What I encountered was just the landlord's family, and the "murder weapon" made by the other party was just a dozen strings of firecrackers, so I turned around and almost broke my arms and legs, isn't this a joke?

No wonder Cao Hao laughed at himself before he fainted, he has always spared his life, and he has only been injured three times after coming to this world for more than ten years. Even in the face of that dumb kid, or those mysterious black-clothed killers, he can be regarded as able to deal with it easily, and there is no such embarrassment.

Who would have thought that when he arrived at the local government to become an official, people became tired and lucky, and they were almost killed by a few strings of firecrackers! After many years of practicing martial arts and self-defense, where have you practiced?

However, if Cao Hao knew that this "joke" almost scared Mr. Zhuang out of breath and scared Chu Yu almost to death, then he was afraid that he would not be able to laugh. But where would he have known this? He had been in a coma for three full days and was lying in the inner courtyard of Mengyin County.

That said, before Wei Hei and the others approached, Cao Hao fainted. Wei Hei hurriedly stepped forward to check, in addition to the skin injuries on his face, it seemed that there were also injuries on his legs. Because he knew that Cao Hao had been injured when he was a child, he was afraid of triggering an old disease on his leg, so he didn't dare to ignore it, and sent Cao Hao back to Mengyin County with everyone.

Liang Shunzheng, the commander of Mengyin County, has been promoted to the sixth grade because of the fact that this side of the spring is not affected by the civil turmoil, and the people are meritorious. As long as his term expires in the first month of next year, and when Xinzhi County takes office, he will go to Zhili to be a general judge.

The dignified county lord was attacked, and he was still unconscious and uncertain about his life and death. Liang Shunzheng couldn't help but feel frightened, and rubbed the set of six-grade supplements that he specially bought in Jinan Mansion in the study, and was stunned. If this adult has a mistake, the above will be investigated, not to mention the six-grade supplement, I am afraid that this set of seven-grade on the body will also be taken off.

He has reached the twilight of his life, and even this opportunity for promotion is stained with the light of this Daotai lord. He didn't complain, but after all these years, he finally got promoted to the sixth grade, and if he was dismissed for this reason, he would be somewhat disappointed.

He sighed, thinking about whether he should ask the Taoist priest to do the practice, otherwise how could he be so unlucky? The landlord squire's family members attacked the four-grade Taoist, and caused serious injuries to the Taoist lord, how many people believe this? The partial birth happened in Mengyin, but I really don't know, whether this can be regarded as opening his eyes and gaining knowledge.

It was just melancholy that he heard someone outside the door: "My lord?" ”

It was the master in the yamen who came, and he was a distant relative of Liang Shunzheng, and the two got along with each other, so they didn't avoid everything. Liang Shunzheng said a little weakly: "Yes, come in and talk!" ”

The master came in, but his face was furrowed, and he said to Liang Shunzheng worriedly: "My lord, Du An's hanged himself in prison!" ”

Maybe there are too many strange things in these two days, Liang Shunzheng listened to it, but he was stunned, then shook his head and said, "The Du family has sent someone here, right?" This Du Xiong still thinks that he is a character, thinking that he can get away with being a steward and taking the blame, which is unreachable! ”

The master said: "Yes, in the end, he is a rich man in the countryside, that is, he has made donations, and he has a reputation as a prisoner, but he is also shallow. In the past six months, he has relied on the momentum of his son-in-law, and he has become really arrogant! It's on our side, I'm afraid he doesn't pay much attention to it! ”

Liang Shunzheng nodded, touched his beard and said, "It's time for him to be unlucky!" His son-in-law is just a brother-in-law of Zhizhou, so he is arrogant! But I don't know what he can afford to provoke in this inside? If he is a smart person, he should burn incense and worship the Buddha to pray that Lord Cao is safe, and then come to kowtow in person to ask for sin! Lord Cao's status is noble, as long as his body is fine, he just wants to punish him and spread his anger, where will he worry about a bastard like him! ”

The master said: "His brother has been here with the people of the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion for a few days, he is afraid that he thinks that Master Cao is his brother's backer, and he will not come to the door!" ”

Although Liang Shunzheng has always been a good person, after all, he has lived for most of his life, and he still has two times to look at people. After thinking about it for a while, he said to the master: "The second child of the Du family looks at treating people kindly, but he is scheming more than his brother, so pretentious, I am afraid that he also has the idea of 'leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade', but I don't know who can take advantage of this adult's advantage!" ”

Du Kui, the first squire in Mengyin County, died of illness at the end of September, although he had a son earlier, but he was kidnapped by the "Yimeng Mountain Bandits" in March and killed.

Du Kui has accepted five or six concubines in the past six months, and he wants to have another son to inherit the family business, but he doesn't want him to be an old man, where can he withstand such a toss? At the end of September, when the weather turned cooler, he suffered a stroke and died within two days.

There were no heirs, so the two nephews started the idea of the uncle's property, and each used his own means, almost fighting with weapons. Regarding the affairs of the Du family, the county yamen also knows about it. The two brothers sent money privately, for fear that the magistrate would help him. Liang Shun was waiting for the news above, where is the leisure to worry about this? Happy to be a good old man.

Unexpectedly, now it has caused a catastrophe.

* County office, inner courtyard, main house.

This was originally Liang Shunzheng's residence, because Cao Hao's status was noble and he was a Shangguan, so he consciously gave up the upper room.

In a daze, Cao Hao only felt that he had a good night's sleep, and his body was lying down. Subconsciously stretched out his arm, wanting to stretch his waist, but his body was soft and very disobedient, which made people very uncomfortable.

He was very surprised, and slowly opened his eyes, only to feel as if he was in a dream, otherwise how could he see his daughter-in-law sitting on the edge of the bed? It was really a little headache, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he closed his eyes and muttered, "Think about it!" ”

Just as he was about to fall asleep again, he heard a slightly surprised voice say, "Huh? ”

"Huh?" Cao Hao's mind couldn't turn for a while. At this time, he heard Chu Yu's soft call again, and at the same time, his forehead was covered with cold little hands.

"Thank goodness my fever is gone!" Chu Yu sighed.

Cao Hao was stimulated, opened his eyes, his mind was much clearer, he raised his hand, grabbed Chu Yu's little hand, and said with a little disgust: "Why is it so cold?" Where's your hand stove? ”

Chu Yu guarded her husband with trepidation, and now that he is awake, where can she stop her tears? Falling in a bumble.

Cao Hao looked at the utensils in the room, remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and knew that this was not in the Yizhou Mansion, so he smiled at Chu Yu and said, "Brother Wei is really, it's a cold day, why did you still toss you?" Don't cry, it's a big deal, it's okay! As he spoke, he was about to struggle to get up, but there was a piercing pain in his leg, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Chu Yu hurriedly hugged him, choked up, and said, "Slow down!" The doctor said that he was afraid that the injury would be in the old affected area, and he would have to recuperate for a while! ”

Cao Hao responded, and with the help of Chu Yu, he sat down on the pillow and asked, "That is a startling horse, but someone is injured?" ”

While talking, Xiyun came over with the decoction of the medicine, and was also happy to see Cao Hao awake.

Chu Yu took the medicine bowl from Xiyun's hand, and then replied: "The others are fine, only Xiaoman kowtowed his forehead, but it is fine, it has scabbed." ”

Cao Hao heard that Xiao Man knocked on his forehead, and felt that his face was also itchy, so he couldn't help but reach out and grab it, his right cheek was swaying, and he vaguely remembered that when he fell off the horse and rolled down the slope, it seemed to rub his face.

It's a shame, it's just a shocking horse, everyone is fine, only he is so embarrassed. Cao Hao was very ashamed, and his expression couldn't help but be a little stiff.

Chu Yu only cherished his appearance and comforted: "Forehead relief, don't we have a lot of pearl powder in our house?" There will be no scars! ”

Cao Hao couldn't cry or laugh, she was not a woman, where would she care about this?

Chu Yu tried the test medicine and sent it to Cao Hao's mouth. Although Cao Hao was the most impatient to drink this, but in front of his wife, it was not easy to mix up, so he took it hard, drank it all in one gulp, rinsed his mouth with water, and then asked Chu Yu with a smile: "I'm nothing, look at yourself, your eyes are peach!" Is this in Mengyin County? Who sent you? ”

Chu Yu replied: "With Mr. Zhuang coming, my forehead was stunned for three days, so afraid of people!" ”

I couldn't help but feel weak, it turned out that I had been lying down for so long, and I heard that Mr. Zhuang was also here, and Cao Hao was a little surprised. originally thought that Mr. Zhuang would stay there as a director of the Yamen, but Cao Fang led someone to escort Chu Yu over.

When the husband and wife said this, Chu Yufang remembered that they hadn't told everyone the news of Cao Hao's wake-up, and everyone was also very worried, so he sent Xiyun out to tell him.

* Mengyin County, west of the city, Dujiazhuang.

Du Xiong had a gloomy face and walked around. Although Duane is dead, as long as he does not admit it, it is only a crime of negligence. However, for some reason, he still has no bottom in his heart. Thinking of the mocking look of his second child when he looked at him, he couldn't help but be angry.

The person sent to Yizhou to deliver the letter has been there for three days, why hasn't there been a reply?

Daotai, Daotai, bullshit Daotai, who would have thought that a few people coming on the road would be Daotai? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but itch his teeth, and scolded Duane for that bad thing a few more words.

However, he still had hope in his heart, and remembered that the last time they met, he seemed to hear his son-in-law mention that the Daotai Mansion and the Zhizhou Mansion had a very good relationship, and the two Yamen adults still had private contacts.

It's not that he is not afraid, but looking at the people who came to help him with the second child, he seems to be very familiar with the people on the other side of the Daotai Yamen, and he is afraid that it will not please him if he sticks it now, so he is waiting for his son-in-law to come over and be a middleman.

All the things for the apology were prepared, three thousand taels of silver, one hundred taels of gold, and two sets of jewels for Mrs. Daotai. If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Daotai came here after the incident, he would have prepared four beautiful maids here.

The price of land in Mengyin is not high, but it is not low, 400 to 500 taels per hectare of land, and these gold, silver and jewelry total more than 4,000 taels of silver, which is the price of ten hectares of land.

Not to mention the Taoist platform, even the governor's yamen, so that with this money, you can also go on a journey.

Although Du Xiong felt pain when he thought about it, he had to endure it to "break the fortune and avoid disasters". Besides, if you take this opportunity to climb up to Daotai Mansion as a backer, the 120 hectares of land in the uncle's house will not be captured. Thinking like this, he was a little proud, who would dare to play his fists at will to the Daotai master? Hmph, when you meet him Boss Du, don't you still have to eat obediently.

I also remembered that my second daughter was fourteen this year, and she would be fifteen in the next year, and she had reached the age of talking about others. Because it was far away, Du Xiong didn't see which one clearly, but he heard others mention that the old man of the Taoist platform was young. Although he already has a wife in the main house, if his daughter goes to Daotai Mansion to be a second wife, it is better than being a housewife in a small household.

If he is a brother-in-law with Daotai, the future with his eldest son-in-law is also good, and he must be very much in agreement. Thinking of this, Du Xiong touched his fleshy nose and couldn't help laughing. For the thousands of taels of silver, I don't feel distressed, I just feel that I am all over the body, and I can't iron it. He became the father-in-law of the Taoist master, and the second brother still fought with himself! I'm afraid I'm going to come to the door to fight the autumn breeze, and it's almost there.

Sitting on the seat and taking a sip of tea, Du Xiong proudly wanted to sing a little song, and his complaints about Du An were a little less, thinking about it in his heart, and sending someone to give him more pension silver for a while.

This is, just listen to the footsteps of "oh", hit the outside in a panic ran in a person, saw Du Xiong, "plop" knelt down, while crying, while pleading: "Master...... Master...... Oh no...... Miss...... The eldest lady is gone......"

Du Xiong was confused when he heard this, frowned, and said, "What are you howling? What's wrong, but didn't come? Ben didn't invite her either, what about my uncle? ”

The steward cried and shook his head, and said, "Master...... Sir...... Is the eldest lady gone...... The body was still in the carriage...... My uncle gave the eldest lady a leave of absence......"

Du Xiong understood, he stood up on the seat with a "Teng" sound, and walked out with a blue face, in the courtyard, Du Xiong's wife Chen had already received the news, came out with her daughter and son, and cried in front of the carriage.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and the body of Du Xiong's eldest daughter Du Zhen'er maintained the posture before death, which had been stiff for a long time. The carriage was covered with dried dark red blood stains.

The two accompanying family members knelt in front of the carriage and wept and told what had happened.

It turned out that Du Zhen'er's husband was Zhao Wenhe, the brother-in-law of Ye Fu, the governor of Yizhou. The two have been married for three years, although there is no man and half woman so far, but it can be regarded as love.

At noon the day before, the steward of the Du family arrived at the Yamen of Yizhou Zhizhou and handed over Du Xiong's handwritten letter to Zhao Wenhe in person. When Zhao Wenhe read the letter, his face was not good-looking, and after asking a few details, he sent someone to take the tube down to rest in advance.

Early yesterday morning, Zhao Wenhe asked someone to prepare a carriage and let people pack his wife's luggage and clothes. Du Zhen'er knew that her mother's family was coming, so she only thought that her husband was going to take her to her mother's house for a few days, and she happily cleaned up.

Zhao Wenhe was always gloomy here, and it was not until he drove out of Yizhou City with someone to escort his wife's car that he said something to his wife through the carriage curtain. It's nothing more than the Du family's unruly behavior, and now it has caused a big disaster, I am afraid that it will harm my relatives, so I begged my wife to let him go for the sake of three years of love, and then handed over the letter of resignation to the accompanying mother-in-law.

Du Zhen'er was shocked, where would she have thought of such a change? She didn't care about anything else, she got out of the carriage crying, and wanted to find her husband to ask clearly, Zhao Wenhe had already urged the horse back to the city, and only one back remained.

Du Zhen'er was confused and wanted to return to the city, but was stopped by the people left behind by Zhao Wenhe. After making a fuss, she also understood some reasons one after another, knowing that her husband was afraid of being implicated by the Du family, so she got into the carriage without crying or making trouble. The people on the side of the Zhizhou Mansion were not at ease, and they were arranged by Zhao Wencai before to escort Du Zhen'er all the way to Mengyin.

After traveling more than 50 miles, when passing through Nanmeng Town, Du Zhen'er said that she was not feeling well and wanted to rest for a night.

When she got up early and set off today, Du Zhen'er was still as usual. On the way, the maid stepped forward to deliver water, called several times, but there was no movement, and when the curtain was lifted, she was already out of breath. I don't know where I got a knife and wiped my neck.

Du Xiong looked at his daughter's corpse, his eyes were almost bleeding, he clenched his fists tightly, and asked the steward who reported to Yizhou, "What did that bastard say?" Could it be that this Daotai Lord is the king of heaven, and he can force him to divorce his wife to protect himself! ”

The steward knelt on the ground and said, "Master, my uncle said ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but slap himself: "Bullshit uncle!" The old man is right, it's that bastard! That bastard said, what kind of forehead is this Daotai, the grandson-in-law of the emperor, the close minister of the Son of Heaven, not to mention the governor's mansion, even the governor does not dare to offend him! also said that our Du family is tired of being crooked, and he is looking for death, but he is not willing to die! also said......" Speaking of this, he looked at Du Xiong's eyes and said: "I also said that let the master get acquainted with each other, don't be like a mad dog, climb and bite everywhere, the book of resignation has been offered, and the two families of Zhao and Du have nothing to do with each other!" ”

Du Xiong only felt that his mouth was salty, and he couldn't hold back any longer, so angry that he spit blood, swayed, and almost fainted. He gritted his teeth, only to stiffen up, looking at the daughter beside his wife, he felt indescribable remorse.

(To be continued)