Chapter 687: Courting Death
At this time, the night had not yet fallen, but the knife shop closest to the outskirts of Beijing was about to close its doors.
The oil lamps were lit in the shop, and the sound of deliberately suppressed negotiations could be heard faintly.
Li Qingping stumbled, not knowing that the shop was about to close.
Before the last door panel fell, she rushed in alone, threw herself on the counter and said weakly, "Boss, I want a knife, give me a sharp knife."
The knife shop owner stood up alertly.
At the same time, his hands quickly tore off a piece of felt to cover the hundreds of weapons around his legs. The
high counter blocked Li Qingping's sight, and she was already confused, so she didn't notice the owner's actions.
In the shop, the other two assistants also stared.
Only when they were sure that Li Qingping didn't see anything did they loosen their fists and put down their murderous intent.
The knife shop owner reacted quickly. He smiled and walked towards Li Qingping, "Miss, what kind of knife do you want to buy?"
"Is it for chopping meat? For deboning? Or for cutting vegetables and peeling fruits?"
Li Qingping's face was pale, and she held the counter, "Anything is fine, but it must be extremely sharp, the kind that can hurt people."
She needed a sharp knife.
Not too big or too small, but a sharp knife that could pierce through little Nuobao with one stroke!
Only in this way can she avenge her child and let the Jiang family also taste this heart-wrenching pain.
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment. He also saw that the buyer was in an unstable mood, and of course he didn't dare to take it out easily.
Once Li Qingping really hurts someone, when the government investigates, maybe even the knife seller will be implicated.
If he is just an ordinary shopkeeper, then the trouble is not so big.
But unfortunately, this knife shop is just a cover. If it really causes a lawsuit, once it is investigated, it will be in trouble.
The shopkeeper shook his head and was thinking about how to get rid of this woman.
But Li Qingping saw that he was hesitant and thought that he didn't give her the knife because she didn't give him money.
She touched her body and subconsciously wanted to take out the wallet.
But after her slender hands moved around her waist and nothing happened, Li Qingping remembered that she had exchanged clothes with the maid and the wallet was not on her at all.
"Shopkeeper, please be kind and I will pay for this knife first, and I will give you the money tomorrow, okay?" Li Qingping raised her head with a pleading look.
The shopkeeper frowned and stared at her face.
Where did she come from? She couldn't even afford a few coins for the knife, and she came to waste his time.
It was at this time that he took a closer look at Li Qingping's appearance.
Under the yellowish oil lamp light, Li Qingping had a slender figure and a rather sympathetic appearance.
Her appearance was not outstanding, but she was also pretty, especially the exposed skin, which was as delicate as ointment, making people want to pinch it.
The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and his line of sight gradually moved downward, passing over Li Qingping's cloth clothes and falling on her shoes.
The shoes were so small that they could be held in one hand. The uppers were already covered in mud, and the soles were also badly damaged.
Li Qingping looked very down and out at this moment, not at all like a lady from an official family.
The shopkeeper's throat moved, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently curled up sinisterly.
He helped Li Qingping to sit on a chair beside him, "Miss, there's no rush to buy knives. Sit down first, and I'll get a few for you, so you can take your time to choose, okay?"
Li Qingping nodded gratefully, without any defense, "Thank you, thank you very much."
However, when she just sat on the chair, the shopkeeper did not go to get the knives, but walked to the front door and looked out.
After seeing that there was no one on the street outside, he picked up the last door panel, sealed the door, and then lowered the bolt as if he had succeeded!
"Shopkeeper, may I ask you..."
Li Qingping was getting a little impatient waiting, and was about to get up to ask, but when she turned around, her expression was stunned.
She saw that the door was closed tightly, and the shopkeeper was smiling with narrowed eyes. He only had a hemp rope in his hand, without any sharp knife, and he approached Li Qingping step by step.
"You...didn't you say you would give me a knife? What are you going to do? Why is the door closed..." Li Qingping realized that something was wrong and her face turned even paler.
The shopkeeper showed a sly smile and completely dropped his disguise, "Girl, there's no rush to see the knives, but you have to go to a place with me first. There are not only knives, but all kinds of weapons."
Li Qingping trembled in her heart, and she was about to knock on the door, "No... I don't want to buy anything, I'm leaving now, let me out!"
"Humph, we were about to close, and it was you who insisted on breaking in."
"Do you think this is my shop where you can come and go as you please!"
The shopkeeper's voice sank, and he suddenly pushed Li Qingping down, pinching Li Qingping's face with his greasy hands, "Well, not bad, you are really a pretty girl!"
"I didn't expect that I couldn't find many satisfactory ones after looking for them these days. You, who took the initiative to come to my door, are the ones that I like." The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became, and he could hardly hold back his laughter.
Li Qingping was extremely scared and struggled desperately.
"Don't touch me, let me go! My father is an official of the Hanlin Academy!"
The shopkeeper stood up and licked his hand, "Humph, a mere little Hanlin, in front of our master, you are not even worthy of carrying shoes, and you can't scare people by saying it."
"But--" His sticky eyes swept across Li Qingping's face, and finally let her go, "You can rest assured, I don't intend to enjoy your good fortune."
Li Qingping hurriedly got up from the ground, thinking that the other party had let her go, and was about to breathe a sigh
of relief. But the next moment, she heard the shopkeeper's sinister laugh.
"I want to use you for other purposes. My master's troops have rushed here from the southern province. They only dared to take the small roads along the way. They have been walking for too long. They are in need of a few women to give the army some relief. I will send you over!"
What?
Li Qingping's head buzzed, as if something had taken her into the abyss.
At this time, the shopkeeper had already snapped his fingers and called two employees to come over.
"Come here, check her teeth and see if her body is still clean. Tonight, send her and these weapons out of the city together." The shopkeeper's tone was very proud.
Soon, two servants, a man and a woman, rushed over with fierce faces, grabbed Li Qingping's arms and legs, and dragged her to the kitchen at the back.
Rags, hemp ropes, and old hands checking her teeth...
Li Qingping was already scared to death, her face was almost deformed with fear, she tried her best to please and beg for mercy, just wanting a way out.
"No, please let me go, no matter how much money you want, I will go back and give it to you!"
"Please be kind!" Li Qingping's eyes were full of tears.
Unfortunately, her heart-wrenching cry was soon blocked by a piece of rag.
"Shut up! You should blame yourself. We were just about to send weapons to our master, but you insisted on coming here to die!"
"But you don't have to cry. My master is going to accomplish great things. When the palace changes hands, you can be considered to have rewarded the soldiers for their meritorious service. That will be your honor!"
The two men's rough and fierce voices kept echoing in Li Qingping's ears.
Li Qingping regretted it so much that her eyes swelled like walnuts and her vision was almost blurred.
She suddenly thought of the carriage that Madam Zheng had left for her at that time...
Perhaps, if she had gotten on the carriage and was sent directly back to the mansion, she could now cry in her father's arms instead of being tied up without knowing it.
Daddy, Ping'er misses you so much, Ping'er regrets...
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world, there is only a knife shop with secrets and these ferocious people.
In the end, Li Qingping cried until she almost fainted, and she couldn't hear anything.
She only remembered the repeated words in her ears, such as "the army has arrived, just outside the city", "the Gu family will overthrow the capital", "it's time to change the dynasty"...
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