Zhang's eyes were also red, and there was no good or evil in his heart, as long as he could get silver to enjoy, he immediately agreed: "Cheng, just listen to my son." ”

In the middle of the night, after everyone had gone to sleep, they sneaked into the house to grab something.

That's right, they don't steal anymore, they plan to use the robbery. A few women and children, they have knives in their hands, can they still be afraid that they will not succeed?

But they miscalculated this time, and not long after sneaking into the house, they collided head-on with a man.

The man was stunned at first, and when he saw the knife in Gu Chengli's hand, he immediately reacted, snatched the knife from Gu Chengli's hand in two moves, and then kicked him on the knee, bang, Gu Chengli was kicked directly to the ground, and with a click, the kneecaps were shattered.

"Hurry up, second child, there's a thief in the house!" The man shouted outside the house, the movements of his hands did not stop, he twisted Gu Chengli's hand, and then pulled it hard, clicked, and directly pulled Gu Chengli's hand into dislocation.

"Ahh Gu Chengli screamed, almost fainted in pain, and hurriedly shouted to Zhang: "Mother, help me beat him!" ”

Zhang was already frightened, and when he heard Gu Chengli's words, he came back to his senses and ran away.

Gu Chengli's eyes were cold, damn Zhang, he was her own son, she left him and ran away by herself when the disaster came.

But Zhang didn't run away, he collided with another man who rushed into the house, and with a bang, he was directly knocked to the ground by a man as strong as a mountain.

The man was also good at martial arts, and he reacted quickly, and immediately suppressed Zhang's family, clicked, and unloaded her two arms first, so that she could no longer move.

Zhang was so anxious that he hurriedly begged for mercy: "A good man spare his life, spare his life, we just passed by and wanted to go into the house for a night, not to steal things." ”

"Phew, are you a fool when we are from the old Liang family? I'll believe your. Liang Lao Er didn't talk to him, and directly took the rope at home and tied up Zhang.

Zhang cried and said vigorously: "The hero misunderstood, our mother and son really came here to spend the night, and you caught the wrong person." ”

Boss Liang listened and said: "Don't talk nonsense, our brother is a dart, everyone has seen everything, just your trick to deceive us, and it's a little tender." ”

After Boss Liang tied up Gu Chengli, he said to Liang Elder Er: "The second elder went to the yamen to call someone, saying that we caught two thieves, and it is estimated that they are the male and female thieves who have been very fierce in the past few days." ”

Eh, look, Zhang and Gu Chengli stole things and stole their reputations.

Recently, people have seen the two people in several towns along the official road, saying that they are a man and a woman, but the woman is a little old and does not look like a husband and wife.

But it doesn't matter, as long as a man and a woman commit a crime together, everyone is called a male and female thief.

"Eh, I'll go." Liang Lao Er turned around and walked out of the house.

Boss Liang looked at Zhang's mother and son, and shouted outside the house: "Mother, daughter-in-law, second brother and sister, don't panic, the thief has been caught, the second brother has gone to report to the official, and the official will come in a while, just stay in the house." ”

Mrs. Liang and the others had already heard the sound of fighting outside, and they were frightened, but they were finally relieved when they heard the words, and shouted: "Eh, we know, you should be careful, I heard that this male and female thief is very powerful, and he never goes empty." ”

The reputation of male and female thieves is quite loud in several nearby towns, the big guys are too scared, and her family has many women and children, Mrs. Liang has always been afraid that something will happen at home, but she didn't expect these two thieves to really come.

Fortunately, the eldest and second child heard about the male and female thieves, and they came back in advance, otherwise their family would have been late.

Half an hour later, Liang Lao Er finally brought the people from the county government, and immediately arrested Zhang's mother and son, and spent half a night torturing them, and at dawn, Gu Chengli finally couldn't stand the torture and confessed, admitting that their mother and son stole the silver of more than a dozen families in several towns along the way.

But after Gu Chengli finished recruiting, he put all the fault on Zhang's and cried: "My mother forced me to do it, if I don't steal, she will die to show me." I'm a son, so I can't watch my own mother die, so I can only promise her to follow her to steal things...... Bad master, I'm innocent, it's all my mother's fault. ”

When Gu Chengli was in the Li family, he read some books with the Li family's husband, and the Li family's husband told them about the Great Chu criminal law, one of which is that those who confess their crimes and those who are instigated to commit murder can have their sentences commuted.

And he only committed theft, which hurt people, but did not cause any death, and he was young, and the mines of the imperial court needed manpower, so he would not be sentenced to death, but would only be sentenced to work in the mines.

As long as he can go to the mine, he will have the opportunity to escape and go to Sister Rong.

Zhang Shi trembled when he heard this, stared at Gu Chengli, and gritted his teeth: "You dog mongrel who has lost his conscience, he has the same virtue as your father and your father, and when there is a benefit, he fights for it, and as soon as he sees that something is wrong, he immediately blames it on others." Gu Chengli, don't worry, you can't escape this time, even if my mother dies, she will die with you! ”

Zhang is a ruthless person, and then he put all the fault on Gu Chengli's hands, and also said that Gu Chengli bought a knife and planned to kill and rob.

And Gu Chengli's knife was bought in the county town, and the official went to check it, and he really found it.

Gu Chengli cried and shouted: "It was my mother who asked me to buy the knife, she forced me to steal it, I am an accomplice, she is the real villain!" ”

Zhang laughed when he heard this: "Son, if you do something evil, you have to pay for your life, you can't push your mother to death for the sake of your own life." ”

After Zhang put all the blame on Gu Chengli, he said to the servant: "Poor master, I didn't hurt anyone's life, and I can't be sentenced to death. ”

He also said: "My daughter Gu Rong is the concubine of the third young master of the Zhan family in Jinning Mansion, the Zhan family is a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and everyone in Jiangnan Jianghuai knows it, please let me send a letter to the Zhan family in Jinning, as long as the Zhan family receives the letter, they will definitely send someone to take the silver to eliminate my crimes." ”

Zhang, like Gu Rong, is a person who is anxious and wise in a crisis, and Gu Rong told her a lot about the Zhan family, and she told these things to bluff the servants.

The official hurried to report to the prefectural magistrate.

The county magistrate was also bluffed, and remembered the gossip in He'an Mansion, saying that the third master of the Zhan family and the third young master of the Zhan family slept with two girls surnamed Gu in He'an Mansion, and brought them back to Jinning Mansion.

I guess the rumors are true.

He thought for a moment, for fear that he would be retaliated against by the Zhan family, and finally agreed that the Zhang family would write a letter to the Zhan family, as long as the Zhan family took the silver to the Zhang family and Gu Chengli to eliminate their crimes, they could be released.

Seeing that the county magistrate agreed, Zhang was too proud to dictate to the scribe to write a letter and send it to Jinning Mansion.

The Zhang family was dreaming of someone from the Zhan family coming to save her, but they didn't know that Gu Rong, Gu Ya, and Gu Xiaomei were about to be Shen Jiang by the Zhan family's uncle and nephew.