Qiu San was still afraid to say at the beginning, but when he saw that Chen Nian had been looking at him with a smile, he emboldened himself and said: "The little ones don't dare to ask for any benefits, if the big heroes can do this business smoothly, please also ask the big heroes to reward the little ones with a little soup, just a few pieces of broken silver, so that Xiao Bao can take it back to his wife to eat." ”

Chen Nian nodded slowly, and admitted: "This is easy to say, if this transaction can be successful, I naturally can't lose you." ”

With her words, Qiu San's face showed joy, and he said repeatedly: "Thank you Daxia, thank you Daxia." ”

Chen Nian pondered for a moment, and then said: "In this way, a few of you will first stare at Yang Gui's movements, and see which day he will go to the outer house, and then we will do it." ”

Qiu San was puzzled when he heard this, and wondered: "Why did you do it when Yang Gui was in the outer house?" There are little servants around him, in case he ......"

Chen Nian interrupted him, "I have a point, you don't need to ask, just do it." ”

Qiu San didn't dare to ask more, so he answered the letter suspiciously, and agreed on the contact method with Chen Nian, and then left with a few of his subordinates. Who knew that he hadn't walked a few steps, but he heard Chen Nian calling him from behind. He turned around with caution, and saw that Chen Nian had a small dart in her hand at some point, jumping and playing like a live fish between her fingers.

"Third Brother Qiu, I'll give you something to play with!" Chen Nian smiled, raised his wrist slightly, and the dart turned into a ray of light and flew towards Qiu San, grazing his scalp and inserting it into the bun.

Qiu San's scalp only felt that his scalp was tense for a while, and he was already stupid with fright, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, smiled reluctantly, and thanked him one after another: "Thank you Daxia, thank you Daxia." ”

Chen Nian raised his hand absently and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”

After Qiu San and the others had walked away, Ye Xiaoqi came over from the side and asked Chen Nian quite suspiciously, "What are you doing with Yang Gui's trouble?" We can't hide from the people who guard the city, so why do we want to provoke them? ”

Chen Nian tore off the black scarf covering his face at this time, couldn't help but let out a long breath, and walked back with Ye Xiaoqi, while explaining in a low voice: "Just the two of us, the city guard mansion doesn't dare to enter at will, and I can't find a confidant to help inquire, it's really difficult to find the whereabouts of my father-in-law." Since this Yang Gui is the housekeeper of the City Guard Mansion, he naturally knows about Yang Cheng's side, and when the time comes, we will hold him hostage, and we must pry something out of his mouth, at least ask where the righteous father at the pass went that day. ”

Ye Xiaoqi had always listened to Chen Nian's idea, so he nodded, "This can be done, but I'm afraid that Qiu San's design will harm us, don't catch Yang Gui yet, and fold us into it first." ”

Chen Nian had her own plans, and said at the moment: "Let's be more careful, when the time comes, I will be the only one to go in, and you will control Qiu San outside, as long as his life is in our hands, forgive him and don't dare to make it bad." ”

The two discussed in a low voice, first found a secluded and uninhabited place to change the clothes on their bodies, and then returned to the inn to live.

In the next few days, they themselves also secretly investigated Yang Gui, the chief steward of the city guard mansion, and finally got the information that was not much different from what Qiu San said, saying that Yang Gui was kind and ruthless, but he won Yang Cheng's trust, not only in charge of the affairs of Yang Cheng's mansion, but also interfered in the military and political affairs of Qingzhou.

Chen Nian also glanced at him from a distance on the street, and saw that he was around forty years old, not tall, slightly fat, at first glance, he looked good, but the smile on his face looked a little familiar, and after thinking about it, he was a little similar to Wen Fengming, the second master of Qingfeng Village.

There was news from Qiu San that there seemed to be some big man in the city guard's mansion, and Yang Gui had been busy with this matter for the past few days and had never been to the outer house. Although Chen Nian waited anxiously, he didn't dare to break into the city to defend the mansion, so he had to force himself to wait for the opportunity honestly.

After waiting for another two days, Qiu San sent a message saying that in the evening, he saw the mother-in-law of the outer house going out to drink, and estimated that Yang Gui would go over at night. Chen Nian and Ye Xiaoqi were overjoyed when they heard this, changed into the night clothes they had prepared a long time ago, and waited patiently until the dead of night, and then followed Qiu San to Yang Gui's outer house.

Because Yang Gui's wife is powerful, his outer house is also deeply hidden, Chen Nian walked along the winding alleys for a long time, until he reached the east end of the city, Qiu San in front of him stopped, pointed to a house on the left and whispered: "Hero, this is Yang Gui's outer house." ”

After he finished speaking, he put his palm in front of his mouth, and made a few "squeak" mouse meows, followed by two cat meows, both of which were vivid, and I didn't know that there was really a night cat catching mice. Chen Nian and Ye Xiaoqi were surprised, when they saw a short figure running over in the dark, and when they arrived in front of them, they saw that it was the child named Xiaobao.

Xiaobao lowered his voice and said, "Third brother, Yang Gui has entered the door, and there is only one person, and even the little guy has been sent back." ”

Qiu San turned his head and said to Chen Nian: "Hero, there are two entrances in this courtyard, the front yard is lived by a mother-in-law and her man, and Yang Gui lives in the backyard. ”

Chen Nian nodded lightly, and explained to Ye Xiaoqi pointedly: "I'll go in alone, you and Third Brother Qiu are waiting here, in case something happens, light the fire as a number, when the time comes, don't worry about me, don't forget to take care of Third Brother Qiu." As she spoke, she took another pill out of her arms, stuffed it into his mouth without waiting for Qiu San's reaction, and then jerked his chin with her hand, pressing the pill into his throat.

Chen Nian chuckled and said, "Third Brother Qiu, don't be afraid, it's just a pill to suppress shock, so you won't be flustered for a while, don't run around and get lost." ”

When she said this, Qiu San didn't believe it at all, and only thought in his heart that this must be a pill poison, and they were afraid that he would cheat, so they used the pill poison to shock him first. Qiu San was shocked and frightened in his heart, and said with a bitter face: "Don't worry, the little one will definitely guard here, and please give the antidote to the little one as soon as possible." ”

Chen Nian ignored him, but reached out and patted Ye Xiaoqi's shoulder, and whispered, "Be careful." ”

Ye Xiaoqi nodded, "Don't worry." ”

Chen Nian turned to look at the wall, took two steps back, jumped up with the help of running and put his hand on the wall, and rolled up lightly, and the person was already quietly squatting on the wall. She lay quietly on the wall for a moment, and then she made a gesture to Ye Xiaoqi that everything was okay, and then the person fell into the courtyard like a fallen leaf.

Ye Xiaoqi and Qiu San, who were outside the wall, couldn't help but sigh secretly, one thought that if she had this clever composure when she robbed the road that day, why would she ask someone to rob her; The other thinks that where is this hero, it is clearly a good piece of material to be a thief!

Let's not say that the two of them are waiting anxiously here, but that Chen Nian is there, and she has already seen the situation in the courtyard carefully when she was on the wall. The courtyard is not large, there are three main rooms on the north side, and two side rooms on the left and right, except for one on the main landlord's side that is still lit, the rest of the houses are pitch black.

Chen Nian fell to the ground, sneaked straight and quietly under the window of the main room, and looked in through the crack in the window, and saw that Yang Gui was the only one inside, and his face was no longer the smile of the day, and he was pouring himself a few plates of side dishes with a calm face. Chen Nian thought about it, first found the room where Yang Gui's outer room mother and son lived and went down, blew two pipes of smoke into it, and after several of them were asleep, they returned to the outside of Yang Gui's house.

Because the lights were still on in the house, she couldn't blow any more smoke, so she simply pushed the door and went in, but Yang Gui didn't even raise his head, but said angrily: "I told you to stay in the house honestly and don't come out, why are you so disobedient!" ”

Chen Nian was a little surprised, and was stunned for a moment before he smiled: "Why is Steward Yang so angry?" ”