Chapter VII: Parade through the streets
Yue Su saw it in his eyes, snorted coldly, made a gesture to Tong Xuan, and said, "You go and teach him." ”
Tong Zhou walked up to Zeng Youcai, slapped him directly on the head, and scolded: "Grandma, why don't you need to be taught by someone to rob someone's daughter-in-law, you have to be instructed by Lao Tzu to beat a gong!" ”
As he spoke, he snatched the gong, knocked it for a while, and shouted loudly: "The military and civilians have listened, I am a local tyrant in Daxing County, just because I colluded with Zhou Bucheng of Nazhi County, robbed the people's daughters, bullied people's property, violated the law and was punished, and paraded in the streets. After speaking, he knocked the gong again, and then returned it to Zeng Youcai, saying: "This is not a difficult thing, since you want to suffer less from the flesh and skin, you will keep these words in mind." There is one more thing I want to explain to you both here, that when you go out into the streets, you must not hesitate to send whoever you send, and if you do not knock it, you will be whipped with a leather whip. Now let's talk about it, and then don't blame us. ”
Yue Su heard it clearly, and was very satisfied with Tong Xuan's words, and said: "Zeng Youcai, you also heard his words, don't forget them then." Now in front of the house, let's rehearse it. ”
Zeng Youcai was also unable at this time, according to Tong Xuan's appearance, he knocked for a while, and before he could shout the sentence "The military and civilians are waiting to listen", the people watching from the periphery of the second gate already burst into laughter when they saw his appearance. Zeng Youcai was laughed at by everyone, and then he stopped talking, and the officers in the hall at that time were also funny, and some scolded: "You kid is still like this in the hall, are you willing to say it when you go to the street?" I think it's better to ask the adults to cripple you, so that you don't have such a hard time. ”
As soon as Zeng Youcai heard this, he looked up at Yue Su, afraid of being served by the great punishment, and hurriedly begged: "My lord, stop being angry for the time being." I said yes. At that time, he was old and cheeky, and said, "I am..."
When the people outside saw that he was frightened by the servants, their faces turned red and white with fright, and that look was really ugly, and they laughed again, and Zeng Youcai immediately stopped again.
Yue Su gave Tong Zhou a look, Tong Zhou immediately took the leather whip, "crackled" twice on Zeng Youcai's back, and scolded: "You bastard bastard, if others laugh, you stop." Now there are still few people, and when you get on the street, when the gong sounds, people from all over the world come to watch, and there are more people laughing, so you can excuse yourself and not say it, right? After scolding, he rewarded both sides fiercely, and it hurt so much that Zeng Youcai screamed.
Zeng Youcai was really forced to have no choice but to lower his head and say it according to what Tong Zhou taught, and the laughter inside and outside the hall was endless.
Yue Su was amused, but his face was full of seriousness, and he said, "Zhou Bucheng, do you remember the words written on the flag?" ”
If you talk about the public court, there is no laugh just now, except for Yue Su, only this kid is left. He was now embarrassed of himself, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into. Seeing Yue Su asking, no one could hear what he was talking about.
"Now I know that I want to be faced, when I bullied the people, how did I ignore the face of the court. Tong Guan, give him some color and see! Yue Su shouted loudly.
Tong Xuan agreed, held the whip, and walked slowly with a smile on his face. Zhou Bucheng shuddered with fright, and hurriedly said: "Remember, remember......"
"That's right." Yue Su said with a smile: "I'm afraid that it will be boring for you to go alone, even if you recite aloud, the neighbors may not come to help the fun." That's why I brought you a companion and let Zeng Youcai strike the gong, and when the people were full, and then you recited it, won't everyone be able to hear it? He has already acted in the hall just now, and the two of you will perform it together now and show it to the house. ”
After speaking, he ordered Zeng Youcai to beat the gong and sing according to Fang Cai's appearance, Zeng Youcai had no choice, so he stubbornly knocked it again. Zhou Bucheng couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he lowered his head, this kind of ugliness was revealed, he was also a scholar anyway, where would he be willing to read it again.
Yue Su said angrily: "He's already finished, why don't you read it?" ”
Zhou Bucheng didn't speak, just bowed his head and didn't say anything, when Jin Cicada came over, snatched the whip from Tong Zhou's hand, raised his hand and rewarded Zhou Bucheng with a whip, and scolded: "Don't you pretend here, don't you hear what the adults say?" This whip is here, if you don't read it, but you really want to hit it! ”
The whip just now had already cracked the skin of Zhou Bucheng's back, and a long hole was cracked, and the pain was like fire. Now Jin Cicada urged again, making a gesture to fight, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Ask the adults to be gracious to the end, the small ones will definitely change in the future, if they do so, the villain is really ashamed." Ask the adults to let the villains parade the streets, and this confession will be exempted. ”
"This mansion is because you are willing to recite the confession, so you did not serve you severely, and now you have to look forward to Shu, deliberately delaying, it seems that you do not take this mansion in your eyes. Left and right, is the chain of fire ready? Yue Su was intimidated again.
"Right away!" The servant said yes, and immediately went to the back to bring the brazier, made an iron chain, and grilled it on the fire.
Zhou Bucheng saw it in his eyes, he was really scared in his heart, but he really couldn't read it in his mouth, so he had no choice but to say: "My lord and Feng Shangshu are ministers in the same hall, for the sake of Feng Shangshu's thin face, spare the official once, and meet Shangshu in the future." ”
"Smack!" When Yue Su heard this, where could he tolerate it, he knocked on the shocked wood and shouted: "Bastard, how can you bargain with this mansion above the court!" The confession was written by yourself, and you personally agreed to recite it on the street, and now you dare to take Feng Quan to hold the mansion hostage. Come on, let's take twenty boards on his legs first! After saying that, he grabbed the fire pick and smashed it to the ground.
Seeing that Yue Su was really angry, who dared to slack off, the officers on both sides immediately came up and pressed Zhou Bucheng to the ground, lifted the board, and hit his legs. But listening to the sound of crying and shouting, after the twenty boards, Zhou Bucheng was completely paralyzed on the ground, his legs and stomach were bloody.
At this time, the fire chain had already been baked red, and the messenger spread the fire chain under the steps, Yue Su asked again: "Zhou Bucheng, do you read it or not?" If you still don't read it, let you taste this chain of fire again! ”
Zhou Bucheng grinned in pain now, and when he saw the fiery red iron chain on the ground, he almost fainted with fright, gritted his teeth and said, "The little one will never dare to violate it anymore." But now I can't walk, so I ask for your kindness. ”
Yue Su sneered and said, "What's so difficult about this? Then he ordered someone to take a big basket, carried Zhou Bucheng into it and sat inside, planted the flag on the basket, and passed four messengers to be responsible for carrying the basket. Then ordered Tong Xuan and Jin Chan to lead forty messengers, escorted them by the side, and bustled out of the yamen and walked towards the street.
When he arrived at the street, he struck the gong for a while, said those few words, and then ordered Zhou Bucheng to read it on the flag. All the people in the neighborhood clapped their hands and laughed. Some people whispered, saying that such a governor came to Shuntian Mansion, which was really a blessing for the people. There are also unemployed ruffians, as well as young children and children, who don't know the severity, and when they saw the two of them like this, they were even more overjoyed, and they stood up and said with a smile: "Hey, why don't you read it loudly, are you afraid of making a fool of yourself?" You are embarrassed, but I read it for you. ”
Saying that, many children scrambled to be the first to be the last, and shouted for a while. When I turned around, I saw that Zeng Youcai was holding on to the gong, and everyone rushed to grab it, and after snatching it, in Zhou Bucheng's ear, he knocked for a while. Laugh for a while, scold for a while, and read it twice. The people on the street couldn't help but laugh when they saw that so many children were making trouble unreasonably. Tong Xuan and Jin Chan understood what Yue Su meant, firstly, it was spread among the people, so that Feng Quan could not find someone to intercede, and secondly, they did not humiliate this "Longyin Jun" unknowingly, so that he could not grasp the handle.
Although Zhou Bucheng was ashamed in his heart, he wanted to get up to block him, but he couldn't move his legs. Along the way, I walked many neighborhoods, but it happened to be not far from the alley of Feng Quan's house. An errand officer knew that this was Feng Quan's mansion, and whispered to Tong Zhou and Jin Chan, and when the two of them heard it, they were even more happy, and continued to move forward, and asked the messenger to take back the gong from the child's hand, and ordered Zeng Youcai to strike the gong.
Zeng Youcai showed a bitter gourd face and pleaded: "Ladies and gentlemen, can you tolerate some affection, now that I have walked a lot of roads, coupled with the incessant laughter of this class of children, I am already tired and have no strength to knock again." Can you wait until you walk through this alley to continue? ”
"Bastard bastard, you can cover it up, can you know whose head of the house is before? Somewhere else, you may be able to rest for a while, but here you have to knock on it, or you will have another taste of the whip. ”
After speaking, Jin Chan picked up the leather whip and hit Zeng Youcai fiercely.
In front of the Gaomen compound, there was only one family, and some of them knew the way, shouted and took the lead in running towards the head of his house.
The family inside, without knowing what was going on, opened the door and was about to come out to watch, when they heard a child shouting, "Come and see, someone is reading something nice." ”
When the people of Fengfu saw this, they hurried out to take a look, and some of them knew Zeng Youcai and Zhou Bucheng, and saw that one of them was escorted by the servants of Shuntianfu and forced him to beat the gong, and the other was still sitting in the basket. I once saw the people from the Feng Mansion come out, and I felt very embarrassed at the moment, and a few of them knew each other, and they immediately wanted to say hello and help intercede.
Who knows that the people of Fengfu, because the old man has always been extremely arrogant after becoming the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as soon as he saw the master's cousin and Zeng Youcai, they were all angry, "Damn, the little Shuntianfu played a prestige and actually came to our house, and I didn't inquire, what kind of character is our master!" ”
"It's not, now that everyone has hit the door, everyone is still stupid what to do, let's go up together and snatch people back!" Among the domestic servants, there is a younger brother of Zeng Youcai, whose name is Zeng Youlu, this kid is a steward in the Feng Mansion, and he is responsible for all the affairs of the front gatehouse. Seeing this scene, his lungs almost exploded, and he commanded the evil servants to rush up. "Grandma, you bastards are really blind, and you don't pay a visit, what did I do with Youlu. Even my brother dared to bully, and those who knew each other quickly left people behind and got out of here! ”