Chapter 18: Vigilance

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man of about forty years old, wearing a dark gray cotton gown, and he smiled very kindly.

The shopkeeper respects He Laosan very much, he is a scholar, and he is also a showman, and he also takes care of He Laosan on weekdays.

When He Lanyue and the others arrived at the shop, the shopkeeper asked He Laosan to take them to the backyard to rest and drink tea.

When He Laosan saw Luo Li, he was inexplicably very wary of him.

Luo Li immediately noticed that the third uncle was looking at him with scrutiny, stood up and said, "I'm going to buy something, so I'll leave first." ”

"I'll also go with you and sell all these pine mushrooms, I'm afraid it won't be fresh after a while." Helan Yue picked up the big bag of pine mushrooms and stood up as well.

"It just so happens that I usually sell prey, and there is a familiar restaurant, so I'll take you to sell pine mushrooms." Luo Li's words were actually said to He Laosan.

He Laosan opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word, so he could only glare at Luo Li fiercely.

Helan Yue didn't see the eyebrow lawsuit between them, "Third uncle and third aunt, I will come back immediately after selling pine mushrooms." ”

Yang hurriedly responded: "Okay, then you go back quickly, be careful on the way." ”

Out of the shop, Luo Li took the big bag in Helan Yue's hand, "Your second uncle had an accident yesterday, he was hit by a stone when the cave collapsed, and the person is gone, and Tang Yuanwai has already asked someone to notify Luo." ”

"If it's gone, it's gone!" After not hearing Luo Li's reply for a while, Helan Yue asked again, "Do you think I'm vicious and cold-blooded." ”

"No, you must have your reasons for treating him like this, and besides, he gambled for his own money, and he can't complain about others if he has such an end."

Luo Li took Helan Yue into the largest restaurant in town.

This restaurant has a total of two floors, the first floor is built of green bricks, the second floor is completely made of pine, cypress wood, this time has not yet reached the point of eating, there are no guests in the lobby.

As soon as the two entered the lobby, Xiao Er stepped forward to ask very enthusiastically.

"Two of you, whether it's a meal, or a sharp stay."

"The pine mushrooms just picked today, please take a look at the shopkeeper, do you want to?" Luo Li said, opening the baggage.

When the shopkeeper heard the voice of an acquaintance, he walked out of the counter with a smile and looked at the pine mushrooms in the baggage, "Oops! Brother Luo is so grateful, you are really my nobleman, a noble man came to the store today, saying that he wanted to eat some game, I was worried! I'll give you thirty-five pounds of pine mushrooms. ”

Helan Yue saw that the shopkeeper of the restaurant was in his thirties, looking like a scholar, smiling at everyone, and having the shrewdness of a businessman in his eyes.

Xiao Er came over and took the pine mushrooms to the backyard to weigh them, and returned to the lobby after a while, "The shopkeeper, these pine mushrooms have five catties and eight taels." ”

The shopkeeper answered, and went to the counter to get the money.

"Brother Luo, here are two hundred and ten wen, take it."

"That's a lot." Helan Yue knew that the shopkeeper would not be wrong, but she couldn't pretend that she didn't know anything and took the extra money.

The shopkeeper's face was full of smiles, "Don't worry, if you have any more, you should be invited to a cup of tea." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

"You're welcome, if you have this fresh mushroom in the future, you can send it to my restaurant."

"Uh-huh, okay!"

As soon as the two came out of the restaurant, they saw a group of people gathered together, and there was a woman's miserable voice begging for mercy inside:

"Please, hit me if you want! Don't hit my brother, let me go, ah......"

Helan Yue squeezed into the crowd.

I saw a twenty-three or four-year-old man dressed in brocade, with long thief eyebrows and mouse-eyed eyes, looking at a beautiful girl of sixteen or seventeen years old who was kneeling on the ground by two strong men, and her eyes were red from crying.

Not far from them, there lay a boy who had been beaten with a whip and was covered in bruises, his body fluctuating very little, and his breath seemed to be very weak.

The man looked at the woman very arrogantly and said, "It's too late to beg for mercy, if you obeyed my son just now, maybe I will consider sparing your brother's life." ”

As he spoke, the man stepped forward, looked at the girl condescendingly, and pinched her jaw with one hand, "Why do you say that you people are so cheap, and when you talk to you well, you just don't listen, it's no wonder to me." ”

Turning to the other strong men standing next to him, he said, "Come on, take her to the other courtyard." ”

"Childe, where's that kid!"

"Idiot, this still needs to be asked, of course it is taken away, is it still left to be used as a handle."

The girl looked at the man in brocade with resentment, "As long as you let my brother go, I, Han Bingyu, will be at your disposal." ”

The man in brocade looked indifferent, "It's late, I never leave a tail in my work and make trouble for myself, and you collided with me, I will take you back to teach you a lesson, who dares to stop me?" ”

When Helan Yue heard the girl's name, she felt a little familiar.

She thought about it carefully, and finally remembered that in her previous life, Han Bingyu was a killer who slaughtered a family full of people in the capital, and even Jin Yuwei failed to catch her.

Well! This girl will not be easy in the future.

Helan Yue looked at a woman on the side, "Eldest sister, what kind of person is this man, how can he be so arrogant and domineering, he dares to commit murder on the street and rob people's daughters, it is really lawless." ”

"Who's to say it isn't! This person came from Kyoto, I heard that he had committed a crime, and he came here to avoid trouble, and he came to our town for more than three months, and he harmed many girls from white families, and the county magistrate took care of it several times, but those bitter masters were threatened, and no one dared to come out to tell the truth, for fear of reprisals. ”

Helan Yue tugged at Luo Li's sleeve, asked him to come over with his ear, and whispered in his ear, "Do you have a sharp weapon on you?" ”

"Brought a dagger."

"Give it to me."

"What are you going to do, I'll go, don't hurt yourself."

Helan Yue smiled mischievously, "Okay, you find an opportunity to whisper to the woman in her ear and let her ......"

"Stop, stop, or go by yourself."

"Didn't you say you should let you go?"

"Don't be skinny." Luo Li's face was full of embarrassment, and he quietly handed the dagger to He Lanyue.

Seeing that Han Bingyu had been escorted and was about to leave, He Lanyue took the dagger and ran quickly to the front, and deliberately kicked a small pebble to Han Bingyu's feet to attract her attention.

Han Bingyu, who had already accepted his fate, saw this stone and subconsciously looked up.

Helan Yue, who was standing in the crowd, took a small step forward and said silently with her mouth: "Run." ”

Seeing that Han Bingyu did not move, Helan Yue was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

Han Bingyu was escorted by two men, and took two steps forward, she suddenly squatted on the ground, and said weakly: "My stomach hurts so badly that I can't walk." ”

One of the men turned around and shouted at the back, "Childe, she said her stomach ......"

At this moment, Han Bingyu suddenly got up, knocked over a man, and kicked the man who was speaking, causing his words to stop abruptly, and then the man let out a miserable scream, "Ah......hh