It took Han Jin'er a long time to come back to her senses, and whispered in Li Hongji's arms: "Hongji, if only we were like everyone else, it would be good if we were together every day." ”

"We'll be together!" Li Hongji patted Han Jin'er's little face, he had the heart to say about leaving Lingzhou, but he didn't know how to open his mouth for a while.

"Hongji, I'm still worried about Master Ai." Han Jin'er raised her head and leaned against Li Hongji's broad chest.

"Jin'er," Li Hongji said, sooner or later, "we really don't have the money to pay it back!" ”

"What to do? Hongji? Han Jin'er looked at Li Hongji with a blank look, and her eyelashes trembled in the dark.

Li Hongji turned sideways and hugged Han Jin'er in his arms, "Jin'er, I plan to go to Lingzhou tomorrow." ”

"What are you going to do in Lingzhou?" Han Jin'er's body trembled, and her head almost fell on Li Hongji's chest.

"Jin'er, we don't have the money to pay back now, Ai Zhao will definitely not agree, go to Lingzhou to hide first, maybe I can earn food over there." Li Hongji rubbed on Han Jin'er's smooth back.

"Hongji, what should I do?"

Li Hongji patted Han Jin'er's buttocks, "You? Of course, let's go together, do we leave you alone at home? ”

Han Jin'er lowered her head, put her face on Li Hongji's chest, and closed her eyes slightly, "Hongji, what should I do when I get to Lingzhou?" If we have no land or land, what will we eat? ”

Li Hongji thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter, I have a few friends over there, we can do some business together, it is not possible to make a fortune for the time being, it is not a problem to eat well, besides, staying here is not a solution." ”

"Hongji ......" Han Jin'er hesitated.

"Jin'er, what's wrong?"

"Hongji, will we come back in the future?"

"I will definitely come back," Li Hongji encouraged himself in his heart, there must be a way, as long as we survive, there will definitely be a way, "When we earn enough money, we will come back." ”

Han Jin'er was silent for a while and said, "Hongji, will Master Ai let us leave?" ”

"Ai Zhao will definitely not let us leave," this is also Li Hongji's worry, no creditor allows the debtor to escape his sight, "Jin'er, it's too late today, tomorrow we will clean up during the day, and we will leave as soon as it gets dark." ”

"Well," Han Jin'er nodded vigorously in the dark, "Then let's rest early!" ”

……

As soon as the morning dawned, Han Jin'er began to pack her luggage, Li Hong was basically helping out, seeing that Han Jin'er had sorted out three big bags, she shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Jin'er, how can we bring so much luggage?" ”

Han Jin'er was reluctant, "Hongji, these are all to be used, if we don't bring them over, how can we have the money to buy them?" ”

"Jin'er, don't want it, don't want any of these, and you won't run away if you put it in the house," Li Hongji reopened the packages, "Only the copper coins are soft, huh...... Then carry the bed batting, and don't want the rest. ”

"Hongji ......"

"Jin'er, listen to me, we are fleeing, we can't escape if we have too many things, in case we are discovered by Ai Zhao's people, we can't leave."

Han Jin'er was reluctant to give up, and finally under Li Hongji's repeated requests, he just washed and changed his clothes and wrapped them, "Hongji, I will carry these things, and I won't drag you down." ”

Li Hongji really couldn't bear to make Han Jin'er uncomfortable, so he let her, "Okay, the less luggage, the better." ”

"Knock knock!"

Han Jin'er was packing the quilt when she suddenly heard a violent knock on the door outside, talking about knocking on the door, but in fact, she wanted to kick the wooden door open.

"Who?" Han Jin'er opened the door and poked her head out, unconsciously startled, and several catchers wearing octagonal corrugated hats came outside.

Along with the catcher, there was also a family member, Han Jin'er couldn't recognize his name, but vaguely remembered that he was the family member of the Ai family who came yesterday.

Han Jin'er was shocked, quickly shrank back, and said tremblingly: "Hongji, is it...... It's fast. ”

The catcher standing in front of the door was obviously their leader, with a black collar, a black shirt and pants, a red ribbon tied around his waist, and a jet-black scabbard on the outside of the red ribbon, he turned his hands behind his back, and shouted to the catcher Nunu behind the side, and the catcher shouted: "Li Hongji, come out." ”

"Huh?" Han Jin'er was shocked, could it be that the government wanted to arrest Li Hongji because of the money owed? She remembered that Li Hongji had beaten the family of Aifu yesterday, and the more she thought about it, the more scared she became, and she unconsciously set her eyes on Li Hongji.

Li Hongji saw that Han Jin'er was flustered, but grabbed his little hand, "Jin'er, don't be afraid, don't you just owe Ai Fu a few taels of silver?" It's not a matter of killing people and setting fires, it's okay, just make it clear. ”

"Hongji ......" Han Jin'er was still not at ease, although her hands were held by Li Hongji, she was still trembling.

Li Hongji patted her little hand gently, "Jin'er, it's okay, don't be afraid." ”

"Li Hongji, come out quickly, what are you doing? Lao Tzu waited impatiently. One of the catchers shouted loudly

Li Hongji had no choice but to let go of Han Jin'er's little hand and go out, "Brother Brother, what happened?" ”

"What's the matter? Don't stick green onions in your pig's nose - pretend to be an elephant," the catcher who shouted loudly just now walked towards Li Hongji, "You are Li Hongji?" ”

"It's Li Hongji, you are ......"

"Take it!" The head catcher outside the main gate didn't look at Li Hongji, he didn't move, and only gave orders to several other catchers in words.

The catchers rushed up, grabbed Li Hongji's shoulders, twisted his arms behind his back, and tied them with ropes.

Li Hongji was shocked in his heart, what kind of world is this? Do ......you have to go to jail if you owe money?" Why did you arrest me? ”

"Don't you know?" The head catcher snorted coldly, and glanced at Han Jin'er in the house again, "I don't pay back the money I owe to Master Ai, and I dare to beat people, and today I will let you know what the royal law is." ”

"Brother Bad Official, I just owe Master Ai the silver, and I pay him back, why do you want to take someone?" Li Hongji only knew that in the later life, those who owed money were uncles, but he didn't expect that when he came to Daming, he would go to prison if he owed debts.

"This, I don't care, you have something to ask our master." The head catcher no longer took care of Li Hongji, but waved his hand and asked the catchers to escort Li Hongji.

"Hongji ......" Han Jin'er wanted to be chased out, but was stopped by the arrestees.

The family members of Ai Fu left alone, and the arresters escorted Li Hongji to the county seat.

Mizhi County, one hundred and sixty miles away from Lijia Station, there is no official road along the way, all are small roads, thorns are thick, the journey is not fast, until the afternoon of the fourth day, the group did not arrive at the county seat.

Entering the city from the West City Gate, facing the wide West Street, turning from the intersection of the center, entering the North Street, walking about 200 steps, is the Yamen of Mizhi County.

Li Hongji had no intention of watching the street scene on both sides, only feeling that there were few pedestrians, and it was not a bustling place at all.

When the head catcher directly brought Li Hongji into the yamen, Yan Zibin, the magistrate of the county, did not waste time, and he immediately began to ascend to the court.

"Wei ...... Wu ......: "The officials will give Li Hongji a stop first.

Yan Zibin slapped the stunned wood, "Who is kneeling?" ”

"Back to my lord, the grass people are Li Hongji, a member of the Li family." Li Hongji knelt alone in the lobby, not even an accompanying plaintiff.

"Li Hongji? Yes, it's me," Yan Zibin and the master exchanged colors, and then leaned back in the chair, "This county raised people Ai Zhao, suing you for owing him five taels of silver, and together with interest, it is now a total of eleven taels and eight dollars, yes or no?" ”

"My lord, it is true that the grass people owe Ai Juren five taels of silver, but the interest is ......"

"That's it," Yan Zibin interrupted Li Hongji's words, "Since you have already admitted it, why don't you return the money to Ai Juren?" ”

"My lord, since the grass people are the defendants, why don't you see the plaintiff?" Li Hongji was strange, he had already entered the court trial stage, but he didn't see Ai Zhao.

"O'...... Cough...... cough, Ai Juren has something to go out," Yan Zibin lowered his head and spat at the mouth, and then his face was not red and his heart was not beating, it seemed that Ai Zhao had the right not to come to the scene, and he also had the right to be sentenced in absentia, "You don't have to worry about this, you just have to answer, why don't you return Ai Juren's silver?" ”

"My lord, the villain really has no silver, and when the villain used to be a post guard at the Ningxia Post Station, he didn't pay a penny." Li Hongji tried to be careful as much as possible.

"So the court owes you money?" Yan Zibin slapped the startled wood, which shocked Li Hongji's ear drums and buzzed, I don't know if he is used to such a high decibels, "Okay, Li Hongji, all the money of the imperial court has been put into Liaodong to fight, without the bloody battle of the Liaodong army, the Tartars may have broken through, and you still have the life to mess around here?" You don't think about Jun's grace, and you dare to slander the court, come to someone, drag it down and be heavily punished for forty. ”

"My lord......" Li Hongji was shocked, these forty boards were beaten, and his ass still didn't bloom, just kidding, he had to bow his head when he should bow his head, "My lord, the grass people don't mean to slander the court, the villain just said that there is no silver now, but soon after, the villain naturally has silver." ”

Yan Zibin also ignored Li Hongji's defense, he took out a bamboo stick from the bamboo tube on the case, and it was still on the ground, "The verdict cannot be changed, let's fight first." ”

The officials on both sides couldn't help but say, two people came up, one left and one right, dragged Li Hongji to the back hall, and there was a heavy wooden bench in the back hall, which seemed to be specially prepared for Li Hongji.

The official threw Li Hongji to the wooden bench, "Quick, take off your pants." ”

Ma skimmed, let Lao Tzu take off his pants in public, and he didn't do that, Li Hongji lay on the wooden bench, hesitating and refusing to do it.

"Hurry up, if you don't do it yourself, there will be your good fruit to eat later." The two officials sneered, and they stared at Li Hongji's ass as if they were looking at it lively.

Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, they take it off, they are all gentlemen, who is afraid of whom? Li Hongji had seen the footage of playing boards on TV before, he untied his belt three times and divided five by two, pulled the waistband of his trousers to his knees, and crouched on the wooden bench naked, come on, good sons, fortunately, Lao Tzu is a practitioner and doesn't care about these boards.

"It's still very obedient, brother, hurry up, my lord is waiting to continue to ascend!" The two officials each held a long plank, one on the left and one on the right, and began to play the board on Li Hongji's buttocks.

"Horn Horn Horn ......"

The sound is incessant, dull and rhythmic.