XIII. Goodbye Ma V

The handwriting on the cat's skin is mottled, although it is a little scribbled, but it is also neat and clear, it is actually Mrs. Niu's notes, although Niu Erzhu has not read any fourth uncle, but since he was a child, he was taught by the old lady, and he also knows a lot of words.

It turned out that Mrs. Niu had already calculated that Erzhu had a catastrophe in the past few days, and this catastrophe was caused by the gang fight, Mrs. Niu had the intention to let her grandson quit the gang and be an honest person with ordinary duties. Niu Erzhu is a posthumous child, congenital insufficiency, and later died of his mother, there is a saying in the old society, called Shuangke parents, legend has it that this kind of person is born hard, specializing in relatives and friends, and his own fate is not very good, not to mention the poverty of a lifetime, but also disasters, accidentally lost his life, not to mention those lonely ghosts who are secretly watching. Mrs. Niu herself has a lot of connections with those things, and she can't help them for a while, so she has to resign herself to fate for the time being and secretly protect Da Shao. On that day, Da Shao was in distress in Dengyinglou, and it was Mrs. Niu who used a puppet made of paper to block the disaster and saved Erzhu's life. Originally, this puppet was going to send his grandson out of the city and take refuge in a secluded place for a while, but he was broken by a basin of footwashing water, and he was not lightly injured, and he could no longer save others, so he had to leave home first and find a place to treat his injuries. Before leaving, Mrs. Tai pinched her fingers and learned that Niu Erzhu's prison disaster was really not light, so she left a worm mother in her house in advance and ordered him to plant a corpse worm in Da Shao's body for self-defense in times of danger. It is also speculated that the Shandong Gang will not give up, firstly, Niu Erzhu injured the gang leader with hot oil, and secondly, the two of them ruined their plan to drive away the Green Gang, and if they want to suppress the Green Gang in the future, it will be a lot of trouble, and they will inevitably get rid of the two in the cell. Mrs. Tai felt sorry for Sun, wrapped a kitten in the cat skin of a three-tailed civet cat, and ordered it to lead the wild cats in the city to startle the dead corpses, so as to help Niu Erzhu escape the crime of killing the prisoner.

The letter also mentioned the origin of the Shandong gang leader, this person's name is Li Fu, who was originally a scoundrel, black-hearted, and absolutely bad things. But there is a chance that a few years ago, he suddenly made a fortune and saved an old man who almost starved to death, this old man is a master, proficient in the evil method of manipulating dead corpses, and is the descendant of the "corpse official" who disappeared in the rivers and lakes long ago. The profession of corpse officials has been prominent since the Ming Dynasty, and reached its peak in the prosperous era of Kangqian in the Qing Dynasty, with no less than tens of thousands of disciples, specializing in using dead corpses to steal and commit adultery, and do some despicable things, similar to the corpse chasers in Xiangxi. However, although the corpse is weird, it is also entrusted by people, and eats with ability, although there are occasional traitors, but it is also a legitimate industry in the rivers and lakes, and the "corpse officials" are all treacherous people, who are enemies of righteous men and gentlemen, and are ashamed of the people in the rivers and lakes. Most of the congregations entered the White Lotus Sect and secretly rebelled against the imperial court, and were later massively killed by the Qing court. Li Fu has the help of the old man, since then he has become more and more arrogant, recruited some outlaws, and gradually became a tyrant in Shandong, this time with the Qing Gang, he wanted to use a few dead corpses to establish a foothold in Tianjin City, who wants to be disturbed by the three rats and Niu Erzhu. Li Fu held a grudge, he knew that there were many adults in the Qing Gang, and there were many capable people among them, and if he wanted to repeat his old skills, he was afraid that he would not be able to bargain, so he had to assassinate the two of them to vent his anger. Li Fu took the initiative to find the "hook man" and handed over the gang that was fighting with Niu Erzhu and Sanmozi, but in fact, the man himself died a long time ago, forcing the Qing Gang to hand over the two, and secretly bribed the jailer to lock up the two bodies together, so that they could be punished for beating the co-defendant to death the next day!

At the end of the letter, the two were warned that the catastrophe was not over, and as long as they were still in the cell, Li Fu and the old man behind him would not give up, and it was better to find a way to get out of prison as soon as possible. Mrs. Niu was not lightly injured this time, and the place where she recuperated was not close to Tianjin, so she could not protect the two of them, so she had to tell Niu Erzhu and the three rats to be cautious, not to be strong in case of trouble, and to try to avoid this catastrophe.

After Niu Erzhu read the letter, he and the three rats looked at each other, and were stunned for an hour, the things in the letter were strange and absurd, unbelievable, but the matter had come to this, but I had to believe it. Niu Erzhu secretly sighed that his grandmother had good intentions, and he was angry that Li Fu was scheming, and he had a heart of revenge in his heart. But now that I'm squatting in prison, it's useless to think about anything, thinking about it, or the old lady is right, it's right to find a way to get out of prison, but this burning down the grain depot is not a small crime, and now that such a dead body has been added, where is there anything light? Unless there is a way to escape from prison, Niu Erzhu looked at the three rats, and couldn't help but feel bitter, although this kid is used to digging doors and stealing holes, it is not difficult to open a lock, but unfortunately he is too timid, you have to tell him about escaping from prison, he can kneel down for you on the spot!

Niu Erzhu racked his brains, still did not have an accurate idea, it was still early at this time, the crisis had gone, and sleepiness hit his heart unconsciously. Da Shao had something in his heart, and he didn't dare to fall asleep, so he was dazed for a while, and the sky was bright. The guards in the prison are all night owls, fooling around outside for a night, and then they all come back to sleep. Niu Erzhu was in a trance, listening to the sound of the cell door, two jailers broke in, and without saying a word, he went directly to the dead body. Erzhu knew in his heart that these two people must have been bought by Li Fu, and he and the three rats said that they would have to suffer a little bit today. Sure enough, the two grandsons pretended to look through the corpse, and suddenly shouted and shouted, saying that there were dead people in the prison, and no one could get out of the cell, so it must be these two boys who killed the prisoner in order to collude with each other. In the old days, the prisoners in the prison were the jailers' punching bag, and it was common for you to serve him badly, and to be beaten and scolded, not to mention that today you have found an excuse? The two grandsons took off the whip without saying a word and whipped it the two of them, if you want to talk about Niu Erzhu's ability, it is easy to deal with these two guys, but if you do it against the guards, it will be reasonable and unreasonable, so you have to dodge left and right, and keep pleading in your mouth. These two guys fought for a while, but they aroused the anger of the public, and the men in Tianjin City were so uneven, hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at it, aren't you bullying people? Everyone shouted, and the two grandsons didn't dare to exert their might, who was going to blow up the camp but got heavy? There is a mistake and two mistakes, and burying them is not enough to atone! What's more, there are people in the jailers who are bought by Ma Siye, these people have received money from the Qing Gang, but they don't dare to let Niu Erzhu and the three rats suffer a big loss, everyone persuades them to live and persuade them, and the two finally escaped, but this matter is not over, and the dead people in the prison can't hide it, the jailer reported it on the same day, and sent a thorough investigation from above, and sent a forensic doctor after noon.

Naturally, this matter can't be hidden from the Qing Gang and the Shandong Gang, and some of the jailers have already sent a letter to Ma Siye, and before noon, the Qing Gang came, and it was not Ma Si who came, but his younger brother Ma Wu. The three rats remembered whether to eat or not, and looked at Ma Wuye from a distance for a while, and suddenly turned back to Niu Erzhu and said: "Second brother, I think this Ma Lao Wu is a little weird!" ”