Only then did he completely relax and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

showed a chilling smile: "Good girl, you are unjust to the second brother, the second brother is very good to you, send you a glory and wealth, don't forget the second brother in the future!" ”

As he spoke, he got up, helped Mei Xiaotong up with his intact hand, and walked outside.

When he walked to the door, he couldn't spare his hand to open the door, and commanded in a low voice, "Open the door." ”

The door was opened by the little second brother who was guarding outside, and looking at Mei Xiaotong being supported by Mei Changan in a groggy state, his eyes suddenly flashed: "Guest officer? But finished eating? ”

Mei Changan pulled Mei Xiaotong towards herself, and then motioned to the second brother: "The silver is in the purse, take it to settle the bill." ”

The little second brother smiled and untied the purse around Mei Changan's waist: "Okay! Guest, wait a minute, wait for the little one to give you change-"

"No need, I've got you covered!" Mei Changan was very generous, and when he raised his foot, he was about to help Mei Xiaotong and go outside.

The smile on the little second brother's face remained unchanged, and he stopped the two of them with a movement under his feet: "This guest officer, I'll send you out." As for this guest officer, she is a guest of our inn, and if you leave her here, I will have her family called, and I will send her back. I won't bother you! ”

Mei Changan's face changed: "What do you mean by this?" This is my sister-in-law, I am her second brother, this is a reconciliation of our family, we have drunk a little too much, you quickly help my mother and my brother into the yard. There is a difference between men and women, and I can just hold my sister. ”

The little second brother hesitated for a moment, went in to take a look, and sure enough, there were three people lying on the crooked table in the elegant seat.

hurriedly went in and helped Mei Changqing out, leading the way in front: "Guest officer, then please follow me, I'll take you to the backyard——"

Mei Changan nodded and motioned for the second brother to go first.

The second brother helped Mei Changqing down the stairs and went to the backyard.

Mei Changan was angry and helped Mei Xiaotong downstairs.

Seeing that the little second brother didn't pay attention, he helped Mei Xiaotong out of the inn, pushed into a small green cloth sedan chair that had been waiting at the door for a long time, and then explained a few words to the sedan chair man, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal someone to carry the sedan chair away.

He hastily hired a carriage himself, climbed on it, and drove in the other direction.

It wasn't until the sedan chair had gone away that the door next to the private seat where Mei Xiaotong and them had eaten before creaked open.

It was the murderous man and his entourage that Mei Xiaotong had met before, and they had been in the next room all along.

At this moment, there was also an attendant, poking his head out of the open window, and watched the little palanquin turn and disappear.

turned around and said: "Master, there is clearly a problem next door, the little girl is stunned at a glance, and the so-called second brother is not a good person at first glance, so let's really look at it?" Look

A little girl fell into the wolf's den? ”

A bearded man next to him glared at the man and told him not to speak.

The man who was called the master hooked the corners of his mouth slightly: "Do you think that little girl is really stunned?" I heard that her breath was not chaotic at all, but I was afraid that she was pretending to be dizzy, and it was not certain who was the wolf. ”

The attendant by the window was stunned, looked at his grandfather stupidly, and stammered, "No...... Won't it......"

A few attendants next to him laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Haha, stupid, stinky boy, you have to learn a lot in the future!" Wait for the punishment tonight! ”

The attendant by the window looked out of the window in disbelief with a bitter face, scratching his head and not making a sound.

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Let's say that after Mei Xiaotong got on the green cloth sedan chair, he heard Mei Changgui's explanation outside: "Haosheng carried the sedan chair to the back door of the county office, and when he knocked on the door, he said that it was from the Mei family, and naturally someone took it in." After dropping them off, go to the third house on the left hand side of Hat Lane and settle the bill with me. ”

The sedan chair drivers agreed, lifted the sedan chair, and set off leisurely.

Mei Xiaotong secretly opened the sedan curtain, watched Mei Changgui greet a carriage, and went in another direction.

The sedan chair swayed through the crowd, turned into a small alley, and stopped.

Then the sedan curtain was rolled up, and a familiar figure appeared in front of Mei Xiaotong.

Mei Xiaotong looked at An Huahao who appeared in front of her and smiled slightly.

An Huahao looked Mei Xiaotong up and down, and when he saw that her face was as usual, he was relieved and reached out to take Mei Xiaotong down.

Mei Xiaotong got off the sedan chair and looked around, this is a small alley with a back street, no one passes by, and it is extremely clean.

An Huahao saw Mei Xiaotong get off the sedan chair, so he turned his head and ordered: "After you go out for a stick of incense, go to Mei's house to report the news, saying that the sedan chair was hijacked halfway." ”

The sedan chair drivers agreed, and then pulled their hair a few times, rolled on the ground a few times, and made the description a little embarrassed, before carrying the sedan chair again and hurriedly running out of the alley.

Mei Xiaotong smiled and asked, "These are all your people?" When did you get ready? ”

An Huahao nodded: "I have been sending people to keep an eye on Mei Changan in the past few days, and he has been following Gao Jin in the green building for a few days. Then I bought the drug at a high price, saying that I couldn't stand the pain anymore, and I fainted with the drug, and it was better. ”

The doctor in Ping'an Hall gave him the drug and the antidote, and he went back to the county office and Gao Jin didn't know what to say, so he ran to the inn. I received the news and knew that he was afraid that he was going to attack you, so I hurried over. ”

Mei Xiaotong then understood where Mei Changan's drug came from.

"I thought, this Mei Changan has been forced to be in a hurry, so it is better to pretend to be obedient

What he meant, let's hide again halfway, and when Mei Changan has no one to hand over to Gao Jin, see how he explains to Gao Jin-" An Huahao said his plan.

Mei Xiaotong nodded, she has been guarding against Mei Changan in the open, and when there is always negligence, it is better to plan and turn to the dark, but it depends on what Mei Changan does?

The two quietly followed the back of the alley, went around a big circle, arrived at the back door of the inn, and took advantage of no one to get into An Huahao's yard.

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After Mei Changan hurriedly stuffed Mei Xiaotong into the small sedan chair, he was afraid that the people at the inn would catch up, so he hurriedly got into the carriage and rushed home.

When he got home, the Qian family greeted him: "Official, you're back—"

Mei Changan now looks at the enchanting women in the Qinglou, and then looks at the Qian family like looking at the old vegetable gang, which is really unappetizing.

It's just that Mei Xiaotong was finally done today and sent to the county office.

As long as the raw rice is cooked and matured, what if Mei Xiaotong has a lot of strength? Can it compete with a county order? Besides, women, all the bodies are given, what else? Not to accept fate?

When the time comes, he will persuade Mei Xiaotong and coax the antidote, and then the glory and wealth will be at his fingertips.

Thinking about it like this, Mei Changan looked at the Qian family a little more pleasing to the eye.

Nodding, without speaking, he was about to enter the house.

Passing by Qian's side, there was a gust of wind, and Qian vaguely smelled a little wine, and there seemed to be an indescribable aroma of fat powder. Suddenly, her face changed, Mei Changan didn't come back in the past two days, and she was already very nervous.

When I came back, I still smelled of fat powder on my body, and I immediately became vigilant.

followed Mei Changan into the house, poured tea for Mei Changan, and asked: "Official, I haven't come back in the past two days, and I don't have a backbone at home, I'm very scared-"

Mei Changan had a ridiculous night last night, and in the morning because of the effect of the drug, he was also tossed for a long time, and when he went home, he yawned all day, sleepy, and just wanted to climb to the kang and sleep well.

The Qian family is still not interested, and he is chirping crookedly on the side.

Mei Chang'an's heart was on fire, and he was about to shut up the Qian family, when he heard someone outside the courtyard shouting: "Is it the Mei family?" ”

Immediately sent the Qian family out: "You go to see who it is?" ”

Qian had no choice but to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, several embarrassed men rushed in: "Oh no, the sedan chair has been snatched away-"

Qian still didn't understand, and asked in a daze: "What sedan chair was snatched away?" Who are you? What are you doing at my house? ”

Mei Changan just climbed onto the kang,

Hearing the noise outside, what a sedan chair, what was snatched away.

Suddenly, a spirit flipped off the kang and pressed the broken right hand, and he couldn't care about the cold sweat all over his body, so he hurriedly rushed out of the house: "What sedan chair was snatched away?" ”

palanquin

The husband grabbed Mei Changan's wrist and shook it vigorously: "Guest officer, the person in the sedan chair you hired was snatched away-"

"What?" Mei Changan felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fainted.

"What the hell is going on?" It took a long time to come to his senses and ask.

The man at the head cried with a sad face, "Guest officer, this is really not bad for us!" When a few of us carried a sedan chair through an alley with a back street, several people rushed out of nowhere, and beat up our brothers with their heads and faces, and when we came back to our senses, the girl in the sedan chair was gone! ”

Mei Changan almost didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood, and his face was pale: "Then you still don't go looking for it?" ”

The man at the head looked helpless: "With such a big county, where can we find it?" Guest officer, we have also delivered the letter, you see that several of our brothers are still injured, do you have to settle the account with us, and how much of our brothers' medical expenses will be paid? ”

Mei Changan was almost furious: "People were lost by you, it's good that I didn't ask you to hand them over, you still want money?" ”

The man at the head was also impatient: "If it weren't for this business, would our brothers be beaten for nothing?" Today, you have to give this money, and if you don't give it, you can give it! Want to pay off? Brothers, let me in, someone wants to pay the bills-"

As soon as he said hello, several big men rushed over, surrounded Mei Changan, and raised their fists one by one, eager to try.

Mei Changan immediately coaxed, which of these coolie men is reasonable? It's really urgent, I'm afraid I'm going to do it, and finding Mei Xiaotong at this moment is the most important thing.

At that moment, he impatiently took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and threw it to the man who was headed: "This is for you, if you can do me a favor, thank you!" ”

The man who took the head took the broken silver and immediately changed his smiling face: "Please say, what do you need our brother to do?" ”

"Now you go your separate ways and look for the girl in the sedan chair! Find a lot of rewards! You know, this is the person that the county lord fancies, if you find it, don't say it's me, even the county lord has a reward! If you can't find it back, I'll say that you lost people, and when the time comes, the county master will see you explain like this! ”

The faces of several palanquin drivers changed, and they nodded hurriedly: "Let's go look for it immediately, find it right away-"

As they spoke, they glanced at each other and ran out of the house.

Mei Changan couldn't stay still, and was about to go out after him, but was pulled by the Qian family: "Official, what's wrong?" What girl? ”

Mei Changan was originally very impatient, but after thinking about it, he grabbed Qian's family: "You, as well as your father-in-law and mother-in-law, are all going with me to find someone on the street!" Get the little sister back! I have promised the county lord today that I will send people to the backyard of the county government, if I don't find anyone, our family will not live! Just go! ”

When Qian heard this, he didn't bother to ask more

, hurriedly entered the house and called out her father and mother, and the family went out in a hurry.

When I went out, everyone was a little overwhelmed, where to find a girl in such a big county?

Mei Changan gritted his teeth: "Let's look for it separately, whether we can find it before dark or not, we have to go home and meet!" ”

He now got Gao Jin because he wanted to send Mei Xiaotong to Gao Jin

Seeing that his arm was inconvenient, Gao Jin also deliberately gave Mei Changan a few people.

Mei Changan has been in Qicheng for half a year, and he doesn't have any manpower, so if he wants to find someone at this moment, he can naturally only find these few people from Gao Jin.

As soon as he said that he was looking for someone for the county magistrate, those few people didn't dare to shirk it, so they were busy and showed their magic to find someone.

As a result, it was dark until evening, but no news came.

Mei Changan was almost exhausted, and rushed back to the gate of his yard with a few people holding the last trace of expectation.

Qian and her father and mother were also busy all afternoon, they have only been in Qicheng for half a year, where is the way?

I had to ask people on the street stupidly, but my mouth was dry, my feet were blistered with blood, and I didn't get any useful news.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that I rushed home.

Seeing Mei Changan's expectant eyes, the three of them shook their heads, indicating that they hadn't found it.

Looking at Mei Changan's almost desperate expression, Qian's father asked carefully: "Who can snatch people away on the street?" It's not that I said, your girl is so strong, who dares to rob her? Didn't she knock the sedan chair driver unconscious, and then ran away by herself, right? ”

Mei Changan's eyes lit up, and he was desperate, but he still held on to the last glimmer of hope and ran to the inn with his people.

When he arrived at the inn, he rushed in, grabbed a little second brother and asked, "Which yard does the Mei family live in?" Take me to them! ”

The little second brother was stunned when he saw Mei Changan, and then looked at the person behind him, his eyes suddenly changed, and he looked at the shopkeeper behind the counter without a trace.

The shopkeeper nodded, and the little second brother put on a smiling face: "Guest officer, please come with me." ”

Saying that, he took Mei Changan and his party to the backyard, and the courtyard where the Mei family lived was quiet and quiet, and no sound could be heard at all.

Xiao Er took the person to the gate of the courtyard and went back.

Several rooms were hidden, Mei Changan pushed open the door, and the Mei family who were still asleep were lying on the kang.

With trembling hands, Mei Changan took out a snuffbox from his arms, picked out a little ointment, and applied it under everyone's nose.

After a while, the Mei family woke up leisurely.

looked around, and saw Mei Changan stunned: "Why are you still here?" ”

Mei Changan didn't care about anything else, grabbed Mei Changqing and asked, "Have you seen the little sister?" ”

"Little sister?" Mei Changqing just woke up, her brain was still a little dizzy, and she said casually: "Isn't my little sister with us?" ”

While talking, he looked around the house, and saw that this was the courtyard of the inn, so he put his mind at ease first, and then looked at Mei Changan's face, Mei Changqing became suspicious.

Turned over and ran off the kang to the next room.

Mrs. Li next door also woke up, only to feel top-heavy, and then saw Mei Changqing rushing in, looking around the room, her voice changed: "Mother, do you see my little sister?" ”

Mrs. Li was still a little dizzy: "Isn't your little sister just me-"

looked left and right, but didn't see anyone, "What are you looking for your little sister?" Isn't she in the yard? No, aren't we eating in front of us? Why did you go back to the house? ”

Mrs. Li also realized that something was wrong.

Mei Changqing's voice was dry and hoarse: "Little sister must have had an accident!" The second brute, there was a problem with the lunch meal! We've all fainted, he must have drugged us! Now that my little sister is gone, he's in the next room, and he's asking us about my little sister's whereabouts—"

Mrs. Li's eyes were dark, her blood was surging, and she almost fell on the kang.

Shaking his head, he finally sobered himself up, and stretched out his hand: "Third child, help me over-"

Mei Changqing hurriedly helped Mrs. Li to get off the kang, and only pounced on the room next to her. Mei Changan was asking Tianhu at the moment if he had seen Mei Xiaotong.

Mrs. Li also saw Mei Changan, and suddenly her head was no longer dizzy, her eyes were not dizzy, her eyes were not dazzled, and she was full of strength, and she pounced at once, throwing Mei Changan to the ground.

Mei Changan's injured wrist made another soft sound, and Mei Changan's eyes darkened in pain.

Then his scalp hurt for a while, and Mrs. Li's hands were tightly choked at his hair, and her knees were against his waist, making him struggle for a long time, and he couldn't get up.

The people who came with him wanted to help, but this time, this is a matter of other people's mother and son, and it is not easy to interfere.

Although it seems that there is no common heaven in front of him, where is this mother and son having an overnight feud, tomorrow they will all be fine, and these people are not people inside and out.

Therefore, they all stood silently to the side, loading wood. "Say, where did you get Xiaotong?" Mrs. Li hated blood in her eyes, her old daughter, her Xiaotong, her heart and liver, if there was really a good one, she would have to ask Mei Changan to pay for her life!

Mei Changan refused to say anything.

(End of chapter)