Chapter IV: Capture

"Come in, don't take other people's things indiscriminately next time, what you owe to others will have to be repaid sooner or later. There was a warm voice from inside. The voice seemed to contain a faint hint of reproach and love. After Luo Yu heard this, he didn't wait for the people inside to continue, he directly pushed open the door and rushed in.

Sitting inside was a middle-aged woman in her forties, dressed in a simple cloth gray dress, with her eyes closed, looking at the Venerable Buddha statue in front of her head, and her mouth kept chanting something. Holding a string of rosaries in her hand, she rotated very regularly, and when she looked closer, she could find that this middle-aged woman's hands were covered with a thick layer of calluses, indicating that when she was young, she was a hardworking and busy woman, and the few faint wrinkles on her face and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes could not block her delicate and pleasant face.

Luo Yu walked quickly to the middle-aged woman, holding the lunch box in both hands, and said happily: "Mother, this is what Zhang Fat Man brought to me when he asked me, and he is usually very stingy." At this time, the middle-aged woman slowly opened her eyes, put down the rosary, and turned to look at Luo Yu lovingly: "Don't lie to your mother, your mother taught you to understand etiquette since childhood, although we are poor, but we must also live with dignity, and we can't let others look down on us." After speaking, he took the lunch box in Luo Yu's hand and said: My mother has to go to Dong's house to do some laundry work in the afternoon, you will be alone at home in the afternoon, don't run around, be careful that the people in Luofu bully you again, you have been reading for a long time, and you are tired, so you will rest in your mother's room before leaving. After Luo Yu said "yes" happily, he quickly ran to a small room in the house, and said with a smile as he ran: "Mother's bed is the most comfortable, but it is much better than mine." The middle-aged woman stared at Luo Yu's eyes full of pity, after listening to Luo Yu's words, a warm smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and as Luo Yu entered the room, she slowly withdrew her gaze, and continued to meditate and chant......

Two days have passed, and the house is still as calm as usual, and even the sound of birds is very little, as if it is afraid of the silence here. There was a serious case of counterfeiting tickets in Anding City, the capital of Yuanjiang State, from the wealthy executives to the ordinary people, and there were about 1,000 people who were deceived, and about 10 million taels of silver were deceived.

It is said that the emperor has sent the capital yamen to investigate the matter, and even went out to some palace guards, but it is said that the harvest is very small, and when the people from the yamen arrive, the place of the transaction has long been empty.

Moreover, the gang was always masked during the transaction, and no one had actually seen what they looked like, so the investigation of the case progressed slowly. Luo Yu didn't know all this outside, he was still quietly studying his "Go Tricks" alone, indulging in it, he was gifted and intelligent, his memory was far beyond ordinary people, and the weird chess games in the book often only took a moment to read, and even draw inferences. This can only say that his wisdom is extraordinary, and if he is an ordinary person, even if he is taught by hand, he may not be able to understand it.

At this time, Luo Yu heard a quick knock on the door, accompanied by the familiar voice of Zhang Fatzi. "Dog, come out quickly, Lao Tzu is bringing you food again. Luo Yu got up and opened the door quickly, and before he could react, he saw a fat figure rushing in, without saying a word, he picked up the kettle on the table and poured it violently, looking thirsty, Luo Yu stared at the fat man's sweaty face and said: "Fat man, what did you do wrong? It's like burning your buttocks, I can make it clear first, if you still go outside to cause trouble like last time and come to me for refuge, don't think about it." Hearing Luo Yu say this, Zhang Fatzi, who was drinking water, almost squirted out a mouthful of water, but then swallowed it again, his face turned red, he couldn't stop coughing, and said with a sigh of relief: "Fart, what kind of person do you think I am, besides, even if my brother and I really cause some trouble, I should take refuge here with you!" But this time I thanked you for the fake ticket last time, and my father did it according to your method, but the boss of the money bank accepted the fake ticket, and he just listened to what I said to him again, so he didn't buy too much. I was talking about him just now, and he shouldn't have bought it at all. Zhang Qi complained.

"Oh, it's true or false, in fact, as long as you don't be greedy for those little bargains and do things in a down-to-earth manner, you won't be deceived, these are all taught to me by my mother. Luo Yu said as he picked up the cake in the lunch box and ate it.

"Hehe, dog, you kid reasoned with me, that's farting to pigs, if I could understand it, I would have gone to study a long time ago, but thank you really for this time, oh, there is one more thing, this meal is estimated to be the last meal I invited you to eat, tomorrow, I will be sent by my father to a big gang in Guanshan City-Qinglong Gang to learn art, when the time comes, I will come out as a hero, haha! You have to be careful in Luofu, if anyone dares to bully you, when I come back from studying art, you tell me, I will help you beat him. After speaking, he patted Luo Yu twice on the shoulder, and his eyes were slightly reluctant.

"You can go and learn at ease, and I will take care of myself. Luo Yu's heart was slightly sour after hearing this, but he still smiled. seems to be afraid that Zhang Fatzi will see the hidden reluctance in his heart. However, both of them were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and this mood was only fleeting, and they started playing in the room, and from time to time there were bursts of chasing and fighting, which added a color to this quiet courtyard.

Time flies, and when Zhang Fatzi left, it was already slightly dark. After Luo Yu sent Zhang Fatzi out of the small courtyard, he rested in his room. At midnight, in the quiet Luo Mansion, there was a rush of footsteps, four or five black-clothed guards with knives, the leader was the last time the guard surnamed Wang with gold gloves in his hand, they were escorting the Fang shopkeeper of Tongbao Qian Zhuang to the direction of Luofu, at this time the Fang shopkeeper had several bruises on his face, and there was a wound caused by a large knife wound on his shoulder, but the blood was coagulated, it seemed that he had been beaten, and he walked a little unsteadily, and his eyes were full of dead ashes, full of despair.

After quietly entering Luo's Mansion, several people quickly walked through the heavy forest courtyard, and without knocking on the door, they were directly escorted to Luo Feng's room.

At this moment, there are two people waiting there, one of them is Luo Feng, holding a cup of tea and slowly tasting it, with no expression on his face, and the other person is the Gao manager, Luo Feng is still wearing a gorgeous brocade robe with gold trim, and the Gao manager is respectfully standing beside him.

After entering, the guard surnamed Wang hugged his fist at Luo Feng and said, "Young Master, the person you want, the villain has already been brought." Luo Feng replied lightly, and then stared at the shopkeeper Fang with cold eyes and said, "Why did Brother Fang leave in such a hurry, without notifying the younger brother, so that the younger brother could send you off, but fortunately, I sent someone outside the city to wait for you......"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, the shopkeeper Fang knelt on his knees, begged with a regretful expression: "Master Luo, the little one doesn't know what to do, I beg Master Luo to let the villain go, the little one didn't betray you, it's just that the government has been investigating it recently, and I want to go back to my hometown to avoid the limelight, and I beg Lord Luo to be gracious." After speaking, he kept kowtowing to Luo Feng.