Chapter Twenty-Seven: Heaven Outside the Law

The Pingzhou County Guard appointed by the Red Turban Army raised his head and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

The jailer shook his head and frowned, "No matter how the prisoner is tortured, she is sure that she is the one who did it, but she is a woman with a bit of backbone!" But that sword belonged to Tang Wuye, and he had also checked the wound, and the strength and depth were beyond the woman's ability. ”

The county guard nodded and said, "Since Fifth Master Tang is involved, you must be extremely careful, if you don't get it, I will have to lose my head." I'm afraid I won't be able to hide this case from Shi Junshi, so let's report it to Chief Liu truthfully. ”

When Tang Wannian walked into the meeting hall, he saw Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong both glaring at him with iron faces.

Liu Qian asked in a deep voice: "Fifth brother, are you honest, your cousin Bian Yi was killed for you?" ”

Tang Wannian bowed and said, "Don't hide it from the two elder brothers, it's the younger brother who did it!" My cousin-in-law Jia Muqiu and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and we have no guesses when we are young, and our love is deep-rooted. Later, by mistake, she married my cousin and was often abused! The two of us are afraid of the world's criticism, but we have always maintained the joy of fish and water. I was broken by my cousin last night, so I just killed him, and I was gone! I beg the two brothers to order her to be released and make a good thing for the two of us! ”。 After saying this, he fell to his knees and prostrated repeatedly.

Liu Qianqi's hands trembled, and he pointed at him and scolded: "You --- you are so confused!" Seeing that the whole world is about to be included in our pockets, how many yellow flower girls are hard to find, you prefer a half-aged who has been a wife early! --- still kill for her! ”。

Shi Tiangong also coldly reprimanded: "Fifth brother, do you know that the country has national laws, and the family has family rules. Murder is a matter of life! ”。

Tang Wannian raised his head and said proudly: "If you have to pay for your life, then let Mu Qiu go, and I will bear it alone!" ”。

Liu Qian scolded indignantly: "! As a general, he didn't die on the battlefield, but he died on the guillotine for a girl! How do you want me to explain to my brothers? What face should I have to face the world? You get out of here, stay in confinement for ten days, and think about it! ”。

Tang Wannian kowtowed again, got up and withdrew from the tent.

Shi Tiangong stepped forward and arched his hand: "Big brother, is this inappropriate?" ”

Liu Qian put his hands behind his back, lowered his head and squinted his eyes dissatisfied, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shi Tiangong took a step forward and said, "The reason why Daqi exists in name only is because he can't be punished by a doctor. The so-called national law is nothing more than a cobweb, and the net is full of flies and mosquitoes, and when it encounters sparrows, it breaks out of the web. We haven't established a country yet, and you can't even open the net! ”。

Liu Qian said with a red face: "But he is your brother and mine, can you watch him die?" Isn't the royal law decided by the two of us? It's just for the small people! Besides, there is love outside the law, and there is heaven outside the law! Do you have to put your brother to death in order to be happy? ”。

Shi Tiangong shook his head helplessly and said: "The eldest brother has to be extrajudicial to show grace, and the fifth brother should also be exempted from the death penalty, and the living crime cannot be escaped!" ”。

Liu Qian straightened up and said, "Just according to your words!" Lock him up for 20 days, let him think about it! As for the half-old, since she herself insisted on one person's doing, she would be punished with a canonical punishment, and it would be regarded as an explanation to the world! This is the end of the case. ”

In the dim sky, dark clouds were rolling, thunder was blowing, and it was about to rain.

The prisoner van escorting Jia slowly crossed the street. Jia was dressed in prison clothes, his hair was unkempt, and one eye on his gray face had been blinded, and his face was extremely ugly, and he had lost all the styles of the past. Some of the onlookers spat in her face, and some threw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at her, but she didn't seem to realize it.

The executioner took a mouthful of water and sprayed it on the ghost head knife, looked down at Jia Shi, who was kneeling on the ground with bare feet and five flowers, and slashed it with a knife. At the moment when the ghost head knife fell, Jia suddenly looked up at the sky, and cried with his last strength: "Wan Lang save me!" ”。

A sharp bolt of lightning pierced the sky, accompanied by rolling thunder. The downpour finally fell, and the blood on the ground was quickly washed away.

Nie Yunniang finally stood up. With Guan Yu's support, she slowly walked out of the hole. Soon, she broke free of Guan Yu's arm and ran briskly towards the edge of the pool. She first stretched out her smooth white little feet to test the temperature of the pool water, and couldn't help but shiver.

Guan Yu hugged her arms and looked at her back with a smile, at this time, Yun Niang lost all the majesty and domineering on the battlefield, as if she had become an innocent girl again.

Guan Yu smiled and said, "If you fall down again, I don't have the strength to catch you up!" ”。

Yun Niang turned around and said angrily: "Who let you fish?" After speaking, he leaned down and squatted on the ground, holding the clear pool of water with both hands and slapping it on his face.

Guan Yu stretched his waist and said loudly: "I'll go fishing, let you drink tasteless fish soup for another day today, and take you out of the canyon tomorrow to invite you to eat delicious!" ”

Nie Yunniang said thoughtfully: "I'll dig some wild vegetables, there are several wild vegetables that are salty and can replace salt." ”

Nie Yunniang squatted on the edge of the pond with a large handful of green wild vegetables in her hand, carefully pinched off the rhizomes, cleaned them in the pool water, and put them back in the cave. Seeing that Guan Yu was still standing by the pond and concentrating on spearing fish, he walked over and snatched the harpoon himself. Due to her lack of experience, she didn't pick up a fork for half a day.

The bored Guan Yu sat on a protruding rock and muttered, "Miss, we may all have dinner before it gets dark when you play like this!" ”。

Nie Yunniang ignored him without looking back, still staring seriously at the fish swimming on the surface of the water. After several adjustments, she finally forked the first fish, and then held the harpoon high and showed off proudly, with a bright smile on her face like a child.

Because he was too proud, the desperately struggling fish fell into the water with a "poof" again, Yun Niang was stupid, but Guan Yu held his stomach and laughed, rolling all over the ground.

As night fell, the two sat around the fire and had a full meal. The wind was blowing outside the cave, and the dark clouds obscured the bright moonlight.

Guan Yu patted his belly and lay lazily on the thick grass bunk, while Nie Yunniang next to him listened to the whirring wind outside the cave but thoughtfully.

She muttered, "Tomorrow out of the canyon, you and I will be passers-by again, right?" ”

Guan Yu replied, "How come? We have been through hardships together, we are friends! ”

Nie Yunniang's eyes suddenly burst into tears, she rolled over and got up, pounced on Guan Yu's shoulder and bit down hard.

Guan Yu screamed in pain, sat up with his shoulders covered, and said angrily: "What are you doing? "Looking down, there was a deep row of tooth marks on my shoulder, but fortunately there was no bleeding.

Nie Yunniang flashed her long eyelashes, looked directly into his eyes without evasion, and said slowly: "I want you to remember me, you shameless person!" ”。

Guan Yu, who was stimulated by the boiling blood of the beast, pushed Nie Yunniang down and pressed her under him, ripped off her thin clothes, and said hatefully: "I'm shameless today!" ”。

"Shameless!" Nie Yunniang's cheeks were hot, and she scolded softly, but her hands involuntarily hugged Guan Yu's shoulders tightly and pulled towards her slightly trembling body.

At this time, the lightning and thunder outside the cave roared, the wind and rain were combined, and the dry wood on the fire in the cave crackled and the flames were raging.

Beside the bonfire with black smoke, Yang Mingyi asked Jiang Qiliang with a bitter face, "What should we do next?" ”

Jiang Qiliang bowed his head and was silent.

He muttered in his heart: I have worn out the advice of your old man, and now ask me what to do? Half of his mother's original rivers and mountains have been lost, and now I think about it and ask me what to do? The more your own people fight, the less the enemy fights, don't you pat your chest and say that a good man does things well? Now let me help you carry the black pot?

complaining only dares to mumble in his stomach, after all, the other party is the boss, and he is a part-time worker at best.

"Retreat is to advance, and defense is to attack." Jiang Shoufu said something that seemed unfathomable, profound, but actually very unnutritious.

You Zhongguo Gong didn't understand? That's what you want! Because I haven't figured out what to do next!

Yang Mingyi sighed and began to criticize and self-criticize. said in a low voice: "My father is confused, and I regret not being in the first place!" ”。

Jiang Qiliang patted his ass and stood up, and said, "Grandpa Guo, get up!" Cheer up, life is not only about the front of you, but also about poetry and distant fields! Our army is far from reaching the point of exhaustion, and the probability of the soldiers working together to turn defeat into victory is still very high! ”。

Xiao Shunzi knelt at the feet of the queen mother tremblingly, sweating like rain, and did not dare to raise her head.

Empress Xiao said coldly: "Today, you honestly confess, what did you do when you accompanied the saint out of the palace?" But there is half a nonsense, watch your skin! ”

Xiao Shunzi kowtowed again and again: "Back to the queen's mother, the little slave did accompany the master out of the palace." But the master went out to pay a private visit to the micro-service and observe the people's feelings. ”

Empress Xiao glanced left and right and shouted, "Palm!" ”。

Without waiting for the palace maids to step forward, Xiao Shunzi raised her hand and gave herself a few slaps. begged: "Niang Niang forgive me, the little slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense!" The little slave is to accompany the master to go out to look for flowers and ask willows, and to touch flowers and grass. ”

Empress Xiao nodded with satisfaction and said majestically, "Go on." ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled again and again: "Niangniang's mother is the world, Hui Zhilanxin, I can't hide anything from you!" But this time I didn't get out of the palace, and I didn't mess with the grass, I only came back with a stomach! ”。

The queen wondered: "There is such a thing? ”

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly said: "Yes, Niangniang, the little slaves are all revenge for the master!" Let's talk about the geisha first, who looks ugly, with a big body and three thick, and her head is to kill a pig and put the pig's head directly on her neck. How can the appearance be as good as one-ten-thousandth of the mother's? When the song was sung, it was like a pig-killing howl, and many people jumped into the river to commit suicide when they listened to it! ”。

The queen mother was in a good mood and giggled happily. reprimanded: "The little minion is talking nonsense, why is it so unbearable? ”。

Xiao Shunzi immediately swore an oath, telling the truth.

The queen sighed lightly and frowned, "The Holy One is crazy for this gain!" There are many concubines in the palace, but they want to go out and mess around! ”

Xiao Shunzi echoed casually: "Isn't that what? Maybe the peacock has seen too much, but wants to taste the pork? Don't worry, sis. With this time, the saint came back and was disgusted for several days, and he will never go again! ”。