Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Outside the Red Clay Kiln

The weather was very good that day, Zhao Guan went to find a few young men who usually played with him, but they were not there, so he had to go for a walk by the Taihu Lake by himself.Tourists flocked to enjoy the peach blossoms by the lake. He wandered by the lake for a while, and suddenly smelled a strong aroma of wine. Walking along the scent, he saw a wine flag waving not far away. In front of the vat wine basket, the lid is being lifted, and the wine is scooped out with a spoon. Zhao Guan recognized her as Qiaojie, the daughter of the boss of Dukangfang in the city, and thought that the weather was fine, so the boss sent her out to set up a stall by the lake to sell wine.Zhao Guan stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said, "Sister Aqiao, the sun is so hot, it's hard work for you."

Qiaojie glared at him and said, "Little rascal, are you here to beg for wine again?"Zhao Guandao: Oh, I see you are sweating profusely, so I came here to express my condolences, why don't you know good people?Sister Qiao laughed and said, "Are you worthy of being called a good person?"Let me tell you, business is good today, I don't have time to chat with you.When I turned around, my father saw me, and he insisted on beating me up.Zhao Guandao: I will only stay for a while, I won't be seen by your father. While talking, a passer-by came up and asked for three catties of wine. Sister Qiao ordered the wine and took the copper coins.Zhao Guan saw that there was not much left in Qiaojie's basket of wine, and it was very difficult to bend down to scoop up the wine at the bottom of the basket, so he said, "Come on, let me help you."Move the nearly empty wine basket to the back, and carry the other full basket to the front under the flag of the wine, and slap the mud off the seal, and the wine smells tangy.Qiaojie was very grateful, thanked him, and whispered: "A Guan, you have a taste first, don't let others see it."Zhao Guan was overjoyed, he carried the wine crate to the back, scooped up the wine with both hands, and drank it, it was really delicious.He still wanted to drink more, but suddenly he heard someone say: "Miss, please do me a favor, why don't you give me some wine?"

Zhao Guan turned his head and saw a ragged little beggar, about eleven or twelve years old, holding a tile bowl in his hand, begging for wine from sister Qiao.Sister Qiao stared and scolded: I have never seen a beggar begging for wine, and he still wants to drink when his stomach is not full?No! The little beggar kept begging, but Miss Qiao just refused.Zhao Guan was embarrassed to drink again, and said, "Sister Qiao, I'll put those empty wine baskets in order for you.Sister Qiao smiled at him and said, "Thank you very much."Zhao Guan smiled back at her and said: Don't work too hard, you are such a beautiful girl, if you come out to do this hard work, your father won't love you too much.

Sister Qiao blushed, and at this time another customer came, and she was busy greeting and ordering drinks again.Zhao Guan turned his head and saw the little beggar was still standing there, staring at the wine basket, licking his lips, thinking: This little beggar really wants to drink.He waved to him and pointed to the wine basket behind him.The little beggar understood, walked around quietly, looked around, saw that there was still a lot of residual wine in the wine basket that Zhao Guan was pointing at, raised his head and drank it up, scooped up another bowl, smiled at Zhao Guan, turned around and left .

Zhao Guan was afraid that sister Qiao would find out that she was angry, so he lifted the empty wine basket, poured all the remaining wine into a new basket, and said: "Hey, there is still some wine left in this basket, don't waste it."Sister Qiao smiled and said: Ah Guan, how can I reward you for working so hard?Zhao Guan said with a smile: A bowl of wine, or a kiss.Sister Qiao stretched out her hand to hit him, and spat, "If you're not serious, you won't be rewarded!"Zhao Guan smiled and avoided.Seeing Zhao Guan's mischievous and happy expression, Qiaojie's heart softened, after all, she reached out to scoop up a bowl of wine and gave it to him to drink.

After Zhao Guan drank the wine, he was very happy, and came to lie down on the grass by the lake to bask in the sun.Just when he was drowsy, he suddenly heard someone say: Did you see it?The girl in the light blue dress.Another person said: I'm eyeing it, good stuff.Who will do it?The person in front said: You and Lao Ba, I will fight on the road while there are many people.If you get it, take it to the kiln.The boss said that the big ones might be difficult to deal with, and he would help them out. Zhao Guanliu paid attention, looked sideways, and saw two people walking by the bank, one of them was wearing earth-colored padded clothes, with two beards, he seemed to be the subordinate of Lu Laoliu, a human trafficker in Suzhou.Zhao Guan had opposed Lu Laoliu several years ago in order to save Han'er, but Lu Laoliu never knew that it was Zhao Guan who helped Han'er escape.At this time, Zhao Guan listened to the two people talking, and thought to himself: Two scoundrels, going out to abduct other people's girls in broad daylight, are really nothing.Jumped up, followed quietly, and came to the peach blossom path beside Taihu Lake.

The Peach Blossom Path is a gravel road, one side of the lake is full of peach blossoms of various colors, and the other side is row upon row of small vendors, some selling snacks and some selling local handicrafts.The spring breeze is sunny and warm this day, and there are crowds of tourists enjoying the flowers, which is very lively.Zhao Guan walked through the crowd for a while, and saw Lu Laoliu's men stopped in front of a tea shed.He wandered around and immediately noticed a couple and a little girl in the corner of the tea shed.The husband had a beard, and his face was handsome, with an air of elegance in his leisurely manner.His wife's skin is as smooth as snow, and she is gorgeous and beautiful.The girl was wearing light blue clothes and was only six or seven years old. Sitting beside her mother, she looked like a small mother.Zhao Guan thought to himself: They must be eyeing this little girl.This couple looks extraordinary, what is their background?

He swayed by the edge of the tea shed for a while, and was pushed away by a group of tourists.When I went to see it again, the couple and the girl had left the tea shed and disappeared.Seeing that Lu Laoliu's subordinates had also left, he walked towards the east of the lake.Not long after walking out, I heard a person calling loudly: Zhener, Zhener? Zhao Guan yelled in his heart that it was not good, he heard the sound and ran to look, and saw that the one who yelled was the father just now, looking anxiously, he looked around on the road, looking for his daughter.His wife followed behind, her voice choked up, and said: I just saw her over there as a kneader, why did she disappear when I turned around?The husband and wife kept asking passers-by and hawkers, but they all said they didn't see it.The couple discussed for a while, then ran towards the two ends of the trail separately, with amazing speed.Zhao Guan was greatly surprised and thought to himself: These two people are very good at lightness kung fu, Lu Laoliu grabbed their daughter, but they didn't find out, it's his skill.

He regretted that he didn't take good care of those two kidnappers. Now that the girl has been kidnapped, where should he go to find her?Suddenly remembered that the two men said that they would take people to the kiln, and thought in their hearts: Tuyao, what kind of kiln?Could it be the abandoned red clay kiln by the lake?It's also good to go and have a look.He ran quickly along the shore of the lake. After running for a while, Zhao Guan came to the outside of the red clay kiln. He probed to see that the kiln was empty, and thought: I found the wrong place.Hearing the footsteps suddenly, it seemed that a group of people were approaching, Zhao Guan hurriedly hid in the reeds beside the kiln, and saw four men walking towards the kiln quickly, one of them was holding a child in his arms, his hands and feet were all bruised It was tied up, it was the delicate and beautiful doll in the light blue dress.Zhao Guan was overjoyed and thought: The dog thief really brought people here.Looking from the grass, one of them was Lu Laoliu, and the subordinate in earth-colored cloth was also among them.Lu Laoliu said: "Lao Ba stays here and guards, Xiaobai and Gouzi go to the front to guard, if someone approaches, call Lao Ba and let Lao Ba take the girl away."The man came in a hurry, strangled the girl and threw her into the lake.I'll go back and check the situation.All the subordinates agreed and went to guard separately.

Zhao Guan thought to himself: I have to find a way to rescue the little girl, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat these three dogs, so I have to wait for a chance.After waiting for a while, the man who guarded the kiln leaned against the wall, smoking a hookah leisurely, the surroundings were silent, but there was no chance. Zhao Guan suddenly heard the sound of the grass behind him, turned around in surprise, and saw a young man with dirty clothes getting out of the grass, it was the little beggar who stole wine from Qiaojie.Zhao Guanzheng was surprised how he came here, but seeing the little beggar smiled, he said in a low voice: "The girl was imprisoned in the kiln by them, what are you going to do?"Zhao Guan was stunned, he felt that this little beggar could be trusted, and immediately said: I plan to find a chance to rescue her.The little beggar said with a smile: "Great, I was trying to save her too."That's it, I'll lure those people away, and you go to the kiln to save people.

Zhao nodded.The little beggar jumped out of the grass, babbling and singing, shaking the broken bowl in his hand, walked to the edge of the kiln, and said to the guard: "Master, would you like to reward me with some copper coins?"Seeing that he was dirty and sloppy, the man waved his hand and cursed: "Stinky beggar, get out of here!"The little beggar stepped forward, stretched out his tile bowl, and said, "Master, please do me a favor!"Give me a bite of food, and God bless you with a long life, longer than Nanshan, and die without any disease, not a good death.When the guard heard the last two sentences, he stretched out his hand and beat him, cursing, "Why die without a disease, why not die a good death?" The little beggar dodged and shouted, "You don't have to beat people if you don't give money."You are a wicked person, God will punish you, let you be struck to death by lightning, bitten to death by vicious dogs, stinged to death by bees, drowned in floods, crushed to death by roof beams, died of strange diseases, and hacked to death by a big knife Hearing this string of curses, the non-good people became angry, grabbed a stick, and beat them when they caught up.The little beggar ran wildly along the shore of the lake, yelling incessantly: Burn to death, fall to death from a cliff, be hacked to death by robbers, bite to death by poisonous snakes, die of starvation and thirst, die unjustly in prison, be beaten to death with random sticks, die without any disease, die a terrible death!The man scolded: You bastard, I want you to die! The other two guards heard it and came to visit. The little beggar laughed and cursed again: "Three bastards, they look like human beings, they have done all kinds of bad things, they are worse than bullshit!"The two of them also got annoyed, and cursed: "Where did you come from, you don't have to teach him a lesson!"The little beggar shouted: "Ah, three dogs, dare to come and bite your master!"He fled quickly with his head in his arms, and the three cursed and caught up from behind, and went far away.