Chapter 329: Life and Death
looked at the bowl on the table, Aunt Cui didn't take it, but reached out to hold the jar, and without being urged, she raised her head and poured a few mouthfuls, but she was choked.
There is a whistling sound in the yard, this is the flower street and willow lane, and at night it is full of bustling and lively, which is so loud that it will not attract attention.
Aunt Cui wiped her mouth with her sleeve and gently lowered the wine jar again.
At this time, the door of the main room opened, and the young girl walked over with her slender waist twisted, and glanced at Aunt Cui with slanted eyes.
"Fourth Brother Hou will let you in."
Aunt Cui hurriedly got up, and when everyone saw the young girl, they no longer pestered Aunt Cui, shouting that the young girl would accompany the wine.
Aunt Cui took the opportunity to go to the main room. It's just that along the way, she looked left and right at the wings on both sides of the courtyard, wanting to know where Wu Niang was locked up, until she was about to walk to the main room when she heard the sound of the window lattice of the ear room on the right being gently knocked from the inside.
Aunt Cui's heart moved, her body paused, and she went straight into the main room.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the light in this courtyard was not good, and an oil lamp was lit on a square table in the middle of the main room, even so, it was not very bright, but it filled the room with a pungent smell of lamp oil.
Hou Si was sitting at the table, wiping a knife in his hand that was slightly wider than a dagger with an unrecognizable color.
Seeing Aunt Cui come in, Hou Si's gaze only swept over her, and continued to bow his head to wipe the knife in his hand.
"Where's the second one? How did you get a woman to come? β
Aunt Cui slowly walked in front of Hou Si and knelt down with a "poof".
"Fourth Brother Hou, please let my daughter go, she is still a child and doesn't understand anything."
"Oh, how old is it?" Hou Si sighed on the blade. Nonchalantly.
Aunt Cui was stunned: "Fourteen." β
"Fourteen? It's not small, my mother was only thirteen when she gave birth to me, so I grew shorter than all of them. Hou Si said lightly.
Aunt Cui didn't know how to answer these words. After thinking about it, she looked up at Hou Sidao and said, "Fourth Brother Hou, you let my daughter go." I'll tell you a secret. β
"Oh?" Hou Si raised his eyes with great interest, "What secrets do you know?" Let's start with that. β
Aunt Cui bit her lip: "It's about that batch of golden sand." β
Hou Si's pupils shrank slightly when he heard this. looked at Aunt Cui seriously: "The second child even told you this?" Oh, I really didn't see it, he was still an infatuated species. You're here to talk about it. β
Aunt Cui took a breath: "The picture that Brother Tuesday gave to the master of Jiangzhai is fake. β
Hou Si was silent when he heard this, the air in the room was suffocated for a moment, Aunt Cui was a little drumming in her heart, and she was about to raise her eyes to see Hou Si's expression, but there was a sharp pain on both sides of her cheeks. Hou Si's thin fingers pinched Aunt Cui's chin like iron tongs.
"You want to play tricks in front of me?" Hou Si's expression was very gloomy.
"Nope. I didn't. Aunt Cui wanted to shake her head, but she couldn't move. Half a sound, Hou Si finally put his hand down.
"The picture is indeed fake, there are two places that are deliberately wrong, I know where the mistake is." Aunt Cui reached out and rubbed her face. He said in a low voice, "As long as Fourth Brother Hou releases my daughter, I will tell you." β
Hou Si stared at Aunt Cui for a while, and suddenly smiled weirdly: "You talk to me about conditions?" What kind of thing are you? β
Aunt Cui was startled and looked up at Hou Si.
Hou Si lifted Aunt Cui's collar and dragged her out. Aunt Cui staggered, and finally saw that she was dragged by Hou Si to the ear room, and she couldn't help but be afraid in her heart.
Hou Si unlocked the door of the right ear room with one hand and kicked his foot. Then he walked in with Aunt Cui.
Aunt Cui hurriedly looked into the room, only to see that nothing could be seen in the dim room, but after a while, it lit up, and it turned out that Hou Si lit an oil lamp on the table.
Aunt Cui finally saw the slender figure hugging and retreating in the corner.
"Yue'er......" Aunt Cui's tears are about to fall. She wanted to go over to take a look at Wu Niang, but she was dragged by Hou Si and couldn't move.
Wu Niang raised her head, looked at Aunt Cui's gaze was a little complicated, moved her lips, and still didn't say a word after all.
"Yo, what's this for?" There was a circle of people around the door, all of whom came to see the excitement.
Hou Si threw Aunt Cui to the ground, turned his head and said, "You guys, open that girl's head in front of this girl." Dare to talk to the master about the conditions? I hate to negotiate conditions with people the most. Hou Siyin looked at Aunt Cui fiercely and said.
"No, don't-" Aunt Cui looked desperate, climbed a few steps, and when she arrived in front of Wu Niang, she blocked Wu Niang.
Wu Niang's face was pale and trembling, she was very scared in her heart, and subconsciously tightened the hem of Aunt Cui's clothes in front of her.
"I'll come, I'll comeβI know what I brought back, and naturally I'll come first." One person stood up, and it was the same person who brought Wu Niang back today.
Hou Si didn't speak, only stood to the side, and the rest of the people who saw it did not object. The man rubbed his hands and walked in front of Aunt Cui and Wu Niang.
"Master only gives you one chance, to say it or not to say it. You've got to think about it. Hou Si tugged at the corners of Aunt Cui's mouth.
Aunt Cui turned around and hugged Wu Niang in her arms: "I said, I said." Fourth Brother Hou, don't be angry, it's me who is ignorant, and I admit my mistakes. You can do whatever you want with me, don't hurt her. β
Hou Si crossed his arms and glanced at the man who couldn't wait to step forward to pull people, although the man was a little unwilling, but he still stopped his steps, but he refused to go far, still looking at the two of them.
Aunt Cui is in a dilemma, she was originally deceived by Hou Si, she has seen that picture twice, but she has only seen it twice. She originally wanted to pry Zhou Lao Er to give a fake picture, but unfortunately Zhou Lao Er was a dead brain, not only did she not listen, but she also kicked her out and didn't let her see it. At this moment, Aunt Cui hated Zhou Lao Er so much.
When he was in a dilemma, a voice outside said loudly: "Hou Si, Lao Tzu is here, what are you doing to embarrass two weak women?" There's a kind of let's do it together. β
It's Zhou Lao Er who is here.
Although she was still blaming Zhou Lao Er just now, Aunt Cui was still relieved.
Hou Si glanced at Aunt Cui and smiled with interest: "Heh, I really didn't see that the second child is really a seed of infatuation." That's a little interesting. With that, Hou Si flicked the hem of his clothes and went outside. Naturally, the rest of the people followed.
Aunt Cui went limp and hugged Wu Niang in tears.
"Auntie, I'm so scared." Wu Niang said while trembling.
"Yue'er, don't be afraid, my mother will protect you." Aunt Cui hugged Wu Niang very tightly, as if Wu Niang would be safe.
Outside, there was the sound of fighting, and the sound of a group of people laughing.
Aunt Cui was a little nervous, she pulled Wu Niang up and quietly walked to the door. saw Zhou Lao Er and Hou Si fighting with their bare hands. Hou Si looked at the block that was only half of Zhou Laoer's, but he was flexible, and the two of them couldn't tell the winner after several rounds.
Aunt Cui was secretly anxious.
The two fought inseparably, and finally, Hou Si's physical strength gradually ran out and he fell behind. Aunt Cui was overjoyed in her heart, and Zhou Lao Er also thought that she was about to end the fight with a heavy hand, but when she was close to Hou Si, she suddenly stiffened, and then fell backwards.
Aunt Cui's heart immediately cooled in half, and the comfort of her and Wu Niang was tied to Zhou Laoer.
"Phew! You're cheating! Zhou Lao Er spat out a mouthful of blood, covered the wound on his chest that was constantly dripping blood, and said angrily.
Hou Si wiped the knife in his hand on the hem of his clothes and smiled: "I said that you can't use a knife?" Losing is losing, how can there be so many excuses? β
Zhou Lao Er was so angry that another mouthful of blood spurted out: "your grandfather, despicable villain." According to the rules on our road, the two are not allowed to use weapons in competition. β
Hou Si disdainfully: "Who competed with you?" My purpose is just to keep you dead. β
Zhou Lao Er was extremely angry.
Hou Si walked up to Zhou Lao Er and squatted down, looking at his bleeding wound, and felt extremely proud. He was about to say something, but his heart was cold. Hou Si bowed his head in shock, but saw that an iron cone had been pierced into his chest. The other end of the iron cone was being tightly dragged by Zhou Laoer.
"You-"
It was Zhou Laoer's turn to be proud: "Do you think you will cheat?" Lao Tzu deliberately let you at first. β
Hou Si staggered back a few steps and pointed at Zhou Laoer: "Kill him for me." β
The people around who were originally watching the excitement came forward to surround Zhou Laoer, Zhou Laoer suddenly raised his hand and made a whistle, and immediately, several figures rushed in from the door, it turned out that Zhou Laoer did not come alone.
Originally, there were few people in Zhou Laoer, but I don't know why, many people on Hou Si's side felt a little dizzy and a little vain, and the two sides were even tied.
Zhou Lao Er quickly got up, walked to Aunt Cui and Wu Niang, and lifted one with one hand: "Go." With that, he picked up the two of them and ran out.
Someone over there wanted to chase after him, but the people brought by Zhou Lao Er were blocked, Zhou Lao Er pulled Aunt Cui and Wu Niang to the door, grinned at Aunt Cui and smiled: "Let's go quickly, there is a lot of noise here, I don't have to wait for the government to come later, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you then." β
"You're not leaving?" Aunt Cui said subconsciously.
Zhou Lao Er was stunned for a moment, and was a little happy: "You go first, I'll look for you later." β
Aunt Cui pursed her lips and pulled Wu Niang away.
Zhou Lao Er turned around and went back to the courtyard, but his steps were a little unsteady.
Aunt Cui pulled Wu Niang to run out of the alley, and after walking a short distance, she heard footsteps behind her, and Aunt Cui thought that Zhou Lao Er was chasing her, so she didn't stop.
When they were about to reach the mouth of the alley, the people behind suddenly accelerated their pace. Seeing that she was about to go out, Aunt Cui stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Auntie?" Wu Niang was pulled by Aunt Cui and almost fell, but she looked down at Aunt Cui but was almost frightened. (To be continued)