Chapter 149: Trapping and Killing
"My lady, I heard that they have a specialty here called hot jelly, which is served with crushed peanuts and is extremely delicious."
Su Qingqing was enjoying the cool under a sweet-scented osmanthus tree. Jixiang squatted on one side, staring at Su Qingqing intently. In his bright eyes, a few big words were clearly written: I want to eat!
Su Qingqing couldn't help laughing, "Just ask someone to buy it back. It's a mess outside now."
Jixiang shook his head. "I am not at ease with what they bought. I heard that there is a shop near Zhaojia Bridge that specializes in selling hot jelly and pot-fried jelly. I want to go and buy some pot-fried jelly. I heard that the pot-fried jelly is crispy and filled with fine jelly. The jelly is mixed with chili oil. When you bite it, it is the real deal. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It is spicy and refreshing. It is so delicious. I have been thinking about it for several days. Let me go. I am so good at kung fu. Who can do anything to me? I can't hold back my saliva."
Su Qingqing was so annoyed by Jixiang that she could only rub her temples and wave her hands, "Go away, go away. I'm so annoyed with you."
Jixiang stuck out his tongue, jumped up, and walked out, jumping and laughing as he walked, "I brought some back for the Majesty."
Su Qingqing ignored her and lowered her head to read a book in her hand. From the corner of her eye, she saw a purple-clothed maid under the eaves go out right after Jixiang left.
Su Qingqing retracted her gaze, sneered and continued reading the book in her hand.
A local chronicle containing miscellaneous talks on local customs and folkways, very interesting.
Because the government office's granary was looted by bandits, and even the county magistrate's wife was poisoned, and now the murderer is nowhere to be found, the madam of Qiuxiangyuan was arrested, and Qiuxiangyuan was closed down. The wives and daughters of several wealthy families in the county were also imprisoned, and the whole county was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic.
People were still coming and going on the streets, but all they talked about was food or the murderer.
Jixiang walked out of the yamen gate and skipped towards Zhaojiaqiao.
Zhaojiaqiao is located in a very remote area, and all the people living there are poor people from the county. The people are poor and the living environment is also mixed.
When they were almost at Zhaojia Bridge, Jixiang suddenly realized that someone was following her. She looked back several times and spotted a man in gray linen clothes in the crowd.
He was of medium build and had an ordinary face, but his eyes were as bright as an eagle's. The moment Jixiang looked back, the man's gaze met Jixiang's. There was a ferocity in his eyes, as if he was pouncing on his prey. Jixiang was stunned and turned around in panic. She didn't even have time to buy the hot jelly and pot-cake jelly, so she ran away.
The person who was following noticed Jixiang's reaction and immediately chased after him.
It was originally tracking, but now it has turned into open pursuit.
Jixiang panicked and ran into the residential area near Zhaojiaqiao.
Most of the people living here work as laborers in the county town. The houses are dilapidated, the streets are messy, and the dirt reveals their despair in life, as if the hardships of life have left people without even the energy to clean the space in front of their doors.
In the intricate alleys, Jixiang was running frantically, trying to shake off the follower behind her. However, the follower was like a hunter chasing prey, always keeping a certain distance from Jixiang without rushing forward, neither rushing forward immediately nor letting herself be thrown off, as if he was just teasing her.
Jixiang turned into a narrow alley in panic.
There was a broken basket in the narrow alley. Jixiang didn't have time to think too much. He ran over, squatted down, and put the basket on himself.
The footsteps were approaching quickly.
Jixiang squatted in the basket, not daring to breathe, but his heart was beating violently and rapidly.
Through the gap in the big basket, she saw the man standing at the entrance of the alley. He seemed not to notice her and seemed to be hesitating whether to walk into the alley.
"Yang Liu'er is alive, spinning a top.
The willows are green, and the bells are ringing.
Yang Liu'er died, playing shuttlecock.
The poplar and willow trees are sprouting, and they are budding."
Just when Jixiang thought that this man would pause for a while and leave, he suddenly sang in a low and deep voice a nursery rhyme sung by little kids in the streets.
His voice was very special, low and hoarse with a strange piercing sound that made people's heartbeats disordered and their breathing difficult.
Jixiang looked at him through the gap, and suddenly, his eyes widened.
The foot that had paused there suddenly strode towards her as the nursery rhyme finished, holding a dagger in his lowered hand.
Before Jixiang could catch his breath, the other person had already arrived in front of Jixiang, laughed grimly, and kicked the big basket that held Jixiang.
Just when he failed to kick the big basket away and was about to kick it again, a sharp arrow shot through the air from behind him and pierced his vest with a whoosh.
At the moment when the sharp sword was about to shoot, Jixiang, who was hiding in the big basket, jumped up, and taking advantage of the moment when he was stunned, threw out a handful of lime in his hand.
The man thought something was wrong and closed his eyes immediately without paying attention to the arrow feathers piercing his body. However, he was still a step too late.
Because Jixiang kicked him in the knee right after spreading the lime, he staggered backwards instinctively and just wanted to stand firm, but closing his eyes was a moment too late.
In just that one instant, his eyes were burned by the lime.
“Ah~”
A painful scream broke out of the man's throat, Minghe jumped out from the darkness and slapped the back of the man's neck.
The man fainted.
Minghe shook out a sack in his hand and dragged the man into the sack without caring about his life or death. Because the man was shot in the back, the sack had an extremely strange shape after it was tied, like a spinning top.
After tidying up, Minghe looked at Jixiang and said, "Um, are you going to get busy?"
Jixiang was confused, "Huh?"
Minghe said expressionlessly, "I'll wait for you."
Jixiang: Huh?
She stared at Minghe for a moment, not realizing what he meant.
After all, Jixiang had hardly ever heard Minghe speak. The two people in front of Rongque were Minglu and Minghe. Minglu was smart and talkative, but Minghe... Jixiang once thought that Minghe was a mute.
Minghe felt uneasy when Jixiang looked at him. He had a wooden face and no expression. "If you want to buy it, go quickly. The Guokui Liangfen at Zhaojiaqiao is limited in quantity per day. If you go too late, it will be gone."
auspicious:?
Minghe:……
"Bring one for me, too."
auspicious:!
What made a mute speak on his own initiative was not the trap just now, but the pot-fried jelly after the trap?
If you want to eat jelly, just tell me directly. You are a grown man, and you are quite arrogant.
The person in the sack: …
I'm awake, okay?
Can you please respect the victim?
You tied me up and put me in a sack, and the next thing you know you're discussing buying pot-fried jelly. Is that really okay?
Half an hour later.
When Jixiang returned to the county government office with the hot jelly and pot-fried jelly, Su Qingqing had already returned to the house. Jixiang ran all the way, "My queen, I bought a lot of delicious food. Minghe packed a sack for me!"
Jixiang ran all the way into the house. When he passed by a maid in purple, his foot suddenly twisted and he fell towards the maid in purple.
As the maid screamed, Jixiang knocked her to the ground and smashed her down with his whole body.
In order to ensure that the food in his hands did not fall to the ground, Jixiang poked the maid's chest several times with his elbows, and she began to struggle.
The purple-clothed maid was poked in the chest by Jixiang's elbow, and her face turned green due to the pain.
