Chapter Thirty-Eight: Returning Home
"You spent all the dirty silver you got from kidnapping and selling women?"
At such a life-and-death juncture, Liu Er already had no courage to hide it. What's more, he was just reprimanded by Liu Sheng yesterday, and all the silver that he had worked hard for for a long time was taken away. He already had some resentment towards Hu Wei in his heart, so he took the opportunity to confess everything: "All the money that the grass people sell every time is handed over to the county magistrate through the grass people's uncle. The grass people and their uncle only had to pay for some errands each time. Most of the rest of the expenses were allocated by Hu County. I don't know who it was given to. ”
"So, you kidnapped and abducted girls and asked you to do it at the behest of Hu Wei and Liu Sheng? They knew Huang Yapo before you? ”
Liu Er was ruthless and nodded suddenly.
"Caomin's uncle was also instructed by Hu Wei to run errands for him. Everything is that Hu Wei is too greedy for money, and he is bent on colluding with the officials above, so he lets the grass people do things that hurt nature and reason. The grass people's uncle didn't dare to disobey the order of the county order, and was forced to let the grass people do it. ”
"You say Hu Wei is bent on stammering with the officials above? Do you have a certificate? ”
Liu Er saw that Hades's attention was on Hu Wei's side, and he was faintly proud in his heart, and he was even a little less afraid for a while.
"At first, the grass people also spoke casually when they listened to their uncle's complaints. Until one time, the grass people went to the county government to ask their uncle for money, and accidentally bumped into a person in a hurry who walked out of Hu County's house. When the man walked away, the grass man accidentally picked up a small object from the ground that had fallen from him. There were words on the object, but unfortunately the grass people were illiterate and didn't know what was written. Later, the grass people quietly asked their uncle who the man was, and my uncle told me vaguely that he was collecting debts from the county order. The grass people guessed that it was probably related to the official who was in charge of the county order. ”
"You can take that object you picked up with you?"
Liu Er smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The grass people were sleeping when they were caught, and they didn't have anything on them. ”
"Where is that thing now?"
"It's in the grass people's house."
Seeing that he was not afraid now, Niu Tou raised his leg and kicked him viciously, and said in a rough voice: "Explain the appearance and location of things carefully." Thou shalt not be deceived! ”
Liu Er was kicked forward by him, and his face hit the ground all of a sudden. He slowly sat up straight in his heart, and said tremblingly, "That thing is in the cabinet of the grass man's bedroom." It is a small black wooden plaque with the length of the palm. It is also engraved with strange patterns and handwriting. ”
"What else do you know about Hu County's order? Recruit them all! ”
Liu Ertou shook his head, "Then Hu Wei doesn't want to use grass people to run errands for him, but in his heart, he looks down on people like grass people the most." Therefore, when there is nothing to do, the grass people rarely come to him. The grass folk didn't know much about him. Return the Lord of Yama to see clearly! What the grass people say is true! ”
The king of Hades trembled when he saw him kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, knowing that this was the case today, and it was difficult to ask anything more. So he beckoned Ma Mian and took a piece of paper full of handwriting, "In this case, then sign and draw on this confession!" One day the king of the province forgot about it, and he arrested you again! ”
As soon as Liu Er listened, there may be a next time. Without hesitation, he trembled and drew a charge on the confession.
Ma Mian showed the signed confession to the king of Hades. Hades took a closer look and solemnly placed the confession on the table.
"For the sake of your honest explanation today, I will let Niu Tou Ma Mian let you go back for the time being. Remember, don't do any evil when you go back! Otherwise, the eighteen layers of hell will definitely have a place for you! ”
Liu Er was relieved when he heard that he could go back.
"Thank you, Lord Yan! Thank you for your grace! ”
Liu Er knelt down to thank him, and the bull head took advantage of his inattention and slapped his neck suddenly, and suddenly the whole person softened.
When Liu Er woke up the next day, he found that he was still lying on his big bed. Looking at the broken wine jars thrown all over the ground, I suddenly felt like a world away!
Last night's dream was terrible!
I don't know if yesterday's dream was too real, but I still feel that all over my body is sore. Especially in the calf, if you move slightly, it will be uncomfortable like pulling tendons and flesh. He bent down and lifted his trouser leg to see that there were several large bruises up and down.
He looked at the large bruises and suddenly became uneasy. He thought of the little object mentioned in the dream, and boldly came to the cupboard. When I opened it, it was gone!
"It's over, it's over! Isn't that a dream? Did Hades really send a bull head and a horse to arrest me last night? Oh my God, it's horrible! It's horrible! Come! Someone! ”
As Liu Ergui howled like a wolf, the people who were guarding the outer room suddenly rushed in.
Within an hour, the news of Liu Er's collision with the ghost and madness spread to the Wannian County Office. Liu Sheng got the news and immediately went to visit Liu Er's home.
Cheng Siyi, who lived in the yamen for two nights, also heard the news, and when he saw Dunzi leading the horse to find him, he immediately found an excuse and left in a hurry.
Hu Wei thought that he would leave in the yamen until he ran out of money, but when he heard that someone had hit a ghost, he was so frightened that he said to leave, and he quietly laughed behind his back for several days.
In his opinion, any brother and sister love is nonsense! People are selfish, and when they encounter something that makes them afraid or threaten their lives, they will sacrifice others to protect themselves. Obviously, Cheng Siyi was classified into this category by him.
Cheng Siyi followed Dunzi all the way out of the city, and met Cheng Chuyang, Yan Mochen, and Cheng Xiangjin who were waiting there in Shili Pavilion outside the city.
When he saw that he finally saw Cheng Xiangjin without danger, his heart that had been worried for two days suddenly became steady.
"Yan Shaoyin, brother, are we going back to Chang'an? Everything is done? ”
Yan Shaoyin nodded, "I'll go back to Chang'an today!" On the way, ask your brother to tell you what happened in the past two days! ”
"Good! I can go home! ”
"Driving~driving~"
The group hurried up and quickly rushed back to the Jingzhao Yamen when the sun was setting in the west.
Yan Mochen and Cheng Chuyang went directly to the study to find Cheng Fuyin, while Cheng Xiangjin and Cheng Siyi went directly to the old lady's courtyard to report their safety.
When Mrs. Cheng saw that the brother and sister had come back unharmed, she was so excited that she almost cried. After they sat down in the house, they didn't forget to tell Lan Mo to notify Mrs. Cheng to come over. Mrs. Cheng, who had been waiting anxiously at home for many days, got the news, and almost trotted all the way to the old lady's yard.
Cheng Xiangjin heard the voice and walked out of the house, looking at his mother, who had not seen her for a few days, who was haggard and a lot less.
She couldn't bear it, so she took three steps and two steps and came to Mrs. Cheng.
"Mother, my daughter is back! How are you doing? ”
When Mrs. Cheng saw that the child she had been worried about day and night came back intact, the depressed mood that had been suppressed for days suddenly broke the defense line, and tears flowed down.