Chapter 18 Yin and Yang Mistake

The time for Niu Chongtian and Master Shihou to meet has arrived. Shi Hou was very punctual, he arrived early, and then Niu Chongtian also arrived. As soon as Niu Chongtian sat down Shi Hou, he spoke, "I should have prepared everything, did you bring the money?" he said and put a bag in front of him. Niu Chongtian also put the money bag in front of him and said, "The gentleman has something to say in front of him." As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by Shi Hou. "What's going on, you have to change your mind? That's not good, you have to do it according to the pre-determined plan. "You can't change your mind just by saying. But it's troublesome to deal with these poor people, and the amount of money is not enough. I said before that you can be less poor. Niu Chongtian explained. Shi Hou asked angrily: "How much?" Niu Chongtian gestured with his hand and said, "Only eighty taels." If it's too little, we'll push this deal away. "Eighty taels is enough for me. As he spoke, Shi Hou reached out and grabbed the money bag in front of Niu Chongtian. "Master Shi, let's talk about it in advance, no matter how much money there is, I'll take twenty taels of pairs, right?" Niu Chongtian said while covering his money bag. "Then I won't do it. Shi Hou said as he grabbed his baggage and got up to leave. "Don't be in a hurry, my lord, listen to me: the family I am looking for is called Niu Chongtian, and his son was arrested and called Niu Jianwen. That's a very good offspring, and he will definitely not be a bandit. This family is not too poor, and his family sold his house and land to make up eighty taels, which is already good. We can't be too desperate to do this, and we are so poor that we want less money, but there are many such people! The rich and rich people want more, but the rich people have less! When Shi Hou heard this, he said, "Give me seventy taels, and I will give you the key to cell No. 6 and the clothes of these two sets of jailers." "If Lord Shi is one hundred and twenty taels next time, then you say that I want fifty taels, is it okay?" Niu Chongtian did not promise him whether it would be okay or not, but asked him such a question. "Sixty taels is too little! Shi Hou didn't answer the question, and as he spoke, he packed up the baggage he had just spread out and was leaving. Niu Chongtian thought that he must not let him go, so he muttered: "It's too far-sighted! If you don't do it, you won't do it!" Shi Hou didn't leave when he heard this, and said, "You can't blame me for this." It's you who backtracked. "Listen to me, buyers and sellers need to be flexible. If I had met a rich man this time, and he had given one hundred and twenty taels of silver, I would have asked for more money. You will definitely say that it is predetermined, and I can only take twenty taels at a time. You must be glad that you took a hundred taels and I can only take twenty taels, right? But this time we met a not very rich man who gave only eighty taels of silver. I took twenty taels and you don't want to do it. How can we work together for a long time? Even if it does, it will only be a one-shot deal. When you think about it, it's not cost-effective, and you can't make money. Also, the most taboo thing about doing business is not being honest. Shi Hou was a little reluctant to give up the white silver in front of him. said that he wanted to take more, and after listening to Boss Wang's words, he had to agree. He no longer hesitated, and said briskly: "Sixty is sixty! According to what we said beforehand, no matter how much money the buyer gives, you can only take twenty taels." This is something we have said and cannot be changed. Shi Hou's words made Niu Chongtian's heart finally fall to the ground. He thought: "If I succeeded, I finally pushed the price to sixty, otherwise my silver is really not enough, thank God! Niu Chongtian cocked his thumb and said, "Master Shi is quite happy to do things, let's just wait to get rich!" "When the time comes, you can put on this outfit and go to Cell No. 6 to get someone." Shi Hou took out the jailer's outfit and said, "When you come out, you go through the back door, and I'll wait for you there!" Hearing this, Niu Chongtian's heart was much more steady. Now it's up to you to act. He pushed the sixty taels of silver in front of Shi Hou and said, "The sixty taels of silver are here." Shi Hou took the silver and looked at it, pushed his burden to Boss Wang and said, "A set of outfits, the key is in the pocket." Don't worry, I'll try to get the goalkeeper out of the way before you go, the rest is up to you, you have to move quickly. Niu Chongtian picked up the baggage, he wanted to know what was going on and said, "You won't be in trouble if the prisoner escapes, right?" "It's okay to get a death row prisoner and pull it down!" But you tell that kid that after he gets out, it's best not to show his face again. Niu Chongtian looked at the clothes and keys in the baggage, saluted Shi Hou and walked away.

At noon, Niu Chongtian walked to the first gate of the prison, and no one stopped him, except that three peasants drove a horse-drawn carriage past him. He secretly rejoiced in his heart that it had gone so well. No one stopped him, if only it all went well. Later, when he came to the second gate, he found that the gatekeeper had been killed, and he thought that Shi Hou had done it. Niu Chongtian quickened his pace, came to cell No. 6, and saw that the cell door was open and there was no one inside. He panicked, thinking that maybe the situation was urgent, and Shi Hou rescued the person. He had no choice but to slip out the back door. Niu Chongtian was confused by this sudden accident, and what he was thinking about was: Where did his son go? Was he rescued by others, or was he killed by others? At that time, he forgot that his dangerous situation needed to be avoided. As he wandered, someone pulled him into the wall. Niu Chongtian fixed his eyes and saw that it was Shi Hou who dragged himself. Shi Hou asked Niu Chongtian and said, "What's the matter? Who are the people you saved?" Niu Chongtian was even more confused when he heard his question. "You still ask me, I want to ask you! I have never seen a living person, and my cell is empty. What's going on?" Niu Chongtian asked Shi Hou rhetorically. "Take off your clothes, and be careful that you're being caught as a prisoner." Since the person is gone, he must have been rescued, but who saved him? I don't know. Shi Hou reminded. Niu Chongtian listened to Shi Hou's prompt and said while undressing: "This incident confused me, and I almost had an accident." May people be saved. "Boss Wang, let's continue to trade in this way! I hope you can find someone with a richer family, and we can earn more." I'll be waiting for you every day in the old place. I think the yamen will soon be searching for prisoner robbers. After Shi Hou finished speaking, he took the clothes of the jailer that Niu Chongtian took off, took the key, and left first. Niu Chongtian hurriedly ran towards the north gate of the county seat. Seeing that it was about to arrive, he found that the carriage at the gate of the city that he had encountered in the county government had left the city. From the first time he saw this carriage, Niu Chongtian had an indescribable feeling. Here he saw it again, can the son be in that carriage, if it is really in that carriage, the son will escape from the county seat. At this moment, a servant on horseback ran past Niu Chongtian, and shouted before the horse stopped. "The county magistrate has an order: close the city gate and check the fugitives from the prison. The guy shouted several times. Someone asked him what kind of person he wanted to check? He said he didn't know. After saying that, he rode away on horseback. Hurry, hurry, hurry, one step away. It's too unlucky, I can't leave, let's stay overnight! Niu Chongtian could only turn around and go back when he thought of this. On the carriage that Niu Chongtian was suspicious of, Niu Jianwen really rode on it! He was picked by Ma Zhanshan and his daughter Piao and Zhao Sanren in front of Niu Chongtian to pass the first hurdle easily, their movements were too fast and they didn't wait for Shi Hou to open the second post, they killed someone and rescued Niu Jianwen, and then pulled Niu Jianwen out of the prison with a carriage. They were lucky enough to get out of the city just before the gates were closed.

The sun was about to set, and the carriage was speeding on the deserted roads on the outskirts of the city. When the carriage could not move, Ma Zhanshan changed to riding a horse and was galloping on the way to the cottage. Niu Jianwen had already recognized that the girl he had saved had saved him had saved, but he had never had a chance to talk. Now, Niu Chongwen said: "Girl, we have met three times even this time. I don't know your name yet!" "Benefactor, my name is Ma Xiaopiao. It's okay for you to call me Xiao Piao. She pointed to the bearded man and said, "He is my father, and this is Second Uncle Zhao." "Benefactor doesn't dare, you are my benefactor, I don't know which direction we are going?" Niu Jianwen inquired to them. Ma Xiaopiao replied: "We are going to Benhukou Cottage!" "Uncle, my parents must be very anxious now, I should go home immediately to report a letter." Niu Jianwen said what he thought. Zhao San hurriedly persuaded him: "Child, didn't you see that when we left the city gate, we just left the city gate, and the city gate was closed? Soon the county government will send someone to your house to arrest you, and in my opinion, it is better for you to go to our cottage for a few days first. In the meantime, the owner of the village will send someone to inform your parents. What do you think?" "Young man, you are my daughter's benefactor, and you are my benefactor. Therefore, we should save you. Now that you are saved, I would like to invite you to my cottage as a guest. Do you think it's okay?" Ma Zhanshan and Niu Jianwen felt that this guy was very good when they met for the first time, so they politely sent him an invitation. When Niu Jianwen heard it, he felt that what he said was very reasonable, and the owner of the horse village also warmly invited himself to go up the mountain to be a guest. This made me feel very warm, so I had to nod my head and agree to go up the mountain.

That night, Niu Chongtian, who couldn't get out of the city, stayed in the inn. In addition to being disturbed by the rounds of the officers and soldiers who were tracking down the fugitives, the more important reason was that he was thinking all night, so that he could not sleep at all. At last he stayed up until dawn, and after a brief meal, he went to the city gate to see that it was still closed. He had no choice but to wander the streets. Unconsciously, Niu Chongtian came to the market, and suddenly, the vegetable shop was noisy and chaotic, as if something had happened. "The yamen has arrested someone!" someone shouted. Niu Chongtian stopped and observed: Yes, the yamen is arresting people, and the arrest is still a young man. You're bad luck, boy. Someone who knew the young man said, "The one who was arrested just now is a cook in prison."

Niu Chongtian thought about it and still wanted to go to meet that Shi Hou again, maybe he could get his son's whereabouts from him. As soon as Niu Chongtian walked in, he heard, "Boss Wang has contacted him so quickly." Shi Hou asked happily when he saw Wang Jingming walking in. Niu Chongtian waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it, the previous job can't be finished yet." I'm worried! The next job can be so fast, don't worry, I'll hurry. Next time I'm going to find someone rich. In order to stabilize Shi Hou's mood, Niu Chongtian immediately made up this set of nonsense. "The work we did in the last gear was too outrageous, and the son of the other family was not rescued. We don't want to give the money back, but we have to give them an explanation! Even if we tell people the whereabouts of his son, it will be successful!" Niu Chongtian said at a loss. "You can't be wrong about this, you tell him the truth that the bandits colluded with the prison cook.