March twenty.
The tavern is closed these days, and Uncle Six is often not at home, but at Aunt Li's house.
The sky was still hazy and the distant mountains were not visible, and Uncle Liu was still sleeping peacefully. Xiaoyu carefully took the bamboo pole and went out.
Rushing all the way to Dongcheng, the boatmen who stopped at the ferry in the morning were still sleeping soundly. Xiaoyu did not take the boat, but chose to take the land route to Old Man Ge's house on the outskirts of Dongcheng.
During the mission, the fewer people who knew his whereabouts, the better.
East gate tower.
In the surrounding houses, no one got up and went out, only one or two cockcrows could be heard occasionally.
After passing the door, a face of about 20 years old slowly changed into another look. Xiaoyu took out a fake beard from his arms and glued it on, instantly becoming like a middle-aged uncle.
Ji Ruge carried a bamboo pole and ran towards the pine forest on the hill behind Ge Laozhang's house.
On one of the old pine branches was another set of coarse cloth clothes that he bought in the city yesterday.
After changing clothes, he took the Nirvana Sword from the carrying pole.
The lights have already been lit in Mr. Ge's home. Today is March 20th, the day when Luo Congsheng is coming. Their whole family is suffering from insomnia.
Mr. Ge got up when he heard the first rooster crow and sat in the house with the door closed.
He was waiting for someone to come, and the person he was waiting for was not Luo Congsheng, the thief, but Ji Ruge.
"Dong dong dong..."
Several gentle knocks on the door made Old Man Ge feel tense instantly.
There was a machete for chopping wood on the wooden table. Old Man Ge had already thought about it. If the man who said he was going to help them didn't come that day, he would use this wood-chopping knife to fight the thief.
"Open the door." Ji Ruge's voice was very low.
When Old Man Ge picked up the scimitar, the veins on the back of his hand that had been showing slowly calmed down. The person coming was not that group of Taoists.
He put down his scimitar, hurriedly opened the door bolt, and welcomed Ji Ruge into the house holding the sword.
"Old man, have you prepared everything I ordered?" Ji Ruge asked.
Old Man Ge replied: "Ready, ready, my little girl has also changed into beautiful clothes."
The old man's daughter Ge Ying heard that the person was Ji Ruge, so she anxiously walked out of the inner room to say hello.
"Strong man, what should I do with the little girl later?"
When Ji Ruge saw Ge Ying, she bought a suit of brocade clothes with the money given by Zhang that day. She dressed up simply and looked familiar. Thinking about it carefully, Ge Ying's face was somewhat similar to that of Gu Yi from the Qin family. Similarly, Wei Dao, a traitor, would like Ge Ying.
Ji Ruge ordered: "I will hold my sword and sit under the curtain of your bed. When their people come, you can excuse yourself to put away your makeup in the room and let him come in in a few minutes. When he sees it is you, naturally No doubt.
When the time comes, go into the inner room, hide in the cupboard, and wait for a quarter of an hour. Even if you summon him in, he will definitely think it's you sitting on the bed. I will have my own way of dealing with him then.
Furthermore, you two, please don't get too entangled with them. Just let him in and I'll make sure your daughter is safe.
Don't delay business or expose my whereabouts because of nervousness. "
After hearing this, Old Man Ge and his family all nodded.
"It's all at the command of the strong man."
Ji Ruge looked at the sky outside, which was getting brighter. "Without further delay, get ready now."
Ji Ruge reached out and pulled out the hairpin from Ge Ying's head and handed it to her hand. "Just put on your clothes. Your hair is a little messy. It looks like you haven't finished dressing up yet."
Hearing this, Ge Ying took the hairpin and stretched out her hand to mess up her hair a bit, as if she had just gotten up and had not yet dressed up.
Inside the house, Ji Ruge didn't take off her shoes, put on her clothes and held her sword, sitting on the curtain bed in Ge Ying's boudoir.
When Ge Ying was hiding, he told Ge Ying to remember to put her shoes in front of the bed to make it look like Ge Ying was on the bed.
Ge Ying agreed.
Time passed slowly, and they were waiting for Luo Congsheng's arrival.
When the sky was completely bright, the sun hung in the sky.
There was no trace of any Taoist.
Old Man Ge waited at the door for a long time, but never saw their arrival.
Ji Ruge and Ge Ying have also been waiting for a long time.
Old man Ge came in and told Ji Ruge that he knew about it. Ji Ruge frowned and thought that his plan would fail today.
"Just wait and see, I won't leave the house. At noon, you can just cook and eat." Ji Ruge ordered them.
Ji Ruge thought to himself that when doing bad things, he usually does it early or late, so that he is less likely to be discovered.
Since the thief didn't come in the morning, it might be at night. Thinking from the perspective of Luo Congsheng, a thief, it is true that evening is more suitable for going out and doing those shameful things.
That day when Zhang Ding and others were beating Old Man Ge, they said they would come as soon as possible on March 20th. It was almost time now and there was still no sign of anyone.
As the sun rose and set, Ji Ruge randomly ate some of Old Man Ge's food at noon and sat back on the bed.
The few vertical lines between his eyebrows could not hide the anxiety in his heart. The longer he waited, the bigger the accident would be. If he missed today's opportunity, it would be much more troublesome to kill Luo Congsheng.
It was evening, sunset was approaching, and the sky was gray.
At the east city gate tower, a sedan slowly stopped there.
Three waiters dressed as Taoist priests dismissed several bearers in the dim light.
It was the three little Taoist priests Xiaoyu had seen that day, Zhang Ding, Lou Er, and Chen Qian.
Zhang Ding whispered to the side of the sedan and said to the inside of the sedan: "Master, there are only a few families near this gatehouse, and the farthest one is the girl's residence."
Lou Er and Chen Qian opened the sedan curtain, and a Taoist in his forties with a round face, long eyebrows, a flat nose, and small eyes slowly walked out. It was Na Luo Congchang.
"You three, wait for me here." Luo Congsheng ordered his three disciples.
Zhang Ding said with a smile on his face, "I will obey my master's orders."
Luo Congsheng held a fly whisk in his hand, as if he was a profound man, and pretended to be heading towards Old Man Ge's house.
At this time, Old Man Ge was not ready to start cooking dinner yet. He only lit an oil lamp in the room and was waiting anxiously.
Seeing a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe walk in at the door, Old Man Ge instantly became nervous.
"But Mr. Ge's family?" Luo Congsheng said with a sanctimonious smile.
Old Man Ge sighed, stood up slowly, clasped his fists and said, "I've met the Taoist Master."
Luo Congsheng smiled and took out a bag of silver from his sleeve robe and put it on the table, "Old man, don't worry, I noticed something ominous about your daughter's face, so I came here today to help her out of trouble, but are you at home? "
When he said the three words "But at home", the smile on Luo Congsheng's face froze, and his voice became a little thicker, and the threat was very obvious.
Hearing this, Ge Ying hurriedly walked out of the house, dressed in red and plain clothes. Luo Congsheng was very happy to see him.
"Little girl Ge Ying, I have been waiting for the Taoist Priest for a long time. Taoist Priest, please wait a moment. I will go back to the house to prepare. When I am ready, I will call the Taoist Priest to come in." Ge Ying bowed with dedication, turned around, raised the door curtain and entered the inner room. Went to the boudoir.
Luo Congsheng originally had a serious face, but when he saw Ge Ying, he smiled so much that his eyebrows wrinkled, and he hurriedly responded: "Okay, okay."
Ji Ruge, who was sitting on the bed, heard the movement outside and slowly and quietly pulled out the shuriken.
Green sheath, red handle, white light, sharp edge, cutting iron like clay, it is the Sword of Nirvana.
Ge Ying entered the inner room and hurriedly took off her shoes and placed them in front of the bed with a coarse curtain. She carefully opened the cabinet door on one side and hid inside.
After a quarter of an hour, she called softly from inside the room: "Taoist Priest, I'm ready. Come in."
Hearing this, the old thief opened the door curtain with a smile on his face, passed by the first hall, and rushed to Ge Ying's boudoir.
Old Man Ge and his wife sat at the table and sighed helplessly.
Luo Congsheng saw Ge Ying's embroidered shoes in front of the bed. He threw the fly whisk in his hand with a smile, took off his Taoist robe as he walked, opened the coarse curtain, and was about to climb into bed.
As soon as the curtain was opened, a cold light suddenly came.
The tip of the Nirvana Sword had passed through his throat.
Ji Ruge didn't give him the slightest chance to fight back. He looked at the person sitting on the bed in disheveled clothes, and his voice instantly became hoarse.
Before he could finish saying "You..." in his mouth, he was already dead.
Ge Ying saw this scene in the cabinet. She was so frightened that she pushed open the cabinet door and ran out. She frowned deeply and clenched her fists together, looking very worried and nervous.
Ge Ying looked at Ji Ruge with tears in her eyes and said: "Strong man, why did you kill him? This is a matter of life and death!! How can my family afford this! We thought you were just teaching a lesson This Taoist priest, just let him not dare to do it again. Now that he is dead, what should we do!??"
