Ding Lu really didn't have the idea of framing Zhao Yu, and because of Ma's relationship, he would never dare to do that.

That Luyang County Lieutenant Ding Wu, that was really invited by Feng Bu.

As for the reason, it is nothing more than that Zheng Xiang's side caught Wang Qing last night, and Ding Lu, Feng Bu and others compared the 'Kunyang Yingshan Bandit Yu Dang' issued by the county government a few days ago, and immediately found that this Wang Qing was worth 3,000 yuan, whether he lived or died.

Three thousand yuan is not much for a tun, but it is enough to change a cow, so Feng Bu sent someone to the county government to report to the official, which is why Ding Wu, the lieutenant of Luyang County, came today.

I have to say that maybe at this moment, whether it is Ding Lu, Zhao Yu or others, they all regard that Ding County Lieutenant as a broom star, but in fact, Ding Wu actually doesn't want to come to Zhengxiang.

No, when Ding Wu was waiting for Ding Lu at the tunkou with more than a dozen county guards, it happened that two or three tun people left from here.

When he saw Ding Wu, one of them spat disdainfully on the ground in front of the former.

Seeing this scene, Ding Wu was immediately furious, pointed at the people and scolded: "Do you believe that Lao Tzu pressed you to the ground and told you to eat the spit back into your stomach?" ”

The tunmin was obviously a little afraid, and left quickly at the urging of his companions, and on Ding Wu's side, the county guards under him also stopped the angry Ding Wu one after another, and persuaded him repeatedly: "County lieutenant, forget it, why bother to be like these people?" What do these people know? ”

Under the persuasion of a county guard, Ding Wu's face was slightly pale.

Don't look at the time when Gao Chun, the county magistrate of Ziye County, came to visit a while ago, Ding Wu also praised him in front of the former for his township under Luyang County, but praise is praise, he is really reluctant to come here.

Especially Zheng Xiang.

The reason is very simple, just because the Luyang County Ya couldn't resist the pressure back then, and announced the crime of 'colluding with the rebels and plotting rebellion' of the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion to the outside world.

Back then, who in the whole of Luyang didn't know the contribution of the Xianghou Mansion to the county?

Cash-for-work, that is the method that the Luyang townsman came up with; Seeking money and grain support from Rushui counties is the proposition of the second son of the Zhao family.

Without the Zhao family's father and son, how could Luyang County at that time be able to accommodate so many refugees? How can you afford to build the Jinggong Canal? Who has the ability to dig a lake and store water in the upper reaches of the Xisha River in the county?

Back then, even the county magistrate Liu Jian praised the outside world many times, praising thanks to the great help of the township marquis and the Zhao family's father and son.

As a result, the Xianghou Mansion suffered a tragic disaster and turned into ruins overnight, and instead of questioning those soldiers from Liangcheng, the Luyang County Ya actually announced the guilt of the Zhao family, saying that the Zhao family colluded with the rebels and tried to rebel, which caused all the townships in Luyang County to look down on the official office behind their backs and lose their previous respect for the official office.

Especially Zheng Xiang's side.

Because it was the county lieutenant Ding Wu who brought the Liangcheng army to Zheng Township to search for Zheng Luo and other surviving guards of the Township Mansion, this made the people in this area of Zheng Township look down on Ding Wu more and more.

But in fact, the reason why Ding Wu came forward at that time was just to ensure that those Liang County soldiers did not come to Zheng Township, but unfortunately his good intentions were not understood by the Zheng Township people, and most of the Zheng Township people despised the official office, and despised the local officials such as the county commander Liu Xuan, the county Cheng Xu Xuan, and the county lieutenant Ding Wu, and it can be said that it is not uncommon to spit in front of them.

In this regard, the county commander Liu Xuan and the county Cheng Xu Xuan chose to settle the matter, but Ding Wu's violent temper couldn't swallow this breath, he thought to himself that Lao Tzu didn't make a mistake, why was he despised by you small people?

That's why there was a scene where Fang Cai Ding Wu angrily scolded back.

Of course, angry scolding is angry scolding, and Ding Wu didn't really do anything because of this, after all, he also understood that his county government really lost the support of the people and lost the integrity of being an official in this matter.

If it weren't for this, how could he, a county lieutenant, surrender himself and wait at the mouth of a refugee tun?

…… There was really no way around it.

Wrapping his arms, Ding Wu sighed secretly.

At this time, Ding Lu had already walked out of the tun, clasped his hands into fists from a distance, and greeted with a smile: "Isn't this the master of this family?" Let the adults of the family wait for a long time, rude and rude. ”

Ding Wu rolled his eyes when he heard this.

He has been in Luyang for a long time, how could he not know Ding Lu, a bastard with the same surname as him?

In his opinion, this Ding Lu was just a bastard at first, no different from those ruffians, and he didn't even bother to look at it with his eyes at the time.

It wasn't until later that the second son of the Zhao family appointed this kid as the deputy of the tun, and this kid slowly became a little responsible.

Later, this kid married the widowed Ma, and under Ma's admonition, he gradually got rid of some bad habits, and then slowly became popular.

And now this kid is terrible, he has become the head of Zheng Township's 'Qudongtun', with hundreds of nearly a thousand people under his hands, a while ago he Luyang accepted some refugees who fled, as the deputy of a county, Xu Xuan, who also personally went to Zheng Township to discuss with this Ding Lu, but it was amazing.

"Give less to Lao Tzu to climb the relationship."

Glancing at Ding Lu, Ding Wu sneered and said: "Lao Tzu remembers clearly, the one who spat at me back then also had a share of you, and there will always be a chance to clean you up in the future." ”

Ding Lu knew very well the character of this county lieutenant of his own family, he laughed twice, and said indifferently: "Lord of this family, you have a lot of adults, how can you still remember this stubble?" I can't write two T-words with one pen, we are a family. ”

"Who the is with you?" Ding Wu scolded, and then hooked his fingers impatiently and said: "Come on, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you, what about that Wang Qing, ask someone to bring it out, and I will take it away." ”

"Ah......h

Ding Lu stretched out his hand and scratched his face, and said with an embarrassed smile: "About that Wang Qing, in fact, this is a misunderstanding. We thought it was the wanted thief Wang Qing on the wanted notice, but after a closer look this morning, I found out that the guy was just an impostor, who came to our tun to steal chickens, and was caught......"

"Huh?" Ding Wu was stunned, frowned and asked, "Not Wang Qing?" …… What about the man? ”

"People ......"

Ding Lu scratched the beard on his chin, and then said dryly: "Ran." ”

“……”

Ding Wu's complexion sank suddenly, staring at Ding Lu and gritting his teeth and scolding: "Ding Lu, are you playing with me?" It was your people who went to the county government to report to the official, saying that you had caught a thief who claimed to be Wang Qing, and Lao Tzu brought people to your Zheng Township. ”

Ding Lu smiled all over his face, and bowed down again and again: "It's the people in my tun who made a mistake, and I really can't help but go because I bother the adults of my family to run for nothing, so I will invite the adults of my family to eat and drink in a few days, and my daughter-in-law will cook a good dish......"

"Enough!"

Ding Wu interrupted Ding Lu's words with a frown, and asked in a deep voice, "Don't talk to Lao Tzu about those who are not next to each other." Let me ask you, what about Wang Qing? ”

"There is no Wang Qing, it is the people of Tunli who have lost their eyes, it is just a chicken stealer."

"What about the chicken thief?"

"Run, broke free from the rope this morning and ran."

"That man's men, a group of people all ran away?"

"Of course it's all together, you can't leave one behind, right? Usually called brothers. ”

“……”

Ding Wu was happy, raised his finger and pointed at Ding Lu, and was speechless angrily.

Zheng Township, a township with more than 1,000 people and close to 1,500 people, Zheng Village in the west of Qu and Dongtun in the east of Qudong, there are nearly 800 young people, but they can't even look at a dozen chicken thieves? And let the family break free from the rope and run?

Angry, Ding Wu grabbed Ding Lu's shirt and scolded angrily: "You are a three-year-old child?!" ”

However, Ding Lu was a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and said: "If you run, you run, I can't take the top number of tunmin, right?" The tun people don't do it either. ”

"Don't give this to Lao Tzu, you must have caught someone, hand it over to me!"

"I said no." Ding Lu flatly denied it.

"Lao Tzu went into the tun and had a look."

"That's not going to happen."

Ding Wu was furious when he heard this, grabbed Ding Lu's shirt and threatened: "Believe it or not, Lao Tzu threw you in prison?" ”

Ding Lu was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "Look at what the adults of this family said, it'......s like I've never been in prison with Ding" Speaking of this, he smacked his lips and pretended to be curious and said: "Speaking of which, I really haven't seen what the prison looks like here in Luyang, or the adults of this family will take me to see what it looks like?" ”

"What the fuck ......"

Ding Wu raised his fist in anger.

Seeing this, Ding Lu hurriedly said: "Eh, after all, if the adults of this family want to use force and threaten, then I will call someone." After that, he immediately shouted loudly: "The county government has bullied the people, the county government has bullied the people, and the county lieutenant Ding Wuding has taken the lead in his father's county......"

Seeing that many people in the distance were looking at this side, and even many people were already running towards this side, the county guards around Ding Wu persuaded both sides.

"County lieutenant, county lieutenant, let's not be as knowledgeable as Ding Lu's bastard. …… He's just a jerk. ”

"Ding Lu, I warn you, don't make trouble, you can't afford to cause a big disaster, do you understand?"

Under the persuasion of a county guard, and considering that there were many people from Qudongtun running to this side, Ding Wu, who didn't want to cause trouble, let go of Ding Lu, he pointed at Ding Lu, and said hatefully: "Ding Lu, you kid has a kind." …… You'd better not do it to me, or I'll see how I clean you up. ”

"My lord walks slowly." Ding Lu is still a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Taking a deep look at Ding Lu, Ding Wu took a cadre of county soldiers and walked away.

But after walking a little farther, Ding Wu suddenly stopped and looked back again.

At this moment, a little confusion flashed in his heart.

He bet that Qu Dongtun must have caught Wang Qing's group of Ying thieves last night, otherwise these people would not have reported to the official this morning.

Although Na Dinglu was a bastard in the past, he would not do that bastard thing now, such as playing the county government or something when he was full, after all, he was also dragging his family.

Then the question arises, why did this guy shield Wang Qing's group?

Two gangs of people who can't be beaten with eight poles.

From the side, a county official guessed: "Could it be that Ding Lu recognizes that Wang Qing?" Isn't Wang Qing said to be from Wanbei? Ding Lu is also from Wanbei. ”

As soon as the words fell, another county official retorted: "You are stupid, if Ding Lu recognizes that Wang Qing is a fellow villager, he will still call someone to report to the official?" If he doesn't report to the official, we won't know, and when the time comes, he will secretly release people and it will be over, so why bother? ”

“……”

Ding Wu frowned and thought.

What the latter county magistrate said was exactly what he was confused about.

After Ding Lu caught that Wang Qing, he first reported to the official, and then shielded that Wang Qing, he really couldn't understand this approach.

At this time, another county magistrate speculated: "Could it be that after Ding Lu sent someone to report to the official this morning, Wang Qing's accomplice came, and Ding Lu happened to know Wang Qing's accomplice?" ”

Hearing this, Ding Wu's eyes lit up, after all, this guess was indeed the most in line with Ding Lu's strange behavior.

『…… But if that's the case, Wang Qing's accomplice will have a lot of face.'"

He thought to himself.

Breaking into the tun to search for people, it can't be searched, after all, Zheng Xiang is very disgusted with the officials, if he is too tough, it will cause a fight between the officials and the people, and it can't be said to be proud, his Luyang folk customs are still quite strong, and so are the refugees who used to come from outside.

Since you can't break in, you can only guard outside.

Thinking of this, Ding Wu beckoned the dozen or so county guards to approach, and commanded in a low voice: "This Ding Lu, there must be something to hide." That guy just didn't want me to enter the tun, maybe Wang Qing and his accomplices are still in the tun, let's guard outside the tun to see who it is. ”

"Yes."

The county guards nodded one after another, and under Ding Wu's signal, they were divided into four groups of people and watched from a distance in the four directions of Qudongtun.

By this time, Ding Lu had returned to his house.

Seeing inside the house, seeing that Zhao Yu and the others were looking at him, Ding Lu smiled and said: "I finally sent the adult of the family away, but according to my guess, he must be staying outside the tun, and it would be better for the second son to stay for a while before leaving." ”

As he spoke, he told Zhao Yu about the process of sending Ding Wu away, and Zhao Yu smiled bitterly when he heard it, and even said in his heart that Ding Lu's work was still too rough.

However, Zhao Yu also understands that Ding Lu can't help it, after all, he obviously said that he had caught someone, but suddenly the person was gone, and no matter what he said, the Ding County Lieutenant would be suspicious.

"Let's wait until dusk to see, that Ding Wu is irritable, and he may not have this patience." Ding Lu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu shook his head slightly, obviously not agreeing with Ding Lu's point of view.

Ding Wu, the county lieutenant of Luyang County, is indeed a rough character, his words and deeds are very rough, even rude, but in fact, this Ding County Lieutenant is the kind of rough and fine, just looking at the overall situation, it is not difficult to guess that he did not bring anyone to break into the tun.

Such a person, once in doubt, may give up halfway?

But the matter has come to this point, and Zhao Yu has no other way, so it's a big deal to scare County Lieutenant Ding.

It's just that once Ding Wu learns about it, it means that the county commander Liu Wei will learn about it, and Liu Wei will definitely find a way to see him at that time, and Zhao Yu is not ready to meet that Liu Wei and Liu County Order for the time being, and even, he is still a little suspicious of the latter, after all, Liu Wei did 'betray' the friendship with his Luyang Zhao clan back then, although this 'betrayal' may really be a last resort.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu felt that for the time being, it was better to avoid being known by the people in the county government, after all, the thoughts of people in the officialdom were far more complicated than Ding Lu and others, and Zhao Yu was not sure about the attitudes of Liu Wei, Ding Wu and others.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu finally nodded: "Then bother." ”

"No, no."

Ma Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The woman is going to cook a few more dishes, Brother Ding, can you take out the wine you hidden?" ”

Ding Lu was stunned when he heard it and said, "Isn't that going to wait for the girl to get married in the future?" ”

"Oops."

Probably thinking that Ding Lu was a childish family, Ma secretly glanced at Zhao Yu, immediately patted Ding Lu, and blamed in a low voice: "Just prepare in the future." ”

From the side, Zhao Yu heard strangely and asked puzzledly: "Ya'er?" Get married? Ma, don't you only have two sons? ”

As soon as he heard this, Ma's face immediately turned red, and he ran out of the house and went to the kitchen amid Ding Lu's smirk.

Later, with the help of Jingnu, Ma cooked a few more dishes, and Ding Lu also took out the wine he was going to keep until his daughter's wedding, and the people at the table ate and chatted until it was almost dusk.

As Zhao Yu expected, even after waiting for a few hours, Na Ding Wu was still guarding outside the tun.

After learning about this, Ma said worriedly: "Second son, why don't you stay in Tun for a night today?" Abu is not yet married, and he has free ...... in his house."

"Sister-in-law, what you said ......" Feng Bu looked embarrassed, but he was still willing to give up the house to Zhao Yu and the others: "I can squeeze it with Ah Xing." ”

In the face of the kindness of Ding Lu and the others, Zhao Yu exchanged opinions with Guo Da, Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan, and then shook his head and said, "I'd better rush back, in case there is a misunderstanding on my side, it will be bad." ”

Hearing this, Ding Lu and the others were immediately relieved.

Through the wanted warrant issued by the Luyang County Ya, they saw through at a glance that Chen Mo, Guo Da, and Niu Heng were the wanted leaders of the Ying Mountain Bandits, but they didn't say anything about it for the sake of Zhao Yu's face.

These people are not good people.

"It's not too early, take me to meet Wang Qing."

"Okay."

After Zhao Yu said goodbye to the Ma family, Ding Lu, Feng Bu, and Zu Xing took Zhao Yu and others, who put on the hat again, to a large warehouse in the tun.

I saw that in the big warehouse, Wang Qing and more than a dozen of his arrested subordinates were tied to a wooden stake with a rope with a blue nose and swollen face, and a cloth ball was stuffed in their mouths.

Including Wang Qing, these people looked depressed at first glance, but when Ding Lu, Feng Bu, and Zu Xing walked in, Wang Qing's eyes widened all of a sudden, and his mouth was gagged by the cloth ball, and he looked at his horizontal eyebrows, probably greeting the female family members of Ding Lu and others.

Suddenly, Wang Qing suddenly quieted down, because he saw Zhao Yu and his party following behind Ding Lu and the others.

Probably noticing the bruises on Wang Qing and the others' faces and the cloth in their mouths, Ding Lu explained to Zhao Yu in a curtled manner: "I didn't know that they were the second son's people last night, so I ...... them."

Zhao Yu nodded understandingly, stepped forward and said to Wang Qing and the others: "I have persuaded Ding Tun Chang to release you, you can't wait." …… Brother Niu Heng, the second village master, Chu Yan, the three of you looked at them a little. ”

The three nodded.

"I'll do it."

Seeing that Feng Bu was about to step forward and release people, Zhao Yu reached out to take the short sword in Feng Bu's hand in order to prevent Wang Qing from hurting people, and stepped forward to cut the rope that bound Wang Qing.

was tied up for nearly ten hours, Wang Qing was weak, but fortunately he was held by Chen Mo.

I saw him pull out the cloth ball in his mouth, spit a few mouthfuls of saliva on the ground, and then looked at Zhao Yu in disbelief, then at Chen Mo and Guo Da, and asked in amazement: "You guys...... How did you come? ”

"How did you come?"

Finally seeing Wang Qing, Guo Da sneered and scolded: "It's not because of you?!" If you hadn't gone down the mountain without permission and were arrested by Zheng Xiang, Ah Hu ...... Ah Hu ......" He took a long breath and snorted coldly: "If Ah Hu hadn't wanted to save you, you would have been sent to the official vegetable market to be beheaded!" ”

Wang Qing's face was red when he heard this, and at this time, he caught a glimpse of Ding Lu, Feng Bu, and Zu Xing laughing secretly, and said angrily: "I just planted it carelessly, at that time, the black light was blinding, how did I know that there were so many people in this broken village?" ”

After that, he looked at Ding Lu unwillingly, and said indignantly: "The one surnamed Ding, let's compare and contrast again?" ”

Ding Lu chuckled, for the sake of Zhao Yu's face, he didn't bother with Wang Qing.

However, Wang Qing was mistaken, thinking that Ding Lu was disdainful and laughing, and said angrily: "Are you laughing at a fart? If it weren't for the fact that you were so numerous, you would have grabbed me? If you don't believe it, let's compare ...... again."

"Enough!"

Zhao Yu cut off Wang Qing's words in a deep voice: "I, Brother Guo Da, and the second village master took the risk to save you, but not to see you be brave!" ”

Wang Qing was stunned, looked at the current situation, and rarely didn't say anything more.

And the people under him didn't dare to say anything.

After all, they also understood that this time it was really thanks to Zhao Yu and others.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu turned to Ding Lu and the others and said, "Ding Lu, then we will leave first, you offended Ding Wu today, and you will ...... in the future."

Ding Lu said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll just look for a chance to invite him to a drink, but it's the second son, you must be careful, my family is probably still guarding outside." In this way, I will send you out of the tun, and if there is anything wrong, you can take care of it. ”

"Then there will be labor." Zhao Yu smiled and nodded.

Not far away, Wang Qing watched Zhao Yu and Ding Lu talking in astonishment, and asked Chen Mo in a low voice, "Do they know each other?" …… The guy surnamed Ding, why do you listen to this kid like this? ”

“……”

In view of the fact that Zhao Yu was actually Guo Da before, hoping that everyone would keep it a secret, Chen Mo glanced at Wang Qing and did not speak.

Not to mention anything else, he also felt that Wang Qing's behavior this time was a bit excessive, not only did he almost lose his life, but also caused the rest of the people in the village to be exposed immediately, if it weren't for Zhao Yu's special identity, how could Ding Lu and the others release Wang Qing and the others so easily?

Similarly, Guo Da and Chu Yan didn't have a good look at Wang Qing.

Only Niu looked at the bruises on Wang Qing's face.

Subsequently, under the cover of Ding Lu, Feng Bu, and Zu Xing, Zhao Yu and his entourage took Wang Qing and others and left Qudongtun without any danger.

Although they encountered the tun people of Qudong Tun along the way, these tun people also recognized Wang Qing and the others as the thieves they caught last night, but they were all sent away by Ding Lu.

When Ding Lu and the others were sent to the tunkou on the northeast side, Zhao Yu said goodbye to Ding Lu and said, "Just send it here." ”

Ding Lu looked around, and saw that there were no county guards around, so he nodded and said, "Ding Wu's people are lurking around, and the second son still has to be careful." …… I will find a way to deal with the lack of food that the second prince said today, and when the time comes, I will ask Abu and them to transport a little over. ”

"Thank you." Zhao Yu hugged his fists.

"Where, where."

Bidding farewell to Ding Lu, Zhao Yu and the others walked along the road to the north.

However, before he could get out of the mile, Zhao Yu got Chen Mo's warning: "There are people following behind." ”

Zhao Yu looked back and saw that in the afterglow of the sunset, there were a few sneaky people.

As soon as he guessed, he knew that it must be Ding Wu's county pawn.

Immediately, he said quietly: "Don't alarm them, find a place to get rid of them." ”

With that, he changed direction and led the group eastward.

Probably because of the sky, even Zhao Yu didn't notice it, and they walked to a forest that he and Jingnu remembered vividly.

At this time, Jingnu seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to Zhao Yu in her ear: "Young master, I have an idea, maybe I can get rid of County Lieutenant Ding and others......"

After listening quietly to Jingnu's idea, Zhao Yu raised her eyebrows.

"That's it."