Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 479: The Servant Wan He Goes to Find Someone

Manager Qin found a servant named Wan He and said, "If you do a good job this time, I will return your indenture contract to you and give you some money to run away. Just don't stay in the capital. Remember to keep your name secret and go as far away as possible."

After saying this, he took out two hundred taels of silver, showed it to him, and told him that it was the reward.

As soon as the servant Wan He heard this, he decided to find someone to tell the traffickers. This was easy to do. It wouldn't be a big deal for him to tell them. Besides, he could save the money for redeeming his body. Two hundred taels of silver was enough for him to start a small business somewhere else and get married.

He immediately nodded and said that he would definitely do it, and left with the ten taels of silver that Manager Qin had given him. This guy was not a fool, otherwise Manager Qin would not have looked for him.

He first asked a local thug he knew, Huang San, about the kidnappers nearby. The thug said, "They are elusive and hard to find. They have no fixed place to stay. They usually come less than twice a year. If they are caught by the yamen runners, it will be a serious crime. But there is a guy among them who likes to gamble. I have seen him these days."

Upon hearing this, the servant immediately took out five taels of silver and said, "Let's go and look for him. I have something I need to know. This is for your hard work."

Huang San, the gangster, took the silver and said with a smile: "This is a small matter. I will find out about those gambling houses if I ask them."

He went out and found a younger brother and said to him, "Go to a few gambling houses and find a man nicknamed San Rake. Just ask anyone at the door of the gambling house and they will know the answer."

The skinny little brother ran out with a few coins in his hand. The gangster Huang San smiled and said to Wan He, "Brother Wan, let's go to my house and have a drink. We'll know in a moment."

Wan He smiled and agreed, "How can we just drink it? Wait a moment, I'll go buy two side dishes, and then we can have a few drinks."

He turned and walked towards the braised meat shop at the entrance of the alley, bought half a pound of pork head and three taels of peanuts, and returned to Huang San's house.

Huang San had already taken out his own jar of old wine and poured two bowls. Wan He spread out the pork head and peanuts wrapped in lotus leaves and said with a smile, "Come on, brother, let's drink and see how the meat is."

Huang San smiled and said, "It's the braised meat at the entrance of the alley, then there's no problem. It's very fragrant, but it's not cheap. Come on, eat and drink at the same time."

The two of them drank wine, ate food, and talked about things in the streets and alleys. Anyway, in the atmosphere of wine and meat, they were very happy. Huang Sancai didn't care what happened to Wanhe. For them, eating, drinking and having fun were the most important things.

An hour later, the younger brother came back and said that Sanbazi was gambling like crazy in a gambling house in the south of the city.

Huang Sanyi pushed the wine glass on the table in front of him, stood up, pulled Wan He and said with a smile: "Let's go and meet him. If you have anything to say, you can talk to him face to face. Let me make it clear first, that guy is very evil and not a good person."

Wan He smiled and said, "It's okay, we're just going to find out some things, we won't offend him."

Huang San pointed to the remaining wine and food on the table and said to his younger brother, "Clean up after eating and drinking, we're going to go out for a while."

The younger brother's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said, "Thank you, big brother. Don't worry, I will clean it up."

Huang San was a bachelor, his parents died early, and he grew up on the streets. These younger brothers sometimes stayed at his house, which was also their base. When they had money, they would eat and drink, and when they had no money, they would take people to cheat and extort money.

If they meet someone like Wan He, they will give them some money. After all, they are the fastest to ask about street affairs. They are also the gossips in the city, and they know everything about the underworld and the white world.

Wan He followed Huang San to the gambling house and saw him pointing at a man with red eyes, unkempt hair and beard, and a vicious face sitting at a gambling table and said, "That's San Pa Zi. You see, he only has three fingers left on one hand, so everyone nicknamed him San Pa Zi."

"This guy has lost the bet. You can see he is so angry. Be careful when you talk to him. Don't provoke him. I heard that this guy is responsible for many deaths."

They walked over without saying anything and followed him to gamble a few times. After watching San Pa Zi push the card nine in his hand for the last time, he stood up and cursed, "It's unlucky today. I'm leaving now."

After saying this, he shook his arms, picked up the coat beside him, threw it over his shoulders, and walked out with a fierce look in his eyes. When the gambling house servant saw that he was leaving, he hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Sir, come again next time! Winning or losing is uncertain, and you will definitely have better luck next time."