Chapter 57: Ding Mao's Imprisonment (1)
The dozen or so people looked at each other, smiled a little weirdly, and returned the salute with Shopkeeper Li, then turned around and drove away at a gallop.
The carriage went out of the city gate around the path and stopped not far from Youzhou City, and the dozen or so people laughed one after another.
The little guy who drove the horse silently took off the small hat on his head, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, the general is really a good plan, let Ding Mao's old man refuse to borrow grain, let's empty his rice shop, and teach him how to increase the market price to loot the people!"
"That is, the general has stayed here for more than half a month, and the old horseman dares to send someone to assassinate the general, and when the general returns to Beijing victoriously, he should sue him in front of the saint! This old horseman has become more and more arrogant with his brother-in-law!" Several soldiers nodded together.
Borrowing grain from Shangjia was just a helpless strategy for the war to be tight, because Ding Mao's reputation in Youzhou was extremely poor, and the generals at the border pass also felt that it was useless to only send small soldiers to the border after discussion, so they had no choice but to let the deputy general Yi Rongcheng sit in the border pass, and the general came in person.
The regent only wanted to test Ding Mao, but he didn't show his true face and identity, but he didn't expect that this temptation would expose Ding Mao's wolf ambition of collaborating with the enemy and treason for so many years. Huo Gu held a small section of the broken arrow in his palm, thinking of Shi Qingluo's deep and wise black eyes.
He was not afraid of Ding Mao's revenge, when he learned that Ding Mao had signs of collaborating with the enemy, he decided to forcibly transport the grain and grass away, as long as the war was over and the evidence was presented, no matter who participated in him in the name of "stealing grain", there was no need to worry, but for some reason, he responded to her plan.
Huo Gu put the tail sword in his palm into his arms, lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, took out the sword of the driving soldier, cut the rope between the horse and the carriage, and turned over and went up.
"The soldiers who answered were in the temple in front, and you were responsible for escorting the grain and grass back to the border gate. "Time has been delayed long enough, and the Jin Kingdom, which is about to be in a stalemate in the Yin Kingdom, has also begun to move, and Huo Gu can only rush back to the border first.
The soldiers dismounted and saluted, and watched Huo Gu gallop away on horseback.
There are still many rice shops of the Ding family in Youzhou counties, and it is not enough to have only a few wagons of grain, so they are also responsible for going to the counties around Youzhou to "borrow grain". The leader of the soldiers grabbed the token in his palm and turned over into the carriage.
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After Ding Xiuxiu's coffin left Ding's mansion, the guests who had left their condolences got into the carriage to the burial place.
The carriage arrived at the burial place one step ahead of the coffin, which is a beautiful place in Youzhou, and after about half an hour, the sound of mourning and crying was heard in the distance.
Several small people carrying the coffin were sweating on their heads, and put down the pear blossom wooden coffin they were carrying in an open space not far away.
After the mage standing on the side made a few false gestures, the subordinates who were waiting on the side stepped forward to dig out the pit where he was buried.
The little man carrying the coffin carefully lifted the coffin and slowly walked towards the square pit, the bell in the mage's hand rang in circles, and he kept muttering something in his mouth.
Zhang fell into the maid's arms, watched the coffin get closer and closer to the square pit with a sad face, and couldn't help but fall to the ground with a wow, shouting: "My hard-working Xiuxiu! It's my mother who is useless, my mother can't save you! It's my mother who makes you suffer!"
If you go with peace of mind, my mother will definitely avenge you!!
Zhang's handkerchief covered her eyes, and her lips trembled slightly with extreme hatred.
The surrounding mourners and onlookers hung their heads one after another, and many sentimental women couldn't help but show a touch of sympathy, and their eyes gradually moistened.
The mage put away the bell in his hand, stood beside the Zhang family with a chattering spirit, and said, "Don't worry, madam, I have already helped the second lady to do the Fa, and the second miss will definitely be rich and noble in the next life, and she will ...... in the next life!"
"Bang-"
The mage's words choked in his throat, and he shivered slightly as he looked at the scene in front of him.
I saw that the coffin suddenly made a loud noise not far from the square pit, and the thick rope tied to the back of the coffin was suddenly broken into two, and the second half of the coffin fell to the ground fiercely, and the little guy who carried the coffin behind fell to the ground upside down.
"Ahh
Zhang's hands trembled as he rubbed the coffin, and slapped the coffin bearer's face, "How did you carry the coffin! You can't do such a thing! If you hurt Xiuxiu's body, you won't want to live in Youzhou in the future!"
The coffin bearer who was slapped wanted to cry without tears, and stammered: "Husband, madam, the little coffin has been carried for nearly ten years, this hand and foot are absolutely steady, this coffin landing is by no means that the villain is not vigilant, but the rope is suddenly broken!"
After the coffin bearer finished speaking, the onlookers let out a snorting sound, not to mention that the coffin fell to the ground before the burial was unlucky, this well-tied rope was inexplicably broken, it was clear that the deceased did not want to rest in peace and did not want to go down!
Don't talk about the people, even a few adults who are officials, their faces are very ugly. People who are officials are a little superstitious, and when they encounter such a thing, they are a little unhappy in their hearts, Wei Taishou has a calm face, and said to Ding Mao on his side: "At first glance, it is the fault of the person under the rope, and the coffin is unlucky to fall to the ground, so it is better to tie it up and bury it quickly." ”
Ding Mao's expression was a little stiff, nodded and said yes, and stepped forward to call someone to re-tie the rope.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from among the onlookers and knelt in front of Zhang and Ding Mao.
Zhang's sad face paused slightly, and he said anxiously and pretending to be surprised: "Mama Zhang, aren't you...... Aren't you leaving?"
Ding Mao glared at Zhang with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "What do the guards think of people? Why don't you drag this troublesome old thing away for me!"
"Master, please give the old slave a chance to speak!" Mama Zhang kowtowed twice and shouted loudly: "The old slave has heard that the tie was broken before the burial, not because the deceased was unwilling to rest in peace, but because he was wronged and did not want to rest in peace!
Ding Mao's eyes widened, "What did she wrong! She hung her neck herself! The servant in the Taishou Mansion's house conducted an autopsy himself, can he still deceive people!"
"You old thing is talking nonsense, I don't know what to say!" This time not only Ding Mao, but even Zhang interrupted Mama Zhang's words in a panic.
Zhang's reaction was hindsight, Mama Zhang didn't know that the cause of Ding Xiuxiu's death was Ding Mao's mistake, she must have been clever and thought that she could use this to frame Shi Qingluo. Zhang's breathing was slightly short, and he even regretted a little, why did he bring this idiot back.
When Mama Zhang saw Zhang's words, she was slightly timid.
Today's incident was that she made her own assertions, and she wanted to make meritorious contributions in front of her wife, but she didn't expect that her reactions were completely opposite to what she imagined.
The guard received the order and stepped forward to drag Mama Zhang down
"I beg the old lady to call the shots for the second lady!"
Outside the crowd, someone pounced again
"Second Miss, Second Miss is a slave, I'm sorry for you!"