Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

In the night, the burly young man looked down at the two teenagers who fell to the ground, frowning slightly, as if he was worried about how to deal with them. If the two teenagers were still awake, they should recognize him. He was the one who led the two teenagers on horseback during the day. The person who carries the sedan chair into Shen Mansion.

"Oh." The young man sighed and dragged the two teenagers into the corner door of Shen's house.

I don't know how long it took, but when Wang Heng woke up, he had no other physical discomfort except for a headache and numb hands. His hands were tied to the pillar behind his back, and he stood up with support. It seemed that the other party despised them and had no other precautions. .

In the dark night, a little light came through, and I saw straw, bean sprouts, and flower sprouts piled all around. It seemed that this was a place where debris was piled in the woodshed.

From the corner of his eye, Wang Heng saw another person behind the pillar and whispered: "Xiaocai, Xiaocai."

After shouting several times, Xiaocai just woke up. He was still calm and whispered: "Brother Seven, where are we being held?"

Wang Heng said: "I don't know. Fortunately, Miss Yue'er was not caught by them. She will definitely come to rescue us."

After hearing the drum beat four times, the sound was very clear, as if it was next door. Xiaocai said: "We should still be along the street, and we haven't been locked up very far away."

Just as the two of them lowered their voices and discussed where they were being locked up, there was a soft rustling sound in the firewood pile. After their eyes had adjusted to the dark night, they could see that it was a person crawling out of the firewood pile.

The man slowly and with difficulty climbed to the pillar, stretched out his hand, and grabbed Wang Heng's feet tremblingly. His hoarse voice said: "The guests of Taxue Villa will disembark from Zhigu Village to Beijing. Please be sure to bring this Putting the information into Pingwangyi Tianzi No. 2 is related to the safety of the imperial court."

The man repeated this several times, then the oil ran out and the lamp ran out, and he suddenly stopped moving.

There was silence that could be heard by pindrops, except for the thumping of his own heartbeat. That person was probably dead.

Wang Heng touched a hard object under his leg and kicked it with his toes. It seemed to be something like a token.

Xiaocai was surprised next to him: "Is this person dead?"

"It seems like he is dead." Wang Heng was also very nervous.

Their hearts sank, and they smelled danger. For them, it was just an action to vent their anger on their friends, but now there was an inexplicable danger, and someone died in front of them.

Who is this guy?

Where do you come from?

What to do?

In order to avoid being discovered that they had woken up because the walls had ears, the two stopped talking and each secretly thought about how to escape.

The morning bell rings at three o'clock in the fifth watch, and people will come in and out by then. The people who attacked them last night may deal with them before three o'clock in the fifth watch, which is less than an hour and a half.

Fear and anxiety intertwined with each other, making them unable to concentrate.

Soon, the chai door was gently pushed open, and a dark figure flashed in. Wang Heng and Xiaocai both knew that it was Fei Yue'er who had come to rescue them, and they were ecstatic. However, when the dark figure spoke, their hearts froze. It was a man. .

"Mr. Xiao Wang, Mr. Xiao Wang." The voice sounded a bit familiar.

Xiaocai had good eyesight and said excitedly: "You, are you a scholar of Yizhimei Cheng?"

Cheng Xiucai pulled down the black mask and said, "Don't talk too much, I'll untie you."

Cheng Xiucai's fingers were very dexterous. He released the rope that was tightly tied behind his back in three clicks and said, "Follow me, you two. Let's get out of here first." Wang Heng immediately picked up the token at his feet and solemnly Putting it in his pocket, he dragged the man on the ground and carried it behind him. Seeing that his body was thin and weak, Cheng Xiucai said, "Mr. Xiao Wang, let me carry it."

It was important to escape at this moment, and Wang Heng was not polite to him.

Cheng Xiucai held the man on the ground with his hands. His body felt cold and he couldn't help but be startled. Now was not the time for discussion, so he carried the man behind his back. The three of them left the woodshed together, and walked around to the backyard with the light of the lantern on the courtyard door. Gableside.

Cheng Xiucai was a master of light skills. He helped Xiaocai jump up to the neem tree next to the wall, then jumped onto the gable, then jumped down, back and forth two or three times, and then all escaped.

Xiaocai looked left and right outside the gable wall and said in shock: "This is where we were attacked. It turns out that the woodshed just now is Shen's house."

Cheng Xiucai nodded and said, "Yes, that's Shen's house."

It was halfway through the fourth watch, when everyone was sleeping soundly, and there were no watchmen patrolling the alleys.

Cheng Xiucai led the way with his back on his back, walked through two alleys, and arrived in front of a small house in less than a cup of tea.

Cheng Xiucai took out the copper key from his arms and opened the door. Xiaocai asked, "Where is this?"

"This is where I left my home. My mother has been working as a private tutor in Songling for the past few years, and she just bought these properties." Cheng Xiucai said with a smile.

After the door opened, some faint candle lights were reflected in the inner room. Cheng Xiucai said to Wang Heng and Xiaocai: "Mr. Tip is injured and is waiting for you inside."

The two of them couldn't help but anxiously walked through the foyer quickly. The light was reflected from the second entrance. After passing through the end of the corridor, the Cheng family living room was lit by candles.

Fei Yue'er was lying in a wicker chair and was extremely surprised when she saw Cheng Xiucai and his entourage come in.

Xiaocai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Where is sister Yue'er injured?"

"The injury is not serious. Cheng Xiucai has bandaged me. Unfortunately, my foot is injured, so I asked him to look for you two."

It turned out that Yue'er was wandering around Shen's house last night, and suddenly a child came to bring a message near the first watch, saying that two young scholars asked her to meet at the front restaurant.

Not knowing what the plan was, she went happily, but there was no sign of the two of them. The waiter said that the two had already ordered the dishes and were in the private room inside. They went out temporarily and came back immediately to tell Yue'er to use some first when she was hungry.

Yue'er was starving herself, so she took some first. The store clerk poisoned her to harm her. Unexpectedly, she was an expert in using poisons and saw through it easily. She drew her sword at the slightest disagreement.

Seeing that Yue'er was a master of swordsmanship and that he was no match for him, the store clerk also came prepared. The private room where Yue'er was sitting was a water gallery built across the water, so he took away the boards of the water gallery bridge. Trapped Yue'er here.

Fei Yue'er forced her way out and was injured in the leg. She was rescued by Cheng Xiucai who was following them. She thought that she was deceived into an ambush in a restaurant, and that Wang Heng and Xiao Cai might also fall into the trap, so she asked Cheng Xiucai to The scholar went to Guapeng to report the news.

Cheng Xiucai rushed to the melon shed, but it was already a step too late. Wang Heng and Xiaocai were captured by the young man. Cheng Xiucai waited until the dead of night before going out, and took advantage of their lax guarding to rescue the two.

Xiaocai asked curiously: "Mr. Cheng, why did you appear in Songling?"

Cheng Xiucai pretended to be mysterious and said: "The mountain man has his own clever plan, let me figure it out."

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Cheng Xiucai laughed and said: "The boat you came to Songling to hire was the one I called for you."