It turned out that Li Chenglu, the county commander, was a capable subordinate of Lin Mubai when he was the prefect of Suzhou, and he was extremely clever and deeply appreciated by Lin Mubai. Two years ago, there was a vacancy in Shanyang County, and Lin Mubai recommended this subordinate to the Ministry to fill the vacancy. This Li Chenglu is very grateful to Lin Mubai for his kindness, and he is worried that he has no chance to repay it, so the benefactor is here.

I saw him say to Lin Mubai: "Lord Lin, if you have something, you just have to give orders, and the lower officials will do their best to do it." ”

"It's nothing, it's just these two women, bother you to send them back to Yangzhou."

"Oh?" Only then did Li Chenglu notice the two women kneeling on the ground. It turned out that these two people had no eyes, not only collided with his great benefactor, but also dared to sue him. Li Chenglu had the intention to confess his loyalty in front of Lin Mubai with a high profile, so he stood in front of them with his hands behind his back, and his voice became very majestic: "Is that what you two sued?" ”

At this time, Hui Niang was already so frightened that the six gods had no master, where did she dare to admit it, and shook her head again and again to deny it. Xiao'e kept hanging her head, but Mu didn't react.

I only heard Li Chenglu say: "Sue the official with the people, even if you win, you will have to flow 3,000 miles, not to mention that you are falsely accused, and the crime will be added to one degree!" ”

Hui Niang panicked when she heard "three thousand miles of flow", and hurriedly climbed forward and hugged Mrs. Lin's leg and said, "Mrs! You are the most kind! Please save the lives of our mother and daughter! Several mothers-in-law were afraid that she would hurt her wife, so they hurriedly dragged her over.

Mrs. Lin is not a good match, but she has hidden a lot of edge when she goes out, and today she is really annoyed by the mother and daughter. I saw that she dusted off the place on her skirt that was touched by Hui Niang in disgust, and said impatiently: "That's because you have lost your eyes, looking at Madame, I am a good-tempered child?" Take them out and watch the trouble. ”

When Li Chenglu heard that his wife was annoyed, he didn't care how Hui Niang cried, so he immediately ordered someone to take them out. Before leaving, he asked Lin Mubai tentatively: "My lord, what do you think should be done with such people?" ”

Lin Mubai only said lightly: "But there is no need for two greedy and ignorant women to be entangled with them, just send them back to Yangzhou." ”

Li Chenglu took his leave after answering repeatedly, and escorted the mother and daughter off the boat with a group of arresters and servants.

It was already morning, and the shore was bustling with people. Seeing that the two women who had made trouble before and said that they were going to report to the official were escorted out by the government, everyone laughed one after another, and they all said cool things.

Someone said, "Isn't this shooting yourself in the foot?" ”

Another person said: "At first glance, I want to rely on others, and if I can't rely on it, I bite back." What a way to make it! Or the demon girl poisoned? I've heard too many storytellers! ”

At this time, there were several sharp eyes in the crowd that kept staring at Hui Niang and Xiao'e, and followed them into the county gate.

With Lin Mubai's words first, Li Chenglu did not embarrass the mother and daughter, but only reprimanded them again and sent them away with a little bit of silver.

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In the evening, Hui Niang and Xiao'e had already traveled to a place called Xiaogaozhuang in the south of Shanyang County. They didn't dare to take the waterway this time, for fear of encountering the Lin family's boat again, and the little demon girl had enough for them. Shanyang County can't stay any longer, and the whole city recognizes them. So the two had to travel back to Yangzhou, and they were tired and hungry when they came here, so they finally found a broken temple to rest.

Hui Niang deeply regretted her lack of greed at this time, if it weren't for this, they would still be eating and drinking spicy food on the Lin family's boat. In a few days, you will be able to return home easily. Now it's down to this point.

Along the way, Xiao'e was unusually silent, only burying her head deep in her chest and not saying a word. Hui Niang only thought that she was stimulated by today's ugliness, so she didn't ask anything.

Just as they were each thinking about their thoughts, two young men suddenly walked in from outside, both tall and gloomy.

Seeing that the comer was not good, Hui Niang hurriedly pulled Xiao'e back and shrunk back, but this was obviously in vain. A leader came up and grabbed Hui Niang's collar, forced her to stand up, and asked viciously: "Ask you a few words, you have to answer honestly." Otherwise—" He motioned for another person to come forward and grab Xiao'e, and said, "Otherwise, I will kill her." Hui Niang was so frightened that she nodded desperately as if a chicken pecked rice.

The man asked, "Is it true that you said on the dock today that there was a little demon girl who would poison her?" ”

"It's really true! I—I was drugged and couldn't speak all night! ”

The man asked again, "Who is that little demon girl?" ”

Hui Niang replied, "Yes, it is the young lady of their family, who looks less than ten years old. ”

"Did she make the medicine herself or did she buy it?"

Hui Niang's eyes rolled upwards and recalled: "What did she say at the time - the aquatic plants have a good effect or something, maybe they are worthy of themselves!" ”

The man's appearance seemed to be convinced, so he let go of Hui Niang's collar, and she "plopped" and collapsed to the ground again. What a day of calamity!

A subordinate man stepped forward and asked, "It seems that the matter is true." Do we want to fly the pigeon and send the message back to Beijing immediately? ”

"No, no." The leader said: "The stakes are very high, and it will be troublesome if the pigeon is intercepted on the way." Let's go back to Beijing in person to report the news! ”

"Yes!" The subordinate asked, "What about these two women?" Hearing this, Hui Niang, who had just relaxed her spirit, couldn't help but get nervous again.

The man turned to look at them, muttered, and said, "Kill the old one." Small-" As he spoke, he came up and pinched Xiao'e's chin and looked at her carefully, and said: "It looks quite watery, and this waist looks like the kind that the master likes." Then he said to his subordinate, "Take her back to Beijing!" If the master is not interested, it is not too late to kill her. ”

"Yes!" As she spoke, she raised her knife and fell, and Hui Niang didn't even have time to scream and went to Huangquan. Xiao'e on the side looked at this situation and wanted to scream, but her throat was dry and she couldn't make a sound.

"Let's go!" The man slammed her back, and Xiao'e staggered forward.

Walking to the door of the ruined temple, she glanced back at her mother who fell to the ground, and tears finally flowed silently.

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