This large expanse of woods is so quiet and peaceful.

At that time, one or two bird calls from time to time made people feel quieter.

Between heaven and earth, it was covered by those dense branches and leaves, and the sunlight passed through the gaps of many branches and leaves, which could be vaguely sprinkled on this road.

"Stop, who are you? Where to go? ”

A checkpoint blocked everyone's way, and on this checkpoint stood five or six soldiers wearing Qing armor, holding a spear in their hands, blocking Runzhi and his party at this level.

"This is our official credentials, we are the subordinate officers of the three provinces sent by the capital to inspect here, which department do you belong to?"

"It turned out that the adults arrived, and they missed the welcome, and they were guilty of sin, so please wait for a while."

Among the soldiers in white armor came the head of a soldier, and when the soldier saw that there was an official here, he knew that it was a high-ranking official, but he was not afraid at all.

It turned out that these people were not really the soldiers in charge of the checkpoint, these people were all bandits from a nearby mountain.

These bandits, with the help of soldiers' costumes bought from the black market, pretend to be officers and soldiers, set up checkpoints here to intercept many wealthy merchants in the passing places, and set up all kinds of so-called non-compliance conditions for these people who are in a hurry to pass the customs in various ways, and then force these people who want to pass to spend a lot of money

"Who are you? Which department? Why is there a level here? ”

When Haozi saw the style of these people, it was almost not what an officer and soldier should be, a real officer and soldier were all the kind of well-trained, standing and sitting and walking, all because of the long-term strict and high-intensity training, and there was a clear difference from ordinary people, so Haozi almost recognized these people at a glance as fake bandits.

Haozi didn't point it out directly, as if he wanted to see what was sold in this group of people's gourds.

"We are the officers and soldiers in charge of the checkpoint here, and it is inconvenient to disclose the specific department"

One soldier said, almost impatiently.

"Our chief said, let Runzhi go and talk to him, and the others will wait in place"

The man who had originally said that he was going to inform the chief appeared in front of everyone again after leaving less than a quarter of an hour, and this time there was a beautiful woman by his side.

Among these bandits, there is such a beautiful woman, it is also very strange, these bandits, really a very special group of bandits, this is very interesting.

Haozi thought so in his heart.

"My lord, I have something to say to you!"

Haozi approached Runzhi, and then whispered, and Runzhi immediately understood what was going on.

"My lord, don't go!"

Cheng Hanyun and his entourage all persuaded Runzhi not to leave here.

For these people, Runzhi is the most important person among them, if Runzhi goes alone and has a safety accident, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

"It's okay, I'm just going to meet their chief, you guys put ten thousand hearts, I'll be fine"

Runzhi said to his subordinates.

So many of the officials stayed where they were.

"Why don't you go with me?"

Along the way, Qing'er, who had been sitting in the carriage with the maid, suddenly said to Runzhi.

"Don't go, I'll come if I go, just wait where you are!"

As he spoke, Runzhi rode his horse and followed the white-armored bandit in a soldier's suit.

"My lord drove to the cold house, and he missed the welcome, and he was guilty of sin!"

He was greeted by a small general in yellow armor.

In fact, Haozi has already whispered to Runzhi, telling Runzhi that these people are not real soldiers, but are very likely to be bandits or some outlaws, so Runzhi should be more careful with these people.

The official certificate that Runzhi asked the official officer in front of him to show was just the official certificate of an ordinary governor's master.

It turns out that all along, although Runzhi has always been in the position of governor of the three provinces, but in fact, Runzhi has not had a suitable talent around him to serve as the master of the governor of the three provinces, so in fact, the position of this master is vacant, or it is temporarily concurrently held by Runzhi himself, so Runzhi naturally has the official certificate of the governor Yamen master in his hands.

The governor and the other masters must be the biggest masters in all the yamen within the three provinces.

The reason why he didn't directly show these people the official credentials of the governor was just because Runzhi was worried that once these people knew that Runzhi was the governor of the three provinces, they would detain themselves, and then they would have to blackmail themselves into leaving a huge "road money".

After all, in the eyes of the bandits, power equals power, and power equals money, so power equals money.

However, since ancient times, the master only has the right to suggest, report and participate in decision-making, but he does not have the right to directly decide cases at the grassroots level, and this right is not something that ordinary people can have.

"I wonder why you invited me here?"

Runzhi said with a smile as he walked up.

It stands to reason that although the identity currently shown to the other party is a master, even if it is a master, it is not a small official.

According to common sense, if the superior comes, usually the subordinate should come out to greet him, so Runzhi actually confirms the previous judgment here.

"Lord An, we've been waiting here for a long time, do you know what I do?"

"I don't know, why don't you introduce yourself?"

"You don't know you're tight, but I know you."

"Oh, how do you know this officer, can you tell me about it?"

Runzhi is also approachable, which makes this mysterious secret feel very surprised, in fact, he is not too surprised.

After all, when she came, she had already heard that Lord An was famous for never pretending to be a good official who was dedicated to doing practical things.

In fact, in the eyes of many people, what kind of official is a good official?

As far as the people are concerned, it is natural that those officials who are upright and can continue to seek practical benefits for the people in a down-to-earth manner can naturally be regarded as a good official.

Runzhi naturally saw that this group of people didn't seem to be bandits, although they didn't look like soldiers, but if they were bandits, they didn't seem to look like them, so he agreed to risk coming alone.

"This, can Lord Annan remember Annan?"

"This nature, Annam is located in the south of China, has always been a subject country of China, famous for planting rice three times a year, the north of Annam, the interweaving county is our Huaxia has always been directly under the county, but later considering that the management of this place is very inconvenient, and the number of Han people who moved here is not enough, and there are often some Annan natives who come here to make trouble. This made this county officially assigned to Annan, a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, during the reign of Mingshenzong, on the premise that Annan needed to pay an additional 5,000 taels of silver every year, and the period was indefinite, but it was clearly stipulated that Annan would be a vassal state of the Huaxia Empire forever, and the final interpretation right belonged to the Huaxia Empire."

"Your Excellency really has a very good memory, it is true, Annan was sacked by the joint piracy and the Japanese pirates before, if you hadn't led 50,000 soldiers and brought military rations, materials and weapons that can supply hundreds of thousands of soldiers for daily use, our subject country of Annan would have become a place where the Japanese bandits raged. Your Excellency is already the lord of our country of Annam, but recently the acting lord of the country in addition to some problems, these problems are very serious, serious social problems have occurred in Annam, which has caused great public resentment boiling, and I hope that the lord of the country will personally go to command, because you know, most of the important posts in Annam are in the hands of the officials and generals you appointed, and at present, Annam has encountered an unprecedented chaos, resulting in many Han people who originally migrated to Annam have to relocate back. We're one of them. ”

Runzhi smiled steadily, and then said:

"If I'm not mistaken,"

The sun is shining.

The air smelled of pig manure.

It turned out that the cage used to lock up these four people was really a genuine pig cage, and the so-called pig cage was the pig cage used by those pig dealers to hold pigs when they sold several pigs.

These pig cages for pigs are naturally very foul-smelling, that is, very dirty pig cages, and there are even a lot of residual pig manure in them.

Therefore, these four people were tied to this iron pig cage, which was naturally very uncomfortable, which could be regarded as a complete punishment for them.

"You said it, you can shut up when you're done!"

When a beautiful woman speaks, she always flashes a strange light.

When Xiaoqin said this, she was naturally very depressed, after all, all of a sudden, her husband, who used to be like glue with her, suddenly became a stranger, and scolded without the slightest emotion, which almost made Xiaoqin's heart ache.

"You cheap comparison, go die, come out and mix, you always have to pay it back, you think God knows that you know I know, but you don't know that in the dark, the lack of virtue you do, sooner or later everyone will know, paper can't contain fire after all!"

"If you do it, you will do it, if you are wrong, I will be willing, I don't need you to think about it, I am dead, and I have nothing to do with you! You hypocritical sanctimonious bastard, I wish you no children! ”

This beautiful woman, who was as beautiful as a flower, did not choose to say something very unpleasant here, knowing that it also contained some cursed language, which was naturally unexpected by everyone.

"This woman's mouth is too poisonous, it's too sharp, such a woman is not a good stubble who can do whatever she wants!"

"Isn't it, this mouth is too sharp!"

"I'm going to dip the pig cage in a while, hahaha!"

"Wait and see the tragedy of the woman!"

Everyone huddled together in the corridor in the center of the lake, or in a small area that was more wide, and talked to the four of them.

"This woman is a female worm and a tigress, but this woman is still very beautiful, if her temper can be better, then it is really wonderful!"

"Indeed, if you drown. That's really a pity, it's better to be a daughter-in-law for those old bachelors."

In the crowd, there was still a lot of discussion.

At noon, the sun is already high,

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, the auspicious time has arrived, and the execution will be carried out!"

Hearing the order of the deputy patriarch in charge of the execution, the four large cages were firmly tied with ropes, and then slowly sank into the lake.

The four men and women struggled desperately in the pig cage.

However, this pig cage is made of iron, which is extremely hard, and the four of them are firmly trapped by the rope, and they can't move at all, only to see the bodies of the four people, with the lifting of the rope, began to gradually sink into the lake.

First the legs, then the waist, and then gradually the whole skull, which began to sink into the water gradually.

Then, when the four of them sank completely into the lake, all that remained was a series of bubbles on the surface of the lake.

"You deserve it, since ancient times, adulterers have not been able to die well, so these people are to blame. At the end of the day, who can blame you? After all, it's all your own business."

"That is, these four goods, that is, on weekdays, they either rely on their beauty, show their heads everywhere, show off themselves everywhere, or they are the kind of half-bucket of water, insisting that they are so-called talents, in fact, they are not even a fart, they should be damned! Go die, die early and be born sooner! ”

"That's it, these dogs and men, just damn it! If the cheating person is not executed, then the trouble will be big, this majestic China, where there are no men and women, where there are no beauties. If they are all messed up like this, then what are people doing when they get married, and when they want to engage with whomever they want, they just go directly to whom's house, and where they need to marry a woman into their home. Isn't the purpose of marrying home to make the wife and husband more faithful? ”

"That is, these two pairs of dog men and women, it is not a pity to die, if everyone is like this, the world will be in chaos!"

"However, I heard that it seems that the above, I don't want to see these two pairs of dog men and women die directly, I heard that these four people have been prepared to sell themselves into slavery, and the women have been forcibly recruited as official prostitutes, and I don't know if the news is true or not."

"Dude, your news is well-informed, where did you see this news?"

"Actually, I won't tell you the truth, it was all told to me by a judge who worked in the yamen, and it turns out that I have never heard of this matter."

"I see!"

As soon as the four of them were immersed in the water, the clansman in charge of the execution turned a small hole in the table upside down, and the red blood-like water in the funnel began to drip down the lower part one by one.

"At the end of the pig cage immersion ceremony, the patriarch was willing to correct the mistakes of these four people in view of the fact that they realized their mistakes, so he deliberately changed all the four people to the pig cage and handed them over to the county government, and the county government sold themselves into slavery in accordance with the procedures! Slave for life! Men are lifelong slaves. ”

This announcement is also a little interesting, when the patriarch was reading it, it was serious, and people listened to it, and naturally felt very surprised.

Because according to the procedure, since they have all decided to immerse themselves in the pig cage, then in fact, the death sentence of these four people has been announced.

Now it's good that these four people don't have to die.

Babbling, as the rope slowly rose, the four men were submerged in the water, almost dying, and they were all spitting water and coughing quite hard.

"Do you know you're wrong?"

The old patriarch asked loudly.

"I... I know it's wrong!"

"I... Also ·····"

The four men spoke almost hoarsely, almost with their last breath.

It turned out that these four people had suffered greatly under the water, and what these four people were most afraid of at this moment was to be put into the water again.

"Indeed, under the water, it is indeed very uncomfortable, and it can only be used as a warning to other people by giving them a huge lesson, so that in our Wangjiatun, nothing like this will happen again!"

"That's right, a place like your Wangjiatun has been closed for a long time, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to receive information from the outside world all year round, right?"

"Indeed, in our place, we think that the other cities are far away, so they are all very closed."

"Then you guys are so pitiful. In this world, the more crowded the place, the more wonderful the place, the most worthy place for people to live, in order to better reflect the value of a person"

This Runzhi and the old patriarch are also very speculative in their exchanges, after all, they are very clear about many things in this world, so they can't help but feel a little sympathetic when they communicate.