Great Xuanwu Sheng

Chapter 37 Seizing Wealth

 9 miles.

 North Street.

This is the northernmost area of ​​Kujo-ri. It may not be as prosperous as the streets in the center of Kujo-ri, but it is closer to the inner city, so it is also a place where some rich and powerful families live.

It’s nighttime. Walking along this wide North Street, you can see high-walled courtyards on both sides. Some courtyards are still brightly lit, which seems to be two completely different worlds from the dark slums.

The roads here are smooth and the bluestone courtyard walls are clean.

 In one of the courtyards.

There were several burly men, one of whom was holding a sack in his hand. The sack was twisting constantly, and it seemed to be some kind of living thing inside. He carried it easily with one hand, and all the way to the inner courtyard, he knocked on the inner courtyard. The door of the courtyard.

The door of the room was opened, and a young master, about 20 or 30 years old, wearing silk brocade, stood there and said calmly:

"Brought it?"

"coming."

 The strong man under his command grinned, placed the sack on the ground, and then opened it.

What emerged from it was not an animal like a wild boar, but a frightened girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old. The girl's clothes were shabby and mended. She obviously came from a commoner's family, and her skin tone was slightly dull. Huang is not very beautiful, but in this kind of world and poor families, there are very few of them.

 “Well, it’s not bad, it looks better than last time.”

Wei Lun forcibly held the girl's chin, looked at it with a somewhat scrutinizing look, and then let go. He seemed satisfied in his tone and nodded.

The strong men under him laughed and said: "We have been looking for this for a long time, mainly because it is really difficult to raise anything good in the house of those mud-legged people."

 “It’s done, I’ll give you a credit.”

Wei Lun chuckled and said: "I'll give it to you after I finish playing, but please be gentle. If I kill someone like last time and have no chance to sell it to Dongcheng for money, the money will have to come from you." Deducted from your salary!"

“That’s right, that’s right, we must be careful this time.”

 The strong men under his command all laughed together and rubbed their hands, showing a bit of anticipation.

 As for the girl whose hands and feet were bound and her mouth was stuffed with a white cloth, her frightened eyes gradually turned into despair as she listened to the conversation between Wei Lun and several guards.

Wei Lun stretched out his hand and pulled the girl up by the rope and carried her into the house. The girl struggled desperately and kicked the ground hard with her two feet, but she couldn't compare with Wei Lun's strength. Soon He was dragged into the house.

boom!

 The door of the house suddenly closed.

The guards outside laughed and walked away, chatting some dirty words, waiting for their rewards later.

However.

 What happened in the room at this moment was not the **** scene that the guards thought.

Wei Lun carried the girl into the house and just closed the door. He was about to say something, but his words stopped suddenly because an iron sword was placed on his neck at some point.

In an instant, he broke out in a cold sweat, and he couldn't help but let go of his hand. He didn't even dare to raise his voice: "Sir...Sir, what do you want? If you want money, I'll give it to you right away..."

Wei Lun was extremely frightened.

There were obviously so many guards outside, but as soon as he opened the door, there was a masked gangster in the room, and he put a sword directly on his neck. How come the security in this outer city is so bad!

 “Bring it.”

Standing behind Wei Lun was a man wearing a black cloak and a mask, who spoke in a cold tone.

"Yes Yes."

Wei Lun responded repeatedly, walked carefully to the back room, opened a box, and took out about thirty gold leaves and about one hundred taels of silver from the box.

The man in the black cloak said coldly: "That's it?"

Wei Lun said with a mournful face: "That's it. The old man only cared about his own enjoyment and left me no money when he died. This is what I saved by frugality. Other family members go to Hua Street to play there every day. I But I’m reluctant to go…”

"Oh." The man in the black cloak nodded. Suddenly, the iron sword in his hand was loosened and pierced straight into Wei Lun's throat. The words in his mouth stopped immediately and blood splashed out.

Wei Lun obviously didn't expect that even though he had already taken out all the money, the robber still wanted to kill someone. He couldn't help but show a look of reluctance. He made a whooshing sound in his mouth and wanted to call the guards outside, but he could no longer make a sound. .

 Plop!

 The whole person fell to the ground. After twisting and struggling for a few times, he gradually became motionless.

The kidnapped girl next to her looked at this scene in horror. She did not show any joy because of this scene. To her, both Wei Lun and the robber in front of her who was killing people and robbing money were terrifying. Villain.

　　　…”

The man in the black cloak did not look at the girl next to him. He just collected the silver and gold leaves bit by bit, weighed them up, and calculated them all together. When converted into silver, the value was about four to five hundred taels.

 After putting away all the silver, he glanced at the girl next to him, but that was all, and then ignored her. He picked up the iron sword, opened the window on the side, and climbed out of the window.

 Only the girl whose hands and feet were bound was left paralyzed next to Wei Lun's body, panting violently.

 It only takes about one cup of tea.

There was a chaotic movement outside, as if there was a fight, but it lasted only a short time, probably only a dozen breaths, before everything fell silent again, and no one could even shout.

The girl huddled there in horror and fear, staying next to Wei Lun's body all night, until dawn the next day, when the door was kicked open with a bang, and a team of guards walked in from the outside.

 “Hey, there’s still one alive!”

 Liu Song showed a look of surprise.

Li Tie looked at the situation in the room with a thoughtful expression, walked over and used a knife to open the linen in the girl's mouth.

At this time, the girl who had spent the whole night in panic and fear looked at the officials in front of her and suddenly burst into tears, crying loudly.

 …

  After a while.

 City Health Department.

 In Chen Mu's office, Liu Song and Li Tie reported the matter in a low voice.

"...The daughter of a family named Zhao on Xiahe Street was kidnapped by Wei Lun's servants at night. When she was about to do something evil, she was attacked by bandits at night, and she and a dozen nursing staff died. Clean."

"Lord Chaosi also went there in person. He examined the body and said that it was all sword wounds. However, the swordsmanship didn't seem to be very good, but the strength was amazing. It was different from the incidents in the past few days. It should have been done by the same person. Because, it is estimated that it is either a gangster with a bad reputation, or someone from the inner city who came to 'do justice, punish **** and eliminate evil', let's put an end to this matter."

 Liu Song and Li Tie explained the matter in detail.

After listening to it with a calm expression, Chen Mu waved his hands at the two of them and said, "Okay, I understand."

This incident has actually been decided by Min Baoyi. There is no further investigation so far, and there is no need to tell him. However, the most important work Liu Song and Li Tie do on weekdays is to report what happened when he was not in the City Guards Department. Tell him everything big and small.

“If there’s nothing else to do, I’ll leave first and wait until everything goes as usual.”

 Chen Mu stood up and walked out.

 Liu Song and Li Tie both saluted.

soon.

 Chen Mu returned home alone and went to his bedroom. From the bottom of the box on the bed and under a few floor tiles, he took out a baggage. Inside the baggage were about sixty or seventy gold leaves and two to three hundred taels of silver.

There was also a rough iron sword without a scabbard, stuck vertically into the ground.

“I’m finally rich. Well, it’s time to send some more money to Yue’er. She also needs expenses now.”

 (End of this chapter)