The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 188
rustling.
The rain was dim, and the lanterns hanging from the eaves of the traveling carriage swayed, rolled over puddles of puddles of water on the ground, drove across the long street, and headed out to Dongshi.

In the slightly swaying carriage, the light was shining in. She took a silk handkerchief in her white and delicate hand, dipped it in the water in the cup, and wiped off the ink stains on a small face next to her.

"Mother..." the child raised his face slightly, looked at his mother's face, blinked his eyes, and asked in a curious voice, "Why is your surname Bai and mine Geng?"

The beautiful woman pursed her lips, suppressed a smile, and nodded her son's brow, "That's because your father's surname is Geng."

"But Nian'er has never seen Daddy before."

The sudden words of the childish child made Bai Yunxiang stunned for a moment. She stroked a strand of black hair that was hanging down, her eyes were a little dodged, she lowered her head and straightened her handkerchief, and said softly as usual:

"Because Nian'er's father is away from home, and it will take a long time to come back."

"Is it dead?"

Crisp words resounded in the car, and the driver who was driving the whip staggered and almost jumped outside. The woman in the car looked outside, and stared at her son with her beautiful eyes, showing a swollen sternness.

"Nian'er, who taught you to say this."

As if knowing that his mother was angry, the little man threw himself on his soft thigh, "Mother, I heard what those bad uncles in the restaurant said. I won't listen to it next time. Don't be angry, okay?"

"You kid, just like your father, you are likable."

Being acted like a spoiled child by her son, Bai Yunxiang's anger disappeared, and her own child felt sorry for her before it was too late, so she was willing to actually beat her, and she had to give up after cursing about the unscrupulous customers of the restaurant in the past.

As a woman, she has been used to pulling children up to now. There were several times when she couldn't hold on, and wanted to ask Dou Wei, who was already in the dental clinic, to write a letter to the person in Feihu County, but after thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and insisted. down.

When I was in Feihu County, I followed him, but I hoped to have someone to rely on to keep the family business of the Golden Knife Gang. Later, when I came to Chang'an, I gradually took care of the business and could support myself by myself. can live.

One month later, I found out that I was pregnant. Originally, I wanted to tell Geng Qing the news, but after picking up a pen to write a few words, I finally gave up.

"He is doing great things. He will definitely be a high-ranking official in the future. If people find out that he has a child with his sister-in-law, his reputation will be ruined."

Later, I went to the pharmacy to grab a pair of abortion pills, boiled them up, and couldn't bear to drink the bowl until I reached my mouth. Feeling my still-pregnant belly, I smashed the medicine bowl, gritted my teeth, and gave birth to the child.

The first period of time was the most difficult. Fortunately, Dou Wei's dental clinic sent a few nimble women to help take care of him, and then he stabilized.

With her thoughts back together, in the flickering light outside, Bai Yunxiang touched Geng Nian who was lying on her lap and was about to fall asleep in a daze, "Nian'er, if anyone talks about it in the future, just scold him, you have a father , it’s just a long trip, you know?”

The little man turned his face sideways, smacked his lips, and gave a vague 'hmm'.

Water vapor enveloped the city and descended with a rush.

On the carriage driving with the rain curtains open, the coachman yelled at the passers-by in front of him in the rain.

"Long eyes!"

He was one of the gang members back then, and he had improved a lot in martial arts. He was arranged from the tooth shop. At first there were still a few people, but Bai Yunxiang was afraid that the crowd would be too conspicuous.

So I arranged some in the restaurant, and some in the courtyard. If you travel, you only need one person.

At this time, the coachman yelled, and a passerby passing by the carriage on the side of the street glanced at him slightly, and the warrior's intuition immediately made him feel a chill spread from his back to his scalp.

The water-stained hands subconsciously touched their waists, and the passers-by turned back their eyes and continued on their way. The moment the coachman withdrew his hands, there was a jingling bell at the intersection ahead, and a donkey cart hung on the road. Passing through the side door with a lantern.

The driver who let go of his hand quickly turned his face to look, and the speed of the donkey cart being driven by the other party did not slow down at all. He stopped the horse with a rein, and shouted: "What are you doing?! Look at the road——"

In the car, the woman holding Geng Nian shook inside, heard a voice from outside, and asked "what's the matter?", rushed over to the donkey cart, the man who drove stood up suddenly, took off the bamboo hat and threw it away on the street.

"Tie up the woman in the car!"

Behind the donkey cart lying across the street, a gray cloth was removed from the cart, and four figures suddenly rushed out, turned over with swords in hand, and rushed towards the man along with the man through the stagnant water.

At the moment of approaching, the strongest man in the front stepped on the ground, and the moment the accumulated water splashed, he jumped onto the carriage, hooked the eaves of the carriage with one hand, and slashed furiously with the horizontal knife in the other hand.

With a bang, sparks flickered, the coachman raised his knife to block, exerted force with his arms, and pushed the opponent back down, before he could retract his knife, the second figure rushed up, hissed, and a red mark appeared on his calf , the blood quickly stained the cloth red.

"My boss, don't come out!"

The coachman's calf was hurting, he slammed the knife at the other side's door, and he flew out, then he turned around and guarded the front of the carriage tightly, his eyes were angry, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Dare to report your name! "

The few people on the street stood in the rain and watched him silently. It seemed that the leader of the man had winked at his companion. The five of them separated, and three of them walked around to the other side of the carriage under pressure.

next moment.

Qi Qi rushed up, the coachman slashed at him, forcing him back, his ankle tightened suddenly, and he was pulled down to the ground, in an instant, a cold light hit his chest.

At this time, the curtain of the car was lifted, and what Bai Yunxiang saw was a corpse with half of its face covered in blood.

The beautiful woman's eyes widened. It's not that she has never seen a dead person before, but she felt heartbroken when someone close to her suddenly disappeared. She was afraid of disturbing her son, so she covered her mouth and looked at the masked man outside with wet eyes. Several people.

"What do you want?!"

Several people didn't speak, one of them dragged the body down, threw it to the side of the road, jumped into the carriage, got in and knocked Bai Yunxiang unconscious with his hand, then gave a glance to the brothers outside, picked up the reins, and left with the carriage.

Soon, the street became quiet, and the pattering rain fell, which diluted the dark red blood a lot. The corpse lying on the side of the road suddenly moved, opened its eyes slightly, glanced around, and hurriedly sat up and took out the blood from his arms. He took out a porcelain bottle, poured the powder on the wound, and tore off the cloth to hold it down firmly. He didn't want any weapons, and ran towards the dental shop in a staggered manner.

At the end of the East City, the tooth shop is not a glorious business. Those who work as thugs in it are mostly people who can't get along in the world, or who fight hard on the streets.

Dou Wei was originally a member of the gang. After he was left behind by Geng Qing, he returned to his old career. With his own martial arts and the shadow of some gentlemen left behind in Chang'an, he gained a firm foothold in Chang'an East City. There are also hundreds of people coming.

Because of the rain, he was not practicing in the side yard at this time, and he was listening to music and drinking in the front yard with a few dental workers. Not long after, he saw a thug helping a figure covered in blood, and hurriedly took him with him. When the person walked to the door and saw the other person's face clearly, his heart tightened instantly.

problem occurs.
"Do you know who moved the hand?"

"I don't know, it's not from the Chang'an gang. The other party only said one sentence, which seems to be a northern accent."

Dou Wei asked the coachman to be taken down to rest, turned back to the house, and strode out with the Golden Lion Knife. There were about 20 people who could fight and kill in the courtyard, and they all gathered in the courtyard at this time.

"Notify all the people below the tooth shop below, the carriage is conspicuous at night, if you find something, I will give you a lot of rewards!"

There are some people who really want to fight for their lives, but they are a minority. It is still possible to search the whole city for information and as an eyeliner.

While Dou Wei led a group of people out of the dental shop and scattered around, he also sent people on horseback to the Baiguan Mansion.

This person is familiar with the path, and he often brought news of the boss here to make friends with a Qin servant. Soon, the familiar man found the mansion with the door plaque written "Qin Mansion", knocked on the door of the side courtyard, and talked with the people inside. After muttering a few words, he was let in by the old porter.

In the study room in the backyard of the Qin Mansion, the lights reflected a figure cast on the wall. The room was unusually quiet, except for a eunuch with water stains on his body, slowly drinking hot tea with his legs crossed.

"I have already written the affairs of the court, and the new prime minister has also written it clearly. When you leave the city tomorrow morning, you will bring it to him, but you must tell him not to mess around."

Qin Huaimian put down the brush, picked up the paper full of handwriting and blew it. He was very happy to see the old man he hadn't seen in three years, and walked out of the desk with a smile. Short, will those people in the court help, to be honest, you better tell Ji Chang not to have too much expectations."

Jiuyu blew on the hot air from the mouth of the cup, and shook the tip of his shoe, "Ji Chang is doing things, when did our family think so hard, those who can be used by him will definitely benefit, benefit, who won't do it? "

"Hehe, this is also true."

Qin Huaimian folded the paper and handed it to him. While he was talking, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then he knocked on the door outside: "I want to report to the servant, the tooth dealer is here, saying that there is something urgent."

Jiuyu raised his eyebrows, turned his face away, and saw Qin Huaimian had already opened the door, a flustered figure approached beside the servant, muttering something, Qin Huaimian's voice suddenly rose.

"Cui thief, the dignified prime minister, to do such a shameless thing—"

A fist slammed on the door frame, and the nearby window sills buzzed and trembled. Jiuyu got up and went over to ask what happened. After listening to the narration, she turned around and walked out, but was grabbed by Qin Huaimian.

"You look for it in the city first. If you can't find it, you should go back to Huazhou early tomorrow morning to tell him the matter and let him arrange it. I will go to Cui's mansion to question him later."

Jiuyu's eyes were frosty, staring at the old friend in front of him, and said word by word: "Our family will go with you."

Not long after, the carriage drove out of the mansion, turned a corner on Shechang Street of Baiguan Mansion, and stopped in front of a mansion with lanterns hanging on it. Qin Huaimian wanted to knock on the door, but Jiuyu, who came down from behind, walked quickly Going up the stone steps, the hem of the robe was lifted, and with a bang, he stepped on the thick lacquered red door.

Half of the gate collapsed with a loud bang, and the concierge rushed out in shock, but was pushed back by the eunuch pressing his forehead.

"Cui Yin!"

"come out!"

Seeing the eunuch's demeanor, Qin Huaimian followed up with the chivalrous spirit hidden in his heart. He walked straight through the front yard with a long sword in his hand, shouting violently as he walked. The first time he shot, he just surrounded the two of them, and moved along with each other.

The steward of the mansion rushed over, bowing and bowing.

"Qin Shilang, my husband is not in the mansion, so he went out at noon."

The two of them naturally didn't believe it, they pushed the steward away and rushed into the backyard, except for some female relatives, they did not see Cui Yin's figure.

'This guy...obviously won't let me find him! '

The action of the other party is obvious because he has done something and arranged everything early.

"I'm leaving town now!"

Jiuyu didn't care too much, turned around and quickly walked out of the Prime Minister's mansion, disappearing into the rain.

At the same time, there are still many houses with lights in the city. Someone looked at the content on the paper by candlelight and sighed.

Ask the servants to bring drinks and drink freely.

However, soon, news came from the outside, and the man was stunned.

"Someone actually kidnapped someone at the emperor's feet? What is Jing Zhaoyi doing? Then send someone outside to find out what happened."

In the rainy night, there were quite a few people who received letters. Some were happy, while others crumpled up the letters, threw them on the ground, and sneered.

But right now, there are still two hours before dawn.

(End of this chapter)