Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Quyuan Street,

The weather is getting warmer, and there are many people setting up night stalls on the streets.

"Reach out!"

From the door of a courtyard along the street, a woman's scolding came.

Hearing this scolding,

Many customers eating at street stalls looked over.

"Crack!"

Hearing the sound of the bamboo beater, some people shrank their necks.

"Next time you dare to come back so late, I'll smash your hand!"

Chu Zhan carried the tray with one hand to the nearby stall, and after finishing the food tray, he also looked back there.

Walk back to the stall,

Chu Zhan looked at Uncle Shu who was counting coins in a depressed manner by candlelight and said, "Uncle Shu, the dishes have been delivered!"

"Yeah, got it!"

Shu Bo nodded by the candlelight.

Chu Zhan looked at the copper plate in Shu Bo's hand and said, "Shu Bo, don't keep thinking about what you said to the soldiers before. You don't give change just for good luck! They understand your intentions!"

Shu Bo sighed, shook his head and said, "Speaking of which, the babies in the two homes that didn't come back are not big."

When the eldest son of the Xu family returned to Beijing, he brought back all kinds of reward money.

Marquis Yongyi recently returned to Beijing, and what he brought back were the ashes of his soldiers who died in the war.

In the past two days, many soldiers of the Hou family ate at the stall, and Shu Bo would give them the change he owed before.

Most of the soldiers have forgotten this matter. When they see Shu Bo's change, they will always be stunned for a moment, then laugh, and then feel uncomfortable.

Chu Zhan didn’t feel much about it before.

But after seeing the soldiers of the Hou family at the stall,

Thinking about the brothers who were familiar to him and joked with him before, but now never saw him again, Chu Zhan's feeling suddenly became obvious.

Chu Zhan took a deep breath: "You are old and have a son to raise, so don't think too much about these things."

Shu Bo sighed, calmed down his mood and said, "Just now it sounded like the newly moved lady was teaching the younger brothers and sisters a lesson?"

Chu Zhan glanced at the door of the courtyard some distance away: "Yes! Mrs. Zou is very strict in running the family. The brother and the little girl of the Zou family will be beaten if they come back late."

"Give me a moment!"

There was a shout in the distance,

Chu Zhan quickly leaned forward and took a look: "The voice sounds like it's Brother Qingyun!"

Then, looking at Qingyun who rushed to the door of the Hou Mansion, dismounted from his horse and quickly entered the house, Chu Zhan and Shu Bo looked at each other and said, "Is this... something urgent?"

After more than a quarter of an hour,

Qingyun walked out quickly again.

Chu Zhan looked at Qingyun who was riding over and shouted, "Brother Qingyun, is there anything I can do to help?"

"Watch yourself!"

"Oh~"

Chu Zhan stood on tiptoe, his eyes chasing Qingyun who was riding away, his eyes full of envy.

“Hai Da”

“Hai Da”

The sound of horseshoes on the stone slabs echoed in the doorway.

Xu Zaijing looked at the young man lying on the horse who had just woken up and said, "I say Liao Sanlang, the location of your ancestral home is really good! It is so close to the Imperial City Si Yamen, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Seeing Liao Sanlang, whose mouth was sealed with a strip of cloth, watching the rope buckle movements, Xu Zaijing smiled and said: "How about Liao Sanlang, the method of tying the tongue of a Western Army scout is authentic, right?"

Then he added: "If you don't want to harm your family, don't move around, and don't even think about running away."

After Liao Sanlang was stunned for a moment, he continued to lie on the horse angrily.

The sack behind Xu Zaijing was still struggling just now, but after hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Steward Qi in the sack actually stopped moving, as if he was thinking about something inside.

Then, another hesitant voice came from the sack, but Manager Qi was gagged and had no idea what he was talking about.

The young man on horseback, Liao Sanlang, glared at Xu Zaijing as if he were a traitor.

Xu Zaijing entered the inner city Jinglongmen,

Turn to the left,

Not far away,

At the heavily guarded gate, a soldier shouted loudly from behind the horse: "Who is it! The Imperial City Detective Department is in the center! Those who are idle should retreat!"

While speaking, a pawn on the side vaguely pointed the crossbow in his hand at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing did not dismount, but said loudly on horseback: "I am a descendant of the Xu family of Marquis Yongyi. I wonder if Mr. Xiao Zhao is in the Yamen?"

The words passed,

From the room next to the gate, someone dressed as a lieutenant commander came out.

After looking outside, he patted the pawn on the head who had just spoken: "Can't you recognize Xu Jiawulang's mount? Are you still interested?"

As he spoke, he glared at the pawn holding the crossbow on the side, and the pawn quickly put down the crossbow.

"Wu Lang, Xiao Zhao's boss is not here! Gao Dutou is on duty tonight! I wonder why you came to our office at night?"

"Marquis Yu is so polite. I have something to ask for tonight, so please ask Brother Gao to come out and see you."

"Goro, wait a moment."

soon,

Gao Yunqing's figure walking quickly appeared outside the gate.

"Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

While Gao Yunqing asked with a smile, he glanced at the horse beside Xu Zaijing and the sack behind him.

"Brother Gao, there is something"

After listening to Xu Zaijing's words, Gao Yunqing, as someone who had witnessed Xu Zaijing's several bloody battles in Yangzhou, showed no surprise on his face. He just nodded and said: "When Brother Jing is finished, tell me and I will send someone to clean up. "

Xu Zaijing glanced at Liao Sanlang, who was waiting for death, and said, "Okay!"

Gao Yunqing nodded, whispered a few words to the subordinates on the side and then handed over his hands: "Brother Jing, I'll go back first!"

"Brother Gao, walk slowly."

Gao Yunqing walked a few steps, then suddenly turned back and said, "Do you want to get some torture tools from the department?"

"That's not necessary!"

Xu Zaijing waved his hands quickly.

in the night,

The entrance of a courtyard not far from the lively street,

Standing here, you can vaguely hear the chuckles of the girls on the wooden floor of the roadside brothel.

The wooden door was opened by an old man from the inside.

The imperial city official who was sent by Gao Yunqing nodded towards the old man who opened the door, turned sideways and bowed his hands in a salute: "Wu Lang, this is the courtyard that is not commonly used in the office."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Then, please wait in Houmenqiao Alley later and tell my Qingyun that I am here."

"Don't worry, Wulang, I will definitely convey it to you."

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing led the horse,

They carried Liao Sanlang and the Kang family's steward Qi into the yard.

"My lord, I don't know which room I want to use."

The old man asked as he closed the courtyard door behind him.

Xu Zaijing hesitated for a moment: "My husband, do you have a house with good drainage?"

"This way."

The old man pointed to the wing on the left.

Xu Zaijing carried Liao Sanlang and Qi Da Guan into the house one by one and said: "Old man, please prepare a bench, handkerchiefs and a few tanks of water."

"Sir, there is only one big tub in the yard. Is it feasible to use a bathtub?"

"Okay, okay!"

Listening to the conversation between Xu Zaijing and the old man in the yard,

Manager Qi Da, who was bound and gagged and lying on the ground, looked at Liao Sanlang across from him with a sneer, with a look in his eyes that said, "You will live forever."

Liao Sanlang leaned against the wall, holding his arms outwards secretly.

But he gave up after trying it once, because he could feel that the rope that tied him was made of cowhide, and he couldn't break free.

‘Boom’

Xu Zaijing carried the half-person-high water tank and bathtub in with one hand.

Soon the bathtub and water tank were filled with water from wooden buckets.

Xu Zaijing closed the door in the dim candlelight, walked to the side and took out the cloth from the mouth of Manager Qi who was lying on the ground and threw it aside.

Looking at Liao Sanlang beside the wall, Xu Zaijing said: "Although I have been a scout in the Western Army for a short time, this is the first time that such torture techniques have been used."

Hearing this, the proud look on Qi Da's face could not be concealed at all. His tone was full of flattery and he said: "Wu Lang, I know a little bit about torture techniques, so I'm not as good as a kid."

Immediately, Steward Qi's tone became surprised and panicked: "Wu Wulang, no, little grandpa, what are you doing? Our two families are relatives!"

Under Liao Sanlang's surprised eyes, Xu Zaijing tied Manager Qi to a bench and covered his mouth with a cloth strip. Finally, he covered his face with a soaked kerchief.

Seeing Manager Qi twisting his head and throwing the handkerchief aside, Xu Zaijing had no choice but to add a rope to tie his forehead and put the other end of the stool on the edge of the tub.

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing held a gourd ladle filled with water in his hand and scratched his head: "How long should it take to pour water?"

A quarter of an hour later,

Xu Zaijing looked at Manager Qi who was still in good spirits even though his face was full of water. He shook his head in frustration: "Forget it, let's go straight to it."

After saying that, he put the bench with the person tied directly into the tub diagonally.

After a dozen breaths,

Xu Zaijing pulled the bench out of the water, looked at Steward Qi who kept choking on the water, and said, "You have such a tough mouth."

Hearing this, Manager Qi shook his head with panic in his eyes: "Uh-huh!"

Xu Zaijing: "Don't tell me?"

After saying that, Xu Zaijing put the bench in again.

After going back and forth like this four times,

Xu Zaijing looked at Steward Qi who was struggling fiercely in the bathtub, and then pulled him out: "Can you speak now?"

Manager Qi nodded quickly.

After removing the cloth from his mouth, Manager Qi broke down and cried weakly: "You asked, you should ask! Woo woo woo!"

Xu Zaijing glanced at Liao Sanlang on the side, shook his head and said, "Do you still want me to ask?"

After saying that, he put the person into the water again.

"Uh-huh!"

Manager Qi opened his eyes violently in the tub. After pulling out, he sprayed water in his mouth and said: "Cough cough cough! Grandpa, the villain is wrong, the villain is really wrong, the villain should not use Hou The name of the government scares others!”

Feeling that the bench beneath him tilted and slid towards the water again, the water reached his forehead. Steward Qi, who was tied to the bench and stood upside down, said urgently: "Grandpa, Yanei, listen to the villain! Villain Say anything, say it!”

time to speak,

The water was already up to his eyes and stopped on the bridge of his nose, and he was about to be submerged again.

"Here, Yanei, Liao Sanlang's sister. She claims to have studied arithmetic for two years. She somehow knows about my eldest wife's loan sharking."

"Ahem, she also wanted to threaten the eldest lady with this matter and let her become brother Jin's concubine. The villain was under the instruction of the eldest lady, so she took this heavy step and the villain had no choice but to do it!"

Hearing this, Liao Sanlang, who was tied to the side, had his eyes bursting and struggled violently.

"oh!"

Xu Zaijing nodded and put the person into the tub again with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Master! Yanei! No! The villain is all... beeping!"

Manager Qi Da was submerged in the water again, and his violent struggles caused water to splash in the tub.

Xu Zaijing pursed his lips and said to the person on the side: "Liao Sanlang, this may be the case!"

"I've heard about the Kang family borrowing my family's name! But the person who handled it didn't know about my family beforehand, and my family also told the person who handled it afterwards. This time it won't be the same!"

"I just didn't expect it to be your home."

With that said, Xu Zaijing walked up to Liao Sanlang, helped him untie the bandage around his mouth and continued:

"But, he has passed away! If you join my brother's army, you still have a bright future!"

"If you want to kill people to pay off debts and pay back money, this is a matter of course! I won't stop you."

Liao Sanlang looked at Xu Zaijing with a sneer, his eyes full of contempt, as if Xu Zaijing had nothing good to hold in his stomach.

Xu Zaijing untied the cowhide rope on his body, shook his head and said: "Liao Sanlang, if I protect my shortcomings and kill you here, how many people do you think will know about it?"

Liao Sanlang was stunned for a moment, thinking about the Imperial City Division he had just visited, he stopped sneering, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "I have heard your name in the Western Army many times, and I will treat this as the Western Army Pao Zeyu." I said so."

Xu Zaijing nodded, frowned and looked at Liao Sanlang: "Okay! But if the Kang family can settle this matter, it is because of the name of my Yongyi Houfu! If you can escape the pursuit of the Bianjing Yamen, then go Zhujiapu, Xiangzhou in the north, I will save your life."

"You don't need to protect my life! That man is about to die."

Liao Sanlang raised his chin and signaled to Steward Qi in the tub.

Xu Zaijing quickly stood up and walked to the bathtub.

Then Xu Zaijing frowned. He smelled the stench of feces and urine. Looking carefully by the candlelight, he could vaguely distinguish the yellow liquid on the bench.

Pulled the stool out of the tub.

Xu Zaijing patted Qi Da Steward's face in disgust.

"Ugh~"

Dirty water gushes out of people's mouths,

After seeing the appearance of the person in front of him clearly and knowing that the person in front of him would really kill him, Manager Qi said with fear in his eyes: "Ya Nei! Yamen cough cough cough! I really didn't mean to deceive you, little man!"

I spoke a little hastily, "vomit~" Another mouthful of water came out,

"The villain will never dare to talk nonsense."

Xu Zaijing glanced at the stunned Liao Sanlang and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me about it. If you let me hear the random stuff you made up again, after someone else serves you, you will sink it in the bucket and get up."

"Yes, yes"

Manager Qi Da nodded and said.

"Yanei, that girl from the Liao family, she can do arithmetic, but I don't know why"

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'd better invite someone over."

Liao Sanlang interjected: "Who do you want to invite to the office?"

Xu Zaijing placed the bench diagonally outside the tub, put down his sleeves and said:

"I used to know an arresting envoy who could cut out a person's blood and tie it into a caisson knot."

"Many criminal thieves and green forest gangsters have been served by him, and their calves were shaved to the bone. It's so miserable! By the way, he also has medical skills to ensure that you will not die even if you explain all the details."

Saying that, Xu Zaijing looked at the trembling appearance of the Qi Da steward, smiled, opened the door and walked out.

"Ya Nei, I say! I say! It was my family that withheld 30% of the interest. When Miss Liao Si found out, my mother used the eldest lady's name to let her go to Brother Jin's room. Later, she said that she was seducing the young master. penalty"

The manager of Qi Da looked at Xu Zaijing and stopped, looking back with some surprise in his eyes. His eyes suddenly widened: "You, you... you don't know this!!!!"

"I know now."

Hearing this, Manager Qi's whole body softened.

Walking outside the door, Xu Zaijing said to the old man beside him: "Old man, don't let this man commit suicide."

"Don't worry, sir."

At this time, Liao Sanlang also untied all the cowhide ropes and walked to Xu Zaijing's side in the courtyard.

in the yard,

The spring breeze blows from time to time,

In the distance, there is still the laughter of brothel girls soliciting customers.

Liao Sanlang looked up at the moonlit night sky with sparse stars: "Is what he said true? It's too bizarre. How could a grandma from an aristocratic family have the courage to withhold money from the master's family?"

Xu Zaijing glanced sideways at Liao Sanlang and said: "This kind of personal nun who has been relied on by the mistress for many years, and the steward of the outer courtyard is still her own son, what can she dare not do? This is a huge profit, don't use it What a reputation! Tsk tsk tsk tsk”