Chapter 229: Human Traffickers
Zhang Kuo changed his mouth unprecedentedly, and Hemai was naturally moved.
She looked back at her smiling cheeks, pursed her lips, and walked straight over.
Zhang Kuo stretched out his hand to help her get on the horse, but was ignored by He Maibai's eye knife.
He Mai's seemingly soft and slender body was very dexterous and sensitive, stepping on the stirrups and holding the reins, and turning over on the horse in a very neat posture.
Grabbing the reins, He Mai stared at the stunned Zhang Kuo under the horse, and stretched out his hand to him with a slight smile, "Get on the horse!" ”
Zhang Kuo was surprised, grabbed Hemai's outstretched hand and got on the horse.
After getting on the horse, He Mai realized the embarrassment of the two riding together.
Just now she showed off her skills in front of Zhang Kuo, and her careful thinking was just to want Zhang Kuo not to underestimate herself.
But now Zhang Kuo is sitting behind her, and the distance between the two is extremely close, which makes He Mai feel very uncomfortable.
With such an intimate gesture and an appropriate distance, she is really not used to being like this with someone other than Rokuro!
After a few steps, He Mai tightened the reins and stopped the horse.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Kuo behind him looked at the wheat in front of him playfully, and asked lazily.
He Mai hesitated, "Zhang Jiejie, why don't you go down?" ”
Zhang Kuo was stunned, "What?" ”
"You go down, I'll go by myself, okay?" He Mai leaned halfway to the side and said to him with a sincere face.
Zhang Kuo looked at the elegant and distinct little face, with an extremely sincere expression on his face, which actually made him feel irresistible.
He shook his head and smiled, "This is my horse, why should I give it to you?" ”
"But you won't be able to help you if you go, and maybe you'll make trouble for me." He Mai said seriously, "Although you used to be a head catcher, but now that you have been demoted, you can't say anything in the yamen?" You still don't go, I saw Rokuro pick him up and come back, your horse, I'll give it back to you soon. ”
Zhang Kuo's eyes widened in surprise, "How do you know that I can't speak in the Yamen?" I'll tell you the truth, I only got ...... in the morning."
"Wheat!" A gentle shout rang out not far away.
He Mai, who was frowning and listening impatiently to Zhang Kuo's speech, heard this shout, his surprised little face changed color instantly, and he turned his head to see the person who shouted him, and the whole person was full of joy!
"Rokuro!"
He Mai knew that it was Rokuro who came back just by listening to the voice, and when he saw Rokuro driving a donkey cart calling himself from a distance, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, quickly turned over and dismounted, and ran happily towards Rokuro.
Zhang Kuo looked at Hemai's happy figure and ran to Liulang with some distraction, and his happy appearance was like a yellow warbler singing loudly.
"I was about to go to Lijiazhuang to look for you, and you will come back!" He Mai was overjoyed, holding Liulang's arm and refusing to let go, his little face was mixed with surprise and worry, "Is there something wrong with Lijiazhuang?" Did you implicate it? Why are you back so late, I'm worried about you! ”
"Silly girl, something happened to Lijiazhuang, but I didn't do anything, how could it implicate me? I knew you were worried, so I rushed back without stopping. Liulang patiently replied to He Mai, "How can you run to Lijiazhuang by yourself?" How dangerous it is, did I tell you? ”
He Mai grinned, "It's not my own, I have Zhang Street Division with me!" She casually pointed behind her head, "Zhang Jiesi's horse borrowed me, and we were about to look for you!" ”
Behind him, Zhang Kuo walked over leisurely, sneered when he heard the words, and sneered: "Isn't this the time to say that I'm useless?" Brother Yang, I want to expose you to this little lady, she just wants to go to Lijiazhuang alone! I said I wanted to go with her, but she said she wouldn't say anything, and said I was a trouble! ”
He Mai was embarrassed and argued: "Why don't I remember what I said? You're afraid you've got your ears wrong! ”
"Okay, okay," Liulang smiled and hugged Hemai's shoulder, and said softly, "No matter what, I always have to thank Brother Zhang for helping." With Brother Zhang here, I am much more relieved about Hemai's business on weekdays. ”
Zhang Kuo waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Actually, I haven't helped anything except for this one storefront, if you really want to thank me, you should let me go to your house for a drink one day, and then have a good competition." ”
He said and glanced at He Mai, "I remember last time that your little lady said that she was going to invite me to drink, why did she stop moving, could it be that she didn't count?" ”
"Well, I'm free today, why don't you go back with us?" Rokuro smiled and invited Zhang Kuo.
Zhang Kuo shook his head, "Not today!" I'm going to go to Huafeng Pavilion next day, another day, another day, don't delay it any longer! ”
As he spoke, he said goodbye to Liulang Hemai, and when he left, he stared at Hemai with meaningful eyes.
Zhang Kuo left, He Mai felt much more comfortable, and pouted at his back, "Why is he like this?" These things that help others, he doesn't do it happily at all! ”
"Didn't it help you after all? After all, we are outsiders, and we can't ask for anything. Rokuro soothed Hemai and looked at Zhang Kuo's back, and after a while he picked up the donkey cart and prepared to go home.
On the way, He Mai asked about the siege of Lijiazhuang again, and Liulang told her about the scene at that time, and He Mai knew that the officers and soldiers surrounding Lijiazhuang was not an order from above, but from a trafficker who did not recruit himself-Zhao Shun.
Zhao Shun, that is, Zhao's younger brother and Lin Hemiao's uncle.
He Mai was shocked when he heard it, "Zhao Shun...... Is it a human trafficker? ”
Rokuro nodded and talked in a deep voice about today's day.
Previously, Zhao Shun got a good job in the yamen under Lin Hemiao's matchmaking, and he was very proud in the yamen.
But Zhao Shun was not satisfied with the oil and water earned by being an official, but set his eyes on those bad things that were not seen.
He took advantage of his position to find single girls on the outskirts of the town and at the docks, and tried his best to knock them unconscious and send them to the Qinglou to sell them for a good price.
Because he was wearing the official uniform of the yamen, even if someone saw him carrying a sack on his shoulder, no one asked what it was.
As a result, Zhao Shun's "business" is getting bigger and bigger, and his heart is getting darker and darker.
And yesterday, Zhao Shun had just returned to the Yamen, but he bumped into two outsiders who came to the Yamen.
The two outsiders didn't know how to see Zhao Shun's eccentricity, but after trying it, they tried Zhao Shun's panic, and when they saw the portraits held by the two people, they ran away with a weak heart.
When he returned home, Zhao Shun packed up his soft and couldn't find a place to hide, so he went to Lijiazhuang in Yong'an Town in a panic to seek the protection of his niece.
And the yamen also acted quickly, and after investigating the ins and outs of the matter, he went to the Li Mansion with a wanted warrant from the government to ask for someone.