Weicheng snow

The wilting blood-blood grass is only half the thickness of a finger, and the leaves are already crumbling under Yi Qingchen's body temperature. Yi Qingchen opens the bag and carefully puts the blood-blood grass into it. Just as he is about to fasten his pocket, he is suddenly attacked by someone behind him. There was a hard bump, and the sudden force made Yi Qingchen unprepared, staggered and fell to the ground, the bag was dropped, and someone stepped on it.

The person who hit people didn't stop, but ran into the depths of the alley in a panic, cursing while running.

Judging from the back view, this man has a strong back, big arms and round waist, holding a three-axe in one hand, and the whole ground shakes lightly when he starts running, as if even if there is a mountain in front of him, he can punch a hole in it.

Yi Qingchen rolled twice on the spot to hit part of his body, but his chest still felt a lingering pain. He moved himself to the wall, and just wanted to sit down against the wall to slow down, but three or five times A person rushed over from the alley.

All of them were dressed in red clothes, with a square picture of eagles, falcons, clouds and seas embroidered on their chests, and a genuine simple knife on their three-finger-wide belts.Yi Qingchen immediately recognized the identity of the person who came, subconsciously trembled, and moved himself into the shadow of the corner of the wall.

But when I think about it carefully, these people probably didn't come looking for me. I just stole a live blood grass. How many candied haws are paid for such a large group of arrests?

Probably the white clothes were really dazzling in the dark, and the red-clothed policemen soon found Yi Qingchen sitting in the corner, one of them bent down to pick up the trampled kit, opened it, and then Half-kneeling in front of Yi Qingchen, looking at him at the same level, he asked, "Little brother, did you see a tall man just now? He was holding an ax in his hand, and he was wearing a brown jacket."

Yi Qingchen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, clutched his chest in a weak state, pointed in the direction where the big man was running away, and said, "That's the big man who hit me? He went that way."

The red-clothed policeman quickly got up and cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, young master." He said to the people behind him, "Zhifeng, Zhishuang, you take people to chase, Zhilin, you send the little brother to the medical center, no matter whether you are caught or not in the end." People, gather at the gate of the yamen at sunset."

When Yi Qingchen heard that he was going back to the medical center, he couldn't help thinking of his empty savings and the blood-activating grass lying in the kit, and hurriedly waved his hands, "It doesn't matter, just rest for half a day."

The red-clothed policeman quickly thought about it, handed the kit back to Yi Qingchen, moved his face closer, and said in a low voice, "Little brother, a group of bandits and thieves have flowed into the city recently, and many residents' belongings have been stolen because of this. After returning home, close the doors and windows, lock up your belongings, and don’t go out to wander around at night, so as not to be caught by my brothers.” After a pause, he continued, “I think you look very familiar, may I ask whose family you are? ?”

Yi Qingchen wiped the gray marks on his face with the hem of his clothes. Although he was embarrassed, he laughed loudly, "The willow carpenter in the north of the city, the disciple of the willow color." When he announced the name of his master, his voice was always bright, not only It is because of admiration for master's craftsmanship, and more because of admiration for the persistence of making a living by virtue of craftsmanship, no matter how hard life is, and still being neither humble nor overbearing.

Master Liu is different from himself. I can't learn anything well, and I can't do physical work. Even if I want to honor his old man, I have to steal a pair of medicines.Fortunately, I was born with a quick reaction, and I have never been caught stealing medicine, so I won't embarrass the old face of the master. A bastard with nothing to do, less trouble for his old man.

It has been ten years since Master and his old man picked him up. Whether ten years is long or short is not enough. As an old man, he relies on those logs to earn food and drink for himself. Beggars on the street, whenever thinking of these things, Yi Qingchen felt bad, he was really afraid of hurting his old man's heart.

The red-clothed policeman obviously knew Master Liu's name, so he suddenly realized, "It turns out that he is an old man, so you are brother Yi? Do you remember me? Jiang Zhige. Ten years ago, the procedures for you to settle in Weicheng were still the same. It's in my hands."

Yi Qingchen was stunned for a moment, and then he was willing to take a look at the man in front of him. He was very tall and straight, a lot taller than Yi Qingchen, and his brows revealed a sense of awe-inspiring aura of being the only one in the world to defend the righteous way of the common people. He is smiling heartily.

Probably after being a thief for a long time, Yi Qingchen was the most irresistible to such righteousness, so although he resisted instinctively, he still replied with a polite smile, "Of course I recognize it."

However, the truth is that he no longer remembers the identity of this person.

Now that they knew each other, Jiang Zhige's tone inevitably became familiar, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I wonder if Master Liu's legs and feet are getting better?"

Yi Qingchen shook his head with a wry smile, "It's a long-standing problem that can't be settled. Fortunately, you can earn some medicine money with your skills..." As he spoke, he turned his body to the side, She embraced her hands, barely covering a patch on the back of her waist.

Jiang Zhige didn't pay attention to his intentions, he just thought that he was tired from standing, and it was getting late, so he really shouldn't be here to chat about family matters.Wanting to leave, Yi Qingchen asked suddenly, "Brother Caijiang, you said that a large number of thieves have flowed into Weicheng, what's going on?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhige showed a bitter expression, "It's a long story and involves a lot, so I can't go into details, but I can mention this to you, there are many notorious thieves, Although these thieves look down on ordinary property, they often do things that are difficult to reason about. There are also some ordinary thieves who come here after hearing the news. Stealing and disturbing people's livelihood is really a headache."

After a pause, he looked into the alley again and said, "The man who bumped into you just now is a well-known bandit leader. He has brute force and looted goods on the commercial roads outside the city. I will wait for a few times to encircle and suppress him I restrained him, but I don't know which thief secretly helped him escape, and now sneaked into the city, if he is not arrested before nightfall, no one will be able to sleep well tonight."

Yi Qingchen understood, "So that's the case, I'm going to trouble Brother Jiang."

Jiang Zhige shook his head, "This is our duty, we should do our best." He patted Yi Qingchen's thin shoulder again, cupped his fists and said, "If you catch that thief, I will surely claim those few for Brother Yi It's getting late to pay for the medicine, and I hope my brother will go back early, close the doors and windows at night, and don't open the door randomly when you hear noise. I have important things to do, so let's go first."

Yi Qingchen didn't try to persuade her to stay, but clasped her fists back, "Farewell."

Seeing a red dress disappearing at the end of the alley, Yi Qingchen straightened his body, then walked to the base of the wall, and bent down to check.

This wall is already full of potholes and mottled with mud stains, but hidden in the piles of mud stains, there is a pattern the size of a knuckle, which looks like flowing clouds and pupils of eyes. If you don't look carefully, you will think it is a moldy wall. Even if you happen to see it, you will just laugh it off as a child's graffiti.

Yi Qingchen saw it early on, he was a little concerned about this symbol, but he couldn't remember what it was, so he had to give up after looking at it for a long time.When he got up to dust off the dust, some dust floated down from the eaves. He turned his head to look, but only saw the crimson glow above the eaves, and a few sparrows fell down and burrowed into their nests in the cracks in the tiles.

Just now...someone seems to be standing there...

Is it your own delusion?

It's getting late, it's not advisable to stay for long.On the way home, Yi Qingchen deliberately took a long detour to go to a cold vegetable shop in the east of the city to pack and eat. After paying the money and walking out of the shop, he saw a group of residents surrounded by the yamen gate opposite the shop.

At this time, the city has already lit the lamps, the sky is getting dark, and the stars are floating out. It is already deserted as usual, so it is very unusual to be so noisy like now.Yi Qingchen struggled in his heart for a while, but in the end, curiosity prevailed, and he joined him with the intention of seeing and leaving.

Passing through the bustling crowd, at the end is a large notice board, on which a piece of yellow paper is pasted, with dense words written on it.Although Yi Qingchen has good eyesight, he is illiterate. He seems to be watching, but he is actually listening to the discussion of the people around him.After listening to a cup of tea, he roughly understood it.

The mermaid pearl from the home of Boss Xu, the richest man in Weicheng, was stolen.

Pearls are inherently valuable, but this mermaid pearl has a lot of background, it is a treasure bestowed by the relatives on a pilgrimage.

Everyone in Weicheng knows that Boss Xu was once an important minister in the court before he started business, and he also overcame obstacles to defend the country.

The Holy Majesty remembers his old love, and every year he will order people to send a batch of treasures, each of which is priceless, and will arrange hundreds of people to guard it. Every time the convoy comes, the main road will be surrounded by water, so Boss Xu stands at the end of the main road, A group of concubines and retainers came to greet him behind him.

In the past ten years, every time a convoy enters the city, it is empty for thousands of people.Yi Qingchen was weak and couldn't squeeze, so he sat on the eaves of his house, eating melon seeds and drinking herbal tea, just looking at it from a distance, feeling really envious.

He has watched it for ten years, and also imagined it for ten years. If he can steal one of the treasures and sell it for money without anyone noticing, he will not need to be a thief in the future, and Master Liu will not have to suffer in the cold winter. It hurts to do woodwork and earn hard money.

Thinking about it, Yi Qingchen still knows how to measure, so he naturally dare not try something like robbing the emperor's food. If he is imprisoned, who should Master Liu take care of?

"Huh? Where's my purse?" The woman's high-pitched voice suddenly came from the crowd, which seemed particularly abrupt amidst the small discussions.Yi Qingchen looked back and saw a woman in a light yellow skirt tugging a ragged man beside her, with an angry look on her face, "You still want to renege on your debt after being caught? Do you know the king's law at the gate of the government?" Already!"

The man flinched, "I'm not, I really didn't steal."

The woman's face was flushed, and she stomped her feet and said, "It's definitely you! Your hand was still on my waist just now! You want to deny it after being caught by me? Go! Come with me to see Master Qingtian!" She stretched out her hand and grabbed the man's sleeve , the latter quickly withdrew his hand, turned around and rushed out of the crowd.

The onlookers were a little stunned by this sudden scene, and by the time they realized that they were about to catch the thief, the man had already run about ten steps away.

Yi Qingchen threw off his sleeves and was about to chase, when a strong wind suddenly passed by his side, the blue figure stepped past the crowd of onlookers, caught up with the man in the blink of an eye, and kicked him to the ground.The onlookers were silent for a moment, then burst into applause.

Yi Qingchen looked at the long leg stepping on the man's body, first sighed in his heart, "Good skill!" Then he looked up, the chest was bumpy, it was a woman.Looking up, she has phoenix eyes, raised eyebrows, high nose and red lips, a long ponytail hanging down from the black yarn, her right hand resting on the saber, her eyes are piercing, she is a cold beauty.

The cold beauty only glanced coldly at the thieves on the ground, and then turned her eyes to the crowd, "The Yamen is an important place, no noise is strictly prohibited." The crowd stopped the applause, and the beauty's face softened a little.

But it didn't take long for her to calm down, and she seemed to have seen something terrible again, and walked towards the crowd aggressively.The crowd hurriedly parted ways to the two sides, and Yi Qingchen also wanted to retreat to the side, but the cold beauty had already walked in front of him, and a hand wearing a black deerskin glove was placed on his shoulder in the blink of an eye.

The two looked at each other, the cold beauty frowned slightly, Yi Qingchen felt that she seemed to have something to say, and was about to wait for the next sentence, but the hand on the shoulder suddenly exerted force, and he was thrown aside, "Block him!" Way to go."

Yi Qingchen was caught by a few well-meaning people so that he wouldn't fall badly, his head was dazed for a moment, he didn't understand why, and he was also a little annoyed, this woman is really too fierce.

The ruthless beauty came to the notice board, bent over into a half-kneeling position, fumbled for a moment with her right hand on the wooden board, suddenly clenched her fist and gave a heavy blow, then turned her head and glared at the crowd.Yi Qingchen was caught by her sharp eyes, and hurriedly avoided her sight to avoid being slandered.

The cold beauty's eyes scanned the crowd back and forth for a long time, and her anger calmed down a little, "It's getting late, don't stay any longer, if you see someone wandering around at night, they will be caught as thieves!"

The crowd scattered like birds and beasts, and the criminal who committed the crime was also taken into prison by the officials. Yi Qingchen followed behind the crowd with two oil paper bags in his pocket, wondering if he should go up the mountain tomorrow to try his luck, although it was already too late. It's the season when weeds are abundant, but we may meet one or two late-germinated plants, so how will we know if we don't try it?