In the guest hall in the front yard, the officials guarding the old Gu family were eating and drinking.

Ma Ya said while drinking wine and eating meat: "You don't know how good Gu Jin'an is at being a man, he gave the brothers thirty taels of silver money, and when the brothers returned to the yamen, his family also brought the guys from Futailou to send us three tables of banquets." One table was given to the three team leaders, one table was given to the brothers of Qingdao, and one table was given to us. ”

This Ma Ya is Xiao Ma Ya Gong, the younger brother of Ma Bantou, who helped in the ceremonial room during the government exam, and came back to guard the old Gu family after the government exam.

He was not guarding the old Gu family before, but guarding the same prefect's mansion, but Zhang Sanjin has made meritorious contributions recently, and the prefect is impressed with him, and gave Zhang Sanjin the good work of guarding the same prefect's mansion, and he was transferred to guard the old Gu family.

Therefore, after getting the happy money, Ma Yashi laughed at Zhang Sanjin: "Zhang Sanjin's kid is envious of Lao Tzu, and he secretly sent Xiao Qiangzi to inquire how much happy money Lao Tzu gets?" Oh, Lao Tzu slapped the silver directly on the table, thirty taels, do you see it clearly! The little hadron was so shocked that his eyes widened. ”

"Hahaha, it's better to have Brother Ma's luck, take a trip, and you can afford to pay for the previous year." The officials who followed the horse officials to guard the house said, complimenting the horse officials.

Ma Ya was very comfortable in his heart, but the clan brother told him that Zhang Sanjin recently learned that the Lord of the Mansion valued him and asked him not to do too much. Ma Yashou took out two taels of silver and asked people to book an ordinary banquet and send it to the same prefect to Zhang Sanjin and them.

"Let them be happy too, don't say that my old horse is slamming the door." Ma Ya said.

"Eh, I'll do it." A young servant took the money and left the house to book a banquet.

"Brother Ma is bold and righteous, and he is generous." The officials at the same table said.

Ma Yashou was in a good mood and was even happier when he heard the good words, but he didn't be happy for long, when a mother-in-law hurriedly came and said, "Bad master, bad master is not good!" ”

Ma Yajun frowned and said, "What's the panic, I'm very good, what's wrong?" But the group of neuropaths of the old Gu family are making trouble again? ”

The mother-in-law said: "Yes, it's Gu Chengxian, he hit the wall, lying motionless on the ground, estimated to be dead." ”

The mother-in-law was in charge of keeping an eye on Gu Chengxian, Gu Youlu, Qian Guangzong's father and son, who were suffering from Hualiu disease, and when she walked around to Gu Chengxian's courtyard, she had just shouted twice into the house when she heard a bang, something hit the wall.

The mother-in-law was startled, thinking that Gu Chengxian had fallen, and continued to shout into the house, but Gu Chengxian never replied.

The mother-in-law felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly opened the window, and when she looked through the window, she saw Gu Chengxian lying in a pool of blood.

"There's so much blood, it's almost like a river." The mother-in-law said fearfully, urging the Ma Ya servants to them: "Everyone, go and take a look, the old woman will find a coarse sack for you to collect the body." ”

The mother-in-law decided that Gu Chengxian was dead, and went to find a burlap bag after speaking.

"Bad luck! Can't this old Gu family stop? Lao Tzu's banquet is only half eaten. The Ma officials were so angry that they cursed, but if Gu Chengxian died, they couldn't ignore it, so they could only get up and beckoned to the officials: "Let's go, let's go and see, if he dies, report to the prefect, if he doesn't die, let him live for a few more days." ”

Repeat offenders like Gu Chengxian, who have a malignant disease, are just messing around, and it doesn't matter whether they are dead or alive, so the officials are not nervous.

But they didn't know that it was all Gu Chengxian's pretend.

Gu Chengxian had a malignant disease, and bought Lin Laoba and Gu Changfa again, and asked them to stuff the dry food that the government tested, knowing that the ancient prefect would not let him go, since he was bound to die, then he must be buried with the officials before he died.

During this period of time, he has suffered a lot of evil anger from the officials, and this breath must be obtained.

After the Ma officials came to the courtyard where Gu Chengxian was being held, they did not rush in, but asked one of the officials to put on old clothes, put on a sack, wrap them tightly, and go in to check if Gu Chengxian was dead.

"Seventeen, be careful, poke him with a stick, see if he's dead, don't touch him, he stinks for the past few days, and the malignancy can be seen to be serious." Ma Yashou explained to Liu Seventeen.

"Eh, Uncle Ma, don't worry, the kid understands." Liu Seventeen is not very old, he is a small official who just came in last year, and he does some of the hard work.

After he entered the house, he didn't get close to Gu Chengxian, poked him with a stick, and after seeing that he didn't move, he gritted his teeth again, reached out to Gu Chengxian's nose, and was afraid of being infected, so he quickly withdrew his hand and said: "Uncle Ma, he, he seems to be really dead." ”

"What do you mean by like?" Ma Yajun frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Explore again." ”

But Liu Seventeen is afraid, he has just gotten married, and he doesn't have a son yet, how can it be good if he is infected with flower willow disease?

But Liu Qiqi was even more afraid of losing his errand, so he had to use his hand to probe Gu Chengxian's snort again, and after seeing that there was no breath coming out, he said happily: "Uncle Ma, it's clear, it's really dead, you can come in and collect the body." ”

However, Liu Qiqi didn't know that Gu Chengxian was not dead at all, he just held his breath and made a breathless appearance.

Ma Yashou listened to it and was relieved.

"Poor master, poor master sack is here." The mother-in-law found a big **** bag and handed it to the Ma Ya Servant.

Ma Yashou gave the sack to a servant next to him: "You take the sack and go in with the seventeenth Gu Chengxian to the courtyard, and after the prefect shows him, it is estimated that he will be burned in the courtyard." ”

Flower willow disease cannot be moved to another place, it is better to burn it on the spot.

"Yes." After putting on old clothes and wrapping himself like a zongzi, the official took the sack and entered the house, tossed with Liu Qiqi for a while, and then carried Gu Chengxian to the sack, and then pulled the four corners of the sack, dragged him out of the house, and put him in the courtyard.

But Gu Chengxian had just been dragged into the courtyard when he suddenly burst out, and his mouth kept spitting at the officials.

The previous mother-in-law rushed to the courtyard gate when she saw it: "Run away, this king is not dead, he is pretending, and he wants to harm us to get flower willow disease!" ”

Ma Ya hurriedly shouted: "Stand back, stand back, don't let his saliva spit on us." ”

It was to reach out and grab Liu Qiqi, who was close to Gu Chengxian, and another official, and drag them straight back.

Gu Chengxian's face was covered with blood, his eyes stared at the officials fiercely, and he continued to spit on them.

After seeing that the saliva could not be sprayed on them, he simply rushed towards the Ma Ya servant, and said with a smile: "You group of ninth-rate dog minions, let you look down on Young Master Ben, let you laugh at Young Master Ben for having flower willow disease, today Young Master Ben wants you to taste the taste of this flower willow disease!" ”

Gu Chengxian's crazy appearance of dying together frightened all the officials.

Ma Yajun was frightened, but he was the boss of this group of officials, at the critical moment, he took out his knife and slashed towards Gu Chengxian who rushed over.

With a click, Gu Chengxian was cut to the ground with a knife.