The weather in Huaizhou was dry and cold, and the fourteenth was wrapped in gray mink skin, and when I saw a small vendor selling tofu brains on the side of the road, I remembered that Rose loved to eat fried hemp tofu with sheep's tail oil, and I was stunned for a while. The two businessman-looking ministers of the Criminal Department in front of him turned sideways and said slightly: "Master, just now we handed over the post, and it replied that Jin Bi is not there, let us come back another day." Look..."Fourteen chin groaned, his translucent eyes seemed to be covered with a faint layer of white mist, and the scarf covered most of his face, making it impossible to see joy and anger.

Fourteen commanded in a low voice: "We have been in Huaizhou for a long time, and there are many people in the DPRK and China, and sooner or later the news will leak." Once this matter is known to Jinbi, it is bound to transfer the ledger to the side. Last time, I had figured out the topography of the Jin Mansion and searched around the study, if it weren't for the thieves in the rivers and lakes, I was afraid that I would have already obtained the account book. Now that I have come, there is no reason to go back empty-handed, I entered the house through the back door, and you waited outside, if you don't see me coming out after half an hour, you will directly take the token to the county government to lead the officers and soldiers into the house to search. ”

Lord Shen of the Criminal Department looked sad and said, "The Jin Mansion is heavily guarded, and the minions think that it is better to act according to the strategy we originally set." The secretary Hu also said: "When Jinbi returns home, let's meet with him on the grounds of discussing the purchase of grass beans." And you secretly search the ledger in the backyard, in case something happens, we can still hold Jin Bi hostage. Now, if the master goes alone, the minions are really waiting..."

Fourteen waved his hand and said categorically: "You don't have to say much, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger?" Wait any longer, I'm afraid that Jinbi will be surprised, and at that time, if you want the account book, it will be even more difficult. "He is the master, and the minister of the criminal department did not dare to stop him too much, so he had to tense his nerves and stay in the back streets and alleys, and if there was any trouble, he would report to the official immediately.

Jin Bi is a merchant in Huaizhou, with a deep mansion and a courtyard, and his extravagance is comparable to that of the royal family and nobles. Fourteen is agile and has excellent martial arts, dodging the busy servants and guards, and sneaking all the way to the backyard study. The study room is very large, not only with all kinds of books, but also more with ledgers and antiques. The speed of the fourteenth search is very fast, and at this time he is not the lazy and childish little brother in the elder brother's office, but a burly, shrewd, brave and resourceful husband. The dusty areas were barely searched, and he focused on clean but hidden places, even groping around the walls. After two quarters of an hour, nothing was found.

Suddenly, as if he sensed something, he stood behind the bookshelf as still as if the water had stopped.

In an instant, he took half a step back, and at the same time turned the bookshelf, and slammed his palm into a fist into the darkness. The figure behind the bookshelf couldn't dodge, and his waist bowed back, hitting the bookshelf with a clang, bluffing both of them to stop. Fourteen lowered his voice and frowned, "Why are you again?" The thief looked like he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and said with a smile: "You didn't find the account book, I didn't find the night pearl, so naturally I have to come again." ”

Fourteen Dao: "If you hadn't made a disturbance last time, why should I come again?" The thief said, "You still dare to say it? If you hadn't done it with me last time, I didn't get the Night Pearl, so why should I come again? "If anyone dares to speak to Fourteen like this outside, they must be beaten to death. Time was pressing, and Fourteen didn't want to bother talking anymore, so he said: "Today, you steal your night pearl, I look for what I want, the well water does not interfere with the river water, if you make trouble again, I will send you to the official mansion!" ”

Seeing that Fourteen ignored him, the thieves smiled at the corner of his lips, and said ghostly: "What you are looking for, is it an account book?" Fourteen didn't bother to answer, and searched the accounts everywhere with his hands and feet. The thief stuck to Fourteen like a slug, looked left and right, and said after a while: "Do you want to look behind the door?" Fourteen glared at him and said, "Don't speak!" The thief said unyieldingly: "I have seen Jinbi hiding things in the secret compartment behind the door several times. ”

Fourteen pulled out the short knife at his waist like a meteor, put it on the thief's neck, and said fiercely: "If you make trouble again, I will kill you." ”

He searched carefully behind the door, but there was no secret compartment at all.

Seeing that the trick could not be done, the thief raised his hands high and said, "I'm so scared, I'll never play anymore, if you have something to say, you... Let's put the knife down first. Fourteen had no intention of killing, and did not want the thief to continue to cause trouble, but when he saw that the thief had a rope on him, he tied him to a pillar in the middle of the house. After a long time, the thief cried and chirped: "You untie me... You untie me...", and said, "You check the drawer under the vase, and there is a secret compartment in the drawer..."

Fourteen: "You still dare to fool me?" ”

The thief hurriedly said: "You believe me, I have seen Jinbi take things inside several times, really, really!" His eyes widened, and he spoke in a sissy manner. Fourteen believed it for half a minute, and he really didn't check if there was a secret compartment in the drawer. He opened the drawer suspiciously, and when he touched it to the inside, there was really a secret compartment!

Taking out the account book from the dark compartment, Fourteen turned two pages at random, which recorded the names of the ministers of the household department and the amount of silver taels of bribes, and he made a slight estimate, but he was afraid that there were hundreds of people involved, and he couldn't help but be shocked. After collecting the account book, there was a sudden sound of "catching the thief" outside, it turned out that the secret grid was connected with the inner room of the golden wall, and as soon as the thing was taken here, the alarm bell in the inner room would ring the bell. In fact, Jinbi didn't go out at all, but he just didn't see customers.

Fourteen pushed open the window and was about to jump out, so frightened that the thief snorted and cried, and shouted: "Uncle, don't go, you loosen the tie for me..."

The two jumped off the windowsill, and the thief still broke his foot, and said angrily: "Are you professional?" ”

Seeing the guards chasing after him, Fourteen had no choice but to put the thief on his shoulder and ran out. The minister of the criminal department answered outside, and several people turned over their horses and left. They didn't even go back to the inn, and went directly to the capital. found a pharmacy, and Fourteen wanted to throw the thief down, but the thief clung to the saddle and refused to let go, and said: "I just want to go to the capital, you can take me by the way." Besides, I helped you find what you wanted, and you should repay me. ”

Fourteen: "I have already saved you once in the study just now." ”

The thief smiled flatteringly: "Since you have saved me once, it doesn't hurt to help me again." After a pause, he said: "Besides, the people of Jinbi must regard me and you as the same gang, what should they do if they want to kill me when you leave?" ”

What she said also made a little sense, and Fourteen reluctantly agreed to take him away, and said, "What are you doing in the capital?" ”

The thief snapped his teeth, rolled his eyes and said, "You care about me!" ”

On the street, while the two ministers went to buy steamed buns, they got off the horse, and the thief suddenly asked, "Are you married?" Fourteen saw that his cheeks were full of crimson, red to the base of his neck, and said secretly: "Why do you look like a girl?" Another innocent face said: "Whether I become a family or not is your business." The thief was speechless for a moment, and kicked Fourteen in the knee, and Fourteen reacted quickly, but he just took a half step back in his composure - and then the thief fell to the ground on all fours, and screamed in pain.

Lord Shen came over to help him kindly and asked, "What's the matter with the little brother?" For the sake of the Fourteenth Master, he was also polite. The little brother said: "My back hurts..."Fourteen saw him grinning in pain, he felt funny, and said, "I deserve it." ”

After eating the steamed buns with white water, the four of them continued to hurry.

After a night's journey, I finally arrived in the capital. When they reached the gate of the city, the thief began to cry again, and insisted on following Fourteen, saying, "I have nowhere to go, so take me as a slave." "To explain, in the Qing Dynasty, men can also call themselves slaves. So at this moment, Fourteen didn't realize that the dirty little person in front of him was a woman! In his impression, girls are very clean and love to be clean, just like roses, at most, every other day, they have to bathe and wash their hair.

Besides, where is the girl's family to be a thief?

Fourteen said coldly: "There are many slaves and maids in my family, and there is no shortage of them. The thief said, "Then I will be your guard, I will do kung fu, and you don't have to do anything you want to steal in the future." To be honest, this is still very attractive, but Fourteen doesn't like people of unknown origin, so he said: "With your three-legged cat kung fu, you still dare to be a guard?" ”

I really don't know who will protect whom.

Fourteen took out a piece of gold from his bosom, took off his sable jacket outside, threw it to the thief, and said, "Here you go." Then he said to Lord Shen: "Give him your horse too." Lord Shen hurriedly dismounted and led the thief. The thief's eyes suddenly turned red, and he said, "Why are you so good to me?" Fourteen turned around and said, "You helped me find the account book, and I have the right to give you the gift money." ”

The thief said, "There is no need to be so much...", and the fourteen pairs of legs clamped the horse's back, and said, "There will be no time in the future." The thief chased two steps forward and said, "You remember, my name is Zilan, don't forget me." ”

Fourteen sat high on his horse, and the early spring sun poured down, sprinkling a layer of pale white golden light. He turned his head and glanced at her, looking puzzled, but said nothing, and whipped away. Until the figure of Fourteen disappeared, Zilan still stood in place and watched from afar for a long time. She put on a mink jacket with residual temperature and taste, rubbed the shiny gold ingot, her eyes were red, and she said abruptly: "But when you meet in Pingshui, why do you want to be so good to me?" ”

After that, a tear slipped through the dark cheek.

The news of the fourteenth return to Beijing did not have time to inform anyone. He went directly to Wanyan Mansion, although more than half a month had passed, he instinctively knew that Rose had not returned to Baylor Mansion, and she was still waiting for him in Wanyan Mansion.

She's always been stupid.

After the Lantern Festival banquet, the spring in the capital came early, and many flowers bloomed in the garden, Rose took Ah Xing to drill around, I don't know what allergies were caused by, and the cheeks were itchy and red, so just as she was itching out of the mirror and smearing black ointment, someone stood at the threshold, and said, "Weiwei, I'm back." ”

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