Chapter 221: The Old Man
The star fruit blocked in front of the people without a trace, and said angrily: "It's not good for the big brother's little eyes to look at the car, my little sister hasn't even said anything yet, and occasionally I have to be shy when I see a foreign man." ”
When the man heard the star fruit say this, his face was also embarrassed, and he turned his head tightly.
When the man walked away, the star fruit lowered the curtain and looked at Qiao An, and asked, "What can I do now, people are guarding the city gate to arrest you." ”
Without waiting for Qiao An to speak, the subordinates who went to the front to inquire about the news also came back to report: "The people have a portrait in their hands, and they spontaneously help find you." In the current situation, it is really dangerous to enter the county seat. ”
"Is this West Fire City already occupied by bandits?" Yang Chunxiao was indignant: "And those people, also want to rebel?" ”
"This gang of mountain bandits has already captured the county seat yamen, and it is very simple for them to occupy the city." Li Guardwei sighed: "The prince's people have been operating here for decades, tyranny, and scraping are all the best, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the officials are forced to make it clear." If we were the common people here, we would be afraid of another official like that. ”
"Yes, the people's requirements are actually very low. As long as you can eat enough and wear warm clothes, you will be content. If they weren't forced to live, who would want to rebel at the risk of exterminating their families? ”
Carambola was worried when she heard this: "In such a situation as Xihuo, how can you put down the riot with just a few of you?" ”
"It's still a riot, it's already God's favor to survive here." Yang Chunxiao glanced at Qiao An, and reproached him for refusing to resign at the beginning: "The crown prince has not succeeded to the throne yet, even if he succeeds to the throne and becomes the emperor, he must have a name if he wants to be a person." That's good, you let the bandits hack to death, and he left him clean. ”
Qiao An frowned tightly, and it took a long time before she asked the guard, "Is there only my portrait, or do you have all the portraits?" ”
"It's just yours."
"Then you go to the city first, and then come out and meet me when you find out what's going on inside."
"So how do you get in touch?"
"If there is news, I will go to the broken temple in the west of the city to leave a mark, and I will go there to wait for you when I see it the next day."
So far, that's all it can be. The master and the two military attaches advanced into the city, and Qiao An took the remaining two military attaches and star fruit and Yang Chunxiao to retreat.
This is already the boundary of the West Fire Land, and most of the people are full of hostility to the new county order, and they must not go to the village, but they have to sleep in the wild, and it is really eye-catching after a long time.
"Otherwise, go far away, the last time you got off the carriage and were bumped into by the people, you were still in Huguan, since the people there didn't recognize you, it's better to retreat over there." Afraid that Qiao An would not agree, star fruit also deliberately said: "Safety is more important, if you are arrested now, you will really die in vain." ”
Qiao An raised his eyebrows and thought for a long time, but still shook his head and said: "The pot is not good, and it is also a day and a night journey to speed up the horse." It was too inconvenient to contact Zhou Guards. Moreover, the opportunity is fleeting, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to take office at the appointed time. ”
"What then?"
While I was worrying, the carriage suddenly stopped again. Because of the rush to stop, the people in the carriage fell and staggered.
Joan was about to go out to see the situation, when she heard the guard scolding: "Suddenly came out of the side, I won't knock you over if I don't rein in my horse." Don't know how to take a look? ”
Carambola stopped Qiao Ann and picked up the curtain to look out. I saw a teenage boy kneeling in front of the carriage, kowtowing vigorously and saying, "Please do well and take me and my mother into the city to see a doctor." My mother is dying, please. ”
Naturally, it is impossible for the guards to let them get into the car, and the ordinary time is even counted, and now in a sensitive period, if Qiao An's identity is exposed, no one in this car will want to live.
But the training was also trained, and the scolding was also scolded, but the child was stubborn and refused to let go, only stubbornly kowtowed and begged: "Please save my mother, as long as you send him to the hospital, I will repay you as a cow and a horse." ”
Star fruit looked at the child carefully, the exposed skin was dark and rough, the clothes were tattered, and the body was slender and thin. Such a form should be a child of a poor family.
Looking at his face more closely, I found a few fingerprints that were not very obvious, thinking that he had been beaten a lot by stopping someone's car.
Carambola looked at his kung fu, and the guards had already dragged the kid aside. But as soon as the guard got into the car, the boy stubbornly stopped him.
"You're still on it?"
The guard was a little angry, and raised his horsewhip to beat. Carambola coughed and stopped: "It's just a child, don't mess around." ”
Saying that she was about to get out of the carriage, Yang Chunxiao grabbed her and shook her head: "It's hard to protect yourself, don't be nosy." ”
"It's fine!" Carambola broke away from Yang Chunxiao's hand and got out of the car, and Yang Chunxiao grabbed her quickly. It was Qiao An who broke his hand and said, "It's okay for your sister to take a look, you can't sit idly by." ”
"Don't say that there may be fraud, just think it's really the people, we dare to bring it? Can you guarantee that they won't recognize you, or can you guarantee that they won't snitch? ”
"I won't let them get in the car, so I'll go and see how his aunt is doing."
Carambola walked up to the child, squatted down and asked him, "I'm a doctor, how about helping your aunt first?" ”
The boy looked at the star fruit with distrust and didn't speak for a long time.
"We don't go into the city, so we can't bring you and your mother into the city. But I'm really a doctor, maybe I can help you. Of course, if you really don't want to, I won't force it. ”
Your child looked at the carambola's face seriously, frowned and thought for a long time before agreeing: "Okay! ”
He took the star fruit and walked to the woman lying under the tree, Yang Chunxiao looked uneasy, and got down and followed behind the star fruit.
"Just look at a patient, are you like this?" Carambola teased Yang Chunxiao while checking her pulse, but before she finished speaking, the originally unconscious woman suddenly opened her eyes, and before she could wait for Carambola to take precautions, a dagger had already been pressed against her heart.
At the same time, the little boy who was still sad and helpless before also walked around Yang Chunxiao's back, and a silver needle pierced him accurately, making him unable to move immediately.
"Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you." The woman's warning was not polite at all: "Don't think that I don't know that there is Qiao County's order sitting in the carriage, if you go with me, we will be fine, if not, don't blame me for shouting out to let everyone know." ”
There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, and her random shouting will definitely attract the attention of others.
Carambola doesn't know where she has revealed her flaws, but when it comes to Qiao An's safety, she doesn't dare to act rashly.
"Who are you, and what are you kidnapping me for?" Carambola asked her in a whisper.
"If I look for you to save my life, it will be the life of many people!"
Star fruit was held hostage and helped the woman away, but Yang Chunxiao still stood stiffly in place. Joan and the guards soon realized that something was wrong.
Waiting for the carriage to chase here, the star fruit has been dragged on the back of the horse and galloped wildly.
It stands to reason that if you kidnap someone, you should run to a secluded and narrow road. The horse is small and the carriage is big, and the other party can't catch up only when you take a narrow road. Besides, Qiao An didn't dare to let people see it, let alone get out of the carriage to chase after her.
But she just walked down the road, and if Joan and the others didn't follow, she would have stopped and waited.
"What the hell do you want to do?"
Carambola was a little anxious, but no matter how anxious she was, the woman didn't care about her anymore. If she is in a hurry, she will be directly pierced with a silver needle on her acupuncture point, and she will not be able to move her body and speech.
For this ability of the woman, the star fruit was shocked.
She thinks that her medical skills are very good, and her understanding and application of drugs have reached a certain level. But she didn't know what medicine the other party had used on her, and why this medicine worked immediately.
Carambola was shocked, she really regretted not listening to Yang Chunxiao's words.
Qiao An naturally sensed that the other party was luring him, but with star fruit in their hands, where could he take care of it?
It wasn't long before the woman took the star fruit into a ruined temple. After entering the temple and closing the door, the woman pricked her with a few stitches, and after a while, the star fruit was back to its original state.
"Our second shopkeeper wants to see you." Without waiting for the star fruit to ask, the woman was the first to speak.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in a mask came out of the inner sanctum. He looked at the star fruit, and his eyes were full of gentle smiles.
"Who are you?"
Although it was a question, the star fruit had already guessed who he was in his heart. It's just that she never expected that she would meet again here in such a way, and she couldn't accept his current identity.
"Don't even know me?" The other party took off his mask, smiled disdainfully at the star fruit and said, "You are still so useless, you will be caught casually." ”
"Didn't you say to be a soldier? You ...... now" Looking at Yang Pan's scar running through his face, Carambola's heart throbbed and hurt, how did the fifth brother, who was determined to be a hero, become a bandit? How can you go and be a bandit?
"I'm now the second boss of the Tianyou Gang, but I don't like the word master, so everyone calls me the second boss." Yang Pan took off the slingshot from his waist, and the cow tendon skin hit the ground casually. He squatted on the ground, turned his head and didn't look at the star fruit, and said in a casual tone: "It's actually good to be a bandit, better than being a good citizen." ”
As he spoke, Joan caught up.
The guards kicked open the temple door and drew their knives in vigilance. Yang Pan had already laughed.
He looked at Qiao An, his eyes shining: "I really didn't miscalculate, I can definitely catch you if I deceived the stupid star fruit." ”
"You, arrest me?" Qiao An looked at Yang Pan and frowned, and said with a light smile: "If you want my life to go through such a lot of trouble, you have worked so hard to attract me, do you want to change your evil and return to the right?" ”
Yang Pan laughed out loud, and the laughter made the star fruit feel very uncomfortable.
"In this world, what is evil and what is good?" Yang Pan stopped laughing, looked at Qiao An angrily and said: "I am a bandit, I should have been shouted and beaten by everyone, but the people who are full of fire respect me." You are the county magistrate of the imperial court, and the people of Xihuo should welcome you and congratulate you on taking office, but now everyone is shouting and beating. ”
"So what are you asking us for? Up? ”
Yang Pan grinned, and that smile made people's bones cold......
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