The moon and stars are scarce, and Lian'er has already felt the coolness of the autumn night, but she hurried along the way, and when she arrived at the county seat, she also sweated for a while. It was already midnight, and Lian'er easily climbed over the courtyard wall of the yamen, and arrived at the third hall, which was supposed to be patrolling the night at this time, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they all went home during the day, and only the officials' rooms and barracks were still on duty.

Lian'er felt that this was a godsend, so she quickly came to the flower hall, but the porter was locked, and she didn't know the reality inside, so it was not easy to break in, so Lian'er turned to enter from the back garden. Sure enough, on the south side of the garden was the county master's bedroom, because Lian'er clearly heard the county master's voice.

At this time, Lian'er has to find an opportunity, wait for everyone to sleep, and then secretly do it. Sure enough, more than an hour passed, and it was already the second half of the night, and I don't know the specific time. Lian'er lurked in the garden, and saw that the lights around her were extinguished, and there was silence, so she covered her mouth and nose with a black cloth, only showed her eyes, and gently opened the window of the county commander's bedroom.

When she turned over and entered the house, Lian'er heard the sound of snoring and learned that the county magistrate was asleep, so she pulled out a sharp knife and slowly approached it.

But suddenly, his calf was suddenly tripped over a thin rope, and although he stood very steadily, without any stumbling, he heard a crisp sound, and a vase by the wall fell to the ground and shattered.

This voice made the county order and the concubine who shared the bed wake up immediately, and the two of them were also taken aback, and they already knew in their hearts, Lian'er didn't expect that the county order was so afraid of death, and he would arrange such a mechanism in the house to call the police before going to bed.

But Lian'er thought about it, although this voice woke up the county couple, but presumably he had no power to resist, so he rushed over with a sharp knife.

The county magistrate also hurriedly shouted at this time: "What person! ”

But it was too late, and he also knew that someone was already going to kill him with a knife, although it was already close at hand, fortunately, the county order was carefully arranged on weekdays, and he had already taken precautions, so he pulled a rope in the bedside tent hard, only to see that the bed board of the county master was turned over in an instant, and he and the concubine were rolled in the dark compartment under the bed at once.

Lian'er's surprise was not trivial, so she hurriedly stepped forward, but there was nowhere to start, and the bed board was dead and couldn't be lifted. Lian'er suddenly felt that something was wrong, so she wanted to break out of the window, but at this time, the voice of the county magistrate seemed to be shouting outside:

"Catch the Assassins, come and catch the Assassins! ……”

Lian'er wanted to escape from the back garden, but she happened to see a team of people coming with torches, so she rushed out of the front door, trying to escape the way, but it was too late, and she saw that the entire flower hall had been surrounded.

When Lian'er was arrested, she couldn't understand why her actions would make the county order take precautions in advance, because after all, it was her whim who risked the assassination, and even Qiu Laokui, who was closest to her, couldn't guess it, and it can even be said that a few hours ago today, she couldn't have guessed that she was going to assassinate the county order tonight, so how could she fall into someone else's trap?

As everyone knows, the biggest threat to being an official in the imperial court at this time is the assassination of revolutionaries. It stands to reason that although the county order loves money as life, it is not too hurtful, and in the Qing Dynasty, if the county-level officials' salaries are dragged to their families, they can barely make ends meet, and even the master can't afford to ask for it, and even the official uniform can't afford to change.

In other words, at that time, it was no longer normal to be an official not to be corrupt, or it was already common for an official to take bribes, otherwise no one would be an official at all. So it's still good for the county magistrate to talk about the voice of the people.

However, the revolutionaries do not care about this, and according to common sense, the revolutionaries should assassinate those corrupt officials who poison the people, but in fact, on the contrary, many revolutionaries even go so far as to kill the corrupt officials and keep the corrupt officials. If the former is idealistic, then the latter is the representative of realism, because the most effective way to "drive out the Tartars" is to kill the elite who support the regime, and if you kill corrupt officials, you will help the imperial court.

Regardless of whether the revolutionaries' approach was right or wrong, the ZP county magistrate at this time already felt that his safety was greatly threatened, so he also made such an arrangement in his bedroom out of his own safety, but he didn't expect Lian'er to hit it.

Qin Zhihong got the news early the next morning, he suddenly felt that the sky was dark, and soon, Qiu Laokui also personally came down the mountain to find Qin Zhihong and told Lian'er how she went down the mountain without permission. The county order led people to come at this time, fortunately Qiu Laokui arranged a secret sentry at the door, at this time Qiu Laokui was discussing countermeasures with Qin Zhihong in the lobby, and suddenly heard the alarm of the dark sentry, and hurriedly said:

"It's not good, Uncle Qin, the official army is here!"

Qin Zhihong also understood, so he immediately asked Qiu Laokui to escape through the back door, and told him to go out to avoid it first, and then make plans.

Qin Zhihong immediately went out to greet him, only to see the county commander leading the officials to the Qin family compound, and said unceremoniously to Qin Zhihong:

"Master Qin, I don't know about the assassination of the official last night, do you know?"

Qin Zhihong pretended to be shocked and said, "There is such a thing? The villain really doesn't know, he doesn't know where the clumsy thorn is! Why is she so ignorant! Adult, the villain has not known the whereabouts of his wife during this time, and what you said last night was just known! ”

Qin Zhihong was also afraid that the county order deliberately released the wind to deceive himself, although he had already received Qiu Laokui's report, but Lu Xiaoliu was able to betray Lian'er, why should Qiu Laokui taste it, maybe he colluded with the government to deliberately lure the snake out of the hole. So he didn't dare to expose himself blindly at this time, so as not to expose his feet.

The county magistrate smiled and said: "Last night, your wife sneaked into my yamen and almost took the life of this official, it seems that your wife used to be the leader of the Boxers, and now she has something to do with the revolutionaries!" ”

Qin Zhihong knew that the matter had been cleared up, so he said: "Master, the villain doesn't understand the details very well, and I don't know how to deal with it?" ”

The county commander sneered proudly and said: "This official will not bend the law for personal gain this time, since Mrs. dares to assassinate the imperial court official, it seems that this matter is not so simple, I will report to the imperial court and wait for the decision of the imperial court, and Master Qin should also do it himself, since you have just learned about this matter, it must have nothing to do with you, as for how the imperial court decides, I will not interfere in the next discussion, and I will leave." ”

The words of the county order not only knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, but also got rid of the involvement, and his coming this time was only for these two purposes. The first few times the Zhang family was embarrassed for the Qin family, Qin Zhihong easily settled the matter, and even he, the county master, couldn't touch the depth of the water, although he didn't lose face too much, but he was also unhappy in his heart, and felt that the Qin family didn't buy his own account, and he used the people above to pressure him at every turn. This time he said this to let Qin Zhihong know that the county officials are not as good as the current management, and Lao Tzu is the person who says nothing in the ZP territory, this time it is related to the revolutionaries, I think who dares to care!

Secondly, he also blamed the court for arresting Lian'er and blaming her, he was just acting on orders, and when the time comes, you don't want to find my old account, besides, your wife joined the revolutionary party, can you really get out of the way? If Lao Tzu hadn't been able to figure you out, he would have put you in prison a long time ago!

Qin Zhihong couldn't hear the meaning of this, so he didn't say more, and quietly let the county commander leave with all the officials.

Old man Yang also came anxiously, although he is a righteous daughter, but he loves Lian'er very much on weekdays, this is not because of how lenient Old Man Yang is, and he is not biased towards his own daughter Ziyi, but he does have a similar personality with Lian'er, and they are all vigorous and resolute people, so Lian'er and Old Man Yang hit it off, and this is how they become a righteous father and daughter, in fact, this has little to do with Qin Zhihong.

Therefore, when he learned of this, Mr. Yang also gave up his old face and sent a letter to find out the news with his former colleagues and subordinates, and interceded for help, but he was designated as a revolutionary, different from the Boxers, and there were still some sympathies for the Boxers, and after so much time, no one cared about these idle matters, but the revolutionaries were rebelling, who dared to ask about this matter? Therefore, Master Yang's multi-faceted requests for help were also ineffective.

Qin Zhihong was really in a mess at this time, and Qiu Laokui kept sending people over to interrogate the matter, saying that he wanted Qin Zhihong to go up the mountain to discuss countermeasures. Old Man Yang understood the key point, and he persuaded Qin Zhihong:

"Zhihong, at this moment, men must be calm, don't go to the doctor for illness, it will help you."

Qin Zhihong understood that he did not approve of Qin Zhihong leading a group of rabble to rob the prison to save people, and in the end people could not be saved, but harmed the whole family, Qin Zhihong didn't know, but after all, he had to go up the mountain, so he said to Old Man Yang:

"Father-in-law, I know that the brothers on the mountain are just persuading me to rob the prison to save people, but I have to go over and hold them steady, let's think about it in the long run."

Old Man Yang patted Qin Zhihong's shoulder with confidence, and said: "I'm relieved if you say this, you first stabilize them, let the people on the mountain not act rashly, and we will discuss it again when we come back, now is not the time to do this fight, there are still many ways, until the last resort, there is no need to rob the prison; Besides, it is necessary to make detailed arrangements for the robbery of prisons, not only to be able to defeat the officials and troops in the county seat, but also to be able to deal with the encirclement and suppression of several surrounding military camps and successfully escape, so you go over first and stabilize the situation. ”

Qin Zhihong nodded knowingly, simply packed up and set off.

At this time, many people in the cottage were excited and wanted to go down the mountain to save Lian'er. Many of them were Zhu Honglan's subordinates back then, and they naturally respected Lian'er very much, and this was also their allegiance to Zhu Honglan. And Qin Zhihong is Zhu Honglan's cousin and Lian'er's husband, Zhao Sanduo's tall feet, although everyone said that they disagreed, but when they saw Qin Zhihong coming, they all had nothing to say, just waiting for Qin Zhihong to give an order, go down the mountain to attack the county seat, and save Lian'er.

Qin Zhihong suddenly felt fortunate that he had the instructions of Old Man Yang before leaving, although he was also very sure that he would stabilize the situation on the mountain at that time, but at this time, seeing that the people on the mountain were so excited and high-spirited, if he didn't have Old Man Yang's words before leaving, maybe it would be a moment of love to overcome reason and lead people down the mountain, looking back, he felt so dangerous.

Qin Zhihong arrived at the cottage hall and said loudly:

"Brothers, your aunt and grandmother, that is, my wife, have been arrested by the government, saying that it is a revolutionary party and wants to put her to death, but we know that this is absolutely wronged, but the fact that she assassinated the county order last night is indeed true, and we can't argue with it."

At this time, many people shouted: "If you hit the county government, you will come out of your aunt!" Many people cried out.

Seeing such a situation, Qin Zhihong couldn't help but lose control a little, but fortunately, at this time, Qiu Laokui yelled: "What are you arguing about, listen to Uncle Qin's words!" ”

This roar suddenly made the whole hall silent, Qin Zhihong couldn't help but feel ashamed, it seems that he is usually a lot smarter, but he is really inferior to his cousin and Master Yang in big things, and he is not as good as this Qiu Laokui, and he is not even as prestigious as Lian'er. Qin Zhihong didn't have time to think about these things, so he continued what he had just said:

"I think it's natural for all of us to save my aunt and grandmother, and I, as his husband, of course, must also save it, but now my aunt and grandmother are still very safe, and this crime must be reported to the court by the county order, and the execution can only be carried out when the criminal department really verifies and approves it, and the text is sent back, so during this time, we have time to prepare."

Qin Zhihong saw that everyone was listening carefully, and felt that it seemed to be temporarily stable, at least he didn't directly persuade everyone not to save people and provoke everyone, so he continued:

"So there is no need to rush to save people, I have to discuss it carefully with Brother Qiu. During this time, everyone prepared the guns for me, the bullets were loaded, the knives were sharpened, as long as he had a chance in the county, I would take everyone down the mountain to save people! ”

Everyone applauded together, and Qin Zhihong continued: "I ask everyone this time, naturally I can't let everyone die for our husband and wife in vain, I will come up with a foolproof plan, how to retreat and how to act after rescuing people, so I thank you here!" ”

Saying that, Qin Zhihong knelt down and saluted everyone, almost all of them were from the old Boxer Rebellion, and they were known to be righteous, otherwise they would not have been gathering here and fled early. Immediately, everyone also returned the favor.

Qin Zhihong was inexplicably moved.