Some things in the world are so strange, such as the more you don't want to die, the faster you die; And the more I want to die, the more I can't die.

Lei Yu wanted to die a quick and tragic death in exchange for the safety of his family, but he didn't die.

Zhao Yue despised him as a greedy and lawless and shameless bureaucrat, but it was rare to meet a brave and bloody military attache in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and he cherished his family so much that he was not afraid of death, which was simply a rare thing. Zhao Lao Er attaches great importance to this kind of human temperament, so he made an exception and let Lei Shu go, and no longer investigated and implicated his family, and the murderous intention of cutting Lei Chu faded.

However, even if the perpetrator has committed a great mistake and the death penalty can be avoided, he must pay a heavy enough price.

"That's it, you are unbearable as an official, but you are still a man, which is rare among today's Song officials. You can choose between pleading guilty and admitting death. If you admit punishment, you will pay 100,000 yuan to make amends. admit death and slash with a knife. If your family is truly sinless, they can live in peace. ”

can live, of course Lei Xu doesn't want to die.

But when he heard the 100,000 words, he was dumbfounded, and he lowered his head and said in frustration: "Childe doesn't offend my family." The last will be grateful. But, you'd better kill me. ”

He struggled up from the bottom of the army, and the Tai'an soldiers and horses were only in prison for a few days when the income was greater than the expenditure, and he only drank some soldier's blood and ate some empty salary, where to get 100,000 yuan to make amends.

Zhao Yue blinked, but said with a smile: "I believe there will be 100,000 times." ”

He waved his hand and let the two soldiers go, and told them to go back and inform, saying, "If the money cannot be delivered before dark." Then don't blame me for Zhao Yue's ruthlessness. ”

The two relatives looked at Lei Shu, and did not wait for the master to say anything, so they quickly flew on their horses, ran desperately to Tai'an, and went to the master's house to report to the master's mother and the old lady and others to ask for help.

Zhao Yue looked at the second horse anxiously leaving, and couldn't help but praise: "I can't imagine that you are so unbearable but have such loyal subordinates." It seems that there is still merit in being a normal person. ”

may not have to die, and he was actually praised by Zhao Lao Er, who has the character of the king of Hades, but Lei Yu did not have the slightest relaxation and pride, but was anxious and a little angry.

"My family really doesn't have that much money, not even a fifth. What is the difference between torturing my family's despair and forcing my family to die? ”

It's a pity that Zhao Lao Er no longer cares about him.

The others also took care of their own affairs, and no one paid attention to his angry and complicated emotions.

……

It turns out that Zhao Lao Er is right again.

Before waiting for the evening, the reinforcements and rescued officers and soldiers did not come, and the government did not move, but 100,000 yuan could really come. And it was Lei Xu's wife who escorted the money.

The woman who appeared in the distance made Zhao Yue stunned for a moment.

It's not that he knows and has dealt with anything, but Zhao Yue was surprised to see that this woman was actually dressed as a warrior, and she could carry a spear and gallop on horseback.

Lei Hou's wife Pegasus was the first to run to the horse, and he pulled the war horse.

The war horse was forced to stop abruptly, and he raised his front hooves with a neighing sound.

But Lei Shou's wife pulled the reins with one hand, and the spear in the other hand was a little ground, and was not taken off the horse, but still sat steadily, and when the front hooves of the war horse landed, he turned over and got off the war horse neatly, first looked at her husband with a face full of shame but was still safe and sound, obviously relieved, and then inserted the gun on the ground under the curious and wary gaze of the guards, and knelt on one knee in front of Zhao Laoer's horse, not a woman's salute, but a military salute.

"The Cangzhao family is really reputable. The clumsy man was reckless and reckless, and he did not measure himself, and offended the child. The concubine on behalf of the whole family thanked the son for not killing. ”

Zhao Lao Er condescendingly and indifferently looked at this rather sassy and heroic middle-aged woman who was too difficult to see in the Great Song Dynasty, and only said coldly after a while: "You, thank you for being early." ”

A cold and murderous aura suddenly erupted all around.

Zhao Yue's guards all pressed the handle of the knife with their hands, staring at Lei Yu and his wife, and their eyes all flashed with insidious and murderous intent.

Ye Yuan, Wu Sheng and other nine people who had just taken refuge saw this scene, and they were shocked and couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that this is a fishing plan?" Childe actually wanted to lead Lei Shou's family to come to death automatically, and by the way, he robbed the money he sent, and played with two birds with one stone, and the revenge was avenged, the hatred was vented, and the wealth was also gained, didn't he want to let Lei Shou go by punishing death instead of death? ”

I guessed in my heart that they were now Zhao Laoer's subordinates, so they naturally had to follow the leader's intentions, and they also followed the guards to show their fierce faces.

Lei Yu was taken aback, obviously having the same guess as Ye Yuan and others, and angrily yelled at Zhao Lao Er: "Zhao Er, you, how can you be so despicable?" ”

Zhao Lao Er did not deny the insidious intentions, and smiled disdainfully: "Despicable? ”

"Hehe, you can be despicable without a limit, why can't I? Just because my family is a good person, you have to be restrained, and you are a bad person, you can do whatever you want? ”

Lei Yu was both shocked and angry and panicked, and he didn't know how to refute Zhao Lao Er for a while, but he was so anxious that he stared at Zhao Yue and roared: "You, you, you, you"

Zhao Yue chuckled lightly and said lightly: "It's you again." You what? Can't you just change the word to express anger? ”

"I've told you before. The logic of your thinking is ridiculous, isn't it? ”

When Lei Shu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up and shouted: "You are despicable and shameless. You, you can't do that. My family is such nice people. It should not be implicated. ”

But Zhao Lao Er was indifferent, his eyes became more and more ruthless, and he asked: "Good people don't deserve to die?" If you are innocent, you can't kill? ”

"Seems to make sense. But you officials didn't do this in the past, and you didn't abide by this. Why are you asking me to do this now? ”

"Just because you have unjustly killed someone else. The lives of those people are not worth mentioning, and it is not your vital interests to live or die? And now it's you, your family, who are going to die? ”

"You people, your conscience is so disgusting, and you are so selfish and vicious that you have no boundaries. Let's just say, there's something wrong with your thinking logic, it's ridiculous. ”

His tone was flat, but in this case it was even more eerie and terrifying.

Lei Huo was crazy and wanted to fight hard with Zhao Laoer, but he was tied up firmly and firmly, even if he was an overlord and reborn, he couldn't break free from the shackles and could only stare dryly.

It was useless to struggle, and the desperate Lei Shu knelt down, looking at the vicious and murderous Yama King Zhao Lao Er with begging eyes, and said sadly: "I should die, I should kill." But my family really doesn't deserve to die. My mother-in-law doesn't look like she can ride a horse and play with guns, but she just takes care of housework at home all day long, teaches her husband and children, serves the elderly, and is very good to her subordinates. Although my eldest son is not a good man, he usually does a lot of bad things, but he has never been really evil. The youngest son is very obedient, he practices literature and martial arts, and he has no great potential, but he is also a good child. ”

"That's right, that's right, my father, and my father-in-law, they were all officers in the northern border pass, although they didn't do any big business, they didn't become big officials, they didn't have a reputation, but they became soldiers in their teens and went into battle to kill the enemy, they, they have merit to the country, they didn't die at the border pass, they became a petty officer, they were injured and happened to get the opportunity to be transferred back to the mainland army to save their lives but they were angry, but they served the country all their lives, and they never sinned, not like me. They are now gray-haired old men, forgotten, aging silently at home......"

Lei Shu said angrily, tears fell as he spoke, and he didn't know whether he regretted that he had shamelessly mixed with the general of a state, or he was bitter because his family was kind but wanted to die in vain.

Zhao Yue listened to this guy kneeling under the sound of tears, but his eyes were slightly fixed on his wife, and he was surprised to find that this woman frowned with anxiety but was not afraid.

Seeing that her husband was getting more and more out of tune, and the blow seemed to be really repentant, the woman sighed lightly, interrupted her husband's chatter, and looked at Zhao Lao Er calmly and said, "Please forgive the concubine for saying more." It is true that the clumsy man is not a good official, but if it is a great sin, the clumsy man does not. “

"My father-in-law is only one son, and he has always been very strict. My father has only one daughter under his knees. The two families were struggling at the border back then, and they were married to dolls, so my father has always regarded my humble husband as a parent-child teacher. Although he grew up and became an official, the clumsy man didn't listen to the old man, but he still kept filial piety and did things without losing the bottom line of conscience. He didn't dare to disobey the old man so recklessly. ”

"Of course, this robbery and robbery is indeed a big crime, but it is the first time that the lust for profit has been obsessed. If it weren't for the reparations, the family wouldn't know what the clumsy husband had done. Fortunately, Childe is fine. Childe's men were not damaged. ”

"The concubine came here in person because of the old man's order, and she also wanted to make amends in person. I know that Gongzi is saying evil, but in fact, he doesn't really want to kill innocents indiscriminately. ”

Speaking of which, she took a closer look at Zhao Lao Er, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything from the hard-hearted Zhao Lao Er's face.

Feeling apprehensive in her heart, she took a breath, plucked up her courage and said, "Childe really wants to take revenge, and he should do what he should do." My husband and I confessed. Death is the perforation of sin. ”

"The money sent, the son doesn't have to rob it. Reception is. ”

"Please let my family soldiers go. Although they are nobodies, they are all loyal and brave warriors, and they do not deserve to die. I also ask the prince to raise his noble hand and let go of the rest of my family, and not to report to the court for investigation, and implicate them in the punishment of innocence. In fact, after the death of my husband and wife, even if there is no investigation by the imperial court, their lives will not be easy. ”

Speaking of this, her face showed a sad look, and she said in a faint voice: "The officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty is like this. How can a good person be an official? Once an official loses power, how can it end well? ”

"The clumsy man has a bit of ability in force, and he can be regarded as superhuman, but his intelligence is mediocre, and he can't even compare to the role of Wen Chenghou in terms of ability. He wants to be a big official, from his father's sacrifice of life and death to serve the country loyally and bravely, his life has no great merit but he has also made great achievements, but when he is old, he is just an ordinary officer in the army, and all he has learned from his life is negative lessons and stimuli, he wants to get ahead, he doesn't want to live like his father, and he doesn't have the ability of Wen Chenghou, he can't even be an official if he doesn't follow crooked ways, he can't even be an official, he can't be a bad official, and the officialdom can't stand at all, how can he be a general? ”

These words touched the hearts of everyone.

People, no matter whether you are a harrier drilling into the sky or an ordinary public, you have to follow the social environment, otherwise you can only run into walls and walls until you hit your head, break your blood and even die in despair.

Even Su Liang and Su Yi, who only obey orders and don't care about right and wrong, can't help but nod in agreement, with a hint of sympathy and understanding on his face.

Zhao Yue was indifferent, noncommittal, and didn't respond at all, just looked up at the somewhat mighty mortgage car that came to him.

Still didn't go into detail, a guard went over to take a rough look at the situation, and then waved his hand to accept it.

Mrs. Lei said: "According to the official price, one tael of silver is exchanged for a thousand yuan, and one tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver, which can be converted into more than 200,000 taels of silver, and the like is not counted." To tell the truth, this money was mainly made up by Gao Tong's gang, plus the head arrester of Tai'an, as well as the generals who participated in the robbery and murder of Gongzi and escaped. All the money that my family can get their hands on, including gold and silver jewelry, is also in it. ”

This is the same as what Zhao Yue had expected when he blackmailed him.

The incident was defeated, Lei was captured alive, the secret was leaked, and it was strange that the officials who fled were not afraid of suffering all over the house.

If they can exchange money for peace or even keep their official positions, how dare those people not seize the opportunity.

Mrs. Lei didn't have much trouble getting this staggering amount of money, and it was solved as soon as the news was leaked to the relevant people, and of course it also carried the anxious hopes of those people.

She secretly observed Zhao Laoer's expression, but she still couldn't see anything.

Including Zhao Laoer's guards, at this time, he actually didn't know what Zhao Laoer's idea was in his heart, so he was still ready to kill at any time.

Mrs. Lei was amazed that the legend of Zhao Lao Er was unfathomable, but at this point, she had to grit her teeth and say: "The son asked for 100,000 yuan, and more than 200,000 yuan came, this is all we can get." The picture is just that I know that I am wrong, and I want to pour out all my family property to make amends, and ask my son to spare it once. Give us a chance to mend our ways. ”

When all was said and done, there was a dead silence except for the occasional sound of horses and panting.

Lei was aware of Zhao Laoer's ferocity and hard-heartedness, and he had no hope in life, and knelt weakly to regret that he was reckless and implicated his family and harmed himself.

Mrs. Lei believed in her father's analysis, and she had some hope, but she really saw Zhao Laoer's cold performance, and she actually didn't have much confidence.

More than 20 of her family's own soldiers were as nervous as their master, and they were on guard one by one, ready to desperately rescue their master from dying here.

Seeing the sun sinking in the west, in the brilliant sunset, Zhao Lao Er finally broke the dead silence and tension.

"For the sake of the money, I'll let you go this time."

With that, he rode away on his horse.

Lei was in a daze as he watched Zhao Lao Er and his gang roll away, and was woken up by his wife's applause, and couldn't help but be ashamed in the face of his wife's complicated eyes.

"Cangzhao is about credibility. This disaster is over. Let's go. ”

Mrs. Lei picked up her husband, mounted her horse together, and walked listlessly towards the state city with her own soldiers.

Suddenly, they heard a burst of singing.

Look up

Heaven and earth are vast

There will be a kind of longing in my heart called home

I was covered in a cold and rain and I was alone

It's just that the years go by, and the youth is too frivolous

He raised the wine in his hand

Be friends in this life

Even if the sky is high and the earth is thick, we have to go together

Time is like flowing water

It's like the Yellow River flowing again

How much time has passed, and there is no going back

The light of the right path

It shone on the earth

Illuminate every dark place

Frankness is like a man's chest

There is infinite power, so strong

.............

It's just that the years go by, and the youth is too frivolous

..............