After Shen Xi draped the sack on Hui Niang's body, he also leaned over, holding her body with both hands, and snuggled up to each other to keep warm.

At first, Hui Niang wanted to push Shen Xi away, but seeing Shen Xi's sincere and innocent eyes, she felt that she didn't even have the strength to push, and let her delicate body be hugged by Shen Xi.

"It's all my aunt's fault, my aunt thinks that she can't rely on you for everything, so she decided to take the risk and solve the problem herself, but I didn't expect it...... Whining. ”

Hui Niang was emotional, she was originally uneasy because of panic and choking, coupled with the coldness of her body, her whole body was trembling, when she leaned on Shen Xi's arms, she felt a sense of peace of mind, and she couldn't help it, her head was buried in Shen Xi's arms and she whimpered.

After crying for a while, Hui Niang's mood improved slightly, and she fell asleep unconsciously, with crystal tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes. Outside, the firelight flickered, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, but inside the cabin was quiet and peaceful, like a quiet sheltered harbor.

After another half an hour, the noise outside gradually subsided, the resistance of the bandits had been quelled, and the officers and soldiers were fighting the fire.

Shen Xi didn't want to disturb Hui Niang, but when he heard the sound of footsteps outside, he knew that it might be Jiang Liwei, Song Xiaocheng and others coming over, and if he continued to hold like this, it would inevitably cause criticism.

"Hui Niang."

Shen Xi pushed Hui Niang's body and called softly.

Hui Niang woke up slowly, glanced at Shen Xi, with a strange look on her face: "Xiaolang, is your aunt's name called casually?" ”

Shen Xi stuck out his tongue like an innocent child, but he was thinking in his heart: "It's not okay to call Hui Niang?" Huiniang is what the neighborhood calls you, this is not your maiden name, your maiden name should be Hui'er, right? ”

Hui Niang didn't know what Shen Xi was thinking, she sat up straight and tidied up a little, when Jiang Liwei's voice came from outside the cabin: "Shen Gongzi, Mrs. Lu, can the two of you be inside?" ”

Shen Xi helped Hui Niang, who was still wet, out of the cabin, at this time, the Yanggudu was still illuminated by the fire, and Jiang Liwei was holding a knife in his hand. It was as if he had just stepped down from the front line, but he was neat and unstained with blood.

Jiang Liwei saw Shen Xi helping Hui Niang out, and stepped forward and said, "Some corpses were fished out from the river." Send someone to identify which of your men are, and the rest will be treated as bandits!" ”

Shen Xi understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

The local crackdown on bandits is based on the number of people. Originally, in addition to the chamber of commerce, the chariot and horse gang brothers, and the bandits, there were also the idle people at the docks and the boatmen who stayed at night, but now as long as people die and no one claims the body, they will all be counted as bandits, and the number of bandits will increase greatly, and the merits of the local generals will also increase.

Shen Xi said: "There is Lao Jiang Zuocheng, we will send someone to identify the corpse." ”

At this time, Hui Niang's body was a little weak, and she couldn't come out to Zhang Luo, so Shen Xi did it for her.

Shen Xi called Song Xiaocheng over. The main reason for his careful explanation was to ask him to quickly withdraw the brothers of the Carriage and Horse Gang and count the number of people, so as not to be killed by the officers and soldiers who regarded some scattered brothers as bandits. At the same time, he also asked Song Xiaocheng to bring some people to the shore to claim the body, for fear that something would go wrong, Shen Xi repeatedly asked for careful comparison, and not let a brother be wronged. As for the people or corpses that were swept away by the river, they had to resign themselves to fate.

Shen Xi returned to the boat after explaining, and Hui Niang sat on the deck alone and shivered. Jiang Liwei and the hundred households leading the troops had already gone to the official ship to interrogate the bandits.

"Auntie, why can't you get into the cabin?"

Shen Xi scavenged two clean clothes from the shore, whether they were living or dead, as long as they could keep warm. On the boat, he put it on Hui Niang's body, and then took Hui Niang's delicate body into his arms, and Hui Niang's body no longer trembled.

Hui Niang said: "I caused the disaster, you are all doing things, I can't ignore it." ”

Shen Xi reproached: "It's good if you know, say nothing and don't want to rely on others." But they will only blindly act recklessly. Think about it, we are a family, how could I hurt you!? ”

Hui Niang thought that Shen Xi would comfort her with a few words, but she didn't expect Shen Xi to speak harshly, Shen Xi's words were both pertinent and full of warmth, she nodded and agreed, hanging her head like a little woman who had done something wrong.

Just when the two of them were facing each other warmly on the deck, Jiang Liwei got down from the official boat and said as he walked: "Shen Gongzi, I don't know if you can talk a few words?" ”

Shen Xi got off the boat and looked at Jiang Liwei: "What's the matter?" ”

Jiang Liwei sighed: "Although as you said, we successfully captured and killed the bandits, but these people refused to admit that they had contact with the government. Shen Gongzi is a person who understands, after all, there are bandits who have escaped today, and the matter has spread to some people, but he is afraid that he will be retaliated. ”

Shen Xi gritted his teeth fiercely and said, "Then I have to worry that Jiang Zuocheng will take me to meet these people." ”

"Huh?"

Jiang Liwei was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Follow me." ”

Jiang Liwei took Shen Xi onto the official ship, and at this time, there were officers and soldiers in the cabin who were severely interrogating the leaders of several bandits, but these bandits were all people who were not afraid to live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and a little torture could not impress them at all.

"Bother this military master, let me come down and ask him."

With a vicious smile on his face, Shen Xi walked up to a hideous man in his thirties and asked, "Your Excellency has dealings with people in the government?" ”

"Hahahaha...... Such a small fart doll, have you been weaned? ”

Shen Xi smiled coldly, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and there were many silver needles in it, all of which were various types of needles used in acupuncture. Shen Xi "chose the needle" in front of the thieves, and the thieves naturally didn't want Shen Xi to choose the kind that was thick and long, but when Shen Xi picked up the two thin needles in the end, the thief leader breathed a sigh of relief.

Isn't it just a needle, and it's more pleasant to give me a few needles......

Shen Xi smiled: "Your Excellency refuses to say? ”

The man continued to laugh: "If you have the ability, just come to me!" ”

Shen Xi didn't say anything, and pricked a needle into the Baihui acupoint on the top of the man's head, the man didn't even hide, although he felt a little uncomfortable, but it was nothing, and sneered: "That's all there is to it?" ”

Shen Xi followed with the second shot, but this time it was the back spine of the man who pierced it.

Waiting for the second stitch, the man's body suddenly trembled violently, and he quickly broke out with a scream of "ah-".

The sound almost burst through the throat and roared, as if a person was surrounded by flames, and it was a heart-wrenching experience that was worse than death, several times higher than the sound of killing a pig.

The man was tumbling and rolling on the ground, his body convulsing and struggling, but because the ropes were tightly tied, he rolled around on the ground like this. It will only make the needle prick deeper and the body more painful.

It's not just pain, it's numb, itchy, and painful, and the nerves in the whole body seem to be mobilized at the same time. Extremely sensitive.

Jiang Liwei didn't understand what Shen Xi was going to do, but when he saw the thief who had just said nothing under the punishment, he actually became like this, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He glanced at Shen Xi, but saw Shen Xi's expression cold. I thought to myself, "Where did this kid learn how to extract confessions?" The factory guard is nothing more than that! ”

After a while, the man's voice was hoarse, but his voice was even more poignant, Shen Xi took out another needle, and pricked a needle in the shoulder of the thief head, and the screaming stopped, but the person was already lying on the ground, weak, and even had some difficulty breathing.

"Well, it's a trick. Or continue to torture? ”

I said...... I said, "The prefect asked us to come......"

This self-proclaimed iron-clad man was tortured to death, where is there any principle to talk about at this time? If he was given a choice, he would rather die than suffer the pain of being pierced by Shen Xi.

Jiang Liwei hurriedly stepped forward: "The prefect in your mouth, but An Rusheng, the prefect of Tingzhou?" ”

"Positive...... Precisely. ”

Jiang Liwei finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now that there is an incident of thieves robbing ships in the local area, it is impossible to prove An Rusheng at all, because the local suppression of bandits is mainly carried out by the Yamen and the guard of the capital. At that time, it will be like the case of Songjiang Mansion, in the absence of conclusive evidence. Nothing.

"Shen Gongzi, I still have to bother you, and I will give it to a few other people...... Two stitches. ”

"Okay."

Shen Xi was not polite, and walked directly to the thieves with dead faces with needles......

Shen Xi's "torture" went smoothly. In less than half an hour, all the words that should be set out were set out, and Jiang Liwei asked people to write a confession and asked him to sign it.

"Without delay, Brother Shen, let's return to Tingzhou Mansion. It's time to take people. ”

Jiang Liwei was high-spirited and got ironclad evidence of An Rusheng's crime, which is a great achievement, not only has a glorious face, but also has a resume to prove himself, and he can also be promoted to a knighthood.

Only then did Shen Xi get off the official ship and explain a few words to Song Xiaocheng, asking him to be in charge of the palace and send back all the brothers who had been killed and injured by the Che Ma Gang, while he and Hui Niang followed the three official ships by boat and returned to the capital city of Tingzhou along the Tingjiang River.

When Shen Xi returned to the boat, Hui Niang nervously got up to look at Shen Xi and asked in a low voice, "Xiaolang, the officers and soldiers are not difficult for you, right?" ”

Jiang Liwei's voice came: "Mrs. Lu said that it was funny, Shen Gongzi helped the imperial court to exterminate the bandits, and also ordered the thief to draw a confession and testify that the person behind the scenes is An Rusheng, the prefect of Tingzhou, we can't thank him, how can we embarrass him?" ”

Shen Xi thought that Jiang Liwei said before that even if it was successful, he would be held accountable for shielding Yu Niang and Xi'er, and sneered slightly, but the sky was dark, and this smile was not perceptible to others.

"Auntie, I'll help you go inside, and you're going to return." Shen Xi Road.

"Hmm."

Hui Niang was like a little woman without assertiveness at this time, and she and Shen Xi helped each other into the cabin.

Shen Xi closed the hatch so that even the brethren of the chariot and horse gang on the ship did not know what was going on in the cabin. He lit the tung oil lamp, and in the dim and swaying shadows of the lamp, Shen Xi wanted to hug Hui Niang again, but was gently pushed away by Hui Niang.

"It's not serious, did you come out this time and tell your mother?" Hui Niang glanced at Shen Xi and asked softly.

Outside, the ship's horn sounded, and the bow began to turn around.

Shen Xi touched his head, a little annoyed: "Oh, I was in a hurry, and I forgot about my mother." ”

Hui Niang sighed: "Xiaolang, you can be so desperate to save your aunt from danger, even if your aunt dies, you are comfortable, but you are the treasure of the Shen family." The Shen family wants to be prosperous, it's all up to you, if there is anything long, two short...... How can I explain to your mother? ”

Shen Xi pouted: "My aunt is even dead, what else do you want to explain?" Isn't it best to be safe and secure now? My mother is a person with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, she wants to know that aunt you are in danger, how can she let me be an unrighteous person who will not be saved when she dies? ”

Hui Niang smiled, obviously a little unimpressed.

After a long time, waiting for the ship number outside to calm down, she sighed faintly: "You are the star in the sky, I am an ominous person, and if you get too close to me, you will only harm your own body......"

But Shen Xi couldn't hear it at this time, because of the fatigue of the day, and Shen Xi himself had fallen into the water, his small body was exhausted, and as soon as he was quiet, he couldn't hold it anymore, and leaned on Hui Niang's lap and fell asleep.

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