Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"Boss Bai is hiding in the cellar, how can I find this. Chen Pi smiled bitterly in despair.

"Shhhh Liu Laitu suddenly heard something, signaled to silence, and bowed his ears to listen.

Chen Pi put aside his distracting thoughts, listened attentively, and sure enough, there was a faint sound of footsteps, faintly coming, and he was happy in his heart, and he followed the sound and touched it.

Boss Bai found it, but his young lady seemed to have given a soldier head as a concubine, Chen Pi believed seven or eight points in his heart, this kind of thing is also common, now there is no king law in the city, and there is no old man who can make the official army jealous, the old man is the most desperate, and he is not bad, not all have already escaped without a trace. Without the magic weapon of the demon suppression, the officers and soldiers of this bandit can be rampant, life and death are all based on their thoughts, but where someone's daughter can be seen, who is not abandoning the car to protect the handsome, and sent it to the head of the army early, in exchange for saving his life, this white boss is too late to send his daughter at this time, it is estimated that he is reluctant to give up his baby girl, and he doesn't want this dead profiteer to still have a human touch.

"The old man is joking, why didn't I hear anyone talk in the store today. Liu Laitu is suspicious, the long-tongued woman in the neighborhood on the street has never stopped for a moment even in the season of the military disaster, the gossip of the Bai family as a concubine for the head of the soldiers, who is not the listener is excited, the listener is refreshed, a narrow street only a few steps wide, the deeds under the nose, and who can not hide it.

"This. Master Bai was dumbfounded suddenly, and his face only turned red and he was in a hurry.

"Hmph, where is this brilliance, it is worth talking about all over the world. Bai Xiaoru said disdainfully.

"It has come to this, but it is impossible not to give us money, but we are the one who saves lives. Master Bai, you can do it, okay, give one of us fifteen taels to go south, my Liu Er's family will have a way to live, and it will be difficult for each family not to act. Liu Laitu has the intention of fleeing out of the city, he doesn't care about offending the soldiers in the city, and he secretly thinks in his heart: Even if the young lady is telling the truth, I only need to escape from the city with one foot first, and then the sea of people is vast, and the head of the soldiers is powerful and powerful, and there is no reason to issue a sea fishing document for a concubine to be wanted by me, even if it is favored, the head of the soldier has soft ears, and he really sent a wanted notice, but now it is different from the past, this catastrophe has stirred up the county governments around the country, countless people have fled south, and there are more outsiders in the south, who else can be caught, this is not afraid。

"If you don't give it, you still dare to kill people. Boss Bai was furious when he heard that he was shameless and asked for silver in person, and said in his heart: It's still fifteen taels of such a huge sum, no, it's thirty taels, God, this thief is usually honest and responsible, but he was hiding treachery in his heart, and he should have been driven out early, but at this time, how to resolve it at this time.

"That's really no way, so I have to ....... Liu Laitu was saying, suddenly a swift tamarin up, this dark night, the opposite white master only felt the strong wind coming, his neck tightened, after being taken aback, he subconsciously put his hands into a ring, and tried hard to pry the oncoming iron tongs, but it was just a futile struggle, soon his chest was full of breath, his mouth made a whistle-like puff gasp, gradually dizzy, unsteady and sat down, even a round was restrained, and he was no longer able to move.

"Don't make a sound, don't make a sound, everyone is in the same boat, it's a shame to shout and scream, attract those soldiers outside, and we will all lose our lives. If the two lambs are hidden next to the wolves, if the women in the house are frightened and scream, won't they all have to end, he hurriedly said some soft words to advise the women in the house, and at the same time went up to pull Chen Laitu's back in brown clothes.

"We are not afraid, I, I am a man of officers and soldiers. Bai Xiaoru was a woman, bold, still lying and not regretting, and covered her stepmother's mouth with her backhand.

"Hmph, miss, if you shout and attract officers and soldiers, it will not only kill you. Liu Laitu snorted coldly.

"Yes, girl, little lady, let's just ask for money, don't harm people's lives, don't mess with your body, just give money and leave, why bother, this, two defeats, yes, both defeats, it's not worth it. Chen Pi was in a hurry to get wise, and he actually broke through the world, exported chapters, and said an idiom, which shows that people still have great potential in times of crisis.

"Really, just give the money and leave, how can I believe you. When Bai Xiaoru heard this, she twisted her eyebrows and hesitated, she did have some private money, the pocket money given by her mother before her death, and a small bag of copper coins when she died, so she secretly packed it in a small jar and buried it under the bricks in the house.

"Aunt, girl, you can do it well, give the money, we still stay in the city and wait for death, these soldiers are going to slaughter the city, and if you don't leave, you will be the king, okay. Chen Pi listened to the words of Xiao Nizi in the house, and he couldn't help but be happy, and unconsciously changed to an honorific title, as the saying goes, rich is uncle.

"Take me with you, and I'll get out too. Bai Xiaoru blurted out.

"What, huh?" Chen Pi was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart that this is not a stupid girl, this kind of stupid girl is not worth a few dollars when sold, and the rich people don't look down on it, and it is very troublesome to serve all the way, but he is really not happy to take it with him. He didn't know that Bai Xiaoru had suffered all kinds of difficulties from her stepmother at home, and she had already had the ambition to run away from home.

"Miss, people have already begun to eat people outside, and they will be eaten alive by the people around them as soon as they fall down from hunger and fainting on the side of the road. Liu Laitu was covering Master Bai's mouth to prevent him from moving, and at this time he listened to the words of the young lady, and helplessly scared her with words, what he said may not be true, but hearsay.

"Well, that's

it, it's not a thought to say that. Bai Xiaoru sighed, she is a little woman, not to mention the troubled times, even the peaceful and prosperous times, it is difficult to go out.

Chen Pi and Liu Laitu took a jar under the floor tiles, which contained the lady's private money, a jar full of big money, and the two were satisfied, and the joy was faint in the twilight.

"Daddy. Bai Xiaoru called aggrievedly, her life savings have been all over since then, she is distressed, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she whimpered.

"Master, where are you, make a noise. At this time, the stepmother hurriedly broke free from her daughter's grasp and reached for the door.

"Oh, help me, these two stupid thieves just go out like this, most of them will collide with the rebels, die, die. The white lord was still in a faint pain, still worried about his daughter's private money, which was also his own money, listening to the shaking sound in the jar, the copper coins in it were not widowed, the white lord became more and more angry, and remembered that his daughter was filial piety after all, and ransomed him in the hands of thieves, but he was not good at annoying his daughter, but he just complained: "Your mother asked to leave her dowry to you before she died, but she still kept this hand, hey, light, you dead mother-in-law." The latter sentence is directed at the stepmother Li.

"My mother said that this money was given to me as a dowry, have you prepared a dowry for me now? Bai Xiaoru was crying, Nuo Nuo asked, but she knew in her heart that her mother's dowry had been taken away by her stepmother.

"This, this. Master Bai couldn't help but speak, he really didn't prepare a dowry for his daughter, and secretly had the intention of taking the man's dowry as a dowry in the future. However, this dark mind was not noisy, so he became angry and shouted angrily: "Woman, hum, lose money, how much money does your mother's maiden family have without me, she gave birth to a money-losing goods and died, I can go to my grandmother's house at a loss, who to reason with." He often talked about these words, and every time he could stalk his daughter, so that she could not reply.

Sure enough, Bai Xiaoru listened to this heart-wrenching remark again, blushed, and bit her lower lip dumbly.

There was silence for a moment, only the stepmother Li Shi brushed off the dust on Master Bai's body, making a rustling sound and a slapping sound of thumping his back and pushing the acupoints.

"Ah, sir, is there a fire outside, you see. The stepmother held her head high at this time, and the look of surprise on her face was clearly visible, and she seemed to be drunk.

At this time, Mr. Bai was lying on the shelf bed, this was his daughter's bed, but it was not easy to go in, he could only walk sideways with his upper body, and his lower body hung outside the edge of the bed.

"No, it's not good, those two thieves burned my shop, ah~" Master Bai is well-informed, and immediately understood that this is someone arson, who dares to light the lights at night in the city at this time, this bright red light is not someone malicious arson, which one else.

"No, no, that's good. The stepmother Li also panicked, like a duck fanning its wings and hurriedly opened the door of the house, the wooden door babbled, the red fire lotus burst into the sky, seeing that there was no way to save it, the white master came out of the house, he was already unsteady, and his butt was paralyzed to the ground.

Soon, the

chaotic noise spread to the neighborhood, and the anxious cries for firefighting continued, squeezing out the ghostly dead city from the noisy popularity of the past.

Bai Xiaoru looked at her parents who were weak and tired, and only cared about their howling parents, and said coldly: "This fire started from us, and tomorrow the neighbors will find us to lose money and silver, what should we do." "

"How, how, do it. When Master Bai heard his daughter's words, he suddenly raised his terrifying and frightened face, and he had no idea.

"Alas, let's run away overnight, the shop is gone, it's useless for us to stay here, flee to hide near the city gate, and go out of the city tomorrow and go back to our hometown. Bai Xiaoru smiled bitterly.

"Daughter, you, is it feasible for you to be a concubine? Master Bai seemed to suddenly remember something, and threw his eyes directly at Bai Xiaoru, begging. The moment the father and daughter looked at each other, the latter couldn't help but feel furious, secretly knew that something was wrong, as a daughter, she was accompanied by her father day and night, and the years knew her own heart, just that deep glance, where could she not understand, this is reluctance and prayer, I am afraid that it is not to sacrifice myself.

"No, I'd rather jump into a well. Bai Xiaoru roared angrily, trying her best to put on a decisive awe-inspiring color, like a female fox with a fierce belly, Hui Zhilan Xin found a life-saving straw in the blink of an eye, and she didn't dare to let go, she wanted to plug this gap before her father could say it, she knew that as long as she hesitated at this moment, it would become a burst of the embankment, and it would be irreparable.

"Ah, that, that, I, this. Bai Xiaoru peeked at it, and saw that his father had a strange expression on his face, a moment of compassion, a moment of hideousness, as if he had been stunned, standing beside the fierce flames of black pressure, that face was particularly terrifying when it looked like a living person, she couldn't help but be scared in her heart, took a small step back, and almost cried.

Bai

Xiaoru is young after all, but she doesn't know that at this time, when the good thoughts and evil thoughts in Master Bai's heart are indistinguishable, outsiders can shake his heart with a word, and become a Buddha and a demon with a thought.

"Master, our family, just, about to jump into the well, woo, what to do, master. The stepmother Li said this abruptly on the side.

I saw that Master Bai's face finally froze and froze, fixed in a hideous color. He slowly turned to Bai Xiaoru, and stared at him viciously: "Unborn beast, the grace of your parents, you don't feel at ease at all." "

"I, I, don't. Bai Xiaoru's tears rolled down her cheeks, but Master Bai had already turned his heart sideways, and he refused to waver anymore, and coldly ordered: "You stay here, I'll come when I go." "That's what I said to Li.

Li Shi let out a light "hey".

The

fire burned for a whole hour, the street was burned from beginning to end, the people wailed, the initiator of the Bai family, the three of them hid in the distant family at this time, and his second brother's family also lived in the city, but they did not dare to hide there, there was nothing hidden in the small town, the neighbors knew the roots, and his second brother's house would most likely be broken into the door by the hated and angry neighbors.

Old Man Bai went out as soon as he showed his whiteness, and he wrapped his head so as not to be recognized. Touching the front of the yamen, two rows of soldiers stood in front of the door, the dim and white street was cold and cold, it was rare that the torch could still keep warm, the small flag was close to the fire beads, and the iron armor on the body came up to roast and save some warmth. Just as he was talking, he saw that this man was a thief, and his face became unkind, and he asked, "That little thief, you are so bold." "

"No, no, little, the little old man is not a thief, he is here to meet the adult. Old Man Bai hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply, stretched out his hands, and when he spread it out, he saw a silver ingot, which shone with an attractive luster. This ingot of silver was buried in his own yard, and he had to give it away, which is a pity.

Xiao Qi's eyes lit up, and as soon as his eyebrows were raised, he changed his complexion, went down the stone steps and took the silver ingot, and said with pity: "You came a little too early, this is it, isn't it, then you go to the gatehouse and wait, then, go." "。