Xi Chao went out early in the morning with Hongrui and Luqin, and the main purpose of today was to go to the blacksmith shop to find a craftsman who would make a bow and crossbow, and she wanted to make a small bow and crossbow that was easy to hide in her sleeve, preferably a repeating crossbow, in case of emergency.

At noon, I had lunch in a restaurant outside, and on the way back, I saw two men pulling a girl not far ahead, and a middle-aged woman next to me holding the girl's hand and crying.

"Master, do you want to take a detour?" Hongrui asked softly.

"No, you don't." Xi Chao raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to walk forward, it was not in a hurry to change the way, it happened right under her nose, although she was not a nosy lord, but these four are all people, and she can't keep knowing herself, if she doesn't make a move, it won't be long before it will be rumored that she is the county lord but can't be saved, that kind of thing is too annoying.

"Please spare my daughter, she's only twelve." The woman in coarse cloth knelt on the ground and pleaded, pulling her daughter's hand without letting go.

"Let go, your man sold your daughter for ten taels of silver, and the goods were cleared for two dollars, so don't let go quickly." The meaty man grabbed the girl and didn't let go.

"I'll pay back the money." The woman cried and begged, "Please give me some time, and I will pay back the money." ”

"Mother, mother, I don't want to go to a brothel." The girl cried with a face, and her face was full of horror.

"Can you afford it?" The companion next to the cross-meat man spoke: "If you can afford to pay off your man, as for selling his daughter to pay off his gambling debts?" ”

When the woman heard this, her face turned frightened, but she still did not let go, crawled two steps, grabbed the hem of the man's clothes, and pleaded, "My daughter is still young, please show mercy." ”

"It's useless for you to ask for anything, we are also doing things for others." The horizontal meat man said: "If you want to return the silver, bring it as soon as possible, don't spend it with the gentlemen here." ”

The woman grabbed her daughter's hand and kowtowed to the two men and begged, she was such a daughter, she was blind and married to a gambler, lost all the family's savings, not to mention selling her own daughter to that kind of place, what kind of evil did she create.

"Why are you stinky bitches running out on the streets?" The man with a sallow face stepped forward and kicked behind the woman and scolded: "Daughter, I have already sold you, what are you doing to stop others, do you still want to ask people if they can't make money?" ”

As soon as the man's words fell, the people around him scoffed, and this person's conscience was eaten by dogs, and he actually sold his own daughter to that kind of dirty place.

"What to see, what to see." The man pointed to the onlookers around him viciously: "What should I do, what should I do, this is our family's family affairs, what are your affairs, don't mix here." ”

"Mother, mother." The girl was crying incessantly.

"Little hoof, what are you crying about, follow the two masters back, make sure you eat and drink spicy food, and follow your poor woman." The man was angry and kicked the woman several times until she was kicked so hard that she could not get up.

"No, no, I don't want to go." The girl cried and begged, "Let me go, let me go." ”

"Phew, you brainless little slut, Lao Tzu raised you so big for nothing." The man pointed at the woman like a hooligan: "You slut can't even give birth to a son, giving birth to a daughter is still a money-loser, don't embarrass Lao Tzu here, hurry up and go back to me, dare to resist and see if Lao Tzu can't kill you." And he came forward and kicked the woman.

"Two masters, please." The man smiled flatteringly at the two of them, "I'll take this crazy woman away." As he spoke, he started to move, and the weight of his hand was unbearable to watch.

"Daughter, daughter!" The woman was physically and mentally exhausted, and was dragged twice by her own man, but if she didn't let go, she would never see her daughter again.

Seeing that this was not right, the man stepped forward and broke the hands of the two of them, and cursed and cursed, his face was extremely ugly, and he punched and kicked the woman to force the woman to let go.

"Let go, you slut." The man scolded, and only broke a finger with the strength of the milk, but the man was ruthless, and only heard the screams of the woman accompanied by Gaba's hand was released.

How could the woman have thought that the man was so vicious, for ten taels of silver, he broke her hand holding her daughter tightly, ten fingers to the heart, that kind of heart-piercing pain, how can I bear it in my bones.

The people who looked around couldn't help but be shocked on the spot, they had never seen such a ruthless man, not to mention selling their own flesh and blood, but also breaking the woman's fingers, where is the conscience, although everyone was indignant, no one dared to step forward to stop it, not for anything else, after all, this is someone's family matter, it's not easy to manage.

"Master?" Hongrui couldn't bear it, but she still put the order of the Xi Dynasty in the first place, and did not step forward to save people.

"Midoriqin, chop off his hand." The Xi Dynasty is most disgusted with men treating women's lives as a mustard, and such things that violate the law should be severely punished.

"Yes." Lu Qin stepped forward in response, knowing who the master was talking about.

Someone in the man stepped forward and said with a vicious voice on his face: "Don't be nosy! ”

Lu Qin was not afraid of the man's bluff, a few steps approached, pulled out a short dagger from his sleeve and swung it towards the man's hand holding the woman, the hand dagger fell from the dagger, to the hand dagger fell so fast that people couldn't look down on it, only to hear a terrible scream sounded Everyone came back to their senses, and the smell of blood suddenly spread, and a few people saw this bloody scene, and couldn't help but tremble in their hearts and retched.

"This, this ......" The two men who grabbed the person immediately frowned and looked at the beautiful woman in green, not reacting to what was going on for a while.

"Mother!" The girl broke free from the stunned man's streak and threw herself on her frightened mother on the ground.

The people who watched the play around were surprised, and they couldn't close their mouths for a long time, so they cut off a man's hand in broad daylight, who is this person so bold. Looking at the man who was wailing on the ground and rolling in pain, everyone couldn't help but feel frightened.

"Red Stamen." The Xi Dynasty handed over the right to speak to Hongrui.

"Yes." Hongrui knew that his master was too lazy to express his position, so he stepped forward and took out the silver and threw it to the cross-meat man and said, "Take the silver and leave." ”

The cross-meat man subconsciously caught the silver thrown over, looked at the people around him and asked what he meant, the man didn't want to provoke right and wrong, looked at the woman in green who committed the murder, gave the cross-meat man next to him a look, turned to leave, and glanced at him when he passed by Xichao, and his heart was full of doubts.

The two of them just left a team of officials who were on patrol and rushed to hear the news, and when they saw the blood in the place and a broken hand, and then looked at the troublemakers, they immediately had two big heads, what was wrong with this, and the blood was seen, and the county lord couldn't settle down, it was always so embarrassing.

"Just in time." Hongrui glanced at the man who was wailing and rolling in pain on the ground and said: "This man openly sold his own flesh and blood and beat his wife, such a mad man is intolerable, cut off one of his hands as a punishment, you take this person back and interrogate him well, maybe something can be tried." ”

"Yes, yes." The official leader didn't dare to stay longer, for fear that a bad one would be implicated in him, this county lord was really a bad god, and he saw blood everywhere he went, which made people's hearts tremble.

The woman who came back to her senses pulled her daughter and kowtowed vigorously to Xichao, "Thank you, thank you." ”

"Here are ten taels of silver, you can take it to see the doctor." Red Rui handed over the silver.

"Thank you, thank you." The woman took the silver and kowtowed to Hongrui a few times, although she knew in her heart that it was a little shameful to take people's money, but her family was now defeated by men, and even the stuttering had to rely on the neighbors, and now it was summer when the family had just planted a few acres of dry land, and their mother and daughter would have to starve without silver, so they could only lick their faces and accept it.

Xi Chao didn't care about this at all, she just did what she had to do, and strode away with Hongrui and Luqin.

The official dared not to act if he heard the words of the county lord, and immediately set up the man on the ground and led the people directly to the direction of the yamen.

The crowd around saw that the three of them were gone, and they all said that the two mothers and daughters were good at their fate, and then looked at the girl who had been paying attention to the direction of the three of them, how could the admiration in their eyes be hidden, and they sighed lightly.

"Don't look at it, how can you afford that one." A woman who sold bread stepped forward to help the mother and daughter up, and kindly reminded: "Even if you are lucky to meet this person today, you will have a good life in the future, and we poor people will have to live whatever life we want, and don't think about anything else." ”

The girl was pale and couldn't raise her head when the woman said that the central matter, and her mother's hand trembled slightly, how could she not know what her identity was, how could she get into the eyes of Engong, and this admiration could only be buried in her heart.

"Eun Gong won't be implicated, right?" This time, the woman's mind was much clearer, and she looked at the undried blood on the ground, and her heart panicked.

"Hey, what's there, anything stricter than this has happened, not to mention your gambler man with no background." The person on the side took over and said: "That person can walk sideways in Shangjing here, who doesn't want to die and rush to reincarnate." ”

The woman who sold the bread did not want to stay longer, so she helped the woman to go directly to the nearest hospital, and in the end, the mother and daughter did not know the true identity of the father who saved them.

"And what is his identity?" The merchants from outside did not know and asked questions.

"She's famous." Someone explained: "She is the lord of Zunyi County, who is famous for being ruthless." ”

"How can a good county lord hurt people in the street?" Some people wonder how a girl's family has such courage.

"Yo, you don't know what kind of man that man is, what is that beating wife and selling his daughter, he should be killed." There are people who can't see what men do.

"It's just, scum like this is really a shame on our men." One man was indignant.

"It's another good show, it's wonderful." On the restaurant on the side stood the people who had watched the play before.

"It's neat, and it's really vicious!" One person gave an evaluation.

"But it's also very happy, isn't it?" The man standing with his hands in his hands said with a smile.

"Her green-clothed maid is not simple, just from that knife, it seems to be very skilled." This sentence means something, and a discerning person naturally knows what it means.

"But you don't know that Zhao Mingli's incident was also done by the green-clothed woman next to the county lord, and it was only very clean." Compared with the two things, it really hasn't changed in the slightest.

When it came to Zhao Mingli, everyone subconsciously clamped their legs and felt pain, it was a man's nightmare, who would have thought that a pampered eldest lady would unceremoniously give such an order, and the person who executed it was so iron-faced and selfless, without the slightest embarrassment.

"It's green again, I don't see the woman in red make a move, it seems that the woman in green knows martial arts." The man made the judgment accordingly.

"Not necessarily." Another person doesn't think so.

"Oh, what's wrong?" The man asked.

"I can't say it, I just think the woman in red is a little stronger than the woman in green." It's intuitive.

"There is no evidence that says nothing."

"Why didn't she take those two mothers and daughters back as servants and maids, wouldn't that be better, I think that girl has taken a fancy to that one, tsk, a man's dress is really a talent, but it's just a little colder, a cold beauty."

"What to do when you take it back, there is still a shortage of slaves in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is just a matter of saving them, and it is a matter of effort."

"Saving people also has to have a beginning and an end, how can you give ten taels of silver, Xiangfu is not a place where there is a shortage of silver."

"Heh, you can really be picky, giving ten taels of silver is enough, more is charity, people have self-esteem, even when they are the most depressed, the pride in their bones cannot be erased, no matter how much silver is a foreign thing, it will make people greedy, and they will also use the grace of saving their lives as a means to make a fortune."

"It's not that people's hearts are insufficient."

It didn't take long for it to be rumored that the county lord of Zunyi punished the evil man to save the mother and daughter, which suddenly set off a lot of waves, reproducing the style of the Zhao family two years ago.

"Hmph, it's really a good means, and it didn't take long to make such a big move again, which won everyone's praise." Some people can't see it, and the county lord has such words.

"Fake fishy, I want to see what kind of Cheng dù she can do?" There are people in the same way who echo it.

"What, you're going to do it?"

"How can I do it myself, there are many people who want to see her jokes."

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

"It's killing people, it's just to let those fools see what she is."

"Isn't it going to make a big deal out of it?" The concern is not unfounded.

"Hmph, what's the big deal, it's just a little trick."

"This is not the same as in the past, she is the most favored person of the saint."

"Worry about something, someone will come out and do this kind of thing."

Xi Chao has long been accustomed to the surrounding discussions, and took Hongrui Hongming to the blacksmith shop that was scheduled two days ago to get a bow and crossbow, and now the bows and crossbows produced are relatively large and can only fire three arrows, she wants to see if she can reduce the size, and even the hair should be improved, as for why not use the craftsmen in the palace, it is because of the fear of revealing secrets, and the choice of craftsmen in the workshop is because there are many capable people in the workshop.

After taking the bow and crossbow, Xichao took people to a special pastry shop on West Street, and heard that the cakes in that shop were unique and delicious, and she wanted to buy some to try.

"That's good." Hong Ming's eyes lit up as he looked at the pastries on the table.

"I can smell this incense." Hongrui pointed to a plum blossom cake road.

"That's not bad either."

"It's all good."

Xi Chao smiled and watched the two of them staring at the pastry and commented, "Buy some of everything and take it back to taste." "Although the dim sum in the small shop is not as delicate as that in the palace, it has a unique taste.

"The shopkeeper hurry up and pack a pound each." Hongming and Hongrui are so happy, it's not that they haven't eaten good, this is the first time they have bought pastries outside, and they are usually either used in Fengyang Building or in the house, and they have never eaten anything from other houses, can the two of them be unhappy.

"Okay." The shopkeeper was smiling and weighed all kinds of cakes neatly.

"Well, it's delicious." Hongming and Hongrui ate while walking, and they didn't care about any image, occasionally feeding a piece and a half of dim sum to Xichao's mouth.

The three of them walked around and didn't want to be surrounded by a lot of people in front of them, and heard the man's cursing and the woman's screaming and begging for mercy.

"Master?" Hongrui looked at Xichao and asked what he meant.

"It's a disaster that can't be avoided." Xi Chao was very tired in his heart, but what could he do.

The crowd of onlookers stood far away and didn't dare to come forward to ask for trouble, they just wanted to watch the play, they were surrounded by a man and a woman, the man was fat and strong, and he was dressed well, and he looked like a young master from a big family, and the woman was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she looked like a beautiful and moving, but it was a pity that she was a poor girl who sold herself to bury her father.

Needless to say, you can guess that there is an eighty or ninety, it is nothing more than an orphan girl who sold herself to bury her father, but she was taken by a gentleman who did not learn countless things, and threw down the silver and said that he would let the orphan girl be his first concubine. This is not the first time this has happened, can meet a kind person as a slave for the servant naturally in the future, there will be no lack of food and clothing, if it is like today's situation it will be miserable, although being a concubine is not without blessings, on the contrary, you can get good food and clothing, if you serve well, maybe you can give birth to a son and a half daughter, and you will have a dependence in the second half of your life. However, this son is famous for the best, but everything that looks good must be taken back, and it is a temporary freshness, and the freshness of the woman's life is not as good as the maid ring in the house, and I heard that this Chang Gongzi is a beast who does not treat women as people, and likes some extremely vicious torture methods to toss women, although the onlookers know a lot about it, but they are unwilling to come forward to help, although the Chang family is not a big family but also has a small reputation, the good or bad is that the Chang family has relatives who are officials in the court behind them, Although I don't know who it is, it's not easy to be guilty.

"With Ben Gongzi, you just wait to eat and drink spicy food." Chang Gongzi stepped forward with a lewd smile and touched two handfuls of the girl's immature and fair cheeks and said, "Look at this little face, it's really beautiful." ”

"I, I'm not going." The girl was terrified, and instinctively stepped back to avoid the man's groping.

"Little slut, don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink!" Chang Gongzi's face changed instantly, and he said viciously: "If you don't go with this son, see who dares to help you." As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd of onlookers, and the meaning in his eyes was obvious.

"I don't, no." The girl was so frightened that she burst into tears, and she couldn't say a complete sentence, and she looked pitiful.

"Phew, what are you, I have taken a fancy to you, you are so unrelenting." Chang Gongzi stepped forward and grabbed the girl to be thin in public.

"No, no, help, don't." The girl's desperate cry for help seemed so pale and weak, but she didn't know that the man whispered in the girl's ear, 'Coming'.

The two of them pulled and pulled and argued, begging for help and crying, which made people feel sad, but still no one dared to come forward to dissuade them, even if some people couldn't bear to see it and wanted to step forward, but they were stopped by their friends.

The girl was biting and kicking and constantly struggling, and then was kissed by the man several times before finally breaking free and running into the crowd, seeing the girl running over in a panic, everyone subconsciously retreated a few steps, for fear of being affected, but they didn't know that the direction of the girl's run was the three masters and servants of the Xi Dynasty who came slowly.

"Childe, save me!" The girl rushed straight to the tide and wanted to hug the boy.

How could the Xi Dynasty let the stranger get close, a dodge made the visitor pounce in the air, kneeling on the ground, everyone also saw the Xi Dynasty master and servant at this time, some people were relieved, and some people were secretly happy, the show had just begun.

"Childe, help me, I don't want to be a concubine." When the girl saw that she couldn't pounce, she knelt down while crying, trying to grab the hem of the boy's clothes.

"If the girl takes another step forward, don't blame me, you're welcome." Hong Ming stepped forward to block the girl's movements, how could she not be a fool and not see which good show this was playing, and she dared to be embarrassed in front of her master by such a clumsy method.

As soon as the girl saw the threat of the woman in red blocking her, she immediately withdrew her hand, crying and begging, explaining the truth of the matter while crying, crying so much that it was touching to tears.

"Childe, save me, I will be a cow and a horse in the future to repay Childe's kindness." The girl knocked her head a few times, and her forehead was blood-red and looked so pitiful.

"Where did you come from, stinky boy, this cheap thing is the one who paid the money first, so it's better to interfere less." Chang Gongzi stepped forward in a few steps, and looked at people with slanted eyes arrogantly.

"You slut is so eye-catching, do you have a beautiful family?" The words are too straightforward, so that they are not afraid of offending people.

Everyone who knew the Xi Dynasty gasped when they heard it, and secretly said that this Chang Gongzi's good luck has come to an end, and even the evil star dares to provoke.

Xi Chao glanced at the man lightly and withdrew his gaze, raised his foot and walked away around the girl who was kneeling on the ground.

This move made the onlookers drop their jaws in shock, this, this is not going to care, they are not mistaken! Obviously, the same thing happened a few days ago, and the county lord didn't do this, right?

"Hmph, count you as acquaintances." Although Chang Gongzi said this, he was really convexing in his heart, and the matter wouldn't end like this, so what did they bother to do, busy giving the girl on the ground a look.

The girl was very surprised, she couldn't come back to her senses for a while, why did she just leave, how could this play continue? Without Chang Gongzi's signal, he immediately got up and chased after him quickly, and shook a few steps to Xi Chao and knelt down again.

"Childe, be merciful and merciful to save me, Childe can't bear to see me jump into the fire pit?" The girl was in a hurry, and the words were serious.

The girl's behavior made everyone surprised, and the discerning people naturally saw that something was wrong, but no one stepped forward to expose it.