Chapter 20 Falling Upon Conclusion
In the drowsiness, he heard a "poof" sound, the sound was small but clear, it was by no means different from the sound of wind and rain, Wang Da suddenly woke up, and his intuition told him that someone had jumped into the courtyard from the wall.
The Queen Mother was also awakened by this unusual noise, and held the quilt tightly in her arms, and it was evident that she had come to the same conclusion, and neither mother nor son dared to speak.
The gate of the courtyard was opened with a "click", and many people poured into the courtyard amid the sound of chaotic footsteps, and then the torches illuminated the windows, and someone said, "Big brother, yes, it's this cow." Someone shouted to the house: "Listen, people in the house, hurry up and hand over our things!
"Who?!" someone asked, as if noticing an anomaly around them, followed by a scream, accompanied by the sound of a person falling to the ground with an arrow. Suddenly there was chaos outside, the sound of "snorting" arrows rang out, and the courtyard was filled with wailing and screaming.
Someone shouted: "Big brother, we have been tricked." Another person shouted, "Evacuate, let's get out!" followed by the crowding of people pouring out of the hospital door.
Suddenly drums rang out in all directions, and the sound of shouting "kill" shook the roof debris. Then, the two sides fought together, and the sound of weapons clashing, screaming, groaning, and scolding rang out in a heap.
The Queen Mother was afraid of killing and bloodshed, so she covered her ears to death. Wang Da was afraid that a thief would break into the house, so he held a kitchen knife in his hand and stared at the door.
I don't know how long it took, but gradually, the sound outside quieted down. Occasionally, there was the sound of dragging corpses, the sound of collecting knives and guns, and the sound of officers and soldiers talking in whispers. Someone came and knocked on the door, shouting to the inside, "The thieves have been captured, it's all right." Then the courtyard returned to tranquility.
Wang Da still didn't dare to go out, and after a while, the morning light was bright on the window, and he strengthened his courage, opened the door and walked into the courtyard. The officers and soldiers had already left, and the courtyard was in shambles. There were more than a dozen arrows on the walls, trees, and door panels, and the ground was covered with blood, and the bloody air flowed and irritated the nasal cavity.
Wang Da was afraid of frightening his mother, so he quickly took off the arrow and threw it into the ditch outside, and brought water to wash the blood stains in the yard again, and then made a fire to cook.
The Queen Mother was so tired that she ate something and fell into a deep sleep. Wang Da couldn't support it, so he bolted the courtyard door and the door again, and fell asleep on the wooden board of the outhouse.
I don't know how long I slept, an urgent knock on the door woke Wang Da up, and after asking if it was an official of the government, Wang Da opened the courtyard door, and it was noon at this time, and it turned out that the messenger had come to pass Ying Ying to the yamen to testify.
Due to the seriousness of the case, Captain Sili attached great importance to it, and on the day he captured the thief's head, Master Lu personally ascended to the court to try the case. Wang Da went to Huang's Mansion to call Yingying, and the porter servant led Wang Da to the study to see Huang Tai.
Huang Tai was very happy when he heard that the thief had been caught, and the prefect's office summoned Ying Ying to correct the thief, so he instructed the maid to call Wan Ying Ying. After a while, Xiuniang accompanied Yingying to the study. In the past few days, Xiuniang and Yingying have been very speculative, and the two are almost inseparable.
Ying Ying was very relieved to see that Wang Da was safe and sound, and excitedly shouted: "Brother Wang, are you okay! Aunt is okay!" Wang Da saw Ying Ying, looked at each other, not only his heart was pounding, he really missed and was attached, and he didn't see him for a few days. He involuntarily took two steps forward and said, "I'm fine, my mother is fine!" Thinking that this was in the Huang Mansion, he suppressed his excitement, stabilized his mind, and told her about the official government's call to testify against her.
Huang Tai instructed the two to be careful all the way and return as soon as possible. The two thanked each other and were about to leave, when Xiuniang shouted behind: "Dad, I'll go with them." As he spoke, he walked quickly to Yingying's side. Huang Tai knew that Xiuniang and Yingying got along very well, like sisters, and nodded in agreement.
Xiuniang and Yingying talked and walked in front. Wang Da walked behind, unhappy in his heart, but helpless. The three of them came to the yamen, and the servant asked Yingying to go to the court to certify the thieves, and Wang Da and Xiuniang could only wait outside the yamen.
Xiuniang has a straightforward temperament, innocence, and no scruples, so she asks about the trapping of thieves. On weekdays, Wang Da often works in the Huang Mansion, and the two are no strangers, but because of the relationship between master and servant, he does not dare to be presumptuous, and he will briefly talk about last night's events. But Wang Da thought a lot of things in the conversation with Xiuniang, and sometimes made mistakes. He was worried about whether the thieves would be caught in a net, fearing that the fish that slipped through the net would one day come to the door to take revenge, and he was even more anxious about whether Yingying could repay the revenge of killing her parents.
Xiuniang roughly saw Wang Da's feelings, and saw that he was not very attentive to what he said, so she wanted to tease him. "Hey, Wang Da, you have done a great deed and saved Miss Wan's life, Miss Wan's husband's family is a big family in Chang'an, after he knows, he will definitely reward you with a thousand taels of gold, and when the time comes, your family will be developed." ”
Wang Da was not thinking about Xiuniang, and he had no match to deal with Miss Huang, but when he suddenly heard the words "Miss Wan's husband's family", he suddenly poured ice water on his head, and he was cold up and down, thinking: I am dreaming of marrying a daughter-in-law, and I am happy in vain.
Xiuniang looked at Wang Da who was stunned and lonely, and her heart was very happy, and she secretly said, "Hmph, you deserve it, who made you disrespectful to this girl!"
It took about an hour or so before Ying Ying was led out of the gate by an errand officer.
Ying Ying said happily: "Miss Huang, Brother Wang, my parents' revenge has been avenged, and the thieves who killed my parents have all been recognized by me, Lord Lu sentenced them to behead them in court, and ordered the messenger to return the thieves' looted property to me......" As she spoke, she suddenly realized that Wang Da's expression was wrong, so she said, "Brother Wang, are you okay?" Wang Daqiang smiled and arched his hand: "It's okay, it's too late for me to be happy?" ”
Xiuniang stepped forward quickly, took Yingying's arm and said excitedly: "As I said, evil has evil retribution, and those bad guys can't grow up......"
Wan Yingying cried with joy, thinking that although the revenge was avenged, it was difficult for the dead to come back to life, and she would be helpless and lonely in the world, and tears couldn't help but pour down.
Wang Daben is very fond of Miss Wan, listening to Miss Huang said that Yingying has a husband, he was very depressed, now seeing Yingying sad and crying, but got rid of the decadent mood of Fang Cai, he knew that Miss Wan was sad for his life and future, and was busy comforting, and sincerely persuaded: "Miss Wan, people cannot be resurrected after death, your parents have spirits underground, and you will be relieved to know that you are avenging them." ”
As he was speaking, an errand officer walked out of it and said to Wang Da, "Are you Wang Da?" The messenger handed over a bag of things and congratulated: "Congratulations! This is your bounty! Lord Yang rewards you, you have done a good job in trapping thieves!" and handed over a note for Wang Da to sign and sign it.
The king was overjoyed, thanked him for his kindness, and took out a large silver ingot from it and rewarded it to the officer, who saw that the king was very interested, put the silver two into his sleeve, patted Wang Da's shoulder, and said, "Good brother, if you have something to do with me in the future!" Then he turned to Yingying: "You go back first, and we will send the stolen property of your family later." He turned around and went back.