The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

The bound woman nodded, indicating that she understood.

Yang Dalin removed the cloth from her mouth.

Cut the ropes binding her with a dagger.

He threw her clothes at her again, then turned around and said, "Take care of this place yourself first."

Stay here for now and don't move. I'll call you when you come out.

There are several outside that I haven't tied up yet.

"Wait for me to call you. There's food and drink in this house. Eat something first."

After saying that, Yang Dalin left the east wing room without turning around and closed the door behind him.

The woman wasn't completely stripped; she was still wearing thermal underwear, though it had quite a few patches on it.

However, since women are more easily embarrassed these days, even if their thermal underwear is so worn out, it can still show off their figure.

Yang Dalin still needs to avoid suspicion.

The other person was a young woman in her early twenties with a thin face.

But she has a really good figure.

She was quite beautiful, even more so than the future widow Qin.

No wonder she was kidnapped; she was probably targeted the moment she entered the black market.

Let's ask about her situation later.

Yang Dalin left the east wing, carrying the middle-aged man in one hand and the bodyguard in the other.

Bring the two of them to the main room.

Then they tied up all three people in the room.

That young master was given a bucket of cold water.

The young master then woke up.

"Who are you? Let me go right now, or your whole family will be wiped out."

Yang Dalin scoffed dismissively: "In this situation, you still dare to threaten me?"

This person who calls himself a young master, please take a good look at the current situation.

What era are we living in that people still call him "Young Master"? Do you think this is before liberation?

Why don't you call me young master?

I subdued all of your dozen or so men outside, including your bodyguards.

"What, you want to shout? Go ahead and shout, I'll let you see your great-grandmother first."

The young master, who had just been fierce and menacing, immediately cowered: "Brother, you were just joking."

Let me go, and I'll give you money, lots of money, how about that?

One thousand, no, five thousand, five thousand won't do, how about ten thousand, and twenty gold bars.

"I just beg you to let me go, brother."

Yang Dalin chuckled: "Is your life worth only ten thousand yuan?"

Is that all the gold bars are worth?

Don't you value your life too much?

I'll just rob this whole place in a bit, then it'll be over.

I heard that the black market profits have just been delivered.

There must be more than ten thousand there, right?

Tell me who your father is first, so I can see how high-ranking he is.

Only a few years after liberation, this kind of thing has been cultivated.

He's accused of numerous crimes, including bullying men and women, operating a black market, illegally possessing firearms, and illegal kidnapping.

I don't know if anyone's been killed in the black market or here. If someone has been killed, I wonder if your father can protect you.

The young master panicked: "No, no, brother, my father doesn't know what I've done."

Let's talk things out and discuss it properly.

How about I give you all the money I've made over the years?

There are hundreds of thousands, and also gold bars.

I just beg you to let me go.

Otherwise my dad would beat me to death.

Please, brother.

Big brother…

"Don't beg me. Once your affair is exposed, the money will be mine sooner or later."

Do not worry.

"Tell me quickly who your father is, so I can see which family's young master you really are!"

"I can't say, I can't say. I can give you money if you want it, but if I tell you, my family will be ruined."

That young master was still being stubborn.

Yang Dalin was too lazy to waste words with him.

He simply stuffed his own smelly sock into the man's mouth, then took out a dagger and stabbed the man in the groin.

As a result, Yang Dalin deliberately stabbed the ground, and the young master was so scared that he wet himself.

Fortunately, Yang Dalin dodged quickly, otherwise he would have gotten his hands dirty.

Yang Dalin touched the blade of the dagger with his other hand: "If you don't talk now, next time I'll turn you into a eunuch."

"So, you'll either agree or you'll be collecting your corpse."

The young master was clearly terrified. No one had come to his rescue for so long, and he believed that all his men were doomed.

Moreover, Yang Dalin had his bodyguard and the middle-aged man tied up behind him, which he could see.

He nodded resignedly.

The meaning is self-evident.

Yang Dalin took off his socks and shouted, "Speak!"

The other person whispered a name.

Yang Dalin was surprised to hear that he didn't know.

never heard of that.

He then asked, "Who is this? I've never heard of him. Who did your father follow? Was he on the Long March or came from northern Shaanxi?"

The other person shook their head: "No, I used to work with the deputy general."

"Oh, I see, I get it."

Yang Dalin learned that it was the son of someone who had been incorporated into the government after the peaceful liberation.

No wonder I've never heard of it.

He was a general under the deputy general.

Before liberation, he guarded Beijing for a long time, and during that time, this young master became involved with many people from all walks of life in Beijing.

Many people are eager to give money.

After the peaceful liberation of Beijing, many people behaved themselves for a while, and some were even protected by him.

He wasn't executed.

Then his father, being pragmatic, was given an important position by the new government.

Those black market bosses who didn't die reopened their black markets under his protection.

At first, they only dared to dabble in small-scale operations.

Last year, when food became scarce, they saw how much money other black markets were making, so they started expanding as well.

Moreover, they not only sell things at high prices.

Starting last autumn, they've been sending him women every month.

They would first observe the target on the black market, and then secretly kidnap them when the target left.

The three in the backyard were kidnapped and have already been abused by him.

Two others were sold to other places.

Yang Dalin conducted a brief interrogation and did not believe that the other party had no blood on the black market.

You should know that the black market also fights for territory.

However, since it involved officials, Yang Dalin decided to hand it over to the military's special investigation department.

I'd better not get involved myself and see if they'll protect this young master.

Yang Dalin picked up the phone in the main room.

I called the long-faced colleague from the investigation department whom I knew.

Tell him which dilapidated courtyard in which alley he still had seven people locked up, and that there were more than a dozen here.

There's a privileged son of an official here who needs them to deal with him.

There are four women among the hostages.

After making the call, Yang Dalin still felt unsatisfied.

Break the leg and arm of this young master and his men.

They didn't even spare the two female accomplices.

Only then did they release the woman they had just rescued.

I led him to the entrance of the cellar in the backyard.

Tell her to take some food and drink to release the three women in the cellar.

Yang Dalin, the treasurer of this courtyard, also did not make any changes.

After all, the investigation department will investigate.

It's hard to explain what happened.

However, Yang Dalin gave the woman he had just rescued a handful of money and tickets.

In a little while, let her give some points to each of the three people below her.

I'll leave it to myself; I don't need these things. If I were to do something, things would be difficult to explain.

Soon, the long-faced, Zhongshan-suited big shot I'd seen before appeared again.

This bigwig's surname is Hou. He told Yang Dalin to just call him Director Hou from now on.

He was accompanied by fully armed soldiers.

Yang Dalin didn't even take off his hood.

I handed him over, explained the situation, and showed him that I hadn't taken anything from me.

We're about to leave.

An officer behind Director Hou tried to stop him.

Director Hou waved his hand and explained, "He's one of us, he's our secret investigator, so we don't need to worry about him."

Just let him go.