Chapter 138: A Chance Encounter in the Tea Shed
Seeing that the crowd of onlookers were all interceding for the two maidservants, Lin Lixia said: "My lord, Xiaomin thinks that although Xiaoqing is Gao Lianlian's maid, she is clean and self-conscious, and she is not complicit with Miss Gao, and she is meritorious in resisting the main family and reporting in order to protect her companions, which can be regarded as affectionate and righteous." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info and Xiaohong lost her way back, hoping that the adults would pity them, give them a way to live, cancel their slave status, and return them to freedom. ”
"Okay, it's up to you. Master Song, I'll leave this matter to you. Retreat!" Zhu Ming's stomach was already ringing like a drum at the moment, and he was dizzy with hunger, so he just wanted to solve it quickly, and then go to pay tribute to the Five Organs Temple.
"Thank you, Lord Qingtian!" The two maids were overjoyed by the blessing of misfortune, and kowtowed again and again to thank them.
Zhu Ming retreated, and Master Song stayed to deal with the aftermath. The crowd of onlookers was still unsatisfied, and after some discussion, they slowly dispersed.
"Oh no, I'm free, but what about my father and brother?" Xiaohong suddenly remembered this question at this time, and pulled Xiaoqing, who was about to leave, and asked in panic.
"I can't help this. Today, if we can turn evil into good fortune, it will be a big life for both of us. Or is it because Lin Gongzi kindly interceded for us, otherwise how could the county magistrate agree to us so happily. The rest, I can't take care of it so much. Xiao Qing frowned.
"Ah, but my father and brother will definitely die, the old man was not free just now, and when he comes home, he will definitely clean them up when he is free. Shall I not harm them? Xiaohong regretted it a little at the moment.
Xiaoqing saw her look, and sneered in her heart: A white-eyed wolf, he is really kind and has no good intentions. I had a plan in my heart, so I said: "Look at your sad face, I'll give you a reminder." The so-called enemy is a friend. For now, they are the only ones who can help you. After speaking, he glanced at Lin Lixia.
"Ah, they, how could they possibly help me?" asked Little Red curiously.
"Then it's up to you to be useful to them. After Xiaoqing finished speaking, she leaned into her ear and muttered a few words.
Xiaohong looked at her with wide eyes, and Xiaoqing said impatiently: "I just pity you to give you these suggestions, whether you listen to them or not, anyway, Master Gao will definitely not be able to spare your father and brother, if something happens to them, you can't escape." ”
When Xiaohong heard this, she finally made up her mind: "Sister Xiaoqing, I will listen to you." Then I'll go to them now. ”
"Okay, let's pretend to go up to Lin Gongzi to thank you, and then ......," Xiaoqing suggested.
Xiaohong now listens to her completely, so naturally she has no objections. So Xiaoqing helped Xiaohong to walk in front of Lin Lixia and the three of them to thank him, then gave him a look, and said loudly: "Lin Gongzi helped people to help the bottom, Xiaohong is injured and can't walk, can you help her rent a carriage to send her home." ”
Lin Lixia understood, agreed loudly, and then asked Lin Jincai to rent a carriage at the carriage and horse shop. Xiaoqing took the opportunity to say a few words to him, Lin Lixia heard the surprise in his eyes, his face was silent, and he only nodded slightly.
After a while, Lin Jincai rented a carriage and came back, Xiaoqing helped Xiaohong get into the car, and hurried towards Gaofu.
At this time, on the official road from Sanli County to Donglang County, there were several fast horses galloping, and the first one was thin, with a serious expression, wearing the official uniform of the stone blue Qipin County Order, which was the Zhang County Order of Sanli County.
It turned out that this thing was like this: as soon as he got up this morning, a gatekeeper came to report that there was a middle-aged man who was covered in blood and unconscious kneeling in front of the yamen. Zhang County Ling felt strange, but he still ordered someone to carry him into the county Yaxi Hall, invited a doctor to treat him, and prepared to wait for him to wake up before interrogation.
At the end of the day, he was in the study to review the case file, and suddenly the head of the arrest came to report, saying that he had just captured a thief, one of the robbers who were blindfolded, and the robber told him a very important news: it turned out that today the sky was just dawning, and a man broke into the cottage, the man's martial arts were extremely high, and it only took half an hour to wash the cottage in blood, but the man did not kill it all. He first wounded the bandits, then the other bandits cut off their hands and feet, and then let them go. The old and young in the village, as well as a few men who usually only cook, were unharmed. In the end, the man set a fire to the cottage and drove away with the bandit leader.
Zhang Xianling's face was very grim when he heard this: There are robbers in Mengshan, and he knows it, just because there are many robbers, there are more than 20 people, and there are only eight people in the county, and they are outnumbered. Moreover, the bandits only make more money and kill less, so he turns a blind eye on weekdays. Unexpectedly, someone helped him a lot today. Thinking of the middle-aged man covered in blood in the morning, an answer is about to come out.
Thinking of this, he ordered the head catcher to take the robber to the West Hall to identify, and sure enough, the man was the leader of the bandits. At this moment, Zhang County Ling understood: This must be a narrow-minded person in the martial arts to eliminate harm for the people, but he didn't want to show up to deal with the official uniform, so he quietly put the bandit leader at the door of the county office.
So he hurriedly took the catcher and a few catchers up the mountain to check, and when he arrived at the mountain, he saw the charred black dirt all over the ground, the air was filled with smoke and dust, and there were some unburned embers. Zhang ordered the arrest to look around and found that the people on the mountain had already fled, but several bodies were also found, all of them adult men. It is estimated that the bandits were too badly injured and did not have time to escape, so they were burned to death.
Zhang County ordered the arrest to bury the body on the spot, and then took people back to the county office. Then a notice was posted on the street, and the bandits of Yunmeng Mountain had been exterminated, but some had escaped. If villagers find suspicious characters, they can report them to the yamen.
Cutting off hands and feet was the punishment that the knight gave to the bandits, but they still had to accept the punishment of the law.
Soon after returning from the mountain, he received a message from Zhu Ming, the county magistrate of Donglang County, saying that he had arrested four bandits from Mengshan, and those bandits tried to break into the house and kill people, hoping that he would come over to try the case together.
Originally, there was no need for him to go to such a case, and he only needed to send the head of the arrest to bring the bandits back. But thinking of the situation found this morning, Zhang Xianling sensitively found that there seemed to be a connection between the two, so he had a serious curiosity, maybe he could see the chivalrous warrior on this trip.
On the official road, Zhang Xianling and his party galloped horses with puffs of smoke and dust, and when they passed by a tea shed on the side of the road, they glanced at it at random and found that there were several horses tied there, and a few men were drinking tea in the tea shed. He didn't care, tightened his reins and moved on.
Suddenly, a white horse on the edge of the tea shed neighed loudly and imposingly. Immediately afterwards, the horse that Zhang Xianling was sitting on suddenly screamed, his front hooves went weak, and he knelt down, almost throwing Zhang Xianling to the ground.
The horses behind neighed and stopped, their front hooves scraping the ground, reluctant to move forward. Seeing this, the accompanying master and the catcher dismounted one after another, ran over to help him down, and asked with concern, "My lord, are you okay?"
Zhang Xianling shook his head, but in his heart he felt that this horse was kneeling strangely. It was probably injured, but after the examination, nothing unusual was found.
Then he looked at the tea-shed, and especially at the white horse, which he found not a single variegated on his body, and his fur was shiny, and he looked unusually handsome, and he was carrying a good horse! The other three looked inferior to the white horse, but they were also one of the best horses in a hundred.
Look at the three people in the tea shed: one is wearing a black robe, about forty years old, and has a good face. The other dignified-looking man looked younger, about thirty years old, wearing a bright yellow robe and holding a fan in his hand, and a man in a soap coat with a white beard who could not tell his age. Although these people are dressed in a low-key manner, they don't look simple. In addition, there was also a man dressed in black with an expressionless face holding a sword in both hands, and when he saw him coming, he stared at him vigilantly.
This man, this group of people, could it be...... Because of this conjecture, Zhang Xianling felt a little excited in his heart, so he stepped forward, and the entourage also followed when he saw this. Seeing them coming forward, the man in black stretched out his right arm to block him, and coldly spit out two words in his mouth: "Stand down!"
Several people in the tea shed had already noticed them, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes when they saw Zhang Xianling wearing an official uniform.
"Presumptuous, this is the county magistrate of Sanli County!" the entourage shouted loudly when he saw that he was rude.
The man in black glanced at him coldly, and Zhang Xianling was startled and hurriedly turned around and said, "Don't be rude, give me a retreat!"
The entourage retreated, Zhang County Commander did not dare to make a mistake, and said modestly: "This strong man, surnamed Zhang, is the county commander of Sanli County, and he passed by here on a business trip. Seeing that a few people were extraordinary, and there was a question in their hearts, they came to inquire and had no other meaning. ”
The man in the dark robe stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Zhang is polite, a certain surname is Wei, I don't know if Lord Zhang has any questions?"
"Mr. Wei!" Zhang Xianling beckoned, "I don't know how many gentlemen know that there was a big incident in Mengshan in Sanli County this morning?"
"Mengshan?" Mr. Wei said with a smile: "We walked from the official road, and we never passed by Mengshan, what's the matter, what's going on there?"
Zhang Xianling carefully observed his expression, and saw that he couldn't see anything, and was slightly disappointed in his heart, but he still briefly said the situation.
Several people listened and glanced at each other, and it turned out that the black smoke in the southwest direction was the case before. However, at that time, he only sent Zhang Hu over to take a look, and did not inquire in detail. In this way, it seems to be a story of chivalrous people who eliminate harm for the people.
"I see!" said Mr. Wei.
Then the two chatted a few more words, and Zhang Xianling saw that they looked indifferent, so he said goodbye with interest.
After waiting for the road and walking a short distance, the attendant said indignantly: "My lord, they are so rude, why are they so humble to them?"
"What do you know!" Zhang Xianling said, "After they saw that the official was wearing an official uniform and knew the identity of the official, their attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and even a little arrogant. What does that mean?"
It shows that they are very rude and bold, and their entourage is slanderous. (To be continued.) )