Chapter 348: Blackmail

Or, Murong Yuan originally had such a side, but because of the problem of identity, Xue'er never saw it clearly.

In fact, this is really no wonder Murong Yuan, after all, there is less than a month to go, which is the period of his wedding, and when the time comes, plus the envoys of various countries, the situation is afraid that it will be even more chaotic. If an incident like Shan Yu happens again, it will not be as simple as this time.

No matter how tense the situation outside is, in the royal post house where Cher is located, it still remains calm. Even Shan Yu, who used to scream hysterically from time to time, quieted down.

Only Lijiao has been by Xue'er's side, silently, just right to keep his distance. Shan Tianying came very rarely, but he didn't appear in Shan Yu's room many times, and he seemed to be busy with something.

With the gradual improvement of Xue'er's wind and cold, Murong Yuan's wedding date is approaching, and Ximo Lotus City ushered in the first early snow.

It is said to be snow, but in fact there is a lot of snow mixed in with it, and when it comes down to the ground, it is almost instantly a thin layer of ice, and at first it rustles when people step on it, and then it starts to slip a little.

Looking down from mid-air, the lotus city, which was originally like a seven-colored lotus, has become a snow lotus carved with ice at this moment, which looks covered in silver and crystal clear.

Except when she was in the Far North, Cher saw snow falling on earth for the first time, so she put on her cloak and walked out of the room.

The tribulation was at the door, and on the silver hair, Xuezi condensed into beads, and from Xue'er's point of view, it looked like countless small crystal beads had fallen.

He was still dressed in white clothes, as if he was about to merge with the snow between heaven and earth.

Xue'er was in a trance for a moment, and before she could speak, she heard the tribulation: "Girl, do you want to go out for a walk?" ”

His voice was as gentle as yesterday, and even the air around him seemed to be a lot warmer, and his clear eyes seemed to be looking into Xue'er's heart, which was clearly the color of snow, but it made people feel warm and friendly.

Xue'er nodded, silently followed behind Lijiao, and walked out, choosing to ignore the hand stretched out by Lijiao.

Lizai sighed softly, but didn't say much, silently side by side with Xue'er, and the two of them quickly left the post house and walked to the deserted street.

The air was slightly chilly, and after inhaling into the chest, it was even more cold as ice, which also shocked people's spirits.

The thin snow on the street and the footprints of people, not completely covered by the later snow, stood out in the white, and the two men walked forward silently and aimlessly, without anyone speaking.

His gaze fell on the footprints, and he sighed, "How flawless this snow would be without them!" ”

Xue'er was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, she didn't know why Lijiao suddenly came to say this, but she also knew that the other party would not speak without purpose, as if he would not be really bored and accompany her to walk in the snow.

Seeing that Xue'er was silent, she said again: "Or, this snow should fall a little bigger, covering up all the flaws, including ......"

He paused, and his eyes fell on a broken and sunken bluestone slab not far in front of him: "That one is broken, it is better to become the same as the rest of the place?" ”

Xue'er finally couldn't help but say: "How much snow it falls, how can it be decided by manpower, it's all God's will." ”

"Is it the fault of those snows?" ”

Then, without waiting for Xue'er to speak, she continued: "If you cover up the damage together, when someone passes by in the future, they accidentally step on it, sprain their feet, or run over the wheels, and people turn over on their backs, their heads are broken and bleeding, and even hurt their lives, do you want to blame this snow for falling too much, so that people can't even see the traps under their feet?" ”

As he was talking, a person in a hurry in front of him suddenly slipped under his feet, and the whole person fell on his back to the sky, and a long slip mark and a large human figure suddenly appeared on the snow, coupled with the man's hands and feet, it was a mess, and the snow was no longer as white and flawless as it was at the beginning.

Xue'er had the heart to help the man, but was stopped by the tribulation, and shook her head imperceptibly.

The two of them watched the man tossing in the snow for a long time, and finally sat up, and the sound of horses' hooves had already sounded from the other side of the street, and in a blink of an eye, it appeared in everyone's sight.

Seeing that the carriage was still five or six paces away from him, the man who had slipped before suddenly rolled forward, and actually rolled directly under the horse's hooves!

Xue'er's face changed, for fear that the man would be buried under the horse's hooves in the next moment, but unexpectedly, the tribulation stopped her again. She looked up and glared at Lizheng in dissatisfaction, only to see that the other party didn't look at her at all, and was staring intently at the man who had slipped to the ground.

Then the man's body slipped again, and the horse's hooves that fell in fright almost fell against his waist, splashing a lot of snow foam.

"Oops, the carriage hit someone!"

Just as Cher was stunned, a heart-rending scream suddenly came out of the man's mouth, and at the same time, five or six strong men rushed out of the shop next to him, and surrounded the carriage in the middle of the street!

Then a shopkeeper-like figure also slowly shook out of the shop and hummed in a nasal voice, "What happened?" ”

Of the five or six guys who rushed out, one of them went to probe the sniff of the man who slipped and fell, and then raised his head and said: "Shopkeeper, the second cow who was delivering firewood to our inn just now was trampled by a horse's hooves, and he looked injured a lot!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Oh, Erniu is an honest man, I heard that there is an eighty-year-old mother in the family who needs to be supported!" Check it out quickly, don't hurt your muscles and bones, or his old lady will be pitiful......"

Two of the other men who surrounded the carriage stepped forward and grabbed the reins of the horse, and two of them came up to the carriage and shouted to the door curtain of the carriage: "Hey, people in the carriage, your horse has stepped on someone, won't you come out to see?" Or wait to see the official! ”

Before the words fell, the curtain of the car was already shaking and being picked open, and a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian student leaned out: "Everyone, I have an emergency, and I am in a hurry to go to the hospital to ask for a doctor, and I am in a hurry to go to the hospital to ask for a doctor, and I am in a hurry to go, and the road is slippery after the snow, so I ......."

"Then you can't hit anyone!" The guy who had bent down to sniff at the beginning straightened up, "People are going to be trampled by your horses, and you are still in the carriage leisurely pretending that nothing happened?" Hurry up and come out and take someone to see the wounded......"

The man in the carriage hesitated for a moment, and finally climbed out of the carriage, with a blank face, and waved at the guys and the shopkeeper standing outside the circle: "There is really an urgent matter here, not intentionally......"

"Do you still want to?" A guy with a hideous face suddenly said, "Do you want to see the official?" ”

So immediately someone responded: "Let's go, see the official!" ”

The middle-aged Confucian was so anxious that he was about to sweat, and finally proposed to let a few men help carry the man on the ground to the carriage and take him to the medical hall.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper on the side suddenly asked Confucius to go to the medical center, and after Confucius answered, the shopkeeper waved his hand again and again: "No, no, the Lang Zhong surnamed Zhang you said is good at treating women and children, and he is not good at external injuries, and the person on the ground should have injured his bones, I'm afraid he will have to go to the Cheng family medical center in the south of the city!" Without further ado......"

Without further ado, he said, two men were ready to bend down to carry the man, and two men had grabbed the reins of their horses and were about to change direction as they pulled the carriage.

The Confucian student was also a little anxious, after all, he came from the south of the city, if he took the person on the ground to the medical center in the south of the city first, and then ran to the east of the city to invite Langzhong, I was afraid that there was not enough time, and he was so anxious that he sweated, and he actually reached out to stop the two guys who carried people.

Seeing that several people were arguing and arguing again, Xue'er could see it on the side, and the final meaning of the shopkeeper and a few guys was nothing more than to stand up for the second ox who was almost trampled by the horse's hooves, and let the Confucian students in the carriage compensate a sum of silver!

This silver should include the cost of Erniu's healing and the living expenses of supporting the elderly mother for three months, after all, it will take a hundred days to hurt the muscles and bones, and the Erniu can't chop and sell firewood for a hundred days, so naturally Confucianism needs to pay for the old mother of the Erniu for three months.

In addition, the carriage trampled to the place of Erniu, which happened to be the door of this store, which affected the business, and the guys in the store had to help carry people, help send people to the hospital, and no one in the store took care of them, and they needed to pay for lost work, etc., etc., after some calculations, even the blind can understand, this is blatant blackmail!

At the beginning, Aunt Hong's chicken-and-egg algorithm in Wangchun Tower, compared with these people, was simply a small thing, and it was not enough to see at all!

Of course, the Confucian scholar could also understand it, but as soon as the word "blackmail" was exported, he heard the shopkeeper say coldly: "Okay, then let's not care, see the official!" For the sake of Erniu's sufficient firewood every time, and it is not mixed with water, Tong Suo is not bullied, the big guy goes to give him a witness, anyway, the government has recently investigated strictly, maybe this person is still an assassin! ”

This remark made Xue'er stunned, is this blackmail not successful, has it been changed to a threat?

Seeing that the Confucian student's face was flushed, Xue'er couldn't help but rush forward, but once again she was pulled by her sleeve, took two steps back, turned around and walked back.

"You let go!" Xue'er was pulled to the ground and staggered, and when she turned back, she couldn't see Confucius and the shopkeeper of the shop, she was so anxious to break the hands of the robbery, and at the same time reproached, "That gang is clearly blackmailing, how can you sit idly by?" ”

Li Zheng ignored her, pulled her forward for a while, and even the sound of the gang arguing could not be heard, so he spoke: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

When he spoke, he still didn't let go of Xue'er, Xue'er couldn't break free, so she had to say angrily: "Naturally, I went to help the person in the carriage!" ”

Lizheng stopped in front of Xue'er: "How can you help?" ”

Xue'er was stunned: "Naturally, it was to expose the true face of that Erniu, he was not trampled on by the horse's hooves at all!" ”

"Even if he wasn't trampled on by the horse's hooves, how do you know he's not hurt?" ”

Xue'er was even more confused: "But ......"

"But they came prepared, can't they have their wounds healed in advance?" "What's more, he fell that before, but it was sturdy, you also saw it." ”

Cher seemed to understand something: "You mean ......"

Li Zheng bowed slightly, and said: "What's more, how do you know that what the shopkeeper said is false, in case that Erniu is really an old mother in the hall and needs to be supported urgently, so you made this decision, have you ever thought about the consequences of demolishing him?" ”

Xue'er's voice was a little small: "But, that can't be ......"

Li Tribulation interrupted her without hesitation: "Have you forgotten how you met Lin Manrong?" ”