For the pension of ten taels of silver, the vast majority of the families who lost the girl accepted it. There are exceptions, such as the old grandson.

Xu Liang confidently assured Wang Zhixian that during Wang Zhixian's preliminary examination, Jianchang County would never fly or jump without dogs, but only one day later, the official in charge of distributing the pension came back to report a bad news to Xu Liang, and the old grandson of Hengfeng Town refused to accept the pension.

Xu Liang was very annoyed and rushed to Hengfeng Town in person to understand the situation.

Hengfeng's lieutenant personally accompanied Xu Liang to the old grandson's house.

The old grandson is nearly sixty years old, not tall, more than six meters tall, with a leaning back, lean and lean, but his eyes are a little fierce, he saw the master of Jianchang County and the local governor, and he did not see the courtesy, and stopped in front of the courtyard door with his neck stalked, and smoked two puffs of welding smoke from time to time.

Xu Liang saw the virtue of the old grandson, and secretly said that this person must be more difficult to deal with.

Li Chang was angry and shouted: "Old Sun Tou, this is Lord Xu, the chief bookkeeper, who came to understand the situation, what is the matter with your pestle at the door?" ”

Lao Sun Tou's eyes dodged, and he let the courtyard door open, and then let Xu Liang into the courtyard.

The old grandson shouted: "It's been almost a month since the eldest girl of my family disappeared, and the county didn't give an explanation, and I sent silver in vain, and I couldn't accept this silver, and if I did, I wouldn't be able to say it clearly." ”

Xu Liang stood still in the courtyard, and he didn't plan to enter the hall, and saw the second daughter and son of the old grandson's family behind the door of the house holding on to the door of the hall and secretly looking at Xu Liang curiously.

Xu Liang said: "Old Sun, extinguish the fire, this official came today to understand the situation, and he didn't say that he forced you to accept the pension money." ”

The old man stared at the ground and remained silent.

When the chief saw it, he was about to get angry again, Xu Liang waved his hand to stop it, he picked up a small wooden stool in the courtyard and sat down, pointed at the old grandson, and said with a smile: "Come, old grandson, don't stand, find a place to sit, the official will talk to you." ”

Seeing Xu Liang's kind face, the old grandson didn't have the pretense of being an official, his face softened slightly, and he found a sawn firewood and sat down.

Seeing that Shangguan was sitting, it was not a matter for him to stand alone, so he had no choice but to pick a clean stool, patted it carefully with his hand, and sat down as well.

Xu Liang pointed to the inside of the hall and asked, "Old Sun, are your children in the house just now?" ”

"Well, back to the adult," the old grandson said, "My eldest daughter is gone, and now only the second daughter and son are left." ”

"Oh, what the hell about the kid? Why didn't you see it? ”

"Alas, don't mention it," the old grandson took a puff of cigarette with a bitter face, spit out a smoke ring, and said, "The year before last, the river was swollen and washed away. ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this to be the case, he shouted outside the courtyard: "Ah Liang, bring the string of wax meat brought by the official." Ding Aliang came in with a string of wax meat, Xu Liang motioned for him to hand it over to the old grandson, and said with a smile: "This official came today, thinking of visiting, how can I bring some greeting gifts, the wax meat bought on the street, old grandson, be careful, don't be polite." ”

When the old grandson saw the skewer of wax meat that was more than ten catties, he got up in a panic and said, "How embarrassing is this?" Adults think too highly of me. As he spoke, he reached out and took the wax in his hand, and carried it into the hall.

When the old grandson came out and sat down again, he held a plate of fried peanuts in his hand, put it in front of Xu Liang, rubbed his hands and said: "There is nothing to entertain at home, the peanuts that were just fried the day before yesterday, adults try them." ”

Xu Liang was not polite, grabbed a handful and peeled it in his hand to eat, and said to the man who was sitting on the side: "You can also taste it, the peanuts of Lao Sun's family are quite fragrant." ”

When the chief heard this, he also grabbed it and put it in his hand.

Xu Liang chatted with Lao Sun Tou for a while, and then turned the topic to the matter of pensions.

"Old Sun, there have been many cases of disappearance in Jianchang County one after another, and the county and the official have attached great importance to it, and they have been thoroughly investigated for half a month, although there are some eyebrows, but they have not found any exact clues."

The old grandson was stunned for a long time, and said: "What more clues, Jianchang County is a big palm, except for the Tiger Gang, who else can there be?" ”

Xu Liangyi frowned and said, "You are all guessing, the yamen can't rely on guessing to handle the case, there must be evidence." The official is also suspicious of them, isn't this, forcing them to come up with some money to compensate the families of those who have lost their daughters a few days ago? ”

The old grandson glared and said: "My lord, it's not that I don't believe you, I have heard about it, the patrol battalion arrested hundreds of people from the Tiger Gang in one go, but in the end they were all released!" ”

Xu Liang's face suddenly changed, and he said sharply: "Who did you listen to when you said this?" The arrest of the patrol battalion was entirely because the LTTE gathered a crowd to fight in Zhiwei Building, disrupting the peace, and had nothing to do with the disappearance case. ”

The old grandson shrank his head when he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he muttered something, the voice was too small, but Xu Liang didn't hear it.

Xu Liang slowed down his tone and said, "Old Sun, don't listen to other people's nonsense. Right now, your eldest girl is gone, but your second girl and son are still there, you have to look forward. I heard that your boys are sixteen this year, right? ”

"I'm seventeen years old after the New Year." The old grandson said.

"That's it." Xu Liang slapped his palms and said with some confidence: "According to the official, you should take the ten taels of pension silver first, with this money, what should you do?" Did the son marry a daughter-in-law? ”

"I didn't ...... The family is poor, and people don't look down on it. When the old man talked about his son, he was helpless.

"What do you want me to say about you?" Xu Liang looked at the look of hatred that iron is not steel, nodded at the old grandson, and scolded: "With these ten taels of silver, you can marry your son as a daughter-in-law, and you can renew the incense to your old grandson's family as soon as possible." The days to come may be better. ”

The old grandson hung his head, and only after a while did he mutter: "I haven't been able to continue the string myself, can I still take care of him?" ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh. The lieutenant glared and scolded: "You rammer, you are nearly sixty years old, the loess is almost buried in your neck, and you still have a fart string!" ”

The old man was not stunned, he raised his head and glared and shouted, "Why can't I continue the strings?" Zhang Yuanwai in the east of the town is eighty years old, he walks shakingly, and he took a concubine last month? I can't compare to him with this body? ”

The chief was angry, turned his head and said, "You can, I'm too lazy for you to say." ”

Xu Liang smiled: "Eh, there's nothing wrong with Lao Sun having this idea. ”

When the old grandson heard Xu Liang's affirmation, he glanced at the elder in his eyes proudly, rubbed his hands and said, "My lord, I won't tell you, my eldest girl is really good-looking, with big watery eyes, but she can follow her mother." If you can marry a rich and noble family in peace, the glorious gift money is more than ten taels......"

Only then did Xu Liang understand that this old man was not distressed about his daughter, but because he hated the lack of money!

Xu Liang shook his head lightly and said to the old grandson: "Well, according to your family's situation, ten taels of bereavement silver is less, but this bereavement standard has been set and cannot be added." In this way, the official has been bothering Lao Sun for a while today, and he can also talk to Lao Sun, and the official will take out another ten taels privately, and he will be the congratulatory gift money for Lao Sun to marry the bride, what do you think? ”

"This, how can this work...... How embarrassing is that? "The old grandson eats authentically.

Xu Liang smiled and motioned for Ah Liang to take out the silver.

After twenty taels were heavy, the silver of the white flowers was in his hand, and the old grandson's face suddenly bloomed with joy. He kicked up on the ground and shouted to the hall: "Erya, go to get two jars of rice wine under the bed in Daddy's house, Lord Xu is a distinguished guest, you have to entertain ...... well."

Xu Liang stayed at the old grandson's house until noon, and then went home.

Walking halfway back to Jianchang County, Xu Liang was uneasy for a while, and searched in the sedan chair for a long time before finding the crux of the problem, which turned out to be holding urine.

"Stop the sedan chair, this official has something important to do!"

"Young master, what do you want to do, just tell Ah Liang to do it, you don't have to get off the sedan chair yourself." Outside the sedan car, Jia Ding Aliang pleases the authentic.

"You can't do that!" Xu Liang shouted, walked out of the sedan chair, rushed to the back of the bushes on the side of the road, looked at the terrain, and couldn't help but secretly say a bad breath, only to see that the seniors had left a bag of "explosives" at his feet, and from the blackened color, it had been two or three days.

Xu Liang pinched his nose and turned around several bushes before he found a satisfactory place.

After a period of comfort, Xu Liang walked back with a relaxed face.

Yes! Suddenly, a scream came from the direction of the sedan car. Xu Liang was shocked, sped up his pace and ran out of the avenue, raised his eyes, and couldn't help but gasp.

I saw four black-clothed masked men holding bright long knives, surrounding the sedan chair, beside the sedan chair, two sedan chair men were lying on the ground in a pool of blood, and the other two did not know where to go. Jia Ding Aliang held his hand on his bloody chest and sat down on the ground.

Ah Liang was the first to spot Xu Liang running on the avenue, and shouted, "Young master, run." He jumped forward and hugged the thigh of a man in black. His shout startled the four men in black, and two of them slashed out with long knives, rolled up the sedan curtain and saw that the sedan was empty. When I turned around again, I saw Xu Liangxu, the chief secretary of Jianchang County, rolling up his robe, deviating from the avenue, and running away.

I'm cāo! Xu Liang scolded while running. He couldn't help but escape, although he had also trained with the officers and soldiers in the patrol camp for nearly a month, but first, the time was still short, and there was no effect, second, Xu Liang's body was thin and weak, and his body was much stronger after some training, but to fight with the four gangsters empty-handed, Xu Liang was still very self-aware, and Xu Liang would not do this kind of death-seeking thing.

Yes, he fled.

Xu Liang fled in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, killing Shui Kou Sun Yihu, but Sun Yihu was seriously injured at that time, and Xu Liang still had two catchers around him. This time it was even more dangerous, two of the four palanquin men who went out with him were already lying there, and the other two were probably fleeing, although there was a loyal family Ding Aliang, but this would have died a long time ago.

Grandma's, when Lao Tzu escapes, you have to hold revenge! Xu Liang secretly swore an oath.

Xu Liang ran all the way, fortunately, his body was already much stronger, although the inside of his chest seemed to explode, and his feet were as heavy as lead, but fortunately, Xu Liang ran when he saw the opportunity, and although the distance between the two black-clothed people in front was constantly shortening, he still didn't catch up for a while.

Suddenly, Xu Liangsheng paused, and a big river crossed in front of him, blocking the way. Xu Liang looked back at the two black-clothed men chasing after him, and smiled miserably.

The two black-clothed men also saw the big river, twenty steps away from Xu Liang, both of them paused, their long knives on the ground, bent over and gasped for breath, and one of them laughed strangely: "You run, why don't you run?" Haha, you can't run away, right? ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Xu Liang's mouth, and he secretly said that Lao Tzu was drowned, and he would not be a ghost under the knife. With a horizontal heart and a stomp of his feet, Xu Liang planted himself towards the boiling river.

Seeing this, the two black-clothed men scolded, and hurriedly ran to the river, only to see Xu Liang in the river diving into the water, swimming to the other side of the river, after a while, Xu Liang's head poked out of the water, splashed a splash, and dived down again.

Looking from the riverbank, I saw a dark shadow in the water swimming farther and farther away.

"Why don't you chase?" A man in black asked.

"Why don't you chase it?" Another asked rhetorically.

"I ...... No water. ”

"Well, I don't know how to water."

The two men in black looked at each other with wide eyes.

After a while, the other two men in black ran to the river. One of them shouted, "What about people? Lose someone? ”

The man in black who arrived first pointed to the river and said, "Chief, he jumped into the river." We won't be able to ......."

The leader of the man in black jumped to his feet and scolded: "Waste, a pair of waste!" ”