At this time, it was the time of the license, and the sun was scorching, so everyone was at home to rest and cool, so as to wait for the sun to be a little weaker, and then go to the fields to farm.

It's just that unlike the silent Dongxi Village, Xixi Village, which is across the stream, is much more popular.

At this time, Xixi Village is very different from before. Thinking about this lakeside village, it takes half an hour to gallop to the county seat on horseback, and ordinary people have nothing to do with where they will run this way, and they have not seen a fresh face in this village for a long time. It's just that since this year, this village has become lively, not only have there been more relatives, but even the mother-in-law who said the matchmaker is also running here in a pile.

Now the young man who has not yet married in Xixi Village is pretty in this ten miles and eight towns. The big girl in the surrounding village who has not yet come out of the cabinet is willing to marry here, why? Not only can I eat enough, but I can also bring some food and broken silver back to my parents' house every once in a while. I only look at those neighbors who don't have daughters at home, or whose daughters have married early.

Gossip, and said that at this time, two middle-aged men came in from the entrance of the village, and when they saw that these two people didn't ask for directions, they walked inside.

"Old lady, rest first, don't get the sun on this hot day, I'll come to see the old man when I'm free!" I only heard a man say goodbye very politely at this time. After the man finished speaking, he waved his hand into the house, and then he came out, and as soon as he went out, he bumped into two people, and the man saw this and said: "Chao Baozheng, rare guest!" ”

The two people who came were Chao Gai and Wu Yong, and I saw Chao Gai arching his hand and saying: "Ma Baozheng, congratulations!" He knew that this person was the newly appointed Baozheng of Xixi Village, and after the original Baozheng was executed by Liangshan, it took three or five months before this man surnamed Ma took over the post of Baozheng.

Seeing this, Ma Baozheng turned around and shouted, "Old lady, Chao Baozheng next door has come to visit the old man!" After speaking, Chao Chao Gai arched his hand. Then he took his leave. He didn't want to say much to this person, after all, this person offended the kings on Liangshan too hard, and as the new Baozheng of Xixi Village, he didn't want to get too close to this person from the bottom of his heart.

Chao Gai hurriedly returned the salute, and when Ma Baozheng left, he took Wu Yong into the house, only to see an old man who was over eighty years old and still in good spirits sitting on the main seat of the living room, waiting to see the visitor, the old man pondered: "It is often said in the drama that nothing is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace, although this person lives in the next village." But I haven't come to the door once in 800 years, and now that the two of them are here, there must be something! ”

At this time, Chao Gai and Wu Yong saw the old lady Ma, and stepped forward to make two big gifts, and when the old lady saw it, he hurriedly helped them up, and shouted to the inner room: "Take out the tea that the king entrusted me with to entertain the distinguished guests!" ”

Chao Gai and Wu Yongjian glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but shake their heads, now in this Yuncheng County. When everyone meets for three sentences, they have to bring up this person, otherwise it seems that they have no knowledge.

Not long after, a family member brought two bowls of tea and served them, and Chao Gai and Wu Yong took them. After thanking him again and again, everyone said a few polite words, and Chao Gai took a sip of the tea in the bowl, thinking that time was urgent. Then he said: "Taigong, the younger generation has not come to visit the old man since he took this Baozheng, and he almost did it with the old man last time." I'm ashamed to think about it now! ”

The old lady smiled and said, "We are all villagers in the township, after today's fight and tomorrow, everyone lives in one place, drinking the water of this stream to grow up, what deep hatred can we have?" You say no, little lid! ”

Chao Gai even claimed that it was, only to hear the old lady say again: "Descendant, you are the best man in this generation, why did you have no eyes and find yourself a rival?" The king's leader led him to be kind and kind to the people, and when he was an enemy of such a person, didn't he force himself to be a villain? ”

After the old lady finished speaking, he saw Chao Gai's attitude was very good, and when he heard the words, he just nodded again and again, and did not reply, he sighed, and continued: "I know why you came here today, those descendants of your village, I also asked my two great-grandchildren, these two children said that although your villagers are a little tired on the mountain, they eat well, live well, dress warmly, and no one bullies them!" Not only you, but also other people in your village have come to me, but I can't talk about this matter! The king leader clearly said that he would hone them for a year and a half, and there was no shortage of them to eat, and there was no shortage of them to wear, although they had to work, but we peasants did not work one day, the king leader promised me that it would never harm their lives, so I advise you not to worry, they will naturally go home after a year and a half! ”

Wu Yong looked down at the big bowl for eating in his hand for a long time, and when he saw this old lady talking nonsense, he was anxious and said, "Old lady, we are not here to find the old man for this matter today!" ”

The old lady was puzzled when she heard this: "Then what are you for?" ”

Chao Gai sighed, thinking that he would not ask for anyone in his life, and now he not only asked for people, but also asked people to introduce himself to his former opponent to ask him for shelter, and he felt aggrieved when he thought about it, but now there is no way to do it, fortunately, this old man is two generations older than himself, and it is not embarrassing to say some soft words in front of him, not to mention that it is for his brother, thinking of this, his heart calmed down a little, and he said:

"Mrs. Ma, that Beijing stayed behind to know the road, that is a big corrupt official, surnamed Liang, is the son-in-law of Cai Jing, the great traitor of the dynasty, he will give a big gift every year on the birthday of his father-in-law, all of which are dirty money obtained from scraping the ground, our brothers are not angry, and they robbed him halfway, and now they ......"

Before Chao Gai finished speaking, the old lady was shocked: "I heard that there is a big case on the Huangnigang not far from here, you really did it!?" You did it, and then you came to talk to me, a man who was about to enter the ground, what did you say? ”

Chao Gai sighed and said, "Now that the incident has happened, we have no way out, and please show the old man a clear way!" ”

This old lady Ma is over eighty years old, and there is something he can't understand, when he heard Chao Gai say such a confidential thing, he felt something different, only to see that he also sighed at this time and said: "Little cover! If you want to say that you are old, you shouldn't talk too much, but now that you are at the door, I will just say a few words, you didn't do a good job in Layue last year! The leader of the king is to eliminate harm for the people and make decisions for his subordinates, not to mention that this person is your enemy, if you don't help, forget it, you were still deceiving people at the time, and you were thinking about yin people behind your back, what do you say you are doing? You said that as soon as you were born, you were so big, and now you have grown into an eight-foot man, and you have loved to make friends since you were a child, and these folks have seen it, but why do you let such a person not make friends, but always offend him! ”

When the old lady Ma said this, seeing that Chao Gai just lowered his head, he sighed and said: "You want me to speak now, where do I have the face to say something, you brought people to block people two months ago!" Don't say that this king leader is angry with you, even our villagers are not angry, and they are so dignified that you have added a charge of being a thief! I said, little lid, do you know what a real thief is? His kings and princes have loved us people so much, and you have called him a thief! I see, those old men who wear official clothes and don't do personnel are thieves! ”

Chao Gai was ashamed of the old lady's words, and Wu Yong hurriedly said when he saw this: "The old lady is too right, it was us who were wrong in the past!" Didn't the king and the leader also say that the day that all the festivals were written off, and now those dog thieves in official clothes are going to come to arrest us, and they are old and respectful, and they can't just watch us call them to arrest them! ”

"Professor Wu, you said that you are a teacher and teach well, they beat and kill you all the time, what are you doing blindly, and now you are wanted by the government, is this the life that a scholar like you should live?" The old lady looked at the middle-aged Confucian with her eyes rolling and couldn't help but say.

The old lady's two sons were accompanying them at this time, and these two were also in their sixties, seeing their father training these two strongmen like this, they both pinched a handful of cold sweat on their hands, but the cover in front of them was also abnormal, and they were actually trained with their heads down, and there was no rebuttal, which was also strange.

At this time, Chao Gai sighed again, and said: "Taigong, I won't tell you, I will die if I die, when the king leader let me live, I really never thought that I would live one more day now, and it doesn't matter if I die!" It's just that I still have four brothers with me, and I can't ask them to die with me, Taigong! Speaking of this, the iron man's eyes were red, and a few teardrops appeared in his eyes.

Mrs. Ma thought she was dazzled when she saw this, and after reaching out and rubbing it, she realized that it was not a hallucination, seeing this iron man crying, to be honest, it was really the first time in his life. Seeing this, he also sighed and said: "Everyone has their own life, but I also watched you grow up, and now at the moment of life and death, how can I watch you call the official to arrest you?" Tell me what to do? ”

Wu Yong was overjoyed when he heard this, and excitedly glanced at Chao Gai, who was secretly sad, and saw that he had no action, so he had no choice but to get up and pick up the gift they had prepared when they came, and said to the old lady: "Please accompany the old lady to go up the mountain and say a few good words to the king leader, we will only stay on the mountain for half a year, and we will go down the mountain and never drag down the king leader!" I will never dare to be an enemy of him again in the future! There are a hundred taels of gold here, and I hope the old lady will accept it with a smile! ”

Hearing the sound of "pop", the old lady slapped his hand on the table, trembling with anger, only to hear him say excitedly: "You pedant! Who do you think of me? I'm going to help you speak, and that's also for the sake of the folks! What are you going to do with me now when you take out the gold!? ”

Wu Yong saw the opportunity quickly, hurriedly put away the gold, bowed down, and said: "Xiao Ke has no other intentions, he just wants to honor the old lady, since he is too righteous and righteous, the villain does not dare to blaspheme, so he accepted the gold!" ”

The old lady sighed, glanced at the silent Chao Gai, and said, "That's it!" For the sake of the folks, I sold my old face to beg the king's leader, but you don't blame me! It's been a long time since I've seen my two great-grandchildren, and it's weird! (To be continued......)