Another day for the Chinese New Year, Shi Keqi wandered on the street, wanting to buy two sets of coarse cloth new clothes for the New Year, the salary was not spent on the salary, so he saved up a few taels of silver to buy some cheap clothes to eat, and a person could also have a well-off year.

Shi Keqi was carrying a few bags of things, including clothes and pants, peanuts, crispy sugar, crispy cookies, and fruits, and was about to return with a full load, when he inadvertently saw an acquaintance walk out of the store in front of him.

Shi Keqi shouted happily: "Little bit." ”

That person was just a little bit, she heard the shouting and looked back, saw that it was Shi Keqi, smiled reluctantly and said, "Such a coincidence, it's you." ”

Shi Keqi saw the smile she squeezed out, and couldn't hide the bitterness under the smile, and sighed in his heart, "Something?"

Xiao Budian was obviously absent-minded, didn't respond casually, had almost no desire to talk, and after a few perfunctory words with Shi Keqi, he proposed to leave.

His curiosity sparked, and he secretly followed her.

Xiao Budian walked quickly, and occasionally looked back, as if he was afraid that he would follow, but fortunately he hid quickly and was not discovered. She swerved through two alleys into a house with a small yard, and hesitated for a moment as she entered.

Every few or a dozen households in the alley have aisles leading to other alleys, and spider webs lead in all directions, and people who are not familiar with it may not be able to get out of it when they walk in.

The house that I didn't click in happened to have an aisle.

Skech pretended to pass by, and walked slowly close to the wall.

There is a two-story window in front of the side of the house, the upper floor is higher than the human head to let in light and ventilation, and the lower floor is covered with a cloth to prevent passers-by from seeing the layout of the home.

A female voice with a sharp voice came from inside: "It's not small, let you go out to buy some New Year's goods for the New Year, why don't you buy a few catties of oranges and persimmons, and don't buy some dry goods, live chickens and ducks, or pull a few new clothes for your nephew." ”

A timid voice sounded: "Auntie, I don't have ...... on me I don't have any money, so I can't buy a lot of things when I earn money in the future. Shi Keqi listened intently, it was the voice of Xiao Bu.

"Yo, you have lived and eaten in my house for so many years, and you have not asked you for a penny. Didn't you go to work for several months this year, how come you have a few taels of silver, and where did the money go?"

“...... Go to see him in prison, so that some money can be seen. ”

"Who is he?"

Xiao Budian bit his lip and didn't speak.

"Heh, I know, you are really affectionate, that person offended General Li, how can you have a chance to come out. This is not only a marriage, but also not ashamed to see others, telling you that there is another family waiting for you to go on a blind date. ”

Xiao Budian's voice was a little louder: "He gave fifty taels of silver to get married, and if something happened to him, go and see what is wrong, I don't see the blind date, I want to go to you." ”

"Is fifty taels a lot, raise you since you were a child, eat, drink, and use money everywhere, more than one hundred and two hundred taels. Aunt Xiaobu's voice raised an octave.

"If you want to make another family business, at least you must return the things that he has set up for his family. ”

"How do I do things, I don't need you to teach me, die Nizi, and dare to talk back, watch me tear your mouth apart. ”

There was a bang, and there was a heavy sound of the door closing in the back room, accompanied by bursts of crying. Immediately afterwards, there was a knock on the door, and the aunt shouted louder: "What are you doing hiding in the house, don't come out for the rest of your life if you have the ability." ”

Shi Keqi didn't want to listen to this anymore, but felt a little bored in his heart, and walked to the front to find someone to inquire about the matter.

The neighbors knew about it, but he asked a few people, and others didn't dare to tell him when they saw him as a stranger.

It turned out that the object of Xiao Bu's appointment was called Liang Shao, who specialized in buying medicinal materials and reselling, and it was said that he received a hundreds of years old Tai Sui, who was learned by Li Sicheng, the guard of Xiangzhou Prefecture, and wanted to buy it for a few taels of silver. Liang Shao received a few hundred taels of silver, of course, he was not willing to sell it at a low price, and was arrested and imprisoned by General Li in collusion with the prefect to find an excuse to sell military funds.

Shi Keqi couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, patted his thigh and shouted: "It's pitch black in this world, the officials can arrest whoever they want, and there is still a way for the people to live." ”

The old mother grabbed his sleeve and said with fear on her face: "Young man, be quiet, you can't talk nonsense, maybe a servant will come to the door, I think you should leave quickly." ”

Shi Keqi left angrily, found someone to find out the address of General Li's home, observed and remembered on the spot, and then returned to Xiangya Pavilion, when it was nearly dusk. So I ate and drank to nourish my spirit.

At that time, there was a dark shadow in the dark night looking down from a high place, the lights scattered in General Li's mansion, and the houses that stretched out like big black boats, parked on the land docks, and the ridges were like canopies, blending with the dark night.

He sneaked down the wall, intending to reach the center of the house, where his master's bedroom was presumably located, but it was not easy to sneak out at night to find the direction, and from time to time he had to avoid a group of two patrolling soldiers.

As soon as he reached the arched door of a courtyard, there was a sound of footsteps from the side, and he pushed the door, trying to hide inside, but the door was tied from the inside and could not be opened.

Suddenly there was a roar of wolf dogs, and several purebred wolf dogs came out of nowhere, and surrounded him from three sides with a low roar, and two night patrol soldiers arrived when they heard the sound, and someone rang the gong, and the warning sound resounded throughout the courtyard. More people were alarmed and were rushing around.

The man in black was none other than Shi Keqi, and he smiled wryly, never expecting to be discovered the first time he infiltrated the mansion. A slender soldier approached with a spear and shouted: "The crime of trespassing into the official house is not light, if you stubbornly resist, the crime will be increased by one degree, and you will be arrested without restraint, waiting to be released." The wolfhound roared loudly, adding to its momentum.

Shi Keqi chuckled: "It's a crime to break into an official house, but I don't know if your general is guilty of framing good people to smuggle military funds." ”

The soldier said sharply: "I don't understand what you say, just squat down and capture, otherwise the knife and gun will have no eyes." With a swing of the spear, it stabbed him in the body.

Shi Keqi was not sure if what the old mother said was true, but seeing that the soldiers in the general's mansion said something normal in the first sentence, and then stabbed him with a spear, whether he lived or died, he looked a little brutal.

This is true for small soldiers, and even more so for generals.

If he is just a thief who steals things, and his sin does not lead to death, and the same thing happens, most of the guards in the homes of Qing officials and good ministers will be beaten with guns and sticks, so that they can no longer resist and tie up and ask for the reason, and then deal with them lightly or transfer them to the government.

He reached out and snatched the soldier's spear and slammed it on the soldier's forehead, only to hear a muffled thud and the other man was knocked unconscious. Another soldier whistled at this, and several wolfhounds pounced at the same time.

Shi Keqi turned the head of the gun, stabbed into the throat of the middle wolfdog, kicked the right one sideways, kicked the right wolfhound away, and shook his body again, dodging the wolfhound on the left that had already pounced in front of him. Then he jumped up and went down, and the wolf dog on the left was in the air.

He saw that the wolf dog was so ferocious, he must have bitten someone, and he was merciless. The remaining wolfhound rolled around a few times, and when he saw that his two companions were dead, he let out a whimper like a domestic dog, and did not dare to come forward again.

The crowd was full of voices, a group of people arrived, the first one stabbed out like a dragon going out to sea, Shi Keqi waved his spear to meet him, whirring a few times, and the two had already stabbed each other a few times. The man's gun speed quickly surpassed his own, and his heart tightened, he was a master.

After a few moves, Shi Keqi was dwarfed, he was not good at using guns, the bow and arrow he practiced since childhood had been lost in the first battle of the pavilion, and he didn't build it again, and he didn't practice bow and arrow melee combat, even if he brought a bow and arrow, it was useless in a short battle. Seeing this, the man danced faster, stabbed a shot like lightning, and shouted "Hit", and the gun in Shi Keqi's hand was knocked down.

Skech kicked his feet back, popping out a few feet, and the gun followed like a viper.

A fireball burst out, barely a foot from the gunman's head, and he threw his head back to dodge it.

Another fireball flew closer, and with a force of his foot, he leaned back and somersaulted to make the second fireball miss.

After he stood still, he retreated again and again, he was almost hit just now, and he was afraid for a while, thinking that this was a good and insidious fireball technique, and when he met a mage who was agile and good at martial arts, it might not be a good thing to fight closely. He shouted to everyone: "Form a formation, shield in front, form a battle formation, the other party is a mage, watch out for the fireball." "Listen to the tone of the captain or the officer who holds a low-ranking position in the army.

There were already more than twenty soldiers who had arrived at the scene, and after hearing his order, several crossbowmen lined up and raised their crossbow arrows to aim at Shi Keqi.

The other dozen or so soldiers were divided into two groups, the front was covered by shield-bearers erecting shields, and the spear-bearers were hiding behind. The crowd shouted, and spears protruded through the gaps in their shields and slowly pushed forward.

The crossbowman raised his crossbow to aim at Shi Keqi, and the captain said, "Seeing that you are good, give you one last chance to be captured." ”

Shi Keqi smiled: "Okay, but I have one condition." ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"Tie up your general Li Sicheng to me. ”

The captain said angrily: "Release the arrows." ”

Several crossbow arrows were divided into upper, middle and lower three ways to go off the string, and Shi Keqi dodged with an iron plate bridge. After the bounce was raised, he found that the soldiers in the formation were approaching, and he ran away, once the soldiers formed the formation, the combat effectiveness would increase exponentially, and he was not absolutely sure about dealing with this group of soldiers.

Shi Keqi fled very quickly, quickly escaping several courtyards, and the distance between him and the pursuers widened wider and wider, and he was about to climb over the wall and escape. Suddenly, a branch appeared out of thin air, whining and striking him in the leg with great force, and he fell to the ground with a weak knee, unable to get up for a while, and was stabbed by the soldiers who arrived a moment later.

He was taken to a wide hall by the Great Flower. After a while, Li Sicheng, the master of the General's Mansion, came out surrounded by the soldiers of the family, this is a young man with puffy eyes, he is a general at a young age, in charge of thousands of military horses, either his own strength is super strong or the background is too hard, he thought.

Li Sicheng yawned and asked, "Who are you, who are you who have the audacity to go to my house to spread wilderness, and spare your life as soon as possible." ”