Chapter 165

Hearing the voice, the leading officer in Shui’an Hall frowned. He strode out the door and saw several groups of cavalry rushing into the street. From the street to the end of the street, it seems that there is no need to direct, one post at a hundred steps, stand quietly. There are also infantrymen wearing armor and holding lamps and swords at their waists, rushing in, lighting up the street brightly.

Some people quietly opened the door to look around and then closed it quickly. Apart from horses and soldiers on the street, the torches and lanterns all carried a somewhat chilling atmosphere.

The leading officer shouted, “Who is here?”

The general shouted, “Ying Wei Xiao Ming. Who are you?”

The leading officer said: “I am the chief arrester, Jia Wei. I am here to search for the robbers under the orders of Lord Qian Shixin.”

Xiao Ming asked again: “Who are the robbers? The streets were closed to search households, disturbing the people, why did General Jiang not know that the yamen had such a plan?”

Jia Wei said: “The situation is urgent. I’m afraid the robbers will escape. I’m ordered to come here. It’s not my job to negotiate with the generals in Ziyun Tower.”

Xiao Ming urged the horse to go forward, walked to the front of Shui’an hall, got off the horse and went in to have a look. All the men, women, old and children in the yard were terrified, and several children were crying out of breath. Xiao Ming turned around and asked Jia Wei, “What did you find here?”

Jia Wei responded, “Still searching.”

“How do you know there are robbers here?”

Jiawei repeated that rhetoric. After Xiao Ming listened, he ordered the soldiers around him to cooperate with the yamen, surround the three streets, and keep an eye on the people in the yamen. If they want to search for people, the guards will follow, explain to the people well, and don’t disturb the people in this courtyard. bullying, nor let the robbers escape. Then ask someone to go back and report to General Jiang that there are reports from Mr. Qian Shixin that the people saw the robbers. It may be related to the assassination of Mr. Bai and his secret work. Mr. Qian sent officials to search for people in the street. .

Jia Wei was annoyed when he heard this. Join in the fun again. Last time the Yamen surrounded the prefect’s mansion, the military also surrounded it. This time they searched the streets, and the military also searched together. Is this taking credit or monitoring?

“Lord Xiao.” Jia Wei said, “It’s good for your lord to help each other out, but the beating of gongs and drums has disturbed the bandits, what should we do? Good manpower arrangement, if the adults don’t know what’s going on, if they get in the way, I’m afraid it won’t be enough.”

Xiao Ming sneered: “Why didn’t Jia Butou say the last four words? If our military is not doing enough, then the yamen has more than failing. Jia Butou is right, since we don’t know what to do, we naturally go in.” You have to smash the door and shout, frighten the common people, startled the children screaming, what kind of bandit would be so stupid, and still not be disturbed? Not only the bandits, ordinary people are also frightened Otherwise, how could people stop their horses and call for help from afar, saying that they heard a big commotion on this side of Shui’an Street, like bandits beating and hurting people. Our night patrol soldiers also saw someone breaking the door with a lamp in the dark. Such a commotion, if Regardless of our patrolling generals, how can we be worthy of the people in the city, how can we explain to the general? Besides, we didn’t know what to do, because the yamen didn’t discuss with General Jiang, our military was kept in the dark, naturally I think that when the city is attacked, it is only natural to sound the gongs to warn and call for help.”

Jia Wei knew he was wrong, so he couldn’t refute it. He could only say: “If Master Xiao has any doubts, you can ask General Jiang after Lord Qian and General Jiang have finished their meeting. Now it is urgent for us to hunt down the robbers, and there is no delay.”

“Since there is no delay, please arrange it quickly. Where have the officials and envoys gone and what is the situation, can Butou Jia know? Please call them back and ask them carefully, and then we will work together to rearrange the manpower and capture the bandits together.” .It’s easy for you and me to deal with each other, how about it?”

Jiawei didn’t think so. But firstly, he is not as high as Xiao Ming’s official position, and secondly, Xiao Ming leads many soldiers and has a strong posture. Besides, if the government and the military really got into a fight on the streets of the city, it would be a joke for the common people.

Jia Wei got Qian Shixin’s confession that he knew who was really arrested this time, and Master Lu Sheng also sent officers and soldiers to surround them, but they were all guarding the periphery, and the county government sent the first line of search. After all, my aunt is conspicuous, and it is too unusual to hide in the market place. It is also unusual to wear a headscarf in the house at night. Once someone finds out, they will interrogate themselves. In this cross-examination, my aunt will definitely reveal her secrets, and it is only natural to kill her. Master Lu said that the aunt killer would run away when the officials searched the house. She fled to the periphery, and the archers and generals took her down. What the yamen have to do is to find out suspicious persons and lead them to the place where the archers are ambush.

Jia Wei looked at Xiao Ming, and now a group of military personnel appeared. If the aunt was really found, the military might fight bravely. And how to lure that aunt to the ambush?

Jia Wei thought for a while, and said: “Lord Xiao, this operation is important. Lord Lu and Lord Qian are in charge to monitor it in person. They are waiting at the corner of Changning Street. Why don’t you come with me to ask the adults for an order? How to deal with this matter? My lord knows that I am only a headhunter, so I really dare not make decisions on my own.”

Xiao Ming said with a smile: “Captain Jia is too modest. You are the Chief Catcher of Pingnan County, and you can manage all kinds of cases and errands. But Catcher Jia is right. You and I are just following orders. , and you don’t need to offend the superiors. I will go to see the adults with you, but I suggest that we go slowly. After all, I have already invited General Jiang just now. General Jiang can really discuss things with Lord Lu and Lord Qian. Yes. What do you say?”

Jia Wei naturally had no objection to this. So Xiao Ming seriously asked about the circumstances of Jia Wei’s case, which places were searched and so on. Jia Wei asked someone to ask, and he responded when he came back. In this way, the two had a similar understanding of the progress of the search and arrest, so they ordered the others to stand by and go to Changning Street together. Jia Wei thought, anyway, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, if the sister-in-law was really here, it would be difficult to fly with her wings.

While Xiao Ming was arguing with Jia Wei, Gu Wenda and his men had sneaked everywhere. The spies who had been watching Anshui Street before saw Gu Wenda coming and quickly reported the situation of the whole street to him. How are the officials distributed, how are they searched, where have they gone, and where is the movement. After hearing this, Gu Wenda ordered all the scouts to act.

In the Shui’an Hall, the soldiers brought by Xiao Ming joined the search by the officials, but no suspicious person was found. The soldier captain then asked the identities of the people in the shantang, and where those who did not live in the shantang lived, and then asked everyone to go back to their houses, but those who did not live here could not go home for the time being. He ordered Mr. Liu to appease the children, not to make noise, and not to go out to disrupt the search and arrest of officials. Mr. Liu was anxious, but he could only agree.

The captain went out, turned around and spread the news, and Gu Wenda’s spies went to each house to investigate. The other generals and officers stared at me and I stared at you, competing with each other and restraining each other’s actions. Everyone is waiting for Jia Wei and Xiao Ming to come back to see how the hunt will continue. Everyone is also vigilant around, must have alerted the robbers, in the dark, are there fierce eyes staring at them, waiting for an opportunity?

Master Jingyuan leaned against the wall, standing in the shadows. There are really too many officers and soldiers, and she is not sure that she can reach An Ruofang’s residence quietly without being discovered. If someone discovers, An Ruofang’s whereabouts will be revealed, but if she does not go, An Ruofang will not go if the officers and soldiers search and arrest her like this. very dangerous.

Master Jingyuan clenched her sword tightly, feeling very conflicted in her heart. He approached her, wanting to protect her, but even if he did, he couldn’t get her out of the way.

After all, did he still hurt her? You shouldn’t miss her, you shouldn’t come to her. She was being followed, which aroused suspicion, which is why there was this siege. Will that tragedy happen again?

Master Jingyuan moved in the dark night, heading towards An Ruofang. She couldn’t just walk away, and couldn’t accept the result of the child being robbed and mutilated. Even if everyone still died in the end, at least she tried her best when she was alive, even if it cost her life.

Both Yao Wenhai and the yamen outside the door remained motionless. He heard the noise outside, but he couldn’t figure out what was going on. He stared nervously at the door, defensively.

But there was no movement outside the door. No one knocked, shouted, or kicked the door.

Yao Wenhai waited and waited, unaware that the two servants outside the door walked away. They heard the greetings from other yamen servants and decided to go to the alley to see the situation first. Curiosity is common to everyone, and the house search can wait, but what happened, I really want to know right away.

Yamen servants walked past the gate of An Ruofang’s courtyard, as long as they walked in and took a look, they could find the little girl under the wall. But they don’t. They walked straight over, and An Ruofang could see their backs walking past the door, their backs clinging to the wall, wishing they could sink into the wall.

An Ruofang also waited for a while. It didn’t last long, but it was extremely difficult. She wanted to know what happened next door, what happened to Yao Wenhai. Hearing no sound, she wasn’t sure what had become of him. Is it because the yamen didn’t enter the house, why didn’t he crawl over?

Yao Wenhai was also struggling whether to climb or not. What if the courtyard door opened as soon as he climbed onto the wall? Is there anyone out there? What are they waiting for?

The two children stood still for a while, separated by the wall. Yao Wenhai decided to take the risk of climbing the wall. An Ruofang intends to remind Yao Wenhai.

Yao Wenhai went to the woodpile, in order not to make any noise, he moved slowly and gently. An Ruofang was short and couldn’t get up on the wall without a pad on her feet, so she didn’t dare to slap the wall and shout, so she stooped down to look for stones on the ground.

A figure crouched down and crawled on the roof next door, looking at the conditions of the courtyards. Just as he was about to pass by the house that had already been inspected, he was caught by a small figure crawling on the ground in the shadows.

The figure on the roof leaned down to observe, and just so happened that the small figure straightened up, and the two looked at each other.

An Ruofang gasped in fright. She was found! Then she saw the man look past her to the wall behind her. Following that gaze, she turned her head and saw Yao Wenhai climbing up the wall.

When Yao Wenhai saw An Ruofang’s terrified eyes on the wall, his spine went cold, and he felt what had happened. He looked up and saw the man on the roof.

The man put his fingers to his lips and made a silent gesture. Immediately afterwards, he waved his hand to tell Yao Wenhai to come down quickly. Standing tall is easy to be spotted by people in the alley, but the child is about to jump up stupidly.

Yao Wenhai didn’t know who this person was, so he jumped off the wall before talking about it. He fell to the ground, gritted his teeth and did not dare to cry out the pain. An Ruofang came over to help him. He quickly pushed An Ruofang behind and blocked her.

The man on the roof made a gesture, pointed to where they were standing, and pressed down again, as if to tell them not to move.

Yao Wenhai stared at him closely, and felt An Ruofang holding his hand firmly behind him.

The man on the roof turned and left. Yao Wenhai and An Ruofang were both surprised. Yao Wenhai turned his head and exchanged glances with An Ruofang. An Ruofang shook her head and said in a low voice, “I don’t know him.”

“It doesn’t seem to be here to catch us.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so sneaky.

The two children didn’t know what to do for a while, and when they were panicking, a person jumped out from the outer wall suddenly. An Ruofang hugged Yao Wenhai’s waist violently in fright, Yao Wenhai stared at the person who came, and swallowed sharply.

The first thing the visitor did was put his fingers to his lips again, and made a silent gesture. Then there was the sound of horseshoes outside, and someone shouted: “What are you doing standing here?”

“What does it have to do with you?” The voice Yao Wenhai remembered this time was a yamen servant who called out when he was checking the alley.

“Master Xiao has an order. You need to join us in the search.” An unfamiliar voice said: “Come here, and we will move after Master Xiao returns.”

At the alley, I don’t know what those people said again, and then their voices became quieter. seems to be gone.

The person in front of Yao Wenhai whispered at this moment: “I’m from General Long’s side.”

Just as Yao Wenhai was about to speak, An Ruofang strangled her waist forcefully. An Ruofang rushed to say: “We are waiting for grandma to come back. She works in Shantang.”

“Then why go over the wall?” the man asked.

“Scared.” An Ruofang rushed to answer again.

The man looked at An Ruofang carefully, and said, “You look a bit like our general’s wife.” Even if he smudged his face a bit, it was hard to hide his stunning beauty. This feature is too obvious. The temperament and posture of speaking are not like the poor children in the market. “My name is Gu Wenda, and the name of the general’s wife is An Ruochen. When she was in Ziyun Tower, she often mentioned her little sister Fang’er to me. She has been looking for her.”

Gu Wenda tried. It seems that is the case. The ones Qian Shixin wanted to arrest were Shitai Jingyuan and An Ruofang.

Master Jingyuan sneaked in while there was no one in the alley. She went to the house at the bottom of the alley, but heard whispers from the next door. She lay down on the woodpile and pushed the sword out of the scabbard with her thumb.

“My brother and I are waiting for grandma to come back. She works in Shantang.” An Ruofang didn’t recognize this person, she replied cautiously.

Yao Wenhai moved his body, trying to block An Ruofang more.

Gu Wenda glanced at the young man, and was also puzzled by his posture and demeanor. He continued to say to An Ruofang: “Don’t panic, your sister knows that you won’t trust others easily. She told me that after she left home, she made friends with people you don’t know well, so I’m afraid you won’t trust them easily. She asked me to find someone Someone special to meet you.”

An Ruofang pursed her lips. Except for the eldest sister who came in person, she would not believe anyone. Never admit who you are, and never give up until the last moment.

At this time, another person jumped out, a middle-aged man, panting, obviously very anxious to rush over.

Seeing him, Gu Wenda said, “It should be her. Tell me.”

An Ruofang peeked quietly from behind Yao Wenhai, but she didn’t recognize this person.

The man said: “I haven’t seen her either. I didn’t wait for her on October 15th.”

Startled, An Ruofang leaned out from behind Yao Wenhai and stared at the man. The man also looked at her and said, “I can take you away only if you ask the right question.”

“You said you didn’t meet anyone, where did you wait?” An Ruofang asked, her heart pounding.

“South City Gate.”

“What’s your name?”

The man smiled: “Jiang Zhong.”

An Ruofang’s eye sockets became hot. “Where are you going?”

“Shaocheng.” Jiang Zhong replied, “Shaocheng Bin County is my hometown.”

An Ruofang held onto Yao Wenhai’s clothes tightly, tears welling in her eyes. In the past, in order to meet this person and for this conversation, she kept it behind her heart. For fear of answering a wrong sentence, that person would not want to take her with him. No one knows about it, except the eldest sister and General Long.

“Now, it’s your turn to prove who you are. When are we supposed to meet?”

“Shen Shi.” An Ruofang replied.

Jiang Zhong nodded: “You’re late, little girl. My carriage has been waiting, but I haven’t waited for anyone after hours.”

“Sorry, I’m late.” An Ruofang’s tears rolled down her cheeks. “Jiangye.” The elder sister said, and when they met, she called him Jiangye. That’s right, she doesn’t know who is around after the elder sister left home, but she will always remember Master Jiang, and will never forget, October 15th, Shenshi, Nanchengmen, Bin County, Shaocheng.

Jiang Zhong stretched out his hand to her: “Let’s go, I’ll take you to a safe place.”

An Ruofang came out from behind Yao Wenhai, walked towards Jiang Zhong, but still took Yao Wenhai’s hand, and said, “Take him along.”

“Okay.” Gu Wenda didn’t ask much, and agreed without hesitation. It took a long time for An Ruofang to go away with them calmly and not to yell bad things, so hurry up, surrounded by heavy soldiers, you have to think carefully if you want to avoid the eyes and ears. “Where’s the carriage?” He asked Jiang Zhong softly.

“Two streets away, it’s too weird for a cavalry to bring a carriage. That’s the shortest distance.”

Gu Wenda said: “I’m going to teach people to make some big noises, first lure the people from the yamen away. You take them to hide first. This is not good here, they will come back at any time.”

Jiang Zhong agreed, and climbed over the wall to find the way, and there were spies outside to meet him. So he lifted An Ruofang and Yao Wenhai over the wall, and led them to another alley.

Master Jingyuan leaned her head against the wall, and her whole body was a little stiff due to restraint. She couldn’t tell how she felt. She just heard An Ruofang’s words: “I’m late.”

She was late, so she grabbed the hem of her dress. “Master, help me.” At that time she said to her with her small face up.

Now she seems really safe. She was safe, getting farther and farther away from her.

Jing Yuan didn’t know whether she was relieved or her heart was pierced. She calmed down for a while, then raised her head, climbed over the wall and went out.

They needed a big movement to cover, and she happened to have some accounts to settle.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Mrs. Jingyuan: Author, you should let me be the protagonist, so that your article will be popular.

Author: Why?

Mrs. Jing Yuan: from

If the first chapter can kill me until the last chapter, whoever forces me to marry will kill me. Anyone who bullies my sister will be killed. Suspect who is the spy, kill. The enemy country invaded and killed. If the general does not marry me, kill me. Only in this way can people feel happy and refreshed.

Author: …Are there only two types of characters?

Mrs. Jingyuan: Good guys and bad guys?

Author: Those who were killed by you and those who were not killed by you.

Mrs. Jing Yuan: That’s right, it looks good this way. you consider it?

Author: … (whispering) I’m actually thinking about your ending, Master…

Mrs. Jing Yuan: How did you die? Hmph, try it and see if my sword is faster or your pen is faster!

Author (running away with his head in his arms): I use the keyboard, Mrs.