At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the watch drum had sounded for three rounds.
Although red lanterns are hung high on the street, the singing and singing of birds, and the sound of strings of silk and bamboo strings are constantly playing, at night, after the curfew begins, the facades in this flower street are also tightly closed.
And because this area is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and there are a lot of sneaky things, this is even a place where the Jinwu Guards pay close attention.
Old Man Fang, who was thrown on this street, was naturally easily discovered by the Jinwu Guards.
The Jinwu Guards naturally had no good means to deal with those people who stayed outside after the curfew.
"Boss, there seems to be a drunkard lying in front of you!"
A team of Jinwu Guards patrolled this Huaihe Street at night. Huaihe Street was still very cold at night. They complained about the damn weather while riding forward. When they arrived near Lichun Courtyard, they naturally discovered Old Man Fang who was thrown on the street.
At first they thought the other person was a drunken man causing trouble outside.
So the first time they saw Old Man Fang, they chose to stand up and dismount, and the flickering firelight shone on Old Man Fang.
Only then did the Jinwu Guards clearly see that the old man in front of them was in a miserable state.
It looks like a dead person.
Could it be that some murder had occurred? One of the Jinwu guards squatted down and tested Old Man Fang's breathing. After confirming that the old man was still breathing, a Jinwu guard immediately returned to their leader and said to the leader, "Boss, this The old man is not dead and is still alive. I guess he is just a man who played with women until he ran out of money."
Hearing Jin Wuwei's words, the leader nodded, "This is not impossible, but they are just a bunch of rotten people."
After saying this, the leader even kicked the old man Fang, but old man Fang had already passed out and his kick did not wake him up at all.
So the leader couldn't help but take the initiative and said, "We can't let him stay here any longer. Otherwise, let's carry him back first!"
However, no one among the patrolmen was obviously willing to do such a thing. They didn't even beat the old man, so they restrained themselves.
At the same time, lights suddenly lit up from above Li Chun Yuan.
A Jinwu guard looked up and found someone watching from outside the building.
He directly said to the onlookers, "Is this person thrown out by you? There is a curfew here. You should carry the person in quickly, or I will arrest you as well tomorrow morning!"
Upon hearing this, the madam immediately separated from everyone and replied.
"Sir, this man is a thief. He came to my garden to steal money. Fortunately, our people discovered it in time."
However, no matter what the madam said, the people below just said, "I don't care what the identity of this person is. You should take him away quickly, even if you report to the official tomorrow. In short, there can be no one outside."
After hearing what the other party said, he was also afraid that Old Man Fang would wake up and complain, so the Madam could only ask the two turtle slaves to carry him back.
Although the turtle slaves were reluctant, they had no choice.
Soon they carried old man Fang back.
Naturally, the Madam also scolded them, "You are really stupid. You actually threw the person directly into the street like this. The other person was not completely dead. If you threw the person into the street, didn't you tell others that this person was beaten by us? And if Jin Wuwei had just been When interrogated by Nosy, wouldn't this old man just want to say that we stole his things? We will all be facing lawsuits at that time."
Facing the madam's scolding, although the two of them were not convinced, they still said, "Mom, if this man doesn't beat him, he won't obediently hand over what he has in his hands. What do you think I can do?" What to do?"
Facing the man's complaint, the madam just said expressionlessly, "I didn't say I wouldn't let you do it, but you shouldn't just throw the person into the street after you do it. Aren't you waiting to tell everyone?" Guys, are we bullying people in the courtyard?"
The man was still defending himself, "It was almost dark at the time."
The old bustard sighed, "Wouldn't you lock the person up first, and then wait until daybreak, then carry the person to some wilderness and throw him away?"
Yet? If it doesn't work, you can just throw the person into the Huaihe River. "
Hearing what the Madam said, the man wanted to say something else, but the other man pushed his arm and signaled him to stop talking.
At the same time, the man only said to the old bustard, "Mom, we understand. This time it was our two brothers who did something bad and caused you trouble. But don't worry, next time, my two brothers will definitely take care of this matter." Take care of it."
Seeing that the two of them had given in, and seeing that he had made a hundred taels in vain today, the madam naturally stopped arguing with them.
After the old bustard left, the two brothers tied up Old Man Fang and threw him in the woodshed in the backyard.
The woodshed in the backyard was cold and wet. It was almost winter and the weather was freezing, but Old Man Fang was only wearing thin clothes.
Although this woodshed has walls, there is still air leakage everywhere.
Old Man Fang was woken up by the cold wind in the middle of the night. He had no bedding, and his whole body ached and was cold.
When he thought about his ransom money being robbed in vain by that group of people, he felt sad and angry.
"Yue'er, Yue'er, it's dad who's useless. It's dad who failed to protect you. Dad is here to save you."
When he thought of his daughter, Old Man Fang felt that he could not die in vain. At that moment, he only struggled hard. However, at this moment, his hands and feet were also tied up, making it difficult for him to move at all. He looked around, but there was no movement. Find out what's sharp.
It was best that he could only try to fumble with the knot with his backhand, but to his disappointment, the knot turned out to be a dead knot that could not be untied at all.
At the same time, what was even more terrible was that he began to feel pain in his heart.
That heart was kicked hard by those two turtle slaves.
The pain was so painful that he felt like he was about to ascend to heaven.
He tried to shout for help.
However, the woodshed is in the kitchen. The kitchen here is a separate small courtyard. Except for people cooking in the courtyard during the day, most of the servants will not stay here at night.
Moreover, the singing and dancing were going on in the front hall. Who would have discovered that a dying man was asking for help in the backyard?
In other words, they actually never thought that Old Man Fang could still be alive.
And when Mr. Fang had a headache and was sweating, he seemed to see a dark and thin little girl wearing a linen top in his trance.
The little girl hugged his arm and cried, begging him, "Daddy, don't sell Yue'er. Yue'er will be obedient. Yue'er can eat less and work more. Dad, just don't sell Yue'er." Okay?」
Hearing the girl's plea, Old Man Fang was in a daze. This face seemed to be that of his little daughter Fang Yue'er.
Thinking about the current hardships, the man who once ignored the girl's plea finally relaxed and said, "Okay, Yue'er, I won't sell it. Our family will starve to death together."
Hearing this, the little girl just smiled sweetly, and she led Old Man Fang forward.
Early the next morning, when the sky was barely bright, the two turtle slaves immediately came over to deal with Old Man Fang. They originally thought that if Old Man Fang was still alive, they would throw him out of the capital and dump him on a wild mountain in the countryside.
However, when they arrived, all they saw was Old Man Fang's body. At this time, Old Man Fang was already stiff. It was obvious that he had frozen to death.
But these two turtle slaves were not surprised.
After all, there are not a few people who die like this every year due to hunger and cold. Although the two brothers have never killed anyone, they have beaten them. Moreover, they have seen many flower ladies in the building who die of illness every year. Few, they are the ones who dispose of the bodies every time.
So they were not surprised by this.
And this early in the morning, all the guests have dispersed, and no one comes to this street to do anything during the day.
So this also gave them a chance to dispose of the body.
"This old man is dead. Why don't we two brothers stop the trouble and just throw him away?"
It’s time to reach the Huaihe River. "
Regarding this man's proposal, his younger brother quickly agreed with him.
"That's good, there are quite a few people thrown into the Huaihe River. You have to explain this person's origins when you leave the city. If someone discovers that he is a dead ghost, he can easily get into trouble. It is really best to throw him into the Huaihe River now. "
After making this decision, the two brothers found a stretcher and simply covered old man Fang with a piece of white cloth. After that, they carried Old Man Fang directly out of the door. At this time, the sky was gray, there was no pedestrian on the road, and the patrol of the Jinwu Guards had already ended, so they easily led Old Man Fang to the Huaihe River.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a woman in white was also by the river. She was squatting here and burning paper money as if she was paying homage to someone.
In fact, this is not surprising. After all, many girls die in this flower house every year. In order to save trouble, some flower houses will probably send the girls into the Huaihe River. In the end, this place becomes the grave of these girls. .
Although in recent years due to the government's rectification, few people have thrown corpses here anymore, there are still some people who have slipped through the net, and there are still girls who come here to burn paper money and perform rituals to pay homage to girls they know.
They didn't care about the girl burning paper money, just like the girl didn't care about them throwing corpses inside.
Everyone performs their duties.
Just when they took off the white cloth on Old Man Fang's face and prepared to lift him up and throw him into the water, they didn't know when. The girl suddenly stood up and walked towards them.
The three of them passed by each other, but the woman suddenly took another look at the corpse in their hands. Then, with just this glance, the girl couldn't help but froze immediately.
Isn't this the old man who came to look for a girl yesterday? She gave the old man one tael of silver at that time, and then others also gave him silver.
How did he end up like this?
Why did he die here?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look up at the two turtle slaves. Unexpectedly, the two turtle slaves were already sizing her up.
