Chapter 515: Draw the sword to help

"Jade" and "Gate" Town, located in the east of "Jade" and "Gate" Pass for hundreds of miles, the Silk Road forks here, to the northwest, crosses the Xingxing Gorge into Gaochang, can reach the North Garden, to the southwest, through Dunhuang, out of the "Jade" and "Gate" Pass, into Anxi. The prosperity of the Silk Road is closely related to it, with both prosperity and loss. In recent years, thanks to the rise of Ningyuan led by Li Huaitang, the Silk Road has been reopened, and the town of "Jade" and "Gate" has become increasingly prosperous.

Under the care of the little girl, after a few days of recuperation, Li Huaitang's injuries are gradually improving.

Because of the concern in his heart, Li Huaitang could no longer tolerate staying here, and hurried to Liangzhou. Before going on the road, he personally went to thank the chief officer of the town of "Yu" and "Men": Wang Mingfu.

There is a Tang Dynasty, and the county orders are all called Ming Mansion.

Li Huaitang was attacked and wounded in the territory under his jurisdiction, which alarmed Wang Changling, as the leader of the governance of the 'jade' and 'gate' regions, he had an unshirkable responsibility, and if such a big thing happened, his official seal was bound to be lost. Although he knew that he would soon be removed as a scapegoat, Wang Changling still fulfilled his duties and worked diligently to deal with the aftermath of Li Huaitang and his subordinates, from the medical 'medicine' diet of the wounded soldiers to the funeral trivialities of the deceased.

Knowing that the reception was actually the famous poet Wang Changling, Li Huaitang felt quite interesting, seeing that the great poet took care of him before and after the saddle, he was a little careless, and before leaving, he had to go to say goodbye.

In recent years, the population of 'Yu' and 'Men' towns has increased rapidly, especially the foreign population, there are more people, and there are more things, and Wang Changling, the Ming Mansion, has become more and more busy. No, he was supposed to visit Li Huaitang today, but before he left the 'door', an unexpected lawsuit blocked him from the big 'gate'.

The plaintiffs are more than a dozen Uighurs, and the defendants are two Han Chinese, one is called Nan Jiyun and the other is Lei Wan 'Chun'. The original reason of the case is that due to a dispute over the purchase of horses, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wan 'Chun' became resentful and killed a Hui on the street. If it weren't for the fact that the whole town was on guard during this time, there happened to be a tolerance nearby, and an all-martial Hanhu battle would inevitably break out.

Wang Changling had a headache, and the disputes concerning the Hui people were increasing day by day, and he had heard a little about the irritability and arrogance of the Hui people, and even never cared about the so-called evidence reasons, and made a fuss if he did not agree with the slightest disagreement, and there were often things that happened in the court. Today's case is fatal, and even if the Han people are justified, it will be difficult to end it, not to mention that all the evidence is quite unfavorable to the two Han people.

The Hui insisted that Nan Jiyun had been caught stealing horses, and then in a fit of rage, they killed one of their companions and demanded that Wang Changling cut off their heads.

"Fart!" Nan Jiyun retorted with a red face, "I bought the horse from you, you took my money and accused me of stealing, and you dominated the crowd, the knife was pulled out by you first, we didn't use the knife, you killed the people yourself." ”

Killing one's own people in a dispute with outsiders? In terms of reasonableness, it is unreasonable, and in terms of legal principles, there is no evidence.

"He drew his knife and slashed me, and I grabbed and twisted it, and it happened to hit his accomplice." Nan Jiyun pointed to one of the bearded bearded people with a bald head and added as he added.

"That's not right! They stole our horses the day before yesterday and stole my sword, and today we found them in the bazaar, and when they saw that they couldn't escape, they drew their swords and hacked our people to death! Hu Ren was righteous and stern, and his expression was angry.

Nan Jiyun was furious and blurted out: "Slander! I didn't even touch his knife. ”

The murder knife was presented in the public court, and several Tielehu witnesses who were present were brought up, and the public said that Nan Jiyun stole a horse and killed people.

Although Nan Jiyun and Lei Wan 'Chun' repeatedly denied it, they could not provide any evidence.

Wang Changling thought about it for a moment, and with a slap, he made a judgment against Nan Jiyun to pay for his life and behead him after the autumn, while Lei Wan 'Chun' was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing horses.

The two defendants refused to sign and detain, and the two defendants had to fasten the shackles around their necks and force them to complete the final routine.

"Wait!" A thunderclap came from outside the yamen.

As soon as the sound fell, the person had arrived.

"General!" Wang Changling looked at Li Huaitang who suddenly appeared in surprise.

Li Huaitang nodded, said hello to Wang Changling, exchanged a few words, and then turned his head to look at Nan Jiyun and Lei Wan 'Chun'. The names of Nan Jiyun and Lei Wan 'Chun' are like thunder, loyal and righteous, he is very interested, and he listened quietly outside the public court for a long time just now, and he had some thoughts in his heart.

The 'chaos' of Anshi, two of the three heroes of Suiyang appeared here at the same time. Nan Jiyun is in his early twenties, Lei Wan 'Chun' is a few years older than him, with a tall and sturdy figure wrapped under simple clothes, and he was born to join the army, but for some reason they came to business first.

Li Huaitang said to Wang Changling: "This case is a bit strange, I see that what these two people said is sincere, not like lying." ”

In the eyes of Nan and Lei, the strong man who spoke for them seemed to be very promising, whether it was the tolerance of guarding the 'door', or the attitude of the Ming Mansion under the mirror of the high hall, he was respectful to him, and directly ignored him for his crime of breaking into the court. Hearing that the strong man supported them, Nan and Lei were 'excited'.

"However, the physical evidence is all ......," Wang Changling hesitated.

Li Huaitang smiled and said, "There is a way to find out the real murderer and help the deceased avenge his grievances." ”

The Hui people were not happy, and they scolded and accused Li Huaitang one after another.

"Human lives matter. It doesn't hurt to give it a try, and it's never too late to draw conclusions after reading the results. Li Huaitang ignored the angry Hui people and waited for Wang Changling to make a decision.

For the sake of Li Huaitang's admiration for his talented poems in the past few days, Wang Changling certainly gave face. According to Li Huaitang's request, Nan Jiyun's Tang knife and a Hu man's scimitar were taken at the same time, and Li Huaitang asked them to 'hand' over the weapon, hold the handle of the knife, wave it twice, and then put it on the ground.

Everyone was puzzled, and their curious eyes focused on Li Huaitang's hand, only to see him snap his fingers, and a hound was led into the court.

Wang Changling was stunned and stammered: "This, this, what's going on?" ”

Can dogs identify murderers? If it weren't for Li Huaitang, Wang Changling would have ordered 'chaos' and 'sticks' to get rid of people.

Actions speak louder than words. Next, the hound proved his ability with practical actions, sniffed the handle of the Tang knife, and then kept sniffing on everyone, and finally barked at a Hu and Nan Jiyun; Similarly, as a result of the scimitar test, Nan Jiyun and the owner of the scimitar were barked at by the hounds again.

"What, what does this little trick mean? It's just a dog. The little leader of the Hui was a little flustered, unwilling to admit the hound's ability to smell.

"That murder knife, if it's him," Li Huaitang pointed at Nan Jiyun, "It's he who is holding the murder, even if he has used it recently, then the hound will definitely say something." ”

"Well, that makes sense!" Wang Changling looked at the hound with interest and stopped the nonsense of the Hui people.

The hound's performance did not disappoint Nan Jiyun, and the target of the barking was a bald bearded Hui and a tolerance.

"That's right, the scimitar is his," Li Huaitang said, pointing to the bald beard, "He picked up the scimitar from the scene of the crime, so he also smelled of him." Hounds don't lie, and they don't wrong. ”

In the face of the facts, the Hui people tried their best to sophistry and deny it, ignoring the results of Li Huaitang's experiment.

"The dog is barking, did it say anything? No! Could it be that Wang Mingfu would rather believe in the barking of a dog and ignore human and physical evidence? ”

The sun came out of the west, and the Hui people demanded reason. Li Huaitang couldn't help but laugh, shamelessness was not a problem in front of him. He asked Nan Jiyun, "Think about it, is there any way to get my hound to find the money you paid them for buying horses." ”

Horses are expensive, and whether they are paid for in gold and silver, or they are 'traded' with the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty, they must be in bags, large bags or small bags. On the bag, there must be the smell of Nanjiyun or Lei Wan's 'spring'.

Nan Jiyun was clever, and as soon as he heard it, he immediately understood Li Huaitang's intentions, took out a sachet from his arms, and said: "This time I went out, my wife embroidered this thing for me to keep safe, and I was more concerned about the safety of money, so I put this thing in the money bag." The money bag contained the exchanged Ningyuan gold coins, a total of fifty, all of which were used as the cost of the horses. ”

"Good!" Li Huaitang glanced at Nan Jiyun with an appreciative gaze, "Let my hound smell it, and it will find your money bag." ”

All the Hui people subconsciously looked at the bald beard, but the bearded man subconsciously reached out to cover his waist, saw the hound walking towards him, and quickly turned around and ran away.

The possibility of escaping is zero, and the generals and cavalry guarding outside the 'gate' are not clay sculptures.

Wang Changling will handle the rest of the matter, the Hui people and the so-called witnesses have their own fate, and Li Huaitang is more concerned about Nan Jiyun and Lei Wan's 'spring' plans.

Bidding farewell to Wang Changling, Li Huaitang found Nan and Lei, who were ready to return to Chang'an.

The three of them gathered in a small tavern.

Lei Wan 'Spring' was bold, raised a big bowl and toasted Li Huaitang: "Thank you, strong man!" If it weren't for the strong men to save me, I'm afraid that my eight brothers in the south would have died in vain. This bowl of wine, I Lei Wan 'spring' drink first as a respect! After speaking, he opened his mouth and drank a 'fine' light with a grunt.

Nan Jiyun ranks eighth in the family, so it is also called Nan Eight.

"Good man!" Li Huaitang also raised the bowl to enter, but was stopped by Xiao Pian behind him.

"Li Lang's injury is not healed, and he can't get drunk."

These days, Xiao Lian replaced and cleaned Li Huaitang's wounds, skin kisses were inevitable, and in Li Huaitang's frolic, she accepted her fate, and her title was quietly changed from General to Li Lang.

Nan Jiyun couldn't help but laugh and interrupted: "Can Li Zhuangshi inform the Daimyo?" The ancients said that the grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring. Today's life-saving grace, I Nanjiyun will never forget. ”

Li Huaitang put down the wine bowl and said, "Brother Nanba's words are serious, it's just a gesture, how dare I, Li Huaitang, ask for credit?" ”

"Shhh Nanba and Lei Wan 'Chun' glanced at each other and exclaimed, "Could it be Ning Yuan Li Huaitang under his feet? ”

Li Huaitang is almost well-known in the Tang Dynasty, and the 'women' and children are well known, not only because of his brilliant achievements in the Hu people and his madness in love with Princess Broken Leaves, but also because of the profound influence of the coins and goods produced by Ning Yuan.

"Exactly." Li Huaitang nodded, and took the opportunity to probe: "Two eight-foot men, they should be from the army to serve the country, why did they come here to sell horses?" ”

Nan Jiyun's face was ashamed, and he was hesitant, but Lei Wan's 'spring' was bold, and he said bluntly: "We also want to, but, hey, it's not poor yet?" We're going to join the army, who will raise us at home? ”

Under careful questioning, Li Huaitang 'figured' their situation. Like many Tang soldiers who were vying to become mercenaries in Ningyuan, both of them were peasants, their families were poor, they had no land of their own, and they were attached to the 'door' of the landlord and wealthy clans, living the life of tenant farmers. Joining the army means that there is less labor in the family.

In fact, by this time, the rent and yong modulation of the Tang Dynasty had reached a state of nominal existence because of land annexation and population growth, and the military household was a typical bloody and tearful family, and deserters and hidden households were not uncommon, otherwise, there would be no financial difficulties of the imperial court and Yu Wenrong's reform of the household.

The tenant farmers relied on the weather for their livelihood, and they could barely survive the wind and rain, but the climate in the past two years was against them, and the family was in dire straits. In order to make a living, the two had to borrow money to go out to do business together, originally heard that the business opportunities in Ningyuan City were good, the two decided to go west to Ningyuan City after discussion, but when they arrived in Anxi, they heard that the road ahead was not very smooth, and the road that must be passed through the Wild Wolf Valley was blocked by the army and did not know when it was opened, they had to stop, but Hexi was also good, the Hu people sold a lot of horses, they totaled it, and decided to sell horses to Chang'an to make a small profit first, but for no reason encountered the blackmail of the Hui people.

"Hehe," Li Huaitang wanted to use a 'treacherous' smile to express the pride in his heart, he picked up a treasure on the road, Nan and Lei were loyal and righteous, and their martial arts were world-famous, especially Nan Jiyun, riding 'shooting' were all 'fine', and the generals were rare, and they were given good generals by God, and they would not be punished by God.

"Ning is far away, but the covetous heart of the Hu people will not die. In the next hard work to ask people with lofty ideals from all over the world to fight for my Ningyuan, to protect the territory and the people, today I met two is fate, but I don't know if I am lucky enough to get the favor of the two brothers? Li Huaitang paused, saw the hesitation and concern on their faces, and said: "Treatment, of course, it is preferential, the monthly salary is more than two Ningyuan gold coins, there is also an allowance for the battle, and the results are divided into ......."

"Wait, wait!" Nan Jiyun glared, with an incredible look, "Monthly salary? Two gold coins? ”

A monthly income of one Ningyuan gold coin is enough to feed a family of five.

two, you can also marry two more concubines 'servant'.

The stipend and the share of the results seem to be considerable.

The flatbread thrown by Li Huaitang is very sweet and has a strong appeal.

"I'm old Thunder! To your warhorse, I'll go! "Lei Wan's 'spring' has long had this intention, Li Huaitang and his personal soldiers brought the war horses are strong and elegant, hooking his eyes almost to the ground, it is rare for Li Huaitang to open his mouth to invite and promise to support his family, so he pushed the boat along the river.

Nan Jiyun hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind.

"Good! I'll go too! ”

"Haha, good! Come, drink this cup and celebrate for the two of you who have joined me Ningyuan Iron Ride! Li Huaitang was overjoyed.

"Li Lang, you are not allowed to drink, the injury is not healed yet!" Little mercy only cares about the drink, no matter the reason.

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