Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: The Prankster

When Lu Laoliu saw that Lang Hua was leaving, he hissed.Wu Gang asked: What are those people doing, so arrogant?Lu Laoliu hurriedly said: Brother Wu, don't talk nonsense.That's a member of the Jiangnan gang, so you can't mess with it!Everyone in his gang is strong in martial arts, so we were lucky not to kill us all just now.Wu Gang scolded: Damn, how can you be so arrogant?I am not afraid of him. Lu Laoliu didn't want to cause more trouble, so he shouted to his subordinates: What are you doing here, go search!The more than 20 men he brought dispersed and searched around on the boat on the shore, You Jun and Wu Gang also searched everywhere.They searched for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of water, and one of them shouted: "Look!That boatman was a little weird.But I saw a small boat in the middle of the river, drifting downstream.Lu Laoliu and his men ran to check together, and Wu Gang also followed.But You Jun became suspicious, stayed on the bank and looked carefully into the river.

At that time, Zhao Guan saw Jiangnan gang and Lu Laoliu's gang meeting each other, and he only hoped that the two sides would fight, so that he and Han'er could take advantage of the chaos and escape.Unexpectedly, Lang Hua left just then, Lu Laoliu and others searched everywhere, and the situation was extremely dangerous.He turned his head and saw the big boat of the Qing Gang, and he had an idea, thinking: I can only take risks!Immediately, he quietly moved the boat closer to a grain ship, and whispered to Han'er, "Let's hide on the big ship."Seeing that the small boat had sailed under the shadow of the big boat, he took out his knife, cut the rope of a nearby boat, stretched out his hand and pushed the boat down with the waves.When Lu Laoliu and others ran to chase the small boat, Zhao Guan quickly picked up Han'er, let her reach out to hold the side of the big boat, and lifted her hard, letting her climb onto the big boat.Han'er rolled down on the deck, and was getting up to go to the side of the boat to meet Zhao Guan, when someone shouted: "Thief boy, you are hiding here!"Why don't you get out of here?

It was You Jun who spoke.He stayed on the shore, and vaguely saw a figure moving on a small boat, so he rushed to the shore and jumped into a boat.He didn't know how to paddle a boat, and he didn't want to fall into the water like Wu Gang's mistake, so he started light work, only stepped on the tied boat, ran steadily past five or six boats, and came to Zhao Guan's boat.But seeing him alone in the boat, You Jun reached out and grabbed Zhao Guan's collar, and shouted: "Where is the little girl?" Zhao Guan had nowhere to hide, he was caught by him right away, he cursed in his heart: this bald bastard is smart, he didn't chase the boat with them.He said in his mouth: What little girl?You Jun slapped him with a wave of his hand, and said angrily: "You bastard, are you still pretending to be stupid with me?"Zhao Guan was beaten to the point of staring in front of his eyes, and scolded: "Damn thief, rotten bastard, who only bullies children, what's the point?"

You Jun remembered that in the narrow alley just now, his crotch was hit by the wooden plank stepped on by the thief, he still felt pain, he couldn't help feeling angry, he raised his leg, and kicked Zhao Guan's lower abdomen.Zhao Guan yelled out in pain, but still kept cursing.You Jun said: If you refuse to tell, I will beat you to death.Zhao Guan scolded: "You thief and bird, straight mother thief, I'll fuck your eighteen generations of ancestors!"You Jun was furious, punched and kicked him, and beat him severely.Unexpectedly, although this boy is young, his temper is extremely tough, under his severe beating, he still scolded non-stop, but he refused to tell Han'er's whereabouts.

You Jun beat him for a while, but nothing happened. Could it be that he was killed like this?Immediately, he kicked him again and threatened: If you don't say anything, I will cut off your ears and chop off your fingers.Are you going to tell me? Zhao Guan stretched out his hand to wipe away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and suddenly he laughed.You Jun couldn't help being stunned, the boy could still laugh in this situation, and scolded: "Little bastard, what are you laughing at?" Zhao Guan thought that Han'er was on the big boat beside him, the distance was very close, as long as she poked her head out, she would be seen by You Jun, and thought: You have to trick him to go far away, so that Han'er is safe.Said: I laugh at you stupid.If I tell you where the little girl is, you must go to find her, right?You Jun said: Nonsense!Why don't you say it soon?Zhao Guandao: I'm afraid you won't be able to find it.The little girl just now knew that she could not escape your clutches, she cried for a while, and then threw herself into the river.If you want to find her, just jump into the river and search slowly.

You Jun was dubious, and said: How could she jump into the river when she is so good?Zhao Guandao: How do I know?I probably knew that you were going to sell her to a brothel and refused to be a girl, so you committed suicide.You Jun tightened his hand, pulled him by the collar and lifted him up, saying: You kid is not telling the truth.Who are you, little bastard?Why did you run away with the baby girl? Zhao Guan thought that Lu Laoliu and his men would rush back soon after they found that there was no one on the drifting boat. The Yankee didn't know him, but the others were all locals. He knew him, so his thoughts changed sharply, and he said : To tell you the truth, I am a boy from Nongyuelou, and I am called Maverick.Grandma Sun gave me three taels of silver and asked me to take the little girl and escape to Nongyue Tower.You see, isn't that Wuzi the back door of Nongyue Building?I supported the boat and just came out of there, who would have thought that I would be caught by you.

You Jun originally suspected that he was sent by Nanny Sun, but when he heard what he said, he immediately believed it and said: "Boy, tell me the truth, has the little girl been sent to Nongyue Tower?"Mrs. Sun told you to lie, tricked my little girl into jumping into the river and killed herself, didn't she?Zhao Guan pretended to be surprised, followed him and said: Hey, how do you know?It's really predictable.Now that you guessed it, I won't lie to you.If you want to find a little girl, go to Nongyue Tower to find Nanny Sun, don't say I told you, otherwise I won't be able to get the three taels of silver.

You Jun let out a hey, looked up at the shore, and was about to call out to Lu Lao Liu and others, but Zhao Guan said: "Wait a minute!"Nanny Sun is very shrewd, she has already hidden the little girl where you can't find her.All of you go to Nongyuelou to question her, if she refuses to admit it, there is nothing you can do about it. You Jun asked: Where did she hide the baby girl?Zhao Guandao: This place is very secret, even Lu Lao Liu doesn't know about it.If you give me three taels of silver, I will take you there.Hearing that he asked for money, You Jun thought that this kind of neighborhood boy would do things as long as he had money, so he said: No problem, I will give you three taels of silver.

Zhao Guan pretended to be happy, and said: You must mean what you say.But don't call other people, I will only take you there alone, if you call everyone else, I won't take you there.You Jun said: "Why is this?"Zhao Guandao: With a large group of people, Nanny Sun will definitely know that it was me who leaked the secret.If you are the only one with you, if you are strong in martial arts, you can snatch the girl out by yourself, and take someone to question Grandma Sun, she will not be able to renege on her debt. You Jun was hesitating, but he heard Zhao Guan say to himself: What's so good about this girl, she is worth 1500 taels of silver?With so much silver, if you spend it in the Qingfeng Pavilion, it will be enough for you to enjoy yourself for a month.But if you two share the use, you can only play for half a month, and half a month is only fifteen nights, how can that be enough?

You Jun couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this.He originally had a lot of thoughts, and it was his idea to escape from the capital at the beginning, so he helped Wu Gang to build up his courage, and then relied on Wu Gang's help to successfully bring Han'er all the way to Suzhou.His friendship with Wu Gang was only superficial at first, they helped each other in times of trouble when they fled, but now things are about to happen, the so-called can share adversity but not happiness, he already started to dislike Wu Gang, and wanted to leave him behind.Hearing what Zhao Guan said at this time, I became even more disgusted, and thought to myself: I can lie to the surname Wu that the little girl is dead, and secretly explain to Brother Lu, let him sell the little girl as before, and the money will be divided. How could he not be willing to give him 20%?But how could Wu Gang be so easy to deceive?

Zhao Guanwang saw his expression, guessed what he was thinking, and said, "Keep quiet, and I will take you to find Nvwaer right away, no one will know."At that time, you will tell the surname Wu that the girl threw herself into the river, and many people by the river saw it.Lu Lao Liu is your sworn brother, so he will help you lie.If you ask Lu Laoliu to come forward and sell the girl to a famous courtyard by the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, the price will only be higher than that offered by Nongyuelou.After you took the money, you parted ways with that Wu.After a while, wouldn't it be perfect to come back and squander in this smoke and water trick?Even if the surname Wu later finds you back in Yanshui Lane, and asks you where the money came from, you will say that you won it in a casino, and then give a few taels of silver to a few local people to help you as a witness, it will be completely clean , leaving no trace. Listening to his thoughtful thinking, You Jun couldn't help but be moved by what he said.At this time, Lu Laoliu and Wu Gang from the shore had already returned, so he didn't call out, but said in a low voice: "Boy, I'll listen to you."Take me to find the girl quickly, don't play tricks. Zhao Guandao: You are willing to give me three taels of silver, of course I don't play tricks.He said again: I'm going to punting, why don't you let me go?You Jun let go of his collar and said, "Hurry up!" Zhao Guan picked up the pole, propped the boat to the other side, and turned into a narrow water alley.On both sides of the water alley are low houses with white walls and black tiles. They are neat and simple, and they are the famous Suzhou dwellings all over the world.Every house has a water gate facing the river lane, and there are small boats parked in twos and threes beside the water gate.Zhao Guan held the boat for a while, turning left and right, all circling in the water alley, You Jun lost his direction after a while.Suspicious in his heart, he asked: Haven't you arrived yet? Zhao Guandao: It's almost here.Hey, show me, there is a small temple at the end of that alley over there?You Jun probed to look, and saw some red lights in the distance, and said: It seems to be so. Zhao Guandao: Have you read carefully?Are you right?You Jun opened his eyes and looked, and said: There is a big incense burner in front of the door, yes, it is indeed a temple.Noticing that Zhouzi would not advance, he asked, "Is it here?"Turning around, he realized that he was the only one left in the boat, and the boy had disappeared. You Jun was furious, stood up and looked around, but saw that the water alley was pitch black, and the houses on both sides were silent, where was the boy?He wanted to reach for the pole, but he saw that the pole was floating several feet away, and the boy deliberately threw it into the water.You Jun was helpless, anxious and angry, he could only stand in the boat and stomp his feet, secretly scolding the little boy for being extremely treacherous, obviously he was just a child of eight or nine years old with no power to restrain himself, but he had the ability to play with himself palm.He was helpless and could only stand in the boat and stomp his feet.