Chapter 218 Preserved Egg and Lean Pork Porridge (2)

Seeing Xunzhou who was thinking about going to court before doing anything, the officer fell silent, and after a while he said: "Let's do something first!"

Mr. Xun, who had kept saying that he was here to see his sister Mingtang, was just a casual visitor to eat the morning meal. After eating the morning meal, it became a matter of course to see his sister Mingtang.

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Of course, no matter what, after a bowl of porridge, it’s time to get to work!

After the Double Ninth Festival, the weather became colder and colder.

However, the East Market is still lively, with pedestrians and vendors coming and going in an endless stream, and the sound of hawking is endless. The officer, who was wearing a cloth robe and in plain clothes and mixed in the crowd, quickly caught a man who was passing by quickly. Just before the man opened his mouth to yell, he skillfully reached out and took out four or five knives of different materials and colors from his sleeve pocket. Same wallet.

Faced with the sudden change in the man's face, the guard didn't waste any time, picked out his own one, grinned at him, and said, "What's the matter? You started making money early in the morning to prepare for the New Year?"

The man who was caught naked had a stern expression on his face, but he did not forget to beg for mercy: "Next time... I won't dare to do it again next time!"

Of course the officer would not believe this: this thief is so skillful, he must be a thief if he is not a habitual thief!

The incognito officer on the other side touched his nose and said, "I'm sure he's not the only one. There are a lot of people stealing money bags among the crowd. Let's look for it again!"

The voices of the few people speaking were not loud, and they were not noticeable at all in the noisy crowd. But if someone had been paying attention to these people since they entered Dongshi, they would have listened to every word they said.

A vendor with a pile of porcelain bowls on the street corner nearby said in a low voice to his partner collecting money: "Those are here to catch thieves, don't worry too much!"

The companion beside him nodded and turned his gaze to a group of people setting up stalls at the corner of the street not far away. This group of square-sized stalls were not only small, but also somewhat shabby.

Looking from a distance, on the banners and cloths set up at the stalls, there are either "experts" telling fortunes of all kinds, or poor scholars hanging a few calligraphy and paintings for sale.

The merchant did not look at the Taoist priests who were waiting for fortune telling, but instead focused on the scholars selling calligraphy and paintings. Although he was wearing a patched robe, among the deceitful Taoist priests, he seemed to be somewhat gentle.

The handsome scholar in the corner is even more eye-catching.

"That one is pretty good!" The companion saw the scholar at a glance and nodded. However, although he was nodding, his eyes looked at the scholar with some indescribable scrutiny, "You look like he has a new face, he's new here? "

The vendor who set up a stall selling porcelain bowls nodded while watching the people around him and whispered: "Newcomer! I just went to inquire about it. I heard that something happened at home and he came to Beijing to join his relatives. You I also know how many relatives in this world are willing to be good people? Naturally, they ignored him and kicked him out! He had no other choice, so he took the little money he had left and set up a stall here to sell calligraphy and paintings. !”

When the vendor heard this, he nodded and said, "That's not bad! Let's take a look again!"

Although he didn't say clearly what he was looking at, the vendor selling porcelain bowls obviously understood the meaning of his words and immediately said: "Don't worry, I won't save you!"

The companion said "Hmm", and looked away from the scholar, and then fell on the police officer who was in disguise among the crowd to catch the thief. After looking at it for a moment, he suddenly laughed: "I heard that the government is still there these days. They’re looking for the villain to capture the little lady!”

"Isn't that right?" The vendor selling porcelain bowls on the side answered, with a hint of ridicule and disdain in his tone, "I heard that the families of those young ladies have gone to the government to make trouble several times!"

"What a bunch of idiots!" the merchant sneered, his eyes falling on the scholar not far away, as if looking at some fat sheep, "Just in time to take advantage of the government's attention on this, look for more bait! "

Probably aware of this gaze, the scholar was excited and instinctively raised his head to look this way. He glanced here blankly. The scholar who didn't notice anything lowered his head again and continued to draw.

The two vendors' eyes turned elsewhere.

Naturally, the more bait, the better!

Not far away from the three-story teahouse, Lin Fei, who was looking over here with his clairvoyance, said, "The two vendors selling porcelain bowls on the street corner also looked at our bait."

Wei Fu, who was holding a pen at the desk behind him, immediately wrote it down on the paper.

Xunzhou, who was drawing with his pen, sneezed and rubbed his nose: It's really flattering to be remembered by so many people!

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The clock of Si hour rang, and the time for morning meal was over.

After leaving the chores of clearing the countertops to the handyman, Wen Mingtang and others walked to the corridor in the courtyard and sat down to rest.

"I don't know how long it will take Mr. Xun to help me catch those gangsters this time!" As soon as he sat down, Tangyuan couldn't help but sigh, "Now I have to follow my father when I go out in the morning and come back every night. Also, if I enter Dali Temple during the day, I will not be allowed to go out!"

This is the case for everyone in the city who has a young lady at home. Yesterday, the Double Ninth Festival was supposed to be a good day for the whole family to go out and have fun, but because of things like this, many young ladies were kept at home by their families. It was allowed. Those who travel are also watched closely by the people around them. The feeling of being shackled is quite uncomfortable.

The prosperous capital city at the feet of the emperor should not be like this.

Wen Mingtang stared, sighed, and said, "We should have caught those bad guys earlier!"

If the young ladies who have not been caught are so frightened and worried, how frightened should those young ladies who are caught be?

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In the darkroom.

Several young ladies, whose hands and feet were tied up, huddled together in panic.

One of the pairs was sisters, and they leaned closely against each other, as if leaning against each other and feeling the warmth coming from each other's bodies could dispel the panic in their hearts.

"Ah...Sister," the little lady wearing a pink skirt with her hair in a bun was caught. She was two years older than her and already had hairpins. She was an adult in her heart. Sister asked, "What on earth did they want to kidnap us?"

Before being caught, the most fearful thing that a girl in her prime years would encounter is simply running away to play and being discovered and scolded by her parents. How often has such a thing happened to her?

She didn't know why she was brought here in a daze when she happily came out to watch the lanterns with her family.

The young lady with haircut and green skirt is only two years older than her younger sister. Although she claims to be an adult with haircut, she is still only fifteen years old, and she is still half-understood when she questions her younger sister. , she only shook her head in panic, looked at the young ladies who were also kidnapped around her through the weak light of the candlestick on the wall, and murmured: "I...I don't know either!"