Chapter Twenty-Nine: Let Go of the Gentleman

"Is it necessary to save Uncle Xiang, the scum of the Xiang family? Do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to borrow someone else's hand to kill Xiang Bo, the scum of the Xiang family? ”

After forcibly swallowing the words beckoning his brother to turn back, Xiang Kang quickly calculated, wondering whether he should die and not save him, and borrow someone else's hand to kill Xiang Bo, the scum of the Xiang family who is ranked among the best in the history of China, but after careful weighing, Xiang Kang found that he couldn't do it, so he still had to go back and take a look at what happened.

"No, we have to go back. If someone really followed us secretly last night, they would have gone to hunt down Uncle Xiang again, and it would be good if they really killed Uncle Xiang with a knife, but if they captured Uncle Xiang alive, it would be troublesome. When the time comes, if Uncle Xiang's mouth is not strict, and he confesses the fact that we met with him last night, the right lieutenant surnamed Shan will definitely take the opportunity to fall into the well and pull me and the Xiang brothers into the water, and then I will have to take off a layer of skin if I don't die. ”

"Even if Uncle Xiang is strict and doesn't recruit him, it will be troublesome, after all, he is my honorary uncle, he was arrested by the officials of Ling County, the third uncle will definitely beg me to find a way to save him, and the Xiang family's gang of outlaws may also take risks, kill people, rob prisons, rob the law field to save Uncle Xiang, no matter whether they can rescue people or not, the Xiang brothers will be greatly injured, and if they don't do it, they will implicate me, which is not good for me. Therefore, to be saved, Xiang Bo cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the officials of Ling County. ”

Thinking about this, Xiang Kang made up his mind, hurriedly opened his mouth to greet the Xiang brothers, and then roughly said his analysis and speculation, the Xiang brothers were of course shocked when they heard it, and hurriedly followed Xiang Kang to turn around, and hurriedly chased after Xiang Bo, who might encounter danger. Xiang Kang advised on the road again: "Remember, if someone is really chasing and killing our third uncle, none of you will open your mouth to greet the third uncle, and you must not hunt down the person who killed our third uncle, knowing our relationship with the third uncle." ”

"Why?" Xiang Sui asked.

"Because we don't dare to guarantee that we will be able to kill all the people who chased and killed the third uncle." Xiang Kang explained: "If someone really goes to hunt down and kill the third uncle, when we go to save the third uncle, we expose our relationship with the third uncle, and we can't hunt down and kill all the people who killed the third uncle, even if we get away, it will be endless trouble for us." The right lieutenant surnamed Ling County will never let go of this opportunity to clean us up. ”

"Then how do we save the third uncle?" Xiang Zhuang hurriedly asked.

"I'll figure it out." Xiang Kang instructed: "If someone is really chasing and killing the third uncle, don't speak, let me come forward, and I will find a way." ”

Not to mention, all kinds of things that have happened during this period of time have established a certain prestige among the Xiang brothers, and the Xiang brothers have gradually regarded Xiang Kang as the backbone, so after listening to Xiang Kang's instructions, the Xiang brothers did not question and object, and nodded their heads to show that they understood, while telling each other not to reveal their identities in a hurry, they followed Xiang Kang to hurriedly turn back to chase Xiang Bo.

The road paved with ice and snow added a lot of trouble to the Xiang brothers' hurry, and in a hurry, several Xiang brothers fell one after another on the road, and Xiang Kang was even more worried when he saw it, knowing that such a road would inevitably affect Xiang Bo's walking speed, giving possible enemies more opportunities to catch up with him. Worried that his feet slipped in a hurry, Xiang Kang also fell again, and the clean clothes borrowed from the Yu family were full of dirty cement slurry.

Fortunately, the snow has stopped, the line of sight is broad, the road is better than last night's night walk, after more than an hour of rapid travel, Xiang Kang and the Xiang brothers have rushed to the side of the small broken temple that stayed overnight last night, the result is that Xiang Kang was surprised that on the snow leading to the direction of Xiapi, in addition to Xiang Bo's footprints, there are really a few lines of other people's footprints, Xiang Kang counted carefully, and found that there were as many as five people following Xiang Bo's footprints to the north!

"There are footprints of outsiders!"

There are also other shrewd people among the children of the Xiang family, and the younger generation of Xiang It also found that there are footprints of outsiders following Xiang Bo, and the children of the Xiang family panicked, and quickly followed the footprints and strode north, stumbling towards Xiang Bo, who might be chased and killed.

After traveling more than 20 miles north, when they went deep into the territory of Xiapi County, the children of the Xiang family, who were hungry and tired and had not even eaten breakfast, finally saw the figure of Xiang Bo from a distance, and what shocked the children of the Xiang family was that there were indeed five men with swords who had surrounded Xiang Bo in front and back, shouting and forcing Xiang Bo to put down his arms and surrender, while Xiang Bo was holding a sword and resisting stubbornly in the corner, and he didn't know if he was injured.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiang Kang once again told his brother not to open his mouth to greet Xiang Bo, while quickly calculating the countermeasures, he led the children of the Xiang family to rush forward, and when he ran within a hundred steps of Xiang Bo, Xiang Kang, who was very good at change, had already figured out the attention, and opened his mouth and shouted: "What are you doing?" What are the five of you doing beating one person? Is it robbership? Don't be afraid, sir, we're here to save you! ”

After shouting, Xiang Kang lowered his voice again, and instructed the children of the Xiang family: "Pretend not to know the third uncle, pretend to think that those five people are robbers!" Tyranny Qin has a law that if you see a robber or injure someone within a hundred steps, you will be fined if you don't go up to stop it, so we use this excuse to save the third uncle and stop those people to give the third uncle a chance to escape. ”

"Great idea!" While admiring Xiang Kang's quick wit, Xiang Zhuang also tore out his loud voice and shouted: "Don't be afraid, sir, we are here to save you!" Dog robber, let go of that gentleman! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will cut you with a sword! ”

"Dog robber, let go of that gentleman! Here we go! ”

Pulling out the sword and shouting and rushing to the front, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan and other Xiang family masters didn't say a word, picked up the sword and greeted the people who surrounded Xiang Bo, those men were scattered, and quickly dodged and shouted: "Don't misunderstand!" We are the pawns of Yan Jiting, we are catching robbers, don't get me wrong! ”

"Take out the two-foot version!" Xiang Kang took the Qin long sword sent by Zhou County's order, and shouted at the pavilion guards of Yan Ji Pavilion: "You are pavilion pawns, take out the two-foot version!" Otherwise, you are robbers! ”

"The two-foot version is here."

A man with a sword hurriedly pulled out the two-foot version inserted in his waist, wanting to raise it to prove his identity, and Uncle Xiang next to him was not stupid enough to get home, and he had already rushed to the direction of Xiapi, and the man with the sword hurriedly shouted: "Catch him, don't let him run!" ”

"Stop, don't chase!" Xiang Kang yelled: "Stop these robbers, let's see if they have a two-foot version first!" ”

Without Xiang Kang's instructions, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and others had already raised their swords to stop the men, giving Xiang Bo a chance to escape, and Xiang Kang asked those men again to show the two-foot version, and the man with the sword had no choice but to lift the two-foot version that had just been pulled out of his waist, and shouted at Xiang Kang: "See? I am Zhang Ying, a thief from Yan Jiting in Ling County, and I will handle the case according to law! Get out of the way of the robbers at once, and you'll have to be guilty of the same crime as the robbers!" ”

"Ling County Yan Jiting's request for theft?" Xiang Kang deliberately showed a look of surprise and asked, "This is Xiapi, why did you officials from Ling County come to Xiapi to arrest people?" ”

"You have to take care of it!" Na Tingzuo shouted with red eyes: "Tell your people to get out of the way immediately, or we will take you down!" ”

"No! Show me your two-foot version and talisman (ID card) first, and I'll check your identity! Xiang Kang Zhenzhen said eloquently: "Daqin Law, if you see robbers robbing and hurting people within a hundred steps, it is a crime not to stop it, and you have to be fined two pieces of armor, I don't want to eat a lawsuit!" ”

Because the Qin Dynasty really had such a law, the Tingzuo named Zhang Ying had no choice but to show his own talisman and the two-foot version, but what made the baby's nose crooked was that Xiang Kang pretended to look at the two-foot version carefully, and then pointed to the two-foot version and said: "The words on the two-foot version, why are they so blurry?" Could it be that you are lying to me with a fake? ”

Looking carefully at the two-foot version in his hand, he saw that the handwriting on it was indeed a little blurry, and the infant recalled: "It was wet with snow water, last night, we followed the robber for most of the ......night, ah!" You guys?! ”

Speaking of this, the baby suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly pointed at Xiang Kang and shouted, "It's you!" Last night, it was you with the robber! ”

"Fart!" Xiang Kang scolded and said, "You don't fart much, what robber were we with last night?" With that robber? You take out the evidence, or Lao Tzu will sue you for false accusations! ”

"You ......." Zhang Ying understood everything, and when he looked back again, he saw that Xiang Bo had already fled and the figure was about to disappear, Zhang Ying was suddenly furious and roared: "Piff! You deliberately stopped us and helped the robber escape! Get out of the way of me now, or we'll arrest you and punish you!" ”

"Why are you arresting us?" Xiang Kang continued to talk about Silas and said, "What crime have we committed? We suspect that you are robbers, and you want to rob and hurt people, but you are acting bravely in accordance with the laws of Great Qin, what qualifications and reasons do you have to arrest us? ”

"Less nonsense, get out of here!" Zhang Ying yelled angrily: "If you stop our official mission to handle the case again, we can take you down immediately!" ”

After glancing at it, and seeing that Xiang Bo had fled away, Xiang Kang instructed the children of the Xiang family: "Get out of the way, their two-foot version may be real, and we can't break the law." ”

Also seeing that Xiang Bo had fled away, the children of the Xiang family got out of the way, Zhang Ying led the pavilion guards to chase after him, Xiang Kang shook his head, and led the children of the Xiang family to catch up, Zhang Ying looked back and saw that he was a little worried, and hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Help you catch the robbers!" Xiang Kang replied confidently and said: "Just now we met a robber within a hundred steps, according to the laws of Daqin, we must chase after it, otherwise we will have to eat a lawsuit!" ”

"No, you don't!" The infant roared angrily: "Give me all back, I don't need your help." ”

Xiang Kang was too lazy to take care of him anymore, and led the children of the Xiang family to follow closely, but this also hurt Zhang Ying and other five Yanjiting pavilion guards, no matter what, they had to prevent Xiang Kang and others from suddenly making trouble, and they had to pay attention to the back at any time, and the footsteps were naturally not fast, and the old sparrow Xiang Bo in front of him was brisk, and soon got into a dense wood, and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest, Zhang Ying and others shouted and chased into the woods, Xiang Kang also reached out to stop the Xiang brothers, and said: "Don't chase, it's easy to run away when you go in, wait here, It's best if the third uncle can run away directly, if he can't run away, we will find a way to save him. ”

After about an hour, Zhang Ying and the others came out of the woods in frustration, and yelled at Xiang Kang and the others, blaming Xiang Kang and others for deliberately blocking them from chasing the robbers, and asked Xiang Kang and others to go back to Yanji Pavilion with him for interrogation, Xiang Kang smiled and said: "I'm sorry, we are the people of Shiling Pavilion in Xiaxiang County, according to the laws of Daqin, you suspect that we are deliberately arson and escape, and you can interrogate us if you want, but you have to go to Shiling Pavilion to find the pavilion chief there, Let him call us to the pavilion for questioning, and we will be waiting for us at the Shiling Pavilion. ”

"Is there such a clause in the Great Qin Law?"

When Zhang Ying was still recalling the laws of Daqin, Xiang Kang had already waved his hand to the children of the Xiang family, and said with a smile: "Brothers, you have rested enough, go, go home." ”

"Stop, don't run!"

"The wind is tight! ! ”

Zhang Ying still wanted to stop it, but Xiang Kang shouted and ran away, although the Xiang brothers didn't understand what Xiang Kang was talking about, they all followed Xiang Kang closely, and Zhang Ying and others, who were hungry and tired, tried their best to catch up, but how could they catch up with the Xiang family children who had rested for a while and recovered a certain amount of physical strength? In the end, after watching the children of the Xiang family laugh and disappear into the distance of the road, Zhang Ying had no choice but to roar at the back of the children of the Xiang family: "Okay! You wait, wait for me to go to the Shiling Pavilion to settle accounts with you! I'll see how you run! ”