Chapter 33: Finding the Underbelly

After discussing with Zhao Li, I walked out of the wine shop, I didn't want to go back to the yamen, but I was afraid that Feng Fatzi would be suspicious, maybe the old fox had already doubted me.

"He Bingcao met with a lot of people today?" As soon as Feng Fatzi saw me, he said, "What is the big thing to discuss or what is the aftermath?" Hahaha. He smiled wickedly.

"You sent someone to follow me?" I glared at him.

"No, no, it's just that a few of my friends happened to run into you and then happened to tell me."

"I will do what I promised to help you, but don't interfere in my life, or don't blame me for breaking the jar."

"That's nature!"

I ignored him and walked back to my room.

Early the next morning, I walked out of the yamen as soon as I got up, and Feng Fatzi called me again: "Where are you going?" Yesterday you said that if you didn't train the officials, I won't pursue it, but you can't do this every day, right? Don't forget that you are still a soldier, as long as you are a soldier for a day, you have to do what a soldier should do. ”

"It seems that I only promised to help you kill the last person, and I didn't say that I would continue to help you train the officer, besides, I don't want to be a soldier Cao, you can find someone to take my place at any time, I thank you!" After saying that, I walked out without looking back, I'm sure Feng Fatzi's face is even more ugly than yesterday, hahaha, who cares about him.

I came to the "Guangxing" wine shop, and Zhao Li saw me and said nervously: "It's bad, it's really not that simple." ”

"What's wrong?" I asked eagerly.

The two of us consciously walked to the small room, Zhao Li frowned, and said: "This bastard surnamed Feng has been prepared for a long time, he blocked the gate of Ailing City, and those who go out and come in must have a certificate written by him himself." Last night my woman and your sister and her children were driven back. ”

"What then? Fight with him to break the net? ”

Although Zhao Li seems to be a reckless man, he seems to be very strategic at the moment, "I can only outwit him." He said calmly.

"Outwitted?" I frowned and said, "He has grasped our weakness, so we can also find a way to find his weakness and restrain each other." ”

"That's right!" Zhao Li grinned, "Do you think about what this traitor loves the most?" ”

"That so-called peerless jade!" I analyzed, "The reason why he tried everything to kill Zhu Tongyu was because of that piece of jade, which is definitely his weakness, as long as we find a way to get his treasure jade, he will naturally be at our mercy." ”

"That's right! As far as he is concerned, that piece of treasure is his life, and if we have his life in our hands, he will definitely have no intention of confronting us, and when the time comes, he will threaten him to let my woman and your sister out of the city first, and then take care of the rest of the matter. ”

I shook my head helplessly and said, "That being said, how do you steal his precious jade?" Obviously, this is not an easy task. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I know a friend, he is a thief, but what he stole was the treasures of those corrupt officials and gentry, and then exchanged them into shell coins and scattered them to the people, which is the so-called 'robbing the rich and helping the poor'." He was quick and very good at light work, and I remember that he had never missed a shot. I'll leave it to him to steal Baoyu this time, and by the way, I brought him today. ”

Zhao Li left the room, and after a while, he brought in a person, neatly dressed and wearing a mask.

"This is Mr. He, who is a soldier in the county government, I mentioned it to you." Zhao Li pointed at me and said to the masked man, "Martial arts are above me, and he is also a righteous gentleman who is jealous and hateful. Zhao Li introduced this masked man to me again, "This is what I just told you, thieves and chivalrous people who rob the rich and help the poor, they generally don't reveal their real names, I don't know his name until now, but the people in the rivers and lakes respect him as the 'cold-faced Buddha'." ”

The cold-faced Buddha and I nodded to each other, and he said lightly: "Feng Xian Ling This person is cunning and cunning, and he has used the power of the government to favor robbers like Zhu Tongyu over the years, and has gained a lot of benefits, and recently annihilated Zhu Tongyu's lair and seized all his treasures. In fact, there is no need for the two of you to say, I have long planned to go to the county government, both of them have been soldiers, and they have some understanding of the terrain of the county government, so they just want to talk to me to facilitate my action. ”

I stood up, imagined myself in the county office, tried to outline the topography of the county government in my mind, and thought as I walked around the house: "The main building of the yamen is concentrated on a north-south axis, from south to north, it is Zhaobi, the gate, the Yimen, the ring stone workshop, the lobby, the second hall, and the third hall. The main hall and the second hall are the halls where Feng Fatzi exercises power, and after the second hall, it is where he lives, and the second officials, miscellaneous officials and officials live on the east and west auxiliary lines. There are three large yamen on the east and west sides, the three on the east side are the officials, the household, and the rites, and the three on the west side are the soldiers, the criminals, and the workers, and the prison is located in the southwest of the hall and outside the instrument gate. ”

"This is the overall structure of the county government? Mr. Ho is sure he remembers correctly. The cold-faced Buddha asked.

"Can't be wrong. This dog thief took Baoyu out of his arms last night and showed it to me, he attached so much importance to Baoyu that he would definitely carry it with him. I said.

Zhao Li hurriedly took over: "No, no, no, I think he will hide Baoyu in the room, and he will put it in his arms when he wants to appreciate Baoyu." Do you think, if he carries it with him all day, if there is a mistake and accidentally bumps Baoyu into it, wouldn't he be distressed to death? ”

The cold-faced Buddha nodded and said, "That makes sense." ”

My right finger couldn't help but stroke my chin and said, "But we don't know where he hid Baoyu." ”

"We don't have to worry about it." Zhao Li smiled and said, "There is no treasure that the cold-faced Buddha can't steal." ”

"Okay, then let's carefully analyze the plan to steal the treasure jade." I said to the cold-faced Buddha, "Mr. Zhao said that you are very good at light skills, and I naturally believe it, but you must be cautious, and remember to bypass the position of the Western Prison when the time comes, because I will train officials here." Feng Fatzi has arranged a lot of servants in the place where he lives these days......"

"Mr. He's saying this makes it more convenient for me to act, and I will definitely live up to your expectations." The cold-faced Buddha said, his eyes cold and firm.

"Excuse me, sir, when will you act?" I asked.

"He Bingcao, this is really inconvenient to say, only the cold-faced Buddha himself knows that he will find a good time to act. It's not that I don't believe you, but I'm afraid that the wall has ears, so it's better to be cautious. Zhao Li said.

"Okay, understand, understand!"

"Then there will be a date! Leave. With that, the cold-faced Buddha left the room.

"How sure are you of this?" I asked Zhao Li.

"Ninety percent." He replied, "Although the cold-faced Buddha has never missed, it is necessary to consider other factors. But I believe in him. ”

Feng Fatzi didn't know where to recruit a group of officials, all of whom were strong.

"There's going to be more trouble these days." Feng Fatzi said with a smile, "I always feel that something big is going to happen, so I recruited a group of strong men as officials, and there are not many, sixty-six, which is auspicious." He Bingcao helped me train these officials so that they could be used by me in the future. ”

"You can find so many servants, why can't you find a place for a soldier to ban me?"

"No, no, no, there is no one to replace your position for the time being, you are of a lot of use, how can I be willing to change you?"

"Whatever you want, but I've already said that I won't do anything about training the servants if I only help you kill the last person." I rejected his request outright.

"I heard that He Bingcao's sister and Zhao Li's woman were in a hurry to get out of the city a while ago? What is the matter with them? ”

"Then I don't know, they have their own business, and I can't care so much."

He leaned into my ear and said, "But that's all I like to do!" You'd better do what I want, at least until you're done. Otherwise, I might have done something excessive. ”

This hateful dog thief threatens me again!

It's been seven days since the last time I discussed stealing jade with Zhao Li and the cold-faced Buddha, why hasn't there been any movement? I don't want to stay in this place for a moment. Could something have gone wrong? I thought uneasily, I couldn't go out and ask clearly, I was almost grounded by Feng Fatzi.

After a few more days, there was still no movement in the county office, the cold-faced Buddha seemed to have evaporated from the world, there was no news about him, and I gradually lost confidence in the matter of stealing jade. If this matter really ends here, I have to think of a way out in advance, if I don't help Feng Fatzi kill people, he will definitely not let me and Sui'er go, but if I go against my own principles and help him kill people, will he really promise me and Sui'er to leave Ailing? Feng Fatzi is a sinister and cunning man, and what he promised me has little credibility, and maybe he will execute me immediately after I help him kill someone.

How good is that?

One day, Feng Fatzi suddenly mentioned to me about helping him kill someone, "Help me kill someone, his real name is unknown." He said.

"How do I know about the people you don't know?"

"The people of the rivers and lakes call it 'cold-faced Buddha'." He looked at me and said.

My heart was shocked, and I pretended to be calm and said, "Help you kill him, are you sure you will let me and my sister go?" ”

Feng Fatzi took out a piece of paper with writing and said: "This is a certificate of leaving the city, you must also know, without my certificate, no one can get out of the city." I've been ready for you for a long time, just waiting for you to help me complete the last task, and it's up to you to do what I say I do. ”

The name of the cold-faced Buddha should be regarded as famous, he robbed the rich and helped the poor, and was naturally respected by the people, but at the same time, he also became a "thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh" for people like Feng Fatzi, it is normal for Feng Fatzi to want to get rid of him, but at this time, let me kill him, which is really a bit tricky. Kill him, Sui'er and I will be fine, but Ailing has one less good person, which breeds the anger of the wicked, and I can't bear it and my conscience is uneasy. But what can you do if you don't kill him?

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