As the two of them were talking, they came to the entrance of a hall. The lantern hanging at the door had the word "Wang" written on it, and the plaque on the door frame said the three characters "Ji Le Tang". Wang Ergou Pointing to the plaque at the entrance of the hall, he said: "This is the entrance of my cheap second uncle's hall, called "Bliss Hall."" Li Haoyang muttered: "How shameless!" "
Wang Ergou heard what Li Haoyang said and said to Li Haoyang: "My lord, don't worry about this. You hide behind this door first. I'll go in and take a look first!" With that, he walked through a small courtyard and walked inside. Hall.
Wang Ergou came to the inner hall and looked around, but saw no one. He waved to Li Haoyang and motioned for him to come over.
Li Haoyang quickly walked to the door of the inner hall and was about to say something when he heard a burst of men's obscene laughter and voices coming from inside.
Wang Ergou said: "No!" As he said that, he immediately rushed into the inner hall and walked towards a door on the left. Li Haoyang also quickly followed.
The two of them followed a staircase to a secret room at the bottom. They saw that there were three rooms in the secret room, all sealed with iron bars, like a dungeon. There were more than a dozen wall lamps on the wall, which turned the originally dark room into a dark room. The secret room was brightly lit.
At a glance, Li Haoyang saw four or five young women locked up in three rooms. Although these women were imprisoned here, their clothes were still intact and decent.
In the room on the left, two men were pushing a girl and saying some obscene words. One of the men said to a woman: "Little girl, Elder Wang has been away for a long time. Isn't she really lonely?" Ah? Let me accompany you, ah? Hey hey hey hey!"
The two people only stared at the girl in front of them, completely unaware of the person coming behind them. Seeing this scene, Li Haoyang was furious and was about to draw his sword, but Wang Ergou reached out to stop him.
Wang Ergou coughed twice, and then the two people realized that two people came in behind them, and they both looked back. The man who spoke in front saw that the person coming was Wang Ergou and said, "Hey, it's your kid, what? Your second uncle is not here, do you want to come and play with us?"
Wang Ergou pretended to be serious and said: "You are so brave, how dare you touch the elder's woman while the elder is away!" The other man said disdainfully: "Oh, don't pretend to be powerful like a tiger. Who doesn't know that the elder has always been I have never looked at your nephew, so among our brothers here, which one of us needs to see your face?" After saying that, the two of them burst out laughing. After just a few laughs, they suddenly stopped laughing and their expressions started to change. He became solemn, and one person asked in disbelief: "You, where did you steal this thing from?"
I saw Wang Ergou taking out a copper token from his body for some unknown reason. The word "Bliss" was engraved on it. It was the token of the elder king of Ji Le Hall. Wang Ergou sneered and said: "Today Times are not as good as in the past, and I, Wang Ergou, are already my elder Wang's confidants. If you disrespect me, you are disrespecting the elder. If your behavior today is known to Elder Wang, well, let's see how he will deal with you!"
When the two people heard this, they were a little panicked. They immediately changed their expressions and said with a playful smile: "Oh, I said Ergou, oh no, Brother Xiao Wang, my two brothers were joking with you just now. Your Excellency. There are a lot of them, but don’t take it seriously, just let us go!”
Wang Ergou sneered and said, "Let you go? It's not impossible, but I'm not the only one who saw what you just did today!"
Only then did the two men notice Li Haoyang beside them, and asked doubtfully: "He is..."
Wang Ergou continued: "This is the special envoy sent by the city lord. He has something important to see Elder Wang. It happens that the elder is not in the castle today, so I will take him to the elder. However, the city lord does not want other elders to see him. Knowing this, you guys know what to do, right?"
The two of them took a look at the burly Li Haoyang, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and replied: "I know, I know!"
Wang Ergou continued: "You also know that there is no peace in Black Wind Castle now. The elder is worried that if something happens that day, his old man will be involved. Therefore, he sent me back to bring all these women with him. Let’s go and hide in a manor prepared by the elders outside, so as not to be scolded by the new leader in the future, please open this iron door with me quickly!”
While the two agreed, they took out the keys and opened the iron doors of the other two rooms. Wang Ergou said to the women, "Come with me!" After that, he put his hands behind his back and walked out in a swaggering manner. This group of women did not dare to resist in this dungeon-like secret room, so they could only follow them out obediently.
Arriving in the courtyard, Wang Ergou said to the two men: "Keep an eye on them for me first, and I'll get something!" After saying that, he walked to a room on the right, took out the key and opened the door. After a while, Wang Ergou took out a one-foot-square wooden box, wrapped it in a piece of coarse cloth, and carried it in his hand.
Wang Ergou said to the two men: "Remember, today's matter is related to the city lord. Don't let the other elders know about it, otherwise you will look good!" The two men nodded and bowed, not daring to make any mistakes.
Wang Ergou said to the women beside him: "Let's go, I will take you to the city to have a look today!" After saying that, he winked at Li Haoyang, turned around and walked out of the Paradise Hall. Li Haoyang followed at the end, carefully observing his surroundings.
Wang Ergou led them through several alleys and towards the gate of Black Wind Castle. Fortunately, they did not meet anyone else along the way. It seemed that Black Wind Castle had no time to take care of them.
After leaving the Black Wind Castle, more than a dozen women, urged by Wang Ergou, went straight to where Ling Yun was hiding. Ling Yun stood up and came forward, shouting at Li Haoyang: "Brother Yang, you are so amazing, so Rescue people soon!"
These women had been bullied by Black Wind Castle on weekdays. When they saw the short and thin Wang Ergou today, they already had the idea of escape. However, they were afraid of Li Haoyang behind them and were still near Black Wind Castle, so this I didn’t dare to resist along the way. At this time, I heard the man in front of me say the word "help", and I felt a little confused. There was a puzzled expression on his face, and the scene was a little restless.
Wang Ergou saw this and said to them: "Sisters, these two benefactors are here to help me rescue you. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave quickly and leave here first!"
These women started talking timidly. It sounded like they wanted to run away, but now someone rescued them, but they didn't seem to want to continue running away with Wang Ergou and the three of them. Li Haoyang urged: "Don't get excited, please let us leave here first!"
One of the women stood up and said: "We also want to escape with you, but even if we escape, we will still be caught by the elder. Not only will we be beaten severely, but our families will also be implicated. !”
It turned out that they were worried that Wang Ergou's cheap second uncle would catch them again, so Wang Ergou said: "That old guy is dead!"
"Ah? He's dead!"
They were surprised and a little excited. Ling Yun also said, "Yes, he is dead. His body was thrown off the cliff. You can rest assured and follow us. When we deliver you to a safe place, you can go home." go!"
Another woman stood up and pointed at Wang Ergou and said, "No, he is your second uncle. How could you kill him?" Wang Ergou gritted his teeth and said, "Second uncle? That old dog and I are inseparable!" Li Haoyang stepped forward and said: "Listen to me, everyone, he didn't lie to you. His second uncle is indeed dead and will not come to arrest you again. There are so many of us here. If we are discovered by the people from Black Wind Castle, we will not be able to catch you again." It won’t be good if we chase him out, so come with us!”
These girls glanced at Wang Ergou, who had a sly look in front of them, and then looked at Li Haoyang and Ling Yun, who were tall, handsome, gorgeously dressed, and seemed to be upright. The worries in their hearts were put down, and everyone nodded, expressing their willingness to believe. them.
They were about to set off again when they saw a rush of horse hooves coming from the road below the hillside. They could see it in the distance, and a cloud of dust rose up from the road. A large group of people rushed towards Black Wind Castle from a distance, with those on horseback in front and those on foot following behind.
Ling Yun and the others hurriedly lowered their bodies, held their breath, and looked towards the road through the weeds. There were quite a lot of people in that team. Judging from this posture, there must be at least seventy or eighty people.
Wang Ergou turned around and made a silent gesture, and said to everyone: "Shh! Stop looking, let's go!" After saying that, he bowed his body and walked back, avoiding the sight of the people below. The dozen or so women immediately followed Wang Ergou, while Li Haoyang and Ling Yun walked at the back together. The group carefully walked through the mountains and forests and ran along Xiaolu towards the direction of Jinling City.
After walking for more than an hour, we finally arrived at an open space near the south gate. It was already dusk. Wang Ergou stopped and turned around. The group of people also stopped and gathered around.
I saw Wang Ergou opening the wooden box in his hand. It was filled with white silver ingots, about five taels each. Wang Ergou took out a few silver ingots from it and said to the women in front of him: "Sisters, just now I I took some silver from Black Wind Castle and distributed it to everyone for their travel expenses home!"
Seeing this, all the women knelt down to thank. Wang Ergou hurriedly put down the silver ingots in his hands, stepped forward to help them up one by one and said, "Everyone, get up quickly. It doesn't have to be like this. We are all children who are suffering because of the old thief. The poison caused him to fall into this situation. Now the old thief has been punished by God and was eaten by wild beasts. He has avenged us. Let us all live a good life after we go back."
After saying that, Wang Ergou picked up the silver ingots in the box and handed them over to them one by one. Li Haoyang and Ling Yun looked on, and they suddenly felt admiration for the humble Wang Ergou in front of them.
After dividing the money, Wang Ergou said to them again: "This Jinling City is about to close. To avoid making people suspicious, everyone will go into the city separately and find an inn to stay for one night. We will buy some supplies and dry food for the road tomorrow morning and leave. Go home each from the north gate, and don't stay in this city for too long!" The women thanked him again, and then walked into Jinling City.
Watching them leave, Wang Ergou finally breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to look at Li Haoyang and Ling Yun, raised his hands and said to them: "Thank you two benefactors for your help!"
Ling Yun smiled and said: "Don't be polite, we can't help you with anything!" Li Haoyang also said: "Yeah, I didn't expect you to have such a chivalrous heart. On the other hand, my two brothers are just superficial. In fact, I’m so ashamed!”
Wang Ergou said with some embarrassment: "Two benefactors, don't say that. You are a righteous man by following me to Black Wind Castle to save people. If it weren't for you two, I really wouldn't dare Just go in and rescue them. You don't know that this Black Wind Castle used to be a ferocious place that everyone heard about. Anyone who breaks into the Black Wind Castle without permission has no way of getting in and out, and they are bound to die. born."
Ling Yun joked at the side: "You two, don't be polite. I'm the only one here who seems like an idler and can't help me with anything!" Several people looked at each other and laughed.
Ling Yun seemed to suddenly think of something and asked Wang Ergou: "By the way, since you have so much money, why did you steal from us yesterday?" Upon hearing this, Wang Ergou touched the back of his head and laughed. : "Do you still remember this? I've been doing this since I was a child, and I'm used to it. Besides, I didn't know that the old thief was dead yesterday. Don't I have to save some money to live on?"
Ling Yun pretended to be serious, and then asked: "Well, today you already knew that the old thief was dead, why did you still cheat us of five taels of silver?" Wang Ergou was speechless for a moment, smiled awkwardly, paused, and said: "When I saw the old thief's body today, I came up with the idea of finding an opportunity to rescue those sisters. However, although the gate of Black Wind Castle has been unobstructed in the past two years, the entrances of each hall are still heavily guarded. I am single. With little strength, I had no confidence that I would be able to successfully rescue the person, let alone get such a large box of silver from the warehouse. I happened to meet you two again that day, so I thought of using the old thief's weapon at that time. I defrauded the corpses of some silver coins, and after I rescued them, I used them as payment for their expenses. I never thought that you would take them back again..."
Wang Ergou's words made Ling Yun and Li Haoyang feel ashamed.
Wang Ergou continued: "It's strange to say that it is so quiet in Black Wind Castle today. There is not a single person inside. Even there are only two people in the Paradise Hall. I haven't been there for some time. I don't know what happened. ”
Li Haoyang asked: "Is it related to the group of people who went in when we left?" Wang Ergou said: "I don't know, no, I have to go back and take a look." Li Haoyang said: "It's getting late today. The road is difficult to travel at night, the journey is far away, and there are tigers outside the city. Don’t encounter any danger. It’s not too late to go to the city and rest for a night!”
But Wang Ergou said: "No, if something goes wrong, there must be something fishy. If it's too late, something might happen." Li Haoyang said, "It's too dangerous for you to go back alone!" He paused for a moment and then said, "Let's do this. I’ll go back to the city to clean up, and I’ll go back with you!”
After saying that, he turned to Ling Yun and said: "Ling Yun, this little brother is a chivalrous man, we should help him. You wait in this city, I will go with him to see!" Ling Yun said: "Brother Yang , I'll go with you!" Li Haoyang said: "When we came out this time, we planned to go back after playing for a few days. It's too dangerous for you to follow. If anything happens to you, how will I explain to your grandfather when I go back? Huh?" Ling Yun said, "Then you go and if something happens, how can I explain to your parents?"
Seeing this, Wang Ergou hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Two benefactors, you'd better not go. I can just go back by myself. I grew up in Black Wind Castle since I was a child. I know all the people there. There won't be any What’s the matter? Don’t worry!”
Li Haoyang thought for a moment and said to Wang Ergou: "It's really not convenient for my brothers to go back with you. I'm really sorry!" Wang Ergou said with a smile: "My benefactor's words are serious!" Li Haoyang said: "You are one of your benefactors. My brothers are very ashamed!"
Wang Ergou was stunned for a moment and asked: "You two are kind to me, so I should call you my benefactor. Since you don't like it, and you two are older than me, I, Wang Ergou, will dare to call you my benefactors." How about calling me a brother?"
Li Haoyang and Ling Yun looked at each other and both replied: "Okay!" Seeing their immediate agreement, Wang Ergou laughed happily, took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Two brothers, I don't know the surnames of the two brothers yet. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to tell me your name?"
Li Haoyang laughed and imitated his example and raised his hands and said, "My surname is Li and my name is Haoyang. I am twenty-one years old. If you are willing, you can just call me Brother Yang!" He pointed at Ling Yun. .
When Ling Yun saw this, he imitated the two of them, raised his hands and said to Wang Ergou: "My surname is Ling, and my last name is Yun! I am nineteen years old this year!" Wang Ergou was a little excited, and called them "Yang" respectively. Brother and Brother Yun",
Li Haoyang suddenly looked at Wang Ergou seriously and asked: "Can you tell us your real name now? You are not really called Wang Ergou, are you?" Wang Ergou touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "That's true. I can't hide anything from you. Well, thanks to the two brothers who don't mind me, I, Wang Ergou, won't hide it anymore. My real name is Wang Shoucheng and I have just turned seventeen. Wang Ergou is the nickname given to me by the people from Black Wind Castle. , they usually call me Ergou!"
Li Haoyang praised: "Shou Cheng, what a name! I never thought your cheap second uncle could give you such a decent name!"
Wang Ergou touched his head, a little embarrassed, and then said: "In the past, when the leader was still there, the old thief could restrain himself a little. He looked sanctimonious on weekdays. Naturally, he had to give me an upright name. Although I was abused in every possible way since childhood, it was a family matter after all, and the leader could not interfere. Later, when I grew older, the elders arranged for me to deliver messages to the Crescent Sect and Jinling City. People in the world said that the leader was cruel and unkind, but he treated me There is still some kindness.”
Li Haoyang nodded and said: "Brother Shoucheng, it's getting late. You go back first. If you need any help, just come to Jinling City to find us!"
Wang Shoucheng glanced in the direction of the city gate and said, "Well, it's getting dark soon. You guys should go back to the city quickly. You won't be able to get in if you're late. The little leader of the guard at the south gate is a good friend of mine. If you encounter someone in the city, You can ask him for help no matter what happens."
After saying that, Wang Shoucheng once again raised his hands and said, "Farewell, brother, see you later!" Li Haoyang and Ling Yun also raised their hands and said, "Take care!"
