Chapter 248: A Soldier Pretending to Be a Thief
"What? Shopkeeper, I heard you right? This gang of thieves sneaked into your inn late at night, not only trying to make money, but also wanting to kill them! Fortunately, we are here to capture them for you, not only are you not grateful to us, but you also want to let them go, do you have water in your head?" The shopkeeper's words suddenly made Nangong Yan furious.
"This xiaojie, I am very grateful for all that you have done, but I still hope that you will let them go, even if you give the villain me a thin face!"
"Hmph!" Nangong Yan simply turned his head. In desperation, the shopkeeper could only look at Xiao Chen.
"This son, I"
"Shopkeeper, don't say any more. If my guess is correct, you know all these people, right?" The confusion of memory was finally cleared up at this moment, and Xiao Chen finally remembered where he had seen these people.
"A few soldiers, let's take off the piece of cloth on your face! It's much more convenient to talk like this!" Xiao Chen finally remembered that these were the soldiers who had a relationship with Nangong Yan when he and Nangong Yan entered Quyang City.
"So it's you?" After Xiao Chen's reminder, Nangong Yan finally recognized it.
"Yes, it's just a few masters!" Seeing that he was finally recognized, it was pointless to continue to deny it. A masked man simply ripped the black cloth off his face and threw it to the ground in anger. Sure enough, that incomparably angry face was so familiar to Xiao Chen.
"Uncle Shen, don't ask for them, isn't it just sending them to the official? What's the big deal!" the man stiffened his neck.
"Confused! As a soldier of the imperial court, pretending to be a thief, killing people and robbing money, this is a capital crime! If you are sent to the official mansion, you will be finished!" The shopkeeper was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Two guests, Ji Ze, this child was grown up by me, and his nature is actually not bad." Today's incident is just that he is confused for a while, you adults don't remember the villain, let him go!"
As a soldier of the imperial court, he actually pretended to be a thief, killing people and robbing money. It's just madness, it's an unforgivable sin!" Nangong Yan still scolded angrily.
"Woman, do you think our brothers are willing to do this? The life in Quyang City is already embarrassing enough, and most of us are busy all day long, and we can only barely survive. What's more, we soldiers who haven't received a single bite of food for several years?"
"Oh! I can't live myself, don't find the reason in myself, and blame others for it? Don't forget, you are soldiers, but you are soldiers who defend your home and country. It is your duty to protect the safety of the people! But it is good that you have not only forgotten your duty, but also went to harm the people! How is such a despicable and shameless act different from that of a beast?" Nangong Yan sneered.
"Don't preach in front of Lao Tzu! How can you, the children of rich families who have no worries about food and clothing, understand the suffering of those of us who live at the bottom of society? If a person is not only unable to support himself, but also his wife and children. What big truths are you embarrassed to tell him?" "Woman, I don't understand and don't want to understand what big truths you don't tell Lao Tzu!" Lao Tzu just wants to let himself live well, Lao Tzu just wants his wife and children to live well!" Ji Ze stroked a handful of tears from the corners of his eyes.
Seeing the other party's extremely sad appearance, Xiao Chen's heart also felt a little unbearable, "Okay, four girls, you can say a few words."
"Little white face, you shut up for me, you are not a good thing! Have you forgotten your righteous and awe-inspiring appearance at the mouth of the city gate? What I Ji Ze hates most in my life is you people who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains! What I hate the most is you sanctimonious people who do not know the suffering of the people and only know how to teach people from a moral height. If it weren't for your upset face, I wouldn't have planned to rob you at all!"
"This" Xiao Chen was dumbfounded, it turned out that since the moment he and the four girls entered the city, a grudge had formed.
"Okay, that's what should have been said! Uncle Shen, don't you lower your face and beg them, aren't you just sending them to the government? The brothers are living in embarrassment, and occasionally do some stealing to make a living, and the county lord is not unaware! Isn't it just to stay in prison for a few days, and they will be able to come out soon!"
"Uncle Shen, I'm afraid that this child, Ji Ping, will have to trouble you to take care of it again!"
"Bastard!" Uncle Shen couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped him over, "You've grown so big, why are you so confused!
"That's right, of course the county lord is clear about what you have done. But do you know what it means, the people don't sue the officials and don't hold them accountable. As long as no one said anything, the county lord was happy to pretend to be confused. But if someone insists on being more serious, he can't anymore, and he doesn't dare to pretend to be confused!"
"Look at these two guests, look at their clothes, look at their temperament, they are either rich or expensive! If they insist on digging deeper, will the county lord still dare to pretend to be confused? You use your heads to think carefully, is it the lives of you poor soldiers who are more important, or is the future of his eldest lord more important?"
"So, two, even if it's a little old man, I beg you, let this child go!" Uncle Shen, who was helpless, knelt down in front of Xiao Chen and Nangong Yan.
"Uncle, don't do this! Get up quickly!" Xiao Chen panicked and hurriedly stretched out his hand.
"This son, if you don't agree, I won't get up!"
"Then just keep kneeling!" Nangong Yan squinted at Uncle Shen. Tossed this xiaojie for a night, I wanted to kowtow, and I revealed it, dreaming!
"Please, this xiaojie" kowtowed one after another. Xiao Chen clearly saw that a trace of red blood flowed out along Uncle Shen's forehead.
Xiao Chen felt a strong sense of reluctance, "Four girls, I'll see"
"No way!" Nangong Yan flatly refused. But at this moment, another sweaty man rushed into the courtyard.
"Brother Ze, it's a big deal! It's a big deal! My nephew has found it!"
"I knew that this kid must be playful, and he dared to stay up all night. Look at me if I can't clean him up when I go back!" Ji Ze turned around and left.
"Do you think you can get out so easily?" Nangong Yan, who stopped in front of Ji Ze, sneered.
"Stinky woman, don't get in the way!" The anxious man who didn't know why threw a punch at Nangong Yan, while the latter snorted coldly, and with a light hand, the man's body flew out. Xiao Chen, who was quick-eyed, hurriedly rushed over and helped him.
"Are you okay?" But the man didn't want to deal with Xiao Chen at all.
"Brother Ze, hurry back!'s my nephew has an accident!" the man said in fits and starts, and his voice became choked. The reason for the matter is this, this man named Ji Ze has an eleven or twelve-year-old boy named Ji Ping.
But last night, this usually well-behaved child didn't come home very late, Ji Ze thought that this child must be playing in the companion's house, and didn't care much, so he called a good friend of his own, Erniu, to find it, and he, and a few other brothers came to the inn to do the thing that was discussed during the day.
But he never thought that Erniu didn't find the whereabouts of the child until late at night. The child was found next to a filthy ditch, and the poor child was covered in bruises and dying.
Er Niu, who wiped a handful of tears, said intermittently, "My nephew said that yesterday evening, a kind Xiaojie gave him a piece of silver. He was so happy that he planned to take this to you and buy something delicious for his sister-in-law, but who would have thought that he would be remembered, and a few thugs directly injured his nephew and snatched the silver!"
"Brother Ze, hurry up and go back! My nephew is seriously injured, I don't think he will last long!"
"What?
"Don't think about it, four girls, let's go back with him to see how that kid is, right?" Xiao Chen looked at Nangong Yan with a reproachful gaze. And Ji Ze, who was in a hurry, ran away. My poor boy, you don't want to be fine!
Xiao Chen didn't expect that the place where Ji Ze lived was only separated by a wall from the inn where he lived, no wonder the shopkeeper named Uncle Shen said that he had watched this child grow up.
From time to time, there was an unbearable smell of moldy buds in the low, dilapidated cabins. In a dark corner of the cramped hut stood a very small wooden bed. At this moment, there was a slight moan of pain.
"Child, my child, what's wrong with you? Don't scare Daddy!" Ji Ze pounced at once.
"Daddy, you're back! I thought I'd never see you again!" the little boy struggled to open his eyes, and there was a look of joy in them.
"It's really the little boy I saw yesterday!" The familiar face made Nangong Yan stunned.
"Doctor, why don't you go and ask for a doctor, where is that thief woman dead?" Ji Ze roared.
"Brother Ze, my sister-in-law said that the family is so poor that she can't afford to hire a doctor. She is now going to the county office, and she said to see if she can borrow some money from the county lord and ask for a doctor for her nephew!"
After listening to Er Niu's words, Ji Ze roared even more, "Stupid woman, don't you know that the dog official is a demon in the sex, if you go like this, isn't it a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? No, I have to go!" Ji Ze, who was very anxious, pulled his legs and left, but when he saw the child lying on the small bed and moaning, he hesitated again.
"Aze, you hurry up and go to the county office to find Lan'er back, although the uncle is also very poor, but the money for the doctor is also paid," the innkeeper who followed hurriedly said.
"Then please Uncle Shen!" Ji Ze, who was worried and hurried, rushed out directly.
"Poor child, it's my sister who is sorry for you!" Looking at the little boy who was covered in bruises and moaning weakly, Nangong Yan was even more full of guilt.
"I'm going to ask for a doctor!Erniu, you watch here first!" Uncle Shen, who was very anxious, pulled his legs and left.
"Oh!" Er Niu replied.
"No need! there's no need to ask for a doctor!" Xiao Chen waved his hand to stop Uncle Shen, "I'll leave the matter here!" Although the poor child in front of him was scarred and extremely depressed. But for Xiao Chen, it was nothing at all. Because he has a magical routi, he also has a magical blood.
Gently slashing his wrist, in the incomprehensible gaze of the two, Xiao Chen dripped hot blood onto the little boy's forehead. It's strange to say that when the hot blood touched the little boy's forehead, it just didn't go in.
"It's so comfortable! I feel much better! Thank you, big brother!" the little boy smiled at the corners of his mouth, and he slowly closed his eyes.
"Okay, sleep, sleep! When you wake up, you will find that nothing is wrong!" Xiao Chen, who was smiling, gently stroked the little boy's head with his hand.
"You're talking nonsense! How can this be called okay?" Erniu was anxious.
"Erniu, don't mess around, this son said it's okay, it's okay, didn't you notice that the child's face is getting more and more ruddy, and his breathing is getting more and more gentle?"
"It would be great if you waited for him to wake up and gave him a little nutritious liquid food!" Xiao Chen said with regret.
"Ah Fu, you dream, what kind of nutritious and delicious food can you find in this hellish place?" Nangong Yan pouted and said. But suddenly, she thought of something.
"By the way, Ah Fu, do you remember the meat skewers you prepared for me? It's so delicious! Where did you get it, and how did you do it? Why don't you go get another one and give it to him when the kid wakes up!"
"Please!xiaojie, how can someone who has just recovered eat such greasy things?" Xiao Chen said angrily. But suddenly, Xiao Chen's heart moved.
"Uncle Shen, do you have anything delicious there?" Xiao Chen asked anxiously.
"This boy, you really know how to make fun of me! What delicious food can we come up with in such a poor place?" Uncle Shen smiled bitterly.
"Is there brown rice?"
"Of course there is, Childe, what are you asking for?" Uncle Shen was stunned.
"Are there any leaves, carrots, or anything like that?"
"These are all coarse foods that are difficult to wait for, and of course there are. ”
"Are there peanuts, soybeans or anything like that?"
"Of course there is, Childe, although I don't know what you want to do, but I can tell you, these are some coarse foods, and I have a little bit of them!"
"That's good, Uncle Shen!" Xiao Chen smiled, "Please take out all the coarse food you can eat at home, put them together, and cook them in one pot!"
"Childe, are you sure, will these messy things be delicious when they are cooked together?"
"It's delicious, it's very delicious, Uncle Shen! Please believe me!" Joke, how can it not be delicious, how can it not be nutritious? If I let you know that in my hometown, there was a famous monk who survived the troubled times by eating this thing, and finally won the whole world, I don't know what you want to be surprised about?