Lu Ming

Through the fence, Xiao Guan finally saw the inside of the prison.There were indeed two people lying on the rotten grass in the corner.

The next moment, Xiao Guan yelled loudly: "Brother Tian, ​​Mr. Tian has asked my younger brother to come and see you!"

Chapter 658 Rescue the thief ([-])

"Brother Tian, ​​Mr. Tian has asked my younger brother to come and see you!"

After Xiao Guan shouted these words, the air inside and outside the prison seemed to freeze at this moment.Whether it was Xiao Guan or Bao Baotou standing quietly behind with his hands behind his back, they all kept silent and waited for the development of the situation.

After dozens of breaths, when Xiao Guan was anxious and was about to shout again, he finally noticed the movement: in the dim light, the figure leaning on the wall on the left seemed to move slowly.

But the other lying flat on the grass mat remained motionless.

One is enough.

Seeing that this man reacted, Xiao Guan hurriedly shouted to the prison again: "Brother Tian, ​​are you okay?"

After finishing this sentence, a few breaths later, the sound of clanging shackles finally sounded.Although he couldn't see carefully with the light behind him, Xiao Guan soon saw clearly: a black shadow moved slowly in front of him from a distance.

As soon as the visitor met his face, he sat down cross-legged and raised his hands to cover his face—it took time to get used to the sunlight coming in from the door.

After waiting patiently for a while, as the man slowly lowered his arms, the two sides finally faced each other across the fence.

The image that caught Xiao Guan's eyes did not meet his expectations.The one on the opposite side of the fence, at first glance, has a broad face, thick eyebrows, a broad frame, and a good body, which is a good material for rebellion.

However, after being locked up for a period of time, at this moment, this hero, wearing a tattered uniform, pale skin, sunken eyes, disheveled hair, thin and swaying figure, has long lost his former majesty.

If it weren't for the iron chains on his hands and feet, this man's appearance would really be a bit like the one selling Tathagata's palm.

The next moment, a hoarse questioning voice with a strong Shaanxi accent rang out, "It's Tian Da, who is it?"

Xiaoguan is a native of Luomashiya. He has been in contact with many horse dealers from the Gansu-Shaanxi Merchant Gang on a daily basis. He can communicate without barriers: "It turned out that Brother Tian was in person. I want Brother Tian to know that I am a middle-aged man. The surname is Guan Mingcai... This time, my brother was entrusted by Vice Lord Shan Luotian to come to visit."

"Vice Lord Tian?"

Hearing these words, Tian Da, who was tired and exhausted, suddenly raised his head and took a careful look at Xiao Guan.

At this moment, Tian Dajing's energy and spirit suddenly changed, and he did not look like he was waiting to die before.

However, at the next moment, when he saw Xiao Guan, a middle-aged man with a harmless smile and a nod in front of him, and then realized his own situation, Tian Da put away his expression dejectedly, lowered his head slowly, and hid his face in his drooping messy hair middle.

At this time, Xiao Guan was not in a hurry.He also changed his posture and sat cross-legged in front of the fence.

After another half a cup of tea time, Tian Da seemed to understand something, and finally raised his head slowly, and a voice came out of his hoarse voice: "What kind of shit is Mr. Tian, ​​I don't know him. Who knows where he is from, Get out of here quickly."

When Xiao Guan heard this sentence, he didn't react too much, but just let out a meaningful "Oh...".

He knew there was a following.

as predicted.Immediately afterwards, Tian Da laughed again, and there was an expression on his pale and skinny face: "But, there are many people with the surname Tian in my hometown, so I don't know which kind of relatives think of us as the beheader."

Speaking of this, Tian Dachong raised his chin aside: "Oh, the (dei) inside is food? Little brother, no matter where you are from, if you have food and drinks, come over and greet you. I see you are pleasing to the eye."

"It's easy to talk about! This trip is to give Brother Tian a toothbrush."

It seems that there are a few conversations without a head and no brains, but the two sides have communicated here, and they have already tacitly understood each other.As for the rest of the words... the prison boss stood three meters behind him, and he couldn't say a word.

The next scene turned into an ordinary family member visiting the prison.Xiao Guan opened the side food box and took out several dishes from it, as well as a jug of fine liquor.

Sending the food and wine over through the fence, Tian Da picked up a plate of cooked mutton and pulled it into his mouth without saying a word.

Puffing up his cheeks and chewing for a long time, Tian Da swallowed the food forcefully, then picked up the jug and sucked a big mouthful, and then he let out a long breath: "Happy! Happy! Damn it, beheading is nothing more than that! "

After saying this, Tian Da picked up another plate and ate it up.

Xiao Guan, who was smiling on the opposite side, saw this scene, bent down, stretched out his hand, picked up the jug through the fence, and poured wine into the two wine glasses next to him.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Guan seemed to be unintentional and asked casually: "I think that is Brother Tian San, why don't you invite us to have a drink together?"

"He?"

After sweeping the second dish vigorously, Tian Da wiped his mouth, turned his head to look at Tian San who was lying in the dark, and couldn't help laughing: "Your brother Tian San is going to lose his braids, and he can't care about this good wine. "

"Oh?" Xiao Guan was a little surprised: "Brother Tian San, is this...?"

"Oh, I suffered a shoulder injury. I had a fever a few days ago. I haven't had any water in the past two days. It looks like I'm going to die."

"Oh..." Xiao Guan nodded slowly.

"It's a good thing, too."

Tian Da must have eaten too much and needs to take a break.He put down his chopsticks and seemed to be talking about sex: "Instead of suffering until the end of the day and being slaughtered with a knife, how about just dying of such a disease and leaving a whole body."

Xiao Guan was helpless when he heard the words, and quickly comforted him: "Brother Tian doesn't need to do this."

"Haha, people are dead and birds are up to the sky, so why don't you look away." Perhaps because of drinking good wine, at this moment, Tian Da's anti-thief pride came out: "This is the way of the world. Brothers, when you started If you rebel, you don’t take this life seriously.”

Speaking of this, Xiao Guan also has a sense of admiration for this kind of rebel who is pessimistic about life and death for no reason.So he filled the wine glass again, and touched Tian Da through the fence: "Brother Tian is so proud! My little brother proposes a toast to you!"

"Good good!"

The unkempt Tian Da boldly drank the wine in the glass.

After having a drink, Xiao Guan greeted Tian Da to continue eating, and at the same time reached out to pick up the flagon.

No one noticed that when Xiao Guan poured wine for his family this round, his little finger blocked a small hole on the handle of the jug.

At the same time, he seemingly inadvertently uttered the second question: "I don't know if Brother Tian can understand writing and ink?"

...In the previous deduction, the rescue team concluded that there should be at least one member of the anti-thief trio, or all three should have certain cultural knowledge: it is impossible for all of them to be illiterate when they go out to purchase food and fodder.You can't even read the bills with stuff like that.

as predicted.Tian Da was stunned for a moment when he heard this question that was wrong.

At the moment when he was in a daze, Xiao Guan was quietly behind him as the cover of the hidden person, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.He, who had been watching with his hands behind his back, moved his feet slightly, seemingly unintentionally, and took two steps behind Xiao Guan.

Xiao Guan couldn't see the movement of Baotou, but Tian Da did.He first glanced at Laobao in disgust, then shook his head at Xiaoguan with a wry smile, nodded and said, "Wenmo is not a thing. When I was a child, I spent two years in a private school in the village, so I only knew a few big characters."

"Hehe, good at reading, good at reading."

He got the best answer he expected, and Xiao Guan was very happy: Fortunately, the only one who can speak is the one who understands writing.

"Drink, drink." After asking this strange sentence, Xiao Guan seemed to have forgotten what he said before.I saw him stretching out his hand to hold the cup, cheerfully wanting to clink glasses with Tian Da again.

Tian Da, a traitor who drinks from a big bowl, has been imprisoned for such a long time, and he will definitely not refuse any good wine when he sees it.So he couldn't wait to clink glasses with Xiao Guan, and drank with his head raised.

After drinking the wine in the glass, the hero Tian Da turned his hand and showed the empty wine glass, and stared at Xiao Guan habitually, to show that he drank up the wine.

... In traditional Chinese gowns, regardless of the left lapel or the right lapel, in short, there are two overlapping belts on the chest.

People who often watch ancient costume movies should know that the two crossed lapels may not necessarily be the same color as the overall color of the robe.

Xiao Guan wore such a piece today.The overall color of the robe is light gray, but there is a moon-white one on the crossed lapels on the chest.

At the same time Tian Da flipped his hand and lit the cup, Xiao Guan first made a face at Tian Da, and signaled him to pay attention with his eyes.Then he raised his head slightly, and slowly poured the wine in the glass that had been raised to his mouth onto his chest.

And as the "wine liquid" flowed, eight blue Chinese characters appeared slowly on Xiao Guan's moon-white chest that was about three fingers wide: "Strong support has arrived, rest and wait for change!"

At this moment, Tian Da's pupils hidden in the messy hair instantly shrunk into the shape of needle eyes.

Seeing Tian Da's reaction, Xiao Guan gently put down the wine glass, then reached out and dusted his chest twice: "You actually spilled wine, just kidding, just kidding."

Brother Tian is also a rebel who fought countless times on the battlefield of life and death, and his nerves have already been tempered enough.Xiao Guan's actions, he was just a little dazed, and soon returned to normal, put down the wine glass and picked up the chopsticks, sighing: "Good wine, good brother, good loyalty!"

Bao Baotou, who was paying close attention to the development of the situation, seemed to have noticed something wrong at this time.But for a while, he couldn't think of what happened between the two parties... Everything Xiao Guan did was under his nose, and there was nothing beyond the rules.

However, Baobaotou is an old thief after all.His intuition told him that something should have happened just now.So after thinking about it for a minute or two, he stepped forward quickly, interrupted the conversation between Xiao Guan, and said with a smile: "Brother Guan, it's getting late, don't make things difficult for me."

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Xiao Guan turned around when he heard the words, got up with a smile on his face and gave Baotou a bow: "The prisoner has worked hard, I will go now."

At this time, facing the small tube that wraps the head, the light blue writing on the moon cloth sash on the chest has long since disappeared with the volatilization of alcohol.

In this way, today's visit to the prison has ended perfectly.

The next moment, under Bao Shinan's careful eyes, Xiao Guan packed up the food box, and then said to Tian Da: "Brother, take care, little brother will come back tomorrow."

Afterwards, Xiao Guan turned around and walked outside the prison.

Walking to the door, seeing the two prisoners on duty standing there, Xiao Guan smiled and took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket: "Please, please, change the Tian brothers into clean clothes, straw mats, and make some more money." Clean water...If you are sick, you need to drink water to wipe yourself...Evening food should be prepared...I will come back tomorrow."

Seeing the bouncing broken silver in Xiaoguan's palm, the two lower-level prison guards smiled happily, and agreed to Xiaoguan's request without a word.

Standing on the sidelines with a smile on his head, he said nothing: he has no reason to prevent his subordinates from making extra money, which is the most reasonable behavior.If he stops, then he will face the rebellion of all his men.

However, Bao Shinan, who has a rough chest, has already included this little man in front of him into his whole plan: at the same time that little man left the government office, two idlers wearing straw hats at the street crossed. followed the carriage he was riding in.

These two people were obviously punks who were familiar with the terrain, and the slow carriage couldn't get rid of them at all on the narrow ancient streets.

Without realizing it, the carriage finally stopped in front of a restaurant.

Chapter 659 Rescue the thief ([-])

The confluence of rivers and rivers in the greater Wuhan area is densely covered.In the city of Hanyang, not counting the water system that goes around the city and the nearby large and small lakes, there are as many as five or six waterways passing through the city.

"Yunkelai" is a traditional high-end restaurant located beside the Neihe River, and it is a time-honored sign in Hanyang City.

This restaurant is elegantly and simply decorated, with elegant seats and boxes on the second floor.After Xiao Guan came out of the government prison, he rushed to Yun Kelai immediately.After getting out of the car and entering the door, Xiao Guan went straight up to the second floor, opened the door and entered the No. [-] box A.

And the two idlers who followed Xiaoguan all the way, naturally, they didn't have the kind to open a box to order wine and food.Seeing Xiao Guan enter the inner room, they had no choice but to occupy a common table in the outer room, and asked for a pot of tea under the clerk's contemptuous gaze.

As soon as Xiao Guan entered, there were fragments of voices floating in the box from time to time.Although the two idlers really wanted to stick to the door and eavesdrop, they had no choice but to give up because of the other drinkers upstairs who paid attention to the two poor guys the whole time.

After about a cup of hot tea, Xiao Guan came out of Jiazi No. [-] with a big smile on his face.At the end, he put half of his foot inside the door, raised his hands in a bow, and rushed to the door and said: "You two, please rest assured, with me in charge, everything will be in order...just wait for my news."

After speaking, Xiao Guan went downstairs and went home.

Seeing Xiao Guan's movements, one of the two idlers also went downstairs, continued to follow Xiao Guan, and checked whether he had returned home.The other man named Hu Liuzhi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and stared at Box No. [-] of Jiazi.

After half a stick of incense, the guests in the box finally came out.

Before people go out, the shouts come first.A voice with a strong Gansan accent resounded through the second floor: "Xiaoer, pay the bill!"

When Hu Liuding took a look, he found that the people who came out of the box were two big men in short cotton robes, felt hats, and cloth shoes with thousand layers of soles.

These two big men are similar in appearance, as if they were poured out of the same mold. They are both big and round, with fleshy faces, fierce eyes, and bulging waists.

Hu Liu pointed out that this kind of idler is used to sneaking around in the market, and he can get a few coins all by his own eyesight.After checking the eyes of these two big men, Hu Liuzhi knew that they were the ones to be least messed with... Either Jianghu bandits with lives in their hands, or horse dealers and salt lords who traveled around.

So Hu Liuzhi, who remembered the faces of the two, immediately lowered his head and concentrated on tasting the tea on the table.

Not long after, the big man went downstairs, and Hu Liuzhi soon heard the voice of the waiter seeing off the guests with a long voice.The next moment, he threw a few copper coins on the table and got up quickly.

However, the ending disappointed Hu Liuzhi.After the two big men went out, they hired a small boat at the river pier behind the store and walked along the inner river in the city.

On the empty river wharf, it would be too obvious if Hu Liuzhi beckoned to "stop the car" and chase after him like in later generations of police movies.Besides, he is an idler, and he doesn't have the guts to test the other party's vigilance with his own life.

So Hu Liuzhi turned around and left.

Walking non-stop all the way, Hu Liuzhi finally returned to the Futai Yamen... Yaxi Street next to him, and entered the prison through the familiar West Bianmen.

In an office room in the prison, the prison boss Bao Shinan, his apprentice Gu San, and another idler Ma Diao'er have already been waiting for him in the room.

After Hu Liuzhi entered the house, he didn't dare to hide anything, took a deep breath, and poured out everything he saw later.

What Hu Liuzhi said, Bao Shinan twitched his beard and heard it clearly.After that, he walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back and his head bowed, and then began to question the two idlers.

After half an hour of tossing and turning, Bao Shinan carefully questioned all the details.In the end, he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it's exactly as the old man expected."

Speaking of this, Bao Laotou, who has always been known to be stingy, was in a good mood, and unexpectedly took out a few pieces of silver from his arms: "You two are also considered veterans in the street, and this errand was done well today. This is a silver reward. There's more to come."

"Thank you, Grandpa Bao!"

"Starting tomorrow, keep a close eye on me. Do things carefully and don't miss out."

"Order!"

Seeing the two idlers picking up the money happily, Bao Shinan promised again: "You will do your business with your heart this time, not only will you be rewarded with money... I will make a guarantee ticket here: when the work is over, I will hang you two in Under the door of Haibutou in the punishment room, I will receive a silver job."

It is probably the ultimate goal of the idler world to upgrade from an idler who chooses his own job to an administrative temporary worker who eats free food.

Hu Liuzhi and Ma Diao'er, hearing Bao Shinan make such an important promise, hurriedly bent down and bowed, and nonsense about Grandpa Bao's kindness and virtue came out of his mouth like money.

"There is only one thing, this matter is of great importance, don't let me get away with it!"

Promising enough benefits, it's time to emphasize discipline.Bao Shinan immediately pulled his face again, and glanced at the three people in the room viciously: "If anyone pours yellow soup into their mouths, it will give me a leak, then I will make another guarantee today: I will definitely invite Hai Butou Mingmei to marry you, and send you here." This prison eats rice!"

"I'll know how powerful it is, so please rest assured, Master Bao!"

……

While Bao Shinan was presiding over the meeting, the same scene was unfolding at Wukui Bridge, Zhouji Inn, Azi No. [-] Courtyard, and the temporary headquarters of the rescue team.

Those present included not only Zhou Yi, Huang Zhong, and Mao Tai, the troika, but also Xiao Guan, as well as the two team members pretending to be big men from Shaanxi.

There are also two team members with unfamiliar faces, reporting the situation: "Target No. 1 returned to the government office after seeing Xiaoguan enter the house with his own eyes, and entered through the west side gate."