Chapter 4 The Storm Rises
It was almost noon, and it was too late to go down the mountain, and the two of them were ringing in their stomachs, just having a great time together.
Mu Lan's favorite snack is the brown sugar cake in his hometown, as long as he sees it, he can't eat enough.
After asking for a good price, the two of them each bought ten freshly steamed hot brown sugar top cakes, and held them in their hands and ate them while blowing.
Just as he was eating happily, a loud whipping sound suddenly sounded in his ears, and something fell heavily on the ground.
Shocked, Mu Lan's hand holding a lotus leaf top cake shook slightly, and more than half of the top cake that had not yet been eaten rolled with the lotus leaf, and the bones were all broken.
Mu Lan looked at her beloved top cake and felt distressed.
I was distressed and found that there was not only a hot top cake lying on the ground, but also a man with a bow like a shrimp, and a navy blue flower wrapped cloth money bag.
Mu Lan looked at the money bag on the ground that was exactly the same as her own, and had a very bad premonition in her heart, so she hurriedly untied the burden on her shoulders to check, only to find that the money bag that was still there just now was nowhere to be found at this time.
Just as the thousands of horses galloped past in his heart, the money bag on the ground was instantly picked up by a big hand and handed it to Mu Lan steadily.
"Girl, you lost this money bag?" The owner of the big hand asked, and the voice sounded exceptionally gentle.
Mu Lan couldn't help but raise her head, wanting to be curious to see what a person with such a good voice would look like.
I saw that the person in front of him was slender and sturdy, with a gentle and elegant face, looking about twenty years old, dressed as a goose-gray arrow suit guard, and a heroic aura faintly revealed between his eyebrows, it seemed that it should be a first-class guard accompanying the royal family and nobles.
The young guard saw that Mu Lan was a little stunned, and said with a slight smile: "When I was buying the top cake just now, I saw that this person had been following the girl, and sneakily stuffed this money bag into his arms, and squeezed out without buying the top cake, I felt that there must be something strange in it." If the girl happens to lose her money bag, let's check it out quickly. ”
When the words fell, two warm eyes were projected like a ray of sunshine.
One hand was still quietly holding the money bag firmly in front of Mu Lan.
Mu Lan nodded embarrassedly, took the money bag and examined it carefully, isn't it her own.
Thinking about it carefully, maybe it was because he and Jingyi were too attentive when they were eating top cakes, and they lost their guard for a while.
Mulan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately gave a salute to the young guard, and said gratefully, "Thank you, sir." This money bag was accidentally lost by the Minnu just now. ”
The guy lying on the ground had been lying on the ground listening, and when he heard Mu Lan and them say this, he gritted his teeth and turned over and sat up, and said in a few voices: "Come and see, everyone, come and see, look at the doglegs of the government, killing people is not worth their lives......"
A few hysterical wails attracted everyone from all over the world to come and watch, and they began to talk about it.
"Eh, what's going on?"
"I was over there, I didn't see it. Do you see that? ”
"I didn't see it either. The two girls just now seemed to be eating cakes over there. The person on the ground should have passed by, and with a snap of the whip, he was knocked to the ground by the adult. ”
"Oh, then, that person on the ground must be a thief, otherwise why would the adults smoke him?"
"Who knows this, which eye did you see him secretly taking other people's money bags? It's hard to say, it's hard to say......"
"This ...... Naturally, there is none. ”
"No, how can you conclude that the money bag belongs to the man on the ground, or to someone else's girl, and there is no name written on it."
"That's right. If an adult asks me, if there is a lot of money in it, I will say that it is mine...... Huh! Why are you stabbing me......"
More and more people gathered to see the excitement, and the guy on the ground was even more fearless, stretched out his hand and pointed at the young guard who had just raised his hand and whipped his flesh open, and said loudly: "You are an official dog, specializing in bullying honest people!" You...... Why are you hitting me! ”
The young guard furrowed his eyebrows, looked coldly at the splash on the ground, and pinched the leather whip in his hand and said, "Hehe, why." As I saw with my own eyes, this hand of yours is stealing from the bag that the girl is carrying! ”
With that, he raised the leather whip in his hand.
It was felt that the fierce explosion of the whip was about to be heard.
That's right. As long as you wave it lightly, you will definitely be able to make the place where the whip falls steadily, accurately and ruthlessly.
Guarantee to draw this guy, look for teeth all over the ground, pull out a few, or pull down a row, effortlessly.
In front of the public, how could the man on the ground admit his identity, not to mention that the high leather whip was about to fall again.
Sure enough, I saw him ignore his head, protect his head tightly with his two hands, and howl loudly: "Wronged...... The dog's legs are going to kill people......"
The young guard's forehead was tense, and his eyes were like thunder.
With a smile, with a "snap" of his backhand, the leather whip fell heavily, smashing an inch of ground next to the man's forehead into a deep depression.
The guy was instantly frightened, trembling like chaff, the wailing stopped, and a clear stream meandered out from under itself.
Mu Lan didn't bother to look at the man anymore, smiled at the young guard, then turned to face the people around, raised the money bag in his hand, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, everyone should be very concerned now, is this money bag mine?" I, Mu Lan, am here to assure you today that this money bag is indeed mine, and it is like a fake. Because the money bag was hand-sewn by my mother, I will not admit my mistake. Naturally, and most importantly, only I know how much money is in it. If you don't believe it, please ask this adult to check it out in front of everyone in a while! ”
After that, he was about to hand over the money bag to the young guard in front of him in public, but the scoundrel on the ground actually relieved himself and said, "This money bag is mine!" I know a few words and taels inside! She only knew about it after seeing it just now! ”
These few sentences are conclusive and well-founded.
The young guard has a bad heart, and this person is probably not a first-time offender, but a habitual thief. After the money bag was secured, the number had already been counted, so there was no trace of panic on his face at this time, it was really too deceitful.
When the crowd heard this, they also talked like a pot that had exploded.
The tone of this person on the ground is as unquestionable as that of the beautiful girl, and it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong at this time, and you can't insist that he is a thief just because that person doesn't look like a good person, and he is very bad for his obscene appearance.
In the midst of all the different opinions, Mu Lan took a step forward and smiled coldly at the guy on the ground: "If you can tell the amount in the money bag, it doesn't matter." Tell you, in this money bag, in addition to the silver money, I have a thing, but tell me, what is it? ”
After the guy on the ground succeeded, he only hurried over the amount of money, and how could he have time to pay attention to other things.
How could he have thought that the girl in front of him still had this hand, and he was speechless for a moment, just stared at Mu Lan and the guards viciously, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Mu Lan raised the money bag in his hand and looked around at everyone: "Rank witness, I can't hide it, this money bag is indeed lost by me. This bag contains not only money, but also a miraculous thing. I'm going to take it out right now and show it to everyone! ”
After that, in front of everyone, he slowly untied the mouth of the bag, groped in the bag a few times, and took out a small ginkgo biloba from the money bag.
Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Mu Lan smiled and said, "This ginkgo biloba leaf was picked up by accident from under the tree next to the Yushenghou Temple in the middle hall. It's amazing because it looks extraordinary, what does it look like? ”
With that, gently hold this leaf in the palm of your hand, and walk around for everyone to watch.
"Oh my God, this leaf looks like a sacred statue of the mountain in the main hall!"
"Like! Indeed like! ”
"Tsk, you say, is this the manifestation of the mountain god......"
"I see, this money bag must belong to someone else's girl, what do you think?"
"That's nature, we big men, who will pay attention to what the leaves of the tree look like, and put it in the purse when it's over. We can't do this kind of thing. ”
"Naturally, only a little woman can do it."
"This scoundrel, it's not good to steal someone's house, but to steal other people's girls! Look, the mountain gods have appeared! ”
"yes, I'm still hard at the end of my mouth when I do bad things. What a shame! ”
......
Seeing that because of a leaf, everyone's mouth was like grass on the wall, and they instantly fell to the side of Mu Lan and the young guard.
As the saying goes, people are terrible, and a person can drown people with a mouthful of spit.
Every word you said, and I said a word, and they all accused the habitual thief on the ground.
The habitual thief had nothing to argue with, so he had to hang his head and admit it.
Mu Lan smiled heartily, saluted the young guard, and said, "Lord Xie is righteous and straightforward, and the people are grateful. ”
The young guard also smiled, nodded slightly to Mu Lan and the others, turned his head to the habitual and whispered, "Get up, go with me!" ”
The habitual thief on the ground had no choice but to get up from the ground with a chirp, and went with the young guard.
This initial turmoil has finally settled down.
On the way down the mountain, Jingyi's heart was thinking about what had just happened, and there were still some ups and downs.
Many years later, she recalled this incident and quietly asked Mu Lan, is that leaf really an accident?
Mu Lan looked at her, her eyes were like stars, and Ying Ying smiled and said, "Guess?