Qing Fu Jin

Chapter 145: Hide and Seek

The person who discovered Xu Zhao was an ordinary citizen, a handicraft craftsman in his early 30s, whose surname was Chang, who set up a stall on the street all the year round to sell bamboo strips daily necessities.

Although he had no experience of the mobilization of the Eight Banners barracks last night, he had already been interrogated by three groups of officers and soldiers in just one day today, and each group would point him to Xu Zhao's picture.

The business was not completed, but Xu Zhao's image was already deeply imprinted in his mind.

The discovery of Xu Zhao's trace was also very accidental.

It was almost noon, seeing that the business was bleak, Master Chang planned to close the stall and go home early, packing all the goods in two boxes.He often does business in this area, and he is very familiar with the streets and alleys of this area, carrying a load of goods, walking through the intricate alleys like a chessboard.

These small alleys are short and narrow, so you have to be very careful when walking. If you are carrying any large objects on your body, it is always easy to collide with people.

Master Chang bumped into Xu Zhao at the corner of an alley.

Xu Zhao knew that his whereabouts were being searched everywhere outside, so of course he would not blatantly flaunt it.He originally used his hair cut into a beard to stick to his lips, and he wore a bamboo hat on his head.

But when it collided with Master Chang, the bamboo hat fell to the ground.

If it was just like this, Master Chang might not have recognized it. He saw that his load had bumped into someone, and even knocked down a large bag of steamed buns that the other party had just bought. He was very sorry, not only stopped to apologize, but also helped the other party pick up the steamed buns .

Xu Zhao didn't want to stay outside for too long, so he hurriedly picked up the steamed buns, and after perfunctory Master Chang, he put on his bamboo hat and left in a hurry.

However, Master Chang found that his face was very familiar in a short moment of close contact. He has two beards.

Thinking about Mr. Storyteller talking about some strange people in the Jianghu, and also heard about some disguise techniques, the more Master Chang thought about it, the more he felt that this person was Xu Zhao. Anyway, the officers and soldiers said that anyone who takes the initiative to report, as long as the information is true , There will be rewards of real gold and silver.Master Chang reported that he would rather kill by mistake than let it go, and ran to report the news to the nearest patrol team.

It happened that Bo Zhe and Ma Wu also got the news.

The two came to Master Chang together with the officers and soldiers who reported the letter, and saw that he was just an ordinary citizen.

Bo Zhe asked, "Are you the one who reported it? Are you sure that person is Xu Zhao?"

There are not many things in the capital, but there are many high-ranking officials. Although Master Chang is just a commoner, he is well-informed and will not be like outsiders who see a dog-legged government servant and think he is a heavenly king.

Seeing that although Bo Zhe and Ma Wu were in casual clothes, they were both riding tall horses with extraordinary auras. They must be some princes and nobles. The place looks like the Xu Zhao pictured on the graph."

Bo Zhe and Ma Wu looked at each other.

"Where did you see the man, where did he go?"

Master Chang pointed to the alley behind him: "In this alley, when the villain ran into him, he bought a lot of steamed buns. This alley is a T-shaped alley, and at the end is a horizontal alley, all of which are shops. The back door. The villain often walks in this area and is very familiar with it."

Both Bo Zhe and Ma Wu nodded, would rather believe it or not, they immediately asked Master Chang to lead the way, and rushed to the alley.

As Master Chang described, through this T-shaped alley, there is a side alley at the end, all of which are the back doors of shops.

While Bo Zhe and Ma Wu sent people to the front street to surround all the shops on this street, they knocked on doors and searched every house.

The first one is a pawn shop, the second one is a candle paper horse shop, and the third one is a cooper's shop. After searching in sequence, there are no shops in this whole street that are in the business of food and clothing. Sell ​​groceries.

As expected, Master Chang was very familiar with these shops, and even knew the shopkeepers of several of them. After searching all the way, there was nothing abnormal at all.

Until the last shop was found, it was a shroud shop, but the door was closed and there was no one there.

According to the shopkeeper of the shop next door, the shopkeeper of this shroud shop is surnamed Li. He lives with his wife and son. There are three members of his family. The whole family went out of Beijing together the morning before yesterday. They all went to celebrate their birthdays, and they greeted the neighbors when they left. It took about five or six days to come back, so there is no one in the store now.

But Bo Zhe and Ma Wu didn't let the shroud store go. Since the store was closed, they climbed over the wall from the backyard, opened the back door and searched the house.

Bo Zhe and Ma Wu stood in the backyard, watching the officers and soldiers search from house to house with a sullen face.

The structure of the entire courtyard is not complicated. Except for the shops in the front, the most common Beijing courtyard is at the back. There are upper rooms, wing rooms, and side rooms in a circle. At a glance, every room is within sight.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were like wolves and tigers, Master Chang also knew the owner of the store, shopkeeper Li. He was afraid that the store would suffer some losses because of his false reports and the rudeness of the officers and soldiers, so he couldn't help but said to Bo Zhe, "Lord Baylor!" , the shopkeeper of this store recognizes that the whole family is honest and responsible, and they have indeed gone out, so they shouldn't have anything to do with fugitives..."

Before he finished speaking, a soldier rushed out of the room and shouted, "Report to Lord Belle, I found something!"

Master Chang immediately opened his mouth as if he had swallowed a peach pit.

Bo Zhe rushed into the house and saw the back room of one of the suites. The bedding on the bed was turned up, and when he touched it with his hand, it was still warm.

At this time, another soldier came to report that there were unwashed dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, and there were obvious traces of firewood that had just been burned in the stove.

Bo Zhe frowned: "The owner's family is out of the house, and there are still people active in this house. Obviously there are ghosts."

Ma Wu punched his fist and said: "It's a pity that Xu Zhao is cunning, so he escaped."

Bo Zhe gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and said, "He can't run very far, so he will immediately search this shop with a net; in addition, he will ask someone to check the details of the shop owner to see if he has anything to do with Xu Zhao. What connection."

"Yes." Naturally, someone will handle these matters.

Bo Zhe and Ma Wu looked at each other with solemn expressions.

From the traces in the house, it can be deduced that Master Chang's report is correct, and it is very likely that Xu Zhao took Ling Bo and hid here, but their actions were not careful enough, and Xu Zhao was too cunning, so he moved away first.

Bozhe pinched the cloth strip he picked up from the ground, imagining that it was once tied to Ling Bo's body, strangling her delicate skin, and the anger in his heart surged up layer by layer.

General Ma put his hand on his shoulder, squeezed it tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Xu Zhao's hasty transfer will definitely reveal his feet, let's search carefully, as long as there is a little bit of clues, we will be able to follow the clues, Get him out!"

Bo Zhe didn't speak, but nodded heavily.

……

Just as they guessed, Xu Zhao did move before they blocked the street.

The collision between him and Master Chang in the alley seems to be a very common thing, but when Master Chang helped him pick up steamed buns, he once showed doubts.Xu Zhao, who is naturally alert, is in such a dangerous environment, and his nerves are tense every moment. Master Chang's little change of expression aroused his vigilance.

With the idea of ​​sailing ten thousand years carefully, as soon as he returned to the shroud shop, he quickly moved with Ling Bo.

In fact, they passed by Bozhe Mawu, and even Xu Zhao himself broke into a cold sweat because of it.

So, in such a short period of time, and it was broad daylight, where could he transfer Ling Bo?

This point was quickly answered after Bozhe and Ma Wu led people out of the yard.

Although the backyard of this shroud shop appears to be the most common courtyard style in Beijing, it has a little secret that is unknown.

Under the cupboard in the kitchen, there is a cellar of less than ten square meters.The shopkeeper Li, the owner of this shroud store, is an immigrant. He often uses cellars to store food and wine in his hometown. Houses in Beijing rarely have cellars. Just bought it at a glance.

It's just that living in Kyoto is different from the life in my hometown before. The city is not the countryside. It is very convenient to buy daily necessities, and there is no need to store them in large quantities. The cellar is not very useful.Later, shopkeeper Li's wife felt that the kitchen layout was not very good, so she changed the position of the furniture. Anyway, the cellar was not going to be used, so she simply put the cupboard above the cellar entrance, blocking the entrance.

After Xu Zhao sneaked into the capital, he has been planning his action plan, and he has carefully planned his various escape routes. This shop was also selected by him after careful comparison, and he had already inquired clearly that the owner of this shop would He will leave Beijing in these few days, so he has plenty of time to use.

Especially this cellar is his most critical reliance. After bringing Ling Bo here to hide, he immediately rearranged and covered up the cellar.

It is precisely because of this that the officers and soldiers did not find out this secret.

One hour after Bo Zhe and others left the courtyard, Xu Zhao came out of the cellar with Ling Bo.

His plan was indeed cunning. Bozhe and others had searched the yard just now and thought he had moved elsewhere. They would never have guessed that he would dare to appear here.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. There is truth in this saying.

At least for now, his plan has succeeded, and there is not a single guard in the yard.

Ling Bo was escorted out of the cellar by him, and she just heard the movement above her head, and knew that Bo Zhe could almost find her, they were almost within walking distance, but God's will, they passed by like this.

The hatred in my heart can be imagined.

Xu Zhao checked around and was finally relieved. He looked at Ling Bo and said, "I didn't expect them to find this place so soon. It's a pity that your husband is not as smart as you hoped."

He shook his head slightly, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips inadvertently.

Ling Bo clenched his teeth, his eyes were red, and he stared at him fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him in one bite.

But Xu Zhao was obviously in a good mood right now, so he didn't bother to pay attention to her at all, he just pushed her hard on the shoulder, wanting to let her into the room.

But at this moment, as if he had touched a certain mechanism, Ling Bo suddenly let out a cry of pain, and knelt softly on the ground, with a painful look on his face.

(End of this chapter)