As soon as the group walked to the door of the county office, a hunchbacked man dressed as a servant hurriedly came out of it, with a flattering smile on his face, and saluted flatteringly: "Master, the carriage is ready, but the lady heard that the new county magistrate is coming, and she insists on running out, and the small one can't stop it, you see。。。。。。 Hey, sir, what's wrong with your face?"

Before the servant finished speaking, a middle-aged woman broke out, looking at the appearance of a little bit of beauty, when she was young, I was afraid that she was also a famous beauty in ten miles and eight towns, but she lived in this kind of windy and sandy place all the year round, and lacked maintenance, her skin inevitably looked a little rough, dark yellow and black, and she was wearing a simple cloth dress that was as black as a mourning dress, and her face was not powdered, and she looked at least six or seven years older than her real age.

Xu Sanjin, the magistrate of the county, was already angry, and when he heard this, he saw this unsightly scene again, and directly kicked the poor hunchbacked servant to the ground, and then scolded angrily at the woman: "Why did you run out, you dead mother-in-law? Didn't Lao Tzu let you go to the carriage and wait for Lord Ben? Running out in mourning clothes, did you want to curse me to death? Stinky girl, mourning star!"

Puzzled by this, he raised his hand, and then fell down on the woman's face.

The woman looked indifferent, standing in place with her hands down, her eyes were full of indifference in the face of death, seeing that the other party's slap was fanned, she didn't dodge or dodge, as if the other party didn't exist, which angered Xu Sanjin, who had a good face, and the stomach that she had just received was suddenly like finding an outlet, and the strength in her hand suddenly became a little bigger, and this slap was implemented, but I was afraid that it would be swollen for several days.

However, at this moment, a big hand with bruised muscles suddenly stretched out from behind him as fast as lightning, and then clamped Xu Sanjin's wrist like an iron tong, and the force was so great that the latter screamed in pain.

"Bastard! Bastard! Who is it? Let go!"

The rest of the servants heard the screams of their masters, and Gu all pulled out the saber at his waist, and then looked at this side one by one, but they didn't dare to move easily.

Xu Sanjin himself also grabbed his right hand, looked back angrily, and found that it was none other than the tall guard beside the little prince, who seemed to have drawn a knife to threaten his own guard just now, and he didn't know what was crazy at this time.

Jing Long firmly grasped Xu Sanjin's wrist in his hand, but his eyes crossed him, and he looked straight at the middle-aged woman with a calm face in front of him, the tall man of forty was trembling all over, his eyes were red, his teeth were biting his lips tightly, trying not to let himself cry.

Gu Xuan suddenly pulled out the imperial sword at his waist, and then pointed at the unkind looking servants around him, and said loudly: "Draw the sword to the king of a country, do you know what kind of crime this is?

Several officials glanced at each other, and finally figured out the situation in front of them, forced by the situation, although they did not directly throw down their knives and kneel to beg for mercy, they all turned their respective knives downward, and then reluctantly bowed their heads and retreated, obviously unwilling and afraid to intervene in this sudden dispute.

And Jinglong, on his side, looked at the woman in front of him with a guilty face, and suddenly threw Xu Sanjin away and threw the latter out directly.

"Oops!"

After intimate contact with the stone ground, Xu Sanjin couldn't help but let out a miserable scream, and then lay on the ground with his back covered, and then was hurriedly helped up by Chen Anmin and several officials next to him, but at this time, no one cared about their side anymore.

After Jinglong threw Xu Sanjin away, he took a step forward, and suddenly fell to his knees, hanging his head, his shoulders shrugged, and cried bitterly: "Sister-in-law, I'm late!"

The middle-aged woman stood quietly in place, calmly kneeling, her hands folded, her face cold, the expression on her face was extremely sad, but there was a sarcastic smile.

"Heh, you're a rich and noble official. ”

The woman's understatement was like a sharp knife that stabbed into Jinglong's heart, and the middle-aged man, who could not change his face in the face of more than a dozen vicious horse bandits, suddenly clenched his fist and smashed it heavily on his face, the force was so great that his whole face was smashed crookedly, which made Gu Xuan on the side shocked.

"Uncle Jinglong!"

"It's me who is greedy for merit! It's me who killed my brothers! I'm sorry for my sister-in-law! It's me who steals my life! I'm sorry for them!"

As he spoke, he leaned down, his head was facing down, and he slammed his head on the ground with a bang, smashing the stone floor and spilling blood, and the people next to him were frightened, and they didn't dare to come out, Gu Xuan wanted to help, but Jinglong struggled to shake it off, and then hit the ground hard.

The woman covered her mouth, speechless, and two lines of tears ran down her cheeks.

For twenty years, she has lived in the hatred of the past every day, but when she saw the cheerful brother back then kowtow in front of her and cry and apologize, she was still relieved.

It's been 20 years.

Xu Sanjin here was even more surprised, and the whole person had not recovered yet, so he could only ask Chen Anmin in confusion: "She, she, she is his sister-in-law?"

Chen Anmin himself nodded with a confused face, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

The woman also suddenly knelt on the ground at this time, hugged Jinglong, who was still kowtowing desperately, as if she was going to kill herself like this, and finally couldn't help crying loudly.

The cry was heart-rending, full of resentment and pain that had been remembered in their hearts for twenty years, and even those who listened to it could feel the despair.

Gu Xuan saw that the woman had finally stopped Jinglong, so he put his mind at ease for the time being, and stood behind them with his sword in his hand, waiting silently.

After a while, with tears on her face, the woman who had finished venting helped Jinglong in her arms and gently wiped the blood and sand off her face for him, just like the gentle and beautiful sister-in-law twenty years ago when she came to deliver food to the people of their team, she would also gently brush away the mud and sand on his face for him, and call him brother with a smile.

"Ahh

Jinglong looked up to the sky and wailed, for twenty years, he lived in his inner memories and torments every day, and he did not dare to come back, because he did not dare to face his sister-in-law and younger siblings who were once closer than his relatives.

Because it was him, he was the one who killed the entire team back then!

He was the one who made them poor widows!

He was the one who made his nephews and nieces fatherless!

It's him, he did all this, but the irony is that he survived, and even went to the capital later, got an official position, and enjoyed the glory and wealth in the eyes of outsiders.

That's why he was so sad, all this was his fault, and even after the incident, he thought about committing suicide on the spot, but people are so strange, when he left Youzhou and arrived in the capital, he wanted to apologize for his sins with death and comfort his brothers' spirits in the sky, but he couldn't do anything to himself.

But this matter lived in his heart like a poisonous snake, for twenty years, it has eaten away at his heart all the time, making him live in the torment of guilt every day, until today, when he sees his sister-in-law, he can't help but kneel and kowtow, wanting to ask for the other party's forgiveness.

Gu Xuan, who knew a little bit about what happened back then, also sighed with emotion, who would have thought that an iron-blooded man would be tortured by his demons for twenty years, and cry like a child in public.

The woman gently patted Jinglong's shoulder, her eyes turned to the unknown distance, and slowly spoke: "It's been twenty years, in fact, everyone has been relieved, in the final analysis, it's just a knot in the heart, you should have come back a long time ago, in fact, no one has ever really hated you, everyone understands。。。。。。 ”

Jinglong lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and cried non-stop.

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid you will hate me, I'm afraid to see the children's eyes, I'm afraid they'll ask me where their father went, I'm afraid, so I don't dare to come back, I've been awakened in the middle of the night countless times in the past twenty years, and I've told myself that I have to come back tomorrow, but I still gave up, I'm a coward, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm not worthy 。。。。。。of life! ”

"It's okay, it's okay. The woman patted Jinglong's back softly, her eyes were as gentle as water, and she whispered comfort.

Gu Xuan didn't want to disturb them, but walked in front of Xu Sanjin silently, then grabbed the other party's neck and collar, dragged him and walked towards the county office.

The officials next to them held knives in their hands one by one, looked at each other, and asked for each other's opinions, but for a long time, no one dared to step forward.

The two people in Majia Village, Ma Mingze and Ma Erhu, were also holding knives, although they were a little afraid in their hearts, they still pretended to turn their backs to Gu Xuan and made a defensive gesture towards the officials.

However, these officials have completely lost their fighting spirit because of Gu Xuan's words, they are princes, not to mention that fools understand that this is for Mrs., ahh, it is for that woman, can they really draw a knife against a prince for the sake of their own master's such an unsightly?

Even if it's not a fool's work.

What's more, the old man of his own family is not going to leave, as long as he and the others stay in Huangsha County in the future, they will still have to rely on the snort of this prince, and now he has angered his boss on the spur of the moment, can he still have good fruits to eat in the future? The officials glanced at each other, and they all made up their minds, silently put their knives into their sheaths, stood in place, and looked at their noses and noses, and looked at their hearts, and they should not have seen everything in front of them.

Xu Sanjin, who was thin here, was dragged out by Gu Xuan all the way, and the whole person was at a loss, and he shouted in fright: "Don't kill me, don't kill me! I am an official of the imperial court, you can't kill me! An Min, An Min, save me! Help me! Ah! Help!"

The heart-rending shouts of the former magistrate resounded throughout the county office, and the chief bookkeeper Chen Anmin stood in place in a daze, only feeling cold all over his body, chilling all over his body, swallowing his saliva with difficulty, looking left and right, holding his hands, and not daring to speak.

At this time, Jinglong and the woman were also awakened by Xu Sanjin's screams.

Jinglong's red eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said angrily: "This person insults my sister-in-law, he will be killed!"

After speaking, despite the head injury just now, the whole person was a little swaying, but he still stood up strongly, pulled out the knife, and stumbled to follow.