Although it has been less than three months since the Wang family's "detained", the allusion of "Wang's female blood splashed in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Hongdao wronged Bai Qingyang Mansion" has already spread.

Whether it was Cao Hao, Zuo Shiyong, or Admiral Zhang, the eyes that looked at Chen Hongdao were different. Zuo Shiyong, Admiral Zhang, these martial artists, although they are usually rude, still have some respect for scholars, and this Chen Hongdao is a well-known Qing official. Not to mention the official reputation, just relying on such a chastity lady is also enviable.

Zuo Shiyong became more and more ashamed, took out the saber at his waist, pointed to the man kneeling on the ground, speechless, and finally knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Hongdao, and presented the saber with both hands: "This beast is Zuo's brother-in-law Acton, who has been said to have bad deeds, causing the disaster of today, and it is not without the fault of Zuo's connivance." Zuo had no shame to defend himself, and now handed over this beast to Chen Futai for disposal. ”

Zuo Shiyong, as a second-rank deputy general, was able to kneel down so condescendingly, and he spoke happily without the slightest hint of favoritism. Admiral Zhang nodded his head from the side, praising him incessantly, and greatly appreciating his straightforwardness and decisiveness.

Cao Hao just felt that there was something wrong with Zuo Shiyong, although he told everyone that he would send his brother-in-law to the county government, but when the bitter master came, he made amends and sent silver to pick out his brother-in-law. Right now, it is this pretentiousness again, coupled with his "righteous face", which really makes people feel chilled.

Chen Hongdao was dismissed, well-informed people know that if a cloth cloth really kills someone, what will be the consequences? Not to mention that it was a Manchurian flag man who was killed.

Besides, this Zuo Shiyong didn't point out in front of everyone that his brother-in-law was Manchurian just now, but only said that he would be sent to the county government for legal action. However, according to the "Great Qing Law", if this banner person violates the law, the local yamen has no jurisdiction over it, and it needs to be tried by a special yamen. In other provinces, the Manchurian Metropolitan and Deputy Metropolitan Commanders were tried, the ordinary bannermen near the Beijing Division were tried by the Yamen, the Infantry Army Commander, the Internal Affairs Office was tried by the Internal Affairs Office, and the imperial clan relatives were tried by the Zongren Palace.

Where is "Actun" the name of the Han people, a Manchurian, how can he not be in the flag? Chen Hongdao, as a local parent official, knows all the laws and laws of criminal names, and of course knows what will happen to the Han people who kill the Manchurian bannermen. When the time comes, don't talk about himself, even his children will be implicated.

Chen Hongdao looked at the three Admirals Zhang who were wearing first-grade and second-grade clothes, and then looked at Zuo Shiyong, who was bent on his knees in front of him, and his heart was full of despair. His wife died, his concubine died tragically, and he himself ended up half-crippled and half-crippled, not to mention, or the end of "being demoted to the people and never being used", but there was no place to reason.

Under the grief and despair, he suddenly felt bored, trembled and took the knife in Zuo Shiyong's hand, and was about to wipe it off his neck when he returned his hand.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, no one expected that he would kill himself, and he was about to be splashed with blood on the spot, and the situation was critical.

At this moment, Cao Hao was so painful that cold sweat came out all over his body. In fact, the moment he stopped the blade, he already regretted it, because it hurt too much.

Although he was wearing a big sweater in winter, because the saber was too sharp, when Cao Hao reached out to stop Chen Hongdao, he still cut into the flesh for three points and injured his forearm.

Cao Hao's body was extremely painful, and his heart was also extremely angry. Because he felt that this deputy general was wrong, he seemed to "casually" walk not far from Chen Hongdao and quietly observe the vice general's expression. The moment Chen Hongdao took the knife, a trace of joy flashed in the general's eyes.

Cao Hao suspected that he wanted to use the plan of "borrowing a knife to kill people", not only to "kill relatives with righteousness" in front of several military attachés, but also to end the brother-in-law who caused trouble for him; If you turn around and bring out the law, you can still punish Chen Hongdao's family, and easily avenge the revenge of today.

If you can't see it, since you have encountered such an injustice, how can you keep silent? Cao Hao was just about to open his mouth to persuade Chen Hongdao to put down the knife, wanting to save his surname, but he didn't expect to see that he wanted to wipe his neck? He didn't have time to think about it, his body had already taken two steps forward, and he stretched out his arm to block the blade.

With a "clang", the steel knife in Chen Hongdao's hand fell to the ground, looking at Cao Hao's bloody arm, speechless.

Everyone was stunned, but Wang Zongbing reacted the fastest and hurriedly stepped forward: "Oh, master, this is ...... This ......" I wanted to complain to him twice, but when the words came to his mouth, Fang felt that something was wrong, so he stopped, lifted the hem of his official uniform, tore off a white cloth, and hurriedly helped Cao Hao wrap it.

Chen Hongdao's two sons woke up like a dream, first kowtowed to Cao Hao to thank him, and then knelt at Chen Hongdao's feet, crying bitterly, and one said: "The son has lost his mother, how can the father bear to make the son lose his father again?" ”

Another cried: "Even if you don't look at our brother, there is still an innocent and pitiful little sister, how can my father abandon his son and wait!" ”

The two brothers, the eldest was only fourteen or five, and the younger one was only twelve or three, and they were wearing heavy filial piety and hugging their father's legs, crying very sadly. The little daughter, after experiencing these things, only "wow" kept crying.

Chen Hongdao sighed, hugged his little daughter, pulled his two sons, and the father and son cried together.

Not to mention that Cao Hao was originally a soft-hearted person, even Admiral Zhang, General Yan and General Wang were used to seeing life and death, and they couldn't help but have red eyes.

Among them, Yan Zongbing looked at the most Wucheng Mansion, and couldn't help but scold: "The surname is Chen, the master is good because of your official reputation, and he is a good lady, I respect you a few points, I didn't expect you to be such a bad seed!" Since this kid has ruined your woman, and Lord Zuo has handed him over to you, what are you doing to test the knife on your neck? Look at the kids who bluffed them! ”

Although Admiral Zhang and General Soldier Wang are martial artists, they have also been up and down in officialdom for many years, and their minds are slightly more delicate than General Yan's. Now, because of Chen Hongdao's abnormal behavior, they also faintly felt that something was wrong, and when they looked at Zuo Shiyong again, they were a little suspicious.

Zuo Shiyong's expression froze, then he got up, frowned slightly, and said loudly: "What is Lord Chen doing, do you have to trap Zuo in injustice?" Since the adults can't do it, then Zuo will have to do it for him! With that, he bent down and picked up his sword, and walked towards Acton.

The father and son of the Chen family are crying, where can they care about anything else? Cao Hao held his right arm, just watching coldly; Admiral Zhang and General Wang were already suspicious in their hearts, and they wanted to see what Zuo Shiyong did; Only Mr. Yan was still confused, thinking that this was like everyone "persecuting" Zuo Shiyong, afraid that he would be embarrassed, and just wanted to open his mouth to dissuade him, but Mr. Wang covered his mouth.

Zuo Shiyong originally hoped that everyone would call him and step down, but he didn't expect it to be like this, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

Acton has been by his side for more than ten years, and naturally saw that his brother-in-law was really moved by murderous intentions, so he hurriedly stepped back, and said in a burst of words: "Without the mention of our Wulanala clan, how can your little Han army have today?" Ye Ming'er went back and told the prince's brother-in-law that you had already taken refuge......

The last words could not be spoken, and with Zuo Shiyong's sword, Acton immediately turned his head differently. The head fell to the ground, and the bones went far away; A lot of blood spurted out of this part of his neck, and he fell to the ground heavily.

Zuo Shiyong didn't have the heart to collect his brother-in-law's body, so he reluctantly smiled at everyone, but there was a chill in his eyes, and he strode out.

Everyone looked at the corpse on the ground, and they were surprised that Zuo Shiyong's hands were hot, although it was not a pity for a beast like Acton to die, but everyone saw that when Acton scolded, Zuo Shiyong changed his posture with a knife, which made Acton change his way of death.

The insults of a mortal person are so resentful, and this heart is really small. Whether it was Cao Hao or Admiral Zhang, they all felt a little chilled.

Or because of blood loss, Cao Hao's face turned pale. He saw that the Chen father and son were frightened, and looked at the female corpse on the ground, so he called the post man over, took out two ingots of silver and gave it to him, and ordered to call the two mothers-in-law nearby to help wrap the makeup, and if they couldn't find it at night, they would look for it tomorrow morning.

When the matter came to this point, everyone felt bored, comforted the Chen father and son a few words, and Admiral Zhang and the others left with Cao Hao. It wasn't until Cao Hao was sent to the courtyard of the upper room where Chu Yu was placed that Admiral Zhang and the others said goodbye and left.

This is a two-entry courtyard, the front is the upper room for temporary guests, the left and right wings are the small kitchen and the entourage where they live, and the back lives in the inner family.

Cui'er and Xicai came out of the small kitchen with hot water, saw Cao Hao, and leaned over to say hello. Cao Hao hurriedly asked, "How is the county lord?" Is it scary? ”

Originally, this kind of rough work outside the second gate was not their turn, but this time Cao Hao and Chu Yu didn't bring so many people waiting for them in order to hurry, and only brought the four maids of Zhucuiyun, so they didn't pay attention to them.

Cui'er nodded: "The county lord's face is ugly, the second master is talking with him, it's already better, I have to wait for the uncle to come back for dinner!" ”

Cao Hao nodded: "Just say I'm back, say a few words in the front yard, and I'll go over later!" ”

Cui'er and Xicai answered and went to the backyard. Cao Hao and Wei Hei entered the house, Wei Hei saw that Cao Hao was in cold sweat on his forehead, and knew that he was in pain, so he couldn't help but blame himself. Because he escorted Cao Song and the county lord back at that time, and carefully asked everyone to check the surroundings, he returned to the big kitchen of the post station, and Cao Hao was already injured.

After untying the strip of cloth that had been infiltrated with blood, Wei Hei untied the wine bag around his waist, used spirits to help Cao Hao treat the wound, and sprinkled the best gold sore medicine. Xiao Man watched from the side, already in tears, and kept cursing Acton, and couldn't help but scold the nest surnamed Chen.

Cao Hao listened and waved his hand: "Stop, if I grind for a while, my ears will be calloused!" You go to Zhu'er and ask for a clean white cloth, don't say it's me, think of other reasons! ”

Xiaoman still needs to do business, and he is busy answering the call.

Cao Hao's expression turned heavy, and he said to Wei Hei: "This Zuo Shiyong seems to be honest and loyal, but he is a villain who is full of calculations and flaws must be rewarded. You didn't see that when Chen Hongdao raised his knife to kill himself, his face was clearly a kind of pride that he had gotten his wish. This Chen father and son are going to Beijing to collect the funeral, and they are afraid that they will not be able to escape his poisonous hands, is there any way to help them? ”

When Wei Hei returned to the big kitchen, he was witnessing the scene of Zuo Shiyong's murder, so he very much agreed with what Cao Hao said, and asked in a low voice: "Then Lao Hei went to investigate and investigate at night?" As he spoke, he looked at Cao Hao.

Cao Hao thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "It's okay to go and see first, how to deal with it, let's discuss it tomorrow!" ”

While talking, Xiao Man had already gone to the backyard to get the muslin back. The Wei gang Cao Hao bandaged up, and Cao Hao asked them to also warm up some food for dinner, and went to the backyard by himself.

He turned his head sideways and looked at his right arm, feeling a little ridiculous, because he broke his sleeves and blood was stained on his cloak, it was impossible to hide from Chu Yu, so he asked Xiaoman to tell a lie. This brain is messed up, and it is a little ill-conceived.

After standing under the porch for a long time, he lifted the curtain and entered.

Chu Yu and Cao Song were originally sitting at the table talking, but when they saw Cao Hao coming in, they both got up.

Chu Yu's face was a little tired, thinking that he was tired from making a carriage. In a hurry, they left the city early in the morning, fought once at noon, and drove another afternoon before arriving at Wuqing Station.

"Brother, then ......" Cao Song asked how the murder case was handled, and when he opened his mouth, he thought that it was not good for Yu to mention these things in the first place, so he covered his mouth.

Chu Yu asked Xiyun and them to bring the hot food to them, and at the same time helped Cao Hao untie his shawl. Although Cao Hao had deliberately moved her right arm behind her, she still looked at the bandaging place at a glance, bluffed, and let out a surprised voice.

At this time, even Cao Song realized that something was wrong, and immediately walked over, pulled Cao Hao's sleeve to see, and happened to touch his injury. Cao Hao gritted his teeth in pain, so he didn't scream.

Chu Yu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he choked up and asked, "Is this...... This ......"

Cao Song was already furious, and asked anxiously: "Brother, who hurt you, and my brother took our people to find him?" ”

Cao Hao pulled Chu Yu to the table with his left hand and sat down, pointed to the other side, motioned for Cao Song to sit down, and said in the back: "It was the bitter master who was so wronged that he wanted to commit suicide, and it happened that I was next to him, so I stopped him, but I didn't want to scratch my arm, but it was just a skin injury, it was not in the way, and I have already asked Brother Wei to help deal with it!" ”

Cao Song had to say more, Cao Hao touched his stomach and said: "I've been on the road all afternoon, let's eat quickly, and then settle down early, and I'll be on the road tomorrow!" ”

Although Cao Hao's expression was relaxed, the meal was still sullen. Cao Hao was a little dizzy because of his blood loss, and he couldn't hold it after stiffening for a while. After Cao Song left, he sat on the kang and told Chu Yu to settle earlier.

Chu Yu saw Cao Hao's fatigue, and sent Xiyun to settle outside, and waited for Cao Hao to lie down. These covers were all brought with him, and Cao Hao was dizzy, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at Cao Hao's pale face, where could Chu Yu sleep? I want to check his wounds, but I'm afraid to wake him up. Frowning and uncomfortable for a while, she gently got off the kang, turned off the light on the table, and tiptoed back to the kang.

She still couldn't sleep, and she didn't dare to turn around, so she kept on her side, and gradually, her eyelids sank a little.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard the sound of a rapid gong outside, mixed with shouting.

Chu Yu listened carefully, faintly. It's as if you hear someone calling: "It's out of the water!" Walk the water! She sat up hurriedly, just wanting to tell Cao Hao to get up. Cao Hao had been awakened by the sound of the gong and rubbed his forehead.

Chu Yu said: "Forehead, it seems to be walking in the water!" ”

Cao Hao sat up and frowned. Xiyun also heard the movement and asked at the door: "Gege, Eyu, someone called 'Walk the Water', why don't the slaves go out and ask?" ”

Chu Yu was just about to respond, Cao Hao came to his senses, his heart moved, and said: "If you go to the water, it will be a mess, it will be inconvenient for you little girls to go out, you accompany the county lord, I will go to the front yard to take a look!" ”

Although Chu Yu was not at ease, he also knew that Cao Hao was right, so he went down to help him get dressed, and asked Xiyun to fetch a fox fur to put on him.

When he came out of the house, he saw a fire in the distance. Cao Hao came to the front yard, someone had already gone to inquire about the news and came back, the road was that the three houses on the side of the row of houses on the south side had somehow gone out of the water, and several officials from the neighboring houses had run out, and the fire in the three rooms alone was too great to save people, and they burned to death a deputy general who had entered Beijing.

Cao Hao's heart "chuckled", and he happened to see Wei Hei also coming back from outside, with a strange expression on his face.

Because the gong sounded for a while, everyone rushed out, and when they saw him come back, they just thought he was going to see the excitement. Cao Song asked: "Brother Wei, is it really a deputy general who was burned to death?" That's a second-class official! While speaking, he looked around, the house was covered with snow, and said a little strangely: "I can still walk on the water this day, this general is really carrying it to my hometown!" ”

After waiting for a while, watching the light of the fire gradually fade, I heard the footsteps of a few people outside.

The person who came was Zhang Fu'an, who wanted to cry without tears, because there was a house burned there, although the fire stopped, but there was no way to live in it, so he had to relocate the officials of those families.

That official is a third-grade inspector, and this grade should logically be able to go to the room, but now it is said that Admiral Zhang and Wang and Yan came early, and they are higher than him. Originally, he was still angry in his heart, knowing that he was walking in the water next door and burning to death by a second-rank deputy general, so he was a lot more honest according to the inspector.

Now, knowing that there is a county lord in this courtyard, this is the county lord's forehead, which is more and more polite.

After Cao Hao and him greeted each other, he asked Xiao Man to take someone to clean up the upper room in the front yard and invite them to stay. These guards of the other Cao families should be placed and those who should be on duty at night.

When everyone dispersed, Cao Haofang followed Wei Hei to his room and asked in a low voice, "Why did you do this?" But it alarmed them! ”

Wei Hei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Childe, it's not Lao Hei!" When Lao Hei went, he smelled all the oil, but it was too late! Look at the figure, it's going to the two courtyards next door! ”

(To be continued)