ebookland Chapter 314 Exam Emergency Rescue and Romantic Scam
Chapter 314 Exam Emergency Rescue and Romantic Scam
Suddenly, Sizi jumped onto the tea table, making all the teacups in the carriage rattle: "Master Wanzi! Don't let this 'street rat' off the train!"
The driver, Niwan Zi, yanked the reins hard, and all twenty horses reared up, making the carriage sway like a boat in a storm. The male thief panicked and reached out to grab the window frame.
In the blink of an eye, Si Zi grabbed the gilded teapot from the table and smashed it at his feet with a "crack": "Take this 'Enlightenment'!"
The male thief screamed and tumbled out of the window, only to fall right into the arms of a burly man behind Cong Xiaoye, who was on patrol...
The female thief tried to use the same trick again, but Du Xiaobing threw out a silk ribbon embroidered with "Turning back is the shore" and tied her up tightly like a lasso.
“Little sister,” Du Xiaobing said, untying the female thief while brandishing the confiscated bamboo dragonfly mechanism, “with your skills, you could become a master craftsman in the Ministry of Works. Last month, the Persian merchant’s ledger you stole made him think he had encountered an eight-armed demon!”
The female thief wiped away her tears and pointed at Xiao Bing's waist: "Miss, your constable's badge has been showing all along!"
Du Xiaobing coughed awkwardly twice, then pulled out a piece of saffron cheese: "Here, finish this bite, and I'll take you to see the most handsome junior minister of the Dali Temple!"
As dusk painted the eaves of Chang'an red, Du Xiaobing walked home on the bluestone slabs, the constable's badge at his waist jingling with each step.
As soon as I turned into the alley, I saw a little girl with pigtails squatting on her doorstep, holding a twig in her hand, drawing little figures crookedly on the ground.
"Big sister, you kidnapped my daddy and mommy..." The little girl looked up, her eyes like two water-soaked black grapes, and held up a crumpled piece of paper. "They sent me to find you."
"Them?" Xiao Bing leaned closer to take a look. It read crookedly, "Madam Du, this baby is entrusted to you." There were also two dirty handprints at the bottom.
And so, Yu'er became the "little ancestor" of the Du family. This little girl, Yu'er, was incredibly clever. She stole some mutton, smeared her face like a little cat, and while Du Xiaobing was handling a case, she altered her constable's uniform into a baby bib and wore it herself…
But whenever Du Xiaobing mentioned her parents, Yu'er would pout, her heart filled with resentment, and she would turn away without uttering a sound.
Once, Yu'er caught a cold, her little face flushed red with fever. Xiao Bing stayed by her bedside for three days and three nights, feeding her medicine and telling her stories. Finally, when her fever subsided, the little girl pushed the medicine bowl away:
"You're hypocritical! You arrested my parents, and I don't want your help!"
Xiao Bing was so angry that he almost smashed the medicine bowl on her head, but looking at the child's thin body and pitiful appearance of being alone and helpless, he silently warmed the medicine again.
As the cicadas chirped noisily in midsummer, outside the examination hall in Chang'an, Yu'er, disguised as a man, searched through her rattan trunk and her expression suddenly changed—she had forgotten her examination certificate for the Mingjing examination at home! Clutching her ink and brush pouch, she was extremely anxious, tears welling up in her eyes.
Suddenly, the sound of rapid hoofbeats came from the bluestone road. Du Xiaobing rode up on a chestnut horse, kicking up dust. The official documents wrapped in oil paper in his arms were still warm from his body: "You little rascal, if I hadn't packed your bags this morning, you probably would have been wandering around the examination hall like you were at Qujiang Pool!"
Meanwhile, as dusk settled on Zhuque Street, in a tavern run by a woman from Huji, a young man embraced a young woman named Song, gesturing towards the tall buildings of the East Market:
“Young lady, come with me to my villa for a chat. I recently acquired a glass mirror from the Western Regions. Its reflection of the moon is even more beautiful than the moonlight at Qujiang Pool.” Young lady Song leaned on his shoulder with a charming smile, but her heart was filled with resentment.
Once inside the villa's private room, the young man undressed and headed towards the bathhouse. Song, as nimble as a cat, snatched the copper key from the table and tossed it into the courtyard through a crack in the window.
A white-clad figure flashed through the shadows. Song Daqin caught the key steadily and gave her a gesture often used by merchants from the Hu region. Song Xiaoniangzi strolled to the incense burner, took out a tinderbox, and lit the mugwort. As thick smoke rose, the watchman's startled cry, mingling with the drumbeat, echoed throughout the market.
"Don't be afraid, my lady, let me go find another ward head!" The young man hurriedly put on his robe and dragged her outside. After they moved to a new residence, while the young man went to find a guarantor to sign the agreement, Song Xiaobai waved the empty sachet in her hand: "I'm going to buy some borneol incense, my lady, please wait a moment." She moved gracefully out of the side gate, and once inside the bustling night market, she disappeared into the sea of people like a fish.
The young man, clutching the house deed, waited anxiously until the third watch of the night, only to find himself with the empty sachet that Song Xiaobai had left behind. Enraged, he tore the contract in two: "That cunning vixen! She tricked me!"