Chapter 208: Wishful thinking
After lighting the lamp, the originally dim courtyard was suddenly brightly lit up, as bright as day.
Zhou Ruhai saw that the men in the family had gone out to arrest people, and the rest were women, he thought about it for a while, and felt that those two strong subordinates, if they didn't lie, Laifu would soon be arrested, and after cleaning up this old pig and dog, his son would definitely be so hungry that his chest was close to his back, and it would definitely be too late to prepare a meal at that time.
In order to let his son eat a hot meal as soon as possible, Zhou Ruhai waved his hand and instructed the remaining women: "You women, don't go out to arrest people, but don't be idle."
Hurry up and heat up the food in the study, or when the captors come back, it will be too late for you to prepare the meal." ”
A group of maids and wives, after hearing their master's instructions, immediately went to work, but although they did not complain, but in their hearts they were quite complaining about their master, thinking that their wife didn't say anything, but their own master had so many things, can't they let them rest for a while? Just now, for a blessing, the family was restless, and they were also frightened, and now the turmoil has finally passed, and they are not even given a chance to breathe, their own master is really mean.
Outside the gate of Zhou's house, as soon as Zhou Ming came out with everyone, the people in these mansions, without his orders, immediately scattered in all directions, and carefully searched for blessings within the range near Zhou's house.
In the process of searching, the hardest working people are the two subordinates who once beat Lai Fu, Lai Fu was lost in their hands, and if they don't arrest him as soon as possible, they will have a great responsibility.
The two of them led the others to take the lead and searched all the nearby streets and alleys, but not only did they not see Laifu, but they didn't even meet a living person.
After searching the last alley and still finding nothing, these two strong and strong subordinates couldn't help frowning, feeling that they were in a big disaster, but with the experience of Laifu, the two of them broke into such a big disaster, and they didn't plan to run away at the first time, but decided to sincerely admit their mistakes, because they knew in their hearts that Zhou Zhou Ming was on an errand in the yamen, and he was now the number one celebrity in the world, and he himself had a high level of martial arts cultivation, and it was simply wishful thinking to escape from under his hands.
The two of them led the crowd, walked up to Zhou Ming with a sad face, and said calmly: "Young master, we have searched all the corners of the neighborhood, but we still haven't found the shadow of Laifu."
Looks like it really let him run away. ”
Before coming out of the courtyard, Zhou Zhou Ming thought that it would be easy to catch Laifu, so after coming out, he didn't go with his subordinates to look for Laifu, but stood in place, waiting to hear his subordinates bring him good news.
As a result, what he never expected was that these subordinates in the family were busy for a long time and found nothing.
This couldn't help but make him wonder if what the two subordinates said to him just now was true.
His eyes suddenly widened, glaring fiercely at the two men, and there was a murderous aura in his eyes.
After the two subordinates let go of Laifu, they had been frightened, and they didn't find the shadow of Laifu at the moment, they were even more frightened, and suddenly saw Zhou Zhouming's fierce eyes, and the two of them immediately knelt on the ground and said with a crying voice:
"Young Master, don't be angry, what the two of us just said is the truth. That old guy was really beaten by us, and we don't know why he still has the ability to escape. ”
Seeing the scared looks of the two of them, Zhou Zhou Ming felt that the two of them should not be lying, he took two steps forward, stood in the middle of the street, and then looked to both sides.
He suddenly noticed a horse-drawn carriage in the distance, speeding north.
Zhou Ming suddenly understood, no wonder this old guy would run away without a trace in such a fast time, it turned out that there was a carriage answering him.
Thinking back to the scene of Laifu pit and harming himself just now, Zhou Zhou Ming had to admire this old guy, thinking that this Laifu was also careful enough, in order to kill himself, he had even thought of a way out in advance, which is to meet me, if he met an ordinary person, maybe he really let this old thief run away.
Zhou Zhou Ming instantly urged the internal force, raised the volume of his speech to the highest, and then shouted at the carriage: "The carriage in front, if you don't want to die, stop quickly!" ”
The people around saw Zhou Ming's operation, and followed his gaze to the carriage, and instantly understood everything in their hearts, they didn't need to command, they immediately rushed towards the carriage, everyone scrambled to be the first to chase the carriage, because in that case, they made the first contribution.
Laifu, who was covered in injuries, lay comfortably in the carriage, planning what to do next, whether to quickly go to the money bank to take out all the money he had accumulated over the years and fly away, or to find a place to hide first, and then make plans after the limelight has passed?
Both options have pros and cons, the first option, although he can keep the property he has accumulated over the years, but the risk is also very large, after all, a shrewd person like Zhou Zhou Ming must have guessed that he would do this, in case he is in the money bank, if he sends someone to wait for him, to withdraw the money is tantamount to throwing himself into the net.
And the second option, although it can save his dog's life, but the money in the money village will definitely not be able to be saved, because when the time comes, the Zhou family will definitely use all kinds of relationships to clean up themselves, and naturally the money in their name will be easily taken away by them.
Thinking of these, Laifu felt distressed in his heart, those hard-earned money, but he had embezzled it from the Zhou family through various means over the years, if he was taken back by the Zhou family like this, he really had no hope for the rest of his life, after all, now he is seriously injured and may be disabled, if he doesn't have this money, he will be something that people don't want to see everywhere he goes.
Just when he was hesitating whether to go to Qianzhuang or not, he suddenly heard Zhou Zhouming's shouting, he was so frightened that he immediately secretly lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked back, and was stunned.
I saw Zhou Zhou Ming standing in the distance, looking at the carriage he was riding in angrily, and in front of Zhou Ming, there were more than a dozen subordinates of the Zhou family, frantically chasing the carriage, and the fastest person was only about 20 steps away from the carriage.
The coachman also heard Zhou Ming's shout, and with many years of experience in the rivers and lakes, he knew that he was in big trouble.
He glanced back, and was immediately shocked, thinking to himself that I have never been competitive in my life, and I have never offended anyone at all, so why are these people chasing me?
Just when he was puzzled, it suddenly occurred to him, could this matter have something to do with the person I saved?
Thinking of this, the coachman turned around while driving the carriage and asked the rifle in the car: "What's the matter?" Are those people looking for you? What is your relationship with them? There is a debtor and a debtor, you must not implicate me! ”
At such a life-and-death moment, how could the extremely cunning Laifu tell the truth, he thought for a while, and then cried and said: "Big brother, I can't stand you!"
The people chasing after the car were the ones who robbed me just now, and they must have found out that I was not dead, and they were afraid that I would report to the police, so they wanted to kill people. ”
When the coachman heard this, he panicked, after all, as a flat-headed commoner, he had never experienced such a thing.
At this time, he regretted his nosy behavior just now, and thought to himself that he was just a coachman who had no interest, why should he learn from others to do good deeds? It's a good thing this time, if someone else's life is not saved, his own life will be put into it.
He complained angrily to Laifu: "I was miserable by you, what can I do now?" If they catch up, my life will be over! My family is old and young, and my whole family depends on me to feed them, and if I die, my family will be completely ruined. ”
Laifu hurriedly urged: "Big brother, now is not the time to say such frustrating words, you hurry up and let the horse run, maybe we still have a chance of life." ”
The coachman felt that it made sense, so he swung his whip and whipped it hard on the horse's buttocks.
The horses pulling the cart were fat and strong, in the prime of life, and the whip was drawn on their bodies, and they only heard it neigh, and their front legs were free, and then they rushed forward like crazy, and ran twice as fast as usual.
It was very difficult for a two-legged man to catch up with a four-legged horse, but now that the horse was running with all his might, it was even more impossible for those who followed behind to catch up with the carriage.
The distance between the carriage and the subordinates suddenly widened so far that the subordinates instantly stopped in place, watching the carriage run away without any way.
They all knew in their hearts that if they pursued it any longer, even if they ran to the point of vomiting blood and died, they would not be able to catch up with this carriage.
Seeing that after the carriage accelerated, he shook off those who were chasing, and the fear in Laifu's heart finally decreased, he always observed the situation behind the carriage, and then kept telling the coachman: "Continue to accelerate, don't stop, as long as we can maintain this speed, we can escape." ”
The coachman has been doing this business for more than 20 years, and he naturally understands in his heart that such a cruel hand to the horse, let it run crazy desperately, the damage to the horse is very great, and it may be that after this trip, when he returns home, the horse is likely to die.
Thinking of this, the coachman was distressed, but at this time he couldn't take care of so much, after all, if he didn't do this, his own life would not be saved.
And he also has his own little abacus in his heart, the reason why he encountered such a danger is completely to save the old man, if his horse really died because of this, he will let the old man in the car compensate himself afterwards, after all, there is a debtor and a debtor, and the whole thing is because of him.