By chance, the boss of the thief found a tunnel in this side hall leading directly to the outside of the house. The tunnel was connected to a secret room with many memorial tablets in it. One of his friends gave him the idea of making a fortune.
He gathered a group of local hooligans who were skilled in martial arts nearby, repaired the house slightly, placed all the memorial tablets in the underground secret room in the side hall, transplanted a large number of midnight flowers here, and sent people to lure passing guests. Rest your feet and loot them all in the middle of the night.
Over the past few years, they have really succeeded in doing a lot of "big deals".
They specially chose this side hall to place the tablet, in order to prevent passing merchants from living in the third courtyard and discovering their secrets.
Bai Chou listened to the group of thieves' confessions, turned his head and asked Hai Fushi, "How does Hero Hai plan to deal with these thieves?"
Liu Bolun was annoyed at the fact that he had fallen into the ways of these little thieves before. Hearing this, he said loudly without waiting for Haifushi to say anything: "These villains have caused disasters in the village, and I don't know how many passing merchants have been robbed and killed. Death is not a pity. Just kill it!"
When the thieves heard this, they were scared to death, and some cried loudly on the spot: "I am wronged! The villain just robs, and never hurts anyone's life!"
Haifushi said coldly: "Is it really just a robbery? What about the rumors that there are often merchants missing here?!"
"The boss killed it!"
"He killed it! It wasn't me, I never killed anyone!"
"I have never killed anyone. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. Please forgive me!"
For a while, all the thieves in the hall denounced each other, and they all insisted that they had never had blood on their hands.
After these bandits entered the courtyard tonight, apart from intending to misbehave with Bai Fuling, they really did not intend to kill people at will. Otherwise, they should have killed the sleeping guards in the courtyard first to be on the safe side.
Of course they didn't do this, because they were afraid that something serious would reveal the secrets of this house. It's not difficult to kill a few people and destroy the corpses to get away with it, but there are too many Bai family members, so it takes more time to kill and bury the corpses.
Seeing this scene, Haifushi and others also understood that these bandits must have killed some merchants, probably because when they robbed, some people were not fascinated for some reason, so they were killed to silence them.
Haifushi thought for a while and asked Thief Lao Dao: "Where is the person who advised you now? What's his name? You answer honestly, or you may be spared."
Ordinary people in the market would not think of such an idea, let alone consider the details so thoroughly, I am afraid that this friend of the thief boss is not a simple character.
I don't think that although the thief boss has a bad character, he still has a bit of loyalty. He gritted his teeth and said: "I kill people, and killing people kills their lives. It's just and fair. You kill as you want, and you want me to betray your friends?! Bah! Don't think about it!"
Seeing that he was disrespectful to his sweetheart, Liu Pingting drew her sword and pointed at the boss's chest in anger, and said with a sneer, "How dare a small villain act like a hero? If you don't want to say it, let me see if this girl strikes with the sword." The sword cut you!"
The thief boss knew that he couldn't be kind today, so he grinned and said: "You can be happy with me, and I may tell you when I am happy."
How could Liu Pingting endure being taken advantage of by such low-spirited thieves? With a flick of the sword tip, the thief boss screamed, his eyes were bleeding and he was blinded on the spot.
The rest of the thieves were so frightened that they begged for mercy loudly when they saw her vicious methods. The thief boss seemed to be aroused fiercely, howling and rolling, cursing Liu Pingting with obscenities.
Liu Pingting turned pale with anger, no matter how she stepped forward and stabbed him to death with a sword, seeing that the thief was about to die on the spot, suddenly there was a sword sound of "Zheng", the long sword seemed to be pushed violently by something, the sword The body swing missed the chest of the thief boss, but stuck to the floor beside him.
Liu Pingting's hand holding the sword was numb for a while, and when she looked up, it was Haifushi who flicked her long sword from the air.
Haifushi didn't expect Liu Pingting to do it right away. He didn't stop her from blinding the thief boss's eyes just now, but he only had time to stop her from killing him again.
"Brother Hai!" Liu Pingting looked at him wrongedly, she also wanted to help him!
Haifushi felt dizzy seeing her like this, the thief boss should have died, but he was killed by her sword, how could he ask him about his accomplices
Ruzhu, who was huddled in the corner, suddenly threw herself at his feet with all her strength, and cried: "Hero, please forgive me, the little girl is not their accomplice, they forced the little girl to lure people here for them, if the little girl doesn't obey , They are going to sell our mother and daughter to a brothel, we have no other choice, please forgive me!"
Haifushi remembered that she deliberately led the group of thieves to Bai Fuling's room, and it was really hard to feel any pity for her.
Ruzhu treated him like a life-saving straw, crying and complaining: "They saw our mother and daughter looking for relatives but not living in a foreign land, they bullied and insulted us in every possible way, and forced us to work for him. The little girl had no choice but to do things for them. The hero caught them, and she is also the benefactor of our mother and daughter... "
Mrs. Xu also woke up and rushed over together, crying and crying.
Both of them are weak girls who don't know martial arts. Although Haifushi knew that they were not completely innocent, he had no intention of embarrassing them. Do such evil again!"
When Xu's mother and daughter saw that they really got a chance, they thanked each other happily.
Ruzhu took the initiative to break the news: "I know that friend of the boss. He lives in Puye Town, ten miles east of here. He is nicknamed 'Centipede Scar'. He runs a gambling house, and there are often strange people haunting the house."
"What strange person?" Nangong Zheng came over and asked.
"Those people have murderous looks on their faces. Just looking at me makes me feel cold all over. One of them has a fist-sized tumor on his forehead, and the other has a long neck with many copper rings." As a servant, she sometimes goes to Centipede Scar's house as a servant, serving tea and water, doing laundry and cleaning, so she has seen many strange guests haunting Centipede Scar's house.
When she said this, Nangong was waiting for a group of people, but their expressions changed drastically, and they all looked excitedly at Haifushi—these two weird-looking people were clearly the eldest and second child of the Yanxia Three Thieves!
Haifushi didn't expect to ask such an important clue by asking casually.
Bai Chou thought of the secret report he received from Jianghu a few days ago, and quickly thought through the whole story, knowing that Haifushi suddenly ran to the northwest border, and it was for the three robbers in the haze. In this way, they will definitely deal with the matter here as soon as possible, and then they can set off to track it down.
Before he came, the precious daughter had explained that these little thieves must not be made easy, but the Bai family could not take action or suggest how to kill these thieves in detail, for fear of harming the morality, it is best to find a way to use the power of sea pumice. Abandoned them.
Bai Chou was thinking about it in his heart, Haifushi had already stepped forward and said: "I have urgent matters and need to leave immediately. As for how to deal with these thieves, Mr. Bai will see..."
"Hand them over to the government, maybe their family will send them some money later, and they will be released again... Heaven has the virtue of being good at life, and I don't want to kill them all. There is a way to make them unable to do evil in the future..." Bai Chou hinted very carefully.
Before Haifushi opened his mouth, Liu Bolun had already reacted and said with a smile, "What's so difficult about this? Brother Hai, you and the others will take this girl to Puye Town first. After dealing with these little thieves, I will let you go." Come and join you."
Haifushi thought for a while and said: "Although these people have done evil things, they are not all deserving of death. Brother Liu, please deal with it according to your circumstances, and I will go ahead for you."
As he spoke, he clasped his fists at Bai Chou, and hurried out with the other thirteen people with Xu's mother and daughter on horseback, regardless of the difficulty of traveling at night and the cold wind and rain outside.
Bai Chou and Liu Bolun were polite, and even "kindly" persuaded: "This thief leader is blind, so why not spare his life, as long as they can't do anything to harm others."
My daughter said that it is too cheap and easy to let them die like this, and the best way to punish them is to let them live in misery and crippled existence in this world!
Liu Bolun wanted to get close to them, so that he could get close to Bai Fuling, so he naturally agreed, and Bai Chou took his servants and guards to hide in the yard with satisfaction, leaving Liu Bolun alone to deal with the thieves.
Now that they want to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, those things that hurt others will naturally be far away, and they will look back and see the results secretly.
Bai Chou walked to Bai Fuling's wing, just in time to see his wife coming out, Mu Peilan shook her head and said, "Ling'er is fast asleep, don't bother him, let's go to rest too, we have to hurry tomorrow morning."
The two walked a few steps together, and Mu Peilan couldn't help asking: "What do you think of Haifushi?"
"What do you think, madam?" Bai Chou became vigilant. Could it be that his daughter said something to his wife just now? Otherwise, why did you mention this kid again for no reason
"It seems pretty good now. He is knowledgeable and knowledgeable about etiquette, strong in martial arts, flexible and flexible, and understands the ways of the world." Mu Peilan looked at her husband's face that was getting longer and longer, and felt amused in her heart.
Although Bai Chou regards Haifushi as the No. 1 imaginary enemy who wants to snatch his daughter from him, he has to admit that this person has performed really well.
"Tonight's thieves and bandits, he alone is more than enough to deal with, but he specially called the other people in the same company to help, everyone shares some credit, and everyone is happy. Before taking action, he knew that Ling'er must be protected first, and he still handled things in an emergency. Reasonable, safe and proper. After the matter is done, they know how to avoid suspicion and let the servant girl go into the yard to arrest the thief. During the interrogation just now, they didn't mention the thief broke into Ling'er's room, and it was also meant to protect Ling'er's reputation. At his age, it's not easy, whether it's his nature or his pretended kindness, he is worthy of his reputation and status." Bai Chou said reluctantly.
"It's a pity that no matter how good he is, he is not suitable. Unless..." Mu Peilan paused here.