"Is that this guy?"

Looking at the man standing around the corner in front of me talking to the black mouse, I nodded with anger and said softly, "That's him." ”

The one who talked to the black rat was the one surnamed Jin who robbed me that day. That day, I felt that those two robbers were very suspicious, so knowing my whereabouts, and even knowing how much money I had around me, they were simply specially robbed of me. If they're just angry with black rats, then I don't want to pursue them any more. After all, Miss Anne also said that the way I fought in the ring that night was actually breaking the job of a power fighter like Black Rat. But those two guys clearly wanted me to bleed, and it wasn't a matter of grabbing some money. Although my father also told me not to go to the ring again, I really can't swallow this breath if I don't give that guy a little bit of power.

I'm alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to take the black rat. Originally, if I could let Wen Leopard accompany me, I would definitely be sure to be sure. It's just that the military school is far stricter than the literary school I attended, and Wenbao can't come out at night.

Brother Tie's name is Xuan Tielan, six years older than me, and he is a teacher at my school, and he taught me for half a year last year. Although he is a teacher, I am just an apprentice, but with my relationship with Uncle Xuan's family, we have played since childhood, and he really has no dignity as a teacher, at best, he just exerts power at me in class. What's more, Brother Tie has taken care of me since he was a child, and he will never be intimidating to me. Hearing that I was going to seek revenge on the black rat, Brother Tie was the first to agree. It's just that although he agrees with it, I am a little skeptical that Brother Tie has the ability to do this. Although Uncle Xuan is a brave general of the three armies, his son is only like Aunt Xuan, and he couldn't compare to me in terms of fists and knives two years ago. But he likes to cause trouble when he is born, I still remember going to Uncle Xuan's house earlier, and I saw him being punished by Aunt Xuan more than once. Now that he has become a teacher, he naturally doesn't cause much trouble anymore, but this time he is more energetic than me. I paused, and then whispered: "Brother Tie, this guy is very powerful, I fought with him, but I couldn't beat him." ”

"What are you afraid of, fighting wits is the top, fighting strength is the bottom."

Xuan Tielan grinned at me. Uncle Xuan has a very powerful beard, but his chin is not a single beard. Looking at him like this, I couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Maybe it's really the wrong person. Not being able to take revenge is just a trivial matter, if he is injured, then how can I go to see Uncle Xuan. Brother Tie, the teacher, is really a bit unreliable. I said: "Brother Tie, the guy who talked to him is not easy to match, if you really want to make a move, we may not be their opponents." ”

Xuan Tielan looked at the man surnamed Jin and said, "Is this person very powerful?" Let's go first. ”

I sighed again, thinking to myself that he would not dare to do it. I said, "Then forget it, thank you Brother Tie, let's go home." ”

Xuan Tielan said: "Go home? What kind of home to go back to? I finally came over, but of course I had to get out of breath before leaving. You're not trying to hurt him, are you? ”

According to my will, if the black rat dares to do this to me, then I must let him bleed. But Xuan Tielan is a teacher after all, and it's hard for me to say this directly. I said, "Of course." Brother Tie, you don't want to ask Uncle Xuan for help, do you? ”

With Uncle Xuan's skills, I think it will be a good fit. However, Uncle Xuan, as a marshal of the Republic, would never have asked him to help me fight anyway, and Xuan Tielan would never have come up with such a bad idea. Sure enough, he smiled and said, "How can I let my father know?" It's just a matter of taking advantage of the fact that he is alone. ”

I muttered, "God knows when he's left alone, so he can't keep going." ”

"Han Bai, you guy still can't hold his breath. The two men were just saying that they wanted the black rat to pick up the goods at the dock tonight. He paused, and then said, "I can only go alone." ”

My eyes widened and I wondered, "Can you hear me?" ”

The black rat and the one surnamed Jin are far away from us, and they speak lightly, and they are in the limelight, I think I have a good ear, but I can't hear what they say at all, I really don't believe that Xuan Tielan can hear it. He patted me on the shoulder and said, "Hanbai, you don't know, do you?" As long as you can lip read, you can know what they are talking about, even if they are so far away. ”

Xuan Tielan can actually read lips! I can't help but admire him a little too. Of course I admired him, but that was before I was seven years old, and I followed him in a lot of trouble. I said, "Brother Tie, where did you learn this skill?" When I looked over, I saw their lips open and close. ”

Xuan Tielan smiled and said, "If you haven't learned, of course it looks like your lips are just opening and closing." In fact, it is called lip reading, but it reads the eyebrows, eyes, nose, chin and mouth. For example, if your name is Chu Hanbai, the pronunciation of the word Chu will be pronounced first, and the two lips will be separated first, and the eyebrows will be slightly expanded to the sides. Then the lips are pursed, indicating that the next sound is either 'Wu' or 'Yu', or 'Yi'. But when pronouncing 'Yu', the chin will bulge forward, and the 'Wu' rhyme will not, and if the 'Yi' sound is pronounced, the nose will not twitch more than the first two sounds, because this sound has less nasal sounds......"

I heard him say that he could read lips, and I was very envious, and I just wanted him to teach me, but I didn't think it would be so complicated. Just listening to him say this "Chu" sound was enough for me to take a lesson. I got my head big and said, "Come on, you're not mistaken." So let's do it at the docks tonight? ”

Xuan Tielan nodded, and said: "You said that this guy is not small, if he is tough, even if he can take him, maybe we will suffer." But anyway, it's not to compete with him, a little yin, hehe, I'm not afraid that he won't take the bait. He looked around and continued, "It's still early, let's find a place to change our clothes and wait until it's dark before we leave." ”

"Change of clothes?"

"Of course. You dress like this, and you go to the dock in the middle of the night, and you're going to make people suspicious. ”

I looked at myself and looked at Xuan Tielan again. We weren't wearing good clothes, but they did stand out on the docks. I said, "What do you want to change?" ”

"Find two sets of porter clothes to wear." Seeing that I was a little hesitant, he said, "Don't worry, this money teacher is out, and you don't need to account for it." ”

I laughed dryly and said, "It's not for that, either. How do you find porter's clothes? ”

"What good clothes can the porter wear, find two old coarse cloth clothes, and put a piece of cloth on your shoulder, and anyone who sees it will think that you are a porter."

Because the wharf in Wuyangcheng is very busy, the loading and unloading of goods rely on porters, and the two porters will naturally not attract attention when it gets dark.

We found a place to eat. Xuan Tielan already has a salary, of course, he treats guests. I had eaten my fill, thinking that even if I couldn't get revenge in the end, I would have eaten a meal anyway. After eating, I went to the second-hand clothes shop and bought two old clothes, and got two rags to put on my shoulders. Although this outfit is fully dressed, no matter how I look at it, Xuan Tielan doesn't look like a porter. Just looking at him looking eager to try, he couldn't help but feel a little more apprehensive in his heart. I probably really found the wrong person, Xuan Tielan will naturally help me, but whether his plan will work or not, I really don't know. It's just that at this time, it seems that he can only do what he planned. It's easy to ask God, it's hard to send God, look at his energy, if I say I don't do it, maybe he will go and report it to my mother right away. After sitting and chatting for a while, it was getting dark. Looking at the sky, Xuan Tielan said, "Let's go." ”

"Leaving now?"

"Find a place to hide first." Xuan Tielan smiled, "This is a way to wait for work, one of your enemies is a little stronger than me, but you don't understand the ten thousand enemies I learned." ”

I couldn't help but be amused, thinking that although Uncle Xuan sometimes spoke in private, he was a republican marshal after all, and no matter how out of line, he still had a very high status, but his son was full of bragging, and the father and son were very different. Just thinking about it, my father and I are very different, and I really don't have the right to laugh at him.

There were a lot of things piled up on the dock today, and more than two dozen large wooden boxes were densely packed in a row. Xuan Tielan saw it and whispered: "Hanbai, you are so lucky, I was still a little worried that there was no place to hide." Come, you go up first, and then pull me to the top of the box. ”

Wuyangcheng is a good port, I heard that it has been mainly for commerce and trade for a long time, and there is an endless stream of sea ships arriving at the port every day, unloading boxes of goods from the ship. With so many goods, it is naturally impossible to ship them all at once, so these packed and nailed containers are often left at the dock overnight. Each of these wooden boxes is one person high, almost like a small house, and has to be transported by cart. In fact, there are really homeless people who use this kind of empty cargo box as a house to live, just open a door and window, and put some waterproof things on the top of the box, which is enough for one person to sleep.

I reached for the top of the box, and with a strong arm, I jumped up to the top of the box. But I also knew that Xuan Tielan definitely didn't have this ability, so he asked me to pull him up. Pulling him up to the top of the box, I whispered, "Brother Tie, what now?" ”

"Wait."

I waited for half the night. The clouds were still thick tonight, and there was no moonlight, but the wind was getting stronger and stronger in the second half of the night. I stayed on the top of the box for half the night, getting more and more impatient, I couldn't stay up, and whispered: "Brother Tie, you're not mistaken, right?" ”

I can't see Xuan Tielan's appearance clearly, but I can only hear him whisper in secret: "It shouldn't be wrong." ”

Hearing his tone like this, my heart was half cold. What does it mean to "shouldn't be wrong", he boasted that he could read lips most of the time he blew up. I said, "Forget it, let's go back." ”

Although it is common for me to come home late, if I come home in the middle of the night, my mother will nagging me for a long time. I was getting up, and in the dark, Xuan Tielan suddenly pressed my shoulder and said, "Listen, someone is coming!" ”

I was stunned, and I listened closely, but sure enough, I heard footsteps. But before I could rejoice, the footsteps were near, and I could immediately hear that there was a person, and there were more than a dozen of them. Although I knew that I couldn't see it at all, I still glared at Xuan Tielan fiercely. It seems that he can read lips, but it is only a half bottle of vinegar. The black rat has brought so many companions, where do I dare to do it, it seems that Bai has been drinking the sea breeze on the top of the box for a long time tonight.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and soon they were in front of the container. This place is leeward, but they didn't expect that there would be someone on the top of the cargo box, and they heard a person in the dark: "Big brother, hasn't the goods arrived yet?" ”

"It's almost there."

The voice was none other than the black mouse. I didn't say anything to the black mouse on stage that day, but when I left, I heard him scold for a long time, and his voice still hasn't forgotten. This man had a loud voice, but now he was deliberately lowering it, but in the dead of night, and so close to me, even if he lowered his voice, he could still hear it clearly. It's just that what do they mean? Is it to rob goods? He could have allowed those two to ambush me, and he seemed to be able to do that. If I catch him and report it to the garrison, this guy will have to go to jail for a few years, which makes me angry even more than beating him. I came to my senses and listened with my ears sideways. Fortunately, the person who spoke first was quite talkative, and immediately said, "Big brother, why don't you drive the carriage until it reaches the dock?" That's a lot easier. ”

"Idiot! When the carriage enters the dock, if it is targeted by random inspection, how many heads do you have to guarantee that there will be no chaos? ”

The mouthy one was reprimanded by the black rat and didn't speak again. But just these few words, I have already guessed eight or nine. Wuyangcheng wharf is very large, there are a lot of ships coming and going, and the Yuanren Division, which manages merchants, has set up tax cards at several entrances and exits at the wharf to collect taxes on the goods transported to Wuyangcheng. It's just that there are too many merchants in Wuyang City, and naturally there will be many people who want to escape some taxes, and the Yuanren Division is exempt from taxes for individual customers, and only checks on large quantities of goods. Therefore, when some small merchants arrived at the wharf, they hired porters to break up the goods into pieces, and took them out little by little, and if they did, they could escape a tax. But of course, the black rats didn't come to be porters to make extra money, and if the carriage drove to the dock, there were too many targets, and it was easy to be noticed by the officials of the Far People Division, so the carriage was parked in the distance. It seems that he may have tried to take advantage of the chaos to grab the goods and escape. But isn't he afraid of the shipper's shouting? This guy may have a bad heart and wants to kill people and sell more goods.

Thinking about this, even though it wasn't cold, I couldn't help but shiver. I wanted to beat the black rat to get revenge, but since this guy is not a good person, it's no wonder I sent him to prison. As soon as he made a move, I immediately reported to the dock guard and saw how he could get out.

They didn't speak anymore. After waiting for a while, suddenly a few lights flashed on the sea. The talkative one before was afraid that he couldn't hold it back, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, here!" The black rat also said, "Let's go." Remember, as soon as the ship comes ashore, load the goods into the car, and don't delay for a moment. Sixty boxes of goods, each of us had to make four or five trips, and it was not easy. ”

They greeted them with a hula and stood up in a heap on the shore, and one of them lit a lamp. When the lights came on, I could see the clothes of these people, and it turned out that they were also dressed as porters, and they seemed to think of us together. The man who lit the lamp was holding the lamp and dangling it up and down the sea, clearly signaling the approaching ship.

Seeing this, I was stunned for a moment, if it was really as I guessed, the black rats were trying to rob the cargo of the sea ship that docked in the middle of the night, even if there were their inside lines on the ship, it would be too blatant to do this now.

Could it be that I guessed wrong?

I was thinking about it, when a few heavy breaths suddenly came from my ears, but it was Xuan Tielan who leaned into my ear and whispered, "Hanbai, I think...... Let's go back. ”

There was a lot of panic in his voice, it seemed that although Xuan Tielan boasted that he had 10,000 enemies before, he was actually still very scared when it came to the end. I said, "Brother Tie, you go first, I'll take a look." ”

Xuan Tielan was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Hanbai, these people are definitely not law-abiding people, you can't fight them alone." ”

I said, "Don't worry, I have a way, I can definitely do it, and I don't have to work hard with them." Brother Tie, let's go down first. ”

Although Xuan Tielan is several years older than me, he really has read too much, and he can't eat the ancients. I already had an idea at this point, and although it was a bit risky, I was also fifty or sixty percent sure. If Xuan Tielan heard that he was only fifty or sixty percent sure, he would definitely not agree. Fortunately, although this plan is only fifty or sixty percent certain, even if it fails, it is completely too late to escape, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Xuan Tielan wants to jump off the cargo box, maybe there will be a lot of movement. I climbed the edge and got down to the ground and helped him down. As soon as he got off the ground, he said impatiently: "Hanbai, what do you have in mind?" ”

He was talking about it before, and he probably really thought that beating the black rat was nine out of ten, but now he understood that it was not the same thing at all. I whispered, "I can't say a word or two." Brother Tie, you go out first and meet me outside. ”

Xuan Tielan rolled his eyes and whispered, "Are you trying to rob their goods?" ”

He is not very bold, and his heart is quite fast. I smiled and said, "It's dark, they're going to move thirty boxes of things." I'll mix in with them and get a box back! ”

Xuan Tielan was startled and said, "Isn't this stealing?" ”

"Are they doing serious business? Besides, if it's really serious, I'll leave it behind and leave by myself. ”

Xuan Tielan thought for a moment and grinned: "Are you going to catch them?" Okay, I'll report to the garrison right away. ”

I said, "Don't be in such a hurry. What if it's not something forbidden? Then as soon as you report to the garrison, won't you turn yourself in? ”

Xuan Tielan thought about it again and said in a low voice: "That's good." I'll be waiting for you outside the entrance opening, and you'll come over when you get something. ”

I said, "Okay." Then you go quickly. ”

After sending Xuan Tielan away, I straightened out this old set of clothes on my body, and hid behind the cargo box to watch the black rats. Although I said this to Xuan Tielan, I actually didn't mean to look for him again at all. If the black rat is doing something prohibited, then naturally report it to the garrison. But if it's some serious goods, and the black rats just want to escape some taxes, then I won't pay them back. This guy Black Rat actually poisoned me, and it's not too much to get him a box of goods.

I turned this idea around a few times, but I saw that the lights on the sea were getting closer and closer, and the ship came ashore. Although it was a little more troublesome for the boat to dock at night, the man who drove the boat was clearly a master, and the boat came ashore with great dexterity. The ship was not too big, and the crew was six or seven people at most. As soon as they got ashore, they saw a person coming down from the boat, and the black rat and a group of people immediately met him. Seeing this, I immediately walked over.

That's my plan. The black rat and I were both dressed as porters, and it was so dark around us, and I bet that the people on the boat didn't know all of them. Even if it's a black rat, he can't even care about counting how many people there are in the chaos. Just take advantage of the chaos to take the next box of goods, and then find an opportunity to slip into the dark, but I am afraid that they can't guess how there will be one less box if they want to break their heads after they move all the goods.

Sure enough, when I followed those people, no one paid any attention to me. Previously, the black rat said that there were "sixty boxes", and I only said that it was a box, but the people on the boat brought out one package after another. These packages are not in the same form, they look like carry-on luggage, and it seems that they are deliberately made like this, so as not to be obtrusive. Seeing this, I felt that I had guessed correctly, they must be doing some private goods. And with such a big battle, it seems that this private goods are not a cheap thing. If you get a pack, it might be worth a hundred or two hundred gold coins.

Black rats each carry a bag, wrapped either on the left shoulder or on the right shoulder. I was standing on their right side, and the person on my right shoulder couldn't see it at all because the package was blocking my view, but even if there were a few people on my left shoulder, I didn't notice that there were more people at all. Even the man standing in front of me, for I approached while the boat was in the midst of the confusion, must have noticed nothing unusual.

The people on the boat were carrying bags on their shoulders, and they fell quickly, and the people standing on the outermost side were even more nimble. Although the packages were not very heavy, they were not light, but he took one and put it on the shoulder, and the movement was fast and accurate, and it seemed that he had more than enough energy. Soon, the man in front of me carried a bag, and it was my turn. When I put the piece of cloth on my right shoulder, I deliberately put it on top of it so that I covered half of my face. Although it was dark now, with only a few lights on the boat, he probably couldn't see me clearly, but it would be bad if he saw my age.

As soon as I stood on the side of the boat with my head tilted, I felt my shoulders sink and a package pressed up. Contrary to the estimate, this package was unexpectedly heavy and heavy, but fortunately, it was just such a bag in the end, and my strength was enough to bear it. As soon as I got on my shoulder, I took advantage of the situation to touch it, only to feel that the contents of the package were a little soft, like kneaded dough, and I couldn't help but be stunned, I really couldn't guess what it was.

Anyway, if they are so serious, they can't really be some dough. I thought, pull out my feet and leave. I had just taken two steps when I suddenly heard the crew member who had just put me on his shoulder say, "Aren't there thirteen people here today?" ”

Someone next to him said, "Yes, it's going to be moved six times." ”

My heart was half cold. I still thought of them too simply, but I didn't expect this person to be counting all the time, and he must have found that he had sent fourteen packets. What now? Run? Although this package is not too heavy, it can be carried on your shoulders and then run, it will definitely not be able to outrun them. If I had dropped the package and ran, I might have been able to escape, but I really don't want to fall short. At this moment, I suddenly had a bold idea, stopped my steps, and turned to look behind me.

The crew member noticed a difference in the number of people, but not necessarily on one person. I had just stopped when I heard a soft "thump", but it was the crew member who jumped off the boat. The boat wasn't very big, but he jumped down with such a soft voice, and it was clear that he wasn't weak. He rushed to my side in one step, and said in a deep voice, "How many of you are here tonight?" ”