Cao Thief

Chapter 6
it's getting dark!
There was no nightlife in Zhongyang Town 800 years ago.There are no all-night wine shops here, and there are no brothels where Yingge Yanwu dances.After a busy day, people go home early to rest...the sun rises and the moon rests, roughly like this.

The market is deserted and deserted, with almost no pedestrians.

Wearing a gray shawl, Cao Peng took advantage of the dark night to come to a high wall.

Seeing no one around, he walked to the foot of the wall, pushed aside the withered grass, and a small dog hole appeared.But looking at the withered grass at the entrance of the cave, it must have been abandoned for many years.Cao Peng took a deep breath, burrowed into the wall from the dog hole, squatted in the corner, and looked around carefully.

This is the backyard of Chengji Commercial Bank. There are two buildings, high and low.

One is for storage and the other is for people to live in.

In his previous life, Cao Peng had dealt with people like Cheng Ji... He knew very well that this kind of person was narrow-minded and would take revenge. He was a typical villain.

What do rich people care about?
The answer is simple: face!

Wang Meng cut Cheng Ji's face during the day, with Cheng Ji's character, how could he swallow his anger?
Not to mention that this incident was caused by Cao Peng's old mother, but since Cheng Ji took away his mother's jade pendant, Cao Peng couldn't let him go easily.

I can't remember that there was such a sentence in that novel: There is a beast hidden in everyone's heart.

In a society governed by the rule of law, no matter whether the word "rule of law" is in quotation marks or not, the effect is obvious.Heavy laws firmly suppress the beast in human hearts.Cao Peng was originally a law enforcement officer, so this kind of suppression was particularly obvious.But now that he was reborn in the chaotic world 800 years ago, all kinds of constraints seem to have become insignificant.When Cao Peng helped his mother leave during the day, he keenly caught the murderous intent hidden in the eyes of Cheng Ji and the third elder... At that moment, Cao Peng knew that this matter was not over yet!
Rather than being harmed by them, it is better to take the initiative to attack!
The gunshot beside the Xiong'er River Reservoir not only killed him, but also untied the layers of shackles that were pressing on Cao Peng's heart.

People don't offend me, I don't offend others...

But since you have offended me, don't blame me for being cruel.

Cao Ji is a loyal and honest person. After he learned the reason of the incident, his first reaction was to come to reason with Cheng Ji and seek justice. The clue can be seen; Wang Meng's previous experience, Cao Peng I don't know, and I don't want to know.But he knew that maybe Wang Meng used to be lawless, but now... Wang Mai has become his shackles, making it impossible for him to do whatever he wants.

Wang Mai is a lawless guy, but he can't tell him about this.

Therefore, Cao Peng decided to seek justice by himself.

While buying medicine, Cao Peng observed the environment of Chengji Firm and discovered this unknown dog hole.He knew that this Chengji Commercial Firm was the best place to live in Zhongyang Town. According to his understanding, when Cheng Ji usually came to Zhongyang, he would live in the firm...

It's not that the three elders are not enthusiastic, but that Cheng Ji is a person who seeks to enjoy himself.

Since he lives comfortably in his own business, it is absolutely impossible for him to live in someone else's house.

Cao Peng observed the situation in the courtyard, leaned his back against the wall, and came to the door of the room without anyone noticing.He stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door... The door opened slightly.The door was unlocked, and the room was pitch black, and there was no sound inside.

Cheng Ji was invited to drink by the elders at night, so there was no one else in the room at this time.

Cao Peng stepped into the room and closed the door smoothly.

It's pitch black, and I can't see clearly the furnishings inside.

Cao Peng squinted his eyes and tried his best to adapt to the darkness in the room. He groped deeply and then lightly, and quickly found out the layout of the room.Facing the gate is a low mat.The bed in the Three Kingdoms period has a very strange shape...about two meters long and 1.4 meters wide.It has six legs and is twenty centimeters high.The wound surface is a living drawer board, equipped with fences on all sides, and a gap is left at the front and back, which is convenient for going up and down.One side of this bed is against the wall, leaving only a gap for people to use.

Sui couldn't see the overall shape of the bed, but Cao Peng could still roughly understand its specific shape.

In front of the bed is a low table with rolls of wooden slips placed on it.

Cao Peng groped for a while, and soon found a cabinet in the corner.It is about two meters three or four in height, and there is a groove hidden on the top of the cabinet.After testing the width and height, Cao Peng put away the short knife, jumped up suddenly, grasped the edge of the cabinet with both hands, and with force with both arms, his body fell into the groove.Lying in this cabinet, it is difficult for outsiders to find it without paying attention.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the house.

Cao Peng hid on the top of the cabinet and looked out through the gap in the wooden railing... and saw the lights flickering, followed by the door being pushed open.Two handymen came in with lanterns in their hands. After lighting the oil lamps, they walked to the center of the room and raised a floor, revealing a dark fire pit.

A handyman came out of the house, brought in a piece of charcoal from the outside, and poured it into the fire pond.

"Hurry up, the master will be back in a while, if the temperature is not enough, you and I will suffer."

"Am I doing this right?"

Another handyman used a blower to continuously blow air into the fire pond.The charcoal in the pond gradually lit up, and the temperature in the room also gradually increased.

"Dog, do you think the master has passed the day?"

"What happened?"

"I mean... we all know who the daughter-in-law of the Cao family is. She came to pawn the jade pendant to ask for amulet water for her son.

If the master does this, it will inevitably hurt the harmony of nature.

To be honest, I can't see it... Our master doesn't lack that little money, so why bother embarrassing women? "

"shut up!"

Gouzi hurriedly stopped the handyman, and said softly: "It's not our turn to complain about this kind of thing. Don't you know who the master is? If a goose plucks its hair, it will be stained with shit. People... If you want me to say, it is also the daughter-in-law of the Cao family who doesn't have eyes, so she came here to pawn. How could the master let go of the good thing that was delivered to the door? If you want to blame, blame her for having no one on top, she deserves it!"

Then, Gouzi lowered his voice and said: "Do you think our master is easy to get along with?

How about Wang Huo!That is the first hero in Zhongyang Mountain... But let me tell you, within three days, that tiger will become a dead tiger. "

Cao Peng lay on the top of the cabinet, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

Sure enough, Cheng Ji really wanted to kill Wang Meng...

"Dog, how do you know?"

"Did you see Chengsi this afternoon?
Let me tell you, that guy rushed back to Wuyin County under the orders of the master.It is estimated that by this time, he will soon arrive in Wuyin County... If the Elder Master responds quickly, he will definitely send someone over before dark tomorrow.At the latest, it will arrive in Zhongyang early in the morning the day after tomorrow.

Tiger Wang can indeed fight, but can he stand up to our master? "

The servant grinned and didn't make any further comments.

But seeing him vigorously blowing on the fire pit, you can tell that this guy is scared.

The fire pond quickly ignited, and the house was as warm as spring.While talking, the two servants exited the room and closed the door behind them.

Cao Peng was on the top of the cabinet, motionless.

Fortunately, I made a decisive decision, otherwise, it would be a disaster.

But the more this happened, Cao Peng's desire to kill Cheng Ji became stronger and stronger.This is a mad dog, if he cannot be killed, sooner or later he will endanger one side.

He curled up and closed his eyes.

Now that the fire pond has been lit, Cheng Ji must be back soon!
One of the compulsory courses to be a criminal policeman is to wait at the spot.I think Cao Peng spent six days squatting in order to catch a criminal.This moment of waiting was nothing to him.Closing his eyes would make it easier for him to recharge his batteries and wait for Cheng Ji to come back.

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Time passed little by little.

About an hour and a half later, there was another sound of footsteps outside the house.

The door was suddenly pushed open by the crowd, and Cheng Ji, supported by a guard, walked into the room drunk, yelling as he walked.

"I will let him die sooner or later!"

Let who die?

Cao Peng didn't know.

But when it comes to Gouzi and their conversation just now, it should be Wang Meng.

"Master, do you want to get hangover soup?"

The guard helped Cheng Ji sit down on the bed, and asked cautiously.

Cheng Ji waved his hand drunkenly, "Six, go and rest... You have to accompany me into the mountains tomorrow morning... By the way, where did you put the box that Lao Cheng gave you just now?"

The guard pointed to the side of the bed, "It's right by your hand.

Master, do you really not need a villain to serve you?The villain will go down first, if there is anything to do, just call him. "

"Go down, go down!"

Cheng Ji waved his hand impatiently, and the guard hurriedly left the room.

It's just that he didn't notice that on the top of the cabinet in the corner, a pair of cold eyes stared at Cheng Ji through the gap in the wooden railing.

Cheng Ji picked up a bowl of water and gulped down a big gulp.

Then he picked up a box, opened it, and laughed non-stop.

The box was not too big, it was twenty centimeters long, less than ten centimeters wide, and about five centimeters high.On the lid of the box, there are exquisite patterns engraved...

Cheng Ji put the box beside him, then took out a jade pendant from his bosom, and put it into the box as well.

From the top of the cabinet where Cao Peng was, one could clearly see that there were a few pieces of shining golden pancakes in that box.Each gold pancake is about the size of a baby's fist and weighs around seven to eight taels.And that jade pendant, could it be the jade pendant that my mother was robbed of?

Cao Peng moved subconsciously, and accidentally lifted his foot on the wooden railing.

Startled, he quickly shrank back and lowered his head.But there was no movement in the room. After a while, Cao Peng heard a snore.

Looking up again, he saw that Cheng Ji had already collapsed on the bed, sound asleep.

The big stone in my heart was finally put back in my stomach.But Cao Peng was not in a hurry to make a move, and continued to curl up on the top of the cabinet, motionless.

For about an hour or so, the outside of the house was quiet.

In the house, the light of the oil lamp flickered, and the coals in the fire pond flickered.

Cheng Ji was snoring loudly, and he was obviously fast asleep... Cao Peng slowly stood up, stretched his legs, landed gently along the cabinet, and then crawled on his knees. After observing for a while, he saw that Cheng Ji was really asleep. Then he got up slowly and walked lightly to the bed.

Gently pulling out the hunting knife, in the light of the room, Cheng Ji's fat face gleaming with oil was clearly visible.

Cao Peng's heart was pounding.

He raised the hunting knife and slowly approached Cheng Ji's neck. When the hunting knife was about half a centimeter away from Cheng Ji's neck, he pressed one hand on the back of the knife and suddenly exerted force... Poof, it was ground by Cao Peng. The extremely sharp hunting knife cut into Cheng Ji's neck fiercely.

Cheng Ji opened his eyes suddenly, but before he could see who the murderer was, Cao Peng held the handle of the knife with his other hand and pulled it hard.

The knife edge left Cheng Ji's body with a stream of blood... Cheng Ji stared, with one hand covering his neck, blood gurgling down the crevices of his hands, instantly staining the bed red.A hand stretched out and grabbed Cao Peng's arm. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Cao Peng wasn't nervous anymore.

Raising his hand, he swung another knife, which entered Cheng Ji's face.

His obese body twitched twice, and Cheng Ji fell into a pool of blood with a thump, his head on the ground, half of his body leaning...

However, Cao Peng also used too much force, so that the hunting knife snapped in two.One blade, just stay on Cheng Ji's head!

Cao Peng put half of the short knife in his waist, broke away from Cheng Ji's hand, and reached out to pick up the box next to the wooden pillow.

He opened it and took a look, the gold and jade pendants were still there.So he put it in his arms, glanced at Cheng Ji's corpse, and stepped forward to untie a bag from the waist of the corpse.Weighed it in his hand, it was five baht, at least two or three pennies.Cao Peng didn't hesitate, put the money bag into his arms, and then quietly walked out of the room.

Since Cao Peng killed people cleanly, there was not much movement.

The guards in the next room were apparently also dead asleep, and were unaware of what happened here.The cool air blowing in made Cao Peng's mind clear.

He closed the door and saw that there was no movement in the yard, so he trotted all the way to the dog hole.

Returning along the original road, Cao Peng was outside the courtyard wall, arranging the withered grass again.He looked around and saw no one, so he trot along the path and left Chengji Firm.After running for 400 meters at once, Cao Peng stopped, holding a tree by the roadside, bending over and gasping for breath.

In his previous life, he had killed someone!

But that's as an enforcer...

Now, he was killing people as a criminal, and the excitement and panic were intertwined, which made him unable to calm down for a long time.

No, you must go back quickly!
Leave Zhongyang Town before dawn, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Cao Peng thought of this, straightened up, and was about to go home.

After coming out for so long, he didn't intend to hide anything.Cheng Ji deserved what he deserved, and killing him might make Cao Ji more determined.

In the afternoon, Cao Peng heard the conversation of Cao Ji and his wife.

Don't look at what Cao Ji said, but Cao Peng knew that Cao Ji still hesitated.

Perhaps only in this way can Cao Ji no longer have any nostalgia.This Zhongyang Town has now become a place of right and wrong.

Turn a corner and go forward to see your home.

Cao Peng's mood has also calmed down, and he was thinking about his speech, when suddenly a person rushed out from the darkness and grabbed his arm.

"Bastard, you dare to kill people!"

In an instant, Cao Peng was out of his wits, his legs gave way, and he almost sat on the ground.

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Thanks to book friends Hao Gao Qiyuan, Ren Renchen, Friends of the Dark Night, Long Qi Xiaoxiang, and book friends 100114192037122 for the reward.

The first update will be posted on the 20th. I drank too much with the people from the publishing house at night, so I went to bed first...

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