Chapter 332: Reaching Out and Begging
Wang Yuhuan sighed and cried. Chunlong knelt beside Yuhuan and saw her miserable, which added to the sadness. Sun Youfa shouted, the two of them conspired for adultery, and they should confront each other face to face, who is the murderer, if they don't recruit them, don't blame the punishment of this government.
Uncle, Xiaosheng's behavior is clearly observed, and he only asks his deceased brother and sister-in-law to appear and arrest the murderer, and avenge the wronged people.
Sun Youfa slapped the startled wood suddenly, boldly, and dared to coax the official with clever words, and took it down to hit three hundred boards, and this demon girl wanted to hit one hundred and fifty boards.
A few thugs pulled up their sleeves and were about to grab it.
Stop, I've got it. Yang Chunlong looked at Yuhuan and saw that he was going to move her to be punished, knowing that the woman's skin and flesh were tender and weak, and he couldn't stand it, so he wanted to suffer this injustice alone, and shouted, Uncle, I am a murderer.
Sun Youfa frowned and pondered, and asked, since you are the murderer, why don't you hand over the head?
How could poor Yang Chunlong, who did not kill anyone, hand over his head, but he was beaten severely, and his blood scabs stuck to his clothes, and he was imprisoned in a dark prison in the southeast of the city. Yuhuan was spared torture and put in a small cell next door to Yang Chunlong. Sun Youfa gave Yang Chunlong three days to hand over the head, otherwise he would be tortured.
The guard is named Wu Liangxin, who has a pair of triangular eyes and a wolf's heart. He often eats imperial grain, scrapes people's fat and ointment, and raises himself into a fat pig. At this moment, he wanted to take advantage of Yang Chunlong's difficulty to make a windfall, looking at Yang Chunlong and said, cheap, I have a way to make you die happily and avoid these tortures. When Chunlong heard this, he held back the pain, knelt down in front of his knees and said, begging the adults to be gracious.
Don't come to this set, as long as you give me four hundred taels of silver according to me, and I will find you those two heads. When the time comes, I will say a few kind words in front of the county order, and you will be able to die.
Xiaosheng Shane. Yang Chunlong immediately asked the pawn for pen and paper to draft a letter to his family.
Riding a black horse, Wu Liangxin rushed to Yangjia Village in Shaxian County that day. Tie the horse to the stump in front of the village and ask an old mother, who is Chunlong's mother, Zhang. When she heard that her son had a family letter, her haggard cheeks immediately crawled with joy, and asked, Where is my son Chunlong today? Wu Liangxin gave her the letter and said, you will be clear when you read it.
Zhang's illiterate, held to the inner room and handed over to his daughter-in-law Chrysanthemum, and said happily, my son came to the family letter, read it to me. Chrysanthemum knew a few words, opened the letter, and was about to read it aloud, when suddenly her eyes were full of tears, and she turned her face and wept. Zhang's face changed suddenly, and asked, what is Chunlong?
He went to the cell, and someone framed him for causing a murder case, and now he is being asked to hand over two heads...... Chrysanthemum couldn't cry anymore, and Zhang's six gods were walking in circles in the house at the moment.
My son has been iniquated, and my son has been wronged for a long time and a short cry. Wu Liangxin stayed in the hall and no one handed the tea and sat down, and a nameless fire had already burst into his chest, so he roared like thunder, quickly take four hundred taels of silver Lao Tzu and go on the road-
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stopped crying, Zhang was confused, looked at him, Chrysanthemum read the family letter, the content was detailed, choked and wiped her tears, approached him and knelt down on her knees, and said Uncle is angry, the slave family is to sell the house and property to get back four hundred taels of silver and deliver it to you, I hope you will do your best to help the victims.
If the silver is not paid within two days, the official torture will be merciless. Wu conscience said viciously.
Zhang didn't understand, thinking that if he paid off four hundred taels of silver, his son would be saved, so he crossed the threshold with grief, leaned on his daughter-in-law and knelt down, looked at Wu Liangxin and said, Uncle, as long as my son is saved, the old woman will kowtow and beg along the street to get four hundred taels of silver.
Don't talk nonsense, time is pressing, I count the silver in person. Wu conscience was still roaring fiercely.
Before the license, Wu Liangxin came up with a crooked idea to sell their family's house and land to Liu Dakun nearby. Liu Dakun only gave out three hundred and twenty taels of silver, and Wu Conscience accepted them together, led the horse and wanted to leave, and then turned back and said If you owe eighty taels of silver, you can send it within two days, otherwise Yang Chunlong's life will not be guaranteed. After speaking, Wu Liangxin stepped on the horse, raised his whip, and disappeared into the thick night.
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed, they set off overnight. The early winter weather is biting cold at night. Chrysanthemum was young and could stand it, while Zhang was old, and despite wearing a thick cotton jacket with patches, his body was still trembling. Chrysanthemum took off the package on her back and added it to her back and said, Auntie, you are so old, it's better not to go. I will rest temporarily at my neighbor Yang Liu's house, so I can take care of it, and when I save all the money to get back to the officials, I can make a living.
She concluded that even if Chunlong paid off the silver taels, but the unjust case was not resolved, his life would still be difficult to protect. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but cry.
Zhang said sadly, as long as I have a breath, I will climb to see my son. She coughed, choked on a mouthful of phlegm, and couldn't spit it out for a long time. Chrysanthemum helped her to gradually come to a mountain, Zhang was young in this area to avoid the Qing soldiers, this terrain is quite familiar, then said, Chrysanthemum, there is a dragon temple on the mountain, I don't know if it has been demolished now? Let's go up the mountain to see, if the temple is still there, let's rest for a while before leaving!
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the monastery along the gray mountain road, which was silent and dark. They felt their way into a dirty, narrow house and sat down leaning on rocks or something. At this moment, the muscles and intestines sounded like a drum, and the chrysanthemum opened the package, took out a handful of dried lotus flowers, and shared it with her mother-in-law.
In the early morning of the next day, there was still no trace of the temple, only to see: the withered stems and yellow leaves were barren, and the birds and beasts were fighting for the wild wind. Chrysanthemum found a wooden stick for her mother-in-law and walked out of the temple with difficulty, seeing that she coughed and moved slowly, I expected that it would not be a matter of a day or two to see the Chunlong who was in a difficult place, so she said, Auntie, it is best for you to rest in the temple, and go down the mountain in good spirits.
Zhang also felt that he was short of energy, and replied, Chrysanthemum, hurry up, ask for all the money and send it in time, the time is only one day, don't let me drag you down. Chrysanthemum untied a package with tears in her eyes, walked quickly down the mountain, through the village and through the town, and begged for the people wearing the salute along the way, telling her bitterness.
Zhang sat on the side of the mountain road, watching his daughter-in-law's shadow disappear, gasping, and a handful of old tears blurred his vision: Alas, my tuberculosis and death are on the line, and I don't know if I can see my son who has suffered from sin.
The mountain wind blew coldly towards her, her body trembled and coughed, her gray and groggy head leaned weakly on the same cold package, and gradually a little warmth against the cold permeated her body. Just leaning on it, suddenly a white-hot winter sun rose from a wrapped mountain, and with its brilliant light it woven into a roll of natural brocade quilt and draped over her, and the heat gave her vitality.
She looked up and picked up her package, and walked step by step to the foot of the mountain with a wooden stick, each stone scale undulating with her resolute footsteps. She was about to beg and leave, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, looked up and a red horse had appeared at the entrance of the village, far away she knelt on the ground and looked at the big man riding a horse and shouted, "This big brother, please donate some silver to save your life."
The man stepped forward to restrain the horse, saw the old woman crying, there must be a reason, and asked, Auntie, there are no jackals, tigers and leopards here, and there are no strongmen in the way, why do you shout for help?
Big brother doesn't know, my son Chunlong has been in a lawsuit in a field recently.
Oh, you are Yang Chunlong's biological mother?
The old woman is, how do you know?
I am the same Mr. Wang who taught your son.
During the conversation between the two, Mr. Wang immediately got off the horse and helped her up, saying Auntie, why did your son have a lawsuit?
She cried and finished saying how Wu Conscience brought a letter saying that Yang Chunlong had made a murder case and that he needed to pay the government 400 taels of silver to save his life. Mr. Wang burst into tears, shook his head and said, I don't believe that my disciple Chunlong will make a murder case, and someone must harm him. Auntie, it's important to save people, you just ask for eighty taels of silver, and it's not enough to travel in a day or two.