Chapter 31: The Flower Thief (8)

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia were covered in the quilt, and Hong Xia smiled: "Brother Yu, what kind of good thing has to be seen under the quilt." Lingyu said: "Don't worry, you can see it right away." After speaking, the night pearl was poured out of the bag, transparent and fluorescent, Hong Xia was pleasantly surprised: "It's the night pearl." As he spoke, he took it in his hand and smiled: "It's so beautiful, I've never seen such a big night pearl, Brother Yu, you really gave it to me, it's priceless." Lingyu looked at her sweet face and smiled, "You are all mine, and the beads are still mine on you." Hong Xia smiled: "Weishenme doesn't keep it for Sister Lianxiang." Lingyu said, "She already has one, which is bigger than this one, and we got it in the mountains." Hong Xia smiled: "So that's the case, I'll keep this one." With that, he put him in his bag and lifted the quilt.

Hong Xia smiled and said, "Brother Yu, where did you get it, you shouldn't be really a Jiangyang thief." Lingyu smiled, "Why, you regret it." Hong Xia smiled: "As long as you are good to me, you are a murderer and I will follow you." Lingyu smiled: "Don't worry, I'm not a Jiangyang thief, I picked up the pearl this night." Hong Xia covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Yu, I won't believe it if I deceive children, unless I'm a fool." Lingyu said: "What I said is true, I met a robber who was sharing the spoils, so I took it with my hand, isn't it the same as the one I picked up." Hong Xia smiled: "Brother Yu, you are a big thief eating a thief, I like it." Lingyu smiled: "It's good if Sister Xia likes it." Hong Xia said: "It's been a night of trouble, Brother Yu, let's rest." Lingyu said, "Okay." Hong Xia said: "The flower thief has been caught. I went back to my room and slept. Lingyu smiled and said, "Okay, I have to kiss you." As he spoke, he took Hong Xia in his arms and kissed her. The two kissed for a while before reluctantly parting.

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia rested for a day and a night, and they were really full of energy and in a good mood. The next day, I got up early to meditate and practice, and waited for the rising sun to wash up and pack up my baggage. Today, Hong Xia is a full-body woman, with white teeth and red lips and a peach blossom face, sassy and heroic, and she is really a heroine. She carried a bag in one hand and a folding fan in the other, and the two came to the dining hall to eat. Xiao Er said suspiciously: "May I ask if the girl is staying in our inn?" Hong Xia smiled: "Yes." I've been staying for a few days. Lingyu said: "She came with me, she is my cousin." Xiao Er patted his head and suddenly realized: "Oh, I remember, you are the Hong Gongzi, and now you are the Hong girl." The shopkeeper said, "Dare to ask the girl's name." Hong Xia said: "The surname is Hong Mingxia." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The girl is from Hongjiabao, Shandong." Hong Xia said: "How does the shopkeeper know." ’

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Not only do I know, but now the whole city knows it, and this Zhang Gongzi Zhang Shaoxia, you two are already celebrities in Longyang Mansion, the savior of the girls in Longyang Mansion." Immediately, many diners gathered around and said good things. Xiao Er was afraid that Lingyu and Hong Xia would not understand, so he said: "Zhang Shaoxia, Hong Nuxia, your names are written on the notice, saying that the two heroes caught the flower thief. Lingyu said: "I see, you don't have to be so polite. Eliminating evil and promoting good is what we should do. The crowd was polite before slowly dispersed. The shopkeeper said, "I will give you all the expenses for the two young heroes' accommodations." Lingyu said: "We have received your wishes, but I will tell you that the flower thief also lives in your inn." The shopkeeper said, "Impossible." We didn't live in our inn with someone named Cai Songpo. Lingyu said: "I have seen him in the inn, and he likes to sit in front of that window and eat." Xiao Er thought for a moment and said, "I see." But his name is not Cai Songpo, he is called picking flowers. When we first heard it, it was funny, and he was a flower thief after a long time. ’

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia walked towards the yamen after breakfast, and when they got there, they saw that the yamen was already crowded with people. Cai Songpo, a flower thief, stood in a wooden cage prisoner car, his head and hands locked on the car, his face was already filthy, and some people would spit liquid in his face, and some people would scatter ashes on him. He walked to the gate and was recognized by Lin Zhutou, walked forward and said with a smile: "Why did the two young heroes come now, the prefect has been waiting for you for a long time, you are waiting, I will call someone to report." After speaking, he told a catcher to run towards the yamen, and after a while, Governor Yao, Master Zhou, and all the catchers walked out of the yamen.

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia saw Governor Yao coming out, stepped forward and clasped their fists and saluted: "The grass people have seen Lord Yao. Governor Yao smiled and said: "Okay, you two are really indispensable, today Lord Ben will reward him in public, or the people will say that they are occupied by me in the future." Lin Zhutou stood on the steps and said loudly: "Hey, everyone be quiet, Lord Yao has something to say to you." The field immediately fell silent, Lord Yao walked to the top of the door platform and looked down and said: "That evil Taotian, a crazy flower thief, has committed crimes in our Longyang Mansion in a row, hurting a lot of girls, and making our Longyang Mansion restless day and night, and was finally arrested the night before yesterday, the biggest heroes are this Zhang Shaoxia and Hong Nuxia, and Lord Ben wants to give them two silver rewards." As he spoke, he pointed to Lingyu and Hong Xia.

Governor Yao paused and said: "Come on, wash the face of the flower thief, we have to verify the identity of this thief, and we will push him to the entrance of the vegetable market and behead him to show the public." Governor Yao's voice fell, and two catchers quickly carried water and scooped up to the flower thief, scooped water and rushed to his face, and washed the face of the flower thief after a while. The crowd shouted and cursed again, and they quickly replied, "My lord, it has been washed away." Governor Yao said, "Haode, you can step aside." He turned his face to Lingyu and said, "Zhang Shaoxia, Hong Nuxia, you go and identify whether it was the flower thief last night." Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia walked over to take a look, and replied: "Lord Yao, this person is the flower thief caught last night, it's true." Yao Zhifu said loudly to everyone: "This person is the person who made trouble in Longyang Mansion, and Cai Songpo, the shameless and obscene flower thief, immediately paraded him through the street to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded him to show the public." And our government's words are counted, and now we will give the three thousand taels of bounty bonus to Zhang Shaoxia and Hong Nuxia. Everyone cheered, and Master Zhou took three thousand taels of silver tickets and handed them to Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia.

Governor Yao said: "Now take the flower thief to the entrance of the vegetable market." Lin Zhutou instructed the catcher to quickly push the prisoner cart containing the flower thief. Along the way, he was thrown some filthy things by the common people, and his head and face were made inhuman. When he arrived at the entrance of the vegetable market, he was pulled out of the prisoner car, dragged to the beheading platform, kneeled and tied to a large wooden bench, and the people who watched the excitement could be said to be crowded, waiting for three o'clock in the afternoon to cut off his head. When it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, Lingyu used the sound transmission into the secret kung fu and said in the ear of the flower thief Cai Songpo: "Brother Cai, you said that whoever wants to catch you, you will give someone five thousand taels of silver, what do you say now, why do you need so much silver when everyone is dead." The flower thief thought to himself, 'Boy, you think beautifully, you gave my life and want me to give you silver, you can dream of it, I will not give it to this mourning star if I throw it away.' He was thinking about it and said in his ear: "It's a pity that you didn't hide it well, we have found 8,000 taels of silver tickets, and some jewels and jades, this son has thanked you here, you have to go all the way." ’

When the flower thief heard that his money and treasures had been taken away by the enemy, his face turned blue, but unfortunately he couldn't see his face at this time, and he paused like a wolf howl, and then spurted out a mouthful of blood. At this moment, Governor Yao threw down the order and signed: 'Cut. The executioner picked up his big knife and slashed down at the neck of the thief, and the knife fell to the head and rolled to the ground, when a big wolf dog ran with his head in his head. The crowd cheered again, saying that he deserved his sins and was not happy.

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia watched the flower thief finish picking flowers, bid farewell to Yao Zhifu and returned to the inn, and after lunch, they left Longyang Mansion on horseback and went to Jinling. The two talked and laughed along the way, warm and happy. In the evening of this day, they came to Chuzhou City, found an inn to live in, booked a room, first found an empty table in the dining hall and sat down, called Xiao Er to serve wine and food, and the two of them ate and drank. There are also many diners in the dining hall, all chatting and anecdotes, there is a table sitting three old and two young people who seem to be from the rivers and lakes, either with swords or with swords. An old man with a sword said: "Tomorrow there will be a great excitement in Liujiazhuang in the south of Jinling City, I heard that a few masters from Tibet want to find the head of the Huashan faction to test their martial arts, and I heard that they have defeated many masters and gang leaders along the way, and their martial arts are very ruthless." (To be continued......)