Chapter 51: Relatives Arrested
Chapter 50: Relatives Arrested
The owner of the coffin shop immediately walked out of the shop, went to the back of the shop, pulled the carriage to the neighborhood in front of the shop, and then found a few coolies on the side, and went into the shop together, and several coolies carried the coffins containing Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng out of the shop.
Several coolies carried the coffin out of the shop and put it on the carriage at the door of the shop.
"You guys, slow down, slow down! Don't knock the coffin down, otherwise, it will contain the corpse of a serious illness and death, which will be contagious, so be careful. The owner of the coffin shop said earnestly to several coolies.
When several coolies heard the words of the owner of the coffin shop, they immediately carried the coffin into the carriage with great care.
When the owner of the coffin shop saw that the coolies had carried the coffin into the carriage and put it away, he immediately took out the money bag from his waist, took out some broken silver from it, threw it to the coolies, and said:
"Come, come, your coolie money."
Several coolies immediately stepped forward to take the broken silver from the owner of the coffin shop, and then they all went to the side with joy.
Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng stayed in the lower layer of this coffin, it was very dim inside, and the owner of this coffin shop deliberately made a few small holes under this coffin, afraid that Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng inside would lack oxygen and be suffocated.
The owner of the coffin shop then went to the door of his shop, took out the lock, closed the door, and locked it.
The owner of the coffin shop then walked to the carriage, got into the carriage, picked up the whip, and drove the carriage in the direction of the city gate, with a leisurely and comfortable face, and did not show any weakness or fear.
The guards sent by Wan Qing to the city began to patrol the city again, searching for Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng, and Wan Qing also sent guards at the city gate to search for people coming in and out.
The guards at the city gate saw that the queen mother and her party had left the city gate, and then several guards followed, and some guards immediately ran back to Wanqing's mansion to explain the situation.
"Young master, just now, the queen has gone out of the palace, and after passing the city gate, her subordinates will immediately rush back to report to you." A guard ran up to Wan Qing and hugged his fist.
Wan Qing's face was immediately happy, and then he stood up, "Okay, have you sent someone to follow?" ”
"Young Master Qiyu, there are guards who have been following." The guard replied.
Wan Qing immediately said seriously:
"Well, it is very likely that the queen mother will send that Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng away, and if you want to escape from Kyoto, I will not let them succeed."
At this time, several guards escorted Qin Meiniang's father and mother back to the house, and then came to the room, and hugged Wanqing and said:
"Young master, my subordinates have already arrested Qin Meiniang's father and mother."
After Wan Qing saw Qin Meiniang's father and mother, she instantly laughed a few times and said:
"Okay, as long as this Qin Meiniang doesn't care about the life and death of her father, she can run away casually, I don't believe that you will not care about the life and death of her father, so even if the queen mother supports you, you can't escape from my palm, hum!"
Qin Meiniang, her father looked at Wan Qing and said with a lot of confusion:
"You are Wan Qing, the prime minister's son? Why are you arresting us? Why can't you get along with my daughter? “
Wan Qing then stepped forward and said:
"Uncle, don't be upset, tell you the truth, what kind of identity I am, I have taken a fancy to your daughter, but your daughter doesn't seem to be well-behaved and sensible, she has to keep going against me, no, I don't know what spells she can do, she was able to ask the queen to help, and escaped from me again and again, I really can't think of any other way to persecute your daughter, so I have to personally invite your second elder to come to my house, I don't think she will care about your life or death!"
Qin Meiniang and her mother immediately said angrily:
"Wan Qing, you bastard! You are despicable! Since our Mei Niang doesn't agree to follow you and doesn't like you, you still want to get her so hard, you are really shameless by such unscrupulous means, you quickly let us go, my father and I will not let my daughter follow you even if we die. “
As soon as Wan Qing heard Qin Meiniang's words, she immediately laughed a few times, walked up to her, slapped her hard, and with a "snap", a very crisp voice came out.
"It's really shameless! I tell you, if Qin Meiniang obediently comes back from me, I can treat you well, and your family will enjoy endless prosperity and wealth in the future, if you dare to go against me and follow the opposite, then your family will not end well, if you don't believe it, let's see. “
Qin Meiniang, her father said seriously:
"Wan Qing, you are not a human being, you will not end well if you do evil like this, I beg you, as long as you let our daughter go, we are willing to do anything for you."
Qin Meiniang and her mother immediately said to her father:
"Her father, you don't ask for this brute, he is a dog fighting people, even if we beg him, he will not let go of our daughter, he is not a human at all."
Wan Qing laughed a few times, "Yes, what you said is right, I am a dog fighting people, I am not a human, but which of you can endure me?" I tell you, don't say it's you, even if it's the current emperor, then you have to respect our family! ”
Qin Meiniang and her father laughed bitterly a few times, full of excitement and said:
"Don't be too complacent, since ancient times, evil has always been invincible, you are so bold and reckless, oppressing the people, there will be no good end."
Wan Qing suddenly said with a cold face:
"You two old things, don't talk nonsense here, in short, as long as Qin Meiniang doesn't agree to obey me, then the life and death of you two old things, but I have the final say, I don't believe it, I can't even fight a single Qin Meiniang."
After finishing speaking, Wan Qing immediately said to the guards on the side:
"Come on, put these two old things in the firewood room first, and they must be strictly guarded, and there can be no more mistakes.
The guard who was standing on one side then stepped forward and clasped his fists and said:
"Yes, young master."
Qin Meiniang and her mother were full of entanglements and said:
"Wan Qing, you let us go, you bastard, you are inferior to beasts, you will be damned."
Wan Qing immediately waved his hand and motioned to the guards on the side to take Qin Meiniang and her father down.
The guards on one side immediately escorted Qin Meiniang and her father and mother to the door, Qin Meiniang and her father and mother were full of struggles and loud noise, and were escorted by several guards to the firewood room in the house, and then locked in.
Wan Qing's face couldn't help but flash a sneer, "Qin Meiniang, this time, I see where you are still running, now, your father and mother are in my hands, even the queen mother can't save you, sooner or later you will obediently come back to me and beg me to let your father go." ”
The owner of the coffin shop drove the carriage and soon came to the city gate, he saw that there were many additional guards at the city gate, he couldn't help but feel nervous, but the expression on his face was still very calm.
Two guards then stepped forward with knives and motioned for the carriage to stop for inspection.
The owner of the coffin shop then pulled the horse rope and stopped the carriage, and then he jumped out of the carriage and came forward and said:
"I said, sir, my carriage is pulling dead people, who died of malaria, and the corpses are about to rot, if it weren't for the double amount of silver from the family of the deceased, then I wouldn't even want to do this business, so if you want to search, don't get too close to the corpse, lest you be infected with malaria, that would be bad, this disease is terminal, and there is no medicine to treat it."
When the two guards heard the words of the owner of the coffin shop, they immediately stepped back, looked at the coffin on the carriage, and couldn't help choking.
One of the guards said:
"Oh, although it's dangerous, you can't escape it if you want to check it, if we let go of someone who shouldn't be let go, then we're going to lose our heads, so you better quickly open the lid of the coffin, let's take a look, as long as the coffin is indeed filled with corpses, then we will naturally let you out of the city."
The owner of the coffin shop immediately pretended to be afraid, "I said sir, this deceased died of malaria, it can be infectious, it is very powerful, when I installed the coffin today, I let the deceased's family pretend to be by themselves, how dare I touch this!" If I get infected, then I may die, so please understand more. “
After speaking, the owner of the coffin shop immediately took out some silver from the money bag around his waist, handed it to the two guards, and said with a smile:
"Two officials, this little meaning is not respectful, I will pull the dead out of the city every day, you see, or, you can let me go, this dead man died of malaria, the body is about to rot, in case I am infected, then what can I do with the family in the future, I am also a small business, it is not easy, so, please do well, let me out of the city!"
The two guards did not accept the money handed by the owner of the coffin shop, and immediately put the knife in front of the owner of the coffin shop.
A guard said sternly to the owner of the coffin shop:
"You hurry up and open the lid of the coffin, accept our inspection, don't play this trick, we don't dare to accept your money, if we let go of the person our young master is looking for, then our lives will be gone, so don't rub it off, quickly open the lid of this coffin, as long as we check it, we will naturally let you go out of the city."
Seeing this, the owner of the coffin shop had no other trick, so he had to obediently do it, "I will send the corpse out of the city every day, and you have to check it today, it's really a hell of a life." ”
The owner of the coffin shop then slowly pushed open the lid of the coffin, and after pushing it halfway open, he immediately dodged away and said to the two guards standing on the side:
"Official, go check it yourself, but be careful, this malaria is very bad."
The sound of the coffin lid being suddenly pushed open, Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng both heard it, and they both looked very nervous, and cold sweat couldn't help but break out on their faces.
Liu Feng put one hand on Qin Meiniang's mouth, for fear that she would make a sound and be heard by the guards who were checking outside.
The two guards looked at the half-pushed coffin, looked at each other, and then slowly walked forward, both looking very nervous, not daring to get too close to the coffin, and the two of them were frightened to take a few steps back when they saw the corpse that had begun to decompose on the upper floor of the coffin.