Chapter 5: Under the Night

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In the back garden, there is a small bridge and flowing water, and a corridor and a pavilion. Under the pavilion in the garden, Hu Wenjin was playing chess against a subordinate official.

"My lord's move is wonderful, it's really a winning move." The subordinate officer praised.

"You know how to pat on the back!" Hu Wenjin scolded with a smile.

"My lord, several counties in this state have changed to Chunfeng County, and I heard that there are still a few hard stubbles, all of which are from the Fan Party. In my opinion, it was still that Fu Bi who didn't like us Pang Taishi, and stretched out his hand to Beizhou. The subordinate officer said.

Hu Wenjin got up slowly and stretched: "The Fan Party faction, the Qingli New Deal has made the chickens and dogs restless. The master's family has been sent to the opposition, what kind of noise is there? Fu Bi and Yan Shu, can they fight our Pang Guogong? Don't worry, what you said, those Chunfeng counties have already been taken care of by me. ”

"Can you deal with the magistrate sent by the Fan Party?" The subordinate officer said unexpectedly.

Hu Wenjin laughed: "It doesn't matter what kind of party he is in, when he goes to the land of Beizhou, he has to listen to me Hu Wenjin." Those who are hard-tempered come to drink wine and money, and those who are timid threaten and intimidate. After these few tricks came, he was called to have no fan party in Beizhou. ”

As he spoke, he saw Jiang Sihu rushing in in a hurry, and saluted Hu Wen: "Your Excellency, ......"

"Well, you didn't freak out that champion, did you? People are tender stubble. Hu Wenjin said with a smile.

"My lord......" Jiang Sihu looked depressed, "I'm still scared of others?" As soon as I met the magistrate of the county, he wanted to rebuke me with a rod......"

"What?" Hu Wen's mouth slanted.

"Your Excellency, you don't know, that Champion Lang has a very hard temper and a rather spicy style. The little one has never seen such a young official......" Jiang Sihu said convincingly.

"So...... What about the things I asked you to say? Hu Wenjin said with concern.

Chief Jiang Sihu sighed: "My lord, then Liu Zhi County said that he would enforce the law impartially and give an explanation to the people in the county. Ren Nayuan must be a relative of the emperor. ”

With a "bang", Hu Wenjin overturned the chessboard, and black and white chess pieces jumped all over the ground.

All the subordinates were shocked.

Hu Wenjin clenched his fists and said with a gloomy expression: "So, you must punish my younger brother?" This new magistrate, I think I'll meet him......"

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At night, the wild geese fly south, and the scenery is different in autumn.

The strong wind of the side plug blew the yellow sand all over the sky. The gravel swirled and slammed against the walls of the Sidegaya.

In a border town like Chunfeng County, the nightlife is monotonous and boring, far from being as peaceful as Bianjing. On the street, only the watchman used a hoarse voice to remind every household how to prevent fire and theft.

In the county prison, there are two roast chickens on the table, a jar of Shaoxing's daughter red, and four or five jailers are around the table and playing pai gow.

"In our place, we can only play cards at night, and we can't even find a bright place." A tall jailer spouted.

"What are you looking for? Could it be the Spring Bird Tower in Bianjing? Another short jailer sneered, "Our county magistrate has raised our salaries since he took office." Now that you can drink a few more meals a month and eat a few meals of roast chicken, what do you have to worry about such a good day? ”

"Yes, our county magistrate does have some skills."

In the cell surrounded by iron pillars on the side, a dirty hand stretched out, and the sleeves of his arm were tattered into one by one.

"A few officials, can you get us something to eat?" A voice whispered

The tall jailer turned his head, raised his eyebrows, and said in a strange manner: "Yo, it's our noble abbot Master Yuanding." What's wrong? Didn't drink enough cabbage leaf millet porridge just now? Do you want my old man to go to the state capital for you to buy vegetarian food? How about you with some sake-stuffed balls? ”

Everyone laughed.

A short jailer spat viciously: "Yuanding, you old bald donkey, under the pretense of mercy, secretly ** woman." I said you old thing, people are old, but the thing below can still be used? My cousin's family was harmed by your gang of prostitute monks, and now they have been divorced, and they don't think about tea and dinner at their mother's house, and they want to go on a hunger strike. The short jailer rolled up his sleeves and shouted, "I said...... Brothers, let's just cut the stuff under this old thing! ”

Most of these jailers have relatives and daughters who have been victimized by the Hualien Temple case, and they have long hated this circle in their hearts. Right now, several people are drunk, and all of them are so fat that they can go to the moon for nine days. One person proposed, everyone agreed, everyone stopped playing, several people directly opened the cell door, dragged Yuanding out, took off the pants, and took out the scissors.

That Yuanding, how insulted he had been in his life, he was very angry in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. He shouted in a hurry: "A few officials, a few officials, I have been a temple in Hualien Temple for decades, and I have saved a lot of money for that incense." Last month, I asked the little novices to go to the state capital to exchange them for gold ingots and hide them in one place. ”

When the jailers heard of the treasures of gold and silver, their eyes lit up.

Yuan Ding saw that there was a play, and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been in this dark cell for several days, and my body is full of rotten. If only a few errand masters could let me go back to the temple to take a bath and eat something hot. Then I am willing to give you all the gold and silver that I have collected before. ”

The jailers stopped, and when they heard that there was a huge windfall, they were immediately overjoyed, and helped Yuan Ding up and said, "Master Yuan Ding, you actually still have a certain reputation in our Chunfeng County. It's a pity, don't mention it, don't mention it, hurry up and get another bowl of rice soup for the master. ”

Several jailers immediately entertained Yuanding as if they were offering Buddhas.

"By the way, let's take these sin monks out, what if the magistrate finds out?" One asked worriedly.

The tall jailer smiled and said, "These monks are estimated to be stabbed." Now, before people die, they want to be able to eat a full meal and take a hot bath, which we have to satisfy. ”

A few jailers had long planned in their hearts to get the money and go to the state capital to buy a dream of four courtyards, and they discussed it one by one.

Several people immediately looked for an opportunity, and in the second half of the night, taking advantage of the high wind in the dark moon, they took Yuanding and two monks out of the prison and went to the Hualien Temple.

Several of the jailers still had a heart, and five of them held sabers and looked at the three monks. Several people thought to themselves that these three monks were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and even if they ran away, they would not be able to escape far.

Under the cover of the moonlight, the jailer and Yuanding and others came to Hualien Temple, and under the floor of the Yuanding meditation room, they found countless gold and silver, which made the jailer smile.

This Hualien Temple originally had many pilgrims, and the incense money was naturally a lot of money, even if it was distributed to four or five jailers, each of them could be rich. The sudden windfall naturally made everyone smile.

Yuan Ding waited for the two monks to take a comfortable bath, and after getting dressed, he said to a few jailers, "Ladies and gentlemen, wait a little longer, and I will go to the room to clean a few beds, and then I will return to the county prison with you, and sleep better at night." ”

The jailers smiled as they put the gold and silver in their pockets, "Naturally, naturally. Master, please hurry up, if we miss the hour, we will also be punished when we go back.

The three monks of Yuanding moved quite neatly, and after a while, one of them came out with a bunk and rushed back to the county prison.

"Yo, whose kid crawled here to play?" A jailer saw a child sitting in front of him with a small bench at the door, and stepped forward and asked, "Little baby, is it cold to sit here in the middle of the night?" Who asked you to come? ”

The child raised his head and said in a milky voice: "Master Wu." ”

A jailer quipped: "Could it be the illegitimate son that Old Man Wu raised outside?" ”

"It's hard to say, that old man Wu also looks like a pair of fancy intestines."

Several of the jailers had heavy gold and silver in their pockets, and they had little interest in the child. They escorted Yuanding and the others into the cell, brought another pot of wine, and chatted while eating.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night, and the jailers were half resting. The entire Chunfeng County is sleeping in the night.

The county magistrate's mansion next to the county jail, the westernmost room has always been lit.

The figure in front of the window swayed. The wolf's brush was dipped in ink, and under the control of the young man in front of the case, it was constantly flying on the cooked rice paper.

The champion plaque behind him, framed with gold letters, shines in the candlelight.

The young man wrote the painting intently, then exhaled, blew the ink dry, and took it to the oil lamp to look at.

I saw the eight big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing on the rice paperβ€”β€”

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and he escapes at night.

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