my husband sees you

Lu Xingliu bowed his head and kissed his eyes.He turned unconsciously, his back to him.Lu Xingliu leaned over and touched the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand.

His eyelids were heavy and unable to open, and he called out "Zhao Ming" in a daze.

Lu Xingliu's hand touching his forehead froze there.

……

Early in the morning, Lu Xingliu went to the herbal medicine store and boiled the medicine when he came back.When he returned to the house, Gu Xi was still in a heavy sleep.He turned the medicine bowl upside down, left an envelope, and left quietly without saying goodbye to anyone.

Lu Xingliu was very upset and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he finally endured it and decided to go back to Zhonghan first.

He didn't look at the almanac when he went out that day.On his way out of Changyang County, passing Xunshan, he was besieged by more than a dozen bandits.It was not the first time that Lu Xingliu had encountered bandits on the business road, this time was different, he didn't bring a servant with him.He miscalculated.

Those bandits didn't seem to come here just for money, but more like they came here purposefully for him.

They tied him into the cottage, locked him in a room, and confiscated hundreds of taels of silver notes and several valuable small items on him.

The leader pushed open the door and entered.The man was tall and burly, with a fleshy face and a terrifying old scar on his right cheek.

He carried a big knife and said with a smirk: "Young Master Lu, right? I'm really sorry that I brought you here. The little ones also use other people's money to eliminate disasters for other people's livelihood. I hope you don't blame me. Wait for you If you go to hell, don't come to us for revenge."

Lu Xingliu has been shackled by bandits.He raised his eyes and asked calmly: "Did my second mother send you to kill me?"

"Young Master Lu is really smart, and you guys won't hide it from you. Madam Lu paid us 3 taels to invite us, and she wants to take your life." The bandit said, "You are wronged to stay here for a few days. You, just eat and sleep well, and wait a few days for the silver bill to be delivered to us, and you can go on the road."

He laughed presumptuously after speaking, took a few young people out, and then asked someone to lock the door.

"Show me Yan Shi, if you let me let him go, be careful of your skin!"

Lu Xingliu had known for a long time that his second mother used to play some hypocritical tricks.She can make her father let go of his original wife, and quickly climb from a concubine to the position of the mistress of the Lu family within a few years. She must have a deep plan, and this person is by no means simple.Lu Xingliu's second younger brother aims at court, not at home.He became the thorn in Er Niang's side.Usually, in order to pave the way for her son, she would play tricks on him, and he would just turn a blind eye and close his eyes, but this time she actually wanted to buy a murderer in Yinzhou, her heart was so vicious.

He thought about it, and finally realized it.Before he came out, his father said that he planned to hand over all the family business to him after he married the daughter of Li Shilang's family.Erniang must have been unable to sit still this time, so she planned to get rid of him on his way back to Zhonghan.

Lu Xingliu chuckled when he thought of this, and got up to look at the room he was in. The floor was covered with dust and dry grass, and there were a few abandoned wooden barrels.Everywhere is closed, only a flash of broken windows.There are mountains outside the window, and there is no end in sight.There are a few young men guarding the door, and their voices of drinking and talking can be heard.

If the banknotes are not in hand, these bandits are afraid that his second mother will not admit it, borrow a knife to kill people and then report to the officials, so that they will end up with nothing, and they will definitely not do anything to him. 3 taels is not a small amount, Lu Xingliu just wanted to see how her stepmother, who has no family background and only relies on favor, can come up with this 3 taels.

Lu Xingliu thought that since this was the case, he slept all day.

He was kicked awake at night, and a thin bandit gave him two steamed buns.He didn't look very old, only teens.For the next two days, this bandit gave Lu Xingliu meals.Lu Xingliu guessed that this should be the bandit who was responsible for delivering his meals.

Lu Xingliu tried to talk to the little bandit, but every time he either pretended to be deaf or dumb, or told Lu Xingliu to calm down and not play tricks.It's almost too difficult.

When Lu Xingliu had nothing to do, he was thinking about what method he should use to spread the news that he was trapped in Xunshan Mountain.

That evening Lu Xingliu was in the house and heard a few bandits arguing outside.At first, someone said that the letter from Zhonghan said that Lu Xingliu had to be killed before he would pay the money.Their heads were afraid of being tricked by the rich lady for a while, and they dared not do it for a while, but they were reluctant to part with this big business, so they asked the lady to send someone to send a deposit of 3000 taels, and they wanted the deposit to be delivered. Signed, then willing to do it.The other side also agreed.Later, they started arguing over how to divide the spoils of the 3000 taels that were about to be obtained, and the quarrel was quite lively.

The bandit who came in to bring him food was probably because of his junior qualifications. Not only did he not get more money, but he was also scolded by ridicule. When he came in, his face was wounded, and his face was full of resentment.

He dropped the bowl and chopsticks and was about to go out, but was stopped by Lu Xingliu.Lu Xingliu said: "Little brother, would you like to do a business with me?"

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Gu Xi came back from the yamen in a daze, and happened to see Sun Yu talking with a child at the door of his house.The child held the candied haws in one hand, handed the letter to her with the other, and ran away bouncing around.

Seeing him coming, Sun Yu handed him the letter: "Your name is written on the envelope."

Gu Xi opened the envelope and found a few pieces of rough straw paper inside, and the words were written in black charcoal.Gu Xi read one by one, and found that it was a very strange doggerel: "My friend sees that the letter is good, and things are very wonderful recently. The loser has little literary talent, and only sees soldiers and horses laughing. Parents and mothers have a thousand taels of money, and they are all in vain. .At night, take the east wind and send me to the Broken Bridge."

Sun Yu watched from the side, and asked curiously, "Who sent this? Why can't I understand it at all."

"It's a letter from Lu Xingliu." Gu Xi looked solemn, "This letter means that he was kidnapped by bandits, and now he wants us to send 1000 taels of silver to Anqiao before dark, and then find a way to rescue him. "

Sun Yu was taken aback: "There is no mention of a single word here, how did you see that?"

"You see, this letter is straw paper, and the words are also written with black charcoal, which means that there is no pen and ink in the place where he is now. He must have found a way to ask someone to send this letter, and he was afraid of being intercepted, so he wrote it. A doggerel is a deception."

"Look at this letter again. 'My friend sees you' is the first sentence of the distress letter I wrote to him when I was kidnapped once. See Rong Ma Xiao', take 'Rong'. 'Bei' plus 'Rong' is 'thief'. Anqiao is known as "Changyang Broken Bridge". The meaning of the last two sentences is to let us go east and get money Go to Anqiao and save him."

"In his reply, he mentioned that Changyang County must pass through the Xunshan area, and he specifically mentioned Anqiao in his letter, which shows that he is near that area. Two days ago, he heard that there were bandits there, stealing money from the people passing by. I didn't expect them to even dare to kidnap Lu Xingliu."

"I have a question, why didn't Mr. Lu just ask us to send a ransom to save him, but wrote a doggerel implying that we should save him?" Sun Yu asked.

"This shows that the bandits kidnapped him not just for money, but his life is probably in danger now. The 1000 taels of silver should belong to the person he bribed."

"But where do we get 1000 taels of silver?"

"I have." Gu Xi said.

Ayu looked up at him in surprise.

Gu Xi was silent for a while, and said: "When he left, he left me an envelope, and there was 4000 taels of silver notes inside."

"Ayu, the most urgent thing is that you go to the yamen as soon as possible, show this letter to Zhao Ming, and ask him to quickly dispatch people to the Anqiao area of ​​Xunshan Mountain to check it. I will go there and pay the money first."

Sun Yu nodded and said yes, told him to be careful in everything, and parted ways with him.

Gu Xi rushed to Anqiao before sunset, hid the silver ticket among the moss in the bridge hole, and then hid secretly in this area to wait.

When it was Haishi, he saw a person sneaking up to Anqiao, groped for a while, found the banknote and put it in his pocket.

Gu Xi quietly followed him all the way, walked along the river for a while, and followed him up the mountain.

Gu Xi followed the road for a long time, and finally saw an orange lantern at the gate of a village in the mountains.The bandit looked around and walked in through the door.Gu Xi followed him, wanting to find out the way, before he reached the gate of the village, but because of his carelessness, he was discovered by bandits returning to the village from behind.

Gu Xi ran away, but unfortunately the injured foot hadn't fully recovered, so he didn't run fast.The two bandits called a large group of people, and quickly captured him.

Gu Xi's hands were tied, and he was escorted and thrown into a room.There is also a Lu Xingliu in that room.

Lu Xingliu was surprised to see Gu Xi with injuries on his face.

The bandit scolded: "Little bastard dares to play tricks on your bandit grandpa. Do you think that if you don't admit it, we won't know? The yamen came to play and follow, right? Grandpa, I can't beat you to death."

The bandit came over cursingly and kicked Gu Xi's heart.Lu Xingliu clenched his fists and was about to get up to beat him, but was stopped by Gu Xishi's wink.

The bandit kicked hard again to relieve his anger, and said, "Be patient with me." After saying that, he slammed the door and went out, locking it neatly.

Lu Xingliu hurried over to see him: "How's it going? Are you hurt?"

Gu Xi leaned against the hard brick wall and shook his head indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just a skin injury."

Lu Xingliu looked at the bruises at the corner of his mouth, and couldn't bear to ask, "You came here alone?"

Gu Xi said: "I came here with a bandit. Don't worry, I have already asked Ayu to notify the Yamen, but there may be some delays over there, and I haven't come yet