zhi looks angry on the surface, but in fact, he is also conniving at his subordinates.
Sure enough, he couldn't escape the blame!
The sky was bright, and early in the morning, Zhao Haitang found a fast horse and rushed towards the Zhao family's pawnshop. If the ledger is gone, it's gone, and it's good that people are still there.
"Fathers and elders go on a blind date, don't miss it when you pass by, the man-pig war, as long as three dollars, as long as three dollars!"
On the downtown street, a man with a big waist and a round waist held a whip in his hand, and in front of him, there was a cage more than one person high, and in the cage, a man covered with wounds and a barking pig were kept.
"Smack!"
The fat man shook the whip in his hand casually, and the whip hit the man in the cage in response, and in an instant, there was another terrifying scar on his back.
"Liu Daring, kill me!"
The man shouted at the whip-wielding man, his eyes full of despair.
"Don't talk nonsense, you are what I bought with money, so you have to be responsible for making money for me, kill you, and I won't do this loss-making business!"
The fat man smiled evilly, in the crowd, a little boy more than one meter tall, with iron locks on his hands and feet, holding a broken bowl with missing corners, from time to time someone threw coins into the bowl, and some watched the excitement, urging the oily man to start the performance quickly.
"Thank you, thank you for your face!"
The man grinned as he looked at the broken bowl that was almost full, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
"Come, give it to you, and put on a good show!"
The fat man took out a packet of white powder from his arms, Zhao Haitang has been familiar with herbs since he was a child, and he is very sensitive to the smell of medicine. It was the smell of acacia flowers, and it was a purified medicinal powder, once the man got wet, let alone a pig, it was ......
The man's mouth was closed, and his eyes were full of despair.
"This is ten taels of silver, this person, I bought it."
Zhao Haitang tightened the reins in his hand, and the horse's hooves were directly blocked in front of the iron cage.
"Huh? Okay, good, Miss, this pig is also sent to you! ”
Seeing the silver in white flowers, Liu Daring hurriedly handed over the key to the iron cage, as if he was afraid that Zhao Haitang would regret it, took the ingots, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, rushed out of the crowd directly, and ran away.
Zhao Haitang dismounted and opened the cage, and the man rushed out as if he had fled, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed vigorously to thank him.
"Brother!"
The little boy who was holding the broken bowl just now limped into the man's arms, sobbing softly, and did not dare to cry.
"Ling'er is not afraid, not afraid."
The man was also trembling with fright, but he still comforted his brother.
"What's your name?"
"High is also acceptable."
Zhao Haitang looked at everything in front of him coldly, and there was no wave in his eyes.
This person, in the previous life, was a first-class master, who was also on the street back then, and was rescued by the eldest prince, and since then he has been dedicated to the main and loyal, and has become a sword in the hands of the eldest prince, invincible. These are all what Shen Qiyun told her, she heard all the stories before, but she didn't expect that in this life, Zhao Haitang met him crookedly.
The eldest prince, the one who ordered the general's mansion to be raided and cut off her head in the previous life. Whoever becomes the emperor, Zhao Haitang will not cheapen him.
"Take the pig and follow me."
"Miss Xie, Miss Xie!"
The man hurriedly got up, trembling and pulling out the sow in the cage, and there was a burst of laughter in the crowd.
A beautiful lady riding a horse in front of her, and a skinny man in the back leading a big fat pig, this scene really makes people laugh.
didn't take a few steps, and arrived at the pawnshop of the Zhao family, but Zhao Haitang was still in the door, and watched a man with an official hat lead a few officials and walked in.
Zhao Haitang dismounted, and before he entered the door, he saw Qin Shanqing hanging in the center of the lobby, stretching out his long tongue, and on the side, there was a small stool with his feet upside down, and he hanged himself.
"Ahh
Where has the little boy seen such a scene, he was so frightened that he went directly into Gao Yike's arms, Gao Yi pursed his pale mouth, and he was scared when he thought about it, but he was hard and pretended to be calm.
"Lord Wang."
"Wechen has seen Miss Zhao."
Lord Wang of the Imperial History of the City Patrol received a report from the pawnshop early this morning, knowing that this shop is the property of the General's Mansion, and the good thing for the shopkeeper is to commit suicide, otherwise, what will be found out here, and his official position as the Imperial History will not be able to be kept for a few days.
"This case, I have to worry about it."
Zhao Haitang turned around in the lobby, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he suddenly felt that this matter had become clear.
"Miss Qiqi, this shopkeeper should have committed suicide. According to the custom of our dynasty, the suicide ......"
"He didn't kill himself!"
Before Lord Wang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gao Yi behind Zhao Haitang and took over the conversation.
"Who? Dare to roar in court, bold! ”
Lord Wang wanted to be convicted and close the case like this, but who knew that he would bite the gold halfway, which was simply unlucky.
"Lord Wang, this is a person from the General's Mansion, listen to him, if what he says is unreasonable, then he will be guilty of roaring in the court, and your Excellency will take him."
Zhao Haitang didn't mind that there was a dead man hanging in the lobby, so he sat under Qin Shanqing's hanging feet so blatantly, and beckoned the little brother to make a pot of tea and bring it up.
"Wechen don't dare! What is this son's opinion? ”
Lord Wang's face was not good, Miss Zhao said that whoever is from the General's Mansion is the person from the General's Mansion, even if she said that the sow is the pig of the General's Mansion, he does not dare to have any complaints, as the saying goes, the official is crushing people to death.
Zhao Haitang tilted his head and looked at Gao Yike, this person, in this life, does he also have the majesty of the previous life? She wants to see how much real skill this Gao can have.
Gao Yi swallowed his saliva a little nervously and opened his mouth slightly.