Chapter Eighty-Four: Ren Ao Saves the Dead
After Zhang Han went out of the customs, Qin Guo conveyed the art of supervision and responsibility to all places, which caused a huge shock everywhere. Those places that had not yet been affected by the uprising immediately carried out the decrees of the Qin state, because they were afraid that the Qin state would punish them after the rebellion was put down, so when the imperial edict arrived, it was immediately enforced. After receiving the edict, the county guard of Surabaya County immediately conveyed it to various places.
When the Zhao County Commander of Pei County received the order, he immediately convened the officials in the county to discuss: "Now that the imperial court has sent Zhang Han out of the pass to quell the rebellion, the army has arrived in Luoyang, and there are new instructions: whoever collects the heaviest taxes from the people is a capable official; Whoever kills the most according to the law is a loyal minister. The imperial court demanded that all those who dared to oppose the government be arrested and brought to justice, so as to put an end to the occurrence of chaos. The county lieutenant Wan Qi suddenly said: "The prisoners in Pei County are all on the run, if you really want to kill people to judge their political achievements, now you can only arrest the prisoner's family?" Zhao County ordered: "Isn't it? The order of the county guard is very clear, only according to the art of supervision, and the killing is carried out, people will not dare to make trouble! Wan Qi suddenly said: "Then execute it immediately." Zhao County's order sent the new prison Peng Wei Cai and prison Peng Zuo Ren Ao to manage the prison: "You two are now taking official errands, and according to the roster, go door to door to arrest people, and arrest the families of those who have escaped." According to the decree of the imperial court, these people who filled the army were filled with troops, and those who were distributed were killed, and those who were useless were killed, so that rebellion could be prevented. The key criminal in Pei County is Liu Ji, you go and arrest his family first! Hum! I don't believe in these fierce people! In this way, the two of them brought the official messenger to arrest Liu Ji's family.
The officials came to Zhongyang in Fengyi and came to Liu Ji's house shouting. Most of Liu Ji's family members are at home. The officials broke into the courtyard and explained the situation first, and they wanted to arrest Mrs. Liu and Liu Zhong first. Liu Zhong is Liu Ji's second brother, and when he heard that he was going to arrest his father, he pleaded with the official messenger. Wei Cai said: "According to the decree, it must be arrested." The family begged bitterly, and Liu Ji's two children also hugged their grandfather and cried. Liu Zhong said: "My father is old, I'm afraid I can't be frightened, I hope the two adults will raise their noble hands and let him go!" Ren Ao was moved with compassion and said to Wei Cai: "My lord, this old man really can't stand the toss, I'm afraid that before he arrives in the county, there will be some accidents, I think it's okay, right?" Wei Cai said no, he had to take it away.
At this time, there was a "clang", and the door of Liu's house was pushed open, and a young and beautiful young woman rushed in from the outside. Is there still a Heavenly Principle King Law in this? Wei Cai saw that it was Liu Ji's beautiful wife, Lu Pheasant, so he said: "The laws of the Great Qin State are strict? It's not just arresting people, you are all family members of fugitives, and you have to be beheaded if you are guilty, hehe! Lu Pheasant said solemnly: "Our family is now separated from each other, why don't we leave a way to live?" Wei Cai laughed and said: "Ouch, it's the wife who is separated, and the family has not been ruined, and then your family will be ruined, you just wait and see." Come! Take! A few officials were ready to come forward to arrest Mrs. Liu. Lu Pheasant rushed to the front to protect the old man, and then said to Wei Cai: "How can this old bone withstand your toss, if you want to catch me!" The officials never thought that a female stream would have to serve a prison sentence for her old father, and they all looked at Lu Pheasant with admiration.
Ren Ao said helplessly at this time: "Madam, I heard that you are going to war, you are a woman, you can't go?" Lu Pheasant said: "If you fight, you will fight, and now the men are caught and fled, how many men can be left in a village?" You can't let your child go to war, right? Ren Ao said to Wei Cai: "Lord Wei, look at this ......" Wei Cai seemed to stare at Lu Pheasant with bad intentions, so he said: "Good, good, good daughter-in-law!" Since you want to go to prison for others, I will fulfill you. Come on, take away! The officials took Liu Zhong and Lu Pheasant away, and then there was a cry of the children.
Liu Zhong and Lu Pheasant were arrested in the county, and when the county magistrate saw that Liu Ji's wife Lu Pheasant had been caught, he remembered the previous incident again, and was very angry, and scolded Lu Pheasant: "You woman, what is the result of marrying that bullshit pavilion chief?" Now that he has no shadow, who will save your life? He asked Liu Ji where he had fled. Lu Pheasant said he didn't know. The county order wanted to play a prestige, but saw that Lu Pheasant was still hard-mouthed. So he ordered the officer to send a sentence. Lu Pheasant had no choice but to say: "The outlaws are fleeing, how can I know where he is hiding?" The county order asked Lu Pheasant to give up Liu Ji, immediately remarry someone else, and announced the dissolution from the relationship. Lu Pheasant did not agree. Zhao County's order was ordered to use torture to force her to sever relations with Liu Ji. Lu Pheasant would rather die than agree. In the end, the punishment was used. Lu Pheasant fainted in pain. Ren Ao, who was standing on the side, saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. When the sentence was exhausted, the county order asked Ren Ao to send Lu Pheasant to death row. Liu Zhong was also beaten to death, and then put on death row together.
That night, Ren Ao knew that Lu Pheasant had suffered, and thought that she was a friend's wife, so he couldn't help it, so he found some ointment, took it to prison for Lu Pheasant and Liu Zhong to take, and gave some food. Ren Ao is chivalrous and very righteous and righteous, because he and Liu Ji are also friends, so he can only stick a knife (fork in the road) for his friend.
One night a few days later, in Lu Pheasant's cell, a dim oil lamp flickered like a ghost's eyes. Lu Pheasant was lying on the grass bunk and napping, she looked much haggard, but it was still difficult to hide her beauty and nobility. That night, as usual, after a simple meal, she fell asleep on the dark, damp, dirty grass. Suddenly, someone broke into her prison, and when Lu Pheasant woke up, she saw that someone was holding her down and was about to insult her. Lu Pheasant struggled desperately. The man said: "Don't shout, it's useless to shout, I'm going to kill you in two days, and no one can save you now!" When Lu Pheasant heard that this person was the prison Peng Wei Cai who came to arrest her a few days ago, she hurriedly said, "What do you want to do?" My husband won't let you go when he comes back! Wei Cai said with a hippie smile: "That thief can't come back!" I'm afraid of him? Hey! If you promise a good thing tonight, I'll let you out, let you out! Lu Pheasant resisted and shouted for help. Wei Cai hurriedly covered Lu Pheasant's mouth.
At this critical moment, a person suddenly flashed in from the door, let out a tiger and leopard roar, and scolded sharply: "Scoundrel! How dare you do that! With that, he stepped forward and grabbed Wei Cai and knocked him to the ground with a punch. It turned out to be Ren Ao who secretly protected Lu Pheasant. When Wei Cai saw that he was a subordinate, he was so ashamed that he was ashamed, and quickly got up and fled. Lu Pheasant saw that the person who saved her was Ren Ao, the prison official, and thanked her a thousand times. Ren Ao stepped forward and bowed: "It's my fault that my sister-in-law was frightened." From now on, I will protect my wife day and night. "Since ancient times, the people of Guji have celestial phenomena, and this is not wrong at all. After Lu Pheasant slowly came to his senses, he said, "If my brother hadn't rescued me in time tonight, I would have been bullied by that thing." If God does not kill my husband, sister-in-law, I will ask him to repay your great kindness! Ren Ao comforted: "Don't worry, Mrs. Sister-in-law, I know that Brother Liu is a hero, and he will definitely come back!" Then he withdrew from the cell, locked the door, brought a large stone and placed it in the doorway, and sat with his sword in his hand until dawn. Lu Pheasant also cried until dawn.
After Wei Cai was beaten, he was furious in his heart, and the next day, he sued the wicked first, and then came to see the county order: "The latest tryst between Ren Ao and Lu Pheasant happened to be bumped into by me." When the county magistrate heard that there was such a thing, he immediately summoned Ren Ao. After Ren Ao arrived, before he had time to explain, the county order asked the left and right to push Ren Ao down, and let Wei use a whip to whip Ren Ao. Ren Ao endured the pain and truthfully told the county order what happened last night. When the county magistrate heard that Wei Cai had falsely accused Ren Ao, he was even more annoyed, so he asked Ren Ao to beat Wei Cai with another hundred whips, and then put Wei Cai in prison. It turned out that Zhao Feng, the county magistrate, also liked Lu Pheasant very much, and when he saw that his daughter-in-law didn't make it, he wanted to take it as a concubine himself. He saw that Ren Ao saved Lu Pheasant, but his heart was towards Ren Ao, so he secretly told Ren Ao about his idea, and asked Ren Ao to arrange a separate room for Lu Pheasant, equipped with some luxury goods, and let two maids serve Lu Pheasant. I'm going to marry her when the time comes.
Two days later, Zhao Xianling liked Lu Pheasant very much and was ready to marry her. Ren Ao got the news, and after thinking about it, he thought that he must save Lu Pheasant out. That night, he came to see Lu Pheasant and said, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, the county order will marry you as a concubine tomorrow, if you don't agree, I'm afraid there will be no good results!" When Lu Pheasant heard this, he was shocked, and asked Ren Aodao, "What should I do?" Ren Ao gave such an order. Lu Pheasant listened and thanked him a thousand times.
The night before the wedding, in the dead of night, Lu Pheasant followed Ren Ao's instructions, first drunk the two guarding maids with wine, and then quietly slipped out of the door. At this time, Ren Ao was outside to answer. After the two met, Ren Ao led Lu Pheasant to the city. Ren Ao said to Lu Pheasant: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, I heard that Brother Liu is in Mangdang Mountain, and the county order to arrest you is to force him to surrender himself." Now the world is in turmoil, and the heroes of the Quartet have responded to Zhang Chu and revolted. The Qin State also implemented the technique of supervision, which could only force people to death, so the county order was ready to kill on a large scale, and more people might be killed in the future. Mrs. Sister-in-law go find Brother Liu, inform the world of the situation, and see what he thinks? Can't sit still anyway! Lu Pheasant had already heard Ren Ao's intention to persuade Liu Ji to raise troops, so he said: "Brothers are really heart-to-heart, we will have a meeting later." Ren Ao said: "There will be a period later." The city is my friend who will judge him, I have already arranged it, you can rest assured to go with him, he will definitely protect you to find Brother Liu. Ren Ao used a rope to hang Lu Pheasant down the city. The trial is answered below. Lu Pheasant went down to the city and left in a hurry with him.
The two ran for a distance, because Lu Pheasant had been tortured, and they couldn't run while running, and the two barely came to a village. Lu Pheasant recognized the village at a glance, so he said to the judge: "Brother, I'm worried that the county order will send people to chase after me, so it can't be done without horses." There is a man named Single Father in this village, who is a friend of my husband, so let's ask him to borrow two horses now, otherwise we won't be able to run away!" He readily agreed. The two of them came to the door of the single father's village in the dark, and then knocked lightly. It happened that the single father was at home, and when he opened the door and saw that it was Lu Pheasant who had fled here, he hurried to welcome him into the village. Lu Pheasant briefly explained the situation. The father first gave the two of them some food, and then immediately brought two horses from his own stable, and then gave them a saddle. Lu Pheasant didn't dare to stay, and immediately went out after thanking him, and then galloped towards Mangdang Mountain.
The next day, when Ren Ao came to see the county order, he said that Lu Pheasant was missing, and tortured the jailers, who said that Wei Caizhi had rescued him. The county magistrate was furious and sent someone to torture Wei Cai from the prison. Wei Cai said he didn't know. And the magistrate ordered him to be whipped with a whip. Wei Cai shouted that he was wronged. The county order said: "Lu Pheasant either ran home or went to Mangdang Mountain to find Liu Ji." So he immediately sent men to chase after him, but he did not see a single figure.