But after dark, the Zhou family waited left and right, and the people who picked up their relatives never came.

Looking at the time, seeing that it was about to be the third watch, Mr. Zhou became more and more anxious. After a while, the boy guarding the door came to report, saying that he saw the bad old man leading a few people and carrying a sedan chair to this side. Mr. Zhou hurriedly went out to greet him. Although he said that he was not afraid, he was afraid to death in his heart at this time. He was afraid that once this matter failed, the Zhou family would suffer a great disaster.

But the matter has come to this point, and he can't be allowed to take half a step back, and Zhou Laozhang secretly told himself that he must be calm and not let that person see the flaws. He took a few deep breaths, stabilized his mind, and went out to welcome the bad old man into the house. The man was very old-looking, thin, and a little hunchbacked, and he was indeed a bad old man.

The bad old man was very happy to see that the Zhou family had decorated the yard in full swing. After entering the house, he saluted Mr. Zhou and asked, "Mr. Zhou, where is my daughter-in-law?" The son-in-law is pressed for time, and he has to leave as soon as he picks her up. ”

Mr. Zhou asked his wife to lead his daughter out, and the bad old man saw that Mr. Zhou's daughter was wearing a red wedding dress, covering her head, and her heart was beautiful, and she reached out to pull Mr. Zhou's daughter's hand.

Old Uncle Zhou hurriedly stopped and said: "Don't worry, son-in-law, according to my family's customs, you have to drink three bowls of welcome wine first, and then my daughter can go with you." ”

The bad old man said impatiently: "The wine is free, I will naturally drink it when I take my daughter-in-law back." ”

Mr. Zhou said: "That's different, this wine is called welcome wine, you have to drink it now, and after drinking this wine, you can ensure that the two of you are full of harmony." ”

The bad old man said, "Then you can bring it quickly, and after drinking, you can take my daughter-in-law away." ”

Mr. Zhou brought the wine jar and poured three bowls of wine for the bad old man, who picked up the bowl and drank it, drank half of it, and flowed half of it. Mr. Zhou poured three bowls for each of the four sedan chairs, and the four people also drank them.

Then the old man dragged the bride into the sedan chair. The four sedan chair men carried the sedan bar on their shoulders and were about to get up, but suddenly felt soreness and weakness on their bodies, and they fell to their knees with staggering.

The bad old man kicked a sedan chair driver to the ground and scolded: "Useless things, you can't even lift a sedan chair." Suddenly I found that I was also dizzy and weak, and I knew that I had been plotted, but it was too late, and my body was weak and I fell to the ground.

At this moment, Burley came out of the back room. Uncle Zhou grabbed Bo Lei and asked, "These people have already fainted, what should we do now?"

Burley said: "You have them all tied up with ropes, and then you put up this bad old man in a sack, and you don't have to worry about the rest, and naturally someone from the county government will come to fetch those palanquins after dawn." ”

As soon as Mr. Zhou heard that someone from the county government would come to take over, he was a little relieved. In a short time, several palanquin men were firmly tied together, and the bad old man was also put into a sack. Burley picked up the sack and went out.

In the inn, Ding Cheng and the others did not see the figure of Bolei for a day and a night, and when they were in a hurry, Bolei came back from outside. He threw the sack to the ground, gasped for breath, and drank three more glasses of water in one breath before he said, "Look, who is this?"

Ding Cheng untied the sack and saw that the person in the sack was Wu Laohan, who had deceived himself into the prison in Luojiazhuang.