Wang Shuban pondered for a moment, raised his head suspiciously, and saw Zhao Xing staring at him, before he could speak, Zhang Bantou suddenly tugged at his sleeve, and the secretary immediately suddenly agreed: "That's, that's." ”

The search of the officials was a little worse than the violent demolition, and they skillfully tapped every pillar, every leg, every brick in the room...... After a while, the courtyard was filled with gold, silver, and jewelry. At this time, Wang Shuban had already finished inspecting the scene and filled in the corpse grid, he handed the corpse grid to Zhao Xing, and generously asked the other party to check: "Big official, look at what's wrong...... Why, the two bitter masters haven't woken up yet? ”

The doctor in the house had already finished the examination, but Zhao Xing didn't ask them, they were not easy to speak, and when they heard Wang Shuban's question, the two Langzhong discussed with their eyes, and one of them stepped forward and was about to open his mouth, but was stopped by Zhao Xing.

"Don't say it, the smell of the two of them has a sweet aroma, which is the smell of sweat medicine, in other words: the smell of marijuana."

The two doctors glanced at each other and immediately said with admiration: "This senior official also knows medical science...... The patient is fine, the marijuana thing is not afraid of the cold after taking it, as long as it is warm, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, it will be able to wake up. ”

At this time, the two servants brought by Zhao Xing were cowering into the backyard, and Wang Shuban and Zhang Bantou continued to investigate the scene as if they had not seen it, and the two discussed with each other about catching the thief. Under everyone's imagination, this "thief hunt" has become a fierce scene comparable to a battle with gods and ghosts - this is how history is written.

Zhao Xing pointed to the house and instructed the two servants: "Hurry up and carry Chen Gongzi away!" Bring in a wagon and remove the bed boards. There was plenty of brazier in the car......"

Cheng Shuang and Cheng Xun led the puppy and led the two servants back to Chen Gongchuan and Yi Niang. In the courtyard, only himself and the Xiao brothers were left on Zhao Xing's side. Zhao Xing looked at the treasures piled up on the ground in the courtyard, and really wanted to find the dog-beating stick of the legendary "Hong Qigong". But apparently, the officials did not look down on stick-like weapons. There wasn't even a stick in the room.

The use of sticks as weapons arose from the Song Dynasty. Because the Song Dynasty explicitly forbade ordinary people to walk with weapons, and in the history of the Song Dynasty. The so-called "peasant uprisings" occur every year. The road is not quiet, and the people can only use sticks to defend themselves, so the sticks are included in the eighteen kinds of weapons, and even deduce the legend that the weapon that Song Taizu habitually used to use is the "Panlong stick".

Legend has it that Hong Qigong's weapon was an emerald green stick. Some good people have verified that this kind of green hard wooden stick can only come from Africa, it is a kind of African ebony, which was called "Bishen wood" in China at that time, and the color is turquoise. Tough as steel...... In other words, the Chinese beggars used African branches as a proof of their legislature.

"Bishen Wood" is very rare, Zhao Xing traveled through half of Africa, and did not find a single such branch, so he was eager to see Bu Qing's "scepter". It's a pity that although these bandits use sticks as weapons, they obviously don't like to take the boutique route bastards. He couldn't even find a straight wooden stick, which made Zhao Xing very depressed.

Most of the treasures in Buqing's collection are women's clothes and jewelry, and this guy probably has a "fetish". There are also a few men's clothes in the pile of clothes, which look very high-end, and it seems that they are prostitutes who have been abducted by him, and they have not been sold before they are sold. There is Chen Gongchuan's silver luminous brocade. Sachets, belts. It's all in it.

Maybe Zhao Xing came in time, Chen Gongchuan's waist bag was full of pearls and there was no loss. In this sense, Bu Qing must be very strict, he does not preside over the distribution of stolen goods, and no one dares to do anything if his pockets are bulging.

Zhao Xing rolled up Chen Gongchuan's clothes, wrapped a few pieces of clean sheets, and wrapped a few pieces of clothes that were said to be Bu Qing's clothes, and was about to leave, Zhang Bantou stopped him with a smile, and Wang Shuban turned his back and pretended to look at the deep night sky.

Torches were blazing in the courtyard, making a gurgling sound, the only sound other than Zhang Bantoudi's voice.

"Great official, the night is dark, ah...... Do you think Chen Gongzi's belongings are still missing? ”

Zhao Xing knew what he meant, he stared at the big blank eyes, and walked through the courtyard emptyly: "Ah, my wife's uncle is still in a coma, I need to be treated quickly...... I've already counted my wife's and uncle's belongings, what else, it's empty, what do you tell me to do? Seeing Zhao Xing on the road like this, Zhang Bantou immediately sneered and said: "Here, there may be omissions in Lingqindi, Zhao Daguan should take a look." ”

Wang Shuban nodded in agreement beside him, and all the officials looked at Zhao Xing expectantly.

The idea was to divide the treasure all over the ground, leaving behind a few obvious stolen goods as evidence—for example, the victim's clothes and jewelry. Because Zhao Xing witnessed all this, they hoped that Zhao Xing would set an example and take a piece of stolen goods, and then Wang Shuban would put them in Chen Gongchuan's lost and found list......

Zhao Xing was refreshed, he looked at it, went to three stolen goods at random and put them in his arms, and immediately gave up his hand without waiting for Wang Shu's office to record.

When Zhao Xing went home, it was already the middle of the night, and no one in the room was sleeping, Su Yu saw Zhao Xing come back, and after a brief greeting, he immediately asked Jin Fuji to send him home, because there were only young brothers and old mothers at home, and he was already a little nervous when he saw Zhao Xing's full vigilance against the house.

Zhao Xing then sent a few orchids, and by the way, asked Qin Guan to rest, and a widow took Qin Guan's sleeve ambiguously and went with him. Zhao Xing then thanked Chen solemnly, and later, Ma Mengde rubbed his sleepy eyes and returned from Kaifeng Mansion.

His image is like a raped girl, full of humiliation and resentment. Zhao Xing looked at his embarrassed appearance and asked in surprise, "Why are you like this?" By the way, what about your crutches? ”

"Don't mention it, Father Qian Mu (Qian Xian) He is an old bastard, those calligraphy and painting drafts were seen in the middle of the night, and after Zhang Bantou reported, he sent me to the sedan chair. When I got on the sedan chair, this guy supported me diligently, and I wondered why he was so affectionate, but I didn't expect him to take my wooden staff casually by holding my kung fu.

When I got into the sedan chair, he waved goodbye to me with a wooden staff in his hand - my wooden staff. It was a dragon's blood tree staff, worth a hundred gold, and he actually held my cane and said goodbye to me with a smile.

What can I do, can I ask him if he wants my wooden staff back. So I have to laugh and laugh a lot. I said goodbye to him very happily, this guy must be happier than me......"

"Okay, isn't it just a wooden stick, I still have a box here, you can pick it at will", Zhao Xing comforted, and said that he sent Ma Mengde away.

The two servants who had gone with him to Fanloudi were also present, and heard this. Excitedly touching his fuchsia wooden staff. Their wooden cane is made of the same material as Mamonde's crutches and is shaped like a baseball bat. Hearing that Ma Mengde's crutches were worth 100 gold, even Lord Yin Qian of Kaifeng Mansion had to be cheeky and greedy, and the two servants felt a burst of excitement in their hearts.

Zhao Xing ignored them and waved his hand to drive them back to sleep. These two bastards were timid in battle, and they had to clean up slowly when they turned around.

After that, only Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi, as well as the pair of widows, were still guarding beside them. Several widows are following their customs. kept sprinkling salt on Zhao Xing's body to drive out the evil. The other widows dipped themselves in the snow and vigorously brushed Zhao Xing's Norman armor. While working, he sings, and his singing voice is plaintive and tactful.

Cheng Azhu has a blind trust in Zhao Xing, so when she sent Zhao Xing off, she only prayed for Zhao Xing to come back as soon as possible. Now I see Zhao Xing returning unscathed. She grabbed Zhao Xing's hand. Sticking it to his face, he took a deep sniff of the sweat and blood on his hands. I was fascinated.

Chen Yiyi couldn't come to her, she stood next to her, thought for a long time, and solemnly gave a blessing to Zhao Xing to thank the other party for saving her brother, and then she pouted and said, "Listen, the widows are singing." ”

After enduring it for a while, Chen Yiyi couldn't help asking: "They, what are those widows singing?" ”

"The cherry blossoms are old and old, and the rest of the body is in vain in the rain - this is a poem written by Ono Komachi, one of the three great beauties of the East, five hundred years ago, maybe three hundred years ago, and I can't remember the exact year. This is a mourning poem, and there is a very beautiful legend about this poem......"

Chen Yiyi couldn't help but ask: "The three beauties of the East, is she really that beautiful?" ”

Of course, she is the only female singer among the six great singers in Japan, and is known as the three great beauties of the Orient along with Yang Guifei and Cleopatra Cleopatra. In Japan, saying that someone is a tofu town, or a certain castle town, is the same as saying that someone is a tofu Shih Tzu or a certain castle Shih Tzu in China.

It is said that this beautiful woman was so talented and beautiful that a shogun admired her reputation and swore to woo her a hundred times, and Ono Komachi agreed to this courtship, promising that if he completed a hundred courtships, she would marry him on the hundredth courtship.

The suitor's name was Fukakusa, a major general, who went to Komachi's house every night rain or shine to express his love—a courtship that Japanese legend says is ambiguous, and some say that he sang a little song under her window for a hundred nights in a row; Some people also say that he planted a chrysanthemum under her window every night, waited for a hundred chrysanthemums to be planted, and then married her.

But in reality, none of this is true. At that time, there was a custom of walking marriages in Japan, and Major General Fukakusa was actually practicing walking marriages, going to Ono Komachi every day to spend the night and ask for pleasure......"

Chen Yiyi rushed up with shame, knocked Zhao Xing lightly, and scolded with a red face, but still asked curiously: "Then what?" ”

Cheng Azhu had already put himself in Zhao Xing's arms, and Zhao Xing hugged Cheng Azhu like this, and said in a dreamy voice: "On the night of the ninety-ninth night, it was snowing heavily in the sky, Major General Fukakusa set off, and Ono Komachi was waiting.

She waited, waited—as promised, if Major General Fukakusa arrived tonight, she would marry the amorous man tomorrow. She had already prepared her wedding dress, put on heavy makeup, and sat in the cold and snowy night, waiting for her beloved to arrive.

She waited and waited until dawn and did not see the suitor. She thought anxiously: Did he repent, did he turn back halfway?

Ono Komachi doesn't believe that the person she loves can betray, and at dawn, she decides to go out in the snow to look for her, and she wants to go to the house of Major General Fukakusa, ask the other party why he broke his promise, ask the other party why he didn't keep his word, and why......

As she hurried on her way, she found a frozen corpse on the side of the road, a corpse she knew very well, and seemed to be the one she loved dearly. In disbelief, she confirmed—indeed, that it was the man she loved dearly, and that he had frozen to death on the side of the road in a snowstorm on the ninety-ninth courtship......"

Chen Yiyi was moved by this story and cried bitterly. She asked unwillingly: "What happened later?" ”

"Ono Komachi buried her lover, when buried. She recited this haiku: The cherry blossoms are old and old, and the rest of the body is in vain in the rain. From then on, she dressed up every night and waited for Major General Fukakusa's appointment...... waited for a lifetime, until she was ninety-two years old and died alone.

The women were sentimental, and from then on, the widows washed the armor of their husbands. If the armor was stained with the blood of the enemy, they would sing this haiku as a sign of mourning for the dead. ”

Chen Yiyi was moved by this plot at first, and after waiting for a while to reminisce, she waved her little fist and said, "Wash your husband's armor?!" Who let them take you as a husband, and who gave them permission? ”

"You are mistaken, the husband mentioned by the Japanese is different from the Central Plains. It actually means being a man in charge, or having the courage to take responsibility", Zhao Xing yawned: "I'm tired." Get a good night's sleep, there's a lot going on tomorrow...... The chef of the restaurant came, let them practice chopping vegetables first......"

Zhao Xing was busy with his brother's affairs all night, Chen Yiyi was embarrassed to stop the other party from resting, and she sent Zhao Xing back to the room to rest. While muttering unwillingly: "The man in charge." These women can't see you as a man in charge......"

Cheng Azhu also nodded in agreement, and Zhao Xing reluctantly opened his sleepy eyes and replied, "You are wrong." I'm indeed the man in charge of their land, haven't you heard them call me Nagatoden? They are all women of my country......"

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he walked to his bedroom, and threw himself on the bed without taking off his clothes. Chen Yiyi stopped at the door of the bedroom, Cheng Azhu went in to take off Zhao Xing's shoes, cover the quilt, and then come out with a worried face.

Chen Yiyi grabbed Cheng Azhu's hand, the two exchanged eyes for a moment, Chen Yiyi pulled Azhu's hand: "Go, find Cheng Shuang, the person he brought, he should know the situation." ”

Cheng Shuang also fell asleep, but Chen Yiyi didn't care about this, she pulled her ears, lifted Cheng Shuang from the bed, and asked angrily: "Tell me quickly, what's going on with those widows?" ”

Cheng Shuang glanced at Cheng Azhu, and saw that Cheng Azhu also looked forward to it, he rubbed his eyes and jumped up, first went to the door to see if anyone was moving around outside the house, and then closed the door, and said solemnly: "Two teachers, this matter is very important, since the teacher has mentioned it, the teacher has come to ask, I will talk about ...... slightly."

Cheng Shuang arched his hand towards Cheng Azhu, meaning to look at Cheng Azhu's face. Chen Yiyi was not dissatisfied with Cheng Shuang's neglect, because Cheng Shuang called "two senior girls" just now.

"It was a few years ago, the teacher went to the Wa Kingdom to sell goods, because of the credit to the Wa Emperor, with the permission of the Wa Huang, he bought a piece of land in Nagato, the Wa Huang took this land as the teacher's fief, and the teacher entrusted Nagato Busi to be the housekeeper - that is, the Wa ghost who often came to the house, the locals called him a dedication, he led people to build a small wharf, and began to recruit local homeless people to farm.

Master, you don't know, it's the teacher's fiefdom, which means ......"

Chen Yiyi interjected: "I know, the fief is that you are completely in charge of your own in the fief - your own laws, your own officials, and even your own army!" ”

"Not bad...... The teacher often said that there are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, and Changmen is the place where we retreat from the business - the two masters, this is a place where my Cheng clan is completely in charge, and even the emperor can't interfere.

In the past three years, the Nagato trade has developed rapidly, and with the proceeds of the trade, we have stored a large amount of grain and gradually controlled the local trade. However, the war in the Kanto region of the Japanese kingdom continued, but we were the only one there with a light tax burden and the people still had surplus food, so whenever we set up a small boat to trade in the Kanto region, there were displaced people who negotiated with us and planned to move to Nagato.

The Wa Kingdom is all over the coast, and a small boat can smuggle out countless displaced people wherever it goes. Three years have passed, we have built a stone fort in Nagamen, built a large wharf, and the number of people in the territory has quietly increased to 30,000.

When there are many people, it is inevitable that there will be chaos and people's hearts are not aligned...... It happened that the Wa country had the custom of planting degrees, so the teacher was going to select a group of outstanding Wa girls to come to the Song Kingdom to cultivate seeds, and then select a group of coolies to study medicine in the Great Song Kingdom. Master, this matter cannot be spread outside, it can only be carried out quietly. Once it spreads, whether it is in the Wa Kingdom or the Great Song Dynasty, it will cause trouble.

In addition, when Japanese people from other places come to plant, the girl's parents need to bear the travel expenses. And to dress the woman, and we will do it as a reward. The teacher pays for it, and is also responsible for their expenses in Dasong...... That's all I have to say, don't ask about the rest. ”

Cheng Azhu has little knowledge and doesn't understand this kind of thing, but Chen Yiyi immediately understands the mystery here.

In this era, the Song people can be said to be the proudest people in Asia, and other Asian countries are doing everything possible to send their most beautiful women to the Song Kingdom, in order to win the favor of the Song people. And this is the same as modern girls who do everything possible to marry an American. It is not a free act. For example, if modern people want to go to the United States, they must first pay a mortgage fee, followed by visa fees, tuition fees, and placement fees......

However, the object of payment in the Song Dynasty was reversed, and in this era, others did everything possible to pay the Song people money, so that the Song people could make their daughters pregnant with the "Heavenly Dynasty People and Land Seeds".

Zhao Xing purposefully exploited this custom. He gave this kind of thing as a reward, and whoever did a good job in the realm had a skill. Whoever is smart and obedient is responsible for helping the other party's daughter immigrate...... Fortunately, there is no green card in this era, so Zhao Xing only needs to arrange their accommodation in the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, Zhao Xing didn't do it for nothing. In order to envelop these families who come to "degree". Zhao Xing nominally became their head man, no matter who succeeded. In the end, it is equivalent to a kinship with Zhao Xing. A few years later, these excellent genes will occupy the upper class of Nagato's society, and even extend to the entire Wa State, so that although Zhao Xing does not go to the Wa State to personally implement the ruling power, but everything in Nagato has to be controlled by him - because the grassroots cadres there are all descendants of the Du, and they are his nominal sons.

Chen Yiyi explained this truth to Cheng Azhu, Cheng Azhu looked at the house where the group of orchids lived, and asked in a low voice: "Is that group of orchids like this?" ”

Chen Yiyi shook his head: "That's different, don't look at them arrogant, but in fact, they are a group of female slaves, female slaves who are specially trained for the palace in black - I know this." There is a Hu businessman named Pu Yi'an, who is very close to Brother Xing, and they open a shipyard in Hainan together. This Hu Shangxin bought twenty unsuccessful palace maids from Dashi, and planned to give half to Brother Xing, but Brother Xing only asked him for five kabuki, and Brother Xing did a good job......"

In the evening of the same day, Zhao Xing slept well and was full of energy, he immediately ordered people to buy thousands of cloth bags from the market, and ordered the servants to dig by the lake, and the excavated soil was filled with hundreds of cloth bags. However, Zhang Bantou didn't care about the noise in Zhao Xing's courtyard, he led Wang Shuban to discuss directly with Zhao Xing: "Big official, I heard that Bu Qing is gathering a gang (thugs) and shouting for revenge, the guys are a little scared, what can the big officials do?" ”

Zhang Bantou is not here to find a strategy, but to ask for help. He saw Zhao Xing's thunderous methods, so he deliberately explained Bu Qingdi's threat, hoping that Zhao Xing could help him solve the trouble.

"Last night's incident...... Thanks to the courage of Zhang Bantou and all the officials, the relatives under him were able to escape. Thank you for it! Well, Bu Qing fled for his life, and he didn't quietly flee away from home, but he dared to shout for revenge, did he deceive me that the Great Song Dynasty had no royal law? Zhao Xing had a completely clear attitude.

Zhang Bantou complained bitterly: "Big official, others don't know, don't I know?" Can Bu Qing not know? With a few strokes from our brothers, how could we subdue the vicious wolves in Fan Lou? Official, I wiped out your local involvement in the report, and now, you can't die without help. ”

Zhao Xing turned his face to Wang Shuban, and the secretary turned his face away, avoiding Zhao Xing's gaze.

"Lord Qian, what do you say?" Zhao Xing asked softly.

"Lord Qian doesn't know anything", Wang Shuban curiously looked at a painting hanging on Zhao Xing's wall, as if the painting suddenly bloomed, which made him obsessed, and he replied with good eyes: "Lord Qian said: I dug a hole and buried it myself." He doesn't know anything! ”

"Good!" Zhao Xing stood up: "It's good to have a rich adult's words - Zhang Bantou, are you free tonight?" How about I ask you to stroll through the streets of Bianliang together? However, this is a very momentary time, and you better bring a few more people with you. ”

Zhang Bantou flinched: "I, I won't go, I didn't rest well last night." Why don't I send a few brothers with me? ”

"Okay...... So, the two of them go slowly", when Zhao Xing and the two said goodbye, they quietly pulled Zhang Bantou's sleeve, Zhang Bantou understood, a few steps behind, Zhao Xing asked behind his back: "Li Ying's matter, how is it?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm the only one present, I didn't say anything, including my wife", Zhang Bantou patted his chest and replied: "His lady has come to make trouble, but the house is worthy of him when he comes out to 20 times, and his brother adds a little more, and he adds 3 times, what else is she making trouble?" Naturally, nothing happened. ”