Chapter 31: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
According to Xiao Yi's style of acting and reputation, Su Yu was really a little relieved, and after asking a question, he saw that Xiao Yi was still with his eyes closed, only pursed his mouth, and his lips raised slightly for a moment, and he never replied to her.
Su Yu was afraid that the son outside would be quick and really chop the person, so he reached out and pinched Xiao Yi's arm, and said directly: "You can't kill them!" ”
Suddenly, he was pinched by Su Yu, Xiao Yi's face was waveless, he slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Su Yu, who was full of seriousness, seemed to be a little angry, twisted his head to the side, and left only a beautiful silhouette for her.
Su Yu was just about to speak, but he heard Zicheng outside, and scolded the people kneeling: "The taxes are indeed very heavy now, but this year's rain is quite abundant, even if it is urgent, it will not let you block the road and rob!" Hugh pretends to be pitiful and deceives your grandfather and me! ”
When the kneeling men heard this, they wept more and more miserably, and the lean one of them mustered up his courage a few times, took a few steps forward, and cried, "This noble man does not know anything! In our villages, there is a hundred household officials, the son of the hundred household officials is a white-faced scholar, counted as a famous genius in all directions, and now the son of the hundred households is lucky, to marry the daughter of the county master's family, in order to raise the bride price and the pomp of marriage, the hundred households sent a few hooligans, door to door to ask for silver taels, saying that it is used to build the cost of the canal, the people of Fangyuan know the inside story, they don't know the inside story, they can't afford to provoke the official, smash the pot and sell the iron to make up enough silver taels to pay, but wait for so long, I didn't even see a single brick of the canal, only the flowing water mats of the 100 households, which were placed for three days and three nights! ”
As he spoke, the thin man pointed to the big man next to him who was bleeding and was about to faint and said: "The big Niu family just handed over all the money to the hundred households, and his daughter-in-law has no money to see a doctor, so the people are gone!" ”
Su Yu listened quietly, her heart was like a thousand catties of boulders pressing, and she was a little out of breath, now in the world of Daliang, there are more than 10 million people like those hundred household officials, and there are 10 million people in the entire Daliang, who is not living in dire straits, but it is a pity that she is weak, and she is already adrift, even if she kills one of the hundred household officials, but the world is like this, one person dies, and there are thousands of such people who come out to oppress the people.
Unless!
Su Yu was slightly shocked by the thoughts in her heart, unless one day, she stood on the high ground of power, so that she could really have the ability to help and protect the people she wanted to protect.
Stunned in the carriage, while thinking, Su Yu heard that the outside man seemed to have thrown something on the ground, and said to the injured man: Take these silver to heal your injuries, this knife can be regarded as a lesson for you! Master and my master often walk on this road, if I see you blocking the road and robbing again, I will chop you all into minced meat and throw you into the valley to feed the wolves! ”
Su Yu listened, Zicheng's posture and tone obviously followed Xiao Yi for a long time, and he also learned a ten-ten, vicious appearance, which directly covered the person who blocked the road and robbed.
While everyone was stunned when they looked at Yinzi, Zicheng had already ordered the coachman to drive the carriage and go around.
Su Yu lifted the curtain and looked back, and by the light of the lantern on the carriage, he looked at the group of people who were gradually getting farther away, kneeling on the ground, and kept kowtowing in the direction they left.
And from beginning to end, Xiao Yi in the carriage never opened his mouth to say a word outside, even if he gave the man silver, or gave the people who almost became bandits, he didn't mention a word "Xiao".
Actually, Su Yu also felt that this Xiao Yi didn't seem to be bad, and the rumors that this kind of thing were not necessarily true.
The night gradually deepened, and the carriage arrived in a nearby town, Su Yu was very tired, and he didn't know when he fell asleep, so he leaned on Xiao Yi's shoulder. After arriving at the inn, when Xiao Yi was about to carry her down, Su Yu slowly woke up and walked down by himself with the carriage.
Su Yu always felt that she and Xiao Yi met just Pingshui, and he took too careful care of them, and the relationship between the two people would inevitably be a little too close.
After arriving at the inn, he sat on the dining table in the lobby and ate some simple meals, because this inn is the only one within a radius of dozens of miles, and the guests who come in and out are not too few. The owner of this inn seems to be squeezed a lot, every time he hears someone talk about it, he will involuntarily put his head down, sigh for a while, but there are many people in front of him, and he doesn't dare to say anything.
Su Yu took a sip of the tea after the meal, then turned his face sideways, put his eyes on Xiao Yi's face, and said provocatively: "When I went to the thatched house, I heard that the son of the hundred families was a famous talent, and also said that if this person was born in the capital, he would be better than the son of the Xiao family of the Wei family. ”
Xiao Yi lowered his eyes and did not speak.
Su Yu got closer, afraid that this little overlord would be confused at this time, so he simply mentioned: "Then I know the son of the Wei family, does this son of the Xiao family refer to you?" ”
Xiao Yi pretended to be confused and shook his head, "No! ”
Seeing his nonsense words, the other party denied it so simply, which was also unexpected by Su Yu, and blurted out: "Who is that?" ”
Xiao Yi responded indifferently: "There is a butcher surnamed Xiao in the north of the city, and his talent is really not very good. ”
Seeing that this plan to sow discord failed, Su Yu closed his mouth for a moment, and then said excitedly: "You said that now these hundred household officials are so rampant and oppressive of the people, is there no reasonable person in this world who stands up to be the master of the people of this town?" Could it be that the powerful people now only care about themselves, so! ”
Xiao Yi looked at Su Yu, smiled in his eyes, and said, "That's what Madam said." ”
It seems that "habit" has always been a frightening thing, just like Su Yu has listened to Xiao Yi's call to "madam" many times, and his ears have slowly become a little used to it, although he is still a little unhappy, but it will not be like before, as soon as he hears the word "madam", it is like stepping on the tail of a cat, and his whole body will be hairy.
What Mrs. Xiao Yi said made Su Yu feel like he had punched with all his might, hitting the soft cotton, only a little movement, and he couldn't fall into any pits, so he simply asked tentatively: "You understand what I mean?" ”
"Understood."
Just two words, Su Yu instantly felt that he was a little too stupid to think so hard.
Unwillingly, Su Yu chased after him and asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”
Xiao Yi didn't seem to have thought about it carefully, and said directly: "Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys,"
is a good example of killing chickens and monkeys, Su Yu slapped the table and almost shouted "Okay", this time this little overlord Xiao Yi thought of it with her.
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Since the ancient moon, the dark wind and the night were high, when the murder was killed, Su Yu originally planned to do this quietly at night, but Xiao Yi said that he was stuck on the road, rest for one night, and go tomorrow.
Su Yu weighed his current strength and felt that his suggestion was quite reasonable.
After a good night's sleep, the next morning, Su Yu got up and moved her muscles and bones, as she expected, it was much better than before, it was a little impossible to jump over the wall and jump into the courtyard, but at least when she walked, she had a little more strength.
Su Yu went out of the door, and wanted to tell Xiao Yi to get up and do the big thing of killing chickens and monkeys, but he climbed on the door and knocked for a long time, but no one opened the door.
Su Yu went to look for Zicheng again and asked him, "Did Xiao Yi go out?" ”
Zicheng had just finished washing, and said habitually: "No! Except for marching and fighting, my master got up later at other times. ”
When Su Yu heard this, he felt that this Xiao Yi really lost his heroic demeanor, and he even had a problem with lying in bed.
After walking around the inn a few times, he felt a little bored, Su Yu also remembered the matter of the hundred household officials who harmed one side, thinking that this town would not be very big, so he walked around, walked out of the door of the inn, and walked around.
The people in this town, as the robbers said, are dilapidated, the renovated houses are almost gone, the old people are thin and rickety, and children are rare, Su Yu looked at it and felt that when the wars of those countries were in turmoil, the people might not be worse than now.
sighed, turned a corner, Su Yu suddenly heard the sound of a child crying, and a man's panicked and light voice at a loss, coaxing, the man also cried with the cry of the child.
Su Yu couldn't help but walk to the door and look inside, and saw a man sitting in front of the door, his feet were bandaged by a rag, and some blood was oozing out, and the child in his arms seemed to be extremely hungry, waving his small fist with his mouth open, trying to beg for food in this world.
The man holding the child, Su Yu recognized, it was the big man who blocked the road and robbed at the beginning of the night yesterday, and the injury on his foot was a lesson that scared them away. Looking at this situation now, Su Yu feels that it is no wonder that the people have begun to become robbers, just because at this step, who doesn't want to survive in this world.
Moreover, today's big beams, who are powerful and powerful, are the real robbers.
Stepping into the dilapidated earthen walled courtyard, Su Yu looked at the man who was crying, then looked at the baby in his arms, and then looked at the injury on his foot, frowned, and said, "Didn't I give you the silver for medical treatment last night?" ”
The crying big man wiped a handful of tears, looked up at Su Yu, was a little puzzled, and asked, "Are you?" ”
Su Yu thought that when they met last night, it was already getting into the night, and it was dark all around, and she was sitting in the carriage and only poked her head out, and it was reasonable that the other party didn't recognize it.
Coughing lightly, Su Yu explained: "I am the one who "left to buy road money"! ”