Caizhou City

Niu Er, the head of the warehouse, took several guards to escort the prisoners who trespassed on the forbidden land to Weiwei Temple. Xu Cun, who violated military discipline along the way, looked as usual, but Niu Er, who escorted the prisoner, changed color and was confused. A pair of little short legs ran forward and backwards, his chubby face was covered with sweat, and he comforted Xu Cun with kind words, and pouted his ass and kept apologizing. It's not that he attaches great importance to love and righteousness, but he really has a handle in the hands of others.

Niu Er secretly did the trick of losing his head, secretly selling the official salt in the workshop to the private salt dealers for profit, and every time he brought private goods in and out of the city gate, he had to be allowed to take care of them.

There are four city gates in Caizhou City, and the other captains who guard the city are insatiable greedy ghosts, if they know that Niu Er is carrying goods privately, they will not let them go if they don't pick up a layer of skin! Only Xu Cun, the captain of the north gate, is a good person, never extorts money from him, and always takes care of him secretly with a closed eye.

Of course, they also know each other, every time Niu Er puts down some food, Xu Cun will not make it difficult to stop them. Niu Er, who got the benefits, also reciprocated the favor, and often went to Xu Cun's camp to send some bad clothes and food. Therefore, the two are still quite familiar.

But this time, Xu Cun accidentally broke a taboo in his own curing meat workshop, and suffered this unwarranted disaster, if he was resentful and deliberately revealed some wind after entering the Weiwei Temple, where could Niu Er, who had the East Window incident, still have his life?

If it weren't for the suddenness of the incident, there were many people in the workshop, and the thief was cowardly, how could Niu Er, who was a thief, be willing to take Xu Cun to the "Great Qi" Weiwei Temple to punish the crime!

"Daqi" was originally the national name of the general Huang Chao. After the defeat of King Huang, his nephew Lin Yan cut off his head and died in the Valley of the Tiger and Wolf, and the king was replaced by Qin Zongquan.

In fact, Qin Zongquan continued to use the banner of "Great Qi", just to facilitate the collection of the old Huangchao scattered everywhere.

Niu Er, who was nervous, couldn't help but think in his heart: "If Daqi is still the reign of King Huang, it may be better, after all, his old man is a smuggler of salt!" ”

Xu Cun couldn't stand Niu Er's noise, stopped and said with a smile: "Old Niu, I won't blame you for my duty; For your personal favor, the young man who was met by me today should not be killed, so it is okay to send someone to the camp and hand it over to my brother Meng Hu? ”

Niu Er nodded again and again when he heard this, and agreed very happily; Originally, he thought that he would hurt his harmony because of this, even if he would not tear his face, it was always inevitable to spend money to eliminate disasters, but he didn't expect Xu Cun to only make such a request, where did Niu Er dare to push back?

Niu Er has always been safe, for fear that Xu Cun would regret it and make another mistake, so he immediately sent his subordinates back to the marinated meat mill to release people.

After the arrangements were made, Niu Er was relieved, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "A two-legged sheep can be exchanged for a forbidden mouth, and you can save your life without spending money, this single transaction is really worth a thousand dollars!" ”

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The Yamen of Weiwei Temple was originally the Yamen of Caiyang County of the Tang Dynasty, which was in the middle of the long street. Sitting in the north and facing south, the front and back four into the courtyard, the original very grand mansion. It's just that it has been somewhat dilapidated in the years of war. Half of the door was destroyed in the war the year before last, because there was no money to rebuild, the Lord Siqing ordered people to find some wooden planks to nail it to death, leaving only the intact half of the door for people to enter and exit.

When the group came to the house, Niu Er reported with a smile on his face.

As the saying goes, "How powerful the official is, how many servants there are!" ”

Niu Er is also the warehouse supervisor of the Treasury Department, but when he arrived at the Yamen of Weiwei Temple, even the little porter ignored him. After hearing the reason clearly, the concierge deacon coughed lightly with a proud expression, raised his face and asked, "Do the military prisoners sent from the grain warehouse bring their own dry food?" ”

This question is quite meaningful! In this situation, if a military prisoner who has violated the ban can still come with dry food by himself, he is designated as the master of the rich and food; Such a generous look, since he has entered the gate of Weiwei Temple, he is like a boy who scatters wealth, and he is not allowed to be imprisoned, so he can work hard to exploit it? If you are twisted here without dry food, you will naturally be a rotten fighter, such a poor thief and hungry ghost, where is there prison food for them in Weiwei Temple? Don't shout to death!

Niu Erjiu has been messing around in the public gate for a long time, how can he not understand the thoughts of the concierge deacon? He still has a few big coins in his arms, can he give it or not? You'll have to think about it!

Niu Er stood in front of the door and secretly calculated: The money is all exchanged for Lao Tzu's life, and there is no reason to cheapen this guy for no reason! If he is mistaken for a fat sheep, the endless entanglement will add a lot of trouble! Anyway, he had fulfilled his wish and let go of the meat sheep to return the favor; As for how to be beaten and punished when you enter the Guards, naturally it is no longer your own business, save a few big dollars, and you can send those women who warm the beds!

With a decision in his heart, Niu Er immediately put on a silly appearance that was ignorant of the world, shook his head pretending to be stupid, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and replied in a snort: "No!" ”。

The concierge deacon did not give up, and sent someone to search for the prisoners carefully.

As a result, Xu Cun had nothing but a nest of lice on his body!

Seeing that there was really no oil and water to fish, the deacon of the concierge pointed to the west wing with a disgusted face, and instructed the two soldiers behind him: "Escort to the second hall to ask Master Chen to ask about the case, tell the master bookkeeper, or kill or chop, but this prisoner did not bring his own dry food, and he must not be imprisoned!" ”

Before entering the gate of Weiwei Temple, Xu Cun looked back. Niu Er hurriedly approached with a flattering face, and said with relief: "Don't worry! What Captain Xu entrusted, the small one must be done! ”

The concierge deacon was even more annoyed when he heard that this poor sour prisoner was still a famous school captain! He cursed and urged: "What bullshit captain? Don't go to the court to be tried! ”

Xu Cun turned around and walked into the mansion by two soldiers.

The Weiwei Temple of the Tang Dynasty was originally an official office in charge of the equipment of the Beijing Division, the ceremonial guard system, the presiding over the sacrifices, and the shogunate and other affairs, and it was also one of the famous "Nine Temples".

And today's Great Qi, because it really can't support so many officials and officials, simply put the military chores that the military department has no time to take care of, all of them into the scope of responsibility of Weiwei Temple; For example, recruiting new soldiers, raising food, punishing military criminals, searching for deserters, and so on.

Xu Cun's crime was to trespass on the forbidden place with weapons, and naturally it was also dealt with by Weiwei Temple.

Although the daily affairs are a little complicated, it has made the Great Qi Weiwei Temple a fat gap with oil and water. Naturally, everyone is vying for the first place in such good errands as recruiting soldiers and raising food, and no one wants to get involved in such thankless drudgery as punishing military criminals and deserters.

Lord Chen, the chief bookkeeper of Weiwei Temple, is also a fiery temper, and it happens that his health is not safe today, and his mood is even more unhappy; Without waiting for the soldiers to escort the prisoners to the front of the court for questioning, without saying a word, he rewarded Xu Cun with 30 military sticks.

Crackling, crackling! After Xu Cun, who was only beaten, opened his skin, Lord Chen remembered that he still had to try the case; After asking, I learned that it was only the military secretary who was in charge of the grain that mistakenly broke into the curing meat workshop of the Treasury Division.

Hit and hit! How to deal with it still needs to be thought through. "Daqi" is a grass platform team, where is there any written rules to follow? Killing or chopping is all up to the will of the judge.

Lord Chen, the chief bookkeeper, was originally also a lieutenant in the Caizhou army, and he galloped bravely on the battlefield. It's just that when he attacked Chenzhou with the king, he only cared about beating his horse and charging into battle, but he was injured in the thigh by the stray arrow shot by his blind crossbowman and fell disabled. Fortunately, there is a beautiful concubine at home, and he hurriedly asked someone to offer Shen Cong, the favorite minister in front of the king's tent, and begged Lord Shen to mediate from it, so he asked for this errand of the main book of Weiwei Temple.

Chen Zhushu leaned against the back of the chair and rubbed his sore right leg with his hand, a little dazed.

"The old disease has recurred, and I'm afraid it will rain again tomorrow! The little woman liked to eat fresh lotus seeds the most, and every time she encountered a rainy day, she would always rely on her charm, obsessed with herself, and accompanied her to the pavilion by the lotus pond...... Ay! At that time, the armor and horses were majestic, and the family was so happy! How can you eat and wait for death like now! has to be repeatedly squeezed out by Siqing, and by the bird's spirit of these small people, they can only deal with these poor Qiu Ba who have no oil and water all day long! ……”

Master Chen's thoughts are full of sighs!

The soldiers in the hall were a little distracted when they saw that the master was silent, but they didn't announce the verdict for a long time, and couldn't help but call timidly: "My lord! ”

Master Chen was disturbed by someone to meditate and clear his dreams, and his heart was even more depressed, he waved his hand with a sullen face, sat up again, raised his eyes to look at Xu Cun who was blurred with flesh and blood and feces and urine in the hall, frowned and thought to himself: A good man doesn't go to the battlefield to make contributions, what do you do in Caizhou? The battle between the king and Zhu Laosan is imminent, and he sends a message every day to urge the troops to urge the food, so it is better to let him go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions.

Master Chen made up his mind and instructed his subordinates to draw up an official document.

"Ordered the military prisoner Xu Cun to lead his team to the city of Bianzhou within ten days, and placed under the command of Guo Fan, the former commander of the battalion, to kill the enemy and make meritorious atonements! ……”

After the master bookkeeper had made a decision, he no longer paid attention to everyone, but impatiently waved his hand to the hall, and continued to close his eyes and lean, wandering out of the world, to meet the beautiful and lovely concubine in his dream;

The soldiers did not dare to disturb the officials, and quietly bowed down to receive the order; Xu Cun, who covered his mouth and nose with one hand and grinned with the other, threw out the door of the mansion like a dead dog.

The brothers at the North City Gate had Niu Er go to ventilate and report the news, and learned that Xu Cun had violated discipline and was escorted to Weiwei Temple, so he ran to the gate of the mansion early and waited anxiously.

Everyone saw the soldiers throw out a "dead dog", although the skin and flesh were open and the face was difficult to distinguish, but looking at the shape, there was no doubt that it should be their own boss!

hurriedly rushed up to take a closer look, and saw that Xu Cun had been beaten and was dying.

Everyone didn't care about the pickles all over his body, and picked up the smelly Xu Cun and returned to the barracks.