Instead of riding horses, the three of them took a mule cart and returned directly to Heliansheng.
Just after I washed my face and sat down, the young man brought tea. A companion from outside came in and reported: "Chief escort, there are three guests outside asking to see you."
Li Rufeng ignored him and said impatiently: "Where are the guests? You are busy with family affairs at the moment and you can't take care of it. You go back. You just said that Li would like to thank you and come to visit another day."
The companion immediately replied: "The visitor said he was here for Master Leng's business."
Several people in the room were startled, and Liao Sanniang blurted out in a low voice: "Someone came just after I came back. I'm afraid the telegraph box in Lingao was not so quick."
"Their eyeliners have been watching outside Delong for a long time," Li Rufeng said.
The people who talk about redemption are mostly relatives and friends of the victim, or powerful people in the local area who can handle the matter and are willing to undertake it. Sometimes they will also find some gangsters and scoundrels who collude with Green Forest to build a bridge to ensure the normal progress of the transaction. .
Government law prohibits the redemption of people. Once someone is caught trying to redeem someone, they will be named as a thief or an accomplice. After arrest, they will be severely tortured and wantonly extorted. Therefore, there is a lot of risk involved in redeeming someone, and there is no connection or benefit. Will not agree easily.
Li Rufeng's body was instantly nailed to the spot. His majestic back stood at the door for a moment, then turned around suddenly, let go of Wu Kaidi's arm, strode back to the living room, sat upright in the middle, and said in a deep voice: "Please .”
Not long after, three large Chinese characters walked into the hall. Liao Sanniang, Wu Kaidi, and Xiao Bazi lined up on both sides. When the three people walked in front of them, they all looked at the incoming people carefully. They saw that the person in front had a green scarf on his head. Wearing a green cloth straight jacket, he is tall and tall, with a waist and narrow sleeves, and black boots; the two people behind him wear melon skin caps, coarse short brown cloth, hemp shoes, and cloth belts on their calves. Farmer dress.
The three of them had sinister faces, their chests were exposed, their shoulders were swaying and their backs were hunched, and they were walking in an awkward shape. Although there were no patches on their clothes, they were stained with a lot of oil stains and dirt, and they were obviously greasy and dirty.
When Li Rufeng saw the three people coming in, he slowly stood up, ordered the tea, bowed his hands to the three people, then pointed in the direction of the few official hat chairs down, motioning for the three people to sit down, and then said: "Where do heroes come from?" Come?"
The big man at first returned the salute with his fists clasped and said with a smile: "I came here especially to relieve the chief escort's worries."
Li Rufeng also smiled and said: "Li can also eat meat and wine, so how can he have so many worries?"
The big man chuckled and said, "Without my brothers and me, I'm afraid that the bureau chief wouldn't be able to survive this cold autumn." He deliberately emphasized the word "cold" in his words.
After hearing this, Li Rufeng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I have traveled far and wide and made many friends. We, the escort agency, set up a cabinet outside and earn a living in the capital city. We all rely on the help of our friends. I am a good man." Now that I'm here, there's no need to hide it and say half-part words that I can't wait to see you next to me. Mingren stands in the light and just talks openly."
The big Han general said loudly: "Commissioner, please be happy. Our three brothers are from Sanhe County. They don't have any random names. Others just call them Song Da, Wang San, and Liu Wu. They have a small reputation in the countryside. Master Leng is in the dust, but he was invited by the heroes of Tianxuan Village. My brother was entrusted by the leader of Hu Village in Tianxuan Village, so he only came here to be a bailout, supporting both families with one hand, and settling the matter."
Li Rufeng nodded and said: "If you are willing to be the middleman, Li really inherits the friendship between Song brothers. Song brothers are also part of the same land. Don't talk about those empty tricks. Just set the time, place, how to redeem, and the amount, and the deal will be done as soon as possible." .”
Having said this, Li Rufeng paused for a moment before continuing: "If you want to burn incense, you must first see the true Buddha."
The big man named Song Da smiled and said: "Okay, let the chief escort see the real Buddha."
Someone behind Song Da took out a cloth bag from his arms and presented it to Li Rufeng. Li Rufeng opened the bag and saw a lock of black hair inside.
Li Rufeng immediately felt that something was wrong. To use it as a token, it must have obvious identifying characteristics. The cart and clothes that were lost along with Leng Ningyun were better tokens. Everyone had hair, so it was impossible to tell whether it was Leng Ningyun's body. hair.
Li Rufeng frowned and handed the cloth bag to Liao Sanniang. Liao Sanniang took it and shook it with her hand. Although the hair was black hair of a mature man, it was slightly dry and the owner of the hair seemed to be slightly malnourished.
Leng Ningyun's hair was oily and full of luster. Liao Sanniang almost immediately judged that it was not Leng Ningyun's hair. She did not point it out and walked slowly to Song Da. With a pleasant look on her face, she said in a warm voice: "Brother Song, I will take this hair to Leng Ningyun." If the master's concubine confesses, everything will be easy to talk about. The Mo Dao'er family is very worried, and every family will be very upset if something like this happens to them, but there are those evil people who are careless. The more sad the other families are, the more sad they will be. You must take advantage of people's danger to make ill-gotten gains."
While Liao Sanniang was talking, she looked carefully and saw Song Da's face stiffened and his body twisting uncomfortably.
Liao Sanniang nodded and suddenly said: "The wind was so strong last night at Yinshi that it blew off half of the ruler and one of the carved feathers."
After Song Da heard this, he was a little confused and replied: "Song went to bed early last night, but he didn't know that it was windy outside."
When Liao Sanniang saw that he didn't know how to submit the letter, she already knew it.
Liao Sanniang said: "Huh? Mr. Wu is in charge of Leng Zhai and Delong. If anything happens here, go to Leng Zhai. Why did Brother Song come to this escort agency?"
Song Da felt nervous and hurriedly explained: "Who doesn't know that Liansheng and Delong are on the inside and outside of each other? I just saw Mr. Wu coming..."
Liao Sanniang chuckled and said: "You all know it? I'm afraid you don't even know it. I guess the three Song brothers have to keep an eye on the whereabouts of Mr. Liwu in the cold house to find out, right?"
Song Da became nervous and said hurriedly: "Absolutely not!"
After Song Da finished speaking, he stood up and said sternly: "Lengzhai is quite far from here, and it takes time to get there. Song has other things to do today. Since he has to conduct an inspection, Song will come to see you another day. I just want to ask the bureau chief." I'm going to give you a thousand taels of silk for the time being. I think it will pay for Master Leng's recent board and lodging. If not, I'm afraid the next delivery will be Master Leng's fingers and toes." After saying this, he sneered.
After hearing this, Liao Sanniang seemed to be frightened, her face turned slightly pale, and she did not dare to say anything. She turned back and took a few steps, untied the slip knot of her cloak, then looked at Li Rufeng and mumbled: "Ah, Chief Escort Boss, what should I do?"
Li Rufeng glanced at Liao Sanniang, sighed, frowned, nodded, and shouted to the people below: "Sanniang, why don't you treat guests well? Go and put a thousand taels of silver on the counter and ask Brother Song to take it away. No matter what, we must keep Master Leng safe."
When Song Da saw Li Rufeng relenting and saw the clerk going down to get money, he couldn't help but relax. Just when he was about to speak, Liao Sanniang looked at the hair in her hand and suddenly said: "Huh? This looks like dead man's hair."
Song Da's face couldn't help but change, and he blurted out: "How could it be? This was just cut off in the morning." As soon as the words came out, Song Da immediately knew that something was wrong, and his face turned pale.
Liao Sanniang smiled slightly, threw the lock of hair on the ground, and said softly: "Brother Song, pretending to be a redeemer, intimidating and defrauding the relatives of the sufferer, and sending him to the official, but he doesn't know how many boards he will receive and how many prison sentences he will be sentenced to. ?”
Song Da's face was instantly covered with cold sweat. The fingertips of his drooping hands trembled slightly. His face turned livid and gradually distorted. He looked around him and saw Liao Sanniang who was closest to him, another weak woman. He suddenly yelled. : "Robbing this woman, holding her hostage and rushing out!"
The big man named Wang San next to Song Da took out a wrist-breaking knife from his waist, roared and rushed towards him with the knife.
Liao Sanniang pulled her up and waved her cloak in the air. The dark red cloak stirred into an upright red vortex in the center of the hall. As soon as the vortex unfolded, it suddenly shrank toward the center, swallowing up Wang San's knife-wielding arm, and even the blade was taken away. His right arm was tightly wrapped.
Liao Sanniang put her right foot in front of her and behind her left foot, grabbed Wang San's right hand wrapped in a cloak with her left hand, grabbed Wang San's left wrist with her right hand and stretched it out, giving him the illusion that his arm was being pulled outward.
Wang San's wrist was pulled back against the force, and Liao Sanniang suddenly reversed the trend and pinned Wang San's two arms together and placed them on the right side of his body, making his body tilt and unable to separate his hands.
Liao Sanniang immediately rotated her left foot backwards, stepped forward to the left and turned, cutting into Wang San's chest with her back. She released Wang San's wrist with her right hand, supported his knees, pulled with her left hand, supported with her right hand, bent her back, and carried her with her waist. As a fulcrum, I arched my hips and exerted my strength, lifting Wang San upside down on his back and throwing him in the direction of Song Da.
Wang San's body was hit hard on the ground. The blue brick floor is the best weapon. Wang San was slapped on the back by a huge brick made of bluestone bricks. He felt that even his skeleton was scattered. He rolled his eyes, coughed twice, and breathed away.
The little boy on the side cheered loudly: "Sanniangzi is amazing!"
After Xiao Bazi shouted, he was about to step forward to help, but was held by a big hand behind him. He looked back and saw Li Rufeng shaking his head and saying: "Sister Niang has been very bored these past two days. Let's ask her to play. Evacuate your mind.”
Song Da was stopped by Wang San who fell over, but Liu Wu rushed forward. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the skirt of Liao Sanniang's chest.
Liao Sanniang's chest collapsed. She relaxed her muscles to absorb the momentum and release the incoming force. She grabbed Liu Wu's clothes by her right shoulder with her left hand, and grabbed the upper part of Liu Wu's collar with her right hand. She used both arms to drag and press her lower left side at the same time. Liu Wu originally thought of "attacking when weak" and wanted to hug Liao Sanniang with brute strength, but he didn't expect that this woman had such great strength, and he became the weak one. His mind was confused, and the situation suddenly became difficult to attack and defend. potential.
Under the huge force, Liu Wu's body tilted suddenly. In order to maintain balance, Liu Wu subconsciously pushed hard in the opposite direction. Unexpectedly, Liao Sanniang let go of her hand and used his force to pull in the opposite direction. At the same time, she used the outer edge of her left foot to flick the inside of the big man's right foot outwards, trying to kick Liu Wu's right foot off the ground.
Liu Wu reacted very quickly, curling up his right leg, avoiding Liao Sanniang's bottom foot and kicking outwards. However, Liu Wu only had his left foot for support at this time, and his body was slightly unstable. He leaned forward and grabbed Liao Sanniang's skirt with both hands, trying to keep his body balance.
