Chapter 7: The Bitter Lord (2)

Today's second shift, the brothers only took a second to send the collection and flowers, which will be an excellent reward for Yun Ming for ten hours a day! )

"Bitter Lord?"

Hearing the words of the ten households, Shang Yu and Shang Mei couldn't help but feel a little strange, and they were surrounded by the cavalry and brought to the general's attire, and they couldn't help but look up at this person.

"You two are villagers of Lijia Village?" Zhao Qing asked in a deep voice, the village was actually slaughtered by the hundred households led by Za Kecha, and a fire was burned, and the dozens of soldiers had been disarmed and tied up by the soldiers he brought, and there were more than ten heads, which were naturally the heads of the villagers of Lijia Village.

"We are the villagers of Lijia Village, you killed all the villagers in our village for no reason, do you evil soldiers still refuse to let go of our mother and son?" Shang Mei asked with his teeth chattering.

"Bastard thing! How can you be so rude to us? The ten households couldn't help but reprimand angrily after hearing Shang Mei's words "evil soldiers".

"Stay, don't scare this mother and son, she must treat us as the Zake Dispatch Department in Quanzhou Mansion City, retreat!" Zhao Qing looked at the smoke and fire rising in the village, and then saw the anger and fear in the eyes of Shang Yu's mother and son, and couldn't help but say with some compassion.

The ten households immediately retreated to the side, and Shang Mei and Shang Yu couldn't help but be shocked when they heard what Zhao Qing said, it wasn't the soldiers of Quanzhou Mansion, so where did it come from?

You must know that the military law of the Yuan Dynasty was extremely strict, if there was no war, the superior commander or the person with the festival symbol must issue an order, so that more than 500 soldiers could be mobilized to leave the station, otherwise it would be punished as a rebellion.

But I heard Zhao Qing say: "You mother and son don't have to be afraid!" I am Zhao Qing of thousands of households in Longwang Town! I was ordered to escort the county lord of Xianglan'er into the city, and after halfway through, I learned that the village was slaughtered here, and I came to investigate. ”

"Zhao Qianhu? Are you Zhao Qianhu? Great, Xiao Yu! Don't be afraid, this is a real general! It's great that he's here! Hearing Zhao Qing's name, the fear in Shang Mei's heart disappeared in an instant, and he hurriedly said in a comforting tone to Shang Yu who was holding him tightly in his arms.

The Yuan army is not full of evildoers, Zhao Qing, a thousand households, can definitely be called a general who loves the people like a son in the minds of the people in the Fuzhejiang area, and another reason is also because he is one of the few generals in the south.

Although the supplies are insufficient, the security of Longwang Town is one of the best towns in the nearby Yuan army garrison, and the military discipline is also very strict, if it were not for the fact that he was from Han nationality, I am afraid that he would have been promoted to a guerrilla general long ago, so Shang Mei's clan immediately relieved when he heard the name of Zhao Qing.

When Shang Yu heard Zhao Qing's words, he immediately raised his head from his mother's arms and said in surprise: "County Lord? Where is she? ”

Yesterday, he saw with his own eyes that the woman who was called the county lord was rescued by Guorui and the two, and before Guorui and the two had time to ask about the county lord, they went down the mountain due to the fire in the village, and at present, Zhao Qing said that he would escort the county lord to Quanzhou Mansion, could it be that the county lord of the imperial court sent two of them?

Seeing Shang Yudi's expression and hearing what he asked, Zhao Qing couldn't help frowning, coughed and said, "Don't be rude!" The county lord is what you call the land? Are there two Red Turban thieves harboring in your village? That's why it was surrounded and suppressed by the Quanzhou government soldiers? ”

At this time, Shang Meishi immediately pulled Shang Yu to kneel down and cried: "Lord Qianhu, you have to be the master of our dead villagers in Lijia Village!" Those officers and soldiers of Quanzhou Mansion killed all the people in the village for some reason! And they also set fire to our house, how can we live! ”

While crying, she lowered her head and glanced at her son Shang Yu, just a thousand households can't have any effect, and Zhao Qing is just a thousand households, and the county lord where he escorts is the main thing.

"This ...... Now, you guys wait, I'll go and ask the county lord for instructions! Hearing Shang Mei's cry, Zhao Qing's eyes lit up, and after he finished speaking loudly, he led the horse to the carriage behind.

Xiang Lan'er was in the carriage, looking at the fire in the village through the window screen of the carriage, there was no pity in her heart, but a trace of anger rose, two-three out of ten of the world's taxes came from the two provinces of Fu and Zhejiang, and this external port city is the most important place in the two provinces of Fu and Zhejiang.

She was ordered by the emperor to investigate this matter, and she also came automatically, otherwise the Yuan Court would never have sent a county lord to investigate the case, and along the way, she was shocked to see the towns under the jurisdiction of the prime minister.

On the day she arrived at Quanzhou Mansion, she wanted to pretend to be a merchant with her close servant Lilu, learn about the local situation in the city privately, and then come forward as the county lord, but she didn't expect to be immediately targeted by the hundred households under Za Kecha, and then this series of things happened.

After analyzing the pros and cons with Zhao Qing, she can only be dismissed from her post and sent to Dadu for the crime of dereliction of duty and connivance with her subordinates, and insisted that the other party wanted to kill the county lord, that still lacks sufficient evidence, if you kill Za Kecha directly, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the Tokh family, which will have an adverse impact on the current political situation of the imperial court.

But Fang Cai once again intercepted the cavalry who claimed to be returning to Quanzhou Mansion with more than a dozen anti-thief heads, she immediately ordered Zhao Qing to detain these people, and sent ten soldiers to Lijia Village to verify the matter, but she didn't expect that there were still survivors.

There are constantly incidents in the army of killing civilians as anti-thieves and claiming meritorious deeds, but I didn't expect that she could also witness it with her own eyes at present.

"County Lord! Near Quanzhou Mansion, this village is the most sparsely populated, and in the center of my Fuzhejiang province, how can such a village be a thief! The mother and son who survived the disaster shouted injustice! Perhaps they can be powerful witnesses to Zakocha's incrimination! Zhao Qing came to the side of the carriage at this time and said inward in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Xianglan'er, who was contemplative in the car, immediately woke up and said crisply: "You bring this mother and son to the front of the car, I have something to ask here!" ”

"Yes, County Lord!" Zhao Qing immediately bowed down and replied.

"You two raise your heads, although I am the county lord of Dayuan, I am not someone who can be deceived casually! If you say that you are not a thief, you must tell me what happened, Shang Mei, do you understand? Xiang Lan'er said crisply, and at this time she had already lifted the window screen.

"Yes, Lord of the Counties! However, we were at the foot of the mountain at the time of the incident, and when we saw the officers and soldiers entering the village and began to kill people, we were so frightened that we did not dare to approach, so we hid at the foot of the mountain, and after those officers and soldiers left, we wanted to come back to see, but the house was already covered by fire, and we did not know why those officers and soldiers did such a thing to the villagers! Shang Mei's words are true, but he didn't know about the two military horses and Guorui.

Shang Yu raised his head at this time, and when he saw Xiang Lan'er's face, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said in a trembling voice: "Aren't you the county lord who was almost killed by officers and soldiers in the city?" It's really you! ”

When Xiang Lan'er heard this, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart, raised her head, and immediately asked in a crisp voice: "You young man, were you in the city yesterday?" She couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and was worried that there were no witnesses, and the nearby civilians in the city who witnessed the attack on her and Lilu would inevitably be disposed of by Zakocha.

Unexpectedly, the surviving teenager in this village actually said that he had seen her attacked by the officers and soldiers of Quanzhou Mansion in the city, which was an excellent witness.

"Yes, Xiaomin's name is Shang Yu, and he was in the city yesterday, and he saw that the officers and soldiers in the city framed you and another person as the Red Turban Army, it was really you! It's great that you're okay! Shang Yu couldn't help but say what he thought at this time, at that time, the county lord was almost captured by the officers and soldiers, and the attendant was killed, and it was normal for him to have some sympathy for her.

But when he said this, he suddenly remembered something in his heart, and said in his heart: "Those two sergeants are from the Red Turban Army, and they saved a county lord this time, but let her back unharmed, why is this?" And I saved those two, do I need to tell this county lord at this moment? "There was some hesitation.

Seeing Shang Yu's sincere and resolute expression, Xiang Lan'er couldn't help but be stunned, in her life, someone had always been afraid of her, but no one had ever cared about her so much, and this young man had obviously only seen him once.

Thinking of the scene in the city yesterday, Xiang Lan'er said with a slight anger on her face: "Shang Yu! Do you have the courage to prove that the officers and soldiers of the Quanzhou Prefecture were attacked and killed by me? ”

Shang Yu was about to answer, but was pulled by Shang Mei's side, only to hear his mother say on the side: "Quickly agree!" So that we can avenge the dead villagers! ”

"County Lord! I am willing to prove this to you, not only for our Lijia Village, but also for all the merchants in Quanzhou. Shang Yu immediately said loudly after hearing his mother's words, he suddenly thought that Lu Wenxuan had told him about all the evil deeds of Za Kecha in the city yesterday, even if no one was killed, he would come forward to testify for this county lord, because Za Kecha had already affected his future job in Shang Yu.

"Good! Please come with me into the city at once, I will kill the dog officer with my own hands, and then I will arrange for you to live in the city, are you willing?" Xiang Lan'er said with a little satisfaction in the car, if she can get the direct certification of Shang Yudi, she can directly execute Za Kecha with the knots in her arms, even if she wants to overturn the case in the future, she can't find a sufficient reason.

"The villain is willing to enter the city immediately with the county lord!" Shang Yu said.

"No, you can't!" Shang Meishi suddenly said to the side at this time.

For a while, everyone was stunned on the spot, what did Shang Mei's words mean?