Xiao Qiongzhi shook his head: "No, our wolves have all been beaten by my uncle." ”

"So, how many wolves did your uncle fight this time, and how many have been sold?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"There are fifty-two in all, and four have been given to the people who help fight the wolves, and fifteen have been sold, and there should be thirty-three left." Xiao Qiongzhi replied truthfully.

Anyway, all the wolves have been pulled to the county to be sold, and this matter should not be hidden from him.

After all, there are many people coming and going in restaurants, and it is very easy to inquire about news.

"The fifteen you sold were sold to the shopkeeper of the 'rich family', right?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Yes." Xiao Qiongzhi nodded.

admired the shopkeeper's ability in his heart, and he could guess at once that it was the "rich family" who refused to buy it, and he must have been keeping an eye on the movements of the "rich family", and he did a lot of hard work.

"I can buy all the wolves you have left at the price that the treasurer of the 'rich family' gave you. However, there are only twenty-five wolves here, and there are eight more, where? Can you send it right away? The shopkeeper asked curiously.

Xiao Qiongzhi still said truthfully: "Those eight were pulled by my second uncle and one of my aunts to sell, I can't guarantee that they are still there now, but if you want, I can go to them after selling these wolves, and sell the rest to you." ”

"Okay, that's it!" The shopkeeper is as refreshing as the shopkeeper of "Wealth".

Next, it is to call the wolf and count the money.

Twenty-five wolves, a total of nine hundred and seventeen catties, a total of one thousand nine hundred and eight hundred and eight taels of silver, and the shopkeeper added one or two or two coins, and gave one thousand nine hundred and ten taels of silver.

Xiao Qiongzhi asked the shopkeeper to give three silver bills of 500 taels, four silver bills of 100 taels, and 10 taels of silver.

The shopkeeper did so.

After getting the money, Xiao Qiongzhi and Zheng Bang went to the streets and alleys near the county yamen to find Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong.

As a result, they all went around in a circle, but they didn't see their shadows.

Xiao Qiongzhi had no choice but to let Zheng Bang take her again, follow the original road, and go back.

At the same time, I asked along the way if anyone saw Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong.

However, passing through two side streets and alleys one after another, I did not inquire about their whereabouts.

It's also weird.

Xiao Qiongzhi was very anxious, and when he entered a place called Tongqian Lane, he was about to ask passers-by again, when an ox cart suddenly appeared in front of him.

The ox pulled by this ox cart is an old ox with an old head, and a small handful of golden hair grows on its head and between its eyes, which looks very chic.

This morning, Zhou Dayong drove this ox cart into the city.

However, it was not him who was driving this ox cart now, but a tall and burly strange middle-aged man.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately realized that Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong might have had an accident.

She pointed at the man and said to Zheng Bang in a deep voice: "Uncle, catch him quickly!" ”

Zheng Bang also recognized the ox pulling the cart and realized that Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong might have had an accident.

He immediately stopped the ox cart, carried Xiao Qiongzhi on his back, swept to the front of the ox cart, drew his sword from his waist, put it on the neck of the person driving the ox cart, and commanded in a deep voice: "Say! How did you get this ox cart? ”

"Good, good man spare his life! This ox cart of mine was given to me by my master's brother-in-law. The middle-aged man looked tall and burly, very timid, frightened as if his face was ashes, and he spoke not only with a thick trill, but also a little stammering.

Zheng Bang put the sword on his neck, sent it slightly again, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is your master?" Who is his brother-in-law? ”

"I, my master, is called Chu Yunqing, and he, his brother-in-law, is called Zhu Yu." The middle-aged man was even more scared, and answered honestly.

Xiao Qiongzhi was taken aback.

Chu Yunniang once told her that her younger brother was called Chu Yunqing.

This Chu Mansion can't be so coincidental, it happens to be Chu Yunniang's maiden home, right?

"Where are Chu Yunqing and Zhu Yu now?" Zheng Bang continued to ask.

"Chu, Chu Yunqing the year before last, after entering high school, went to Chujing to be an official, and has not been in Chu Mansion. Zhu, Zhu Yu are here. The middle-aged man replied.

Chu Yunqing was a high school jinshi the year before last, and it seems that this Chu Mansion is really Chu Yunniang's maiden family.

Xiao Qiongzhi's expression was a little more interesting.

"Where is the Chu Mansion?" Zheng Bang then asked.

"From this alley, in the direction where I came, walk, walk more than 100 meters, and it is the back door of Chu and Chu Mansion." The middle-aged man stretched out his hand while pointing in the direction behind him.

Zheng Bang has a bottom in his heart.

He stunned the middle-aged man with one palm, tied two ox carts to a camphor tree not far away, and then called a mother-in-law who poked her head out from the back door of a nearby yard to secretly watch the excitement, and threw her a piece of broken silver, so that she could watch the ox cart well.

The mother-in-law saw with her own eyes how Zheng Bang treated middle-aged people, for fear that Zheng Bang would not believe her, so she quickly nodded her head and replied, "Yes." ”。

Zheng Bang carried Xiao Qiongzhi on his back and strode towards the back door of the Chu Mansion.

Soon, it was at the door.

From the outside, this back door is relatively tall enough to accommodate an ox cart to enter and exit.

The middle-aged man just now should have come out of here in an ox cart.

The door was closed, but I could faintly hear the sound of whipping from inside and Liu Wuxiu's loud cursing.

Zheng Bang was so anxious to save people that he didn't bother to knock on the door.

He directly carried light skills, carried Xiao Qiongzhi on his back, climbed over the wall, avoided the people of the Chu Mansion who came and went, and walked in the direction where the whipping sound came.

Soon, there is a small courtyard to the west.

There is no plaque on the gate of the courtyard, it is not like a normal place to live, the door is closed.

Zheng Bang still chose to carry light work, carrying Xiao Qiongzhi on his back, and climbed over the wall.

In the courtyard, there are only three rooms.

The sound of the whipping came from the middle room.

This room is larger, and the main entrance is open.

Zhou Dayong seemed to have fainted, and was left not far from the door, not moving.

Liu Wuxiu was pushed down in the middle of the room with his hands tied behind his back.

There was blood at the corners of her mouth, her flesh was blurred, and there were several pools of scarlet blood on the ground beside her.

A young man who looked like a dog, dressed in brocade and carrying a thumb-thick whip with thin thorns in his hand, was pumping at her fiercely, and at the same time asked sharply: "Do you say it or not?" ”

Beside him, there were four middle-aged men in cloth clothes, giggling and cheering.

However, they all turned their backs to Zheng Bang and Xiao Qiongzhi, and they didn't notice their arrival.

Xiao Qiongzhi angrily pointed at the young man in brocade and the four middle-aged men, leaned into Zheng Bang's ear, and whispered: "Uncle, you first point the acupuncture points of these three beasts from behind, so that they all faint and can't see us, and then, save Aunt Liu and my second uncle." ”

"Okay." Zheng Bang replied in a low voice and immediately did so.

After Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong were rescued, they were pleasantly surprised.

Zheng Bang deliberately pulled Xiao Qiongzhi outside the house, and whispered to her: "I took a closer look just now, your second uncle was knocked unconscious before, and he had a big bag on his head, but the problem is not too big, but it is your Aunt Liu, her injury is too serious, I'm afraid it ......."

"I'm afraid of what?" Xiao Qiongzhi couldn't help but feel nervous.