Siheyuan Shangpeng

After Shang's father nodded in agreement, he searched the man and then tied him up. Shang Qi didn't even drive the car, but directly jumped over the courtyard wall and ran towards the master's uncle's residence. He knew that the master's uncle must be at the residence and would not spend the night at the master's house.

After Shang Qi left, Shang Peng took Shang's mother and others to the Intermediate Court to explain the situation to He Daqing. He Daqing understood at that time that the Shang family wanted to give credit to the family, but this credit also carried certain risks. But if he didn't take the credit when it was right in front of him, wouldn't he be a fool?

He hurriedly asked Shang's mother and several others to come into the house and lock the door. Shang Peng told Shang's mother to shoot if anything happened, no matter who it was. They would knock on the door three times and then open it. Whoever else came would just shoot directly. They would be able to hear it in the front yard, and it would be in time for them to rush over.

Shang's mother rolled her eyes at Shang Peng and said, "Let's go. I'm not new to the world. Go and do your things. We'll be fine together."

Shang Peng then brought He Daqing and He Yuzhu quietly to his home in the front yard. He knocked three times before entering the door. The door was opened from the inside, and he saw Shang's father in the room. There were four people tied up on the ground, all unconscious. There were two pistols and four daggers on the table, and even two grenades.

When Mr. Shang saw He Daqing and his son coming, he nodded and motioned for them to sit down, then said in a very low voice: "Brother-in-law, you should know why I called you here, right? Since you are here, you should understand the risks involved. After this, your family will really be gilded with gold."

He Daqing nodded seriously and said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, your family's contribution has been put before your mouth. If you don't eat it, it will be a shame for your appreciation. I won't say anything else. It would be too polite if I say too much."

Then the four of them stayed in the room without saying anything. The other three were fine. He Yuzhu was really confused. He had just fallen asleep when he was woken up. He heard that his aunt's house was attacked. It made sense for Xiaopeng to bring his aunt and others to his house, but why did his aunt and Xiaopeng both have guns in their hands? Before he had time to ask, Xiaopeng took him and his father to his aunt's house. When they came in, they saw four people tied up in the house. His uncle also said some inexplicable words to his father. Shouldn't they call the police? There were pistols, daggers and grenades on the table. What was going on?

Time passed while He Yuzhu was in a daze. After nearly two hours, there were two knocks on the door. He Daqing suddenly became nervous, but Shang Peng stepped forward and opened the door. He saw Shang Qi and several soldiers walking in.

When Shang Qi left, he made an agreement with Shang's father and others that when Shang Peng came back, he would knock on the door three times, and when Shang Qi came back, he would knock on the door twice.

After Shang Qi and others came in, there was no nonsense. The soldiers behind them stepped forward to help the people on the ground. They first took out a handkerchief from their clothes and covered the mouths and noses of the four fainted people. After ten seconds, they put away the handkerchiefs, then unbuttoned the collars of the clothes of several people, and then unbuttoned the cuffs. After looking at each other, they nodded and searched the four people again. This search was much more thorough than that of Shang's father and others. After a while, they found four silver needles and two daggers.

After everything was done, several soldiers saluted Shang Qi, then carried the four people out of the room with the things they had searched on them. The last person whispered a few words to Shang Qi and then left.

This group of people are indeed professionals. They didn't make any noise. They entered the yard, searched the people, and carried them away without alarming anyone in the yard.

After seeing the others leave, Shang Qi closed the door and sat down next to Shang's father and the other three. He lowered his voice and said, "This matter is over. I believe that with the methods of Master Uncle and the others, we will be able to get a result tonight, and we will be safe again tomorrow morning."

Mr. Shang nodded and said, "But how did they notice us? My business shouldn't be something that they would risk being exposed, right?"

Shang Peng spoke up: "I feel like it was the tail of those three uncles. If they had investigated, they wouldn't have let us pass out so easily. They must have come to investigate. We were all asleep in the middle of the night, so they came to see who we were. They probably didn't want to kill anyone, otherwise they wouldn't have opened the safety on their pistols."

Shang Qi also nodded in agreement, and then said, "Wait for the news, Dad. You and Uncle He are at our house. Xiaopeng left the gun to Dad. If anything goes wrong, just shoot. I will take Xiaopeng and Zhuzi to the middle courtyard to report safety to my mother and the others. Everything will be fine when daybreak comes."

Shang's father nodded in agreement, and Shang Qi brought Shang Peng and He Yuzhu to the central courtyard. Shang Peng went forward and knocked on the door three times. After a while, someone inside looked through the crack and opened the door. Shang Xue did not speak to the three people, but turned sideways to let the three people in.

Shang Qi came into the house and told his mother that everything was fine. He asked his mother and the others to rest. He took Shang Peng and Zhuzi to keep watch, and the three of them took turns sleeping.

Nothing happened overnight. Because it was New Year's Day yesterday, people in the yard generally got up late today. The children didn't get up to play until around nine in the morning. Most of them went to pick up firecrackers that had not been set off yet. Although they had already picked them up once last night, there would always be some fish that would be caught in the net at night. After a while, the adults got up and the children came back, starting to visit every household to wish a happy new year.

At that time, people who came to pay New Year's greetings would give each person a red envelope of one or two cents. Those who were not well-off would give peanuts, melon seeds or something like that. The children were not picky and just wanted to add joy to the family.

If they ask for red envelopes like Shazhu and his three siblings in the TV series, not only will the adults be embarrassed and the children will be isolated, but no one will sympathize with them. What's worse, they will be beaten on the first day of the new year. I can only say that TV dramas are too exaggerated.

After dawn, Shang's father came to tell Shang Qi that the matter was basically resolved. When he went to his master's house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow, his uncle would tell him the actual situation, and he could move freely today.

Shang Qi then took Shang Peng back to his home to sleep, while Shang's mother continued to rest at He's house. After waking up, they went to the temple fair as agreed yesterday.

When the yard became lively, the Shang family and the He family also got up. Everyone was surprised to see Shang's mother and others coming out of the He family. Shang's mother said that she chatted too late with Tian Xiaocao last night, so she and Shang Xue slept at the He family. He Daqing took He Yuzhu to his home to have a drink with Shang's father. As they were talking, Shang's father and He Daqing and others came to the middle yard to get water for washing. When everyone saw that this was true, they all hurried to wash and cook.

No one expected that Shang Jia would be attacked last night and it was related to enemy spies. The yard was peaceful. Shang Jia and the He family washed up together. Shang's mother and Tian Xiaocao made breakfast, which was just heating up the leftover dishes from yesterday and making some corn porridge. Then the two families prepared to go to the temple fair.