"Hey, what's your name?"

In the dark cell, Li Haoran's words woke up Meng Ran, who was in a daze, Meng Ran leaned slightly to the side and said softly: "Meng Ran." ”

"Yo, it's a coincidence, we both have a word in our names. Li Haoran sighed for a moment and continued to ask, "What do you do at home?"

"My father was an official in the court before his death. ”

"Eunuch family, what are you going to do in the future?"

"I don't know. But I shouldn't be an official. ”

Li Haoran smacked his lips and asked puzzledly: "How good it is to be an official, why not?"

Meng Ran's mood was a little depressed, "A good person may not have a good reward, and so are good officials, so why bother with yourself." ”

"Oh, how did your father die?"

"Died of illness. Just because the people of Jiangnan said a fair word, they were thrown into prison, and finally became seriously ill and died within a year. Meng Ran's voice was a little choked.

Li Haoran didn't immediately open his mouth to comfort, but pondered for a while, and then asked eagerly, "Your father is Meng Hao?"

Meng Ran was very surprised and asked, "Ah, how did the seniors know?"

"It turned out to be a famous family, no wonder he would fight for a woman who had never known her life, so that she fought with that gentleman on the street. ”

"Senior, don't be sarcastic about me, I'm a famous family. ”

Li Haoran sneered, "The famous family I'm talking about is not those high-ranking officials and tycoons, but people like your father who dare to speak for the people." ”

Meng Ran stood up and bowed deeply in Li Haoran's direction, "Thank you seniors for remembering my father, Meng Ran saluted you." ”

"Okay, okay, if you are so polite, we won't be able to talk. Li Haoran said disappreciatively.

Meng Ran wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, took a deep breath, and then sat upright and said quite seriously: "In short, I want to thank you." ”

Li Haoran waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, but he accidentally pulled the chains on his body, making a series of jingling sounds.

"Eh, senior, are you okay?"

"It's fine. ”

Meng Ran restrained his posture and sat down slowly against the wall, looking like he was reminiscing about the past, and after a while, his face was full of sadness.

Li Haoran glanced at it a few times, and didn't know how to appease it, so he had to quietly accompany Meng Ran in a daze.

......

When the cell was peaceful, the lights of thousands of homes in Jiaxing City gradually went out, and ordinary people began to wash up and sleep, if nothing else, it would be a peaceful night.

Just after the end of the day, a shout suddenly rang out in a brightly lit house somewhere in the city.

"Someone!"

"The thief has run away!"

"Come on!"

After a few eager shouts, the doors of more than a dozen rooms opened, and a group of neatly armored Chong Mansion sergeants rushed out, and the head was the majestic captain Chu Changcun.

Chu Changcun glanced around, and said in a cold voice: "If there is a thief who has escaped, immediately carry out an arrest operation, whether he lives or dies." ”

"Yes. ”

After the sergeants sang a fat meander, they went out in pursuit.

The bright armor was quite dazzling under the light of the torches, which made people feel uneasy.

Chu Changcun led his soldiers through the streets and alleys, and followed closely in one direction, only to see a woman dressed in black in the street and alley in front of him, looking at that face, it was the female thief who was arrested by the sergeant of Zhichong Mansion in the teahouse during the day.

The woman was now wearing a close-fitting outfit that framed her figure, with long legs of moderate thickness, plump and round buttocks, a fairly delicate waist, and bulging breasts.

It's just that the female thief's face was pale, and she was looking at the sergeant of the Zhichong Mansion with an angry face, destroying the original posture and style.

Chu Changcun crossed the crowd, stood in front of the queue, looked at the woman with a calm face, and scolded in his mouth: "Dare thief, dare to escape, this time you must not be spared." ”

The female thief snorted, didn't talk nonsense, and rushed straight towards Chu Changcun, looking like she was fighting to the death.

Chu Changcun pulled out the long knife in his hand, threw the scabbard aside, and with a cold snort, Huo Ran rushed forward, only ran five steps, and fought with the female thief.

The sword is swirling, and the fist is dancing.

No matter how hard your fists are, it is difficult to resist the knives made of steel, and in a short time, the female thief has new wounds on her body, and her clothes have been torn a few times, revealing the white and tender skin inside.

After Chu Changcun swung a few knives, he deliberately left a flaw, allowing the female thief to punch him in the chest, his figure staggered back, and the corners of his mouth overflowed with blood.

The female thief chased after her relentlessly, wanting to take the opportunity to kill Chu Changcun.

Chu Changcun's eyes showed a little helplessness, only to hear him scream, his left foot on the ground a little hard, the whole person jumped up like an eagle, holding a knife in both hands in mid-air, and slashed at the female thief.

There was a 'poof', and a long knife entered the flesh, and blood spilled.

The female thief's upper body had been split in half by a knife, and her beautiful cheeks were rounded, as if she didn't believe she was dead.

Chu Changcun put away the knife, and the body of the female thief fell to the ground with a bang, and her hands still maintained the same wave and killing motion.

The sergeants stepped forward one after another and surrounded the corpse, as if they were afraid that the corpse would suddenly fly away.

Chu Changcun put the knife into the sheath and shouted coldly: "The thief killed my brother, and now he has escaped, his crime should be punished, all the brothers quickly arrested him, if there is resistance, he will be killed." ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers of Zhichong Mansion poured into the nearby alleys, and the sound of fighting resounded around.

After a while, the fighting stopped, and the sound of footsteps began to sound, and then someone reported loudly: "Tell the captain, the thieves have resisted violently and have been killed by our soldiers, but some of our brothers have been killed." ”

"Report casualties. ”

"Li Yishui, Zheng Qingbee, Li Dafu, Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhao Wanwei and others were killed, and Bai Lin, Xue Ziwei, Wei Xiaohui, Tang Songbai, Zuo Lingxiao and others were injured. ”

"Collect the team, immediately treat the wounded, and collect the remains of the dead brothers. ”

"Yes. ”

A noisy sound sounded, and many sergeants in Zhichong Mansion carried the corpses of their already stiffened comrades, supported the wounded, and dragged the bodies of the female thieves and began to retreat, preparing to return to the brightly lit courtyard.

Just when the sergeant of Zhichong Mansion was busy, a black figure stood on the roof around the alley, which was Ma Shun, the chief banner of the Imperial City Division. He looked at the alley, nodded with satisfaction, and then made a few jumps, disappearing behind the layers of eaves.

Needless to say, after the sergeant of the Zhichong Mansion returned to his residence, he tossed again in a loud and small voice, and then slowly closed the doors and windows and began to rest.

The courtyard gradually quieted down, and Chu Changcun, who lived in the main house, began to write a battle report and described the incident in detail.

The battle report reads:

"On July 15, Chu Changcun, the captain of the Fourth Regiment of Zhichong Prefecture, was ordered to inspect Jiaxing County. According to the intelligence of the county government, four thieves were arrested at the teahouse, three were killed and one was arrested, and three soldiers were killed or wounded. The teahouse secretly hid a thief, killed three soldiers, and was hunted and killed by the Imperial City Si Xuan Wolf Guard.

That night, the arrested thieves swallowed the furious potion that had been hidden in advance, and then their strength increased greatly, and they broke free from the ox tendon rope that bound them, and rushed all the way out. Fortunately, the brothers fought desperately, and at the end of the third quarter of the hour, they were killed.

During the operation, he was conspired by the thieves and was slightly injured, six of his compatriots died on the spot, and the rest were also injured in various ways.

This inspection has just begun to encounter such a setback, please the captain to surrender. But please rest assured, even if you lose your life, you will complete this patrol mission, and you will never let your adults down. ”

After the battle report was written, Chu Changcun let out a long sigh, then showed a bitter smile, and then stamped his official seal on the battle report and sealed it.

......

As the night deepened, Meng Ran was already a little sleepy, he leaned against the wall and dozed off, his head shaking constantly.

Li Haoran was in good spirits and not sleepy, he coughed lightly at Meng Ran, "Meng boy, do you want to talk for a while?"

"Hmm?" Meng Ran's head was already foggy, and he didn't react immediately, and after a while, he straightened up slightly and asked slowly, "Senior, what do you want to talk about?"

"You can talk about it as much as you want. ”

"Tomorrow, there will be time in the future anyway. ”

Li Haoran sneered, "Don't you want to know what's happening outside now?"

Meng Ran asked rhetorically, "How could you possibly know? ”

"Listen to it with your ears, of course. ”

"So what's going on out there?"

Li Haoran's brows stretched slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Those soldiers in Zhichong Mansion are arresting a fugitive, but the strange thing is that there is no big move, but they can't shout loudly. ”

"Uh, what do you mean?"

Li Haoran rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "It means that those people in Zhichong Mansion are just bluffing." ”

Meng Ran frowned, and asked puzzledly: "I still don't understand the connection between this." ”

"Meng boy, are you stupid?"

“......”

Without waiting for Meng Ran's response, Li Haoran snorted dissatisfiedly, and then explained: "If it is to arrest a real fugitive, it will naturally be a big move, and the movement will not be small." But if there is no big movement, but those people shout it out with great fanfare, there must be something wrong with this. ”

Meng Ran shook his head, sighed, looked like he finally understood, and said, "I understand." You mean that the sergeant in Ocho Province is just acting, and there may not be any fugitives. ”

"You're half right. Li Haoran commented.

"What did you say wrong?"

"It's the last sentence that's wrong. ”

"Is there really a fugitive?" Meng Ran's eyes lit up, and then he said, "I understand, they deliberately let people go, and then went to hunt them down." ”

"Not bad, not too stupid. ”

Meng Ran subconsciously asked, "Then why did they do this?"

Li Haoran rolled his eyes, "The devil knows." ”

“......”

"But there's something even weirder. ”

"What's the matter?" Meng Ran hurriedly asked.

"They shouted a long list of the dead. But from what I heard, the fight was very simple, and there were no casualties. ”

Meng Ran sneered, "Did you hear it wrong?"

Li Haoran scolded, "You fart, how could I hear it wrong." ”