In the sudden uproar, there were a total of four officials who rushed into the inn, some with water and fire sticks, some with knives, and some with chains.

"No one is allowed to move! Whoever moves will be guilty of the same crime as the gangsters! ”

"I am Lu Wenke of the Lu family in Hongzhou, what crime did he commit?" Although the official was stern, Lu Wenke and the others still greeted him in this direction. Fan Heng, Chen Junsheng and others also signed up for their own heads, as a group of scholars, they are not afraid of these servants in principle, if it is an ordinary situation, everyone has to give them some face.

"He's a repeat offender! Get out of the way—"

Within a moment of contact between the two sides, the official led by Lu Wenke pushed Lu Wenke away, and a official in the rear shouted: "You also want to be arrested!?" ”

Fan Heng's palm slapped on the table: "Is there any royal law?" ”

Chen Junsheng said: "You have to give a reason. ”

In the commotion, Wang Jiang, who was covered in blood, fell to the ground, and Ning Ji quickly checked the injuries on his body. Wang Jiang is a green forest man who has practiced rough hard qigong for decades, and he doesn't have much ability to fight, but his ability to resist fighting is far above ordinary people. It was also for this reason that he was beaten in dozens or hundreds of places all over his body, although most of them were just simple flesh wounds, but the injuries on his head and the injuries on his inner muscles and bones were likely to cause big trouble, but it was difficult to check them out for a while.

With such a lot of injuries, it will not appear in a fight.

After a little inspection, Ning Ji had already made a quick judgment. Although Wang Jiang said that he was a green forest man who ran the rivers and lakes, his martial arts skills were not high, and his courage was not great, and these officials arrested him, he would not escape, and in this situation, it was obvious that after being arrested, he had been beaten for a long time before he rose up to resist and ran to the inn to move the rescuers.

Although he fell to the ground, Wang Jiang at this moment was still thinking about his daughter, and he reached out and grabbed Lu Wenke's trouser leg nearby: "Lu Gongzi, save, save Xiuniang...... Xiuniang was ...... ...... by them"

As he said this, the official who came over there also came close and kicked Wang Jiang in the head fiercely. At this time, all around looked chaotic, Ning Ji pushed a bench next to him, only to hear a bang, the bench made of logs was kicked and flew up, the official screamed, hugged his calves and jumped, and scolded hysterically: "Fuck-"

The lobby of the inn was either a table of eight immortals or a bench, and the servant kicked the stool violently, and no one else could see what was happening. Several scholars were shouting: "If you have something to say, you have something to say-" The officials in the rear had already rushed over, and someone lifted the table: "You have to shelter the murderer!" Fan Heng and the others said: "This person is walking with us, he is definitely not a murderer, we will not run." ”

Wang Jiang spat blood in his mouth and cried: "Xiuniang was arrested by them...... Lu Gongzi, if you want to save her, you can't be ...... by them and by them Ah-" He said this, and howled.

Ning Ji stood up from his side, walked to the square table where he had played cards in the confusion, took a bowl, poured out hot water, and dissolved a pill, preparing to give Wang Jiang an emergency treatment first. He is not very old, and his face is kind, and he doesn't even care about him at this time.

At this time, Lu Wenke was already questioning several arresters: "You also arrested his daughter?" What crime did she commit? ”

The official hurriedly came over to kick Wang Jiang, originally to interrupt his speech, but at this time he had already told him about Wang Xiuniang's arrest, and immediately said: "This father and daughter are very similar to the people who spied on the military plane outside the city the day before yesterday, and there is a war ahead, you dare to shield him?" Or are you all complicit? ”

"Their head-catcher caught Xiuniang, and they caught Xiu-niang...... It's in the courtyard to the north, and you're going—"

Wang Jiang shouted on the ground. As soon as he said this, everyone probably knew the clue of the matter, someone looked at Lu Wenke, Lu Wenke's face was red for a while, blue for a while, and white for a while, and he scolded quickly: "You still dare to spray people with blood!" ”

Ning Ji took the pill and quickly returned to Wang Jiang: "Uncle Wang, drink these first." Wang Jiang was only worried about his daughter at this time, and struggled to grab Ning Ji's clothes: "Save Xiu Niang's ......" but refused to drink the medicine. Ning Ji frowned and said, "Okay, save Sister Xiu, you drink it, and we will save it together." ”

His gaze was completely gloomy at this time, and of course there was a slight entanglement in his heart: whether to kill someone, or to slow down first. Wang Jiang's side can certainly hang his life for the time being, Sister Xiu Niang's side may be the real important place, maybe something bad has happened, do you want to fight for the risk of exposure and take away this time. In addition, is it possible that these people from the Rotten Five will be able to settle things......

Hearing Ning Ji's quiet voice, Wang Jiang's lips trembled and he began to drink the medicine. Several catchers scolded the scholars and made a strong posture, but because the matter had been exposed, they didn't do it after all, because no matter what, Wang Jiang and these scholars still had to go to the yamen after all, and in such a chaotic scene, several people didn't know that they had gone back and forth on the death line several times.

"Where did you take his daughter?" Lu Wenke roared with red eyes, "Isn't it in the Yamen, you still have no humanity like this!" ”

"Anyway, I'm going to Yamen, let's go now!"

Wang Jiang on the ground shook his head: "Not in the Yamen, not in the Yamen, in the north......"

"You're setting up a private court!"

In the midst of everyone's words, Ning Ji watched Wang Jiang finish drinking the medicine and was about to make a decision. At this time, there was another noise outside the door, and someone was shouting: "Madam, over here!" Then there was a huge convoy coming, more than a dozen young men rushed in from outside the door, and there was also a woman's figure, with a gloomy face, and quickly entered the door of the inn.

Seeing such a battle, several officials showed a wincing look for a while. The woman who was guarded by the young man was dressed in white, and her appearance looked okay at first glance, but her figure was a little fat, I saw her walk in with her skirt, glanced at it, and saw the official who had given the order before: "Xiao Lu, let me ask you, where are Xu Dong's others?" ”

The official named Xiao Lu frowned: "Xu Zhutou, he is ...... now Of course, I listened to the errand in the Yamen, but I ......."

Before he finished speaking, the woman in white grabbed a teacup on the table next to him and smashed it, the cup didn't hit, but it also startled: "Not in the yamen!" Not in the Yamen! Don't give me a sloppy look if you have the surname Lu! Don't make me hate you! I heard you guys caught a woman, where did you go!? ”

This woman's voice was quite loud, and the official surnamed Lu was still hesitating, and Fan Heng had already jumped up: "We know!" We know! He pointed to Wang Jiang, "The one who was arrested is his daughter, this ...... This lady, he knows the place! ”

These officials are naturally bad people, originally thought that it would be difficult to fight for a while, who knew that there would be another group of good people who opposed the officials and obviously had huge power, Wang Jiang seemed to see hope, holding the table and struggling to get up from the ground, and said: "I know...... It's a courtyard on the north side, on the north side, and I ...... I, I, can lead the way. ”

The woman in white glanced at Wang Jiang, and waved her hand fiercely: "Go and help him personally, let him show the way!" ”

Wang Jiang staggered out, Ning Ji grabbed him on the side, and said, "I want to take a stretcher!" Tear down the door panel! But no one paid attention to him for a moment, and even Wang Jiang, who was anxious, did not stop at this time.

The group came out of the inn and walked all the way along the road in the county. Wang Jiang's steps staggered, and Ning Ji's body was covered with blood, it didn't matter if he was used to seeing these on the battlefield, but he was worried that the previous medicine would overdraw the vitality of this middle-aged artist.

After a while, everyone's pace arrived at a small courtyard in the north of the county. This seems to be the place where Wang Jiang escaped, and there was even a servant at the door who was letting off steam, seeing this group of men and horses coming, he opened the door and ran towards the courtyard. The woman in white said, "Fence me up, and beat anyone I see!" Let Xu Dong get out of here! Do it! ”

Her orders were scattered and disorganized, but the men around her had already taken action, some broke down the door, some escorted the woman into the courtyard first, and some blocked people in the direction of the back door. The four officials here were quite embarrassed, and shouted in the rear: "Sister-in-law can't ......" and followed in.

When Ning Ji carried Wang Jiang into the courtyard, there were already people smashing the house and beating people, and a loud voice came from the side room in the courtyard: "Who dares!" ”

The woman in white shouted, "I dare! Xu Dong, you dare to play with women behind my back! ”

"What a play woman, which eye do you see!"

Out of the side room was a burly and fierce-looking man, who came out of it, looked around, and shouted, "Stop me!" But no one stopped, and the woman in white rushed up and slapped him on the head: "Xu Dong, you should die!" ”

"Did you say it?" The voice of Xu Dong, the head catcher, was majestic and majestic, and the woman slapped his hat again.

"That's a human criminal!" Xu Dong roared. The woman was another slap in the face.

"No one is allowed to mess around, I said it!"

The woman jumped up and slapped again.

"She seduced me!"

The woman was followed by another slap. Xu Dong slapped one after another, but he didn't resist, just yelled, and the surroundings were already smashed into pieces. Wang Jiang struggled forward, and several scholars also looked at this ridiculous scene and wanted to step forward, but were stopped. Ning Ji had already let go of Wang Jiang and walked forward, a young man stretched out his hand to stop him, he was short, and in a blink of an eye, he had already walked to the inner courtyard and ran towards the room behind Xu Dong.

Xu Dong was still yelling, the woman was beating people, and while beating and abusing and accusing in an incomprehensible dialect, and then pulling Xu Dong's ears and walking into the room, her mouth may have said something about "fox charm", Xu Dong still repeated: "She seduced me!" ”

The woman dragged this Xu Zhutou into the room, and Ning Ji had already followed up at this time, and the woman seemed to want to beat the "fox girl", but when she saw the scene in the room, she frowned and stopped. Ning Ji passed past the two of them, and the room at this time was filled with blood and stench, Wang Xiuniang curled up in the corner of the room, not only blood on her body, but also traces of feces.

Ning Ji squatted down and saw that her clothes were torn to only half of them, the corners of her eyes, mouth, and cheeks were swollen, and there were traces of feces on her face. He glanced back at the couple who were fighting, and his anger was almost uncontrollable, and Wang Xiuniang seemed to feel the movement, woke up, opened her eyes, and identified the person in front of her.

"Sister Xiuniang." Ning Ji held her hand.

Lu ...... Little dragon. Wang Xiuniang said weakly, then smiled, "It's okay...... Sister, sister is very witty, no ...... Not ...... by him Succeeded......"

"How are you ......" Ning Ji frowned, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Don't touch my hand...... Stinky ......" The woman took out her hand as much as she could, wiped the stinky thing on her head, and smiled weakly.

Ning Ji was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and laughed: "It's okay...... Brother Lu, he ...... Worried about you, I'll take you to him. ”

He picked up Wang Xiuniang from the ground and walked towards the door, at this time he didn't look at the fighting couple at all, and he was ready to cut his thoughts on the spot if anyone stopped him at this time, and walked over like that.

The couple was also stunned, and Xu Dong yelled: "She's going to commit a crime!" I'm interrogating her! ”

The woman jumped up and hit him on the head: "Judge her!" Judge her! ”

"I won't tell you, you shrew!"

The woman kicked him in the ass and hit him on the head: "Vixen—"

"You're a shrew!" The two walked out of the room, and Xu Dong yelled again: "Don't smash it!" ”

Here Ning Ji took Wang Xiuniang out, and when she arrived at Wang Jiang's side, Wang Jiang knelt beside her daughter and cried, Fan Heng and others were indignant: "How can this be true!" Outrageous! There is no king law in Tongshan County! ”

"You have to give an explanation for such things!"

That Xu Dong was still roaring: "Who can't get along with me Xu Dong today, I remember you!" Then he saw Wang Jiang and others here, he stretched out his finger, pointed at everyone, and walked here: "It turned out to be you!" At this time, his hair was beaten messily, the woman continued to beat him in the rear, and pulled his ears, his face was hideous, staring at Wang Jiang, and then at Lu Wenke, Fan Heng and others.

"I remember you!"

The woman slapped him on the back of the head, and he said word by word, and then parted his two fingers, pointing to his own eyes, and pointing to this side, his eyes were red, and his mouth was full of spittle.

"Me! Remember! Live! You! Guys! Finish! ”

"Is there still a royal law here? I'll go to the county government to sue you! Fan Heng roared.

The woman cried and scolded, and then grabbed her husband Xu Dong's ears and shouted, "Drive these people out for me-" These words were shouted at Wang Jiang's father and daughter, Fan Heng, Ning Ji and others.

The women in the courtyard continued to beat their husbands, and they thought that the outsiders were walking too slowly, and they cried hysterically in their ears: "Get out!" I don't care about you! Get these things out of here—"

The number of young men coming this way has finally increased. For a moment, the edge of a scalpel slipped out of Ning Ji's sleeve, but looking at Fan Heng, Lu Wenke and the others, they finally put the knife away and went out from this courtyard with everyone.

……

Everyone didn't have lunch, and when they returned to the inn, Ning Ji bandaged the injuries of Wang Jiang's father and daughter, while Fan Heng and others went to the yamen to inquire about the situation, preparing to sue and seek justice.

After the bandaging was completed, Wang Jiang, who was complicated and didn't know if something would happen, had already fallen asleep. Wang Xiuniang suffered all kinds of skin injuries, and her body was fine, but she was not in good spirits, saying that she wanted to rest in the room and did not want to see people.

She is at the age of youth, and in the past two months, she has had an emotional relationship with Lu Wenke. Who knew that this time when he went out to perform arts, he was targeted by the head catcher, and it was expected that such a person who was selling art had nothing to follow, so he caught it and wanted to use it, Wang Xiuniang wiped the feces and urine on himself in an emergency, although he was choked enough by the annoyed and angry Xu Zhutou, but he kept his chastity. But after this incident, it is difficult to say what Lu Wenke thinks.

Ning Ji couldn't think of these things for the time being, he felt that Wang Xiuniang was very brave, but it was Lu Wenke, who was a little uncertain after coming back. But that's not the right thing to do.

Not long after bandaging the father and daughter, Fan Heng and Chen Junsheng came back from outside, and everyone sat in the room exchanging information, their eyes and words were complicated.

“…… This Xu Dong said that he was the chief arrest of the local yamen, but he was not a big man, and there were still many people who could govern him. But the problem is that his wife Li Xiaoqing, this woman is Li Ruoque's daughter, Li Yanfeng's sister, when she married Xu Dong, the Li family was not a big family, but now it is ...... Especially after the Jin soldiers and military disasters passed, the Li family is here, that is to say, the only emperor of the soil......"

“…… We used some money, and those who were willing to open our mouths told us that this lawsuit could not be fought. What about Xu Dong and Li Xiaoqing, it's all their family affairs, but if we have to sue Xu Dong for this...... I'm afraid that the yamen will not be able to enter, and some people even say that it is difficult to leave. ”

“…… Then don't you tell me? ”

“…… Then go and sue it. ”

When everyone's words came to this, they were all embarrassed at this time, and after discussing it for a while, someone said: "What does Brother Lu mean?" ”

Lu Wenke clenched his hands into fists, his eyes were red: "What can I mean." ”

When the people saw him in such a condition, it was difficult for them to say more.

Halfway through the afternoon, the autumn breeze blew in the courtyard, and the sky began to turn cloudy, after which the owner of the inn came to send a message that a big man had come to meet them.

Everyone went to the lobby of the inn, and what appeared there was a middle-aged man in a long robe, who looked like a scholar, with a bit of Jianghu on his body and a scar on his face. He passed on his name to everyone: "I am the steward of the Li family, surnamed Wu, Koutian Wu." ”

"Steward Wu is here to solve today's affairs?" Fan Hengdao.

"Sort of." Steward Wu nodded, then stretched out his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and he sat down first at the table, and the people around him came over and poured a cup of tea.

"You're all readers." Steward Wu opened his mouth to himself, "Good readers, I heard that scholars are sensible and can do things." Today's matter between my young lady and Mr. Xu could have been solved well, but I heard that some of them were disrespectful. ”

“…… Speak insolently? Fan Heng, Chen Junsheng and the others frowned, and Lu Wenke's eyes turned red again. Ning Ji sat on the side and watched.

"What happened today is a family affair of the Li family, as for the father and daughter, they are suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and someone sued them...... Of course, this matter can be passed now, but you are shouting over there today, so you are not very particular...... I heard that you went to the yamen to deliver money again, saying that the lawsuit would be fought to the end, or you would not be relented, and this matter reached the ears of my young lady......"

"My young lady just encountered such a bad thing, and she is upset, so you are also making trouble here. He is still a scholar and does not know how to do things. He paused and took a sip of tea: "So my young lady said, these people, don't stay in Tongshan, lest something happen...... So you have to go now, before dark, you have to go. ”

"Ugh." Reaching into his arms, he took out a few ingots of silver and put them on the table, and Steward Wu sighed: "You say, what is this, what is it......?"

The autumn wind caressed, the outside of the inn was full of clouds, the silver ingots on the square table were dazzling, and Fan Heng and the others who were sitting here were already full of fire in their eyes. Ning Ji calmed down and watched all this indifferently from an inconspicuous corner.

The inn lobby was quiet, and after a while, Fan Heng was about to answer. Steward Wu took a knife from the hand of a young man beside him, raised it, and then slammed it, like silver, on the table, and the sound echoed in the hall.

(End of chapter)