Chapter 146: Searching Day and Night
"Well, tsk!" Shopkeeper Li lowered his head and thought carefully, it was true that this person could bring himself a large amount of silver, but now that the family is rich, no amount of silver can buy his son's life. Compared with the Li family's incense, even a mountain of gold and silver is nothing.
"How?" Huang Daochang asked after him, and the shopkeeper Li smashed his fist with his left hand on the palm of his right hand, and made up his mind, "Just do what you say!"
"Okay, good!" Huang Dao nodded and smiled, "In this way, the poor Dao will also be relieved!"
A promise is a promise, but Shopkeeper Li does not intend to come forward to conflict with that person in person. He knew that if he really angered that person, he was afraid that he would not be able to save his son, and he would take the whole family. After the zodiac chief left, he pondered for a long time, and then quietly called for his body and soul, and gave such and such instructions, and after a cup of tea, there were suddenly many more young men with swords and clubs in their hands, and they looked for the man in the black cloak with the people.
From noon until dusk, every street is as lively as the New Year's Day. People carried torches and went from house to house looking for the man in the black cloak, and Chai Shien was finally woken up. He rubbed his eyes vigorously and tapped his head hard to barely sober himself.
His temples jumped wildly, and he tried a few times before he staggered to his feet. Chai Shien knew that it must be Jin Hui, and he put sweat medicine in the water he drank. What made Chai Shien himself feel strange was that after thinking of this, his first reaction was not to be vigilant, let alone suspicious of Jin Hui, but to worry about him.
Liao Shui was kidnapped by a man wearing a black cloak, Jin Hui must have felt guilty, gave himself sweat medicine, and went to settle accounts with the black cloak. Chai Shien's heart tightened, Jin Hui had a good plan, but with his own ability, I am afraid that he would lose his life without even touching the little finger of the black cloak. Thinking about it all here, Chai Shien couldn't think much about it anymore, pushed open the door and stumbled out.
Coming outside, Chai Shien was stunned. The streets were full of men holding torches and shouting five and six, and occasionally a few bold children who quietly ran out of the house with their fathers and mothers running by playfully and laughing, making Chai Shien mistakenly think that he had slept too long this time, and it was Chinese New Year's Eve.
"What are you doing, big brother?" asked Chai Shien as he grabbed a man passing by. The man first glanced at the robe on Chai Shien's body, and after making sure that it was not the black they were looking for, he slowed down and said to him, "There is an ominous man wearing a black cloak here, and now everyone is looking for him, only by finding him, can we continue to live a peaceful life!"
"Black cloak?" Chai Shien didn't react for a moment, the man nodded firmly at him, and took a torch from the other person and handed it to Chai Shien, "Look for it with us, one more person will always have more strength!"
Receiving the torches, Chai Shien did not go with them, but turned around and went to the small teahouse, where he unexpectedly saw Jin Hui. At this moment, Jin Hui's face was tired, but he was very calm when he looked at the mountain, and sat alone at the stone table in the backyard, and the tea in front of him had been cold for a long time.
"Are you awake? I just have a cup of herbal tea here, and you will feel better if you drink it." Jin Hui handed the tea to Chai Shien, who was feeling thirsty, so he suddenly stopped when he brought it to his mouth, "You won't put sweat medicine in it again this time, will you?"
Jin Hui smiled and didn't speak, Chai Shien drank the herbal tea, the slightly bitter but sweet coolness made Chai Shien feel a lot more comfortable, he sat down opposite Jin Hui, "Tell me, what did you do when I was asleep?"
"It's nothing, it's just a little weakness that people usually have and ask them to do something for me. Jin Hui's voice was a little hoarse, and after a whole day's work, almost all the young adults who could be dispatched were dispatched, but he did not find the person wearing the black cloak, Jin Hui understood that in fact, the other party wanted to escape very simply, as long as he took off the conspicuous black cloak that had become the target of the public, he could easily blend in the crowd without being noticed by anyone. But what Jin Hui gambled on was that the man didn't dare to take off the black cloak so that people could see his face!
"It's dangerous to do this!" Chai Shien was suddenly a little moved, Jin Hui didn't know them, and it was only because he "fell" into their hands and was controlled by others that he had to help them find the whereabouts of the black cloak. Regarding Liao Shui's matter, Chai Shien didn't feel that Jin Hui needed to take any responsibility.
"People live their lives, and they should always do something. Previously I didn't know what to do, but now I seem to know. Jin Hui raised his head and smiled at Chai Shien, "It's just that this method is not very clever, and all we can do is wait for news here." ”
This night, Chai Shien sat with Jin Hui in the small teahouse all night, until his hair and eyebrows were wet with dew, and he still did not find the whereabouts of the black cloak. Chai Shien moved his stiff body, and was thinking about how to comfort Jin Hui when he suddenly spoke first.
"I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid! I thought I could force him out with this method, but I didn't expect it to be a failure. Jin Hui's frustration was a little self-deprecating, "Yes, I've always been so stupid, I don't have the ability to make money, I don't have the ability to support my family, and I can't even support myself." ”
"Don't say that!" Chai Shien stopped him from continuing, and at this time, the zodiac chief ran from in a panic, opened his mouth to say something, and suddenly saw that Chai Shien was also there, and immediately closed it. Jin Hui said, "It's all your own people, just say it if you have anything to say." Huang Daochang said with an anxious face, "Things seem to be a little bad, those people who went to look for the black cloak yesterday seem to be less!"
Chai Shien and Jin Hui were stunned at the same time, and Chai Shien asked, "What do you mean when you say that there are fewer people?" Huang Daochang sighed and said, "That's the case, in the first half of the night, this street was still lively, and there were people everywhere. In the second half of the night, there were fewer people. At that time, I thought that maybe it was because they were tired, and it was late at night, and maybe they would go back to rest, so I didn't care. But just now, on my way here, I saw several women who were crying and not looking for her, and when I inquired about it, I found out that their man, brother, and son had gone out to look for someone yesterday, but they had not come back all night. The woman was worried, so she came out to look for it, but she didn't expect to find even a figure.
Huang Daochang's words made Chai Shien's heart suddenly swell with a sense of foreboding, have these people fallen into the hands of the other party like Liao Shui?