Chapter 34 The Golden Cicada makes trouble in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses
"Ah, spare your life! Wronged! ”
In the signing room of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, bursts of miserable shouts kept coming in from outside, making Jin Chan and her nine-year-old cousin, who were cowering in the corner, tremble with fright.
The one who was tortured next door was the old musician who performed with Jin Cicada, and as soon as the three of them entered the signing room of the Soldiers and Horses, they were immediately locked in the house. After secretly explaining to the officers, he got up and left, and then the officers dragged the old musician to the next cell, where he was whipped with a whip dipped in water.
Jin Chan's cousin's nickname is Zhuzi, he came to the capital with his family all the way to begging, although he has seen a lot along the way, but it is the first time he has been locked up in the yamen, and at this moment he heard that his father was bullied by these servants, and he couldn't help but hide in Jin Cicada's arms in fright, and secretly wept.
"Pillar, don't be afraid," Jin Cicada hugged him tightly, "It's okay, it's okay!" ”
At this moment, outside the room where the two of them were being held, several of the guards were laying down their drinks and food, and drinking while making fists, ignoring the shouts of the old musicians there.
Jin Cicada choked back tears, and when he heard the musician's shouts getting weaker and weaker, and his voice gradually lost his life, he mustered up the courage to stand up, rushed to the door, and shouted to the messenger guarding outside: "Where is your master Wan? I want to see you lords! He brought us here from the overpass, obviously saying that he wanted those rebels to be identified, but now that no one has come to identify us, and there is no one to ask about the case, he has tortured my uncle privately, what are you going to do? Is there any royal law left? ”
She was born in singing, and her voice was already high-pitched, and shouting loudly in this claustrophobic space at this time made her voice even brighter.
"Damn, what a noise! This is the Soldiers and Horses Division, is this the place where you are making noise? Outside the door, several of the servants were drinking at a square table, and one of them was a little drunk, and when he saw her roaring like this, he angrily stepped forward to reach out and hit her.
Jin Chan has been learning drama since he was a child, and he has some kung fu on his body, and when he saw this errand reaching out, he blocked it with one hand, grabbed his collar with the other hand, and kicked forward with his foot, tripping the errand officer to the ground.
The rest of the crowd didn't expect her to have such skills, and they were immediately shocked, and hurriedly turned around to get the saber.
Seeing that things had come to this point, Jin Chan simply didn't care so much, jumped forward, and kicked over the square table. At this time, an errand officer who was drawing a knife on his back was hit by the crooked table, and staggered forward two steps, and when he was just standing still, the knife in his hand had been snatched away by the golden cicada.
Jin Cicada held the knife in his backhand, pointed the blade straight to the neck of the officer, and shouted to the officer in front of him: "You all put down the knife!" Otherwise, I'll get rid of him first! ”
"It's the other way around, you!" One of the officers shouted with a knife, "What is this place?" How can you be presumptuous as a woman! ”
"Put down the knife and take it!" Another officer also shouted, "Otherwise, make a big fuss about the officials, but it will be a capital crime to turn around!" ”
"This is the official office, this is the place to reason," another messenger saw her sharp eyes, so he released soft words to persuade again, "Be reasonable, don't make a big deal out of it!" ”
"If this is really a reasonable place," Jin Chan sneered, "You won't torture people without asking questions or trying them!" If it is not a place to be reasonable, then what is there to be presumptuous! ”
"Wow!" One of the previous officers shouted angrily, "I have long expected that you are a thief, but I didn't expect that before the trial, the true face will be revealed!" ”
At this time, the soldiers outside the signing room heard the sound, and they all rushed in with weapons, and one of the generals led by him saw this scene, waved his knife and pointed at the golden cicada and said: "You let people go, you can still spare you from death, if you still insist on going your own way, don't blame us for having no eyes on the sword!" ”
"Come on, then!" Jin Chan looked like he was desperate, "Anyway, I pulled one to accompany me to Huangquan, and if I die, it won't be a compensation!" As he spoke, he pressed the blade into the flesh of the servant in his hand.
"If you have something to say," said the officer who was taken hostage, seeing that his life was in danger, he hurriedly pleaded, "girl, this may be a misunderstanding, and there is a rebel party who has to identify your relative, so we can't ignore it, right?" The rules in the yamen have always been like this, so why should you be so impulsive? ”
"You don't listen to good words," Jin Chan said angrily, "The yamen is supposed to be a place to teach the king's law, but you don't talk about it." Anyway, if you are alive, you will starve to death sooner or later, so it is better to fight at this moment! ”
"Don't, don't!" The officer who became a hostage hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This case is fully responsible for our master Wan, you better wait for him to come back." What if he lets you go as soon as he returns, right? If you are young, why should you give your life in vain? ”
At this time, several soldiers rushed to the house where the golden cicada was being held, lifted out the pillar shrunk in the corner, and shouted to the golden cicada: "Hurry up and release the people, otherwise, we will cut this kid first!" ”
"Sister, sister!" The pillar was also held by a steel knife around its neck, and it cried incessantly.
Seeing that her younger brother was also coerced by the other party, Jin Chan couldn't help but hesitate, she turned her head to look at the head of the general, and said, "You called the old man surnamed Wan, what do you have to say to me!" If he lets you use the torture privately, then I will be a ghost to find him if I die today, and if I don't die, I will sue the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple to ask for a heavenly justice! ”
I didn't expect this eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl to be so strong, so he hesitated a little, and said to her: "Okay, don't hurt people first, Master Wan will be here in a while, if you have anything to say, ask him when you arrive!" With that, he glanced at his subordinates, and the soldiers who had just rushed in returned their swords to their sheaths.
"Okay," the general manager also put the knife back, raised his hands, and persuaded, "Let's calm down, I'll put all the weapons back, this is not a big deal, why bother to make you die?" ”
Jin Chan's mood was a little calm, but the steel knife in his hand was still tightly across the hostage's neck, and at this moment, the old musician's shouting could not be heard in the next torture room, so Jin Chan asked, "How is my uncle?" ”
"It's just a skin injury!" The general said with a relaxed face, "There is no court trial, we will never cause any deaths, don't worry!" ”
Jin Cicada knew that he was releasing smoke in an attempt to let his guard down, so he pressed the knife into the hostage's neck again and said, "Bring my uncle here!" ”
"Girl, girl, loosen the knife, loosen the knife," the hostage officer felt that the blade was deeply embedded in the flesh at this moment, so he hurriedly said, "I can't breathe anymore!" ”
"Then I'll have to wait for Master Wan to come," the general was still procrastinating, "I can't be this master!" ”
The two sides insisted for a while, and Shi Wanchao, who patrolled the city, hurried over, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that the house was already so tense, and he couldn't help but be surprised, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and said to Jin Cicada: "Quickly release people, make trouble, you will really become a chaotic party!" ”
Jin Chan smiled coldly: "Didn't Master Wan originally want to frame us and let us pretend to be a rebel party, so as to stain your top?" ”
Wan Chao saw that this girl was not very old, but she was a smart-minded woman, and ordinary tricks seemed to be difficult to bluff her, so he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it in front of Jin Chan, and said: "This is a confession, as long as the three of you sign and draw a confession on it, I can release you immediately!" ”
"Master Wanda," Jin Chan looked puzzled, "Take a piece of paper and try to trick me into letting go?" If I let him go, you won't come up and slash us to death?" ”
Wan Chao unhurriedly picked up a chair with his feet, bent down and sat down, pointed to the page, and said slowly: "The three of you, an old man, a child, and a female streamer, even if I frame you for being a rebel party, but this kind of reverse case was sent to the Criminal Department for trial. ”
"Then you tortured my uncle privately," Jin Chan asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"Okay," Wan Chao waved his hand and said with a smile, "In this case, I will also make it clear to you, torture your uncle, this is the usual 'killing stick' in the yamen, you who sing jokes and tell stories have heard "Water Margin", people like you on the rivers and lakes are usually arrogant, and when you enter the yamen, if you don't kill your majesty, where is the face of this yamen?" You say, don't you? ”
When Jin Cicada heard that he had some truth, he hesitated a little, and the knife that was originally pressed tightly in his hand was loosened a little.
Wan Chao saw that she was a little moved, so he continued: "There are not a few people like you in the capital who come from other provinces to make money by performing arts, I am in charge of the ground security of the Beijing Division, since I have chosen you, I naturally have my reasons." If you know how to read, look at what is written on this piece of paper. As long as the three of you press the mudra, I can let you go, and you can continue to perform on the flyover tomorrow! ”
Jin Cicada really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Imperial History of the City Patrol, so she raised her chin and said, "Take that page closer, I'll take a look!" ”
Wan Chao stood up, stepped forward in person, and unfolded the page in front of her face so that she could see it clearly.
Jin Cicada carefully read it word by word, then let go of the errand officer he was holding in his hand, then took the page and carefully read it again on the side.
"Oh my god!" The servant who had just become a hostage had just experienced the line of life and death, and at this moment he collapsed to the ground, and said to his colleagues with emotion, "I didn't dare to shoot a sneeze just now, I'm afraid that if I hit it, this head will fall off!" ”
The servants laughed.
After Jin Chan read it, he took the page and frowned at Wan Chao and asked, "I don't know Su Xiaoliu written on it, why do you want us to identify him as a rebel?" ”