The moment the ingot of gold was put down, the housekeeper seemed to deliberately make some noise, and then glanced at Xu Huanqing and Xu Yuanxuan, who were detained in the hall, with disdain in his eyes, as if he said, don't struggle, you can't fight our Zheng family.

The county magistrate smiled when he saw Yinzi, the corners of his mouth widened, and he understood what he was going to do next, so he just took a form and asked, "What is the so-called matter of today's opening of the court?" ”

Zheng Dewang, who was sitting in the hall, did not speak, but the housekeeper who was still standing next to the county order spoke, and said: "Here's the thing, my master originally negotiated with the master of the Miaoyin Pavilion, that is, Xu Huanqing, who was kneeling in the hall, and spent a high price of two thousand taels of silver to buy the drama Xu Yuanxuan of the Miaoyin Pavilion, and was ready to be a concubine for our master." But he never thought that the master of the Xu class accepted the money, but refused to hand it over. Our lord wanted to ask the Xu class master to return the money, but he didn't want the Xu class master to refuse to return the money, the county official, what do you say this is? "It's said that there is a nose and eyes, as if it were true.

The two people in the hall were shocked when they heard this, and they didn't want this housekeeper to be so upside down, so they made up such a fictitious thing, and said that the two hundred taels, which were originally a little excessive, were two thousand taels.

Xu Huanqing wanted to explain, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the loud slapping sound, which was the sound of the county order slapping the table with a startling wood. I only heard the county commander say angrily: "How can this be justified! Come on, drag this Xu Huanqing down, give him twenty killing sticks first, and see if he dares to make such a mistake. ”

Hearing the sound, the two officials came up and dragged Xu Huanqing away, Xu Huanqing shouted injustice, but the county order did not appreciate it, and the anger just now was also pretended.

The killing stick hit Xu Huanqing's ass hard one after another. Although Xu Huanqing has some meat, it is not a lot, and he can't bear this beating at all. The flesh on the buttocks was quickly broken, and the blood soaked through Xu Huanqing's cloth, and there was a faint burst of red in the dark blue. By the last five strokes, Xu Huanqing passed out.

During Xu Huanqing's imprisonment, Xu Yuanxuan was forced by the jailer to take off his thick cotton clothes and change into thin prison clothes. This cell was already cold, and the prison uniform was so thin, but in a moment, Xu Xuan was shivering from the cold. Xu was escorted into a cell by the jailer, the next cell was empty, and she looked at the prisoners in the opposite cell. The prisoner's uniform seemed to be thicker than hers. Xu Yuan took a look at the other prisoners nearby, indeed, it seemed that her prison uniform was so thin, and the prison clothes of the other prisoners were thicker than his.

As soon as Xu Huanqing was tortured, he was dragged into the prison by the jailer, and was mercilessly thrown into the cell next to Xu Huanqing, which was arranged by Zheng Dewang, he just wanted Xu Huanqing to look at Xu Huanqing like this, make her uncomfortable, and finally achieve the goal of letting Xu Huanhuan be his concubine.

Xu Huan looked at Xu Huanqing through the fence of the cell, Xu Huanqing at this time had two extremes, one was that his face had lost too much blood and became extremely white, and the other was because of the blurred of the flesh and blood that had been beaten by the twenty killing sticks, which was extremely red.

Xu walked to the railing that separated the two cells, grabbed the railing and whispered, "Master, Master......"

However, Xu Huanqing just lay there, and did not react, and the muscles of his face and face did not move, but he felt that the qi that went in did not come out much.

Xu Yuanwan felt that he had been involved in Xu Huanqing's beating of the twenty kills, some blamed himself, felt a little uncomfortable, his nose was sore, and tears almost fell out.

At this moment, a person swaggered in, stood outside her cell, continued to look up at his arrogant head, his eyes turned downward, looked at Xu Yuanyuan contemptuously and said: "Xu Yuanyuan, you'd better get acquainted, sooner or later you will become my person, the sooner you get acquainted, the less you will suffer." If it's any later, it's probably not just your master who will suffer. ”

Xu Yuan looked back and saw that it was Zheng Dewang who had put her and Xu Huanqing in prison.

Xu Yuan walked over, looked at Zheng Dewang who made her nauseous angrily, first spat a mouthful, and said, "I'm bah! Even if I die, I won't be your concubine!" ”

Zheng Dewang didn't get angry, he just left, the corners of his mouth curled up as if he was smiling, whether he was smiling stupidly, or he was proud that he had already made another plan in his heart.

None of this is known.

Chen Zhiheng went out for more than ten days a few days ago, and just returned to Yanjing today, and just settled down in the inn, so he wanted to go to Miaoyin Pavilion to see if there was a play with Xu Yuan today, but there were two huge official seals on the outside door of Miaoyin Pavilion.

Chen Zhiheng didn't know what had happened in the ten days he had been out, so he walked into the bookstore next to him, took two books in his hand, and was ready to pay for them, and by the way to find out what was going on.

He walked to the counter, handed the book to the bookstore shopkeeper, and pretended to be unintentional and asked, "Why was this Miaoyin Pavilion so good?" ”

The bookstore shopkeeper took the book, just took a breath, and said regretfully: "This good Xu family class can be regarded as finished, who let this time provoke Zheng Bancheng, the famous bully of Yanjing." ”

Chen Zhiheng wanted to ask for details, but the shopkeeper refused to continue, just handed the book to Chen Zhiheng and quoted the price. Chen Zhiheng was afraid that something would happen to Xu Yuanyuan, so after paying the money, he hurried to the Xu family's compound.

The door of the Xu family's compound was closed, Chen Zhiheng knocked on the door, and it was Xu Yurong who came to open the door for him.

Xu Yurong looked a little haggard than when Chen Zhiheng saw her a few days ago, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and her eyes were not as bright as before.

Xu Yurong recognized Chen Zhiheng, so he welcomed Chen Zhiheng in, and then closed the door.

Miaoyin Pavilion was sealed, Chen Zhiheng originally thought that those people from the Xu family class should gather in the Xu family compound now, but he didn't want the Xu family compound to be empty at this time, and only Xu Yurong was guarding it alone.

Chen Zhiheng vaguely felt that this matter was a bit big, so he asked, "What happened?" Why is Miaoyin Pavilion also sealed, and there is no one here. ”

Chen Zhiheng didn't ask, but it was okay. As soon as he asked, the tears that Xu Yurong had forcibly collected burst out of his eyes.

Xu Yurong lowered her head, tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, and said: "About a month ago in the morning, on the way from the Xu family's compound to Miaoyin Pavilion, when I arrived near the mouth of a sparsely populated alley, a man rushed up from behind and dragged him into the alley, wanting to dirty it. At the moment of danger, he kicked the man in the knee and escaped from the tiger's mouth. But he didn't want that person to be Zheng Dewang, who was known as Zheng Bancheng, so he opened his mouth and proposed to take him as a concubine, otherwise he would ask for two hundred taels of silver as a pension for injuries. ”

Chen Zhiheng was shocked when he heard this, he had never heard of any injury asking for two hundred taels of silver in the past sixteen years, whether it was fine in Yan Country or in other countries with higher prices.

I only heard Xu Yurong continue: "Master refused, then Zheng Dewang pressed Master and Yuan to the yamen. Later, a senior brother went to the vicinity of the yamen to ask people and inquire about the situation in the yamen. I only heard someone say that Zheng Dewang's butler said that the master sold the curls to Zheng Dewang for two thousand taels of silver, but the master accepted the money and refused to hand it over. How can there be such a thing! That Zheng Dewang's housekeeper is too good at talking nonsense. The county magistrate accepted a gold ingot from Zheng Dewang's housekeeper, and he didn't ask what the matter was like, and without listening to the master's explanation, he directly gave the master twenty killing sticks, and then put the master and Yuan Yuan in prison. After Xu Yurong finished speaking, he cried even more.

When Chen Zhiheng heard this, he was angry, clenched his fists, and everyone trembled with anger, and said angrily: "This Zheng Dewang is really too much, he is at fault first, and he reverses black and white." The county official is also confused, as a parent official, he should have insight into the original situation, how can the case be closed so hastily. And what about the others now? ”

Xu Yurong sobbed and said, "The senior brothers and sisters have all gone out, and those who are more well-connected will go to ask for help, hoping to rescue the master." Those who are not well-connected will go to the street to perform, or go to teahouses and restaurants to sing songs and earn some rewards. Now Miaoyin Pavilion has been sealed, and Master has also been arrested, and our singing guys are all inside. There are more than 20 people in Xu's class, and I didn't think there were many people before, but now it's a little difficult to eat. ”

Chen Zhiheng heard Xu Yurong's words, so he untied the money bag tied around his waist, handed it to Xu Yurong and said, "This silver is for you, although it is not much, but I will find a way to rescue Xu Ban Master and Xu Yuan." Now you and I will go to the prison to see Xu Banzhu and Xuan. ”

Xu Yurong nodded, and then the two of them left the Xu family's compound to finish the Yanjing prison.

When they arrived at the door of the cell, they were about to enter, but they were stopped by two jailers.

One of the jailers showed the saber at his waist and said coldly: "The county official has an order, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will." ”

Xu Yurong stepped forward and said with a smile: "The two masters are good, I am from the Xu family's class, I want to go in to see our class master, so let us in." ”

The jailer didn't follow, didn't give Xu Yurong face, and directly retreated her, and said viciously: "What kind of thing are you, you want to enter when you say you want to enter?" Don't look at yourself to see if you have that identity. ”

Chen Zhiheng knew what the jailer meant. In fact, ordinary people don't need the consent of the county order to enter and leave the prison at all, but the jailer wants some money and earns some extra money, so he pretends to borrow the order of the county order.

Chen Zhiheng touched his waist, only to remember that the money bag had been given to Xu Yurong just now, and now there was no silver on his body, so he untied a jade jade pendant from his neck. If you take it to a pawnshop to exchange for silver, you can ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.

Chen Zhiheng handed the jade pendant to the two jailers and said, "This should be enough for the two of us to buy the road, right?" ”

The two jailers were also knowledgeable, and knew that this jade jade pendant was worth a lot of money, so they accepted it, but they were not particularly polite. After accepting the jade pendant, one of the jailers took Chen Zhiheng and Xu Yurong in and led them to the two cells where Xu Huanqing and Xu Yuanyuan were held.

Xu Huanqing was tortured a few days ago, and he had already lost too much blood, and the prison was too cold and damp, and the prison clothes were too thin. It burned last night. Xu Yuanxuan was no better, his face was much haggard than when he came in before, his lips began to turn white, and he kept coughing.