At three o'clock in the night fast, the nine gates of the inner city of the capital have been closed in order, but the hundreds of streets in the outer city are still brightly lit. Taizu's decree that there was no curfew had already been abolished during the reign of Taizong, but after all, the ancestral family law could not be completely discarded, so the night ban in the outer city was one hour later than the inner city, and it became a common rule. For hundreds of years, the outer city of Jingshi was also the only place in the world where people still came and went before 3 o'clock.

The New Year is approaching, and the civil and military officials and ordinary people in the capital have to purchase New Year's goods to prepare for the New Year, so almost all the merchants from the south, the north and the south gather at this moment to the outer city. New silk from Jiangnan, tea from Fujian, honey fruit from Guangdong, leather goods from Liaodong, cotton cloth from Songjiang............ There are all kinds of goods, which also makes the provincial capitals in the outer city crowded, and inns and so on are also hard to find.

After all, the intrigue in the court cannot completely affect the extravagance of this prosperous era.

At this moment, in the square building of a restaurant with the widest area on Qianmen Street, the three small buildings outside are of course singing and dancing, and the depths of several small courtyards inside are boundless spring.

This is not the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, but it is better than those places, because the wealthy businessmen who come and go here only need to mention their preferences to Xiao Er, and immediately someone will send a note to those courtyards on their behalf, asking for singers to have singers, dancers to dancers, and girls to accompany wine. There is even a saying that there are good things in private, that is, these are modeled after Taizu's unscrupulous celebration party after winning the battle.

At this moment, in the midst of countless panting and moaning, there were three spacious rooms where only sheng singing and dancing were heard. A bearded middle-aged man on the seat holds a wine cup in his left hand, splashes ink in his right hand, and with his pen flying, the four beauties on the paper gradually become vivid, whether it is the ** looming under the light veil, or the skirt of the clothes that flutter with the movements, or the expression of disgust and joy, all of them are lifelike, and even the two big men guarding on the side can't help but be amazed. When the painting was finally finished, the painter lifted the jug and drank bitterly, and one of the big men stepped forward.

"Mr. Liu, this painting can be given to our brothers as before......"

"Take it if you want, what nonsense you do!"

The Holy Hand Liu didn't look back, and in the end he simply lifted the lid of the wine jug and drank bitterly, regardless of the wine wetting his clothes, and finally threw the wine jug casually" He sat down with a butt, and the corners of his eyes flashed The two people who were holding their paintings over there as if they had obtained a treasure showed a sneer on the corner of their mouths.

"These fools who see money, how can Lao Tzu's paintings be so easy to take? There are only a few places in the whole capital that can distinguish Lao Tzu's authentic works and quality, and with the cleverness of that kid, "I think it's only been in this day or two...*......"

After muttering for a while, he simply closed his eyes and directly lay down on the case. Sure enough, after a while, he heard a soft call from behind him, followed by two pushes. He deliberately remained motionless, and at this time, the two people behind him yelled at the dancing girls. Suddenly, the sound of the bamboo orchestra just now was completely gone, replaced by the smug smile of the two people behind him.

"This time to be able to spread such a god of wealth, it is really the luck of our brothers for several lifetimes!"

"Isn't it? Originally, I was worried that people would run away, but who knew that this one was drunk and dreamed of death and didn't care at all. Fortunately, this place belongs to our master, otherwise it would be difficult to invite such a beauty to sing and dance every day, and you would not be able to get such a painting! Hey, "Do you know, I went to Duoyunxuan that day, and after someone identified the authenticity, they immediately opened this number*......"

"Five hundred taels? God...... We've got quite a few of them! Don't say it, Fifth Brother Feng, you didn't let people target you, did you? You must know that "the guy behind him is the famous Luo Shizi, and he has the power and money to have people, in case he is targeted at "......"

"Don't worry" where did Lao Tzu come from? The ability of this trick to cunning rabbit three holes has not been seen through for so many years. Unless he, Luo Xu, has three heads, six arms, and twelve eyes, even if someone is watching, he will never find me! Besides, "The death deeds of those singers are all in the hands of the master, who dares to tell this thing out of their lives?" ”

Hearing this, Holy Hand Liu couldn't help but sink in his heart. For so many days, he had been acting dissolute, as if he didn't care about what was being detained, and even in a frenzied state, he asked these people to find paint brushes and rice paper for him, and he painted all day long, except for watching singing, dancing and drinking, but they were still silent in front of him, even if he pretended to be drunk many times. At this moment, they were so unscrupulous, and they were so confident, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition, as if it confirmed his worries, and he only felt that something hard suddenly was on his back. At that moment, he only felt that his whole body was stiff, even if he tried to relax, but the heaviness of his breathing and his body's reaction could not be hidden. Sure enough, after only a moment, there was a sneer behind him.

"Mr. Liu, do you think you've been pretending garlic, and our brothers don't know? If possible, Brother Ran and his brothers don't want to leave your cash cow, but unfortunately no one dares to disobey the master's orders. Besides, if you leave, this authentic handbook of hand Liu can be more valuable, right? Don't worry, our brothers will definitely do the work a little brighter......"

said that it was too late, and the holy hand Liu suddenly jumped up on a bunch of tables, and was hit hard in the back of the head. At that moment, while he felt that the world was spinning, he also gave birth to an indescribable sadness and indignation.

Luo Xu, where did you kid die!

Seeing the Holy Hand Liu fall on the case, the two men looked at each other and smiled. Fifth Brother Feng suddenly stepped on his toes, and found that the person did not move at all, so he clapped his hands and smiled: "It's done, after he fainted, he can't pretend to be like that." I have to go back there, you look here, this place has already been completely cleaned up, from the shopkeeper to the bottom of the head dare not make a noise, plus the few people I left, there will be no problem with such a helpless chicken guarding him*......"

"Fifth Brother Feng, don't worry, there won't be any mistakes in the safekeeping!"

The two stopped arguing, and the fifth brother nodded and put on a gray cloak and walked out of the house. When he looked around, seeing that there was no movement, he suddenly puffed out his cheeks and let out a sharp whistle, and immediately after, the two men rushed out. He didn't speak, just made a gesture and walked out with the people.

At this time, in the highest box of the three-story building facing the street, a person by a prismatic window gently lowered the bracket and turned around: "Brother Yang, this time thanks to your suggestion, otherwise I'm afraid I'm really going to lose that guy." I'm going to save people later, and the three of them will have to trouble you. ”

"You can rest assured that you ......"

Yang Jinzhou, who was in the corner, pulled on his hood and went out without saying a word. Seeing him leave, Luo Xu shrugged his shoulders, walked to the window and looked around for a while, and then opened the bead curtain and went to the compartment next to him. Seeing that a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears was shaking like chaff, and he didn't dare to make a sound, he walked forward slowly, and looked at him with a smile.

"It's all about this, do you still have to carry it for others*......" Seeing that the middle-aged man still didn't speak despite the beads of sweat rolling on his forehead, Luo Xu ignored him anymore, and only nodded at a man in black in the corner and said, "Boss Zhu, I'm really embarrassed that I have to work for you to help me in the trouble I caused...... Later, if the people from the Nancheng Terracotta Division come, I will bother you to block it! ”

"Tired ass...... Liu Lao Er, such a ghostly person, actually got himself to this situation, my face was dull for the first time, and it was an outsider who found this place first! The man in black swept away the steady appearance when he was standing still just now, and a series of foul words came out of his mouth, "his grandmother, I know the people in the Nancheng Terracotta Division the best, you don't have to worry about that one." Just let it go, I'll let the little ones out there watch it for you! ”

The middle-aged man who was held to his neck with a knife saw the big man in black striding out, seeing Luo Xu's gesture, and the other man with a knife in the room also left without saying a word, he used all his strength before he shouted in a trembling voice: "Lord Shizi, you are not afraid...... I'm not afraid of the one behind our building......"

"What is the master or not, there is only one master in this capital and even in the whole world!" Luo Xu turned his head, put down such a sentence word by word, and then grinned again, revealing a mouth full of white teeth, "As for offending, the people I offended are gone, and I don't care about one more than that." It's you, you don't want to die now, but your master won't believe it, and it's still a death when you turn back. If you tell me the truth, then maybe I can still give you a way to live. ”

The middle-aged man's already pale face suddenly lost its blood color at this moment. He stiffened for a moment, but when he heard a miserable snort that seemed to have his throat cut out of nowhere, he finally couldn't help it, and the brocade under his ass seemed to suddenly turn into a red-hot charcoal fire, forcing him to bounce up like a rabbit.

"I ...... I say! ”

In the dark night, the gongs and drums of the curfew in the outer city gradually sounded. Only most of those happy people continued to enjoy themselves, and there were not many pedestrians in a hurry on the road.

As a result, following the three people of Fifth Brother Feng has become an extremely skillful thing.

Although he was reluctant to talk about his previous deeds in Jinyiwei, at this moment, Yang Jinzhou thanked the old Qianhu who taught him a lot of unique skills for the first time, and thanked the dozen or so people he brought out from there for the first time. If it weren't for this, what Luo Xu entrusted would not have gone so smoothly, and it would be impossible to find it here at this moment.

Seeing the gate on the opposite side slowly close, he still remained motionless when he emerged from the dark shadow, until the door opened a crack again, and a head suddenly stretched out to look left and right, and then retracted, and the door closed tightly.

Yang Jinzhou only came out at this time, pulled down his hood and looked at the place, frowning thoughtfully.

At this time, Qin Hu's voice came from behind him: "How could it be here?" My lord, this is a carriage and horse shop under Jinyiwei, didn't we come here in the first place? I heard that from the south to the north, almost all of them have a monopoly. ”