Chapter 54 Officers and Soldiers Search Villages
When Tang Wan and the others appeared in the courtyard, they saw a team of sixteen officers and soldiers breaking in.
Immediately afterwards, the village chief Zhou Huaili walked in, and there were several respected elders behind him.
Tang Wan saw that the leader of the officers and soldiers was squinting with bull's eyes, big and round, black eyes, multiple eyelids, and his eyes were confused and cloudy, and he was not a good person at first glance.
Village Chief Zhou Huaili frowned, but he was the first to speak, "Liu Niang, have all the people in the family arrived, these officials are officials in Liyang County, and they came down to arrest Jiangyang thieves?" ”
The leader of the official mission swept the courtyard with his eyes, removed the two women and children, and set his eyes on the four men.
Carpenter Zhao hurriedly spoke, "Official, I was hired by this master to repair the house, and this is my son Zhao Heng." ”
Zhou Huaili listened to it and hurriedly confirmed that the two men were villagers of this village.
The leader of the official mission moved his gaze to Qi Jingchen's master and servant again, Tang Wan hurriedly spoke when he saw this, "One of these two is Zhou Dawu, and the other is called Zhou Xiaowu, I invited them to work, the two of them have good physique and are literate, so I will stay and let them teach my younger brother to practice martial arts." ”
The leader of the official mission looked at Tang Wan with a burst of disdain, how could he look so ugly, and the disgust in his eyes made Tang Wan feel that this person was not a good person at first glance.
"Zhou Dawu, Zhou Xiaowu, how do I look like a Jiangyang thief?"
spoke in an official tone, making people feel as if he saw something, Liu Niang couldn't hold back in the end, and was so frightened that she fell to the ground.
Zhou Huaili was puzzled, although he didn't want to find out the Jiangyang thief in his village, but this Liu Niang's reaction made his heart chuckle.
Even the elders standing behind him were shocked, not daring to imagine what the next outcome would be.
"Official, how can it be a Jiangyang thief, I have invited them here for nearly half a month, so if the Jiangyang thief had robbed money and property, he would have slipped away a long time ago, who would take the initiative to stay and be arrested."
"Come on, let's compare the portrait."
The leader of the officers and soldiers waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command raised portraits, as many as six or seven, but when they came to the front of the people, they saw that a swollen pig's head was the same, and a face full of pockmarks did not match the person in the portrait.
The soldier went back and whispered, "Head, that person doesn't match, and there's another swollen one, eighty percent of it is deliberate." ”
Tang Wan listened, she was so angry in her heart, she was not afraid of no good things, she was afraid that there would be no good people, she really wanted to go up and tear his mouth directly.
"Official, I didn't mean it, you see that I usually like to tinker with some herbs, Brother Da Wu helped me when he saw that I was working hard, I didn't expect him to be allergic to medicinal materials, but it doesn't matter that I have already helped him detoxify, it will be fine in five or six days, how about the official master compare at that time?"
"Ugly girl, your little mouth is closed one by one, the Jiangyang thief hasn't run away in five or six days, this person has to be arrested and questioned if he is suspicious, and someone will take him away for me."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Jingchen and Kang Lin were both shocked, and the master and servant wanted to break through, but when they saw Tang Wan standing in front of him, he suddenly stretched out his hand and signaled Kang Lin not to act rashly.
"If you have something to say, don't do it yet, official, my big martial brother is a little common man, don't believe Uncle Zhao, they are Uncle Zhao's nephews, they stayed to prove the identity of their brothers, but as soon as you entered the door, you were too scared to speak."
Carpenter Zhao looked at his turn to speak, and quickly explained, "I, as soon as I saw the official, my heart was sudden, and I forgot what I was doing standing here, these two children were my own nephews, and they often came when they were young, and since my daughter-in-law left, these two nephews have moved around less, and now they follow me to work and earn money, and the people in the village don't know much about it, but it is indeed my relatives." ”
When the leader of the officers and soldiers heard this, he was skeptical, and waved his hand to stop his subordinates from doing it, "Why didn't you explain it just now, but now you ...... say it."
Zhou Huaili suddenly spoke, "Lao Zhao, I said why did you stand here and not leave, it turned out to be for Dawu Xiaowu to prove, if you don't say it, I won't see it, these two children have grown so big, they shouldn't have been here for seven or eight years!" ”
Carpenter Zhao listened, his brain turned very fast, and he hurriedly agreed, "Yes, when Heng'er Niang was still there, the three of them always played together, and then they were a little rusty, and now his family's grain harvest is out, thinking that I still have a little craftsmanship, so he followed me as an apprentice, just to earn money and make a living." ”
"Okay, okay, this is a search by officers and soldiers, not a common thing, Village Chief Zhou, do you really know them as his nephew?"
Zhou Huaili nodded again and again, "In these years, if I don't really know each other, why should I prove to him that he is a nephew, and he is so similar to that Heng'er Niang." ”
The leader of the officers and soldiers picked up the drawings and compared them one by one in person, although he was suspicious of Qi Jingchen's swollen face, he still did not find evidence.
The little soldier beside him looked around, and suddenly smelled the fragrant smell wafting from the stove, and saw two people bowing their heads and whispering.
The two muttered for a while, only to see the little soldier fox fake Huwei speak, "Today's search in your Yunxi Village, it has been nearly half, the situation is quite good, there is no harboring bandits, you have done a good job as the village chief, my family is in a bit of a hurry to set off today, and I haven't had time for breakfast yet, and it happens to be at her house today, and the workers are not there, so don't waste food." ”
When Tang Wan heard this, she was so angry in her heart, and her face was a little unhappy, so she saw Xiao Bing coming, "Why are you unhappy?" My head and I studied it for a long time, and that Dawu's swollen face ......"
Tang Wan knew what he would say next, so she quickly changed her smiling face, "What do you say, the official came to my house for dinner, we couldn't invite it, it just so happened that the meals were hot, let's come together." ”
Zhou Huaili walked up to Tang Wan, patted her on the shoulder, and whispered, "Don't worry, Uncle will go back and make up the money for the meal, as long as they are satisfied, now as long as they are satisfied." ”
Tang Wan quietly thanked the village chief for his secret help, although she knew that the village chief's intention was to care about the peace of the entire village, she was still very grateful.
It was useless for Carpenter Zhao's father and son to stay here, and they were persuaded by Tang Wan to go back, so as not to have any unpleasantness with the officers and soldiers.
After the meal was served, the officers and soldiers were not polite, and one by one they lost their prestige, and they were accompanied by a few elders with high moral integrity.
Zhou Huaili took out the old wine he treasured at home, and these officers and soldiers who looked dignified suddenly revealed their original forms, pushing their cups and changing their glasses to drink.
The leaders of the officers and soldiers had red eyes, and they looked suspicious when they shouted Dawu.
Xiaobing seemed to have some task, he kept staring at Tang Wan, he had been mixing in the rivers and lakes for a long time, what he learned was to observe words and looks, he saw that this family was the ugly girl who had the final say, and with the help of wine, he came to Tang Wan.
"Girl, my eldest brother said, your Dawu looks suspicious of this allergy, but we came down on an errand, don't bring anything back, it's not easy to do it!"
As soon as these words came out, Tang Wan knew that this guy must be holding some bad water in his heart.