The boss smashed his mouth and said: "Miss, this piano is made of good ancient paulownia wood, just this paulownia wood has to risk your life in the deep mountains and old forests I don't know how long to find, you look at this string, each is 36 black gold silk entangled, a penny is a penny, such a high-quality piano, to you twenty taels is not much."

The girl laughed silently, with a shallow smile on her cheeks, which looked extremely moving, her red lips were slightly open, and her teeth were like arcs, and that kind of beauty was Yang Ling, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but feel excited, the girl turned her head to look at him, obviously knowing that he was peeking at herself, but there was no displeasure in her expression.

The girl turned her head to look at her brother with a smile, and suddenly said a string of words that Yang Ling didn't understand, and the sturdy young man also replied with a similar pronunciation, the girl shook her head and said to the boss: "Boss, I sincerely want to buy your piano, this chicken song post is not willing to spend so much money to buy this piano except me, so let's do it, fifteen taels, if you are willing, I will do your business."

The white-haired old man smacked his mouth again, nodded and said, "Okay, the goods are sold to the family, since the young lady said so, then this old man will sell it to you."

The girl smiled slightly, reached into her arms and took out a purse, poured out a bead from it, put it in the palm of her white and tender little hand, held it in front of the boss and said: "Okay, here is a good Hepu pearl, even if it is put in a small place, it is worth eighteen taels of silver, I will exchange this bead for your piano, you don't need to find money, and then give me a piano case."

At that time, although there was gold and silver, as well as Daming treasure banknotes in circulation, barter was still very popular among the people, so the girl's behavior was not surprising. The old man took the beads, squinted his eyes and looked at the sun, it was indeed a fine pearl, this girl used such a good bead to exchange for his piano, this business is indeed not a loss.

However, the old man looked at the pearl greedily again, and secretly calculated: although this chicken song post is very prosperous for businessmen from south to north, but it is not a good place to do musical instrument business.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, this bead has to find a way to sell it, the brother and sister don't recognize themselves, they are definitely not locals, and the accent that listens to Fang just spoke seems to be someone outside the gate, maybe they are passing by here, if they ignore her bead in vain, they can earn back the loss of their own business.

Thinking of this, the old man was greedy, bent his fingers, slid the bead down his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Miss, I only need to trade this piano in cash, if you really want to buy it, take the silver."

The girl pursed her lips when she heard this, thinking that the money on her body was not enough for these amounts, she paused and said: "You boss, you are obviously giving you a cheap deal, and you have to push it back, it's okay, I won't buy it."

The old man blinked slyly, made a stunned expression and said, "Beads? What beads? You came to my shop to buy something, and you didn't come to sell anything, how have I ever seen any beads from you? ”

"What?" The girl's face turned red, and she slapped the counter angrily and said angrily, "Why are you so unreasonable? Want to rely on my beads? ”

When her brother heard this, he was furious, and grabbed the thin old man, and even forcibly lifted him out of the counter, and scolded angrily: "Fuck, you dare to rely on my sister's things, are you easy to bully when I am Maang?" Old dog, return the beads."

The boss immediately opened his throat and howled: "Robbers, beating people, the neighbors have come to see it, my old Wang Tou has always done business fairly, Tong Su is not bullied, outsiders come to bully people."

He saw that Yang Ling was dressed as a local, at that time, the concept of local people was very heavy, and the typical help relatives did not help, thinking about this shouting neighbors all came to him, plus this local testified, the outsiders could only eat a dumb and leave with hatred, it was really bad that they still had two sons, are they still afraid of their outsiders?

The young man who called himself Maang was even more furious, and he raised his hand angrily to fight, and scolded in his mouth: "Destroy the old dog, it is really too deceitful! ”

At this time, the curtain was lifted behind, and a strong man in his early forties with a beard rushed out, and when he saw this situation, he roared, punched him violently, and said viciously: "Let go of my father, where did the little rabbit cub come from, and he came to the door of my king's house."

The strong man seems to have a lot of strength, this punch is vigorous, Ma Ang smiled contemptuously, his arm raised, the big horse monkey-like old man was thrown away by him, he stood there and did not move, only stretched out a hand, "snapped" and grasped the strong man's fist, the five fingers closed and slowly tightened, the strong man screamed in pain, he choked his wrist, and knelt down in pain.

Ma Ang sneered: "Do you want to pretend to be a thief who blocks the road and robs? Is this the only thing that has the strength? ”

The old man was slapped twice by him by the collar, this one was thrown away, he pointed at Maang and shouted more vigorously, but he screamed twice, and suddenly his face turned red, and he gasped for a few breaths, and his body suddenly withered to the ground and lost his breath.

Ma Ang grabbed the strong man's wrist and was about to play majestic, and the neighbors and neighbors of the storefront on the left and right had already heard the sound and gathered around, and someone helped the old man up, and suddenly shouted: "Wang San'er, come and see your father, the old man is no good."

Ma Ang turned his head to look, only to see that the shopkeeper who saw the wealth was pale, and he was softly held in his arms motionless, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, and his hand couldn't help but let go.

The strong man named Wang San'er hurriedly grabbed Lao Tzu and probed his nose, but he had no breath at all, and he couldn't help but wail immediately, and said with tears in his eyes: "Dad, pity you for your great age, you were beaten to death by thieves, Dad."

At this time, a man of the same age jumped out of the back door, and a group of women and children followed behind, and it seemed that the people of the Wang family ran out when they heard the sound. Ma Ang originally thought that this family was going to pretend to be dead and deceitful, so he just sneered and said nothing, but when he saw their family surrounding their father and grandfather crying and screaming, his face couldn't help but change color, and his heart became timid.

He quietly pulled his sister's sleeve, glanced at her, grabbed her wrist and was about to go out, where are the people of the Wang family willing to put it, hula la surrounded a group of yelling, pushing and shoving, in the chaos someone went outside to call two street patrol officials, I heard that it was a big case of killing people, and the two officials did not dare to slack off, do not follow the neighbors to break into the store and shout: "Where is the murderer?" ”

This chicken song post was originally because of the post into a city, not a county seat, but the military status here is important, plus this is an important post for the transit of merchants, rich in taxes, so there is also a county governance department, management of a radius of dozens of miles, but this county is relatively small, the county order is from the seven products of the official.

Ma Ang saw that the official was coming, and he didn't have the courage to kill the official and rebel, so he didn't dare to make it again, and the son of the owner of the musical instrument shop pointed at him and said, "It's him, it's this thief who killed my father."

Ma Ang said a little angrily: "I don't, this boss is old, and my beads have been exposed by me, and he has fainted in shame and anger, and died of anger and blood, what does it have to do with me?" ”

How can a murderer say that if you don't kill someone, you will release them? The two officials paid no attention to what he shouted, and one of them tore off a thin iron chain from his waist, and put it on his head with a loud bang, put it on his shoulder, wiped his two arms, and tied him firmly, and the other held a waist knife, and if he dared to resist, he would be stabbed in the head.

After tying up Ma Ang, the Yacha pulled the chain and shouted: "I have something to say to the master, go!" I said Lao Wang's family, don't cry, take your father to the yamen and say, all the neighbors please go to witness together."

The girl was so anxious that tears rolled in her eyes, seeing that her brother was about to be tied up, she hurriedly stretched out her hand and pointed at Yang Ling, who had been silent and coldly watching, and said, "My brother didn't kill anyone, this person has been present, he can testify."

Yang Ling has been watching from the side, although this Ma Ang is young and vigorous, but that old guy is ignorant of people and property, and he can really be regarded as an old thief. Looking at his situation, it is estimated that he has some kind of problem such as cerebral hemorrhage and heart disease, and he was beaten and scolded by Ma Ang, angry and anxious, and emotional, but he lost a pearl and took his life.

When the yacha who pressed the knife heard this, he had already half stepped out of the store, and came back stiffly, and said with a smile: "In this case, please go back with us to make a personal testimony."

Seeing that the beautiful girl was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and her face was full of pleading, Yang Ling's heart softened, so he nodded. The group came to the county yamen, the eldest grandson of the Wang family went up to beat the drum and voice the grievances, and the county magistrate Min Wenjian hurriedly put on his official robe and went to the court to ask about the case.

Don't look at the seven county orders on the stage, they are usually the smallest officials, it seems that a character can twist him to death with one finger, in fact, the county order is much more powerful than the current county party secretary, he is also the director of the county industrial and commercial bureau, the director of the financial bureau, the director of the tax bureau, the president of the court, the director of the public security and many other positions.

This Min County Commander was different from most of the civil officials who were born as jinshi and people, he was originally a guerrilla general in the border army, and because of the special geographical location of Jimingyi, he was sent here to manage both literature and martial arts.

Yang Ling was really surprised to see that the county magistrate was actually a black-faced man with a beard on his face, this county magistrate from a military attache had been in the civil service for two years, and he knew some rules.

Looking at this time, this brother and sister are not pedestrians passing by, but the sons and daughters of Lord Yicheng Ma, who just took office yesterday. Yicheng is also an official under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, but the Jiming Post is because of the post city, and the local Yicheng is in charge of the hundred and ten people, and it belongs to the military post system, but it has actually become the same level as the Min County Order.

Last night, Min County Ling just participated in Ma Yicheng's banquet, and he also saw his son and lady at the banquet, and he had the heart to excuse them, but killing people is not a trivial matter, although the beads were found from the dead body, and he was confirmed to be ignorant of people's property, but it is also a fact that he died on the spot.

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