Chapter 17: Escape

Hearing that the dirty beggar in front of him pointed out that his leg was not disabled, Song Heng couldn't help but be shocked.

"Why did the little brother say this? Don't talk nonsense. ”

"Am I talking nonsense? Do you dare to speak so confidently as I said in front of the officials of the City Patrol Division? Pretending to be disabled, evading and moving away from Dachu, he will be imprisoned at least and beheaded at worst. ”

Song Heng had a panicked expression on his face, "Little brother is not strange, it's only five taels of silver, I can give it to you, but don't talk nonsense after giving it to you." ”

Qingluan, who was pretending to be a beggar, smiled "hehe", and then deliberately thickened his voice, "After receiving the money, not only will you not talk nonsense, but you will also be told a piece of news, a news that can save your life." ”

At this time, Wan Niang's voice came again, "Husband, haven't you sent it away yet, or go to the store to deal with it, and you have to ask why they let the beggars in to disturb the guests?" ”

"Ahem..., this little brother is not a blackmailer, he, he does have something important." Song Heng turned around and said.

"What's the matter?" Wan Niang also came to the door.

"Bring the money first." Qingluan stretched out her black hand.

"What silver?" Wan Niang looked at Song Heng.

"Go and get five taels of silver for this little brother."

"Five taels of silver, we don't have much silver in our hands." Wan Niang was a little anxious.

Qingluan withdrew his hand, "If you don't have the money, forget it, I don't need to talk about some things here, but I can go elsewhere." As he spoke, he turned around with his hands behind his back and made a gesture to leave.

"Why don't you go and get the money for the little brother?" Song Heng was anxious and commanded Wan Niang.

Wan Niang was startled, her face immediately became very ugly, but she didn't say more, turned around and went back to the house, and soon took out five taels of silver.

Qingluan took the silver and shook it with his hand, "In Da Chu, speaking naturally counts, whether your leg is really lame or falsely lame, I promise that I will never tell the second person again." ”

Song Heng hugged his wrists, "Thank you little brother for that." ”

"I haven't finished my words yet, I promise to tell you a life-saving news, and I will naturally tell you when I get the money." Speaking of this, Qingluan looked around, and the old woman was guarding the front hall and did not follow the backyard.

"The shopkeeper in this store has gone to the City Patrol Division." Qingluan lowered her voice.

Song Heng's heart tightened, "What is the shopkeeper doing when he goes to patrol the city?" ”

"Naturally, I'm going to report you, it is said that if you report a Da Chu man who pretends to be disabled, you can also get a reward!"

Wan Niang was shocked, "Ah, how did he know that her husband's leg was fine?" Mo is not what you said. ”

Qingluan pointed at Wan Niang, "I didn't say it, isn't this what Madame said herself?" ”

Wan was angry, but she didn't have time to deal with the beggar in front of her, so she grabbed Song Heng with both hands, "Husband, how is this good?" ”

Qingluan put the silver into his arms, "The shopkeeper in this store has been gone for some time, and it is estimated that the people from the City Patrol Division will arrive soon." ”

Song Heng stomped his feet hard, and then pushed Wan Niang, "Don't go and clean up quickly, let's hurry up and change the inn again." ”

Wan Niang glanced at Song Heng with some grievances, and went back to the house to pack her things.

"Hey, if the city patrol department can't see you when he comes, the whole city will be arrested, and all inns will have to be searched, and you will probably not be able to escape with your wife and children." Qingluan said unhurriedly.

"I also thought about what the little brother said just now, so I still stayed at the door, just to ask the little brother for some more advice." Song Heng's attitude was unusually humble.

"Five taels of silver have already told you the news that this life is at stake, as for how to escape? Qingluan stretched out his hand again.

"Want to know how to escape? Take another five taels of silver. ”

"Ah..., five taels." Song Heng was a little embarrassed, "I don't have much money in the first place..."

"If you are embarrassed, you don't have to give it, the officials of the City Patrol Division should be here immediately, and I will go to someone else to ask for it." Qingluan turned around and left.

Song Heng hurriedly stepped out and reached out to grab Qingluan's arm, Qingluan's body turned around very flexibly, avoiding Song Heng's hand.

"Why do you still want to use strong? If I shout, you won't even be able to get out of this inn. ”

Song Heng immediately stood up when he heard this, and half-raised his hands, "There is absolutely no intention of being strong, I just want to keep the little brother for the time being, and I will give you the silver." ”

Qingluan took a few steps back, "If you don't take the silver, the officials of the City Patrol Division will enter the inn." ”

At this time, Wan Niang had already walked out of the house with the child in her arms, "Husband, the package has been picked up and stopped, you go and take it, let's get out of here quickly." ”

Song Heng rushed into the house, and soon came out with a package on his back, holding a silver ingot in his hand, and handed it to Qingluan.

"This ingot of silver is five taels, and the little brother will take it."

When Qingluan stretched out her hand to take the silver, Wan Niang screamed, "Husband, how can you give him back the silver, the silver in our hands is going to run out..."

Song Heng didn't have time to pay attention to Wan Niang, and stared at Qingluan with an anxious expression, "Little brother, how can I escape, hurry up!" ”

Qingluan glanced at Wan Niang, "If you want to escape, the best way is to leave your wife and children and run by yourself, now that the city gate is closed, the city patrol department is searching a family of three everywhere, you can't escape." ”

"Huh? What did you say? What kind of heart do you have in peace? Husband, you can't listen to this beggar's words! ”

Song Heng frowned, "Wanniang, don't worry, how could I leave your mother and son." He pulled Wan Niang and walked to the front yard.

Qingluan shook his head, "Hey, the old woman in the store is guarding the door of the inn, you can't leave if you go out like this." ”

At this time, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the inn, and it should be that someone from the city patrol department had arrived.

Song Heng and Wan Niang were all panicked, looked around, and hurriedly ran to the back door of the courtyard, but the door was locked, and they couldn't open it and couldn't get out.

Qingluan shouted, "Come with me." ”

As he spoke, he rushed to the corner, it turned out that there was a wooden ladder there, and when Qingluan was entangled with the shopkeeper and his wife, Fang Ruo jumped into the backyard and set up a wooden ladder, so that he could escape from here.

Song Heng and Wan Niang hurriedly followed, and Qingluan had already climbed the ladder first, climbed the wall and jumped down.

Song Heng took the child and asked Wan Niang to climb up first, and he followed, but Wan Niang climbed on the wall but didn't dare to jump down.

Noisy footsteps came, and the officials of the City Patrol Division had already entered the backyard under the guidance of the shopkeeper.

Song Heng was anxious, and urged Wanniang in a low voice, "Don't you jump quickly, don't you want me to go to prison?" ”

Wan Niang gritted her teeth and jumped down, "Oops", and broke her ankle.

Song Heng couldn't care so much anymore, he threw the package down first, and then jumped off the wall with the child in his arms.

The voice of the old shopkeeper in the store came from inside the wall, "Official, they ran away..., look, they must have jumped over the wall from the ladder..."

Song Heng didn't say a word, pulled up Wanniang and ran.

"Husband, my foot is twisted and I can't run." Wan Niang's face was miserable.

"If you can't run, you have to run, otherwise it's too late." Song Heng couldn't help but say and continued to drag Wanniang.

"There, sir, where are they!" The innkeeper's voice came from the wall.

Wan Niang gritted her teeth, dragged one leg, and was pulled by Song Heng to the corner of the street, where the little beggar was waving to him.

The shouts of the officials behind came, "Stop, if you don't listen, the crime will be increased by one degree after the arrest." ”

The figure of the little beggar flickered in front of him, and after turning a few streets, he suddenly disappeared.

On the corner of the street, Wan Niang sat on the ground, "Husband, I, I really can't run." ”

Song Heng pulled Wan Niang up, "If you don't run now, you will have to be caught by the officials of the City Patrol Division." ”

"Husband, my ankle hurts, I'm afraid I really can't run anymore, or..., you can escape by yourself, and the people of the City Patrol Division can't do anything with my mother and son!"

"The people of the City Patrol Division will definitely interrogate you, if you know that I, Song Heng, am still alive, hiding in Dachu and not moving away from Xiban, Liu Rentu will have to use this reason to kill me."

"Husband, I, I won't talk about it..."

"If you'd ever seen the torture instruments in the prison, you wouldn't have said that."

A sharp whistle sounded in the distance, which was a signal from the City Patrol Division to arrest the whole city.

Song Heng was so anxious that his head was sweating profusely, and the child in his arms also cried at this time, Wan Niang took the child and kept comforting him, Song Heng knew that if he didn't flee from here, it would be a matter of time before he was caught.

The sound of horses' hooves came from the sound of "clicking", a carriage turned from the corner of the street, the coachman was an old man in his sixties, he glanced at Song Heng and Wan Niang, and continued to drive the car forward.

"Let's stop first," a crisp female voice came from the carriage.

The coachman took hold of the horse's reins, and the carriage came to a halt after four or five feet away.

"Fang Ruo, go and see how the two of you are on the road? Is there a need for help. Another sweet and gentle female voice came.

"Yes," replied the crisp female voice.

Soon, a young woman wearing a light leno dress and a flower skirt got out of the car and came to Song Heng and Wan Niang.

"My master asked me to ask, why did the two of you stay here, making this child cry so hard, but they encountered difficulties?"

Without waiting for Song Heng to speak, Wan Niang seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and reached out to grab the corner of Fang Ruo's skirt.

"Girl, my feet are twisted and I can't walk, my husband is carrying a package on his back, holding the child, and he has to drag me to really can't walk, please your master can do well, and use a carriage to drive us."

"Oh, I see, I'm going to tell the master, but I don't know where you and your wife are going?"

"We..., we can go anywhere, we just want to ask the master to take us for a ride." Wan Niang's tone was pleading.

"Oh, okay." The woman turned and went back to the carriage.

Song Heng never spoke, under the hazy moonlight, he felt that Fang Ruo looked a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen this woman.

Soon Fang Ruo walked back, "My master invites the two of you to come over." ”

Wan Niang gritted her teeth, stood up with difficulty with the child, Song Heng helped her, and the two of them limped to the front of the car.

Song Heng bowed towards the carriage and clenched his fists, his tone was humble, "I have a leg disease in my lower body, and now my wife has broken her foot again, and it is really difficult to rush with a baby child. ”

Fang Ruo lifted the curtain, and a beautiful woman with skin better than snow and a bright light walked out of the carriage.