The three gangsters Xu Liang, Chen Cheng, and Liao Liangcai were imprisoned in the prison for one night, and were quietly taken out of the prison the next day. Someone greeted them at the prison gate, and the man took them to a secret alley and handed them
After passing three small packages, he said in a low voice: "There are clothes in the bag, put them on, and the reward that the master promised to give you is also put inside. Get the money and get out of here. Go somewhere else to have a good time first. Later,
Come back when the weather is calm. Old rules, if you accidentally find a trace..."
"Of course, the little ones escaped from prison. I'll come back and eat in prison for a few days. Thank you for the reward from the housekeeper and the reward from the eldest master."
The three gangsters smiled happily and quickly changed their clothes. They tucked the treasures stacked in their bags into their belts and hid them close to their bodies. They nodded and bowed their heads to thank the flower housekeeper, then put on their headbands and sneakily left Putai County.
.The man called Flower Butler looked up and looked around, and walked away quickly.
The three Liaoliangcai are local snakes in Putai County. They are very familiar with walking through the streets and alleys. Here they pass through a shop and there they crawl through a dog hole. No matter how skilled you are, you can't keep up with these three slippery snakes.
Guy, but there are people who can keep an eye on him, because Lin Yuqi is also a local snake, and he is the leader of a group of local snakes.
Lin Yu Qi was involved in both black and white. He knew the rules and roads that others didn't know, and he had enough manpower. His people kept a close eye on the three gangsters and never let them escape. The three gangsters walked out of the podium.
County town, they immediately quickened their pace and walked into the distance. It was not far from the city, only seven or eight miles away. The three of them bypassed the main road and turned into a forest. They were about to take a small road to live in a neighboring county. Seven or eight people were holding jujube shorts.
The big masked man with a stick suddenly appeared like a ghost and surrounded them.
Liao Liangcai's expression changed, his sly eyes glanced around, and he begged tentatively: "Good man, all good men, we three brothers are all miserable and poor, penniless, and we have no time to eat.
Yes, if you heroes want to do justice for heaven and kill the rich and give to the poor, you shouldn't come to our three brothers."
The leading man said sternly: "Stop talking nonsense! I need some sense and admit it honestly. Whose family was the little lady of the Tang family kidnapped by?"
Liang Liangcai's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted: "Let's go!" He ducked into the grass with a short body. The other two gangsters also had rich experience in fighting. They immediately turned around and ran away in different directions. However,
No matter how fast they were, they couldn't move faster than seven or eight jujube sticks. They could only hear the jujube sticks waving in the wind and making a whining sound, just like hitting a drowned dog.
The pain penetrated to the bones, and in a moment, the three of them were thrown to the ground, holding their calves and rolling around in misery, their screams being silent.
The leading man sneered: "If I don't give you some strength, I don't know if Lord Ma has three eyes! Are you willing to use it now?"
Liang Liangcai screamed: "Good man, we don't know what you are talking about, we are just being used by others, we..."
"puff!"
A stick of jujube wood was slapped on his mouth so hard that several of his front teeth flew out immediately. Liao Liangcai's mouth was full of blood and his lips were tattered. He screamed and couldn't even make a sound. The other two gangsters looked pale and masked.
The big man walked up to Xu Liang, with a cold smile in his big eyes, and shouted: "Say it!"
"Hero, I didn't know you said..."
"Pfft!" The blood-stained jujube stick hit his diaphragm hard, and Xu Liang screamed, causing his whole body to twitch in pain.
"Recruit or not?"
"I...I don't know..."
"puff!"
The other leg was also severely hit by the jujube stick. Xu Liang curled up, with snot and tears streaming down his face, and screamed miserably: "I really don't know, I really don't know!"
"You have guts, you really have guts!" The big man smiled sinisterly: "Drag them over and bury them!"
Several big men rushed up to them, dragged them away like dogs to death. A big hole had been dug in the woods, but the hole was not big enough. The three people were bundled up and stuffed in. It felt a bit crowded. The big men kicked them with their feet.
Then they kicked up dirt inside, and the three people opened their mouths and shouted for help, but they ate a mouthful of loess and had to keep silent.
Seven or eight people started working together and soon buried three people alive. The pit was only shallow. The three people struggled violently and were able to raise their heads from the soil. But as soon as they showed their heads, they were hit with a stick and their heads were broken.
The blood flowed like this three or five times, and the three of them couldn't breathe. Their heads were like gourds of blood. Seeing that these masked men were ruthless and lawless, and they refused to fight this time, they really dared to kill them.
He and the three of them finally collapsed. Liao Liangcai suddenly stretched his neck, and his face was covered with blood and mud, as if he had just been picked out. He howled miserably: "Let's attack, let's attack..."
At the same time, a scholar went to the local county school to meet with the teachings, teachings and teachers. This scholar was a scholar from another county who was studying here. His name was Gao Xianning. Gao Xiucai's family was very wealthy. He came here to study here and visited the county school.
, he brought several squares of good inkstones and some local specialties as gifts. It was not surprising that many people were polite. Gao Xiucai was also a polite and polite person, and he soon became familiar with them. He even became brothers with the students in the county school, and they became brothers.
Friends.
This morning, a beautiful little village girl also arrived in Putai County. The old saying goes: "The mountains breed beautiful birds, and the woodsheds produce beauties." It couldn't be more true when applied to this little girl. Although she is wearing a commoner hairdress, but that
The handsome appearance is really good-looking.
The girl wears a lively and cute three-part bun, with bangs covering her forehead. She has a yellowish complexion, beautiful facial features, and a pair of big eyes that are intoxicating. She looks like an extremely beautiful little woman, and what's even more rare is that she has a slender figure.
Graceful, exquisite and embossed. The little girl wore two pieces of patched village girl's regular clothes. The two pieces of shirt and trousers best reflect the girl's body curve. Look at her body, she should be big and thin, probably because her family is poor.
I couldn't afford to change my clothes, so my patched floral shirt and trousers stretched on my long, round thighs, as if they could burst the trousers.
As soon as she appeared in the county town, passers-by took a second look. After she wandered around the streets and alleys for a long time, more people knew about her. After noon, this beautiful little village girl stood at the entrance of an alley.
The girl covered her face and began to cry, which was even more eye-catching now. A large circle of people gathered around her. Enthusiastic people asked various questions, and they couldn't help but lament for her.
This little village girl is called Chun Cun'er, and she is a hard-working girl. Her parents died early, and she lives alone as a needlework worker. Unfortunately, her house is completely burned down by a fire. In desperation, she goes through all the hard work to return from Yanzhou.
She ran to Putai County to join her distant uncle. Unexpectedly, after asking for a long time, she finally found her uncle's house, but it was General Tie who guarded the door.
It turned out that her distant uncle went to Jinling last year. Because her distant uncle was a bricklayer, he was summoned by the court to build a palace in Jinling, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back. The little girl ran out of money and had no choice but to live in the house where her uncle was born.
They hid their faces in front of the rusty iron locked door and cried bitterly. The neighbors couldn't help but feel sympathy when they saw it, but they were not a very wealthy family, so who would be willing to give too much? At most, they were kind enough to give a few steamed buns to prevent this little village girl from going hungry.
Just dead on the streets.
There are still good people, no, today Mr. Qiu Qiuqiu is in the right mood. He swings his folding fan lightly and swings it step by step. He happens to pass by this alley where most poor people live. He sees a group of people surrounding a young girl. Mr. Qiu
Surprised, he quickly stepped forward and asked, and when he learned what had happened, the kind-hearted Mr. Qiu couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy.
Mr. Qiu Dashan had reached the age where he knew his fate. He was soft-hearted and couldn't bear this the most. He shed tears for a while and then looked at the girl's appearance. Mr. Qiu said: "It's pitiful. If the girl has nowhere to go,
I am still short of a few servant girls in my house. Would you like to work in my house? Firstly, you will have something to eat, and secondly, you can also wait for your uncle, who will come back sooner or later.
"
Chun Cun'er said timidly: "Thank you, sir. I have an aunt... who currently lives in Bazhou, Hebei. I want to... want to join my aunt."
"Oh..." Qiu Qiu lightly tapped his palms with a folding fan, and then asked, "Do you have any money?"
Chun Cun'er shook his head, couldn't help covering his face with his sleeves, and started crying again.
"Okay, okay, little lady, don't cry." Qiu Yuanwai took out a handful of banknotes from his arms, handed them over, and said pleasantly: "In that case, I will help you, here, take it, don't be shy.
"
After putting the money into the little girl's hand, Qiu turned around and ordered: "Xiao Yu'er, Xiao Yu'er."
Hua Xiaoyuer, the housekeeper of Qiu Mansion, rushed over and said, "Master."
Qiu Yuanwai slapped his finger and ordered: "Arrange for this girl to stay in the hotel and rest, and take a long-distance bus with mule and horse teams to take her to the ferry tomorrow morning. Well... a single woman with no one to take care of her in the local area.
Arrange to stay at the Lin family's 'Taibai Ju', the master has taken the money for her, 'Taibai Ju' is the largest and most regular inn in our county, it's safe."
The neighbors praised each other for having such a kind-hearted gentleman in their hometown, who could help the poor foreigners, and everyone felt happy, right? Chun Cun'er blinked a pair of big, talkative eyes and looked at it with tears in his eyes.
Member Qiu was a little at a loss, and someone shouted from beside him: "My dear wife, if you haven't thanked Member Qiu yet, he is your great philanthropist."
"Ah, ah, the little lady has thanked Yuanwai and thanked Master Qiu."
"Hey, you're welcome, you're welcome, I'm doing good deeds and it will bear good results, haha..." Qiu Qiu looked at the girl deeply with his eyes, spread out his fan, and walked forward.
Mr. Qiu is going to the county government office to visit Mr. Shan, the county magistrate. Mr. Qiu’s cousin is a counselor in Jinan Prefecture. He is also a wealthy squire and landlord in Putai County. He is very close to Mr. Shan, the magistrate. The two of them are very close.
Everyone is good at drinking and playing chess. From time to time, he would set up a chessboard in the backyard of the county government office and play a few games. At this time, he was about to go to the county government office to meet old friends.
Early the next morning, Mr. Hua rushed to Taibaiju. The shopkeepers of the Lin family and the waiters politely sent the poor girl out. Mr. Hua led her to the Zhao family's house.
Okay. The Zhao Family Horse and Carriage Company has a long-distance route that happens to pass through the ferry heading west. There is one train every day, starting early in the morning. Manager Hua paid the money and asked the Zhao Family Carriage and Horse Company's guy to take the girl to the ferry.
, it was convenient for her to board the ship to Hebei, and then she said goodbye and left.
The little girl thanked her profusely. She carried a small bundle and boarded a long-distance coach traveling with mules and horses, and embarked on the road to Bazhou in the west. Many people in the city who got up early witnessed her departure, including those who saw her yesterday.
After all, I still want to say hello from afar, offer my best wishes, and wish her a safe journey.
Putai is a small county, and it is morning again. There are no cars and horses on the road to the ferry, and there are few travels. There is only this long-distance coach driven by the Zhao family's mules and horses. When the mule cart arrived at Sangxi Ferry, there were three forks in the road.
Going forward over the hill is the river crossing, and on the left and right are roads leading to the north and south respectively. The one to the south is the official road, which is the most spacious and flat. This long-distance bus is going to the south, and the one to the north is a small road that leads to
There is a small village more than ten miles away from here.
There were a few people at the intersection, guests who had come from the ferry and small villages to get on the bus. A few people were squatting in the shade of the trees chatting in the shade, waiting for the mule cart to come. The car stopped, and Chun Cun'er was helped out by the handlebars first.
, pointed at the small hill and smiled and said: "Well, over this hill, you will reach the river ferry. There are two ferries there, the big one ferries the carts and horses and the travelers who pick the goods, and the small one only ferries the guests on foot. Girl, get on.
A small boat is fine, otherwise the ferry fare for a big boat would be three cents more expensive than a small boat."
"Thank you, big brother."
Chun Cun'er bowed with her hands folded, tightened the small baggage around her body, and the guests waiting here boarded the car one by one, said goodbye to her on the handlebars, and headed southward.
"It's strange, why there is no movement at all. Is it because the gangster didn't pay attention, or is he a pervert who doesn't like my girl's appearance?"
Peng Ziqi, who changed her name to Spring Villager, rolled her eyes. There was no one around, and she couldn't help but hesitate secretly. She tossed around in Putai County from morning to afternoon, asking for directions and crying in the street. If there really is such a beauty that she covets.
People with evil intentions must have heard the news, but from last night to now, no one has taken action. How could it be possible with the greed of that person who would not even let go of a woman who has settled in this county? Is it really like this?
The county magistrate guessed that the young lady of the Tang family had eloped with her lover?
After pondering for a moment, Peng Ziqi secretly made up his mind: "Ignore him, calm down, and go to the ferry to have a look. If there is nothing wrong, I will change into men's clothes and go back to Putai County to join them."
Thinking of this, Peng Ziqi walked up the hill, just walking on level ground. As he walked up, his legs moved, but he felt that the pants were a little tight. Peng Ziqi's face was slightly red, and he cursed in his heart: "That big bastard Yang Wenxuan, is
Is it true that I can’t find suitable shirts and pants, or... or are you trying to trick me? When this matter is over, I will definitely find this place again, hum!"
After finally walking half way, I stood under a tree. Just when I was about to take a break from sweating, there was a "clatter" in the woods, and two big men carrying ropes walked out. There was a person standing in the middle, it was Qiu Fu.
The general manager is Xiaoyu.
"Ah!" Peng Ziqi exclaimed, covering her mouth and saying, "Hua Guanjia, you...why are you here?"
Hua Xiaoyu's face was filled with an unpredictable sinister smile: "Hey, little lady, I, Hua Xiaoyu'er, have been waiting for you for a long time..."