Xia Houluo was in the jail, listening to Nanzhen Fusi's interrogation of Jialan Dark Stake. He did all the tricks of grooming the broken cone, and he was about to pick out his spine. There was a bloody smell in the cell, and blood dripped from the dark pile like a thread, and it fell into a pool under the torture rack. Red and greasy, it looked like rouge in a powder box under the candlelight.
Xia Houlin felt uncomfortable when he saw it. He wanted to go out several times to breathe, but he held back. Although Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were both Shen Jue's eagle dogs, they belonged to different yamen after all, and they didn't deal with them in secret, so they couldn't let them see jokes. These Jinyiwei have long been accustomed to such scenes, even Xia Houlin's own subordinates did not change their expressions, only Xia Houlin had just assumed office and was not used to such a cruel and inhumane method of interrogation.
The dark pile finally confessed the layout of the Jialan dark pile in Beijing and Tianjin, but he was caught, and the layout may have changed. Xia Houlin asked him what method Jialan used to deliver the message, and An Zhuang raised his eyelids half-deadly, and said, "Use lip language. We never meet, we only answer with lip language."
It was another new method that Xia Houlin had never heard of before. Duan Jiu reformed many joints after taking office. The current Jialan is no longer the original Jialan. "Where is Tang Shiqi?" Xia Houlin asked again.
"I don't know, he was taken away by Mr. Duan long ago." An Zhuang gasped.
Xia Houlin slowly clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice, "You really don't have a dark nest?"
"No more," said the dark pile, "Mr. Duan said that the nest is waiting for someone to come and wipe it out, and the real hiding should be like salt in the water. Now we are all working in the serious shop."
"Is Chian in Garan?"
"never heard of that."
"How many dark piles do you have in the city?"
"I don't know," An Zhuang paused and said, "I only know, a lot, a lot."
"To what extent?"
An Zhuang raised his head and smiled strangely at Xia Houlin, "As soon as you go out, you can meet him."
There was silence in the prison, and the dungeon was cold and damp. Everyone looked at each other as if they were soaked in a tub of cold water, all with pale faces. Xia Houlin suddenly remembered that day Duan Jiu talked about the underworld in the world, and he was in sympathy. Only when the shadows are connected together can they be everywhere. His heart sank slowly, as if seeing Tang Shiqi in the deepest part of the darkness, looking at himself in despair.
"Lord Baihu!" A Jin Yiwei hurried in.
Baihu frowned and glared at him, "What are you doing in a panic? Didn't you see Lord Xiao Shen here?"
Jin Yiwei looked at Xia Houlin, but stopped for a while, not knowing whether to say anything.
Baihu glared at him again and scolded: "Changwei family, who are you going to show your hesitant bitch!"
Jin Yiwei hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Something happened to Rouge Hutong. Mr. Yan took someone to investigate the assassin, and accidentally bumped into the Marquis of Linbei. He was caught..." He stole a glance at Baihu, swallowed, and said, "By Lin Beihou nailed his right hand."
The factory guards were all taken aback. Since Weide took power, no one had dared to be so rude to the factory guards. Baihu slapped the table in anger, and the teacup was rattled, "Where is the poor and sour young Hou of Lin Beihou who came out of nowhere? This is not to take our governor in the eye!"
Xia Houlin glanced at him and said, "The governor has always taught us to act cautiously and not to cause trouble. The adults should be careful about themselves." He turned his head to the Jinyiwei and said, "You are talking without end. There are so many brothels in Rouge Hutong, which one is in trouble? How did Mr. Yan collide with the Marquis of Linbei? As far as I know, Marquis of Linbei is just a girl, how can he nail the hand of a seven-foot man ?"
That Jin Yiwei hurriedly knelt down and said, "Go back to your lord, something happened to Yunxian Tower, Yan... President Yan hugged Achu, a red herdsman in Yunxian Tower, and when the little prince saw it, he somehow started to attack. The temper came, and President Yan was nailed."
"Ah-chu!?" Xia Houlin was startled, pulling the Jinyiwei to ask questions, while walking out, he called out in the gap, "Prepare the horse!"
He went straight out of Nanzhen Fusi, took the reins from Fanzi's hand, turned on his horse, and rushed towards Rouge Hutong with his whip. This group of son-of-a-bitch officials guarded each other and caught a dick of assassins, no wonder Shen Jue's reputation was so bad, it was these gangs who ruined it. Xia Houlin was so angry that his chest hurt, and he was worried about Ah Chu. When he first entered the East Factory, he would go to Yunxian Tower to drink. Later, he was approved by the above, saying that entertainment was not allowed during the national mourning period, so he never went there again.
The street was crowded with people, riding on horses and looking at the black heads, the tricks of the shops on both sides stretched out into the air, flapping in the wind. Xiahou Rong rode his horse past the Xisi Pailou, the crowd blocked the way, Fanzi shouted hard in front, and the talent slowly flashed a way. Xia Houlin looked at the people below, everyone's mouth was moving like a reed, and the eyes of countless people in the air were intertwined, and it was not clear who was Jialan Dark Pile.
He has an inexplicable feeling of being watched, as if there are dark eyes from Jialan in all directions, sticking to his body and unable to escape. They lip-mouthed the message, telling their companions that he was going to Rouge Hutong.
He dismounted in front of Yunxian Tower and went straight to Ah Chu's yard. From a distance, I saw a group of Jinyiwei standing there, and a group of people who looked like they were confronting them, probably the servants of Lin Beihou.
Xia Houlin walked over, Fanzi pushed the two groups away and let Xia Houlin make his debut. Xia Houlin stepped on the gravel road, and suddenly stumbled under his feet. He looked down and saw an embroidered spring knife with blood on it. When he turned his head, he saw several injured Jinyiwei standing on the edge of the flower bed, grinning and bandaging each other. Looking back at Linbeihou's servant, he was clean and no one was injured.
Xia Houlin frowned, but before he could think about it, he went straight into Ah Chu's house. As soon as she entered the room, she saw a twelve-year-old girl standing by the table of the Eight Immortals in pineapple wood, holding a gold-encrusted dagger in her hand, and a man's hand stuck under the dagger. The man was tall and stout, his clothes were not properly dressed, and the pickled stuff was looming under the open front of his shirt. There was also a man in a flying fish suit standing beside him and begging for mercy.
Ah Chu sat on the edge of the floor covering and wiped her tears. The rouge on her face was soaked with two stains, red and white, and she looked very haggard.
Zhang Xiaoqi saw Xia Houlin, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen a savior, and he hurried over and said, "Sir Xiaoshen, you are here! Please help us persuade Xiaojunhou to let Yan Zongqi go, look at this hand. It was also stabbed, and people also taught it a lesson. Didn’t we just… didn’t we just want a prostitute? How dare you fight like this? It hurts the peace for nothing.” He turned his head and slapped Bailiyuan at the waist again. Those who do things, do you think that Xiao Junhou does not want to supervise the boss?"
Xia Houyi bowed to Bailiyuan, "I also ask Xiaojunhou to raise your hand, and Rong Beizhi will take him back to send him."
Zhang Xiaoqi was on the side, "Yes, yes, a monthly fine or a demotion, it all makes the difference."
Bailiyuan stared at Xia Houlin with dark eyes. This was the first time she saw Xia Houlin's younger brother who was tired of her heart. He has extremely sharp eyebrows, long and thick eyebrows, dark and deep eyes, and a darker complexion. He was tanned by running around in the sun all day long. It was the Assassin's mark that he couldn't wash away.
"Sir Xiaoshen, it's a pleasure meeting." Bailiyuan said indifferently, "Fail, how? Will you kill him?"
Xia Houlin didn't know if it was an illusion, but he saw a faint hostility in the eyes of this girl. Frowning slightly, he cupped his hands and said, "You can't order a beheading in a lowly position, it has to be decided by the Rong Yamen."
Ah Chu looked at Xiahou Lin, and felt a sense of panic in her heart. Hearing Xia Houlin's words, it seemed as if he was not going to help her get justice, and her heart suddenly became sad. That's right, she's an official now, how can she be a prostitute because she's a prostitute, and it's not like he hasn't helped her. But my heart was still stuck in a panic, as if thousands of big stones were pressed down, sobbing came out of my throat.
When Bailiyuan heard Ah Chi's whimper, she became anxious.
"Shen Ran, you are indeed as disgusting as your adoptive father." Bailiyuan said coldly, "If that's the case, then the prince will do it for you!" As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly pulled out the dagger, and Mr. Yan The flag was so painful that his face was twisted, and his fat face spasmed like crumpled cardboard. Bailiyuan didn't stop, the dagger turned and aimed at Yan Zongqi's face, and Zhang Xiaoqi screamed in horror.
Ah Chu also exclaimed: "A Yuan!"
However, the dagger stopped abruptly when it approached Yan Zongqi's face an inch away, Bailiyuan raised her head, and Xia Houlin restrained her wrist.
"The governor is not my adoptive father." Xia Houlin looked into her eyes, "Little Junhou, you are going to return to the fief soon, it's better not to cause trouble before that. Killing a Jinyiwei will be a good thing for you. Harmful and useless."
Bai Liyuan stared at him blankly.
"If Xiaojunhou believes in the humble position, then hand him over to the humble position to deal with." Xia Houlin continued.
Bailiyuan looked at Xia Houlin without blinking, and Xia Houlin also looked at her. The two looked at each other for a long time, the fierceness on Bailiyuan's face slowly faded, and she withdrew her hand: "Very good, you take these two away. However, you have to look at them closely, it is best It's watertight. It's up to you to save their lives, Lord Shen."
Zhang Xiaoqi wiped off his sweat, and took Yan Zongqi from the table. When passing Xiahou Lian, Yan Zongqi stopped and said, "Another day, I will prepare a little wine to thank you for your rescue, and please show me your face at that time. "
"The face is not rewarded." Xia Houlin said. Yan Zongqi's face stiffened, obviously he did not expect Xia Houlin to say such a thing, only Xia Houlin said again: "Come on, take these two murderers to the Dongchang prison for trial!"
Everyone was stunned, Ah Chu and Bai Liyuan both turned their faces with surprise in their eyes.
Although the factory guards belonged to the same family, when they went to the East Factory, they never returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen to feel at ease. Besides, when he heard what Xiahou Rong had just said, he always felt that his tone was not good. Zhang Xiaoqi felt uneasy in his heart and said with sweat, "Sir Xiaoshen, what do you mean? The same is true for Jinyiwei, let's go back to Jinyiwei and wait for it, Sir Xiao Shen, what do you think?"
"I didn't understand enough?" Xia Houlin said word by word, "Take, man!"
Immediately, a few people came forward and grabbed the shoulders and arms of the two of them, and Mr. Yan shouted in a hoarse voice: "Hold on!"
He breathed heavily: "Sir Xiaoshen, we are Jin Yiwei, even if we want to interrogate, we will be escorted to Nanzhen Fusi, interrogated by Lord Baihu, checked by Lord Qianhu, and approved by the commander. You are the file of Dongchang. Head, just take care of your Dongchang business, what is the reason for sending us to Dongchang?"
Xia Houlin pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "You are right, I was wrong."
Yan Zongqi just breathed a sigh of relief, and Xia Houlin said again: "come here, send them to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
Yan Zongqi's face changed, "Sir!"
"It's not wrong for the criminal to escort the Punishment Department. Even if you Jin Yiwei want to take someone, you should go to the Criminal Department to sell driving stickers."
"You!" Yan Zongqi's face trembled and said, "Sir Xiaoshen, how about you hold your hand high and let me wait this time? You're just a prostitute, why do you do this? My uncle is Eunuch Yao, the eunuch of the Slijian and Bingbi. , worked with the factory boss for seven years. Even if you are the factory boss, you can't really get over you in terms of distance, but you have to give my uncle a face. Otherwise..." Yan Zongqi sneered, "My uncle and the factory In the palace, I can't see you when you look up, but I can't guarantee that my uncle will gossip about you."
Xia Houlin walked in front of President Yan, lowered his head and helped him straighten his collar, then patted his face and said with a sneer, "How many times have I said that, the Governor is not my godfather. As for you want to sue, feel free to go. Whenever I say a word of fear, I write the name upside down." He raised his head and roared again, "Someone, take it away!"
The Jinyiwei outside watched dumbly as General Manager Yan and Zhang Xiaoqi were taken away, and the fans pushed them to follow. Xiahou Rin asked them to take a step forward and looked back at Ah Chu. Ah Chu wiped her face with the handkerchief, and the rouge on her face had become mushy, and Bai Liyuan also held up her handkerchief on the side to help her wipe it. Two people, one big and one small, squatted on the ground, looking very pitiful.
Xia Houlin stood on the edge of the threshold for a while, the sun shone on his back, making him a little hot.
"Ah Chi, don't worry, I will definitely help you get justice, but the regulations still have to go." He said, "There must be a lot of criminal records for this kind of person, and he will definitely be killed."
"Forget it, Xiahou, don't befriend them, Eunuch Shen should blame you." Ah Chu said.
"The governor is my brother, he won't blame me." Xia Houlin saw that she was still very depressed, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Would you like to take a bath, I'll fetch water for you."
Ah Chu wiped away her tears and said, "Xiahou, thank you. You saved me twice."
"Thank you for what? Small thing."
Xia Houlin rolled up his sleeves and went out, walking towards the back kitchen familiarly. He used to go this way when he lived here, and he got up early in the morning and stared at him, but he couldn't go wrong with his eyes closed. There are some plum blossoms on the side of the road, which are thick and lightly dotted on the blue brick wall, and the sun shines on it, rolling a circle of gold. Footsteps sounded behind him. At first, he thought it was the servant of Yunxian Tower, and let him clear the way, but the footsteps followed him closely. He turned around and saw Bailiyuan silently following behind, and saw him look over. , bared his white teeth at him.
"Why is Xiao Junhou here?" Xiahou Rin asked.
"You take care of me." Bailiyuan walked beside him with her hands behind her back.
He tilted his head to look at the girl, she was wearing a blue satin horse-faced skirt and a plain silk jacket, her face was raw, her eyes were dark, and she was quite quiet when she didn't speak. Xia Houlin had heard of her, and the people who worked in their Dongchang factory knew more or less the basics of the nobles in Beijing. She is the only female prince of Daqi and the only young prince, but unfortunately her family died early, and she came to Beijing alone to congratulate her. Shen Jue mentioned her, saying that this girl was very violent, but she was very worthy of her name.
"I have to thank Xiaojunhou for the matter of Achu just now," Xiahou Rin asked. "Just don't be so reckless next time."
Bailiyuan snorted coldly and said nothing.
"Why is Xiao Junhou here?" Xia Houlin was a little curious. She belongs to a girl's family and is a noble family, and she actually appeared in Rouge Hutong.
"Let's play." She pointed to the other side of the wall. "There's a dog hole there. I often drill into it. Once I met a bad guy, Sister Ah Chi saved me."
When she came to play in such a place, Xia Houlin smiled, but he understood her very well. Children without parental discipline were like this, and so was he, and he was even more courageous than her. Climbing walls, going to the house, stealing money, doing all kinds of bad things. He asked again, "So you saved her this time too?"
"Yeah. She's my sister." Bailiyuan looked up at Xia Houlin, "My brother and sister are all dead, and sister A Chu is good to me, she is my sister."
Her words sounded very poignant, Xia Houlin inexplicably remembered being disgusted, looked up at the front, the egg yolk sunlight hit the dead branches that had not had time to bloom, everything was dim and yellow, and there was a kind of sparse and desolate. I was speechless all the way, I turned a corner along the corridor, happened to pass by the firewood house where he lived before, and glanced over there, the door was closed, and there was a large basin of unwashed clothes in front of the door. It should be changed. A new boy lived there.
When Xia Houlin passed by the door, he was tired of sticking kites inside the door. Duan Jiu sat on the kang and looked at him, Chiyan lowered his head, and pasted the kite paper on the bamboo strip little by little. This skill was taught to him by Xia Houlin. Xia Houlin is very good at making things, especially this kind of thing that children play with. It is said that he learned it by himself when he was alone. He thought that his brother was really smart, and he was lonely when he was a child, but he didn't learn it. Xia Houlin taught him everything he did. He practiced for a long time, and the things he made were as good as Xia Houlin's seven or eight points. Sometimes he stopped to rub his hands, and the sound from outside came in in a hazy way. At first, it was the sound of a few men arguing, and then it was the sound of footsteps. Slowly it became quiet, and he heard someone passing by the corridor in front of his room. .
Is it those Jin Yiwei who beat people? he thinks. He had won the fight at first, but Duan Jiu suddenly brought the assassin from the Hou residence and took him away by the way. In fact, he had the opportunity to kill Bailiyuan, he got the Xiuchun Dao, as long as he had the knife, he was sure to kill Bailiyuan. But if Bailiyuan is killed, he will also be killed by other assassins. He could kill everyone, but he couldn't get away with it. He was a little selfish, and he still wanted to see Xiaolan again, even if it was just one side. He hesitated, and in just a moment, he lost the best opportunity, the knife was taken away by Duan Jiu, and he became a prisoner of Jialan again.
He stopped and became stunned. Duan Jiu's cigarette pot flickered in the darkness like a fleeting fireworks.
Xia Houlin came back with hot water, helped Ah Chu fill up the tub, and was ready to go back and continue to increase the value. Ah Chu was inconvenient, so Bai Liyuan sent him out, walked to the stone lion in front of the door, Chang Sui led the horse, and Xia Houlin took the reins.
"Do you have a brother or sister?" Bailiyuan suddenly asked him.
"There is a brother." Xia Houlin said.
"Where is he?"
"I don't know. After searching for a long time, I couldn't find it." Xia Houlin lowered his head and rubbed the sand under his feet. "That guy is stupid. I'm really worried that he will be sold and given back to the people."
"You have a new brother, why are you still looking for him?"
Xia Houlin was stunned, "New brother? Where did I get my new brother?"
"Shen Jue," Bai Liyuan said, "you said he was your brother."
Xia Houlin didn't know what to say, so he gave up and said, "You say yes."
"Since there is a new brother, don't look for the old brother." Bai Liyuan turned around and walked up the steps, "You saved my sister today, I won't trouble you, you can go."
Xia Houlin was confused by what she said, inexplicable. Maybe a child's brain is not the same as an adult's, and he can't figure it out. He didn't say any more, turned and walked away.
Bailiyuan sat on the stairs and watched Xia Houlin's back disappear at the end of the sparse alley.
"Yan Luo, are you soft-hearted?" Duan Jiu's voice came from behind.
"I didn't," Bai Liyuan said softly, "I was just wondering why everyone likes him, my brother likes him, and my sister likes him too."
"You shouldn't have let him go," Duan Jiu said softly, "Yan Luo, do you know why Xiahou Pei died? She used to be the strongest assassin of Jialan, but she died under the knife of a sanctimonious hypocrite."
"Isn't it because of your design?"
"No, it's because she has a weakness. Yan Luo, you still have a long way to go. The future of Jialan is in your hands. You shouldn't be such a woman." Duan Jiulong sighed with his hands. " Anyway, if you want to repay your kindness, I will give you a big gift. Tang Shiqi said that Xiaolin coveted his little governor for a long time. Although it is nonsense, it may have some truth." He said leisurely, "It's just that I don't know how the little overseer would react when he knew that his daring brother had such thoughts."