Niu Baoguo was very unlucky, and every time he met the ten prisoners of Shuofang, he would be knocked unconscious. He slept on the cold mud floor, surrounded by people who didn't notice him. A hawker noticed that he was lying in the way and dragged him to a corner.

Ou was also bored, wandering around the street, and saw Niu Baoguo lying unconscious in the corner, thinking that he was drunk, he stepped forward and pushed him, and said in the tone of patrolling the streets: "Drunkard, can't you drink less, go home and sleep."

Ou also pushed it a few times, and a bag rolled out of Niu Baoguo's sleeve. His heart moved, he looked around, and made sure that no one noticed Niu Baoguo, who had fainted on the ground, so he quietly went over, squatted next to this person, and picked up the brocade.

He took it in his hand and shook it, and thought to himself, this bag was sewn with fine brocade, and the contents were not large, and had some weight; Looking at Niu Baoguo's clothes again, he looks like a person with a bit of status. He felt that it should be a very valuable item wrapped in such a good bag, so he couldn't wait to take it out and take a look.

He squeezed it in his hand, felt the coolness and thickness of the metal, and opened his palm eagerly. It was a swarthy half-piece made of beasts, with words embedded on the surface, and although it shimmered in the sunlight, it was not the gold ingot that I was expecting.

Ou was also illiterate, and he didn't know what it was, so he was quite disappointed, stood up, and threw the beast-like object and bag back to Niu Baoguo. After walking a few steps, he stopped again, turned around, stared at the beast-like objects and brocades on the ground, suddenly smiled playfully, stepped forward to pick it up, took the beast-like object into his arms, and muttered: "This thing looks like it is made of copper, maybe it can be exchanged for a few pennies." And he ran away.

In the middle of the night, Niu Baoguo woke up and found himself lying in a corner, looking around, but there was no one. He sat up slowly, shook his drowsy head, and tried to remember what had happened before, vaguely remembering that he had been smashed. At this time, I felt a pain in the back of my head, and when I touched it, my fingers were stained with some slimy blood. He gasped, and his mind gradually became sober, and suddenly his heart sank, and he hurriedly put his hand into his sleeve, groped for a while, looked lost, and stared at his feet in a daze.

He sat until dawn, then sighed and got up and went out of the city. On the way, I heard someone say that today is the day when the ten prisoners of Shuofang are brought to justice, and they want to go to the Tingwei Mansion to see the excitement. "Shuofang Ten Prisoners", he seemed to remember something, and he smiled slightly.

Decades later, someone met an old man in Zhongnan Mountain, with a childish face, who boasted that he was more than 100 years old, and asked him the way of longevity. Those who know the huhu say that this Weng is the founder of the five consecutive palms at will, and his surname is Niu Baoguo.

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September 15, the old calendar day. The sky was slightly bright, and the autumn house was immersed in silence.

Qiu Qian lay on the mat, his hands behind his head, his eyes staring at the roof in a daze. Pang Meng asked them to go to the Tingwei Mansion on their own, so they came to Chang'an early. At first, he didn't take Tingwei waiting for trial seriously, however, these days, his father, Shi Ganxian, and Shopkeeper Cao have been worried about him and running for him, which has made him realize. As the day of his arrest approached, his mind became more and more turbulent

"Saying that I stole weapons is a bad crime and will be killed. Should I sneak back to Yizhou so that I can save my life? The idea had come to him a few days ago and had been lingering in his mind for a long time.

"No, I was wronged, if I go like this, I will not only be convicted of the crime, but also affect my relatives. If I am really unjustly convicted, it will also be a punishment for my past indulgence and willfulness. He refuted the idea himself.

"But if I am convicted, I will not see Chanel." Thinking of this quirky little girl, a warmth welled up in his heart, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After thinking about it, his mood was also ups and downs. In the past few days, he seems to have matured a lot. A rich kid, who used to be blindly willful, never knew all the things in the world, however, in the past half a month, he has seen all the warmth and coldness of people, love and hate, gathering and dispersing, success or failure, and felt a lot.

A thin ray of morning light fell on the pillow through the window lattice, Qiu Qian sighed softly, got up and pushed the door open and walked out.

The morning air was cool and smelled of dew. He took a deep breath on his back, raised his hands flat to form a ring, shook his body from side to side, and turned to the side, and suddenly found that his father, Shi Kangxian, Cao Shopkeeper, Chanel, Lai Di and others were sitting in the front hall, as if they hadn't slept all night, and looked at him in unison.

Qiu Qian knew that they were all worried about him, so he was moved in his heart, rubbed his eyes, and pretended to smile easily: "You guys got up so early, but I'm afraid that I will delay the hour and affect you." ”

Chanel glanced at him, with a sad look in his eyes, and said angrily: "Won't you talk well, everyone is worried about you." ”

Qiu Qian was stunned when he heard this, and laughed a few times to hide his embarrassment: "It's just a joke, it's just a joke." ”

Qiu Weng frowned and said, "What time has it been, it's still so unserious." ”

Shopkeeper Cao sighed: "Don't talk about him, I will go to the Tingwei Mansion later, and I don't know what the result is." ”

The younger brother took a look at Qiu Qian, and then looked at Qiu Weng, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday and begged my wife to tell the Prime Minister that Qiu Qian was wronged. ”

Qiu Weng looked at this little girl who had only been here for a few days in surprise, and was grateful in his heart, and said, "Brother has a heart." However, the prime minister cannot interfere with the decision of the court captain. ”

"That's what Madame said." The younger brother muttered in a low voice, quite deflated.

Shopkeeper Cao comforted: "The ten prisoners of Shuofang, the whole city knows everything, and they all say that on the day of the arrest, the Son of Heaven will issue an edict to pardon." ”

Shi Dangxian and Chanel nodded frequently when they heard this. Shi Dang said first: "I also heard people say this. But—" At this point, he suddenly stopped and glanced at Qiu Weng.

These days, Qiu Weng studied Chinese law at home, and consulted some friends who were familiar with the law, and they all said that Qiu Qian was accused by the sergeant of stealing weapons, which was a felony. And there is no circumstantial evidence for this, and Qiu Qian can't prove his innocence, so he is likely to be convicted. Of course, the best outcome is an amnesty for the Son of Heaven.

"The Qiu family has been innocent for several lifetimes, I'm afraid it will be ruined by this kid." He was thinking about this, when he heard Shi Dang say "but" first, he chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "But what?" ”

Shi Dang hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard that if the ten prisoners of Shuofang can be brought to justice on time, the emperor will be happy, and he may issue an edict to pardon him." However, if someone fails to return to the case after the deadline, then they will be regarded as guilty and fled, and the emperor will not be able to protect them. ”

When Qiu Weng heard him say this, his face suddenly turned pale. Shopkeeper Cao said: "Don't scare them, who dares to take the crime and escape." ”

Shi Dangxian looked embarrassed, and also echoed: "Yes, yes, no one will escape." ”

Qiu Qian was startled and secretly thought, "I just wanted to escape." ”

He was in a depressed mood, and when he came to the courtyard alone, he found that Chanel was also in the yard, squatting in front of the kiln and fiddling with something, so he slowly paced over, and when he got closer, he saw that Chanel was pinching a handful of moist clay.

Qiu Qian squatted down next to the side and said softly: "I'm going to go to the Tingwei Mansion later, and I don't know what the result is." Will you miss me? ”

Xia Nell pouted and shook her head, just pinching the clay in her hand. Qiu Qian was a little disappointed, hung his head and said, "I'll miss you." ”

Xia Nell didn't say anything, she divided the pile of clay into two halves, pinched a boy for a while, and then a girl, and the two little clay figurines came to life.

"Oh, Maiga." Qiu Qian couldn't help but exclaim.

"What do you mean?" Chanel looked ignorant, then angry, and stared at Qiu Qian fiercely.

"I don't know." Qiu Qian replied casually. He immediately noticed that the little girl was glaring at him angrily, and quickly argued: "This is not a bad word. I heard this from a Great Qin merchant. Aweng showed him the silk, lacquerware, and brass lamps in our shop, and he kept screaming. It means admiration, admiration. ”

"You didn't blame me."

"No, no. I don't dare to scold you. ”

Xia Nell smiled and said angrily: "No one is allowed to say anything." ”

Qiu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the two little clay figures, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "It's very similar to you and me." ”

Xia Nell glanced at him, and silently crumpled the two clay figurines. Qiu Qian was stunned, and he didn't have time to stop it, and when he saw the two little clay figures become a mess of wet mud again, he couldn't help but sigh with regret.

Xia Nell didn't seem to see him, and was busy with herself, but inadvertently, her white cheeks suddenly flushed with a layer of red. She pinched a boy and a girl again.

Qiu Qian didn't understand at first, but he looked at it blankly, but suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and suddenly realized.

He was afraid that Xia Nell would destroy the statue again, so he reached out and snatched the girl statue, protected it in his arms, stared at Xia Nell with clear eyes, and said for a long time: "I will hold her in my arms and warm her with my heart." ”

Xia Nell snorted: "I won't do this, I'll just put him on the shelf." Turning his face away, the tears that were choking finally couldn't help but overflow his eyes and flow all over his cheeks.

Shopkeeper Cao found that Qiu Qian went to the backyard alone, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and called Shi Dang to go to the backyard to take a look together, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is what the world calls warm men and, right." He turned around and found that Shi Dang pretended to look up at the sky first, but there was a smile on his face.

Shopkeeper Cao also glanced up at the sky and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Shi Dangxian's smile disappeared suddenly, and his face sank: "Why are you so bad at the scenery." ”

Qiu Weng happened to come over at this time, and when he heard this, his expression was gloomy, and he said, "It's time to pack up and set off, but you can't miss the hour." ”