rescued the old man and the woman who were bullied by the sergeant, and the two immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them, but they were hurriedly helped up by Zu Zhao and Ma Yuan. Zu Zhao asked, "Old man, why did you offend the government, and they actually wanted to hurt you like this?" ”

The old man snorted and cried tiredly: "How dare I offend the government and just want to live a stable life." ”

"Why is that?" Zu Zhao wondered in his heart, there was no reason for this official soldier to bully the good people in broad daylight for no reason, and there must be something inside.

The old man pulled the woman and said, "Engong doesn't know, a few years ago, the Yellow Turban thieves rebelled, and the child's father and brother should join the army, but unfortunately they died in the first battle. Later, the Yellow Turban thieves were finally driven away, and the child's mother also died, and now it is just me and her. Life has been extremely hard. But we are self-reliant, and the child can live by doing some textile and sewing things. Unexpectedly, one day she accidentally bumped into a person on the street, but it was the little nephew of the county magistrate. When he saw that my granddaughter was a little beautiful, he wanted to make a mess, but my granddaughter resisted, and finally accidentally pushed her to a stake and stabbed her to death. ”

The old man said this, and Ma Yuan suddenly said loudly: "It's good to stab him to death, then wait for the birdman, it is cheaper for him to be stabbed to death like this, if I let him meet, I have to twist his hands and feet, and then slowly torture him to death." In this way, your county magistrate is not a good bird, take me to the county government later. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Although the county order is a little incompetent, it is not a bad person. Everyone saw that it was his nephew who caused the chaos and was accidentally killed by my granddaughter, so in the end, the county magistrate did not convict my granddaughter. However, his relatives vowed not to let my granddaughter go, and every day people came to make trouble, interfering with our lives, and threatened to buy my granddaughter into the Qinglou. The days passed, and just today, the younger brother of the county commander's wife, the one killed by Bai Zhuangshi, suddenly rushed into my house with someone, saying that the Son of Heaven was going to repair the palace and let us pay a few hundred taels of silver. Pity us who are hungry and clothed, let alone a few hundred taels, even dozens of cars can't be handed over. So they used force, saying that they would sell my granddaughter to the Qinglou in order to pay taxes, otherwise the Son of Heaven would blame him and everyone would be affected. ”

"Damn it, how can there be such a heavy tax, this is just an opportunity to take revenge." Ma Yuan couldn't help but slap it on the table, and there was a loud noise, and a good wooden table was actually scattered on the ground, turning into a pile of waste wood. Everyone exclaimed and praised him for his good skills.

The old man and the woman also trembled, and then said: "Today, thanks to the help of Engong, there is no way to repay it, if Engong does not give up, the little granddaughter will follow Engong in the future, and wait for you for a lifetime before and after the saddle." As he spoke, he took his granddaughter and kowtowed again.

This was extremely bad for Ma Yuan, he hurriedly looked at Zu Zhao, hoping that he would say something, and his expression looked very panicked. Zu Zhao couldn't help but laugh in his heart, this Ma Yuan, who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, how can someone entrust his granddaughter to him, but he is in a hurry to be like this. He wanted to see how Ma Yuan would reply to the old man, so he deliberately ignored him, but just smiled indifferently and didn't say anything.

Seeing that Zu Zhao didn't speak, Ma Yuan was even more flustered in his heart, and looked at Su De again, hoping that he would say a few words quickly and help him out of the siege. Who knew that Su De also looked around and ignored him. Ma Yuan waved his arms, sighed, and said: "Old man, when the road is uneven, draw a knife to help, this is what people in the world will do, how can I want anything in return." You said you want your granddaughter to wait for me, but this is absolutely not good. No! ”

The old man also panicked and said, "Could it be that the strong man dislikes my granddaughter?" ”

"No, no, no, how can I dislike her, it's just that I'm a wanderer, and I can't say that I'm going back to Jizhou with the master book at this time, how can I let your granddaughter wait for me, I can't help it." Ma Yuan said.

When the old man heard this, he understood in his heart that the young Zu Zhao was the master, so it was no wonder that this strong man kept looking at him with his eyes. Now that he and his granddaughter have completely offended the county government, since he has met a master bookkeeper, if he can let him leave with his granddaughter, his old bones will be blind even if he is dead.

"Lord Bookkeeper, please help us." The old man pleaded, almost to his knees again.

Zu Zhao hurriedly helped him up and said, "Old gentleman, don't be so polite. Why don't we give you some entanglements and go to a foreign land to make a living? ”

Seeing that Zu Zhao took over the words, Ma Yuan took a long breath, quickly moved to Su De's side, and whispered: "Shide, I still recognize you as a confidant, I didn't expect you to help me." ”

Su De smiled indifferently and said, "You see that girl is good, if I can be a lady for you, I'm afraid it's good." At your age, it's time to find an insider, and now when you encounter this kind of good thing, you should accept it, do I want to help you refuse? This is a matter of conscience, and how can I do it? ”

"Phew, I'm a rough man, I'm used to being alone, what kind of lady do you want, isn't this a bitter girl, this is absolutely not good." Ma Yuan said.

Su De said: "Then let's make a bet." ”

"Bet on what?"

"Do you think that the old and the young will agree with the Lord Bookkeeper's statement, accept some of our entanglements and stay away from here, or will they insist on following us all the time?" Suder said.

Ma Yuan thought about it for a while, and thought to himself, they couldn't live here anymore, and he didn't want the woman to follow him, so uncomfortable. If he followed the master bookkeeper, it would have nothing to do with him, but he was afraid that the old man and the woman would recognize him, and it would not be good. So he bet that the old man and his granddaughter would leave with the entanglement.

Sud smiled and said that he would bet that the old man and his granddaughter would follow them. The two agreed that the loser would invite a large jar of wine, and then wait for Zu Zhao's results.

Zu Zhao took a closer look at the little woman and found that she was very beautiful, although she was dressed ordinarily, but her natural beauty could not be covered by this coarse cloth clothes. If you can change into a suitable and beautiful dress, then I am afraid that the posture is not under Feng Luoxue and Cai Wenji. Although he is not a womanizer, he is not present, but he can't help but reverie. Seeing that woman, she is in her prime at the moment, and she is in a period of high development, and her temperament between maturity and ignorance is very exciting.

He proposed to give them some entanglement and leave here, in fact, he was sincere, there are so many beauties in the Three Kingdoms, he can't see one by one, if this is the case, I am afraid that in the end, I will die of exhaustion, and even Liaodong will be difficult to pacify, let alone dominate the country.

Besides, I now have Feng Luoxue and Cai Wenji, and the kung fu of those two people in bed is absolutely first-class, especially Feng Luoxue, because she is from a practicing family, she can't play any difficult actions, and every time she has fun with her, she wants to die, and she almost can't parry. Now if you take such a woman back inexplicably, I'm afraid they will still have some opinions. Once the battle for favor in the harem is started, it will kill people.

Helplessly, the old man repeatedly cried and asked Zu Zhao to take his granddaughter, saying that in this way she had something to rely on, and no one would dare to bully her like this in the future. Zu Zhao couldn't refuse, so he could only look back at Ma Yuan and Su De to see how the two of them felt, especially Ma Yuan, this person was saved by him, even if people wanted to promise him, it should be promised to him. Although Zu Zhao also likes the beauty of this woman, he doesn't want to pocket all the beauties in the world, just go with what he encounters, the most important thing is to do business.

Ma Yuan looked nervous and hid behind Su De. Seeing Ma Yuan like this, Zu Zhao and Su De couldn't help but laugh.

"Stede, what do you think should be done?" Zu Zhao asked.

Su De was silent, and in the meeting of his eyes, Zu Zhao had already guessed that this was for him to decide. Zu Zhao looked at the old man and the woman and was also very pitiful, in this world, I am afraid that there is no one with their relatives, the woman is so beautiful, wandering to other places, I am afraid that it will also provoke lustful people, in this troubled world, no one can say what will happen tomorrow. So, he agreed to the old man's request and asked the two of them to follow him back to the location of Huangfu Song in Jizhou, as for moving to Liaodong County in the future, whether they should follow him or not is another matter.

Seeing that Zu Zhao agreed, the old man was very happy, but the woman was a little shy, so her behavior was a little restrained. Getting such a result, Su De smiled at Ma Yuan, and said, "Remember, you owe me a jar of wine." ”

Ma Yuan glared at him, said "I will definitely invite you", and then flashed in front of the old man and the woman, and said: "Old man, let me say it first, you are now following our master bookkeeper, although I rescued you today, but you don't mention that you will let your granddaughter wait for me or promise me or something in the future, otherwise I will beat you out, you know?" Of course, if you don't think you need to repay the favor, then this favor will naturally be repaid to the Lord Bookkeeper, understand? ”

The old man and the woman were both startled, and then nodded in agreement, and the woman looked at the handsome Zu Zhao even more shyly, afraid that she had already thought in her heart that she wanted to repay this favor to Zu Zhao. Although Ma Yuan is his savior, he is too brave and a little afraid when he thinks about it.

When Zu Zhao heard Ma Yuan's words, he just smiled helplessly, and thought to himself, this Ma Yuan is really a rare talent, an ancient hero, who is not greedy for beauty, such as Lu Bu, but also because of his greed for beauty and did not listen to Chen Gongyan, which led to his subsequent death. Cao Cao forcibly messed with Kong Xiu's sister-in-law in the army, and was finally retaliated by Kong Xiu and killed the general Dian Wei, which was really a sin. This Ma Yuan is not greedy for beauty, and there will naturally be one less strategy that the enemy can use against him in the future.

Zu Zhao agreed to accept the old man and the woman's follow, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Ma Yuan threw the sergeant who was pinched to death by himself outside the door, and threw some broken silver to the shopkeeper Xiao Er, so that they could deal with it. A few young men were busy and found a carriage to send the corpse of the soldier to the government office, and they knew that this was the younger brother of Mrs. County Ling, and they didn't dare to offend.

Zu Zhao and the others didn't feel scared at all, ordered some dishes and wine, and ate with the old man and the woman. The old man was grateful, and when he knew that he had met a nobleman, he was happy and talked more. During the banquet, he said that his name was Chen Zong, and in the word list, he had done nothing in his life, and he was even ashamed. His granddaughter's name is Chen Yuanyuan, whose name is Shufen, and she is just 16 years old this year.

When Zu Zhao heard this, he sighed, this woman was actually called Chen Yuanyuan, if he had traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely think that he had met a generation of famous prostitute Chen Yuanyuan. Look at the girl in front of her, that look, I'm afraid that she really has a fight with Chen Yuanyuan. If they hadn't rescued her now, maybe she would have been sold to the Qinglou, and then there would be a famous prostitute Chen Yuanyuan of the Three Kingdoms in the historical romance, and maybe she would be able to compete with Diao Chan.

Chen Yuanyuan saw Zu Zhao looking at him directly, and couldn't help but be even more shy, burying his head lower. When Zu Zhao saw Chen Yuanyuan's delicate state, he knew that his performance was indeed too perverted, but speaking in conscience, he didn't stare at others, he was thinking about the problem, but his eyes were fixed on her when his thoughts drifted away.

Chen Zong looked at Zu Zhao's appearance, and guessed in his heart that maybe this adult probably liked his granddaughter, if this is the case, it is really good, she will have a dependency in the future, even if she is a slave for him, I am afraid that she will be able to have a good life. So the old guy simply struck while the iron was hot, pushed Chen Yuanyuan's arm, and said: "Thanks to the adults for accepting us, this bowl of wine can be regarded as the three adults of the old man and his granddaughter." ”

After all, the old man is Lao Jiang, so he naturally won't snub Ma Yuan and Su De when he speaks, but his focus is still on Zu Zhao. He also hopes to find a good home for his granddaughter, and in the end, even if he can't marry Zu Zhao and become his wife and concubine, Zu Zhao will definitely be able to arrange a good family for her.

Zu Zhao, Ma Yuan, and Su De hurriedly raised the wine bowl and asked Chen Zong not to be too polite. Chen Yuanyuan smiled shyly, and also raised the wine bowl lightly, as if he wanted to drink. Zu Zhao smiled at her, and took the lead in drinking the wine dry, while the rest of the people also drank the bowl to the bottom, but Chen Yuanyuan only took a sip, and immediately coughed, his face was red, like a cloud, beautiful and attractive.

Chen Zong smiled and hurriedly said: "Please forgive me, the little granddaughter has never drunk before, and now she is out of shape, please include the three adults." ”

Zu Zhao said with a smile: "Old Chen's words are serious, Yuanyuan can't drink, it's normal." That being the case, then Yuanyuan eats more dishes, and does not have to be restrained, so as not to drink and spoil his body, which is not good. ”

Hearing Zu Zhao's concern, Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Zu Zhao shyly, and quickly lowered his head, his heart pounding. Ma Yuan and Su De couldn't help laughing when they saw Chen Yuanyuan's shyness. Hearing the laughter, Chen Yuanyuan was even more shy, his face was white and ruddy, as attractive as a ripe peach.

After chatting, the old man learned that Zu Zhao was now serving in Huangfu Song, and he also had an intersection with the people of Youzhou, and he was even more amazed in his heart. Huangfu Song's name, Chen Zongke often heard of it, that is an upright and talented person.

A few people were chatting, and suddenly a few people outside stumbled in, and after asking, they learned that these children were responsible for transporting the corpses of the sergeants. When the county magistrate saw that her brother was dead, she was very sad, saying that she must take revenge, and the county magistrate had already dispatched troops and was rushing here. The two of them were fortunate to run fast, otherwise they would have been killed by the sad county commander's wife.

"Three adults, how is this good? Why don't you flee with Yuanyuan as quickly as possible, and my old man is here alone waiting for them. Chen Zong said in a panic.

When Chen Yuanyuan heard this, his face trembled, he hugged Chen Zong, and cried and said, "Grandpa, I don't want you to leave me, I want to be with you." ”

"No, you are a woman, if you are caught by them, what kind of sin will you have to suffer, my old bones will be a big deal. If you leave with the three lords, and serve the three beneficians well in the future, it can be regarded as a sacrifice to my spirit in heaven. Although Chen Zong said so, he could see between his eyebrows that he really couldn't bear to leave his granddaughter.

Ma Yuan jumped up all of a sudden, and said loudly: "You don't need to be so alarmed, there are hundreds of people in the county and county, and I don't care about it yet." You can rest assured, if the county magistrate and his mother-in-law dare to come, I will make them kowtow to the two of you and admit their mistakes. ”

Zu Zhao also said: "None of you will be fine." I was going to look for them, but now that they are here, I don't have to go any more. ”

As he was talking, there was a burst of frolicking and shouting outside, and a large group of people quickly surrounded the entire inn, so startled that the people inside fled in all directions, only showing half of their heads to peek at what was about to happen. In the blink of an eye, fifty or sixty soldiers wearing armor poured into the inn, all wielding long swords to surround Zu Zhao and the other five. Immediately afterwards, there was a neighing of horses outside, and Mo Kou made a way, but saw a man jumping down from his horse, judging from his dress, it was the county order.

The county magistrate walked in, saw the bloodstains at the door and the broken wood on the side that had not been cleaned up, looked at Zu Zhao and them coldly, and asked, "Who are you?" But the man who killed my county lieutenant? ”

Ma Yuan stepped forward, held his head high and said loudly: "That's right, I killed that thief." You're his brother-in-law, right? How do you want to be? ”

The county magistrate glanced at Ma Yuan, his face did not change, and then he looked at Zu Zhao and a few others, and said quietly: "That's right, I am the county magistrate." You are so rude, why did you scold me when you and I met for the first time? ”

When Zu Zhao heard this, he didn't feel funny in his heart, this county order was very interested, he didn't seem to have come to Xingshi to ask about the crime, but more like he came to negotiate. Looking at him, his pace is steady, his body is strong, he should be a person born as a military general, but listening to him, he looks like a weak scholar. In the face of Ma Yuan's earth-shattering roar, he can still do it without changing his face, his heart is like water, and it doesn't seem to be the quality that a small county commander can have. He decided not to say anything about it and see how the county order would respond next.

Ma Yuan roared: "You thief, let your subordinates go around, don't discipline yourself, and you can't cover it up?" Since you can't discipline him, I'll leave him to Heaven to help you discipline him. Do you want to be reunited with him sooner? ”

The county commander was still expressionless, and turned back to ask the soldiers beside him: "What the hell is going on?" How did you mess with them? ”

A soldier came out resignedly, pointed at Chen Zong and Chen Yuanyuan and said: "We were ordered to collect taxes from each family, but they couldn't pay it, so the county lieutenant wanted to sell this woman to the Qinglou to offset the taxes, but they refused to obey, and then we chased here, and suddenly the county lieutenant was killed by him." The soldier pointed at Ma Yuan and said.

When the county magistrate heard this, he looked up at Ma Yuan, with a little doubt on his face, and asked, "You killed my county lieutenant with your bare hands?" ”

Ma Yuan said: "That's right, I killed the bird." Whoever sees such a person who is forced into a prostitute will kill him. You are a county magistrate, raising such a thief, it seems that you are not a good bird, what is the difference between you and the Yellow Turban Rebellion? ”

In the face of Ma Yuan's insults, the county magistrate did not show anger, he looked at Ma Yuan, Zu Zhao and others, and asked quietly, "Who are you?" ”

"I am who I am, a man who has seen injustice. If you seek revenge on the thief, let the horse come. Ma Yuan said loudly.

Who knew that the county magistrate laughed and said: "This kind of forced good is a prostitute, everyone will kill him when he sees it." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and the sergeants around him all looked at him suspiciously, and Ma Yuan was also stunned, not knowing how to answer. Su De and Zu Zhao glanced at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes, what kind of trick was this county order playing.

"Let's go." The county commander said quietly, and at the same time ordered the foot soldiers to give way.

"What? Let's go? You don't avenge your county lieutenant? I heard he's your wife's brother. Ma Yuan asked suspiciously.

The county magistrate said expressionlessly: "No matter who he is, he should be punished if he makes a mistake." Although we had no choice but to collect taxes from the people, I did not want them to harm the people. Since he wants to force the good to become a prostitute and do such a great rebellion, so it will be the same when he dies. ”

Zu Zhao secretly sighed in his heart, it seems that this county order is really not an ordinary character, listening to Chen Zong, Chen Yuanyuan accidentally killed his younger brother before, he actually did not convict Chen Yuanyuan, and now the county lieutenant who is his wife's younger brother was killed, he actually did not convict, looking at him, he is not a weak person, then he must be a reasonable person.

"You don't hold me accountable?" Ma Yuan asked in disbelief. According to his understanding, from a small county order to a large central minister, all officials protect each other, and this county order is too maverick.

Zu Zhao couldn't help but ask Su De: "What do you think?" ”

Su De was not in a hurry to reply to Zu Zhao, but asked Chen Zong: "How long has this county magistrate been in office?" ”

Chen Zong recalled for a moment and said: "It should have been several years, I heard that the Yellow Turban Army rebelled, and when they attacked here, it was he who led the men to resist bravely, so as not to let the thieves enter the city." At that time, I heard that he was going to be promoted, but later he still made a county order here, but the people supported him very much and supported him to continue to be a county order. ”

Su De smiled, turned to Zu Zhao and said, "That's right. According to his character, if he can't meet someone who is also upright, it will be difficult to be promoted, so he can only be a county order. If you can get hold of him, he will be able to do great things in the future. ”

Zu Zhao nodded secretly, this place should not belong to Yizhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Huangfu Song, otherwise such a person, if he was really talented, would have been promoted a long time ago.

"I don't think you're a thief, so before I regret it, you can go." The prefectural order said.

Who knew that before the county order's voice fell, a woman's roar came from outside: "Okay, you Chen Youzhi, let you catch the murderers, you actually want to let them go, are you going to do the opposite?" ”

Zu Zhao couldn't help but be stunned, what kind of person is this woman, she actually called the county magistrate by her name, could it be the county magistrate's wife? Now there's a good show!