Chapter 18: Sleeve Brushing

After repeated persuasions, Feng Lin also made up his mind to stay here and not leave, and all the officials had no choice but to stay with him.

"You shouldn't be here to stay with me." Feng Lin said without being salty.

Officials reacted and rushed to check the results of the fire and to comfort the dead and injured.

This time, the fire killed 10 people and injured 33 people, including 10 people who choked on the fire, 23 people who trampled and crowded, and several cattle, horses, and mules were lost in the chaos, and the burned property was being cleaned up.

The bodies of the dead were sorted and transported, the injured were treated by doctors who came with the government, some people who were not injured were in a hurry to leave, and some people heard that the government would give subsidies to stay and wait, and the voices outside the post station were noisy and chaotic, and the grief after the disaster dissipated a lot.

Human beings are like this, fragile but tenacious.

Feng Lin changed his clothes, washed briefly, covered his burnt hair with a hat, and the doctor bandaged his arms again, and when he stepped out again, his whole breath was refreshed.

It's about a person who has experienced life and death, and compared to the scholarly man who arrived at the inn last night, he has a little more aggressiveness at this time.

His eyes fell on the door, and at a glance he saw the carriage and horses ready to go, and he was startled and hurriedly walked over.

"Benefactor, benefactor, stay." He stretched out his hand and shouted.

Steward Cao let go of the reins, stopped and got on his horse to look over.

"You're leaving?" Feng Lin asked, his gaze falling on the carriage.

The curtain of the carriage had not yet been lowered, and the little lady sitting inside it could be seen.

I couldn't see it clearly in the darkness of the night when I saw it last night, and at this time it seemed that this little lady was even younger than he thought, but she was fourteen or fifteen years old. High stature. As a result, they look thinner and thinner. His face was a little pale, but his big eyes were still bright.

It seems that last night's calamity did not affect her very much.

Come to think of it, with these reflexive, cautious, and high-strength retinues to protect you, there is really nothing to worry about.

"Oh, my lord, those soldiers have been handed over to the officers and soldiers to see, and what happened last night has been explained so that they can write it down, and we have all drawn the charge." Steward Cao said. "What else do you have to say?"

"What do you dare to say there?" Feng Lin shook his head and said, with a little emotion, he saluted the carriage chief, "Feng Lin once again thanked the lady for saving her life." ”

"Your Excellency is serious again." Cheng Jianniang said, returning the salute in the car, "This water and fire have no eyes, and we are just protecting ourselves." ”

It's the same when I say that, but no matter how I think about it, I feel that something is wrong...

It seems that from the moment he got out of the carriage, things were a little wrong... What's wrong, I can't say. If I had to say it, it was about luck...

The petty officials deliberately instigated the framing. But some people had to come forward either because they were uneven, or because their subordinates were implicated, so that this little official lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot.

In this fire, they played a big role in extinguishing the fire and rescuing them, and the most critical key was that they even captured the culprit alive, although the two important people were shot on the spot, but as long as these two people were here, there was no difference between dead and alive.

If they hadn't caught these people, even if they hadn't died, this man-made disaster would have ended in the end, and without evidence, they would have been burned in vain, but they would have strengthened the enemy's thieves and calculated more damage to themselves.

But now it's different, after catching these people, he doesn't have to say anything, just swing the corpse in front of the person, and that's enough!

Although he has never been afraid of death, he still has to die as he deserves, and if he dies like this, he will die in vain.

Feng Lin didn't speak again, and stretched out his hand to salute again.

"The lady doesn't need to be modest, she deserves Feng Lin's life-saving grace." He said.

Cheng Jianniang smiled.

"Actually, if you really want to say that, then it is not me who saved the adult, and it is not me who the adult should thank." She said.

Could it really be that someone secretly arranged all this?

Feng Lin raised his head in disbelief and stepped forward excitedly.

"Who is it?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"Yourself." Cheng Jianniang said, smiled again, and lowered the curtain.

Myself?

Feng Lin was stunned, what does this mean?

Steward Cao raised his whip and urged the horse to lead the way.

"Let's go!" He shouted in a long voice.

The people and horses are moving forward, and they are really leaving.

"Lady, dare to ask your surname?" Feng Lin hurriedly shouted, catching up a few steps.

The carriage and horses went forward, and no one looked back, and soon they were far away.

It wasn't until the road turned around that Steward Cao looked back and saw that Feng Lin seemed to be still standing on the side of the station.

"I've heard of this Feng Lin, he is a judge of the branch of the third division, and he can enter the third division and become a judge in one department, and he naturally has some skills, and his brain is very clear, but it is a common problem under the third division, and his brain is more axial..."

Everyone around laughed.

"Our lord and this judge can't be courteous," everyone laughed.

That's the same, the civil and military are different, the respect and humility are different, and there is no daily contact.

Steward Cao twisted his beard and smiled.

"Hey, Master Cao." One of the nearest attendants couldn't help but lean over a few points and lowered his voice, "Why are you telling Master Feng that you shot this person to death?" ”

As he spoke, he quietly glanced at the carriage behind him.

"Robbed the lady's credit...."

Steward Cao smiled, and was a little proud.

"What do you know, you don't understand the lady, I'm very familiar with it..."He said, stretching out his hand and twisting his short beard, "This matter is not a matter in the eyes of the lady, and there is no credit..."

The people all around cast admiring glances.

"Yes, yes, the lady was Cao Ye, you picked it up from Jiangzhou, and you are the most familiar with it..."

"Now it's Cao Ye again, it's really fitting for you to send it back."

"It's not, no wonder the old man picked someone at the beginning, and he was the first to pick you..."

Everyone laughed and laughed in a low voice.

Steward Cao had a smile on his face. But his heart was roaring.

You know what to say! You know that Lu Dao picked her up from Jiangzhou at the beginning. What am I familiar with? It's sin!

Pick me right? You know what to say! Do you know that after I learned that I was picked, I went home and hid in the house and cried?

I understand that she said that I shot the person I killed? You didn't see it when people were coming. Did the lady just stuff the bow and arrow into my hand?

That means I don't want people to know about it! I can't understand this meaning, no wonder I should be in charge, and you should follow.

"Why didn't the lady let people know that she did it? Oh, speaking of which, in addition to bringing the lady back to life, she also has a good archery skill. The attendant touched his chin and said, nodding again, "It is worthy of the blood of our Zhou family."

It is worthy of the blood of the Zhou family...

Steward Cao felt a little strange when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look back at the carriage.

When did it start. The little lady who humiliated the Zhou family and never wanted to mention it was able to make the Zhou family proud.

While laughing, a man's scream came from the back of the darkest and immediately fell into a low voice.

The entourage looked for a sound, and saw that it was walking in the carriage of the royal family.

"What's wrong with Little Lady Wang?" Someone chuckled under his breath.

This caused everyone to laugh.

Steward Cao also laughed, but quickly lowered his face.

"Hugh is talking nonsense." He half-truthfully reprimanded, the little son of the Wang family is a son in the end, and he may become the husband of a lady, how to look down on him in his heart, he still has to get by on face.

This is to give the lady face.

At this he smiled again. He raised his chin behind him.

"Why don't you let others know that the lady did it?" He said, "Wang Xiaoniang... Phew, the prince saw it. I was almost scared to death, but I woke up easily and had hysteria. ”

Thinking of what had happened to Fang Cai, the attendants laughed again.

"That's his timidity." Everyone said.

"He's timid." Steward Cao said, with a little sigh, "Lady, in the end, it's my daughter's house..."

He didn't say the rest of the words, and everyone understood.

The murder of the daughter's family is really taboo.

"I don't care, I don't care, I don't want to go with her, I don't want to see her again!"

Wang Qilang hugged the quilt and shouted.

Since waking up, this kind of talk has not stopped, the old servant has used everything, he is not a woman who can't coax the child, looking at Wang Qilang who is about to splash and roll, the old servant can't help but have a headache.

"Childe." He gritted his teeth and said, "If you are disobedient like this again, let that Cheng Niangzi know, she will be angry." ”

Disobedient!

Cheng Niangzi!

Angry!

Wang Qilang's eyes suddenly appeared in front of a person who had been shot through the throat by an arrow and fell on his back, and after that person fell, an arrow flew towards him....

"Oh my mother," he howled, and the quilt was over his head, shrunk in the corner of the car, shivering.

The car fell silent, and the old servant breathed a sigh of relief, but then sighed again and frowned.

How can this be good....

If the husband is afraid of his wife, how can this marriage be done?

On the day of sunset, a gust of wind swept through in late autumn in October, and the fallen leaves in the yard were suddenly layered, leaving only bare branches swaying.

A pair of clogs deliberately stepped heavily on the fallen leaves, making a brushing sound.

"Don't make trouble, lady."

The servant woman in the courtyard saw it and said with a smile.

Chen Danniang picked up her skirt and ran to the door.

In the house, Mrs. Chen was drinking tea and talking with Chen Shao, and there was a rosewood backgammon game in front of her.

“… It's such a big deal? This Taicang Road Transit Division is too bold..."Old Lady Chen said.

Chen Shao nodded, although he had been in the court for a long time, his face was still full of anger.

"It's not because of the support of the Gao family, and his hands have reached out to the transfer department, it's really greedy and shameless!" He said, "Feng Lin really took the coffin and stayed at the post station, according to the news, his left arm was only afraid that it would be useless." ”

Old Lady Chen sighed.

"This Feng nerd is really unlucky." He said.

"But it should be said that he was lucky, he didn't die, and he also grabbed the evidence." Chen Shao said, "If not, then it is called bad luck." ”

Old Lady Chen nodded and exhaled.

"Do you mean that passers-by have drawn their swords to help them when they see injustice?" He asked again.

Chen Shao nodded.

"Because it was about to rain that day, there were many people at the post station, and the thieves on Taicang Road were unlucky this time. He said.

Old lady Chen sighed and didn't speak.

“… The emperor was furious, and had already ordered Yushitai to fetch people, and ordered the Taiqing Road garrison to assist... This time, let's see how the Gao family turns... I'm afraid he won't dare to come forward... Just come forward..."Chen Shao continued.

Old Lady Chen seemed to be a little absent-minded, and stretched out her hand to dial the chessboard.

It is said that passers-by put out the fire and shot two small officials on Taicang Road who were going to run after setting fire, and the people of Taicang Road would not dare to run swaggering if they did bad things, running so hidden, and in such a chaotic situation, they could kill with an accurate blow, which was really powerful...

Passerby...

Passerby...

Old Lady Chen sat up straight suddenly, and Chen Shao, who was talking, was startled.

"How long has Cheng Niangzi been gone?" He asked. (To be continued......)