Chapter 58: Into the Tiger's Den
It was late at night, and Li Fan didn't feel a little tired from reading, so he blew out the oil lamp and prepared to go to bed. But at this moment, Cunyi flew off the roof, and this leap was like a fallen leaf floating in the water silently.
Then he opened the door again and went into the house. In the darkness, Li Fan thought that the shadows of the trees outside were shaking, and without careful inspection, he was sealed in several acupoints by Cunyi, and he couldn't move.
When he got to Li Fan, Cunyi grabbed his neck with his fingers and threatened him: "Dog thief, listen up, I am the apprentice of the free scholar, you designed to harm my master, and I am here to take your dog's life." ”
Li Fan was so frightened that he couldn't speak, just kept shaking his head in the dark. Cunyi told him that if he wanted to live, he should quickly point out where the prisoner was kept.
Li Fan's mouth let out a dull whine again, and Cunyi knew that he wanted to speak. Cunyi thought to himself: "Although this thief is greedy for life and afraid of death, if I unravel his dumb hole, it will be difficult to ensure that he will lose his mouth when he is panicked." To be sure, I had to scare him. ”
Cunyi took out a pill from his arms and whispered to Li Fan that this was the Five Poison Pill. If there is no antidote, within three days, the whole body will ulcerate and die.
Li Fan nodded after hearing this, and Cunyi pushed the pill into his mouth and relieved Li Fan's dumb hole. Li Fan whispered to Cunyi that after opening the inkstone next to the bookcase, he would see a mezzanine. Hidden inside was a letter written to him by Wei Zhongxian.
Cunyi warned Li Fan that it was best not to play tricks, otherwise he would die on the spot. When Li Fan heard this, he couldn't stop nodding again.
Cunyi touched the side of the bookcase, poked a small hole in the window lattice with his fingers, and opened the inkstone by the faint moonlight. This inkstone is thick and heavy, and Cunyi picks open the bottom layer with a short blade, and sure enough, he sees a silk silk hidden underneath. He thought to himself: "This Li Fan is really thoughtful, such an important secret letter is placed in a conspicuous place, who would have expected it?"
Through the dim light, Cunyi saw what was written in the letter. It turned out that Wei Zhongxian ordered Li Fan to escort the two prisoners to Fuzhou recently.
Although Li Fan used the trick of hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, he created the illusion that the scholar was not in Hangzhou on the rivers and lakes. But he knew that "the paper can't contain the fire, in case the people in the rivers and lakes learn that the scholar is locked up in Chun'an, his life will definitely be guaranteed." Now Wei Zhongxian is urging himself to escort the prisoner, and Li Fan is thinking hard about what to do. ”
Li Fan told Cunyi that he would use a coffin to send the scholar to the ship that Zhao Zhuolong was in charge of. The rest of the matter will be arranged by him.
Cunyi thought to himself: "Wei Zhongxian ordered the master to be escorted by water, obviously because he was worried that someone would kidnap him from the dry road. Now that the waterway is guarded by Zhao Zhuolong, a dog thief, even though I am sure that I have saved my master, where can I get out of this vast lake? Wei Zhongxian, an old thief, is really insidious enough. ”
If you want to rescue the master, you need someone to respond on the lake, Cunyi looked at Li Fan. This guy had a bitter face, and he was so frightened that he was completely bloody. Cunyi's face was angry, and he was about to blame him, but Li Fan told Cunyi to let him think about it.
Cunyi allowed him to think about it, Li Fan pondered hard, and he told Cunyi that Ma Wanli, the leader of the Kuaima Gang in Taihu, had a grudge against Zhao Zhuolong, and if he could get his help, things might be successful.
Li Fan told Cunyi that because Zhao Zhuolong had taken refuge in Gonggong Wei, the power of the Giant Whale Gang had increased greatly, and the waterway business was firmly controlled by Zhao Zhuolong, and the Kuaima Gang had no business to do, so Ma Wanli had a grudge against Zhao Zhuolong.
Cunyi knew that Zhao Zhuolong was a person, and he had to settle his revenge with him sooner or later. Li Fan said that Zhao Zhuolong took refuge in Wei Zhongxian, which is also true. It seems that in order to save his life, Li Fan can only tell the truth.
Cunyi nodded and said to Li Fan: "What you just said, I will consider it carefully, but it is somewhat credible. ”
Li Fan told Cunyi that everything he said was true.
Li Fan told Cunyi that he didn't know Ma Wanli, but his nephew Yu San, he knew where to find it.
Cunyi asked him to elaborate, and Li Fan told Cunyi that he would haunt the Hongyun Gambling House all day, and he would definitely be found there. Cunyi solved Li Fan's acupoint and told him that when he found Yu San, he would tell him where the antidote was.
Li Fan didn't dare to speak, but waited according to Cunyi's arrangement.
Cunyi returned to the inn, and Yufeng was anxiously waiting for news. She ran to Cunyi's side and said to him, "You have been gone for most of the day, causing people to worry about death." ”
Cunyi took her hand and said to her softly, "Feng'er, what are you worried about, what can I do?"
Yufeng stared at Cunyi with a pair of pretty eyes, and said to him, "How is it?
Cunyi told Yufeng to go to the Hongyun Gambling House tomorrow to find a person named Yu San. Yufeng nodded, she saw that Cunyi was still standing here, and asked him why he didn't go back to his room to rest?
Cunyi pretended to be sleepy and said, "I'm sleepy, so I slept here." Yufeng's cheeks flushed, and she waved her delicate fist to hit Cunyi. Cunyi smiled and ran out.
The next day, Cunyi came to the Fortune Gambling House alone. There were a lot of people here, and Cunyi didn't know which one was Yu San, so he only looked back and forth next to each gaming table.
A patrol saw that Cunyi did not gamble, but just kept wandering, and thought he was a thief. Cunyi saw the patrol paying attention to himself, he walked over to the man, and quietly stuffed him with a piece of broken silver.
The man got the silver, swept the clouds on his face, Cunyi asked him which one was Yu San, and the man pointed to a large gambling table in the middle. He whispered to Cunyi that the person wearing an indigo cloth shirt and a beard was Yu San.
Cunyi walked to the gaming table, and Yu San rubbed the mud balls on his body with his hands, while blowing his beard and glaring and cursing. Cunyi took a closer look, Yu San poured out a grain of broken silver from the cloth sac, pinched the shriveled cloth sac, and then threw it aside.
The dealer Li Er, with a hint of a sly smile on his face, kept shaking the dice cup, and Yu San's eyes were full of bloodshots. He looks like this, he is really a gambler who is eager to lose.
Li Er threw the dice cup in the middle of the table, and glanced back and forth at the gamblers present from the corner of his eye. He also kept urging them to buy and leave.
Yu San held the broken silver in his hand, like a fisherman surrounded by a school of fish, and felt good about any fish he saw. He didn't know how to buy big or small, one hand wandered from side to side, erratic.
When Li Er saw Yu San's appearance, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Yu San was still hesitating, someone on the side had already begun to place a big bet to buy a small one, and Yu San followed a group of gamblers who lost red eyes and bet all the silver on the small.
Li Er opened the cup, and everyone stretched their necks to take a look, and it was actually a leopard. The dealer killed, and Li Er took the silver into his arms.
Yu was extremely happy with the defeat of the three, and began to scold again. He wanted to borrow money from Li Er, but Li Er told him, can you go to the restaurant to borrow the stove?
Yu San glared at him, cursed, turned around and walked out. As soon as he turned around, he happened to run into Cunyi, and he was about to get angry, but he saw a piece of silver shaking in front of him.
Cunyi smiled and said to him: "Brother, take it and turn it over." Yu San's eyes lit up, and he drooled and said, "For me?"
Cunyi nodded, but Yu San said, "I don't have the money to pay you back." ”
Cunyi told him that he didn't have to pay it back, so Yu San took the silver and ran away like a smoke. After a while, Yu San lost all the money again, and he came back dejected like a defeated rooster.
Seeing his appearance, Cunyi couldn't help laughing, and he told Yu San to go to the restaurant to drink some wine first, recuperate enough and then come back to turn the book.
Yu San agreed with this proposal, and when the two arrived at the Eight Immortals Residence, Cunyi ordered steamed phoenix wings, crystal silver silk rolls, braised hooves, and ordered a jar of wine.
The two sat down, and after a while, Xiao Er prepared all the wine and food, Yu San stared at the toad's eyes, and the table full of delicacies and wine made him salivate, Cunyi poured the wine and pushed the wine glass to Yu San.
Yu San smiled all over his face, took the wine glass and drank it all. After drinking it all, Cunyi picked up the wine jug and was about to pour him wine, Yu San gave him a slight salute, took the wine glass, and drank another glass.
Two cups of yellow soup in his stomach, Yu San began to be a little like a cloud, he squinted his eyes and asked Cunyi, give silver to dinner, what is the intention of the bottom?
Cunyi continued to pour him wine, and praised Yu San with flattering words.
Yu San was already delirious, and after listening to Cunyi's words, he got even more carried away. Yu San patted Cunyi's shoulder and called him brother. Cunyi was on the side, laughing non-stop.
Yu San saw that there was a palm-sized black spot on Cunyi's delicate face, and he kept shaking his head and saying a few words of pity.
Cunyi asked Yu San if he disliked his ugly appearance. Yu San hurriedly clenched his fists and told Cunyi that he didn't have this idea.
Cunyi handed the wine to Yu San and told him that the eldest brother was very grateful for not giving up.
Yu San was a rough man, and he couldn't get used to Cunyi's words, so he raised his head and took a big sip of wine, and then asked Cunyi, did he encounter difficulties?
Cunyi told Yu San that he wanted to transport some goods from the Chun'an waterway, but Zhao Zhuolong, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, raised the cost and harmed us businessmen.
Yu Sanyi heard Zhao Zhuolong's name, he picked up the wine bowl, took a sip of wine, and scolded happily.
Cunyi pretended not to know, and asked Yu San even if he wanted to scold Zhao Zhuolong?
Yu San told Cunyi about the grievances between the gang and the giant whale gang. Cunyi said to San: "Since the eldest brother also has a grudge against the Giant Whale Gang, it is better for us to deal with them together." ”
Although Yu San has a grudge against Zhao Zhuolong, he is a greedy person who forgets his righteousness, Cunyi saw him touching his chin again and again, and there was hesitation on his face,
He knew that this guy was a man who couldn't afford to be early.
Cunyi told Yu San that his goods were ready to be loaded on the ship, and let Yu San rob him. He went to Zhao Zhuolong to settle the account.
When Yu Sanyi heard that there was such a good thing, he was very happy in his heart. Busy asking Cunyi when will he start?
Cunyi told him that he would tell him again after determining the time.
Yu San nodded, and the two continued to drink. Yu San gradually lost his strength in drinking, and he said goodbye to Cunyi. Looking at Yu San's back, Cunyi planned and thought of a plan to save people.