Chapter 401: The Trap (Part II)
Zhu Jialai knocked vigorously at the door, and knocked on a stick of incense before someone in the house responded: "Who?" Loud and noisy in the big night"
As soon as the door opened, a lean old man in his fifties came out, dressed in a domestic cloth robe: "Who are you?" Do you know whose house this is? How dare you go wild here."
The people from the Zhu family sneered, and without answering, they were about to break in, but the old man took a step to the side and blocked him: "What are you going to do?" If you have a grudge against Chen Laosi, he is not here, you can go elsewhere to find him."
When the man heard that Chen Laosi was not there, he stopped: "He is not there?" And what about his wife? Old man, don't fool people, I can inquire clearly, their family left the palace, and they are here to make a living."
"That's true." The old man slowly stretched out his fingers and dusted his cuffs, "Their family was originally here, but our uncle was on a business trip, so my grandmother went back to her parents' house, forgot to bring a few important luggage, and sent a message back to ask him to send it over, so naturally I am not here today." You have to find him and his wife, and come back in two days. ”
"No," the man said loudly, "It's okay if he's not there, it's not him I'm looking for, you tell me honestly, did you take in two children?" Let me tell you, that is our Zhu family's enemy Chen Laosi and my Zhu family have been friends for decades, knowing that they have an enmity with me, they actually dare to take them in, this is clearly slapping our Zhu family in the face"
The old man's face turned blank when he heard this: "What child?" Who doesn't have children? We have children here, but we all have fathers and mothers, how can we have an enmity with you? I don't even know what you're talking about," he said, closing the door.
"You ......" the man quickly clung to the door panel, "it doesn't matter if you don't admit it, let me in, I recognize those two little cubs, if you can't find it, count me offended"
"Fart" the old man's eyes widened, "Who knows what you're going to do?" The master is not at home, before leaving, he ordered to strictly guard the door, and the family is not allowed to enter and exit casually, let you in, the master is back, I must have no good fruit to eat, hurry up and roll for me, what is it?"
The man didn't take him to heart, and was about to see the opportunity to rush in, but he didn't expect that the old man had a lot of strength, and he held a thick wooden deadbolt in his hand and struck it down, and his arm was so painful and numb that he almost lost consciousness. Although he was full of anger, he was not stupid, and seeing more and more people rushing over in the front yard, he had to retreat outside the door and ask through gritted teeth: "Old immortal, do you dare to say that you didn't take in those two little cubs?" Let me tell you, it was the imperial court that you stopped me today, and you may stop the officers and soldiers tomorrow? ”
The old man sneered: "I don't need you to bother, our master is also an official, how can we take in the Qin prisoner?" If you are sure that the prisoner you said is really here, just call the officers and soldiers to arrest him."
The man also sneered: "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow...... It's you who regret it," he said, turning around and leaving.
The old man grimaced and glanced alertly out the door, but saw nothing in the darkness. Behind him, a man dressed as a housekeeper stepped forward and asked softly, "Lao Zhang, what's wrong?" ”
"Something isn't right." The old man turned his back and replied in a low voice, "Just now I always felt that someone was peeking over here, but I couldn't see anyone. It could be that the idea has arrived. ”
The man was a little surprised: "But the people guarding the city gate said that they didn't see any suspicious people waiting to enter the city" They had discussed it privately, and felt that the time might be too tight, Princess Zheng and her entourage encountered an accident and temporarily stopped at the residence outside the city, which was in the afternoon, and there were Taiwei Zheng's soldiers and horses guarding that area, and there was the eyes and ears of the Pingyang General Administration outside, even if Shen Tu was able to break through the heavy troops and sneak in, it would take some time to come to Princess Zheng, it would take time to speak, and it would take time for him to sneak out. Since King Zheng fled to the vicinity, Kang Nan's garrison Liu Dongxing came forward to persuade the prefect of Kang Cheng to readjust the opening and closing time of the city gate, and the gate was closed as soon as the sun set, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without the order of the government. If Shen Tugang is single, and he looks so tall and conspicuous, if he wants to enter the city, he will definitely have to work hard, maybe he will not be able to act until tomorrow.
The old man groaned slightly: "Having said that, you must not be unguarded. We have dealt with him several times, and each time we have to suffer a big loss, we can't underestimate his order, step up our precautions tonight, and never ask someone to steal the people inside. Maybe something will happen tonight. ”
"Then ......," the man thought for a moment, "what about the Zhu family?" Originally, we were going to ask him to come a few more times, but if we were going to act tonight, should we stop them so as not to cause any trouble? ”
"Ignore it." The old man smiled contemptuously, "Just let them make trouble, but don't let them in." When we leak the news to them, we want to lead others to be fooled, but we don't intend to treat them as our own people, as if we are really innocent and have enough confidence. He's going to spoil our business, and we just happened to catch it together."
The man understood, remembered the old man's words, rolled his eyes, and raised his voice: "Old Zhangtou, if they really make trouble tomorrow, it's not fun." When grandpa and grandma come back and know, they will blame us for mishandling things and losing our family's face. It's not too late now, why don't I go to the prefect and ask them to ignore those people's nonsense? ”
The old man understood and shouted, "How can they have the guts? Ignore them, if they really dare to make trouble, it's not too late to report to the official. Really, this is all the trouble caused by that Chen Laosi, wait for him to come back, see if I can spare him"
The two of them closed the door together, and then continued to gossip about the dishes for dinner, and a pair of lanterns hanging under the eaves outside the door gave off a dim light, and in the dark night, a dark shadow silently touched the stone drum by the door.
This person was Shen Tugang, he approached cautiously, listened carefully, and had already heard the conversation between the old man and the family member clearly. This family seems to be the family of several abandoned slaves in King Kang's Mansion who defected after leaving, and the head of the family should also be an official, but today the husband and wife are not there, and the people of the Zhu family are looking for the person named Chen Laosi, who must have something to do with the little prince of King Kang's Mansion and the prince, maybe he is one of the people who took them in, but he did this, I don't know if he got the master's permission? The man went out on an errand, and the hostess went back to her parents' house...... Chen Laosi and his wife left later, and the owner of this house may not know that the servants have taken in the prince of Zheng Wang So that the prince will be in danger, not to mention what the owner of the house will do after knowing the news, just the Zhu family who left just now may bring officers and soldiers to search for people and must find the prince as soon as possible
With his mind in mind, he turned and jumped into the darkness, lurking and waiting for his moment.
Half an hour later, before Liu Dongxing finished his conversation with Gu Wenliang, he received an urgent call from the General Affairs Department, and he had to get up and apologize: "Second brother, I'm really sorry, I have business ......."
The anxious look on Gu Wenliang's face has gone a little: "Naturally, official business is important, you can go." I'm just afraid in my heart, if the prince of Zheng is fake, once Taiwei Zheng sends people back and lets people know, I can't escape the charge of negligence if I arrest people. Since you have been prepared, I will be relieved. ”
Liu Dongxing smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay." You don't know the appearance of the princess and the prince, since you have already discovered the flaw, and you have clearly warned Taiwei Zheng, it is his business if he doesn't listen, and it has nothing to do with you. The second brother might as well stay at home for two days, and then go back when the results come out. ”
Gu Wenliang said with a smile: "That's it, some time ago, because of King Zheng's rebellion, as well as the placement of Princess Zheng and the prince, I was busy taking the officials to inspect the county, and there was a lot of backlog of official affairs in the county government. Since I have told you all the worries in my heart, I will make up another paperwork tomorrow to be implemented, so go back, and when I ask in the future, there will be black and white words to prove my innocence. ”
Liu Dongxing didn't say anything, Shu Ping came to urge him again, and he hurriedly said goodbye and left. Wen Yi rushed over after hearing the news, but only had time to send him out. Looking at his distant back, she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
When she returned to the main room, she found that Dong Niangh was missing, so she asked Runxin, and Runxin said, "Mrs. Gu just passed her on, saying that she had something to ask her." Wen Yi was puzzled, and after a while, she saw Dong Kui coming back, so she asked, "What did the eldest aunt ask you?" ”
Dong Que said: "The eldest lady heard that our house was bought from Young Master Han, and his family has other properties, so she asked me where Young Master Han lives, and plans to go to him tomorrow to ask if there is any empty house to rent." ”
Wen Yi was surprised in her heart, hadn't she mentioned this a long time ago? She asked, "Why did the eldest aunt suddenly remember to rent a house?" ”
Dong Que said: "I said it was for Miss Six." Big * milk, didn't Miss Six say that she would stay in our house for the time being? Why are you renting a house again? ”
Wen Yi frowned, could it be......
When Liu Dongxing arrived at the house where King Zheng temporarily lived, it was already a watchday, and Hu Jinquan and the others all stayed in the woods behind the house, with excitement on their faces. When he looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "What? Got the idea? ”
"Here," Hu Jinquan smiled evilly, "I came alone, a person didn't bring a big weapon, it is estimated that only his soft sword, which just climbed through the back wall"
"Have all the people in the house withdrawn?" Liu Dongxing asked Qin Yunni and others, of course, Prince Zheng and Zhu Jiayi and others should not be lost.
Hu Jinquan grinned and said: "I'm afraid that he will find traces, so he didn't withdraw, and he will ask Prince Zheng to be the bait for a while, and he can't be withdrawn." Don't worry, we have people watching, and we won't tell them to break their skin. The trap we set up finally put people in, and after a while, we will cooperate with the good show, so that he will not come back".
More to, address (to be continued)