Chapter 61: The Secret of the Books
What does it mean to say the phrase "cut first, then play, imperial privilege"? Chen Mohuai couldn't be clearer. Others cut first and then play, and may have to make up a procedure later, but "Jing Chengsi" doesn't even need to make up the procedures, just go back and say hello to the emperor, this is a privilege.
After hearing this, Chen Mohuai's heart also trembled, he understood that he might be able to play with his wrist when he didn't tear his face, and if he tore his face, people wanted to use knives, so you could only stretch your neck and wait.
Lao Wu walked up to Chen Mohuai's side and said in a flat tone: "Lord Chen, speaking of which, your grade is higher than mine, but I'm not afraid to tell you, don't say it's Lord Shao, now I will kill you and the Holy Lord will not say a word, as for Lord Shao, if he wants to kill someone, the Holy Lord will not even ask, so you'd better think clearly for yourself and don't use any crooked brains." I've seen it, no one in this Qingshan City has the ability to move our Lord Shao? ”
Lao Wu said that there was no way to say these words, and he also knew in his heart that once the current identities of the two were revealed, let alone saving people, it would be good to be able to protect themselves, but now that things have developed to this point, there is no way back out, it is better to let it go, it is best to bluff the other party.
Chen Mohuai is really a little dumbfounded at this time, now that "Jing Chengsi" wants to kill people, he doesn't even have to say hello to the emperor? Wouldn't killing him be like stepping on an ant? During the day, he thought that he had played some tricks and Shao Xi had no choice but to take him, but only now did he understand that Shao Xi really wanted to kill him without a reason.
But he thought about it again, if he couldn't get the account book back, he would die sooner or later, and this head was a knife, and the head was also a knife. The only way now is not to force it, to appease these two adults on the surface, but in private we still have to find a way to get rid of the woman and get back the account book.
After watching Shao Xi and the others walk out of the county guard's mansion, Chen Mohuai ordered his subordinates to call Cai Cheng and commanded in a low voice: "This Lord Shao wants to interrogate that Ye Zi Kite, you must be on the side to listen, and do everything possible to prevent the woman from telling the truth." ”
"The lower officials understand that the lower officials will do their best to obstruct the smooth progress of the arraignment."
After speaking, Cai Cheng chased out.
When Shao Xi and the others came to the prison, there were already jailers waiting at the door, and it should have been the inspector who had greeted him in advance.
It was Zheng Jiansheng, the jailer of the government prison, who stepped forward, with a hippie smile, nodded and saluted Shao Xi and the others: "Inspector Zhang has already greeted the villain, saying that the two adults are coming to interrogate the female thief Ye Ziyuan, and the villain is here to guide the two adults, and the two adults please come with me." ”
Shao Xi glanced at Zheng Jiansheng, only to see that he had roe head and rat eyes, thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and a flattering appearance of nodding and waisting, and he knew that he was a snob who saw the wind and steered the rudder, deceived the good and feared evil.
The two came to the cell where Ye Zikite was being held, only to see that Ye Zikite was placed on a wooden bed in the cell, and Lang Zhong was treating the wounds on his body, and his legs were splinted.
Zheng Jiansheng opened the cell door and invited Shao Xi and the others into the cell, and then shouted at the jailer to bring two chairs, but Shao Xi raised his hand to stop them.
As soon as the inspector saw Shao Xi walk in, he hurriedly came to Shao Xi tremblingly and bowed down and said, "Lord Shao, please come to the best Lang Zhong in Qingshan City to treat Miss Ye according to your instructions, now the bones on the legs have been connected, and the wounds on the body have been almost treated, I have instructed the jailer here to take care of Miss Ye, Lord Shao, do you have any other instructions?" ”
Shao Xi glanced at Ye Ziyuan who was lying on the wooden bed, and said coldly: "Clean clothes, warm bedding, add a brazier to this cell, and order someone to boil some meat porridge." ”
Inspector Zhang bowed down and responded: "The small ones will be purchased, and they will be sent over immediately." ”
After speaking, Inspector Zhang turned around and walked out of the cell to buy these things that Shao Xi wanted, and instructed the prison keeper Zheng Jiansheng not to provoke these two adults if he didn't want to die, and he must take care of this prisoner.
That Zheng Jiansheng is a thief and a thief, of course, he can see the height of his eyebrows and eyes, and the high-spirited Zhang Patrol Inspection on weekdays is three or four times lower today, how dare he not be careful? So he stood on the side without saying a word, listening to the command, and he didn't dare to breathe.
Shao Xi quietly waited for Lieutenant Lang to finish dealing with Ye Zikite's injury, bowed to Lang Zhong and asked, "Thank you, sir, for your treatment, may I ask how her injury is, sir?" ”
This Lang Zhong is also a knowledgeable person, although he was busy with his hands just now, he also knew that the identities of these two adults in Inspector Zhang's mouth were extraordinary. So he hurriedly returned the salute, bowed down and said to Shao Xi: "My lord, please rest assured, this girl is not worried about life, and there are many extraskin injuries on her body, as for these legs!" It still takes some time to recuperate, and there should be no big problem getting up and walking, but there will be many inconveniences in some drastic actions, and the villain has done his best. ”
The fierce action in Lang Zhong's mouth should refer to the fact that he can no longer use his skills well, whether as a thief or as a dancing girl, this is equivalent to cutting off Ye Zikite's way of making a living. But it doesn't matter anymore, as long as she can be rescued, with herself and Lao Wu here, these are no longer a problem.
After leaving the prescription for grabbing the medicine, Lang Zhong bowed and retreated.
Shao Xi called a jailer over, handed him the recipe with a piece of broken silver, and told him that he didn't need to take it back, the jailer's eyes lit up, and he happily took the medicine to grab it.
Looking at Ye Ziyuan lying on the bed, Shao Xi's heart at this time was as uncomfortable as a knife. A woman who is willing to give up everything and wander the world with herself, but now she is lying in bed and can't go anywhere, and what awaits her next is a life and death crisis, and whether this crisis can be resolved depends on herself at this time.
Shao Xi sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out her hand to gently comb the hair on Ye Ziyuan's forehead, the scars on her face could not hide her beautiful appearance, only the pale face reminded Shao Xi of her weakness at this time.
At this time, Shao Xi began to hate himself a little, hating himself for why he didn't find out about these things earlier? Hate yourself for not helping her accomplish these things in the first place? I hate myself even more at this time, why don't I have enough ability to protect her?
Seeing this scene, Lao Wu on the side turned around and said to Zheng Jiansheng and the jailer guarding outside the cell: "There is nothing for you here for the time being, you all retreat outside, don't tell you not to come in, don't hinder Lord Shao's interrogation of prisoners." ”
Zheng Jiansheng said in embarrassment: "My lord, according to the rules, even if the prisoner is arraigned, we must guard on the side, so as not to let the prisoner suddenly burst out and assassinate the arraigned official, if we go out, once there is something small, we really can't afford it!" ”
"Stabbing? Do you think that our Lord Shao is as useless as your county keeper and needs a group of people to protect us? Who can you protect with just a few of you? ”
After speaking, Lao Wu grabbed a piece of silver from his arms and threw it on Zheng Jiansheng.
"Don't talk nonsense, take this silver and take your brother to buy some wine to drink, and if you dare to say more, the next time you will be handed a knife."
Zheng Jiansheng was so frightened that his legs and stomach trembled, no wonder Inspector Zhang repeatedly told him not to provoke these two adults when he left, and this opening said that the county guard was useless, who would dare to say this about the county guard in Qingshan County? Now that he has the silver, he has given him face, and he knows that if he doesn't know what to do, he will be looking for death, so he picked up the silver on the ground and retreated with a few jailers with a smile on his face.
Seeing that the others had already retreated, Shao Xi took out the Red Blood Pill from his waist bag at this time and stuffed one into Ye Zi Kite's mouth.
This Red Blood Pill is worthy of being refined by the "Dao Immortal" Guo Youde, and the effect is extremely fast, Ye Ziyuan's complexion returned to ruddy after taking the Red Blood Pill for a while, and after a while, his brows moved slightly.
"Purple kite! Purple kite! Shao Xi called softly.
Ye Ziyuan woke up slowly, but the severe pain all over her body made her frown, but when she raised her eyes to see Shao Xi, there was joy on her face, and it turned into worry in an instant.
"I should be in prison right now, right?" Ye Ziyuan glanced at the surrounding environment and asked weakly.
"Purple kite, don't worry! I'll definitely find a way to get you out, all you have to do now is to take care of your injuries and stop thinking about anything else. ”
Ye Ziyuan shook his head lightly and said, "Don't bother, you know too little about Qingshan City, they will never let me get out of here alive, because I have what they want in my hands, and this thing is very important to them." ”
"What you're talking about is the account book of the treasury, isn't it? It's a record of evidence of their corruption, right? ”
"Oh? For you know all about it, how did you know that the book of accounts is in my hands? ”
Shao Xi gently stroked Ye Ziyuan's face with the back of his hand, and said distressedly: "It was Liang Daoqian who set fire to and killed people in Jiaku, and he has been found out by me, and now he is also locked up in this prison. Silly girl, why do you have to carry so much on your own? If you had told me earlier, so many things would not have happened today, and if you had consulted me in advance about your actions today, you would not have suffered so much now. ”
Ye Ziyuan smiled, "Since you found out that Liang Daoqian killed people and set fire to Jiaku, you must have known who the mastermind behind the scenes is, do you still have to take care of this matter?" Now that it's a mortal situation, why should you get involved? ”
"Originally, I really didn't have to worry about this matter, but now that this matter involves you, I will definitely intervene, I will rescue you no matter what, you promised me to accompany me to the rivers and lakes, do you want to break your word?"
"Originally, I wanted to walk the rivers and lakes with you and be at ease, but I said that it was after the successful completion of this matter, and now that I am in prison and my legs are broken, why do you care about me, I will only be a burden to you, I have nothing else to ask for, I only ask you to submit the account book to the state capital, so that the people of Qingshan City will no longer be harmed by these corrupt officials and evil officials."
"Purple Kite, can you tell me what is recorded in that account book now? Why do they want to find it so unscrupulously? ”
Ye Ziyuan sighed, "Over the years, bandits have been rampant in Qingshan County, and the people have suffered, and what is recorded in the account book is the private transactions between the county guard and officials at all levels in the county and the bandits from all walks of life in Qingshan County. ”
"What?"