This person is none other than Wen Yinan who they are looking for this time.

It turned out that this horse was none other horse, it was Wen Yinan's mount when he was a headhunter in the Security Mansion.

How did Gao Ling know this horse? That was a few years ago.

At that time, the world was quite peaceful, and Gao Hongsheng did a good job in the silk business, and once opened a branch in Baoanfu.

Gao Hongsheng sometimes stays in the Baoanfu branch for some time within a year to take care of business because of business, and sometimes Gao Ling clamories to follow her father to the Baoanfu to see the world.

Unexpectedly, not long after the peaceful days, bandits broke out. Once, Gao Hongsheng's shop was also in danger, and the thieves not only robbed a lot of property, but also injured the guy who watched the store, so he reported to the official.

But many days passed, and the government did not give a response.

Gao Hongsheng was extremely unhappy in his heart, and one day he was sullen drinking alone in the tavern, and happened to meet the shopkeeper Xu in the grain and rice store opposite, so he beckoned him to come over and drink and chat.

During the meal, the shopkeeper Xu heard about this and said: "If you want the government to intervene in this matter, you must send some silver and two powers for the cost of handling the case, otherwise, even if they take care of it, it will only be a superficial cope." ”

Unexpectedly, Wen Yinan, who was eating wine on the side, heard it correctly.

That night, Gao Hongsheng prepared two silver taels and a group of men to go to the mansion of the old man of the official mansion according to what the shopkeeper Xu said, but was stopped by a young man who looked like a quick catcher on the way and said: "Don't listen to other people's nonsense, Boss Gao, please rest assured, thieves are so bold and reckless, robbing and hurting people, they deserve retribution!" ”

Gao Hongsheng asked who was blocking the way? The man reported his name and said: "Wen Yinan, the head of the Security Mansion." ”

Gao Hongsheng saw that it was the official head catcher who said so, and he was grateful in his heart, and saw that this head catcher was young, handsome, and upright, different from those big-bellied officialdom figures, he secretly praised it in his heart, so he invited Wen Yinan back to the store to talk about it.

Wen Yinan happily agreed, and returned to the store with Gao Hongsheng, and during the chat, Wen Yinan learned that Gao Hongsheng's uncle was Gao Maosheng, a volunteer soldier who started an incident with his father.

That night, Wen Yinan carefully investigated the inside and outside of the store, and checked the injured guy's injuries, and saw that the guy's arms and shoulders seemed to be cut with sharp weapons.

Listening to the man who kept vigil, in the middle of the night, the shop had already closed, and suddenly heard a low knock on the door.

"Who could it be so late?" The man thought to himself, so he shouted through the crack in the door, "Who? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm going to buy some silk for urgent use." The outsider whispered.

The man heard that it was a customer, and without thinking much about it, he opened the door of the store, and two people came in from outside, one with a sharp beak and a thin body, and the other with broad arms and a strong physique.

When the two of them entered the store, they only heard the thin man say, "I'm sorry to bother me so late." ”

The guy said, "You're welcome, you two here, please." So he brought the two men to the counter, and introduced them to the satin fabric.

The two of them looked at each other with their eyes dripping around, but they did not look at the satin fabrics, but always stared at the locked container cook.

When the guy saw this, he felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he shouted upstairs and said, "Shopkeeper, a guest is here!" ”

Before the words fell, the thin man stepped forward and covered the man's mouth, and a shiny dagger lay across the man's neck and whispered, "Don't move, or you will die." ”

The strong man drew a machete from behind his back, cut the lock in one fell swoop, and quickly pulled a piece of silk cloth, wrapped the silver goods inside, and made eye contact with the little man.

The little man pushed the man to the ground, and the two thieves burst out the door.

The janitor got up from the ground and shouted, "Catch the thief! He picked up the deadbolt and chased him out.

Before he could chase a few steps, the strong man turned around and slashed his arm with a backhand, and the guy screamed, and the deadbolt fell to the ground.

In the past few days, there have been several burglaries in the security guard's house, and according to the statements of the informants, they were all disguised as customers late at night and came to the shops along the street to commit crimes. After on-site investigation, it can be concluded that it was committed by a group of robbers.

Wen Yinan listened to the man's description and knew that these two thieves were also suspects in the above cases. The idea is right now.

Seeing that the night was dark, Wen Yinan said goodbye to Gao Hongsheng: "Please rest assured, brother Gao, within a few days, the younger brother will arrest the thief." ”

Gao Hongsheng hadn't answered yet, but he heard a crisp voice and said, "This brother can talk and count, and do what he says?" It's not like those officials who are perfunctory, right? ”

Wen Yinan followed the prestige, but saw a petite and slender little girl standing in the candlelight with a smile, the red candlelight reflected her fair face, which looked particularly sweet. Wen Yinan couldn't help but be stunned by her beauty for a while.

Seeing this, Gao Hongsheng hurriedly said to Wen Yinan: "This is the little girl Gao Ling, who has been spoiled since she was a child and can't speak. ”

After that, he turned his head to Gao Ling and said, "Why don't you meet your uncle soon, how can you be so rude?" ”

"Uncle?" Gao Ling glanced at Wen Yinan and said with a smile: "This person is not as old as me, how can he be called uncle?" ”

Gao Hongsheng was a little annoyed when he heard this, and just wanted to get angry, Wen Yinan on the side said: "Yes, too, just rely on Gao Ling's little sister." ”

Gao Ling listened, pursed her lips and smiled, turned around and left.

Gao Hongsheng on the side just shook his head again and again.

Wen Yinan returned to the government and reported the case to Wu Daoyong, the prefect of the Security Mansion, and after some discussion, he decided to follow Wen Yinan's strategy and arrange for more than 100 arresters in the state government to pretend to be men from various shops on the street, and ambush them at night.

Wen Yinan took a catcher named Yu Youan into Gao Hongsheng's silk shop.

The reason why Wen Yinan came here was because he had discussed his idea with Gao Hongsheng in advance that night, and Gao Hongsheng agreed, so Gao Hongsheng invited Wen Yinan to set up an ambush in his store.

Although it was an ambush, because he saw that Wen Yinan did not have a family residence in the security mansion, it was better to say that Gao Hongsheng and Wen Yinan had a very similar temper, and invited him to come to a gathering every night to relieve his worries.

Coincidentally, for many days in a row, no thieves were seen, but nothing happened.

Every once in a while, when the business is not very busy, Gao Hongsheng always happily puts a few dishes of wine and food in the back hall, and invites Wen Yinan and Yu Youan to come over for dinner in the evening. Wen Yinan and Yu Youan were not polite, and sometimes they also brought snacks such as roast chicken and bacon.

Wen Yinan's arrival not only made Gao Hongsheng happy, but also made Gao Ling happy, just because she had already learned that Wen Yinan was good at swordsmanship, and she had the name of the first fast sword in Jiangnan.

This Gao Ling is smart and clever, and after a few days of training by Wen Yinan, her swordsmanship skills have greatly improved compared to the past.

This night, Gao Hongsheng invited Wen Yinan to have dinner at night, because Yu You'an's wife was in labor, so only Wen Yinan came to the silk store, and the guys in the store saw Wen Yinan and came to busy saying:

"Wen Zhutou, the master is waiting for you in the back hall."

Wen Yinan nodded with a smile, picked up a roast chicken in his hand and went straight to the back hall.

Coming to the back hall, Gao Hongsheng and the shopkeeper Xu in the grain and rice store opposite had been waiting for a long time, and saw Wen Yinan coming in, busy with the young man to serve the food, and after a while, the round table in the middle of the hall was full of wine and food, several of which were: sweet and sour carp, braised pork ribs, Sixi meatballs, steamed prawns, fried shrimp with cashew nuts, etc. That wine is a famous cellar wine in Jiangnan.

Gao Hongsheng, Wen Yinan, Xu Shopkeeper and the bookkeeper of the silk shop sat down in turn, although there were not many people, but they were also happy.

Gao Hongsheng raised his glass and said: "Today, Shopkeeper Xu returned from Jiangnan to raise rice, and today's banquet is naturally a small conversation with the Yinan brothers, and secondly, it is also for Shopkeeper Xu." Let's have a toast together. ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all. Wen Yinan tasted the unique mellow aroma of Jiangnan rice wine again, and couldn't help but feel homesick.

There are fewer than a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, and the four of them inevitably drink more wine when they come and go, and the time comes to the second watch day unconsciously. At this moment, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and a person broke in with a curtain, but it was the young man from the shopkeeper Xu opposite, only to hear him pant and say to the shopkeeper Xu:

"Shopkeeper, no, something happened."