Chapter Seventy-Five: Mitigation

The two treasures of the crippled horse and the fat robber are both useless goods, and the leading robber Hu Boss temporarily lost his combat effectiveness, only the white-faced robber Dabao, Zhao Yan has not seen him move, I don't know the depth of his martial arts, as the so-called shooting people first shoot horses and capture thieves and capture the king first, as long as Wang Lin relies on the speed of the horse to knock the white-faced robber half to death, the rest of the matter will be much easier to solve.

Wang Lin followed Zhao Yan's finger and saw the white-faced robber at a glance, he subconsciously twisted the reins of the horse, pointed the horse's head directly at the white-faced robber, and then kicked the horse's belly lightly.

The white-faced robbers were scared of the souls, if they were really hit by the big horse, they would be crippled if they didn't die, but he reacted a little late, just when he wanted to turn sideways to avoid, Wang Lin rode a horse and rushed over, and then the white-faced robber's body seemed to be as light as nothing, and suddenly fell to three feet away.

Burst...... The white-faced bandit spurted a mouthful of blood when he was in the air, struggled a few times after landing on the ground, and then fell silent, blood foaming from his mouth, which seemed to be mixed with some fragments of internal organs, and he was not alive.

Wang Lin reacted quickly, and after hitting the white-faced robber, the horse slowed down, and he saw a dumbfounded thin robber standing not far away, and urged the horse to go over, and smacked the other party a few times with the thick wooden stick in his hand, and finally the stick was whipped on the opponent's head, and the thin little robber suddenly fell to the ground bleeding from seven holes.

The lame horse hated his lame leg very much before he fell unconscious, if he hadn't been so brave and fierce in the early years, his leg would not have been lame, and even if he couldn't outrun a four-legged horse at this time, he would at least be able to dodge it.

After the lame horse fell, Wang Lin turned his gaze to the last robber who was still standing, he played a few sticks on the horse, the stick wind whistled, and then said to Zhao Yan very complacently: "Senior brother, am I amazing?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yan to answer, the fat robber Erbao suddenly shouted, Zhao Yan's heart froze, thinking that the robber was going to fight hard in the end, and was about to remind Wang Lin to solve it quickly, the robber Erbao suddenly turned around and ran, shouting while running: "Heroes spare their lives, I am not all the way with them." I was forced, even if my eldest brother was beaten to death by you, I still have an eighty-year-old mother and a child just a few months old to raise at home, don't chase after me......"

Wang Lin didn't seem to have enjoyed it yet, and when he was about to urge the horse to catch up, Zhao Yan was afraid that the escaped robber dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, in case it would not be beautiful to hurt Wang Lin, so he stopped him and asked him to get off the horse and help tie up several robbers.

After tying up the three robbers firmly, Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan took a long breath and sat on the ground back to back.

"Senior brother, aren't you going back to the Deep State? Why did it go around our backs again? Zhao Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked puzzled.

Wang Lin scratched his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I don't know, I got lost while running." I led the horse and wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but I saw Li Er and Zhang Shun being slashed a few times, I thought that I would definitely not be able to beat those people with my bare hands, so I went to find a stick, hehe. ”

Getting lost is not something to be happy and appreciated, but for Wang Lin's loss this time, Zhao Yan praised him fiercely.

At this time, it was almost dark, and Li Er and Zhang Shun had lost too much blood, but they didn't have to worry about their lives, which really made Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan breathe a sigh of relief, but the three robbers who were tied up made it difficult for several people.

The white-faced robber still had a breath when he was tied up, but I don't know if Wang Lin used more force when he tied him, and his body had slowly begun to cool down at this time, and although the remaining two robbers were injured, they still had some spirits, and they were looking at each other with big eyes at this time, and seemed to be making eye contact with how to get out.

"Brother Zhao, although Li Er and Zhang Shun don't have to worry about their lives for the time being, it's not good to drag it out any longer, should we hurry overnight and find a village or town to hire a doctor for them?" The sequelae of Zhang Wenyuan's previous high concentration was that he looked very sleepy at this time.

"Senior brother, when I walked this road during the day, I remembered that there was a village more than ten miles ahead, and I remember very well that there was a dog at the entrance of that village, chasing the horse's buttocks and running away." Wang Lin said with an oath.

Zhao Yan nodded, although Li Er and Zhang Shun are servants, they are human lives, and people's hearts are flesh and blood, and there are still a few people who are selfish and don't treat their subordinates as human beings.

"There are up to four people in the carriage, and I think the three robbers will tie them up together, and then hide them behind the hill, and then organize people to escort them after they have spoken to the chief in the village."

Zhao Yan's proposal was not refused, this place is not too far from Baiyangdian, the back of the hill is full of reeds, very suitable for Tibetans, Zhao Yan was afraid that the robber who escaped would come back, so he hid people in the reeds. The three robbers, one dead and two wounded, were firmly bound hand and foot, and then chained together, and they were left to escape without breaking the ropes for a short time.

This road is a bit remote, but it is closer from Beijing to Shenzhou than other roads, so the escaped coachman chose to take this road, plus it is almost night, and few people walk, so from the time he encountered a few robbers to the time when the dust fell, he did not meet a single pedestrian.

Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan didn't know how to catch the carriage, so Wang Lin didn't ride a horse, but temporarily acted as a handlebar, and his jujube red horse was tied to the back of the carriage.

'Woo Woo ......'

There are many dogs in this village, and the movement of the carriage is not small, and when they arrive at the entrance of the village, they are noticed by the local dogs with sensitive ears, and the barking sound is suddenly endless.

A torch was lit in a house near the entrance of the village, and a middle-aged man with a full beard was holding a torch against the wall, looking at a few faintly visible black shadows next to the carriage in the darkness and shouting, "Who are you?" ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly said: "We are students who entered Beijing to participate in the township examination, and on the way back to the township, we met robbers, and two domestic servants were cut, but fortunately, the robbers were captured. ”

The middle-aged man couldn't see the appearance of Zhao Yan and the others, but he heard that Zhao Yan was not very old, he turned his head and seemed to discuss a few words with someone, and then shouted: "You guys wait a minute, I'll let people call the chief, let you enter the village and let the chief have the final say." ”

Zhao Yan responded: "Then thank you uncle, but the two domestic servants are a little seriously injured, please trouble the uncle quickly." ”

The middle-aged man did not respond this time, the fire disappeared from the wall, and then the courtyard door of this house was opened a crack, and a young man about fifteen or sixteen years old came out of it, and without looking at the carriage at the entrance of the village, he turned around and ran towards the village.

In the dark light, the boy did not run slowly, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.

Half an hour later, a flash of fire snaked from the village to the entrance of the village, starting with a gray-haired man in his fifties, followed by the young man who reported the news, a scholar in a shirt in his twenties, and seven or eight men in the prime of life.

After the group came to the entrance of the village, they confronted Zhao Yan and the others, and the bearded man in the courtyard also walked out with torches, and he shouted Uncle Nine to the old man in advance, and he consciously stood behind the old man.

The old man glanced at Zhao Yan and the others in the light of the firelight, and then asked: "A few students said that they went to the capital to participate in the township test, but I don't know if there is a way?" ”

During the Ming Dynasty, there was such a regulation, all people who are far away from the place of residence are required to be issued by the local government to a kind of official document such as a letter of introduction, a pass, etc., called a road guide, if there is no road guide or does not conform to it, the crime must be punished according to the law.

Zhao Yan and the others naturally knew the importance of the road guide, so they all carried it with them, and when they heard the words, they took out their respective road guides, and Zhao Yan took a few steps forward and handed them to the old man.

After the old man took the guide, he casually handed it to the young man in the Lan shirt behind him, and then turned to Zhao Yan and asked, "You still encountered robbers?" I don't know how to get out? I heard that two more people were injured? ”

Zhao Yan briefly answered a few questions from the old man, and at this time, the young man in the Lan shirt also finished reading the road guide, and then whispered a few words to the old man.

Of course, there was no problem with Lu Yin, and after the identities of Zhao Yan and several people were confirmed, the old man's attitude became a lot more enthusiastic.

"The old man's name is Sun Jiu, he is the local mayor, and the people in the village call me Uncle Jiu, and the two Xiaoxiu are able to enter Beijing to participate in the township examination at such an age, which is really not simple. By the way, were the two injured in the carriage? There is no doctor in the village, but Lao Yu studied medicine for a few days when he was young, and there are some medicines for bruises at home. ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly thanked him, and said: "One of the four robbers ran away and one died, the dead one and the remaining two robbers were tied hand and foot and hid in the reeds, Uncle Nine might as well send a few people with me to escort them, so as not to return to their old business and harm others after they escape." ”

"This ......" Sun Jiu was silent, as if he didn't want to provoke such a thing, the young man in the blue shirt behind him said at this time: "Uncle, this little show is right, if you let those robbers escape, what if they come to harm our village?" Let's escort them here and send them to the state government tomorrow. ”

Sun Jiu valued his nephew's opinion very much, and made up his mind when he heard this, but just in case, he asked the seven or eight middle-aged men who followed him to escort the robbers, and the young man in the Lan shirt volunteered to follow, Sun Jiu thought about it and agreed.

Before leaving, Sun Jiu pulled the young man in Lan shirt to the side and said in a low voice: "You are a scholar, tomorrow you will lead someone to send a few robbers to the state office, maybe you can still see the master of Zhizhou, this is good for you, but you are also the only seedling of the Liu family, let the pillars and them take the lead later, you pay more attention to yourself, in case something happens to you, I can't explain to your mother." ”

PS: I felt fine after the infusion after work today, so I wrote a chapter, and I didn't dare to pack the ticket tomorrow.