Chapter 259: Tossing and turning
"Okay, thank you Brother Xiao for your success."
The grandfather glanced at Miss Gao, looking pitiful, the grandfather raised his hand and touched his body, took out two ingots of gold, stuffed the gold into Miss Gao's hand, and said, "You take the gold, find a place, and live a good life in the future." ”
As soon as Miss Gao heard what the grandfather said, her tears "brushed" and came out again, "Brother, you, won't you take me away, I can do anything for you, laundry and cooking, and be a slave for the lowly......" The grandfather was silent, and Miss Gao grabbed the grandfather again, "Brother, don't leave my sister and me here alone, sister, I'm afraid ......"
Xiao Laodao heard the words on the side, showed a look of disdain, came over to pull Miss Gao away, and pulled the grandfather behind him, and then, Xiao Laodao greeted Xiao Chujiu, turned the carriage, and returned the same way.
Xiao Chujiu quickly turned the carriage around, Xiao Laodao dragged the master into the carriage, Miss Gao wanted to follow up, Xiao Laodao glared at her viciously, and she immediately stopped. At this time, Xiao Chujiu beat the horse and whipped it, and the carriage rolled out a cloud of smoke and dust, leaving Miss Gao in place.
On the carriage, the master understood at this time, Xiao Laodao had to go north before, and now he had to go back the same way, his only purpose was to get rid of this Miss Gao, and in this way, this Miss Gao didn't know where he really went.
After the carriage ran for a while, Miss Gao's cry came: "Brother, don't leave me here alone, I'm afraid, don't leave me here alone, brother ......"
The crying sound sounded quite miserable, the master sighed secretly in his heart, turned his head to look at Xiao Laodao with a resolute face beside him, and stopped talking, this Miss Gao just gave birth to the wrong person, what is her guilt, let alone a lonely and weak woman, who was left in this barren mountain range......
Thinking of this, the grandfather couldn't help but raise his hand to lift the curtain behind the carriage, and when he looked back, he saw Miss Gao looking lost and depressed, running, shouting, and desperately chasing the carriage behind.
"What's wrong, do you feel sorry for her?"
At this time, Xiao Laodao swept the dust and picked the curtain off the master's hand, "Don't look at it anymore, this kind of woman is not worthy of your pity!" ”
When the master heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, and said helplessly: "A few of us big men, throwing a weak woman in the barren mountains and mountains is against the way of chivalry. ”
"What? What chivalrous way? Xiao Laodao sneered and said: "Brother, don't confuse this little girl on the surface, there is a way that there is a father and a daughter, don't look at this little girl's age, she has a lot of eyes, she is a little vixen, ghost!" ”
After the carriage ran forward for a while, the pleading shouts behind could not be heard, this time, Xiao Laodao opened the curtain and looked back, and the grandfather also took the opportunity to take a look, on the road behind, Miss Gao could no longer be seen, and it was estimated that she couldn't catch up with the carriage and gave up. However, Xiao Laodao said at this time: "Just wait and see, this girl will not give up, and sooner or later she will catch up again." ”
The carriage quickly returned to the previous fork in the road, Xiao Laodao asked Xiao Chujiu to stop the carriage, stood on the fork in the road and looked at it, and then beckoned Xiao Chujiu, "Then return the same way." ”
When Xiao Chujiu heard this, he looked puzzled, and asked innocently, "Master, shouldn't we go east, why do we still go back?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "What do you know, that little girl is a ghost, she must have guessed by now that we threw her to the north because we wanted to go east, but we don't want to go east now." ”
Xiao Chujiu scratched his head, "Master, are you so afraid of a little girl?" ”
Xiao Laodao suddenly glared, "I'm not afraid of her, I don't want her to make trouble for us!" ”
The master said: "A little girl who has no power to tie the chicken, what trouble can she give us, I think Brother Xiao is too worried." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, as if he was laughing at the fact that the master was too shallow and his heart was too sincere.
The carriage continued to return the same way, and when it was almost noon, everyone returned to the vicinity of Gaojiazhuang, and stopped at a small town near Gaojiazhuang, and everyone found a tavern to rest and eat.
At this time, it was noon dinner time, although the tavern was not big, but it was full, between the few people eating and drinking, I found that those diners next to me were talking about the matter of Gao Jiazhuang Gao Lao, many people felt sorry for Gao Linshan's death, and some said that the government had begun to investigate, and would not bring the villains who killed Gao Lao to justice, and vowed not to give up.
The master listened to the discussions of the diners, and quietly said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, I don't think it's safe here, let's leave as soon as possible." ”
Xiao Laodao glanced at the grandfather and laughed in a low voice: "Why is it not safe, if you can promise me to meet that little girl again and kill her with a knife, then we will leave now." ”
The master frowned slightly, feeling that what Xiao Lao Dao said was out of tune, and asked, "Brother Xiao, how do you say this?" ”
Xiao Laodao said: "That little girl would never have thought that we would come back, let's stay here for a day or two, and when the little girl is far away, let's go again." ”
When the grandfather heard this, he said: "After all, this is her home, and someone must collect the corpse of Gao Linshan, she should come back, if she goes to the government to report us, we won't be able to leave if we want to." ”
Xiao Laodao said with a smile: "Brother, you underestimate that little girl too much, don't you forget, she is now the identity of the Gaofu maid, as soon as Gao Linshan dies, it is impossible for the gang of thieves in Wangwushan not to know, plus we also slaughtered one of their minions, if she comes back to collect the corpse at this time, won't she be afraid that those thieves will see the horse's feet?" What would happen if those thieves knew that someone had married them for her? This little girl won't come back! ”
When the master heard this, he stopped talking, Xiao Laodao stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a vegetable, put it in his mouth and chewed it a few times, and said: "What we have to do now is to clean up ourselves and pretend to be a passing merchant......
That night, everyone stayed in the town, after dinner, Xiao Laodao asked the shopkeeper to make a bowl of paste on the kitchen, and then, he got a few unwritten seals from nowhere, and the seals were also stamped, Xiao Laodao greeted my grandfather: "You write it, Tongxing Dart Bureau." ”
"What?" The master looked at the seal and was puzzled, Xiao Laodao explained: "The boxes in our carriage must be pasted with this in order to pass the official inspection, from now on, we are the dart master of the Tongxing Dart Bureau, from Luoyang, passing by here, the dart silver will be sent to Tai'an Mansion in Shandong." ”
When the master heard this, this old Taoist priest really had a set, but the master thought about it, after the priceless treasures were sold in Luoyang, he didn't see how many silver taels Xiao Lao Dao got back, could it be that most of the silver taels were let him find the dart bureau and transport them away?
According to Xiao Laodao's meaning, the master quickly wrote the words, Xiao Laodao took it in his hand and looked at it, and praised: "Yes, the words are much more beautiful than the people in their dart game." ”
As soon as the master heard this, he was even more convinced of what he had just thought, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Xiao, where did you get these seals stamped with the seal of the 'Tongxing Dart Bureau'?" ”
Xiao Laodao smiled, "Of course I got it from their dart game." ”
The master asked again, "When have you ever been to the dart game?" ”
Xiao Laodao said bluntly: "When I was in Luoyang, you didn't think about it, so many priceless treasures, how many silver taels you have to exchange, just a few of us, can you get it back, I found a local dart bureau, and later saw that there were seals on their cabinets, so I followed them a few, in case they could use it." After speaking, Xiao Lao Dao laughed strangely, and the master nodded secretly in his heart, and sure enough.
Taking the seals and paste, Taiye and Xiao Laodao got into the carriage and sealed the boxes inside one by one.
Early the next morning, the official officials really came to check, and each guest in the hotel was questioned one by one, and when the number of people in the grandfather was checked, Xiao Laodao came forward alone, saying that the three of them were dart masters, the showgirl girl, Xiao Shiyi, and the ghost monkey, were the "human darts" they held, and there were "money darts" in the car.
When the official asked Xiao Laodao for a pass, Xiao Laodao stuffed a piece of silver into each official, saying that he was betting on a "dark dart" and did not have a pass.
What does the dark dart mean, at that time, it was a black dart, and those darts on the surface were recognized by the government, just like doing business now, with a business license, but, secretly, there are still some dart boards, no flags, no fixed dart venues, and no business licenses, every time they go out, they are pretending to be a bright dart bureau, this kind of dart bureau is generally escorted by unknown black goods, especially some corrupt officials, want to escort some of their own embezzled private goods, and do not want many people to know, I'm going to look for these dark darts. Therefore, the people who bet on the dark darts, the officials and messengers are all tacit, and they dare to offend, what if the bet is the dart of their own boss?
The official errand passed, and the grandfather and the others stayed in the town for another day, until the morning of the third day, when everyone caught up with the carriage and set off. But this time, without waiting to reach the previous fork in the road, he turned east in advance and turned onto a rugged path.
There was nothing to say all the way, and that night, everyone rushed to the Yellow River, but there was no ferry in the vicinity, and everyone walked along the river bank for two or three miles upstream, and finally found a ferry.
At this time, it was already dark, and there were still passenger boats by the river, but everyone was carrying a few boxes of valuables, and it was not suitable to cross the river at night.
Next to the ferry, there are several inns, business is very prosperous, most of the accommodation are merchants from the Yellow River, Xiao Laodao took everyone, found a very inconspicuous small inn to live, when the shop Xiaoer served them wine and food, Xiao Laodao coldly asked the shopkeeper, "Xiaoer, there are other ferries in this area?" ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly replied: "There are a few small ferries, but the ferrymen are okay, and there are no merchant ships, so the big ferry is the one we have here." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he sighed......