3-56 Escape

Just when the people of Quancheng stayed up all night for one reason or another, there was also a tense atmosphere in the governor's yamen, the soldiers kept patrolling the courtyard with knives and guns, and the lanterns with the words of the governor's yamen were hung all over the eaves, and in the back hall, Ruan Dacheng, the governor of Shandong, pointed at the nose of his brother-in-law Shi Yan with trembling fingers, and the white beard on his chin pouted angrily: "You, you, you do a good thing!" Let me end up. ”

Shi Yan looked aggrieved, sat on the soft stool with a snort and muttered: "How do I know that the surname Liu is so powerful, isn't it just a small boss?" ”

"You don't ask beforehand, a little guy can always make such a big noise? Don't you see that the deputy chief of Niu is coming, the forbidden army has dispatched thousands, and the people are crowded with several streets. I have caused chaos on the net, and now the outside is surrounded by water, what do you tell me to do? What do you call me to end! Ruan Dacheng was so angry that he slapped the table more than a dozen times in a row, and the water in the teacup was spilled.

"Brother-in-law, no matter what, you are still the number one in Shandong Province, didn't you just tell that Deputy Chief Niu that tomorrow I will be interrogated in court, and I will find a few witnesses to prove that the surname Liu took the initiative to come to my yamen to assassinate me, isn't it done? Besides, he killed several of my brothers on the spot. Let's not be embarrassed by him, and if someone is injured, I won't pursue his responsibility, just compensate me for Guihelou. When Shi Yan saw his brother-in-law's fire, he quickly came up with a self-righteous idea.

"Fart, when is it time, are you still thinking about Guihelou, tomorrow the court will try the case, if I am sentenced like this, these people will have to tear me apart, you are still your brother-in-law, you are really a real governor, I am now difficult to protect myself, today is to see the face of the deputy chief soldier of Niu They did not use force, if you really come in, these hundred and ten soldiers in my yamen are not opponents at all, let alone you, even I can't retreat." ]

Shi Yan was dumbfounded, it seems that this time the game is too big, and the governor of a dignified province can't protect him, what can I do, cold sweat broke out, he suddenly stood up, threw himself at Ruan Dacheng's feet and cried: "Brother-in-law, help, our Shi family is just me, I think our Shi family spent a lot of money to buy an official for you, brother-in-law, you can't see death and not save it." ”

Ruan Dacheng kicked him angrily, and said angrily: "Something that has no interest, it's really a shame for your father, tomorrow's confrontation in court is absolutely impossible, I have already calculated it, take advantage of tonight's free time, you hurry out of the city, escape back to **, don't step into Shandong half a step in the future." ”

"Thank you, brother-in-law, I'll go." Shi Yan hurriedly got up and walked out of the door, stopped when he walked to the door, and said with a bitter face: "It's surrounded outside, how can you get there?" ”

"Waste, look at you bear-like! I had already arranged it. Ruan Dacheng pointed to a cabinet in the room and said, "Move that one away, there is a secret passage below, which can lead to a private house next door to the governor's yamen, which I also bought in advance, and the horses in it are all prepared." Change your clothes and leave tomorrow morning as soon as the gates open, and do not stop on the way. ”

Hearing this, Shi Yan hurriedly went out and called the thin man and the man with a broken leg over, and the three of them moved the cabinet together, and then lifted the floor tiles, revealing the dark passage of the black hole.

"Brother-in-law, take care." Shi Yan lay on the ground and kowtowed to Ruan Dacheng and said, the two people also knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Thank you Lord Governor for saving your life, what is the use of us in the future, you can just open your mouth." After saying that, the three of them went into the hole in turn.

Ruan Dacheng watched them disappear into the cave for a while, and then called in a few servants to restore the floor tiles and cabinets to their original places, sighed and went back to the bedroom to rest.

Early the next morning, the sky was just dawning, the south gate defenders just opened the city gate, three businessmen dressed as guys rode over, politely to the soldier said a few hard words, scattered a few copper coins and went out, a three fast horses out of the city gate, recently to Jinan Mansion to do business in the south of the merchants are more, the soldier did not care much.

Originally, the governor was not responsible for hearing the case, and the drum at the door was just a decoration, but since Governor Ruan patted his chest yesterday and promised to try the case fairly, then everyone will wait and see, the sky is already bright, why don't you see the yamen open yet.

Urged by the sound of drums, the governor's yamen finally moved, and the two red-eyed officials pushed open the door weakly, apparently having stayed up all night last night.

"Only relevant people are allowed to enter, and other idle people are all avoided." A man who looked like a master shouted.

In this way, the common people have no right to observe, they have stepped forward to reason with the master, a group of people are arguing and shouting, and suddenly a shout came from behind: "Everyone get out of the way, Liu Dashuai is here." The crowd immediately separated from one road, and one by one they looked at the soft sedan chair carried from the direction of Liu Mansion with concern.

When Liu Ziguang woke up, the existing person fell asleep next to him, stretched out his hand and touched it was a soft hair, it turned out that Peng Jingrong kept him all night, Liu Ziguang was slightly moved in his heart, he gently turned over and got out of bed, and covered Peng Jingrong with the brocade quilt, the eldest lady who had been sleeping very lightly woke up immediately, saw Liu Ziguang get up, and hurriedly said: "You have injuries on your body and can't move, sit down, I'll let Yahuan fetch water to wash your face." Now I even have to help others to wash my face, Liu Ziguang smiled bitterly and sat back on the bed obediently, the feeling of being blind is not good, yesterday there was a kind of luck psychology to support him, thinking that the body transformed by the spaceship should have a self-repair function, the eyes can be regained if they are blind, and the skin can be regenerated if they are burned, but after a night, the eyes still can't see, and a cool breath rises from the soles of the feet, won't they be really blind?

Xiao Yahuan took a towel and clumsily wiped Liu Ziguang's half of his face that was not burned by boiling oil, and accidentally touched the wound next to him, Liu Ziguang felt a little pain, and his mouth "sizzled", Peng Jingrong hurriedly took Yahuan's towel with a look, and carefully wiped Liu Ziguang's face, while saying: "The person who killed you was blocked by us in the governor's yamen, Ruan Dacheng said that the case was decided in court today, let's go in a while, no matter what background that guy has, he will die today." ”

Liu Ziguang said softly, he believed that his power in Jinan Mansion was enough to kill those villains, but if he killed them, could he solve the problem of blind eyes and scalded skin? In the final analysis, I am too reckless and arrogant. knew that the other party had bad intentions, but he still rode alone, which caused irreparable consequences.

Seeing Liu Ziguang's indifferent reaction, Peng Jingrong couldn't help but feel a little strange, he had already been furious before, shouting to hack everyone who stood in his way to death, this phenomenon is not a good thing, it seems that the injury has caused him a serious psychological shadow.

"Lang Zhong said that you can't see the wind, don't ride a horse today, I have prepared a soft sedan chair for you, and we will go over after eating," Peng Jingrong said cautiously.

"Hmm." Liu Ziguang replied, after wiping his face, breakfast was served, it was still a hearty twenty eggs plus rice porridge, fritters, buns, mustard, etc., but Liu Ziguang only symbolically drank two mouthfuls of rice porridge and pushed the bowl and said that he would not eat, it seemed that he was in a really bad mood.

Peng Jingrong didn't dare to force him, and found an old robe of wide soft fabric to help him drape it on his body, and he didn't dare to tie his belt when he hid it, for fear of hurting the wound inside, before going out, Liu Ziguang thought for a while, groped his way to the desk, took out a dark sunshade crystal glasses used by pilots from the drawer and put them on his face, and said, "Let's go." In this way, they got into the soft sedan chair, and the four solid strong men lifted the sedan chair and went straight to the governor's yamen under the escort of the cavalry of the red-shirted regiment.

As soon as they got out of the gate, the people who had been guarding all night came around, they asked about Liu Dashuai's injuries with concern, and after learning that Dashuai's scalds could not see the wind, these people followed silently and came to the governor's yamen, Niu Yong and Wu Sangui and other forbidden army generals also arrived, and they wanted to observe the trial of the case.

After a "promotion to the hall", Ruan Dacheng, a second-class senior member, walked out of the back hall swaggeringly in a red robe embroidered with brocade chicken complements, sat down behind the table, and asked slowly, "Who is in the hall?" ”

"We will sue Shi Yan, the training envoy of the military preparation regiment, for plotting to kill my family, General Liu. This is the form. "It was Li Yan who spoke, and it was not suitable for the eldest lady to show her head on such an occasion, only let Li Yan, a former showman, come forward.

"Bring it in." Ruan Dacheng asked the master to take the case, took it in his hand and looked at it casually, and continued: "The plaintiff's words are just one side, take the defendant to court. ”

"Take the defendant!" A team leader shouted angrily, and after a while, no one came up, everyone looked at each other, and even Niu Yong was dumbfounded, which one did Governor Ruan sing? Everyone knows that Shi Yan hid in the governor's yamen yesterday, and now the governor is doing this kind of insult to everyone's IQ.

Niu Yong coughed dryly and said, "Wasn't the Shi Tuan Lian envoy in the governor's yamen last night?" Why did it come so slowly. ”

"A few of you, go and bring Shi Yan here." Ruan Dacheng waved his hand and sent a few officials to the back hall.

After a while, the official came back with a man with a bleeding head: "My lord, the Shi Tuan Lian envoy and the others have disappeared. Our guard brother was also knocked unconscious. ”

"Rubbish!" Ruan Dacheng was so angry that he slapped the table, took out a skewer and threw it out, "Go and find someone for me, search the whole city to find it, and this official must give General Liu justice." ”

"Yes." The squad leader took a few people out, and Ruan Dacheng shook his head angrily: "It's really unfortunate for the family." He patted his forehead as if he was in pain, and suddenly raised his head to look at the people who were watching him perform coldly, and said with a different expression: "Since the defendant cannot be present, this case cannot be tried for the time being, you should please go back, you can rest assured, if everything in the case is true, this official will definitely uphold justice and destroy relatives in righteousness!" ”

"Hmph" Niu Yong flicked his sleeves up, Ruan Dacheng's trick is not clever, but it is also not leaky, Shi Yan can be regarded as a suspect of intentional injury at most, and the governor's yamen is not a prison cell, there is no obligation to detain the suspect, and besides, people have done so much tricks that they have no chance to find a crime. Ruan Dacheng washed his own cadres cleanly, Niu Yong was miserable, the red-shirted group didn't rush into the governor's yamen to arrest people because of his face, and now that people have run away, how can he still have the face to see people.

"Lord Ruan, since the people have already run away, please go to the sea to catch the clerk and want Shi Yan." Wu Sangui said indignantly.

"The case has not been tried, who is who is not yet decided, and besides, Shi Yan is also a fourth-grade military attaché, as long as his black yarn is still there, the official can't lock him, and now he is just here to ask about the case, not to mention any sea fishing documents." Ruan Dacheng said with a straight face, it seems that he has no intention of letting this case enter the judicial process at all.

Everyone was furious, and the brothers who accompanied Liu Ziguang pointed at Ruan Dacheng and scolded: "It is obvious that you let go of your brother-in-law, and you are still pretending to be a righteous gentleman here, and I see that Lao Tzu will not dismantle your yamen." ”

Niu Yong and Wu Sangui pretended not to hear, twisted their faces to the side, Ruan Dacheng was so angry that he shook his hands, the officials of Jinan Mansion are not like officials, soldiers are not like soldiers, and the people are not like ordinary people, except for the subordinates brought by themselves in the yamen, no one takes him seriously as a governor.

The brothers of the red-shirt group scolded so much that they drew their knives and were about to go over to cut people, but Liu Ziguang, who had not spoken, spoke: "Stop, let's go." With that, he turned his head and walked out. Everyone stupidly inserted the half-drawn steel knife back into the scabbard, made a few threatening gestures at Ruan Dacheng, and followed Liu Ziguang out.

The plaintiffs are gone, Niu Yong is not interested in staying, being used by this shameless literati makes him feel very uncomfortable, and he takes people away with a cold "farewell", leaving Ruan Dacheng alone in the hall stupid.

"Alas, I'm a really wretched governor." Lord Ruan sighed, leaned back, and finally let go of the heart he was carrying, no matter how the play went, anyway, he kept his brother-in-law, and whether he could escape or not depends on the creation of this kid.

"What should I do?" The crowd asked Liu Ziguang, although he was temporarily blind, but he was still the commander of the Red Shirts, "What do you say I should do?" Liu Ziguang asked rhetorically.

"Send people to search the whole city, and at the same time you can't relax the monitoring of the governor's yamen, ask the defenders of the four cities, and then send light cavalry to pursue according to the situation, there is only so much that can be done at present." Li Yankuai, the military advisor, said that his plan took care of all the situations that could occur.

"Very good, do it this way, after the clues, send the pilots to take off from the city wall, and cooperate with the ground cavalry to pursue with air search." After Liu Ziguang gave the order, he groped in front of the soft sedan chair, lowered his head and got in: "Go home." ”

After inquiring about the defenders of the four gates, it was learned that three merchants left the city from the south gate early in the morning, one of them had a broken leg, and one was very thin, which was in line with the characteristics of Shi Yan's two men, the red shirts immediately dispatched, and the cavalry company with rich search experience spread out to chase south in squads, and the ten powered parachutes of the flying unit took off from the city wall and flew in a zigzag formation that conformed to the principle of aerodynamics and flew south.