In the early morning, as soon as the sky was bright, a two-horse carriage rushed out of the newly opened city gate of Wan'an County with a gust of wind, and galloped towards Baijia Town.

The chauffeur was skilled, and the carriage was fast, but the bumps in the car were not very violent.

The old lady of the Xu family was sitting in the carriage at this moment, and the seat was padded with a thick layer of cotton, which made the whole chair a lot more comfortable to sit on.

Old Lady Xu's face looked a little gloomy at the moment. From time to time, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes. If the old man of the Xu family who is familiar with Mrs. Xu sees it, he will know that this is Mrs. Xu, and he is really angry.

Old lady Xu was really angry. Two days ago, Mrs. Xu personally arranged for Tie Si to take Xu Liang, who was locked up in the county office, back to Xu Mansion to prepare for the exam. Therefore, after arranging these, Mrs. Xu set off with confidence and went to Tianhu Mountain Courtyard to escape the summer.

Who knew that he had just stayed in the courtyard for one night, and the next day, a member of the Xu Mansion came to sue him, and Xu Liang asked the eldest lady to be locked up in the room.

Old lady Xu was so angry that she flipped the table and scolded the woman for bad things! In fact, Mrs. Xu is not blind in both eyes, and he sees how the eldest lady treats Xu Liang, but he takes into account the face of the big house, and has always opened one eye and closed one eye, and has not interfered much, but now it is the triennial Autumn Festival, how many famous families and eunuch families have to concentrate on cultivating the children who are qualified to participate in the Autumn Festival, and strive to be able to raise people in the Autumn Festival, first, to glorify the lintel, and secondly, to enhance the prestige and status of the entire family. You must know that in the eyes of the world, the status of farmers and businessmen, and businessmen is the last, although the Xu family has accumulated a lot of family property over the years, but its status in society is not high.

At this time, if there are one or two people in the Xu Mansion who can raise people and enter the Shi or something, it will undoubtedly be a relief in the snow for the current Xu Mansion, which is of great significance.

That's why the old lady was anxious to send someone to pick Xu Liang out of prison.

However, this Xu Yang clan did not know the severity of Xu Liang to the Siguo room, the eldest lady's mind is for the old lady, needless to say, you can guess that the Xu Mansion has two places today, Xu Jiang and Xu Liang. If Xu Liang is brought into the thinking room, the probability of Xu Jiang being alone will be much greater. It's really long hair, short knowledge, mouse eyes, and no overall situation at all!

Old lady Xu suddenly appeared outside Siguo's room early in the morning, startling the two family members who were napping.

"Open the door!" Old lady Xu shouted expressionlessly.

The two guards did not dare to slack off, and opened the door respectfully, and when the old lady entered the room, he had to carefully close the door.

"Get out!" Old lady Xu shouted. The two family members didn't dare to let one fart go, so they ran out with a rolling belt.

Xu Liang was also awakened by that shout, and he got up to meet an old man with white hair, long beard, and a black jade cane in his hand, with a stern face. Knowing that it was the savior that the old lady had arrived, he saluted respectfully at the moment: "Xu Liang has seen the old lady!" ”

When the old lady entered the room, he saw more than a dozen books scattered on the table, and was stunned for a while, and then a trace of appreciation flashed on his face, he looked at Xu Liang for a long time, and asked in a deep voice: "You have been thinking about the room for three days, and you have been reading books?" ”

"Yes!" Xu Liang knew that whether he could go out or not depended on this old man, so he replied with a well-behaved and humble look.

"Good! Good! Good! Old lady Xu stroked her long beard, said three good words in a row, and walked out of the room without saying a word.

After half a cup of tea, Xu Liang saw that Tietou had brought two little guys, and went into the house with a smile to pack up his things and take Xu Liang back to his residence.

Xu Liang thought about it, grabbed the iron head, pointed to the two little guys who were carrying half a bag of books, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Tietou stretched out his two hands and shouted: "Young master, now you are developed!" Just now, Old Lady Xu made a speech in the main hall of the Xu family, and no one is allowed to embarrass you in the future, including the eldest lady! The young master's treatment is the same as that of the young master Jiang! ”

Xu Liang was surprised when he heard this, "And then specially arranged for these two people to come with me?" ”

The iron head nodded violently, and shook his head violently, looking at Xu Liang confused.

Tietou's face turned red, and he shouted strangely: "Young master, there are more than these two," he pointed at the tip of his nose and said urgently: "And me, oh, and Yahuan Yun'er and Xiu'er!" ”

Xu Liang patted his head speechlessly, and he was also very happy in his heart, and secretly said Could it be that Lao Tzu was thinking about the acting skills of the room just now, and he was moved by the old lady? This, this happiness came too quickly, right?

Xu Liang immediately let the two young guys who were newly assigned to his name carry the bag and go first, walking in the middle by himself, and the iron head followed behind. When he passed by the door of the tent house, Xu Liang slapped his forehead again, secretly screamed ashamed, and instructed Tie Tou: "Ah Tie, let's not go back to the residence first, you go to the tent to pay some silver, we have to go to Wan'an County first." ”

The iron head blinked his eyes and asked, "Young master, how much silver do you have to pay?" ”

Xu Liang waved his hand, "Just let them take out the ninety-six taels of silver that I took out last time!" ”

Tietou glared, and said, "Young master, this, I want so much, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it......"

Xu Liang glared when he heard this, and shouted loudly into the courtyard of the tent: "You just have to ask for it, if they don't give it, hum, I can't say that Young Master Ben will have to fan people back!" ”

"Howler!" The iron head answered in a loud voice, and entered the courtyard of the tent with his head held high.

As expected, the iron head came out of the tent with the silver in his arms.

With the heavy silver in his hand, Xu Liang felt very confident.

The two entered the city, Xu Liang bought a whole roast chicken, a plate of cold beef, and a pot of spirits, and went to the county jail. The jailer who guarded actually had some impressions of Xu Liang. After Xu Liang stuffed a tael of silver into his hand, the jailer smiled very kindly and personally took Xu Liang to the prison.

Xu Liang followed the jailer to the damp and dark stone steps that he had just walked a few days earlier.

"Young Master Xu, which one do you want to see?" The jailer who led the way asked as he walked, and his right hand rattled the iron keys behind his waist, "But don't worry, as long as you are in this prison, you can see any of them!" ”

Xu Liang was surprised when he heard this, "You are polite, will this cause inconvenience to the poor master?" ”

When the jailer heard this, he turned around and slapped his chest loudly, and hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, hehe, in our area, this little convenience is still the master." Besides, the little one is a kind-faced person at first glance, and he will never cause trouble to the little one. ”

Xu Liang knew that it was the one or two pieces of silver that played a role, so he immediately said, "Then there is a poor man, in fact, this son came today to meet the ** thief Zhang San'er who was locked in three days ago." ”

The jailer sighed, stopped, and said with a very regretful expression: "It's really unfortunate that Gongzi Ye came, that Zhang San'er was sent to Liaodong early yesterday morning along with a few prisoners who were sent to Liaodong. If you had come a day earlier, you might have seen you again, but now, I'm afraid that everyone has left Ji'an Mansion. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, looked at the darkness in the prison in a daze, and asked in disbelief: "Can the poor master figure it out, was that Zhang San'er really sent to Liaodong?" ”

Seeing Xu Liang's appearance, he guessed that Xu Liang and Zhang San'er were mostly acquainted, so he hurriedly walked a few steps, raised the lantern in his hand and shone at an empty cell, and said: "The little one will never be mistaken, you see, the cell where Zhang San'er was held before is empty." ”

Xu Liang looked at the empty cell blankly for a while, his mood was very heavy, he thought that he would be able to fish out Huang Ziren if he brought money, so that he would have a companion in the future, and he would not be too lonely. Liaodong, hey, Liaodong! As for Huang Ziren, a rich child who was born with fine clothes and fine food, he was sent to the place where he fought almost every day in Liaodong, which can be described as dead and alive.

Since then, there is only one modern person left in this world, and there is a vast sea of people, and I can't even find a person who can understand my own words.

Thinking of this, Xu Liang's hatred for the eldest lady couldn't help but deepen.

"Childe? Childe? Do you still see it? Seeing that Xu Liang had not spoken for a long time, the jailer on the side couldn't help but ask.

"I don't look at it. Everyone is gone, what else is there to see. Xu Liang smiled miserably, looked at the chicken liquor in his hand, and pushed it into the jailer's hand, "These, you can take them and eat them, I don't need them!" ”

"Gee, what's so embarrassing? The little one thanked Gongye, thank Gongye! The jailer took the wine and meat, and smiled.

Xu Liang left the county office in despair, and the iron head was already waiting outside, he greeted him and said: "Young master, I inquired clearly, the woman Zhang Ye bullied is surnamed Miao, and she is the daughter-in-law of a farmer in Miaojia Village in the south of the city, I probed the tone of her man, as long as we pay twelve taels of silver, they will go to the county government to withdraw the paper, and Zhang Ye will be able to release it......"

"It's useless!" Xu Liang interrupted, "How can you release the people who have already been sent to Liaodong!" ”

"Huh?" Tietou didn't expect such a result, and his face was full of surprise.

On the street of the county seat, Xu Liang walked in a low mood, and he didn't know how to comfort him with his head hanging down. When passing by a restaurant, he could hear the noise inside, and Xu Liang stopped to look.

I saw two men dressed in the courtyard dragged a ragged woman out of the threshold of the restaurant, the two of them shook together, accompanied by a crisp scream, the woman was thrown out of the threshold, fell to the ground, the woman screamed in pain, struggled and stood up again, knelt down in front of the door, kowtowed and begged: "Uncle, you can do it, give me a few pennies, woo, I have eaten five steamed buns according to your instructions, you can't talk and don't count, woo ......"

The two guards guarded the door, and one of them stretched out a foot, stepped on the woman's hand supporting the ground, and twisted it a few times, causing the woman to twitch in pain, but the woman still kowtowed and begged, and did not retract her hand.

The nurse scolded: "Stinky girl, dare to go away, don't disturb our master's interest in lunch!" ”

The woman raised her head and said firmly: "If you don't give me the money, I won't leave if I die!" ”

"Yo ho!" The nurse rolled up his sleeves and scolded the woman: "Are you still energetic?" You don't want to think about it, what is your identity as a beggar, and what is the identity of our master? My lord is pitiful to you, and specially rewards you with a few steamed buns to eat, saying that if you eat a few steamed buns, you will be rewarded with a few pennies, which is to tease you, are you really serious? Dare to go away, don't go, beware of letting you taste the benefits of the uncle's fist! ”

said, the nursing home raised his fist and was about to step forward to hit someone. Xu Liang's heart hung when he saw it. Most of the people around to watch the excitement also showed unbearable expressions.

"What for?" At this moment, a loud shout of reprimand came.

Everyone followed the sound and saw that a tall catcher was followed by four fast knifemen. I don't know who shouted: "Look, it's Xing Zhutou who is here." ”

A few people who knew Xing Zhutou on the side nodded and shouted, "Xing Zhutou is good!" ”

The nurse who was going to beat someone also withdrew his hand, and a smirk appeared on his face, "I've seen Xing Zhutou." ”

Xu Liang also recognized it at this time, this Xing catcher was the catcher surnamed Xing who put Huang Ziren in prison that day.

Xing Zhutou stood forward with a golden knife, and the four fast knife men naturally stood on both sides, hiding Xing Zhutou in the middle.

"What's going on? Who told you to hit someone in broad daylight? Xing Zhutou stared at the two courtyards and said in a cold voice.

The nurse's face was dumbfounded, and he didn't speak.

Xing Zhutou no longer took care of the nursing home, squatted down to help the woman up, and asked in a harmonious voice, "This girl, you tell me what happened." ”

When the woman saw that it was Xing Zhutou of Wan'an County, her face showed a bit of hope, and she immediately told the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that the woman's name was Feng Suqin, and she had fled to Wan'an County with her mother for more than half a year, and she didn't want her mother to go out to beg for food a few days ago and suffered from heat stroke, and she had no money for treatment. However, Wan'an County has always been not very wealthy, the people see her dressed as a foreigner, and they are not very willing to give her alms, Feng Suqin begged all over Wan'an County and only asked for three or four dollars, passing by this restaurant happened to be seen by the local rich man Xie Maocai, who was eating in the restaurant, Xie Da Rich Lord was worried that there was no place to spend time, and made a bet with Feng Suqin at the moment, Miss Feng gnawed a steamed bun, and he paid a penny. Miss Feng was eager to save her mother, and she couldn't care about anything else at the moment, so she just ate five big steamed buns raw, but when she asked Xie Cai for money again, Xie Maocai turned his face and refused to admit the bet. The two sides argued, and there was a scene that Xu Liang had just seen.

Xing Zhutou's face was also blue after hearing this, and he shouted at the restaurant: "Thank you, rich man!" My old Xing has been standing outside for a long time, and you haven't come out yet, do you want me to go in and invite you? ”

"Ouch, it's coming!" Xie Maocai, who was dressed in a blue robe, walked out with a round belly and shook like a duck. As soon as he came out, he gave up his hand again and again, "Oh, why did you alarm Xing Zhutou," he patted the head of the nursing home on the side and scolded: "Things that don't have long eyesight, master, I just want to make a little joke with this girl, do you two really think I will pay the bill?" I think that I Xie Maocai is also a figure with a head and a face in this Wan'an City, how can I be reluctant to give up the five copper coins? Why don't you give money soon?! ”

Seeing that the nursing home took out five cents and handed it to Miss Feng, the rich man immediately put on a sincere smile, "Xing Zhutou, you see this matter, hehe, it's better to meet by chance, Lao Xie invited Xing Zhutou and the four poor masters to have a light meal, the braised pork in this restaurant is a must in Wan'an City, Xing Zhutou, come in and try it?" ”

Xing Zhutou didn't buy the account of the rich man Xie, looked at him coldly, and said: "Xing is on official business, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, I said that the rich man Xie, when you have money, you should think about how to accumulate virtue, what kind of ability is it to bully a weak woman?" With that, he walked away with four of his men.

"Yes, yes, yes, Xing Zhutou scolded yes," Xie Caizhu saw sweat on his head unconsciously, bowed his waist and waited for Xing Zhutou to walk away before he straightened up, glared at the beggar Feng Suqin who was shrunk to the side, and snorted coldly: "Go back and continue drinking, it's really fucking unlucky!" ”

Xie Caizhu re-entered the restaurant, the excitement was gone, and the crowd gradually dispersed. Feng Suqin clenched the five cents she had gotten, thinking that it was not enough for medicine, so she continued to beg along the street.

Xu Liang looked at Feng Suqin's distant back, thought about saying hello to Tietou, and followed closely.

"Miss Feng, please stay!"

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