Early in the morning, the owl Hu Dafa received a letter from Menzi, with the envelope written "Criminal Department Arrest Kuaitang Qi", opened it and took a look, and it read:

On duty at the Catch the Quarter:

I am the former head of the inner palace Jiao Gonggong, now suffering from a serious illness, in danger, reflecting on this life, regret is out of reach, lust for profit, flattery of the former emperor, arrogant, framed loyalty, reverse black and white, disaster to the country and the people, people will die, the past is like yesterday, the most difficult to sleep, is not to spend a lot of money, buy the murder of Liu Shangshu's family of eleven cases, this case is handled by me, has nothing to do with others, especially with Wu Lingjie has nothing to do with it, when I received this letter, I have returned to Huangquan, hereby inform the general hall of arrest, do not affect the innocent, so that my sin is added to the crime, under the eighteen layers of hell, add a serious sin, and add another torment。 Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I am now buried in the old house of the Chai family in Chaijia Village, Xinglong Township, southwest suburbs of Beijing.

Deathbed aid pen, overwhelmed with sadness, received this letter, I have returned to Jiuquan, forgive my sins, forgive my sins, pause.

Former head of the inner palace Jiao Gonggong

A certain day, a certain month, and a certain year

The owl called Menzi, raised the letter in his hand, and asked, "Where is the messenger?"

"Gone. ”

"What does it look like?"

"The black and thin one, wearing the official uniform of the six servants, delivered the letter to the desk, and after the villain drew and signed for it, the person turned around and left. ”

"Which ministry is it?"

"I said it was from the Ministry of War. ”

The owl waved his hand, let the door out, and said in his heart: It's obviously nonsense, the military department is afraid of this case, how can it care about this bird matter!

Immediately, the owl with the thin monkey and other catchers rushed to the old house of the Chai family, pushed open the black lacquer gate, the courtyard was silent, a huge yard, more than ten houses, empty, in a bedroom in the back garden, the eight immortals in the middle of the table were furnished with the spiritual seat of Jiao Gonggong, placed fruit cakes, the incense branches in the incense burner remained, the wax on the candlestick was dripping with tears, on the left side of the spiritual position, there was a corpse lying on the bed, covered with a brocade quilt, the person was the former great eunuch Jiao Gonggong; Because it is a harsh winter, the bedroom is surrounded by the smell of incense and candles, and there is no other peculiar smell, which looks very eerie.

The owl and the others carefully investigated the old house of the Chai family, leaving several catchers to guard the scene, and then led everyone back to the main hall of hunting.

The next day, in the conference hall of the main hall of the catch, four people, including the owl Hu Dafa, the thunderbolt pioneer Lei Wei, the thin monkey, and Wu Chunming, discussed behind closed doors.

The owl muttered, "The case of buying a murder willow is solved like this?"

Lei Wei said: "This case is too easy to solve, hanging!"

The thin monkey asked the owl, "Chief, is that letter in the handwriting of Grandpa Jiao?"

The owl said: "The handwriting has been verified, and the letter is indeed written by Father-in-law Jiao." ”

The thin monkey shouted: "Whether you believe it or not, the criminal has pleaded guilty, this is a fact." ”

Wu Chunming said: "Father-in-law Jiao has the motive to buy the murderer, because Liu Renkuan has directly admonished the former emperor several times, asking the former emperor's relatives and virtuous ministers, and the eunuchs from afar, and the father-in-law Jiao naturally holds a grudge and has the heart to kill Liu; However, what about the specific details of the murder buyers? How did they begin? How did they end? How did the money be paid? We don't know, and in the villain's opinion, this case must be carefully scrutinized, and conclusions should not be drawn rashly. ”

Lei Wei said: "Also, this letter is too strange, obviously, it is not a soldier of the Ministry of War, who will the messenger be?"

The thin monkey said: "It may be a close confidant of Father-in-law Jiao, who was ordered on his deathbed and disappeared after delivering the letter." ”

Wu Chunming said: "It may also be the opponent of Jiao's father-in-law, the master of the messenger, who is the real murderer of the murder of Liu." ”

Lei Wei said: "Why?"

Wu Chunming said: "Now, the arrest is investigating this case tightly, and the person who bought the murderer willow is restless, and he is anxious to find a scapegoat and bear the responsibility, so that he can get through the trick and escape." ”

The thin monkey said: "Chunming's statement is not unreasonable, the perpetrator forced Jiao Gonggong to write this letter, and then killed him." ”

Lei Wei asked the owl, "What is the result of the autopsy?"

The owl said: "After the inspection, Jiao's father-in-law is intact, and there is no sign of torture, but the cause of his death is somewhat unknown, and his internal organs are still healthy, not like what he wrote in his letter, 'He is seriously ill, and he will not be able to protect himself', but it is more like he died of cardiopulmonary suffocation. ”

The thin monkey said, "Why is Grandpa Jiao lying?"

The owl said: "It's not that Father-in-law Jiao wants to lie, it's the invisible shadow that wants him to lie, everyone, don't slack off, continue to thoroughly investigate the case of buying and killing Liu, there are still twenty-five days before the deadline for solving the case, and in the end, if you really can't find out the clue, you can only take Father-in-law Jiao's confession to hand it over." ”

Last night, Lang Qi drank too much, drunk and fell on the hot kang, in the early morning, the sky was just clear, Lang Qi still couldn't wake up, but the fat man had already gotten up, disguised himself as a fat woman, with a bull ear sharp knife in her waist, a cloth bag on her arm, tiptoeing, and flashed out of the back door.

On the street, the stars and the moon were vague, and there were few pedestrians, he beckoned to stop a carriage, jumped up, and the coachman asked, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"

"West of the city. ”

"Address?"

"I can't tell, when I get to Guangning Gate, I'll show you the way. ”

"Okay. ”

The carriage clicked and marched towards Quang Ninh Gate, and when it reached Quang Ninh Gate, the coachman asked, "How to go?"

"Out of town. ”

"Okay. ”

At this time, the sky was already bright, the city gate opened, and the coachman drove the carriage out of the city pass, and after a short time, the coachman couldn't hold back and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you talking, where are you going?"

"What are you afraid of, afraid that I won't pay for the car?"

"How can it, my sister-in-law is rich, wealthy, and cares about a few small money, the villain just asks by the way, for fear that I will go the wrong way and delay my sister-in-law's business." ”

"Don't delay, even if it's delayed, I don't blame you, okay. ”

"Well, of course. ”

"Boy, why bother so much, in fact, the place I'm going to go is not far away, which is the Luoma Slope in front. Qian Fat Man was a little annoyed, and scolded in a small voice.

"Yo, that's a deserted cemetery, a person who goes there early, it's weird and scary, sister-in-law, you have to add money, villains have been afraid of ghosts since childhood. ”

Qian Fat said: "Useless things, I'm not afraid of a woman's family, alone, go to the grave of my hard-working family, you are a young man, what are you afraid of, it's obvious that you are slandering, if you want to add money, just say it, why bother beating around the bush and going around in circles, it's not a man." ”

Speaking of which, when he remembered that he was dressed as a man, the fat man couldn't help but "poof", and laughed to himself first.

The coachman said: "Sister-in-law, how dare I lie to you, I'm not afraid of your jokes, this has to be blamed on my grandfather, who told me ghost stories since I was a child, what a mountain ghost, a fox spirit, scared me, so I fell into this disease, and when it was dark, the villain didn't even dare to go out of the door." ”

Then, the coachman asked, "Hey, sister-in-law, it's not Qingming, it's not the winter solstice, why do you go to the grave today?"

Qian Fat Man said: "Today is the death day of my dead ghost man, I have to give him some paper money, can't I!"

The coachman smiled: "Where is it, of course, it seems that the eldest brother was very good to the sister-in-law before his death, otherwise, the sister-in-law would not be so attentive." ”

Qian Fat Man scolded: "What a fart, the dead ghost is drunk, so he turns his face and doesn't recognize people, and he fights his wife fiercely, thinking that he is dead, and the past is okay, and besides, it is paper money that is burned, and it is not real money, so burn it." ”

The coachman smiled: "Sister-in-law is really interesting, open-minded, open-minded, you have to be open-minded, you have to be a little open-minded, don't let yourself be unbearable." ”

As they spoke, they arrived at the foot of the Luomapo Mountain, the fat man asked the coachman to wait at the bottom of the mountain, jumped out of the car by himself, and walked quickly to the mountain, the Luomapo Mountain was deep and dense, the tombs were tired, along the path, turned left and turned three corners, the third grave on the right, there was a crooked tombstone, which was engraved: the tomb of the first husband Lao Gong Jihao, there were two stone lions in front of the stele, a male lion, a foot hydrangea, a female lion, protecting the head of the small stone lion in his arms, the fat man Qian was happy, it seemed that this was it, he took out the sacrifice from the bag, first lit the incense candles, put on the pastries and water wine, and knelt down like a statue, and then burned the paper money, the paper money was not burned, he was impatient to walk to the female lion, twist the tail of the little stone lion, the little stone lion moved two inches to the side, revealing a stone letter, there is a note in the stone letter, the fat man unfolds to read, after reading, he stuffs the note into his mouth, chews it, swallows it in his stomach, and twists the tail of the little stone lion, and the little stone lion recovers its original state and covers the stone letter.

He sat in front of the grave for a while, then hurried to the bottom of the mountain, opened the door, jumped into the carriage, and said, "Yo, it's so cold, you who are in a hurry, let's go, let's go back to the city." ”

"Where?"

"Temple of Heaven. ”

"Okay. ”

The coachman whipped his horse and drove back to the city.

It turns out that the Lao Jihao cemetery in Luomapo is the contact point agreed between Tang Laojiu and Qian Fatzi in Xicheng, if you want to find him, you can go to the cemetery Shishi Shihan to check the note, and then go to the joint location according to the note.

Nearly noon, to the Temple of Heaven next to the Longqiao market, where the flow of people gathered, shoulder to shoulder, the sound of hawkers, one after another, the fat man got out of the car, paid the fare, squeezed into the bazaar, he turned around in the bazaar, came to a blacksmith shop, saw a purple-faced man is swinging the hammer to hit the iron, jingle clanging sound, endlessly, the red iron on the anvil, sparks splashed, a young man sat on a low stool, pulling the bellows, the tongue of fire in the stove, with the sound of the bellows, a long and a short licking of the iron on the anvil, the fat man said to the big man: "Big brother, is the shopkeeper at home?"

The purple-faced man stopped the hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and waved his hand: "You ask the accounting room." ”

Behind the counter on the side, there was a bearded man, and there were all kinds of daily ironware on the shelves behind him, where the light was dark, and the fat man didn't pay attention to it just now, and looked at it, it turned out that the account room was Yuan Jinsuo, the two smiled at each other, and Yuan Jinsuo said: "Sister, come with me." ”

Yuan Jinsuo took the fat man with Qian through the iron shop, into a long and narrow road, Shaoqing, came to a courtyard, here is very quiet, under the sun, Xicheng Tang Laojiu sat on an easy chair drinking tea and smoking, the fat man said: "Oh yo, you will really enjoy the blessings, be careful, don't enjoy the blessings." ”

Tang Laojiu didn't answer, his face was flat, and he asked, "Is there a tail behind you?"

Qian Fatzi said: "How can I bring the tail at my level?"

Tang Laojiu got up and said to Yuan Jinsuo: "Jinsuo, you go to the front and back of the door to take care of it, now, the wind is tight, if you don't get it right, you will die." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "Don't be nervous, it's not good, it's nerve." ”

Tang Laojiu looked unhappy and said, "Brother Qian, there is something to talk about in the house." ”

The two entered the house, and as soon as they sat down, the fat man asked, "Is there any progress in the case of buying murder willows?"

Tang Laojiu said: "You're not Third Brother Liu, what's the hurry?"

Qian Fatzi said: "This matter must always be hanging, and if you catch it quickly, you won't let Lao Tzu go." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "There is evidence, what's the matter, are you going to report it to the arrest? Aren't you afraid that Qiao Wanquan will be bad and kill people?"

"Of course I can't report it to the catcher, at least, I have the bottom in my heart. ”

Tang Laojiu said: "You have the bottom in your heart! This matter is on me, okay, Brother Qian, the more you know, the faster you will die, it is better not to know." ”

Money fat man thinks about it.

Tang Laojiu asked, "How did you come out?"

Qian Fatzi told Lang Qi who was drunk and ran away in the early morning, and Tang Laojiu said: "It's bad, there must be a tail behind you." ”

"No, I've looked at it carefully. ”

"Go, come with me, if you catch it, my Tang Laojiu's life will be over." ”

As he was talking, a shout came from the corridor: "Boss, run, rush in." ”

Tang Laojiu walked to the west wall, stretched out his hand and pressed it behind a landscape painting, and with a snap, a door opened, and there was a tunnel inside, Tang Laojiu and Qian Fat Man got in, and in the tunnel, Tang Laojiu pressed the switch on the tunnel wall again, and the door behind him was automatically closed.

Tang Laojiu took the fat man to run in the tunnel, walked for a long time, came to the end of the tunnel, there was no way, Tang Laojiu lit the fire fold, found the switch, twisted it gently, the cover plate above the head was opened, the sunlight slanted in, climbed out to see, there was an abandoned garden outside, covered with weeds, pavilions, dilapidated, there were only a few pines and cypresses, growing lush, extraordinarily spiritual.

Tang Laojiu took the fat man and left, came to the street, stopped a carriage, got in, and urged the coachman to go north of the city.

It turned out that the fat man was really caught in the catch.

At the beginning, the thin monkey sent Lang Qi to stare at Qian Fatty, just a disguise, he knew that Lang Qi was not competent, but he sent him to do this errand, not to pit Lang Qi, but to paralyze Qian Fatty; secretly, in Qian Fatty's residence, Gu rented a house, deployed enough people, chariots and horses, stared at him, even not far from the back door, he also sent chariots and horses to keep an eye on it day and night, Qian Fatzi did not move, as long as he moved, there was a play.

The information provided by Qian Fatzi on the Seven Killers is very precious and reliable, and he firmly believes that this information was bought by Qian Fatzi, who is the person who sold the information? The most likely is Xicheng Tang Laojiu.

Perhaps, Qian Fatzi keeps in touch with Tang Laojiu, there is no end to this information, if you want to get a complete source of intelligence, you have to find someone surnamed Tang, Thin Monkey firmly believes that staring at Qian Fatzi can find Tang Laojiu.

Find Xicheng Tang Laojiu, maybe the truth will be revealed.

The thin monkey scattered all his brothers, but Tang Laojiu is really hard to find, these days, the places he used to frequent, there is no trace, perhaps, this old fox also smelled some ominous breath, in short, there is no news so far.

Two days ago, when the thin monkey received the instruction of the owl Hu Dafa, saying that No. 33 Deng'er Hutong was Tang Laojiu's joint den, he couldn't help but be happy, he took two brothers, rushed to No. 33, knocked on the door of the courtyard, and came out of an old door, after inquiry, only to know that the courtyard had been sold to a tea merchant ten days ago, the original landlord was a bearded man, after receiving the payment, he had returned to his hometown in Shaanxi.

This is tantamount to pouring a basin of cold water on the head of the thin monkey, when the thin monkey is disheartened, suddenly, catch the report quickly, the fat man pretended to be a woman, and ran to the west of the city, this kid is really damned, the carriage that was stopped turned out to be the carriage of the secret agent who pretended to be the coachman, no one ran, there were two carriages behind, a donkey cart, and they followed in turn.

That's it, the thin monkey and Wu Chunming also dispatched, and finally, tracked to the iron shop of the Temple of Heaven Longqiao Daji, saw the fat man enter the shop, and did not come out for a while, the thin monkey felt that it was not good, and led more than ten people to catch it quickly and rushed in.

He flashed his waist cards to a few guys in the shop and shouted: "Catch fast, don't move, squat down with your head in your hands." ”

The purple-faced man scolded: "Squat you mother's bird, Lao Tzu doesn't eat this set." ”

Pick up the hammer casually, threw it at the thin monkey, the thin monkey flashed, whoosh, the hammer flew out close to the ear, clanged, hit the door panel, the door panel smashed to pieces, Wu Chunming pulled out the knife, cut to the big man, the big man picked up an iron rod, opened the knife head, the green dragon raised his head, the stick head pointed to Wu Chunming's forehead, the stick wind whistled, the move was skillful, it seemed that the hand was quite good, Wu Chunming had to take three steps back; , but the beard in the counter was snubbed.

The beard had already made emergency preparations, scooped up the bottle full of fire oil under the counter, aimed at the iron stove and threw it, boom, the fire oil exploded, the flames flew, some burned and caught fast, and some ran up to the ceiling, and then threw out a bottle of fire oil, and in an instant, the fire of the iron shop rose to the sky, the flames were rising, the smoke was billowing, and the screams, shouts, and running were chaotic.

The blacksmith shop is in the center of the Longqiao gathering, people are surging, at this time, it is even more chaotic, close, afraid of eating and accidentally hurting, running out, far away, seeing that the fire is burning here, I want to see a lively, squeeze in, the crowd is raging for a while, and the chaos becomes a pot of porridge.

The bearded Yuan Jinsuo took advantage of the chaos, and when the fireworks were surrounded by fireworks, and when there was chaos inside and outside, he lowered his head and slipped out from behind the counter.

Although the chaos is prominent, there is a person who is not alarmed, and his heart is like water, this person is a thin monkey. From the moment he rushed into the blacksmith shop, he had a full view of the three people in the shop, and it was not easy to fool him into the past.

Seeing Yuan Jinsuo bent over and slipped away, the thin monkey immediately took two good at tracking the fast catcher, and followed, today, Longqiao Daji was crowded with people, coupled with the sudden fire in the center of the market, there was a crowd of people running around, can you keep up with the beard, he really has no bottom in his heart, but these two catch fast, on tracking, they are definitely a good hand, he confessed to the two: keep up with this kid, don't alarm him, find the foothold of the beard, and turn back to report to me.

The two catchers nodded quickly and followed, and in an instant, they disappeared into the sea of people and disappeared.

The thin monkey squeezed for a while, and could not see his men or beard, so he simply turned around and went back to the iron shop.

The purple-faced man saw that there were many people who caught fast, and that the blacksmith was in danger of collapsing at any time, so he shouted to the young man: "Brother,." ”

So, the two of them went into the corridor behind the shop, shouting as they ran: "Boss, run, it's not good, it's coming." ”

When they ran to the backyard, they swept over the fence and fled, and when Wu Chunming rushed to the backyard with the crowd, they had already disappeared.

The crowd rushed to put out the fire, and in a short time the fire in the blacksmith was extinguished.

After returning to the main hall of the fast catcher, Wu Chunming said to the thin monkey: "Brother Monkey, in fact, we saw that the fat man entered the blacksmith shop, how good it is not to do it, after that, send someone to keep an eye on this den, and see Tang Laojiu catch it again, it will be much more stable." ”

The thin monkey said: "Have you thought about it, Tang Laojiu saw the fat man of Qian, and he must ask, how did you come here, the fat man said that I escaped without paying attention while I was arrested, Tang Laojiu must be suspicious in his heart, suspecting that he was arrested and was about to be targeted, maybe, it will evaporate from the world immediately, and from then on, it will never appear in the blacksmith again." ”

Wu Chunming thought about it, Tang Laojiu was so easy to deal with.

The thin monkey said: "Chunming, did you notice just now, there is a beard behind the counter of the blacksmith?"

Wu Chunming said: "Yes, there is one, what about the person? Later, when it was a mess, why did the person disappear?"

Thin Monkey said: "He is a ruthless corner, the oil bottle is thrown by him, taking advantage of the explosion, the smoke is billowing, and he is gone, I sent two good followers to target him, it is a little difficult to get rid of their tracking." ”

Wu Chunming said: "The Longqiao Daji, the crowd is crowded, and it is not easy to track." ”

The thin monkey said: "However, the people who can get rid of those two people who catch and follow quickly have not yet been born." ”

As he was talking, a catcher who was following the bearded man came back and said, "Brother Monkey, the bearded man's new nest has been found, and I will let the sixth child keep an eye on it nearby." ”

The thin monkey asked, "Did the bearded man notice it?"

"We brothers and sons, you still can't believe it! The thing is done without anyone knowing, the ghost doesn't know it, and the beard is in the dark. ”

"Okay, keep watching, don't alarm him. ”

Then, the thin monkey secretly sent more people to wait in shifts.

The beard went around a few circles in the Longqiao Daji crowd, did not find the spies who were watching, and then, only jumped on a carriage and went to the west of the city, and changed two cars on the way, and finally, got off at the Gulou Street in the north of the city, he turned around and entered an alley, and suddenly turned back out of the alley, confirmed that there was no spy behind him, and then turned into a busy and narrow street, this street is called Beimen Xiejie, the street is full of people coming and going, quite lively, the shops are lined up, the five elements are all around, the shop signs are swaying, there are street vendors and pedestrians shopping everywhere, full of the endless shouting of the hawkers。

The beard flashed into a tailor's shop, the shop is not big, divided into two floors, but the tone is not small, the door plaque is written "clothes are the world" four big words, but unfortunately the black lacquer plaque is dusty, the paint is mottled, four big characters, just vaguely recognizable, he opened the cotton curtain, entered the store, and saw all kinds of cloth on the counter, the hangers on the two walls hung all kinds of clothes and pants, and there were stairs leading to the second floor behind the counter.

The owner of the tailor shop is surnamed Yang, is a middle-aged man, thin, slightly hunched, a pair of eyes are dark and bright, he sits behind the counter, busy with needlework in his hands, there is a young man next to him, and he looks very imaginary, at a glance it is his son, thinner than him, the back is also a little hunched, is operating scissors, cutting clothes, the proprietress is chubby, in charge of embroidery, Boss Yang glanced at the beard, said: "Come?" The work in his hand still did not let go, as if he was talking to others.

The beard said: "It's too cold outside, it's warm and warm when you go inside." ”

Boss Yang said: "There are clothes in the house, which are enough to keep out the cold, you can choose them yourself." ”

The beard said, "Thank you." ”

The proprietress and the boy were so focused on the work in their hands that they didn't even bother to lift their eyelids.

The beard smiled slightly, walked through the store, pushed the door into the room, the room was very wide, divided into two, one is the kitchen, the other is the living room, the beard walked to the corner of the living room floor oak closet, reached out behind the closet and pressed the dark button, the heavy floor closet made a slight rattling sound, slid to the side, revealing a secret door, pushed open the secret door, in front of him is a wide and elegant courtyard, the high wall of the courtyard will isolate the complexity of the market, leaning on the door, the beard is a long sigh of relief, a hanging heart finally put down, to here, there is a feeling of home, he has been here twice, today is the third timeThe hostess has good cooking skills and the dishes are very tasty.

He took the secret door with him, and pressed the secret button in the door, and the closet in the living room would slide back into place, covering the secret door.

This is a top-secret den of Tang Laojiu in the north of the city in Xicheng, except for the tailor boss's family of three, the only people who know this den are Tang Laojiu and the bearded Yuan Jinlock.

Yuan Jinsuo, a bearded man, opened the door of the north house of the courtyard and found that the eldest Tang Lao Jiu was already in the house, lying on the easy chair and smoking.

Tang Laojiu said: "I didn't bring a tail." ”

"Nope. ”

Tang Laojiu pointed at the fat man with a copper cigarette stick and said, "Just now, Brother Qian also said that he didn't bring a tail, look at it, he destroyed the blacksmith shop in my Longqiao Daji." ”

Qian Fat Man said: "Lao Jiu, isn't it just a bad shop, this account is counted on Lao Tzu's head, and after the incident, I will compensate you." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "It's not a matter of whether you pay or not, look at it, catch the benefits and harms, don't underestimate the catch, they are the ones who eat this bowl of rice, deal with them, pay more attention." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "Also, Lao Tzu still hasn't figured it out, where are these eagle claw grandsons staring at Lao Tzu, if they fall into their hands again, it will be miserable, and they will have to shed their skin if they don't die." ”

Yuan Jin locked a chair and sat down, and said, "Boss, it seems that the catchers are looking for you." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "The noses of the eagle claw grandchildren are really smart, and they came here when they smelled the smell, it seems that Qiao Wanquan is going to kill people in order to save his master." What kind of iron-faced god hunting, it is clearly a ghost-faced demon hunt, and what he does is all unseemly deeds. ”

Qian Fat Man scolded: "Fuck, these bitches, if they fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, they will have to cut him piecemeal to relieve their hatred." ”

Yuan Jinsuo said to Tang Laojiu: "Boss, according to the humble opinion of the younger brother, it is better to go outside to avoid the limelight." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "Not these days, each level has long been graphically painted, and my avatar is pasted everywhere, and it will take a few days to leave." Besides, I guess Third Brother Liu should also come to the capital, as soon as Third Brother Liu arrives, this matter will be done, and see how long you can run rampant with a ghost face. ”

Qian Fatzi said: "The third brother is really, no matter what, I have to bring a letter, I have been going for many days, I don't know if it is auspicious or evil, it is really worrying." Come on, Golden Lock, come and have two drinks with me. ”

The three of them chatted, and before they knew it, twilight had fallen.

Tang Laojiu and the other three stayed in the tailor's shop for two days, and the next afternoon, Boss Yang hurriedly entered the courtyard and said to Tang Laojiu: "Boss, the situation is not good. ”

Tang Laojiu said: "Don't panic, speak slowly." ”

Boss Yang said: " In the past two days, my wife went upstairs every day to look at the wind to see if there was anything unusual on the street, on the surface I really couldn't see it, but I found that there were more strange faces on the street corner vendors, some selling rock sugar gourds, some repairing shoes, some pulling rickshaws, all of them were strong men, she was suspicious, why did so many strange faces emerge all of a sudden, and quickly told me, I asked my son to go around the back door to see, and found that at both ends of the back door alley, there was a donkey cart parked at one end, the carriage was closed, and a carriage was parked at the other end, and the carriage was closed, and the people who drove the car were all strong men, and the son wanted to hire their car to go to the front door, but the driver said, the car had been booked, and there was no time to go, so let's go another day。 When my son came home and told me, I thought it was strange, and eighty percent of them were targeted by the eagle talons, so I hurried to report it to the boss. ”

Qian Fatzi said: "This time the tail was not brought by Lao Tzu." ”

Yuan Jinsuo, the bearded man, exclaimed: "Could it be me?" That day, I used almost all the tricks to shake off my tail, and I didn't notice that there was a stalking. ”

Xicheng Tang Laojiu looked extremely calm at this time, he tightened his brows, took a hard puff of cigarette, spit out the smoke again, and said slowly: "Is it useful to talk about these now! ”

Qian Fat Man was lucky and said, "Will it be a mistake, let's see if it's going to happen." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "Can't be wrong, the reason why they didn't do it quickly is that in order to ensure the success of the arrest, they are familiar with the surrounding terrain, the alleys here are nine twists and eighteen turns, the terrain is complex, and the population is dense, and when they are ready, they will do it, if they don't go tonight, maybe they can't go, they must go tonight." ”

He asked Boss Yang: "Has the tunnel been dug through?"

Boss Yang said: "No. ”

Tang Laojiu said: "Then we can only come hard, and when it gets dark today, let's rush out." ”

He whispered a few words to Boss Yang, and Boss Yang nodded again and again and left in a hurry.

Tang Laojiu said to Yuan Jinsuo, who had a beard: "Jinsuo, one of us must be alive." ”

Yuan Jinsuo nodded.

Tang Laojiu said again: "The living person must avenge the dead, find the third brother Liu, and tell him about buying and killing Liu." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "It turns out that you know the details, why don't you tell me, it's too boring." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "I only found out two days ago, besides, will it work with you?!"

The fat man opened his mouth, and he was speechless for a while, thinking about it.

Tang Laojiu said: "Golden Lock, do you remember my words?"

Yuan Jinsuo said: "Remember, boss." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "If I encounter an accident, you are Xicheng Tang Laojiu, and the brand of Xicheng Tang Laojiu cannot be poured." ”

Yuan Jinsuo burst into tears and said, "Boss, don't say this, the younger brother is willing to die for the boss." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "I have received your wishes, when the time comes, it is really hard to say who will die and who will live, it depends on whose life is great." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "It's really unlucky, how do I listen, as if I am saying goodbye on my deathbed, rush out if you can, pull down if you can't rush out, come to a happy one, twenty years later, Lao Tzu is a good man again." Hey, Lao Jiu, do you have a knife, you can't be empty-handed, let's go to these eagle claw grandsons. ”

"Yes, yes. Tang Laojiu opened the cabinet and took out three single knives, and the three of them each asked for one.

Qian Fat Man pulled out a single knife, played with it in his hand, and said: "The three of us, on martial arts, Lao Tzu is in the head, don't be afraid, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will take the lead, you two will follow behind, find an opportunity to run, run out of one is one, the black light is blind, maybe the three of us can turn evil into good fortune, and become auspicious in trouble." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "I hope so." ”

Boss Yang entered the house again, brought three sets of black night clothes and masked black cloth, put them on the table, and whispered a few words to Tang Laojiu, Tang Laojiu said: "Tonight's matter, you and your family don't get involved, pretend to be confused, just say that you are friends with Tang Laojiu, and I don't know anything else, I didn't break the law, forgive you for not being able to help you, at most you will be closed in the class room for a few days." ”

Boss Yang said: "Boss, I want to take my family out of the front door and lure them away." ”

The fat man said in his heart: Thin as medicine scum, have you been beaten!

Tang Laojiu said: "No, Lao Yang, if something happens to me, you have to thread the needle and inform the brothers of the Beijing Informant Gang that Yuan Jinsuo is the new leader of my gang, this matter is related to the lifeblood of the gang, don't be mistaken." ”

Boss Yang had no choice but to agree, saying, "Yes, I will receive the order." ”

Tang Laojiu waved his hand and motioned him to step back, and Boss Yang turned around and left in a hurry.

Qian Fatzi asked, "Boss Yang has martial arts?" ”

Tang Laojiu said: "At least not below you." ”

"Really?"

"He is the military advisor of our informant gang, resourceful, and the rivers and lakes call him Yang Henian, the ancient sword of the Nine Palaces. ”

"Then, his wife, could it be that it is the Nine Palace Monster Sword Miao Cailian?"

"Exactly. ”

Qian Fatzi sighed: "Amazing, amazing, rumors in the rivers and lakes: ten years ago, the couple used to be dart masters, and they used to be powerful with two swords on the shore of Taihu Lake, killing more than half of the more than ten Taihu Lake thieves who robbed darts, and the rest fled in the wilderness, is this serious?"

Tang Laojiu said: "Seriously." ”

The fat man's tongue couldn't be lowered in surprise.

Tang Laojiu said cautiously to Yuan Jinsuo: "Remember, you must get out alive, it's better to be alive than anything, the informant gang can't be dispersed, and the gold-lettered signboard of Tang Laojiu in Xicheng can't be smashed." ”

Yuan Jinsuo said: "Yes, helper." ”

When night fell, the fog was heavy, Tang Laojiu and the other three put on night clothes, black cloth masked, a single knife was inserted in their backs, and the end stopped, Tang Laojiu advised: "Catch fast has surrounded this place, there are hundreds of people, surrounded by iron buckets, the military division has been arranged, remember, the east, west, and north of the drum tower, each has an alley, on the horse tether stone of the alley, each tied a fast horse, after rushing out of the encirclement, then run to the alley, untie the horse's reins, jump on the horse, hurry up, do not delay, otherwise, maybe one can not go." ”

At night, when you can't see your fingers, the sharp north wind is howling.

Tang Laojiu and the three of them walked out of the house, straight to the root of the north wall, there was a ladder next to the north wall, Qian Fat took the lead in climbing the ladder, lying on the wall, looking around, seeing that there was no movement in the night, he was relieved a lot, turned around and whispered: "Lao Jiu, I open the way, you follow me, but your light skills are not good, I don't know if you can keep up." ”

Tang Laojiu also whispered: "Don't worry about me, if you can run, just run by yourself, run one by one, and if you fall into Qiao Wanquan's hands, you will definitely die." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "Scared, it's not Lao Tzu who scares you, now, you are the most important thing, what they want is your head, as for me, it's just for you to be buried." Boy, do it yourself. ”

Saying that, a little under the feet of the fat man, the person floated up gently, don't look at him fat, start a light work, on the roof tiles, can really do it quietly, just ran out of two steps, suddenly, in the dark night shouted: "What person, stop." ”

Qian Fatzi's light work was ordinary, but suddenly he heard a broken drink, he was taken aback, his heart panicked, his feet slipped, the horn clicked, and a tile was broken, so he messed up the rules, and on the roof, he rushed to the north lifelessly, his feet were heavy, and his breath was also forked, and the sound of broken tiles on the roof suddenly sounded.

The people in the house had not yet slept, and they heard someone running on the roof, and thought that the snitch was coming, so they shouted, "Oh no, catch the thief, get up, catch the snitch." ”

The young man simply lit the lantern torch, held the kitchen knife in his hand, and ran out of the house, making a noise, and the north gate and the back streets and alleys were brightly lit in a blink of an eye, and the women and children in the house were so frightened that they cried and howled, and became a pot of porridge.

On the roof, the three catchers, with a strip of white cloth wrapped around their left arm, holding a Kong Ming lantern in one hand and a sword in the other, chased after Qian Fatzi, and shouted in their mouths: "Catch alive, don't let Tang Laojiu run." ”

Qian Fatzi pondered: Why do you want to catch Tang Laojiu alive, you should lie to the child, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, Qiao Wanquan can't wait for Tang Laojiu to die, Tang Laojiu is dead, so as to ensure that Prince Yi is safe and sound.

Qian Fat Man flew high and low on the roof to the north, this way, both the target has been exposed, he can't care so much, when flying on the roof tiles, only seek to be fast, not light and silent, therefore, from time to time there is a crackling sound of tiles under his feet, behind him, the three catchers are chasing closer and closer, the light of Kong Ming lantern is always dangling behind his backbone, seeing that he can't run away, Qian Fatman decided to fight a fish to die and break the net, it is best to get rid of the chasing catch, can't get rid of it, kill one is enough, kill two to earn one, Lao Tzu is not alive.

When the fat man jumped from the ridge of the roof to a balcony, he shrank his body and hid in the shadow of the pavilion pillar, and suddenly, a catcher who ran in the front also jumped from the ridge to the balcony, and the fugitive was gone, and he felt strange, so he moved to search on the dark balcony , the most fast and exquisite, is the money fat man's own cold knife, often a knife to work, immediately the other party will confess his life, but this catch fast but quite a bit of kung fu, listen to the sound discernment, the figure of the slippery turn, a single knife hanging, the money fat man's knife aside, at this time, the other two catch fast has also arrived, the three of them together, a burst of blowing, the money fat man forced in the corner of the balcony, three Kong Ming lanterns will shine on the balcony as if day, Qian Fat Man only then saw clearly, just now he was going to stab the person, it was actually the fast Lang Qi.

Lang Qi stared at the masked man's huge figure, and also recognized it, and snorted with joy, and said: "Brother Qian, it turned out to be you, look at your appearance, who can't recognize you, don't pretend, tear off the masked cloth, let's go with the little brother, what are you running, are you tired." ”

Seeing that he couldn't run, it seemed that catching fast didn't look like killing people and killing people, so he was relieved, so he angrily tore off the masked black cloth and threw it on the balcony, saying: "Lao Tzu Ming people don't do dark things, it's a big deal to say the word 'death', and I'm afraid that you won't succeed, just take a trip." ”

Lang Qi said: "Brother Qian's knife just now is enough to damage, if the younger brother reacts slowly, he will hang up." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "The black light is blind, I didn't see it clearly, I don't know it's you, I'm sorry." ”

Lang Qi said: "Forget it, forget it, the little brother is not a cautious person, but, Brother Qian, you go, it will make the little brother so miserable, he deducted a month's salary, and wrote three reviews, in fact, you don't have to run at all, there is a little brother here, and I will definitely not be able to treat you badly, listen to the little brother, put the knife down." ”

Qian Fatzi said: "Put it down, let it go, what's the big deal, cutting off the head is only a wind blowing hat, Lao Tzu has never seen anything in the world." ”

He threw the knife on the balcony with a clatter, stretched out his two hands forward, and said, "If you don't worry, you will be shackled." ”

The two catchers were quick and quick-eyed, and immediately stepped forward, shook the chain, put it on the neck of the fat man, and locked it together with his arms, so painful that the fat man shouted: "Tap and tap, Lao Tzu doesn't run, ouch, Lao Tzu's bones are going to break, what are you doing with the lock so tight, Lang Qi, you can't take care of it." ”

The other two catchers didn't have Lang Qi to speak, kicked the fat man's feet, and scolded: "Next time I run, pick your hamstrings and tell you to run! ”

Lang Qi said: "Brother Qian, the brothers are chasing you so hard in the room, your hands and feet are a little heavier, and there are also some people, so you can be wronged." ”

But he scolded in his heart: "Run, you can't run away, next time you run, even Lao Tzu will be anxious with you." ”

The three catchers quickly pushed and pushed, and walked down the balcony with the fat man.

Yuan Jinsuo ran to the west, Tang Laojiu ran to the east, their light skills, can be called half a catty and eight taels, yellow croaker and water fish, much worse than the fat man, the tiles under his feet are trampled to the sound of splitting and beating, in the courtyard, on the street, in the alley, the people hold lanterns, holding sticks in their hands, shouting in unison to catch thieves, and throwing tiles from time to time, Tang Laojiu can't care so much, just struggle to run east.

The three catchers, with a strip of white cloth wrapped around their left arm, holding a Kong Ming lantern in one hand and a sword and iron ruler in the other, chased after each other, and shouted in their mouths: "Stop, if you don't stand again, Lao Tzu is going to release arrows." ”

Tang Laojiu used his hands and feet on the roof ridge at the same time, even running and climbing, to see that the catcher was chasing closer, he was in a hurry, so he simply turned around and picked up the tiles, and threw them to the catcher, one catcher was not careful, and the head was on the tile, ahhh ”

Another catcher, behind Tang Laojiu, Leng Ding stabbed him in the leg and stomach, Tang Laojiu heard the sound of the knife behind him, jumped up, and there was the sound of a roof tiles cracking, swept to a chimney on the roof, backed by the chimney, to avoid the pain of the enemy on the back of the abdomen, drew the knife and fought with the catcher, the two catchers were not in a hurry, just surrounded Tang Laojiu, you stab, I swords, entangled him, and waited for reinforcements to catch the catcher to come and take down this person.

Tang Laojiu saw through the intention of catching fast, anxious, several times wanted to break through and escape, helpless, was entangled by two fast catchers, at this time, there were five or six people on the roof tiles, first and second, flying to this side, the left arm was also wrapped in a strip of white cloth, all of them were fast, Tang Laojiu's heart was cold, it seems that tonight is not able to get out, rather than being caught, tortured and dying, it is better to break it yourself, as soon as you think of this, sigh, you want to kill yourself with a knife.

Unexpectedly, the catcher who came first rushed to the front of the fast, rushed to the front, and threw the knife in his hand, and with a bang, a string of sparks burst out, smashing the knife in Tang Laojiu's hand away, and there was a clanging sound, and the two knives fell on the roof tiles.

Before Tang Laojiu could come to his senses, this person threw himself into the forest in a flying style, and had swept to the front, and between the palm shadows, a catcher was slapped in the chest, and he screamed, flew out of the handle, fluttered, and fell from the roof;

Tang Laojiu looked at it, and the person who came turned out to be a blacksmith purple-faced man, and he was overjoyed.

The purple-faced man didn't say a word, took out a piece of white cloth and wrapped it around Tang Laojiu's arm, ripped off the masked black cloth on his face, and said, "Helper, under the orders of the military division, answer here, let's go." ”

He bent down and picked up Tang Laojiu on his back, as if there was nothing, flying away on the roof tiles, far and near the roof, full of white cloth strips of catch, seeing that it was his own person, he didn't pay attention to it, and he didn't interrogate, and occasionally someone asked: "Where is Tang Laojiu?"

The purple-faced man said: "I caught it, but this brother was a little injured, and it's time to call it a day." ”

He replied nonsense, but his feet flew away.

The purple-faced man carried Tang Laojiu on his back to highlight the encirclement, and came to the big cake alley in the east of the drum tower, which was very quiet, the wind lamp in the alley was on, and a horse was tied to the horse tie stone at the corner, and the purple-faced man said: "Boss, it's time to the ground, you get on the horse and run, and you will be cut off at the bottom." Tang Laojiu was overjoyed, slipped off the purple-faced man's back, and walked briskly towards the Tie Ma Shi.

Suddenly, the purple-faced man found that seven steps away from him, a black shadow flew down from the roof, and a strip of white cloth was also wrapped around his left arm, which was extremely terrifying, and shouted, "Who is it?"

The person who came replied coldly: "Catch fast, you too, right?"

The purple-faced man said, "Yes." ”

Come to humanity: "It's good to be your own person." ”

Suddenly, the person raised the crossbow machine in his hand, pulled the trigger, the purple-faced man's body changed rapidly, waved his palm and slapped it continuously, and shot down three poisonous arrows, but the fourth poisonous arrow hit the palm, suddenly, half of his body was numb, unable to move, the purple-faced man took three steps back, leaned against the wall, and shouted: "Run...... run" Before the words fell, his neck stiffened, and he fell straight to the ground and died.

Tang Laojiu looked back and saw it, he was so frightened that his soul was scattered, he was in a hurry, he went to untie the horse reins on the horse stone, his trembling fingers did not obey the call, but the reins of the horse became tighter and tighter, how could he untie it, I don't know when, there was a black shadow around him, the man was thin and black, leaning against the wall, eating and laughing, while holding a poisonous crossbow aimed at himself, while saying: "Tang Laojiu, are you untying the reins of the horse, or tying the reins of the horse, I see that you are tying a dead knot, and the more you tie it, the tighter it is." ”

Tang Laojiu simply threw down the reins of the horse and said, "Friend, who are you? ”

The person came and said: "Okay, have you heard of the three-step bamboo leaf green in Xiangxi?"

Tang Laojiu exclaimed: "You, you, are you Zhu Yeqing?!"

Three-step inverted bamboo leaf Qing said: "Those who died under Lao Tzu's arrow are all characters with heads and faces on the road, you are a character, accept your fate." ”

At this time, the white-faced Cao Cao finished cooking the blacksmith, walked slowly, and said, "Zhu Yeqing, quickly, send him on the road." ”

Tang Laojiu said: "No, no, no, no......"

Zhu Yeqing smiled, pulled the trigger of the poisonous crossbow, poof, an arrow was shot, right in the heart of Tang Laojiu's eyebrows, Tang Laojiu had a spasm, bleeding from the seven orifices, and planted under the horse.

The white-faced Cao Cao and Zhu Yeqing's figures flashed, and in a few ups and downs, they disappeared into the night.

Yuan Jinsuo's light work is rotten, he is running west on the roof, I don't know how many roof tiles have been broken, there are always three catchers on the roof in hot pursuit, on the street, in the alley, the lights are bright, the sound of catching thieves is everywhere, on the body, on the head, many tiles and stones thrown by the people, especially on the forehead, but also hung color, blood flow, blurred eyes, have to keep wiping the blood with the back of the hand, in order to discern the direction, thanks to his youth and strength, he can still stand.

The three fast catchers were not bad, chasing closer and closer, Yuan Jinsuo was in a hurry, carelessly, his feet slipped, and the dragon dragon slipped from the roof, he opened his hands and feet, grabbed around, but grabbed a void, and said in his heart: "It's over, it's over, this time, I have to fall half dead, hey, obey the order." ”

Then, the body slid to the eaves, empty, falling to the ground, Yuan Jinsuo gritted his teeth, held his breath, held his head with both arms, and was ready to withstand a fatal impact when he landed, this time, if he didn't get it right, his life would be gone, if his life was big, he would have to break a few bones, either ribs or foot bones, don't break the lumbar vertebrae, if that's the case, it's better to die happily, anyway, falling from a high altitude, if you want to run again, you don't even have a door, his heart is dark, but his brain is blank.

Suddenly, he felt that someone was holding his waist and back with his arms, and after sinking down, someone put him on the ground and said, "Golden Lock, follow me." ”

When he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in the courtyard of a large family, with black lights everywhere, and the person in front of him was also vaguely wrapped with a strip of white cloth on his arm, and he said, "You, you, you are a fast catcher!"

The man said: "What nonsense, I'm a golden cicada." ”

As he spoke, Jin Chanzi also wrapped a strip of white cloth around his arm, ripped off the masked black cloth on his face, and said, "Now, you are also fast, fast, run with me." ”

He heard the voice of the golden cicada, deep and firm, irresistible.

At this time, the chasing catcher looked around on the roof and asked, "What about the people, where are the snitches?" The golden cicada was busy pulling him to the rockery to drill back, and then, Yuan Jinsuo followed the golden cicada desperately running, drilling the alley and walking the alley, climbing the tree and climbing the wall, picking the lock to open the door, the golden cicada's light skills are quite good, with his help, high to high, low to low, Yuan Jinsuo along the way is much smoother, occasionally encountered the catch fast, can be blinded, can not be blinded, the golden cicada martial arts, three times five divided by two, put down the catch fast, they broke through the barriers, rushed out of the encirclement, came to a deserted alley, where a donkey cart was parked, the golden cicada stuffed Yuan Jinsuo into the carriage, untied the white cloth strip on his arm, threw it on the ground, jumped on the seat, sang a lewd song, and drove the donkey cart away。

It's like a happy car owner, working at night and making hard-earned money.

At No. 9 Soybean Milk Hutong, in the secret nest of the golden cicada, Yuan Jinsuo asked: "How did you find the North Gate Xiejie?"

Jin Chanzi said: "I always keep an eye on Prince Yi's two killers." ”

"Who?"

Jin Chanzi said: "One is the white-faced Cao Cao, and the other is about three steps to invert the bamboo leaf green." ”

"Ah, Xiangxi's three-step inverted bamboo leaf green?!"

Jin Chanzi said: "Exactly, I saw them active in the North Gate Xiejie, and I saw a lot of plainclothes catchers, and I knew that something was going to happen here, so I stayed in the small inn on the Xiejie Street, and I wanted to see what was going on, until tonight, I knew that the catcher was here to catch Tang Laojiu, and the catcher was going to catch the live, the white-faced Cao Cao and Zhu Yeqing were going to die, it seems that the catcher and the white-faced Cao Cao are not all the way." ”

Yuan Jinsuo said: "It's not all the way, how can they come together?"

Jin Chanzi said: "There are ghosts in the fast catch." ”

Yuan Jinsuo said: "The biggest inner ghost is Qiao Wanquan!"

Jin Chanzi said: "Maybe." ”

Yuan Jinsuo said worriedly: "I don't know if the gang leader can escape this catastrophe." ”

Jin Chanzi said: "It's hard to say, there are many things in the world that are difficult to say, no one can predict the prophet, even Zhuge Liang, there are times when he miscalculates." ”

2012/04/13