Ling Jingshen picked up an old friend from Youxian County on the outskirts of the city yesterday, named Lu Bo, who was also in charge of prison, because he escorted a prisoner to the criminal department, and met him by the way.

The two drank once at night, and because Ling Jingshen was on duty that night, they left him to sleep in his own bedroom in the Criminal Department for the night.

Until dawn, Ling Jingshen changed shifts and returned to the room yawning. Lu Bo had already gotten up to freshen up, and when he saw Ling Jingshen entering the door, he turned around and smiled: "It's another night? ”

The attendant fetched water, Ling Jingshen also washed his face, took a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and said, "It's nothing more than getting used to it, aren't you?"

Lu Bo said with a smile: "Where am I just a county jail, and there are very few heinous or heinous prisoners in prison, and the investigation is not strict, so it is lighter than yours." ”

In the past, Ling Jingshen had to sleep first after returning from the night, but because his friend was there, he asked the little maid to prepare breakfast, and said: "When it comes to your qualifications, it's time for promotion, why haven't you seen any movement?"

Lu Bo snorted and said: "At the foot of this Tianzi, there are dozens of cities and counties around, and from top to bottom, which one of the errand men from top to bottom has not cut off his head and wants to enter Beijing to become an official? I have no backing, so what's the use of only talking about seniority? Although there is a chance to be promoted every year, I have already been snatched by those vicious dogs who have a way, where can I get my turn." ”

Ling Jingshen also understood this truth, patted him on the shoulder helplessly, and comforted: "Don't say frustrating words, it's serious to go to breakfast." ”

Lu Bo also smiled and said: "Among the people I want to befriend, you are the first, you can also fight for me, jump out of this place quickly, and be an errand that can turn the clouds and rain with one hand...... When the time comes, won't we be able to transfer my brother and me back lightly? ”

Ling Jingshen laughed and said: "Then after you go back, you can ask the Bodhisattva for your blessing three times a day, and the Bodhisattva sees that you are sincere, and he can't help but be soft-hearted and agree." ”

Lu Bo said: "Then wouldn't it be cheaper for me to ask the Bodhisattva to bless me for promotion?

The two talked and laughed, and went to the front to eat.

After eating halfway, Lu Bo suddenly remembered something, and said, "I've heard about it...... The second master in the Yingguo Mansion in the capital...... Have you been transferred from Taizhou to Beijing? I wonder if there is such a thing, do you know?"

Ling Jingshen saw that he suddenly mentioned this matter, so he said, "You have also heard about it, I have returned to Beijing early, and now I am serving in the Ministry of Officials." ”

Lu Bo was stunned, he didn't continue to eat for a while, Ling Jingshen said, "What's the matter?

Lu Bo saw him ask, pondering and replied: "I think I vaguely knew something about this second master back then, I heard that he had a wife who died early, and later married a house, is it surnamed Li?"

When Ling Jingshen heard this, he knew that there was a reason, so he also stopped his chopsticks and asked: "Naturally, the surname is Li, the uncle I saw him in Xingze Building last time, with an eight/nine-year-old clever child, his milk name is also strange, what is the name of 'Tuwa'er'." Because Xiao Tang had teased Li Huo like this at that time, Ling Jingshen remembered it clearly.

When Lu Bo heard this, his face changed slightly, and he muttered, "It's broken......"

Ling Jingshen knew something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's broken?"

Lu Bo calmed down before he said: "You don't know, now there is a person locked up in the cell of my county government, I'm afraid it is the uncle of the second master of the public mansion." ”

Ling Jingshen hurriedly asked for a closer look, and Lu Bo talked about the entanglement between Li Xing and Li Huo and those evil boys and several wealthy gentry, and said: "Speaking of which, this person should have been innocent, after all, the cause was those children beating Li Huo...... Why are they inferior to others, and the old man is a bully who is afraid of the hard, so he will be sentenced immediately. ”

Ling Jingshen was shocked and asked, "What do you mean by that?" Li Xing is the second uncle-in-law of Second Master Ying, and he is also related to the Guogong Mansion, so these people's backers are even more powerful than the Ying Gongfu?"

Lu Bo sneered and said: "The bad is here, after this Li Xing was detained, he didn't mention the relationship with the Ying Mansion at half, but if he squeaked, how could the eldest lord be so biased to one side like the northwest wind?"

Ling Jingshen was also stunned, and asked again: "Why didn't he say it?" But since he didn't say it, don't you know either?"

Lu Bo smiled bitterly: "I vaguely remember that his eldest daughter is married very well, as if she is a Beijing official...... It's just that it was seven or eight years ago, but the second master was not in Beijing at this time, so he forgot about it! Although he had heard others mention it, it was not true, and he didn't mention it himself, so he didn't take it seriously. ”

After Lu Bo finished speaking, he read again: "Now it is really a relative of the Guogong Mansion, how can this be good? Now the people of the Guogong Mansion don't know...... If you know, I'm afraid you won't give up. ”

Ling Jingshen frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Don't just worry about the Guogong Mansion, I'm just afraid, there is another person you can't afford to offend." ”

Lu Bo was stunned for a moment: "Who else? Is it bigger than the Guogong Mansion? Good brother, tell me quickly." ”

Ling Jingshen couldn't help laughing twice, and said, "Actually, it's not very big, but this person is just working in Dali Temple now, it's just this ......" Ling Jingshen said, then raised his right hand and stretched out three fingers.

Lu Bo's eyes widened, he stared at it for a while, and suddenly shuddered, and said, "You are talking about the ...... who beheaded the prefect of Taizhou?"

Ling Jingshen smiled and said, "Isn't that him?" how do you say it compares to the Guogong Mansion?"

Lu Bo couldn't do anything, and only after a while did he say with a sad face: "What do you say? I thought he was a person with no power, no power and no backing, but now he actually pulled out two big mountains, and he said before that he wanted to go to Beijing, but now it seems that he still has to think of a way to save his life first!"

Ling Jingshen saw that he was in a hurry, so he said, "Don't worry! Although he is difficult, I am fine with him...... Besides, this matter has little to do with you, and I now have a way to turn you around, are you willing?"

Lu Bo hurriedly leaned over and said, "What else is there to be willing or not?" You just say it quickly, don't watch me get out of this troubled water. ”

Ling Jingshen leaned over, leaned on his ear and chirped, Lu Bo nodded again and again, and at the end, Ling Jingshen called the little guy over and told him to go to Dali Temple, and act like this.

Therefore, when Xiao Tang went to the Criminal Department, he happened to staggered with Li Huo.

Ling Jingshen saw that he really came, so he smiled and said, "Sure enough, this time I didn't care in vain, if it wasn't an important matter, you naturally wouldn't come once." ”

Xiao Tang said: "Since you know that it is an important matter, why don't you go over to see me yourself, and call someone to ask me to come and ask me to run this trip? I didn't sleep all night last night." ”

Ling Jingshen laughed more and more: "It's a coincidence, I also stayed up all night last night...... If it weren't for you, I would have gone to bed early. ”

Xiao Tang saw that his eyes were slightly blue, and he knew that he was on duty last night.

Ling Jingshen said again: "If I were alone, I would have gone to see you earlier, so why bother asking you to run." As he spoke, he let Xiao Tang go to his inner room, and Lu Bo came out to meet him, reported his name, and Ling Jingshen asked him to tell him what happened in Youxian.

Lu Bo explained in detail, and said: "Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Li Xing, it was just a child fight, just because he beat the three or four people who followed him very lightly, and the children who stirred up trouble were injured by his son Li Huo again, so almost everyone joined forces and refused to give up." ”

Ling Jingshen saw Xiao Tang groaning, so he asked, "How? Everything has been told to you, what are you going to do?"

Ling Jingshen didn't know what the relationship between Xiao Tang and the Li family was, but he looked at the difference in his appearance in Xingze Building that day, so he deliberately paid more attention when he heard Lu Bo talk about it, if Xiao Tang didn't come, it would naturally be fine, but he didn't expect him to come.

Xiao Tang groaned slightly, and said: "Thank you Brother Lu for telling me the truth, but I hope you don't tell others about this matter, and keep your mouth shut about meeting me, can you?"

Lu Bo hurriedly agreed, and Xiao Tang said to Ling Jingshen again: "I'll go back first...... I'll talk to you when it's over. ”

Ling Jingshen knew that he was going to arrange the action, and he didn't stop it, so he sent him out of the door.

That night, Li Xianshu went to meet Mrs. Ying first, saying that she would go back to her parents' house tomorrow, and Mrs. Ying had already heard what Xu Yuan said, so she naturally agreed.

Not long after Ying Lanfeng returned home, Li Xianshu grabbed him and asked him carefully.

Ying Lanfeng said: "Speaking of this matter, it is really a little strange, originally the county order was just a branch, and I was repeatedly urged by me to reveal to me that it turned out that the family that took the lead in bullying Tuwa at the beginning, surnamed Meng, and the relationship between Meng Feixiong, the general of Yanglie, is a cousin, so it is impossible to be a good fortune from time to time, but yesterday before noon, a member of General Meng's adjutant went to a trip in person, and passed on General Meng's words: If Li Xing's case is not handled impartially and a good person is wronged, whoever is sentenced, General Meng will personally kill whom!"

Although Li Xianshu returned to Beijing, he didn't know the origin of this official in Beijing, let alone what his temperament was, and when he heard this, he stuck out his tongue and said: "This person is so powerful? Must be a big official?

Ying Lanfeng said with a smile: "It's not a big official, it's just that everyone in the capital knows that Meng Feixiong is born with a fierce temperament, if you provoke him to lose his temper, no matter who you are, whether you are bigger or younger than him, don't care about it...... Do you know that King Su is powerful? Once the two met at a banquet, for some reason they didn't agree, Meng Feixiong actually punched him, causing King Su to fall and break his leg, and it was only because of the emperor's sage that he was spared the death penalty......

Li Xianshu was shocked and couldn't help laughing, and said: "Amitabha, there is such a strange person in the world? Although I have never met King Su, since I entered Beijing, everyone who says that other people are not afraid of anything...... He turned out to be good, and went up and beat people?"

Ying Lanfeng smiled helplessly: "Isn't it? I have recently read the records of many officials in the Ministry of Officials, this person is first-class in terms of martial arts and strategy, and he has qualifications, but because of his temperament, he should have been promoted several times, but he was stopped, and he is still a five-grade Yang Lie general." ”

When Li Xianshu heard this, she sighed again and said, "This is really true...... However, if I am replaced, I will not be affected by the bird's anger, it is better to be happy!"

Suddenly, he turned his anger into joy again, and said with a smile: "This General Meng is so upright, the county official must be afraid, so he is too busy to let his brother go?"

Ying Lanfeng said with a smile: "But isn't it? If you don't let people go, when General Meng starts a fire, he will be injured at least and killed at worst, who can say accurately?"

Li Xianshu smiled: "I'm relieved......" and told Ying Lanfeng about Ming'er going back to her parents' house to see.

Ying Lanfeng said: "It's good for you to go and see, I heard that the third sister has also said ......kissing recently" It turns out that in the past two years, Li Xianshu's second sister has become married, and it is really with the kid in Sweet Water Lane.

Li Xianshu responded, and muttered: "The third child is a high-minded and arrogant master, I don't know who I told him?"

Ying Lanfeng said casually: "I don't know very well, but it seems that he is also an official eunuch." ”

When Li Xianshu heard this, she chattered, and asked him if he had told Grandma Xu about Li Huo's affairs in the mansion, Ying Lanfeng said: "I naturally said, they were panicked about something, and I don't know where the child went, and my sister-in-law was so anxious that she cried and jumped into the well...... cough, I have to go to the ministry to understand what I said, otherwise the little guys will go to pass the word, and it will be difficult to say it clearly. ”

Li Xianshu thought of Ying Pei, so she nodded and said, "This kid is really careful and capable, I just hope to ......"

Ying Lanfeng didn't seem to listen, walked to the table and sat down, looked at the light and thought to herself: "Although my brother's matter is over, ...... Where did General Meng hear about this for no apparent reason? Is it really just a coincidence?"

At the fifth watch of the next day, before dawn, Li Xianshu got up early, asked someone to wake up Li Huo, and prepared to go out to Youxian.

Over there, Ying Huaizhen heard the auspicious call, and also got up sleepily, ate two mouthfuls of noodle soup, and was carried out by Ying Lanfeng.

Ying Lanfeng sent her to the car, touched her head and said: "Go back and tell your grandma, bring me a good child, and say that I will go to ask for peace another day, so that her old man can relax and take care of her body." Ying Huaizhen agreed one by one.

Sure enough, Xu Yuan had already prepared all the things for Li Xianshu to bring, and there were seven or eight small maids and four or five maids, driving two carriages and four horses, out of the city and heading to Youxian.

After walking all the way for two or three hours in the morning, and finally arrived in Youxian, Ying Huaizhen and Li Huo were lying by the car window and looking out, and Li Huo pointed out a few interesting places for her.

While walking slowly on the main road, I suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves rolling in from behind, and there was a faint sound of shouting, which was frightening.

Ying Huaizhen and Li Huo squeezed on the window of the car, and looked behind together, but saw a big man dressed as two military attachés, riding two shiny healthy horses, galloping from behind.

Li Huo saw that the man on the horse was very majestic and majestic, and couldn't help but let out a "wow", his eyes were full of envy, Ying Huaizhen tilted his head and asked, "Who are they?"

Li Xianshu didn't pay attention to it, but when she heard the words, she also came over to take a look, but she didn't have a clue.

In an instant, the two men had come riding one after the other, and when they passed the carriage, they glanced at it.

Ying Huaizhen saw that the man's face was scumbag, but his two eyes were extremely fierce, as if he was full of anger, her heart trembled for no reason, and she felt a little scared, and involuntarily retracted into Li Xianshu's arms.

Li Huo was beside him, but he stared at it with good eyes, still full of envy.

The military attache glanced at Ying Huaizhen, then looked at Li Huo, and the deputy behind him shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The pedestrians in front heard the words and avoided them one after another.

In an instant, the two men had crossed the carriage and galloped away.

Li Huowu leaned on the car window, stretched his neck to look out, and muttered, "Who are they?

Suddenly, I heard the two little guys in front of me say, "Isn't this General Meng? What is he doing here?"

The other said: "The day before yesterday, I heard that he was not in the capital, and he was training at Yanyi, when did he come back?"

These two people are used to messing around outside the mansion, and they are naturally very well-informed about all kinds of news in the capital.

When Li Huo heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said, "It turns out that he is really a great general!"

Li Xianshu was stunned, remembering what Ying Lanfeng said last night, and couldn't help but feel worried, and said in her heart: "What is this General Meng doing in Youxian......? Do you want to regret it?"

I'm afraid that there will be changes, so hurry up and tell the little guy to hurry up now!

Sure enough, as soon as I turned the alley, I saw a large number of people around the door of Li's house from a distance, as well as two tall horses, which were very clear in the crowd.

Li Xianshu was shocked, and she didn't have time to get in the car, so she quickly jumped out of the car and ran forward.

Ying Huaizhen and Li Huo didn't know why, so they got out of the car hand in hand and ran forward.

Seeing this, the maids hurriedly followed, those little guys were all capable people under Xu Yuan, all of them were very alert, as early as when Xu Yuan got off the car, they had already opened the road in front, and shouted in their mouths: "Get out of the way, the second grandmother of Yingguo Mansion is coming home!"

When the people heard the word "Guogong Mansion", they were frightened and avoided one after another.

Li Xianshu ran into the door, her heart was beating, but when she raised her eyes, she saw a burly officer with a scruffy beard coming out of her mother's house, looking at each other, and Li Xianshu's heart was beating wildly.

The officer's eyes widened, and he still raised his legs and walked over, and the little guy in front of Li Xianshu knew the opportunity, so he stepped forward and knelt down to salute, and said: "Greetings to General Meng, the little ones are from the Guogong Mansion, and they are waiting for our second grandmother to come home today." ”

When Meng Feixiong heard this, he stood still slightly, glanced at Li Xianshu, and said with a "hmm": "It's rude." ”

Li Xianshu hurriedly returned the salute, and then asked, "I don't know if General Meng came to my mother's house today, what's the matter?"

Meng Feixiong was about to answer, when he suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting and scolding: "You damn boy still dare to come back? I ran away for you last time...... I'm going to kill you today!"

Another said, "Am I afraid of you? Don't call them helpers!"

Suddenly there was a noise, Li Xianshu suddenly remembered that Ying Huaizhen and Li Huo were still outside, but the voice behind was Li Huo talking, she was afraid that there would be a mistake, so she hurriedly turned around and ran out of the door.

Although Li Xianshu entered the door before, Li Huo and Ying Huaizhen followed behind, and the remaining two small maids were accompanied by a few maids, who knew that before they arrived at the door, they saw a group of people coming from the opposite side, and the current leader was actually the bastard boy of the Meng family who had fought against Li Huo before, leading more than a dozen strong guys, all with sticks in their hands, with a murderous attitude.

It turned out that the county magistrate suddenly released Li Xing yesterday, and the Meng family was very puzzled, they were used to it, so they were naturally angry, but fortunately, there were a few people who understood, and they persuaded everywhere, so they didn't make another trouble.

Unexpectedly, Meng Feixiong came today, and immediately those good people went to sue the Meng family boy, this Meng boy suffered a big loss in the hands of Li Huo, and because he was the only seedling in their family, he was pampered like a little bully since he was a child, and he had long wanted to put Li Huo to death, but now he heard that his uncle was here, and he only came to support him, so what are you afraid of? Immediately, he got up, called more than a dozen little guys with sticks, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to come and beat all the people of the Li family to death!

Seeing each other at the same time, Li Huo blocked Ying Huaizhen behind him, although he saw so many people in front of him, he was not afraid at all, and after scolding Meng Xiaozi, he hurriedly instructed the little maid and the maid: "You don't have to worry about me later, just take care of your sister!" and said to Ying Huaizhen: "Huaizhen, don't be afraid, don't look at anything when you cover your eyes." ”

Ying Huaizhen saw that there were many people on the other side, and he was very nervous, so he pulled Li Huo's arm and said, "Don't fight with them, heroes don't suffer immediate losses." ”

Li Huo looked at the Meng family boy with disdain, and said, "They are all bad breeds, not good men, if I am afraid of them, wouldn't they be worse than them?"

As he was saying this, he heard a hearty laugh, and someone said: "Yes, they are all bad seeds, you don't have to be afraid of them!"

Everyone was shocked, and they all looked up, but saw that at the door of Li's house, first Li Xianshu ran out, and then it was the officer who went to the door first.

When the boy of the Meng family saw this person, he was so happy that he ran over and raised his head and shouted, "Uncle!" At this moment, he thought that Meng Feixiong was on his side, and then said to Li Huo triumphantly: "You are going to die today." ”

Li Huo was secretly vigilant, Li Xianshu had already hurriedly hugged Ying Huaizhen, and also looked back at Meng Feixiong, not knowing whether he was friend or foe.

In front of everyone's eyes, I saw Meng Feixiong go out, lowered his eyes and looked at the boy of the Meng family for a while, suddenly raised his hand, only to hear a "pop" sound, and the boss slapped down like a fan, beating Meng Gongzi like a paper kite with a broken thread, and floated out to the side with a "whoosh".

When the people below saw it, they were all stunned, and the boy of the Meng family fell to the ground, like a snake that had been thrown to the ground by someone, and every inch of his bones was in pain, and he shouted in a daze: "Uncle!"

Unexpectedly, Meng Feixiong pointed at him and said: "Lao Tzu didn't want to see you, but you little brute came to the door by yourself, that's okay, you can hear me clearly: if you still rely on my name to do these unconscionable bullshit things in the future, Lao Tzu won't talk nonsense with you, just cut off your eggs and stuff them in your flowery intestines, and it will be good to get rid of your bad roots that will only bully people!

When Meng Xiaozi heard this, he was shocked and frightened, he didn't know what to do, and he was about to cry, Meng Feixiong sneered, and saw that a small guy next to him was cowering and dodging, but he was still holding the beating stick in his hand, Meng Feixiong said: "You guys also listen to Lao Tzu one by one, if you still help him do these evil things in the future, you will be like this!"

As soon as Meng Feixiong raised his hand as he spoke, his palm was like a knife, cutting out horizontally, only to hear a slight "click", and the stick with the thickness of his arm was actually broken in response, and the fracture was smooth, like a knife cutting!

Seeing this, Meng Xiaozi choked back violently before the cry came out, hurt and frightened, and simply fainted.

Those little guys also shouted in fright, threw the sticks in their hands, and fled in all directions, and a few of them grabbed Meng Xiaozi and fled with them in a horizontal and vertical drag.

At this moment, everyone present was stunned, and one by one they were like thunderous □□, and they were silent for a long time. Meng Feixiong saw those people fleeing quickly, so he laughed, turned around and saw Li Huo, and walked over to him.

Li Huo stared with wide eyes, full of admiration and shock, unable to speak, Meng Feixiong met his dark eyes, suddenly smiled, and said: "Tang Laosan is really right, you are really a good boy, you are brave and righteous, and you are indeed a good seedling of martial arts...... Wouldn't it be a disappointment to blindly learn some biting and chewing words from them? Do you want to go to Shangwutang?"

Li Huo's mouth was the size of an egg, but he still couldn't make a sound, and he didn't know what "Shangwutang" was...... Meng Feixiong stared at him and asked, "Do you want to do it or not?" If you are afraid of hardship, you can not go." ”

Li Huo is naturally not afraid of hardship, but when he thought so in his heart, he stammered: "I, I...... You ......"

Meng Feixiong couldn't cry or laugh, and suddenly heard the voice of a girl beside him: "General Meng, my cousin is naturally not afraid of hardship, but whether he goes or not, he has to discuss with his family." Although the voice is immature, it is very tactful and decent.

Meng Feixiong turned around, but saw that it was the girl who was holding Li Xianshu in her arms, six or seven years old, beautiful and unparalleled.

Li Xianshu didn't expect this to happen, so she hurriedly hugged Ying Huaizhen tightly again, and whispered: "Ah Zhen, don't talk nonsense......"

Meng Feixiong was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "It's okay, it's because I'm too anxious...... Think again, little one. I'll take my leave!"

He glanced at Li Huo, then at Ying Huaizhen, and walked out, his adjutant led two horses to accompany him, and the crowd was firmly surrounded, and when he saw this, he hurriedly retreated to both sides like dividing water, making way for them.

Meng Feixiong walked out of the crowd, turned on his horse, and walked away with the adjutant without looking back. Seeing this, the onlookers gradually dispersed.

It wasn't until he left that Li Huo jumped up and shouted, "I'm not afraid of hardship!" Before he screamed, he was tightly grabbed and shouted: "Tuwa'er, what are you running around? Believe it or not, your mother beat you!"

It turned out that Grandma Xu had just gone out, but when she saw that the situation was not right, she didn't come forward, and when she saw General Meng leaving, she came out and grabbed Li Huo, and was busy talking to Li Xianshu.

Li Xianshu came back to her senses at this moment, and asked first: "Mother, is this person here to our house?" but he was not in a hurry to wait for a reply, and only said to the little maids: "Bring all the things you brought into the house!"

At the moment, the little maids were busy, and they moved everything they brought into the house neatly. There are those neighbors who have not dispersed to see such magnificence, and they bite their tongues one by one, and they are surprised and sighed.

Grandma Xu pulled Ying Huaizhen and Li Huo into the door, Ying Huaizhen glanced back at the alley, and saw that General Meng was gone, only the words he just said were still in his ears: "Tang Laosan is really right......

At that time, everyone was afraid of Meng Feixiong's might, and didn't care about this sentence, Du Yinghuai really remembered it, his heart was pounding, and he thought: "Could it be such a coincidence......? Is it the person I thought about yesterday?"

However, if it is really that person, this incident can indeed make sense: Xiao Tang got the news from somewhere, maybe he didn't come forward in order to avoid suspicion, but he notified Meng Feixiong who was related to this case, he knew that Meng Feixiong was jealous and hateful, and would never condone the children of the family. Sure enough, it was more straightforward than his own intervention.

Judging from the sentence mentioned by Meng Feixiong, the relationship between them should be extraordinary.

It's just that if it's really him, what does he do to help secretly for no reason? Thinking of the matter of King Su last time, could it be that he still has any "intentions" for Lan Feng? Ying Huaizhen bit his fingers, thought about it for a long time, suddenly happy and worried, and unconsciously his nails were bitten bald