Chapter 26: The Sedan Lobby
The sun was three poles, Yang Ming stretched his waist and sat up, and the sunlight spilled in from the window lattice, dazzling him for a while.
Xiao Yu has already called for food, and on the Huanghuali table in the outer hall, there are ham meat, sesame oil duck slices, small fried tofu, spring rolls, millet porridge and other meals.
"Tan Lang, take another bite......" Xiao Yu sandwiched the vegetables, held it with a spoon, and brought it to Yang Ming's mouth.
"Don't eat, I'm full." Yang Ming burped, "This dish is really good, it's worth ...... five dollars of silver."
"Five coins of silver...... Xiao Yu covered his mouth and smiled, "You didn't bargain with anyone......"
"How can you bargain at that time......"
After his stomach was full, he came to the spirit again, and Yang Ming hugged the beauty beside him.
"Xiao Yu, show me your token again......"
"Tan Lang ......" Xiao Yu's face turned red, and he was delicate and infinite for a while.
On the white silk ropa, the bright begonia petals bloom shyly, which makes people feel sorry for the sudden life. After taking the pen and ink, on the bright sunshine in the morning, Yang Ming thought about what words to inscribe as a nostalgia.
After hesitating again and again, the little poem in the stomach was completely insufficient, and the pen went down, but it was a simple "eternal knot and one heart".
Xiao Ming, who was snuggled up to him, was full of happiness and shyness, took the pen in Yang Ming's hand, thought about it for a while, and wrote a line on the left side of the words "eternal knot and one heart".
Yang Ming couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and looked at Luo Pa for a long time.
"Tanlang, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Xi felt Yang Ming's silence, "Isn't the slave family writing bad?" β
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Yang Ming retracted his thoughts from the rolling red dust of the mountains and rivers, and hugged Xiao Xi's willow waist.
"Where did this begonia flower come from?" Yang Ming asked Xiao Wei with a salivating face.
"Slave family...... The slave family doesn't know ......" Xiao Ming's body softened suddenly, his hands hooked Yang Ming's neck, his eyes were watery, and his face was cloudy.
"Let me see ......"
"No ......"
"I just want to see ......"
At this moment, with a "bang", the door of the outer hall was kicked open, and several errand officers with iron rulers broke in, led by an errand officer who shouted: "Where did the gangsters come from, they dared to abduct the people's daughters and go with Lao Tzu's yamen!" β
β»The book "Years of Mountains and Rivers" contains the story of Zhang Ailing's love wish of "quiet years" being swallowed up by the rolling red dust.
In the section room in the west wing of the lobby of the General's Mansion, Liu Bixian sat behind the Taishi's desk, calmly listening to the report of the sergeant opposite.
"Mr. Liu, the little one went to the county treasury to get leather and silver, and the one who pushed back there said that we would go back in a few days......" Xie Qingyuan clenched his fists, his eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept well all night.
Liu Bixian was not in a hurry about repairing the arrow road, but since Wang Anpei took the initiative to arrange for the villagers to relocate and vacate space, he still had to ensure the connection and progress of the project. I opened an order today, asking Xie Qingyuan and others to go to the county treasury to receive silver and two materials, and prepare to start work, but I didn't expect the bad news to come so quickly.
Liu Bixian stood up and walked back and forth in the department room with his hands behind his back. He hadn't completely sorted out the whole matter yet, and after he came back last night, he asked carefully everywhere, and the sergeant guarding the corner gate said that Yang Ming had definitely returned home. Although Xu Ying's words were unknown, she also swore that the general would return soon. He also heard Fan Tongzhou say that it seemed that a woman had run away from the house. If it were someone else, he would directly suspect whether the male owner had eloped with the woman, but this possibility obviously did not exist for Yang Ming, these women in the General's Mansion, Yang Ming wanted no one to do such a thing.
Yang Ming can't come back, when will he come back, Liu Bixian has no confidence in his heart.
"Mr. Liu, the student will go to the county treasury to coordinate this matter......" Fan Tongzhou on the side came out to speak. After Fan Tongzhou returned to the general's mansion with Liu Bixian last night, he has been guarding the mansion. Although he is a student of Shunyi County, his position is quite awkward. In the past, he escaped from the city, because he was forced by the group of surrendered students in the county, and later fought back with Yang Ming, it can be said that his position in the county is completely supported by Yang Ming, and he regards himself as a person on Yang Ming's side in his heart.
"No!" Liu Bixian waved his hand, his eyes flashing, "Xie Xiaoqi, you take a few more sergeants to the county treasury, show some attitude, you must bring things out today!" β
Xu Ying stood alone in the backyard, with giant vehicles and cannons in front of her. For a long time, Xu Ying has never snooped on these heavy weapons that do not belong to this era, and she knows that this is Yang Ming's core secret. Now that Yang Ming is gone, she doesn't know when she will be able to come back, she wants to see if she has any clues.
The back compartment of the jeep was covered with a yellow-green canvas, tied tightly, and Xu Ying was inconvenient to untie. She went around to the front of the car. Through the window glass, you can see the front panel and steering wheel in the car, the dense instruments and various buttons on the panel make her feel confused, the black LCD screen is like a magic mirror, and the figure is faintly reflected through the window. Xu Ying remembered that day she and Wang Cheng sat in the car together, twisting the steering wheel awkwardly, and the warm wind blew out from the lattice gap of the panel, making her feel drunk.
The huge body of the M977 heavy truck shocked Xu Ying. The tires on the body are almost a man tall, and the rough grooves of the tires show a strong and flexible sense of power. The cab window is so high that you can't see inside. Xu Ying grabbed the handle on the body, raised her foot and stepped on the pedal outside the door, and leaned out to look inside. On the seat of the cab hung an HK416 rifle with a swarthy cold glow.
"General's gun ......," Xu Ying muttered.
"General, come back soon, I won't blame you for what you do......" Tears welled up, and Xu Ying prayed silently in her heart.
In the flower hall behind the county hall, Zhao Zhixian sat on the Taishi chair, holding a teacup in his hand, and the lid of the cup repeatedly played with a few tea leaves floating on the tea water.
Zhao Zhixian has been preoccupied these days. It has been a few days since the good news was sent to Beijing, and there has been no response yet, and how the imperial court will deal with him, the criminal official who surrendered, is what he is most worried about. What He Rushui said, Zhao Zhixian added new hope in his heart, if the matter is really as He Shui guessed, this annihilation of the captive army, the great achievement of recovering the county will be his own, not to mention that he is free from the crime, and the addition of officials to the knighthood is just around the corner. It's just that there is no such lightweight, simple and beautiful thing in this world.
"Lao He, you have to be careful over there in the General's Mansion, and don't act rashly", Zhao Zhixian took a sip of tea, "Let's look at it for a few days before ......"
"That's what my lord said." The old official He Rushui, who was sitting on the side and half of his buttocks, leaned over and said.
A servant walked in and bowed down to report to Zhao Zhixian the facts of today's case.
"A bold fanatic, you dare to do this abduction in this county!" Zhao Zhixian slammed the teacup on the table, "Take the person to the flower hall, and the official will interrogate him personally." β
This kind of small case originally didn't need to be tried by the county magistrate in person, but just now Zhao Zhixian had been calculating the good wishes in his heart for a while, and the feeling of the lord of a county was churning uncontrollably, because he was now anxious to punish the evil and be the master of the people.
This kind of case involving the reputation of a woman is often inappropriate to be tried in public in the lobby, and it is usually tried in the flower hall at the back of the lobby.
The person brought in, and the woman wore a red gown, holding the arm of the man next to her, and looked at the man next to her with a shy smile. Look at the man again, dressed in a green cloth jacket, the short hair on his head is less than a minute long (an inch is ten, and one point in the Ming Dynasty is about 3.2 mm), and there is a hint of a smile in his bright eyes.
Zhao Zhixian couldn't help but gasp and stood up from the Taishi chair.
"General Yang? This one...... What's going on? Zhao Zhixian asked in surprise.
"I've seen Lord Zhao." Yang Ming arched his hand to Zhao Zhixian, "I took my family to live in the store today, and I was caught by the messengers in the yamen for some reason......"
"This ......" Zhao Zhixian was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but stare at He Rushui.
Then he was as red as the water, lowered his head, and neither dared to take Zhao Zhixian's gaze, nor dared to look at Yang Ming.
"Nowadays, there are many people of all kinds in the city, and the officials are naturally more diligent in patrolling everywhere......" Zhao Zhixian pondered his rhetoric, "Please also ask the general to bear with me, don't blame ......"
"No blame, no blame." Yang Ming said with a big grin, "Catching traitors and thieves and protecting the territory and the people is the duty of the yamen, how can there be any reason to blame?" β
"That's good, huh...... General, please take a seat and drink a cup of hot tea...... "This Zhao Zhixian couldn't cry or laugh for a while, the general's mansion was a mess last night, it turned out that this guy took the woman out for the spring."
"Don't sit down, there's something to do." Yang Ming arched his hand, "The adults are busy first, let's go back." β
"I can't walk...... Xiao Yu next to him rubbed his legs and knees, "Those poor masters just now urged all the way......"
"Come on, prepare a sedan chair ......" Zhao Zhixian had a bitter face, "I don't know if the general wants to go back to the house or the store?" β
Xie Qingyuan received Liu Bixian's order, strode out of the lobby of the general's mansion, and prepared to return to the camp to lead the troops to the county treasury to make trouble. As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he saw Yang Ming, dressed in a green cloth jacket, walking towards the gate of the General's Mansion, followed by a small sedan chair.
"The general is back......" There was a burst of cheers, the crowd gathered around the door, Liu Bixian and Fan Tongzhou heard the movement in the department room, and also hurried out.
"I've seen the general!" Xie Qingyuan and the others bowed and clasped their fists and saluted.
"Oh, everyone is here......" Yang Ming arched his hand slightly, and when he saw Liu Bixian and Fan Tongzhou at the door, his face couldn't help but blush slightly.
The small sedan chair behind him stopped, the curtain was lifted, and Xiao Ming, who was dressed in a crimson gown, walked out, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and followed behind Yang Ming with a graceful gait.
Liu Bixian and Fan Tongzhou couldn't help but look at each other, and forgot to come forward to greet them for a while.
Xie Qingyuan raised his head, his gaze fell on Xiao Yu's face, and suddenly he seemed to be stabbed in the heart by the feather feather that shot over, his bloodshot eyes trembled, and he felt a wave of dizziness, as if he had returned to that cold morning, the feeling of whirling the world when he faced death on the frozen field, and the face of a dreamlike beautiful girl, and the wisp of spring that her emerald skirt smeared on the desolate land.
"General......" Xu Ying walked in quickly from the back door of the lobby, called through the lobby, and when she got closer, she saw Yang Ming and Xiao Yu behind her, and her whole person froze suddenly.
"I've seen Sister Xu." Xiao Yu took a step forward, stroked his waist with both hands and smiled slightly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.