Chapter 194 Hand in hand

Ignore the two people who are conspiring in the private room. For the first time, Li Xiaoliu felt that he had drunk a little too much. It was already late at night, and there was only one guy left at the Pole Restaurant lying on the counter on the first floor. Seeing Li Xiaoliu staggering down the stairs, the guy quickly stood up and stepped forward diligently.

"The guest officer wants to settle the bill?"

Li Xiaoliu shook his hand, he knew that sometimes the chief also needed a little personal space.

"Come out and go to the latrine. In a moment, you can bring another pot of tea to the top. ”

It was indeed very late, Li Xiaoliu couldn't bear to see the miserable people, so he put a dime of broken silver on the counter.

"I've worked hard for you."

"Oops, what do you mean by that?" The guy, who was still a little complaining, immediately smiled when he saw the silver.

"Guest officer's side." The guy picked up the oil lamp on the counter and opened the small door to the backyard.

"You go to the left-hand side, right there is the half-cut door."

The north wind blew at night, and the oil lamp swayed, but Li Xiaoliu was not a squeamish person.

"You're wearing a thin outfit, so let's go up and deliver tea. There is a heavy snow all over the ground, and the moon is shining brightly in the sky, so I don't need you to greet me. ”

The guy is also afraid of the cold, so he followed Li Xiaoliu's words.

"That's fine, guest officer, just remember to plug the door when you come back. I'll send some tea to the two uncles upstairs first, and add a little charcoal. ”

After the man finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the restaurant. Li Xiaoliu didn't move, his urge to urinate was not so strong, and at the same time, he also let his eyes adapt to the outdoor night light.

This is a typical front-store-back-factory layout. In front of the restaurant is a two-story restaurant, through the restaurant to open the back door, you will directly come to the workshop and the backyard of the residents. The yard is large, and it is filled with lamb meat and lamb bones in the open air. The places behind the courtyard seemed to be sleeping, and the lights were turned off in the rooms, and they were in a dark row. Near the back wall is supposed to be a barbecue workshop, still with a bright fire, and in front of the fire sits a young man who burns the fire, probably putting his head on his knees and napping.

Li Xiaoliu saw all this and felt very familiar.

Life is amazing! If he didn't have this series of adventures, he would have been like this young man, sitting here burning the fire and working, and then earning a meager silver tael.

He smiled a little dumbly, looked up at the moon in the sky, and felt how he could be a little so sentimental today, just like his mother. He shook his head, ready to crouch down and grab a little snow from the yard and pat his face to sober himself up.

Suddenly, he heard someone talking underground? He shook his head, but his voice seemed clearer.

Seems to have come from a cellar? Well, he thought he was a little funny, maybe they were tidying things up in the cellar. There is one in almost every house in the cellar, so what's so strange. Since I entered the Jinyi Guard, everything I see is weird.

He was about to turn around when he saw the cellars open. Subconsciously, he hid himself behind the firewood as soon as he became invisible.

"You have to see my brother, if he dies, you won't be able to explain it to Shanxi." It was a woman's voice that spoke.

"Why do you want to confess?" Behind him was a man with a lantern, who closed the cellars and put his arm around the woman. The two of them walked along the paved path in the middle of the courtyard towards the backyard.

"Isn't it good for us to go back to Shanxi like this? For the sake of silver, Shanxi's hometown can also accept you. The woman was a little pleading.

"Not to mention that I have it too."

Hearing this, the man paused, but as if he was holding back something, he directly let go of the woman and walked back.

"You have something to say!"

Li Xiaoliu was even more reluctant to come out at this time, when he encountered this kind of bad things between men and women, he would have the heart of killing people if he was knocked out.

"You forgot that I killed the emperor, if you want a child, I will send you to Liaodong." After speaking, he went directly into the house, leaving the woman standing alone in the courtyard.

The woman only stayed for a moment, and then followed him back into the room.

As soon as the door squeaked and closed, Li Xiaoliu didn't care about surprise and shock at all, let alone the matter of the toilet. He poked his head out and took a cautious look, then lowered his figure a few steps before returning to the restaurant.

It's okay, it's okay, listening to the sound upstairs, the guy is still upstairs and hasn't come down.

The guy came down from upstairs and looked at him in amazement.

"Your latrine is leaking, and it's too cold, and if you don't come out again, it will freeze." Li Xiaoliu deliberately bent over and walked past the guy and walked upstairs step by step.

"Hahaha, if the latrine is not ventilated, it won't stink to death." The man didn't suspect it, went back to the counter, and closed the back door with his hand. Hearing the sound of the door, Li Xiaoliu paused.

The young man was very relaxed and went straight back to the counter. looked at Li Xiaoliu, who was staying on the stairs and holding his stomach, and kindly instructed: "Guest officer, there is hot tea in the room, you can drink a few more cups." ”

Seeing that there was no reaction in the courtyard, Li Xiaoliu straightened up, "Okay, okay." Thank you very much. ”

Then he hurried to the private room.

The two people in the private room were clinking glasses, but they saw Li Xiaoliu walking back sweating profusely. There was still muttering in his mouth: "mutton, arrow shaft, cured meat, Liaodong." ”

"Little Liu, why did you go out for a run, come on, come on, and give me a cup of Zhou Gechen."

Li Xiaoliu only reacted at this time.

"Let's go!"

He doesn't care, but there is also a powerless Zhou Yanru here. Once the limelight is not right, it will be fun to die a cabinet minister.

Zhou Yanru still had to ask, but the long-term professional training made Li Ruolian stand up quickly. He knew that in this case, Li Xiaoliu would never make random jokes in grandstanding.

This is not far from Li Xiaoliu's home, and Li Xiaoliu did not bring people. The three of them came on horseback, and Li Ruolian's personal guards should also drink soup in the noodle restaurant at the mouth of the alley.

He didn't know who the other party was, but at least he knew that the other party opened after the emperor's assassination. Unexpectedly, Jin Yiwei tossed the Jingshi for dozens of days, but he didn't expect that the most likely suspicion was under his nose.

Seeing the performance of Li Xiaoliu and Li Ruolian, Zhou Yanru was a little panicked. Suddenly, he stood up, knocked over the dishes beside him, and fell to the ground with a bang.

"Oh, Gongzi Zhou, you drank too much. I don't think it's as good as this today, I'll send you home first. Li Xiaoliu said as he hurriedly hugged Zhou Yanru.

Sure enough, the downstairs worker heard the sound upstairs and ran up wildly.

"Come on, come on, Li Gongzi, you come and help Lao Zhou downstairs and wait for me, and I'll clean up the mess for you."

"Hey, that can't go!" The guy was a little anxious to speak. "You all stay, settle the accounts first."

"Six taels for food, plus ......"

Li Xiaoliu didn't want to talk to him at all, so he directly took out a silver ticket of ten taels from his body. Shaking in front of the guy, he made himself look like a gentleman.

"Is it enough?"

"Enough, enough." The guy saw that these people were dressed well, not that he was afraid that they would not pay, but that he was afraid that these people would pull with him for a few plates.

"Go find a lantern to light the way, and I'll help people."

At this time, what is needed is Li Xiaoliu's experience honed from the market, not Zhou Yanru, a waste who has no life experience. But the waste is also the cleverness of the waste, at least he is pretending to be a drunk man now.

"Li Gongzi, you go downstairs slowly, I'll go out and find a big car to come back. Zhou Gongzi looks like this, and it seems that he can't ride a horse. ”

With that, he ran out directly.

The Bai family's noodle shop was diagonally opposite, and Li Ruolian's two guards were squatting next to the stove where the soup was cooking.

As soon as the two of them saw Li Xiaoliu come out, they stood up directly and prepared to come over. saw Li Xiaoliu waving his hand and signaling them not to move first. He ran straight over and dragged the two of them out of the alley.

"Li Baihu?" Both of these people are experienced fans, and they know that there is a situation at a glance, and they don't talk much.

"There are prisoners in the restaurant." Li Xiaoliu explained the matter clearly first. At this time, you must explain the nature of the matter to these two clearly, otherwise, the following arrangements will be out of tune for you before you know how to go.

"Brother Zhao, you go back to find someone now, I want at least a hundred people, and you must meet in Liuye Hutong after half an hour, understand?"

Liuye Hutong is only about two miles away from here, and the noisy crowd at least won't alarm the crowd in the store. Looking at it from a distance, the two people have already come out in the company of their buddies, and safety should not be an issue.

"I settled Mr. Li and Mr. Zhou in the noodle shop. Now let them go, it is estimated that they will not withdraw. With me and Brother Li by our side, there's nothing wrong with that. Then Li Xiaoliu turned his head to the other and said.

"The people from the four guards should be there, all the people are together, you bring more than 100 households here, and we will talk about it when we meet."

"Whoa!" The horse, who directly led Li Ruolian, galloped towards the Jinyi Health Office.

"Hard, hard." As soon as he returned to the door of the store, Li Xiaoliu became the appearance of a son, and he had a piece of broken silver in his hand.

"You're bothered." He took over and helped Zhou Yanru. "Zhou Gongzi, the carriage will arrive in a while, how many steps will we walk forward?" As he spoke, he smiled and gestured to the guy. The man was also very happy, and with his hand on the broken silver, he began to install the door panel and prepare to close it.

"Come on, come on, be careful of slipping, the carriage is coming, let's sit down here and wait."

Li Xiaoliu's voice was very loud. When he walked to the Bai family noodle restaurant, he heard the sound of the door panel closing at the back, so he let go of Zhou Yanru. motioned for the fan surnamed Li to come up, and then he mouthed Nunu in the noodle restaurant.

"The owner of the noodle shop stays, and we pay for the rest, and all the people are persuaded to leave, so let's go in and sit for a while."

During this period, the name of Jinyiwei can still stop crying. What's more, now there are some hard people doing hard labor, looking at the people who can eat for nothing and someone pays, this group of people is finished pulling the two mouthfuls, and in an instant, the noodle restaurant will be clean.

"Uncle Bai, come and clean up, three bowls of soup cakes."

After that, I invited Li Ruolian and Zhou Yanru to sit down. Sure enough, after hearing Li Xiaoliu's speech, these two were reluctant to leave. The assassination of the emperor is a black spot in Li Ruolian, which has always been choked in his heart. Zhou Yanru is purely watching the excitement, for his own safety, with the two giants of Jinyi and Wei by his side, he can still be dangerous there.

"You should have used my waist card just now."

Li Ruolian complained casually, "Whether it's or not, it's a serious matter that people can't run away, and it's best to catch it alive." ”

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and snow began to fall again.

"It's been a lot of rain and snow this year." Zhou Yanru held the soup bowl with both hands, looked outside and said.

In less than half an hour, three thousand households, seven or eight hundred households came to the noodle soup restaurant. After cooking the noodles, Lao Bai was squeezed directly into the innermost part of the noodle restaurant. There were also people who wanted to take Lao Bai away first, but they were stopped by Li Xiaoliu.

"Li Baihu and I found a little clue, and when we chased it over, we found that this family was related to His Majesty's assassination, and we all listened to Xiaoliu's arrangement."

"Pen and paper."

Li Xiaoliu took a pen and paper from the hands of his entourage and unfolded it on the table.

"I'm familiar with this area, and the layout of this store is probably like this."

"Li Qianhu, your people are worth more today, and the number of people is also the largest, so this time it is mainly your people."

"Zhou Qianhu, you first arrange for people to surround this place from these directions. It is necessary to clear out the people in the house next to each other in advance. Make sure no one leaves until we get in when it's ugly. ”

"Be careful, don't make a noise, once these people leave here, we will have to lock down the city again."

"Whoa!" At this time, Li Ruolian was staring at the side, and at the same time, Li Xiaoliu's popularity was also good on weekdays, and everyone was quite cooperative.

"Lei Qianhu, you are familiar with the Five Cities Terracotta Division, let's be prepared in case we miss. You take someone to inform the city defense and palace guards. ”

"Is the palace still informed?" Lei Qianhu was originally from the Five Cities Terracotta Division and was very familiar with this process.

Li Xiaoliu couldn't answer, and turned to look at Li Ruolian directly.

"Your Majesty should be in the pachinko room today. Tell Luan Yiwei and Baigang City Guard, not only Your Majesty, but also the Cabinet and Military Department should pay attention to it. ”

There are a lot of things to consider when the capital starts, not to mention that if it's true, then these people are all bandits who don't want to die.

In the pole restaurant, Zheng Xiangzu, who had planned to assassinate the emperor, couldn't sleep, he felt that it was the child's incident that stimulated him. Falling asleep, he rolled over and lit the candlestick.

He took out a large box of tobacco from the kang hole and found a cigarette paper. Fan Dongchen didn't fall asleep, and sat up with his clothes on. Watching him roll his cigarette, he fumbled his way to the candlestick and let him light the cigarette on the candlestick.

"Good stuff." Zheng Xiangzu leaned against the wall.

On the birthday of the flag owner this year, he didn't give any other gifts, but he sold a large bag of tobacco and asked Xiao Dengku to give it over. Less than ten catties of tobacco used up nearly one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and the thing itself was more expensive than silver.

On the other hand, he still needed tobacco tickets to buy it, and he also spent a lot of effort.

But the effect is not bad, and the flag owner has given a lot of rewards. Xiao Dengku selected some mountain goods and brought them back, and handed over the rest to his home in Liaodong.

He is a Han Chinese, but he is a second-generation born in Liaoshui. Sometimes I hate the Ming people, occupying such a good place, rich in products, and good climate. On a snowy day like now, the most common thing in Liaodong is to push the elderly and sick to the outermost part to resist the wind and snow, then the women, then the cattle, sheep and children, and the innermost are the young and middle-aged. When he was a child, he was most afraid of snow, and he could often hear the wailing of the old man in the wind and snow one night. Where is it like now, Daming has honeycomb coal and iron stoves again.

He also likes the Ming people sometimes, and he thinks that the Ming people should actually be the best minions of the Manchurians. Their women are delicate and delicate, their cooks can make countless tricks, and their human bones are soft, as long as you have force.

Just like this woman in front of you.

"Give birth, I'll take you to my hometown next summer."

After thinking clearly, sleepiness will come up. He yawned, went out to check the stove and meat, and then stripped himself naked and fell into a deep sleep.

After a while, the snow became heavier, and standing on the ladder next to the wall behind, Li Xiaoliu only saw a little bit of faint light, and the whole Jingshi seemed to be asleep.

Countless wooden ladders were erected.

Li Qianhu also stood beside him, bare his head and carefully inspect the situation in the courtyard. Everyone should have fallen asleep, except for the young man who burned the stove and was still napping somewhere. Sanfanzi flipped in directly and quietly touched the side of the stove. He looked into the room and raised his hand to indicate that there were two more inside. Then he slashed his palm at the neck of the young man next to the stove, and then helped him slowly put him on the ground. Then, seventy or eighty people climbed over the wall in turn, and seven or eight stood at the door of each room.

At this time, Li Xiaoliu turned in with a torch, stood in the middle of the courtyard, and nodded after looking at it.

"Peng." Almost at the same time, Fanzi directly slammed open every door.

"Who!"

"Whew!"

"What are you doing!"

"Ah......h

Bang, a naked man slammed out of the window, and one rolled over and stood in the middle of the yard. He didn't talk nonsense at all, and rushed directly to Li Xiaoliu who was standing in the center. As soon as he took a step or two, he made a sharp turn and rushed towards the front door.

How could the well-prepared Jinyi Wei let him go, and three or four fishing nets were directly scattered. Cover the naked man like a fish in the middle of the net.

At this time, a whistle arrow flew up, the gate opened, and Li Ruolian illuminated the entire courtyard as if it were daylight under the light of dozens of bright torches.

"What are you doing!" Zheng Xiangzu in the fishing net was still roaring desperately.

As Fan Dongchen and Xiao Dengku were tied out of the house, Zheng Xiangzu's roar became even more hysterical.

"Shut everyone's mouths!"

"Search room by room, check the tunnels first!"

"Bring all the people back and switch them off."

As soon as Li Xiaoliu turned around, he saw Zhao Sanxi, the flag officer of the Jinyi Guard Street Patrol beside him, whose face was pale and sweating profusely.

"Two of you!" The two fans ran over in response, and Li Xiaoliu shouted at Zhao Sanxi, the street patrol flag officer beside him.

The two of them didn't say a word, and directly pressed the patrol to the ground.

"What are you doing with me......"

Li Xiaoliu directly kicked him in the stomach, and then squatted down. "It's all your own people, don't talk nonsense, who else? It's good for you and me to be clear. ”

"The lieutenant is the lieutenant governor's guarantee. The lieutenant said that there was no problem with their identities. ”

"If you arrest the lieutenant, your guilt can be much smaller, take the fan to arrest people, understand?"

Zhao Sanxi nodded desperately like a drowning person.