Jiaohua

Chapter 279
The sky completely fell, the pedestrians on the street dispersed, and the people in the gambling shop gradually disappeared, leaving only three or four.

Old Tong came out from inside and shook his head: "No, I asked about it, and they all said I haven't seen it."

"I'm a little scared," Zhi Changle said anxiously, "Pang Yi is the most punctual, it won't be like this."

Old Tong didn't speak, and was equally uneasy, looking at Xia Zhaoyi.

The girl put on a cloak and was watching the casino quietly, her snow-white face seemed to be able to shine in the night.

"Ali," Old Tong said, "If we go back first, it will get colder and colder."

"Do you believe in gambling?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.

"what?"

Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, facing the lantern hanging behind Old Tong with his small face, and looked at them with a smile: "Why don't you come and take a gamble?"

Old Tong and Zhi Changle looked at each other and asked, "Why are you betting?"

Xia Zhaoyi took out two coins from his sleeve.

It is not appropriate to say that it is a coin, the shape is too strange, like a gold leaf, and like a knife.

"What is this?" Zhi Changle asked.

"Changqiu pig iron tortoise coins." Xia Zhaoyi replied, looked up at the gambling house, and then threw it upwards.

The coin landed, pointing southeast.

Xia Zhaoyi picked up the coin, squeezed it gently with his fingers, and drew out the numbers according to the hexagram, and said, "Let's go, go to the southeast 260 Qizhang."

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were confused.

But the girl had already started walking, and they hurried to keep up.

"This thing is not allowed," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile as he walked, "but I said it was a gamble, and I didn't know what to do, so I took a gamble."

Old Tong and Zhi Changle nodded: "...Oh."

"However," Zhi Zhangle said again hastily, "A Li will do what she says, and maybe A Li really made the right bet!"

"Keep your voice down!" Lao Tong shouted immediately.

Zhi Changle realized that he called out Ali's name again, then raised his hand and gave himself another slap.

Going all the way to the southeast, there are many streets to go around, but the general direction remains the same.

There were almost no people at this point, the wind was blowing heavily on the street, the lanterns along the street were swaying, and there was a Jingzhao guard patrolling the street.

But the further to the southeast, the more and more noises can be heard.

"Strange," said Old Tong, "Is there still someone beating gongs and drums at this point?"

"There is still crying," Zhi Changle said, "Someone's dead."

When they got to the place Xia Zhaoyi had mentioned, they didn't see Pang Yi, but the crying became worse and worse across the open space of stone steps.

"Who's family died, and they cried so much at night, and the neighbors didn't come out to talk about it." Old Tong scolded.

"The dead are the most important, so there's nothing to say," Zhi Changle continued, "It's just the crying, it's really weird."

"Strange." Xia Zhaoyi looked over there.

"What?" Old Tong asked.

"Go and have a look." Xia Zhaoyi said, walking forward.

Above is a small courtyard, brightly lit, many people are crying in the courtyard, wearing sackcloth and mourning, and there are people holding gongs and drums, knocking on it from time to time.

"...Aiyo, shopkeeper Liu, you just left like this, you are too wronged to leave!"

"Shopkeeper Liu, please go, your whole family, I will burn paper money for you, you go slowly and tell us what you want to eat, and I will definitely burn it for you."

"Shopkeeper Liu, your wine is delicious, where can I buy it in the future! Your food is also well prepared, what should I do if I want to eat it in the future!"

"Shopkeeper Liu, shopkeeper Liu! I'll burn paper money for you! Wow, you died so badly!"

……

Everyone was crying, there were no tears at all, and the crying was accompanied by a very long singing voice, and the words were almost exhausted, which sounded very weird.

Seeing two strong men and a little girl walking down the steps, a short middle-aged man ran over at the gate of the yard immediately, and said with a smile, "Girl, two masters, are you passing by?"

Old Tong was curious: "What are you doing? Will you let people sleep at night?"

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, of course," the middle-aged man smiled, and took out a few small red envelopes and handed them over, "Come on, girl, this is for you."

Xia Zhaoyi reached out to take it.

The middle-aged man handed it to Old Tong and Zhi Changle again: "You two, it's for you, just pass by for your joy, good luck, good luck!"

Xia Zhaoyi opened the small red envelope, which contained ten copper coins.

Ten copper coins is not a small amount.

"Hey, it's fun." Zhi Changle looked at Lao Tong and Xia Zhaoyi.

Xia Zhaoyi turned her head to look at the building on the other side of the small courtyard. She looked familiar, and recalled a little, she suddenly smiled: "Is this Li Dongyan's home?"

"Huh? I don't know about Li Dongyan." The middle-aged man waved his hands hurriedly.

Xia Zhaoyi withdrew his gaze and said with a smile, "Okay, you don't know, and I don't know either."

"Hey, baby girl, go home and go to bed, have a good dream, good luck." The middle-aged man said.

"Thank you very much," Xia Zhaoyi said, looking up at Old Tong and Zhi Changle, "Let's go."

After they left, the middle-aged man ran back again.

Old Tong looked back and said strangely: "Ali, what's going on? Why did you give us money?"

"Everyone in the vicinity should have received money, and it must be much more than ours," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "except for General Li's house."

"Why is this?"

"It's a long story. When I go back, I'll talk to you about my arrest." Xia Zhaoyi said.

She took out the coin again, threw it up, and the coin fell again.

Xia Zhaoyi looked to the east and said, "Let's go over there again. If we can't find it, go back to the inn and try to find a way tomorrow."

Old Tong and Zhi Changle nodded: "Okay."

………………

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, passing between the two adjacent houses, whistling like a knife.

The moon shadow was messed up by the branches, shining on the bloodstains on the ground.

One set of bloody footprints turned outward, ending in a pair of carelessly discarded shoes.

But the owner of the shoes was not completely out of danger. He hid in the darkness, listening to the movement outside with his ears up.

Someone outside was also hiding in the darkness, listening to him with ears pricked up.

One stick of incense, two sticks of incense, three sticks of incense...

After a long time, the owner of the shoe finally got up from the darkness, gasping for breath, and walked outside.

Pang Yi didn't follow immediately, carefully wiped off the blood oozing from the wound on his face, counted silently to twenty, and then got up to follow.

But people are not as good as heaven.

"There are corpses here!" A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"It's three corpses! They're all men!" someone else shouted.

"Call someone!"

"There's a dead body here!"

……

There is a team of patrolling guards coming in front, and the patrolling guards who heard the movement in the distance will also come in the shortest time.

Pang Yi frowned, looking at the man who was about to disappear in front of him, he had to hide to the other side.

　(I owe a lot of changes, and I will start to repay the debt QAQ on Monday)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)