Hongli and his party fought viciously with the water thieves for a day, and when it was dark, the boat docked, and everyone was tired and hungry. When I packed up the fine and soft tribute and climbed the embankment to see, there was a depression in the past, and sure enough, there was a big town, and rice was planted on the depression, which seemed to be left by taking soil and repairing the embankment, perhaps because of this big pit, the traffic was inconvenient, so there was no ferry here. Looking at the town from afar, it was dark and black, blue, white, gray and purple, and the smoke curled between the tired birds and faint crows. In the distance, the bell rang on the post road, and from time to time there was the sound of handlebar-like shouts and whips from the horses' hooves, and a few old farmers in the nearby rice fields were holding shovels in the water and drying up the fields, and from time to time they answered each other with a few laughs. In the distance, the children seemed to be playing hide and seek, and there were bursts of laughter...... Several people who are immortal in distress, when they first enter the place of incense in the world, have an indescribable warmth, softness and cordiality. Hongli breathed a sigh of relief, and said as he walked: "I really feel like I am in a different world, we will live in this town tonight." You don't have to hurry up, you can rest before you go-Qin Fengwu, do you want to do another divination? ”

"The prince knows the poor world, this is making fun. "Yi" cloud 'no longer blasphemy'! Qin Fengwu grinned and said, "If there is a dangerous thing in one day, aren't we masters very unlucky?" The hexagram "lawsuit" says that "it is not good to see the adults and is not conducive to the big river", and the last sentence has already been answered. The prince returned to Beijing to see the emperor, and here I have been pardoned by you. It's all 'Ryimian-sama', isn't it? ”

Everyone said, along the rice field ridge path, on the road a stone's throw away, has entered the town. Not long after the dispersal here, the cattle and horse market is full of wet livestock dung, and under the "air dead wind" lamps dotted on the street, there are fried buns that sell water, dumplings, ramen, noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns, and steamed buns, and soup cakes, spoons and pots, and there are roast chicken, braised beef and mutton soup pots, and the aroma overflows the streets. This group of muddy and disheveled people passed by, attracting all kinds of eyes. They ignored it, swallowing their saliva and walking slowly to find the next place. Finally, I found a century-old shop "Wang Ji Inn" in the north of the west of the town, rested and stayed, and the soup was waiting for the waiting, and there was no need to describe it in detail.

After resting in Suojia Town for three days, Hongli and the others had already been fully refreshed. Early in the morning of the fourth day, they hired a mule and a sedan chair, and specially bought a horse for Hongli to mount, still in the appearance of a businessman, passing through Huangling, Liuguang, and Niushitun, and traveling to the northeast. When passing by Liuguang, Hongli remembered Wang Laowu's family and specially inquired about the place "Huangtai". The villagers all said that Huangtai had been flooded for 56 years, and it was gone, and Wang Lao Wu had no way to inquire, and Hongli sighed, so it was just that. Along the way, Tian Wenjing's official reticent behavior was also different: some said that they were honest, and some said that they were harsh; Some people say that they love the people, and some people say that they are remnants, but they are as indifferent as the officialdom's evaluation of Tian's family, and Hongli didn't bother to ask later. At this time, it has entered May, the weather is hot at first, the sun is poisonous at noon, there is no rain in northern Henan for more than ten days, the big lane is a few inches of Fushi, and a string of white smoke is stepped on. Hongli first spent the heat in Shandong disaster relief, the most afraid of heat and cold, stuffy in the sedan chair, and immediately sunburned unbearable, so he rested at noon, and then walked after the time, although he got up earlier, he felt comfortable on the road. Qin Fengwu is a celebrity, funny and wise, chanting poems and lyrics all the way, telling jokes and jokes, and stacking hundreds of kinds of courtesy to please Hongli, so he does not feel lonely.

This day to the town of the tiger set, just after the middle of the morning. According to Liu Tongxun's calculations at night, if he hurried more in the morning, he could travel to Huaxian County in the evening, connect with the government, and then send it directly to Baoding along the post station - he was really frightened by the danger of the Yellow River, and he was afraid that this stubborn prince would suffer another accident. As a subordinate courtier, he can't redeem himself - but this day is cloudless, and it has already been hot. Before the sun reached noon, the earth was white. The early corn, sorghum and soybean red weeds on the side of the road are steaming hotly, and from a distance, the houses and trees tremble in the air flow as if they were separated by water. The leaves of the crops were curled up and drooped down in the oppressive heat, and occasionally a hot breeze blew through and then fell silent, but felt even more hot and dry.

"Listen, the cicadas in the trees are too lazy to call!" Although Hongli was in the middle of summer, his clothes were not messy, he wiped his sweat with his hands one after another on the horse, and said to Liu Tongxun, who was riding a mule beside him: "There is no market town forty miles ahead, and if someone is hot and falls, even an ambulance cannot be found." Besides, the coachman and the mule are afraid that they can't stand it - Yanqing, if you want to go, you go first, I have to rest here. Liu Tongxun looked at the green gauze tents around him, licked his lips and said with a smile: "The slave is also too hot to stand." When we go to the small village in front of us, drink some water first, find a shady place to eat and sharpen, and let's take it calmly. Minion, that's for the good of the master! Qin Fengwu saw that there was a sugarcane field on the side of the road, and he rushed over, pouted five or six and caught up, brushed off the cane leaves and handed one to Hongli first, and while continuing to brush the leaves, he smiled and said: "Master, you eat the roots, and leave the tips to the slaves." He handed Liu Tongxun another one, cut one himself, handed the root to Hongli again, and sent the rest to the Wen family in the car. The northerners and the southerners met in the middle, and the northerners boasted, 'It's cold over there, it's cold!' Touch the iron and bite the hand, touch the stone and stain the skin. When peeing, you hold a small stick in one hand, and as soon as the urine comes out, it freezes, and you have to knock it at any time, otherwise you will freeze. Tongue licking teeth must be tried first, otherwise even the teeth will be frozen! The people from the south also blew, 'We're hot, it's hot!' Put a few old corn in the sun, and it will ripen in a while, and when the hour is long, the corn flowers will burst. Once, I drove the pigs into the city, and I didn't dare to stop all the way, and I looked for someone to drink a bowl of water on the way, and the pigs were roasted. ......" Hongli laughed when he heard it, took the cane root handed over by Liu Tongxun, chewed it, and said: "There is no such thing as roasting pigs, go to Turpan with five foreheads, spread eggs on the stone slab when it is hot, and it will be ripe into pancakes in a while." He pointed to the corn on the side of the road and said with a smile: "I will make a couplet, and whoever will be rewarded will be rewarded!" -- This year's early corn is fine and brown and does not grow. ”

Liu Tongxun didn't stay long here, he was thinking about a suitable resting place, and before he could answer, Qin Fengwu had already come up, "Later, give a spike, and the rain will be about the same." "Agile!" Hongli smiled, thought about it in a daze, and said with a breath: "Why do you always feel that you are awkward?" The laughter of three women came from the car, and Yingying stretched out her head and said, "Fourth master, he is missing a word!" Hongli couldn't help but laugh, Qin Fengwu said: "Then it will be's 'almost the same after the rain', if it doesn't rain again, our underground runners will also become roast pigs!" ”

The words made everyone laugh again, and they all felt that the summer heat was much better. Liu Tongxun pointed ahead on the horse and said, "The old locust tree at the three-way intersection in front is so shady, let's rest first, can it be done?" ”

"Done!" Hongli put up the pergola and looked at it, and saw that the front side road was divided into two forks, one to the northeast, one to the northwest, a huge locust tree without friends at the fork, the old oak root branches and leaves were dense, covering the shade of more than one acre of land, it was indeed a good place to rest. Because a longitudinal horse rushed over, flew down, unfastened the tightly buttoned button on his neck with one hand, kept waving a fan with the other, looked up at the dense canopy, waited for everyone to catch up, and said with a smile: "This tree is 16,700 years old when Liu Xiu's hand planted!" Look at the stele. - It's weird, there isn't even a big tree for dozens of miles along the way! If there is a tea table and chessboard or something under this tree, and there are people who sell melons, fruits and wine, there is still no business? The people here are weird! A mule driver took a puff of smoke and said, "Earlier there were many trees here." Tian Zhitai had not come to Henan at that time, and it was a Huang Zi named Ashi Rabu who was the governor of Henan. said that there were a lot of bandits here, and a fire was burned away, but the bandits were gone, and the Doll River over there also fucked it. Without water, not only bandits can't pass, but also good people can't, and this area has moved away. The field system platform is also called tree planting. It's strange to say, there are trees, and there is water in the river, but it's not as big as before. All the people who came here were newly resettled, and those who had been washed by the Yellow River were all resettled here. It is said that the land is newly reclaimed, but in fact, the good land of the past has been barren and reclaimed again. Hey-what the officials think, we don't understand when we die. ”

This comment on Tian Wenjing is still both positive and negative, Hongli has heard a lot, and only smiled indifferently. Liu Tongxun looked at the stone tablet and only wrote "Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty planted this acacia", but the inscription was "the second year of Ming Hongzhi". Qin Fengwu hurriedly asked the mule driver: "Is there an inn nearby, where can I take a bath, and is there a melon field?" "In the middle of the chaos, a little girl came from Gubei Road, only twelve or thirteen years old, short-sleeved shirt and green cloth pants, barefoot wearing straw sandals, carrying a clay pot along the road, and humming a song in her mouth even kicking and jumping. Seeing this large group of people resting under the tree, he looked at it in surprise, pointed to the east and said, "You can drink livestock on the other side of the Doll River." The bath is not possible, only a few inches of water. Qin Fengwu asked, "Hey, is there a melon field?" ”

"Yes." The girl glanced at Hongli again and replied, "My father is a melon grower, and now he is in the melon hermitage, and he is hoeing to see the melons." Do you want to buy it? "Buy, buy!" Qin Fengwu smiled with joy, "I will buy two or three hundred catties, and I can't eat and walk around!" Then he followed the girl and left. The girl glanced back at Hongli again, as if thinking about something. Qin Fengwu just looked at Liu Tongxun with his face open, Liu Tongxun was stunned for a moment before remembering that he had no money, so he took out a handful of loose silver from his sleeve and gave it to him. Qin Fengwu withdrew and chased after him.

The child walked a bag of cigarettes on the ridge of the sorghum field and arrived at the melon field, put the clay pot lightly in front of the hermitage, and shouted "Dad" a few times, before a strong man agreed to come out of the green gauze tent, still carrying a hoe in his hand. The girl said angrily: "You don't look at the sky, the thief is hot, and if you hoe again after a while, you will miss your half an acre of flowers!" ”

"It's a drought." The strong man squatted shirtless on the ground, drank the mung bean soup in the can, and said sneeringly, "Three points of water under the hoe." The girl flashed her eyes and saw that Qin Fengwu was getting closer, and the sorghum leaves rustled, so she hurriedly leaned into her father's ear and whispered a few words. The strong man was stunned at first, put down the bowl and stared and asked, "Really?!" Do you see clearly? ”

"It's like that." The girl became hesitant again, "I knelt close in the porridge shed, he has a few fine pockmarks under his eyes, he is far away, I didn't see it clearly, I'll take a closer look when I go back-" Qin Fengwu was already sweating hot as she spoke, and she stopped squeaking.

It turned out that this strong man was Wang Lao Wu, who was sent back to the province by Li Weifa. Of the more than 200 people, most of the fields were washed away by water, and some of the fields were repaired and embankments were dug up, and they could no longer be planted. After checking the number of acres of cultivated land in Henan Province, the people who had been reclaimed in Huaxian County had all returned to their hometowns, so the government sold the seedlings in this area and rented them to these landless refugees, and resettled them in five years with grain to pay off the debt. Seeing Qin Fengwu coming over, looking at the melon with his eyes, Wang Lao Wu hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "The official wants to eat the melon?" The west is good, the chicken manure over there, eat it all! ”

"I'm going to buy two hundred pounds." Qin Fengwu picked a melon with his hand, opened it with a "boom", the green skin was red and white, and he took a bite and said, "It's so sweet-how much is a catty?" ”

"You are a person from a distant aisle, and it is not easy to go out," Wang Lao Wu said, "I will send you two hundred catties of melons, and I will give you a penny, will it be done?" Qin Fengwu said while eating: "Success!" Let's pick it, our owner is waiting! Wang Lao Wu asked while picking:

"What kind of business does the guest officer do?"

"Silk, porcelain."

"Fortune—from the south?"

"We have a big business, and we have semicolons in the north and south."

The two of them were talking, and there was a loud noise, and a shirtless man broke into the ground, picked up a melon and broke it to eat, and said in his mouth: "The day he milks, the people here are dead, the melon field is not planted by the roadside, so that Lao Tzu is easy to find!" - The shopkeeper, call the brothers over, there are melons here! I only heard a sound in the distance, and the sound of the crops was chaotic, and more than 20 people came out, all covered in sweat, and ignored Wang Lao Wu and the three people, trampling on the ground to pick melons, biting in their mouths, picking in their hands, and throwing raw melons everywhere. Wang Lao Wu's face turned pale with anger, and he hurriedly whispered: "Don't say anything, I didn't see all the knives, yes-Xiangma!" Qin Fengwu's hand trembled, the melon fell into the field, and he was thinking about running away from the green gauze tent. The shopkeeper walked over to the melon field and asked, "Hey, are you a family?" ”

"It's not." Wang Lao Wu protected his daughter, crossed his braids and whispered: "He bought melons." The melon field is my ......"

"How far is this from Yanjin County?"

"If you go back to your master, follow the official road to the west for seventy miles."

"Where's the straight?"

"More than forty miles, right?" Wang Lao Wu said: "I'd rather walk three miles than one mile of wasteland, who would take such a crop land?" ”

The shopkeeper was still about to ask, but a thief pointed at Qin Fengwu and shouted, "Isn't this the rabbit cub on the Yellow River boat?" This World Day is so fucking small! ”

"Small is small!" Qin Fengwu didn't wait for the surname Chang to wake up, picked up a ripe melon and smashed it on his face, slapping his face all over his face. He was so slippery that he got into the sorghum barley and ran back desperately. The robbers threw melons and copied the guys, and chased after them like swarms. A strong man compared with a knife and said to Wang Laowu: "Pick up the melon and follow the master!" Wang Lao Wu promised to pick melons while whispering to the girl: "Xing'er, find your mother quickly!" The strong man stared absent-mindedly and didn't hear it.

Hongli and his gang were talking under the tree, waiting for Qin Fengwu to buy melons, and suddenly heard a shouting in the distance. When he turned his face to look, Qin Fengwu came out of the sorghum field like crazy, his head and face were blue, and he shouted with his arms open, "Copy guy!" Copy guys! The ringing horse is coming-" He fell upside down from the ridge with a somersault, and turned over again, his face was covered with dust and sweat, and he was already like a big flower, he wiped it and jumped up, pointed to the green gauze tent and said: "There are many thieves!" Fourth master, let's hurry to the front of the tunzi! As he spoke, there was a chaotic sound of sorghum leaves, and a group of bandits with braided hair and knives and guns in their hands had rushed down the road. Liu Tongxun counted, there were only more than 20 enemies, calculated that in addition to the Xing family brothers, the Wen family and the two girls were strong in martial arts, and it was broad daylight, so they could support it for a while, and they felt a little relieved, so they hurriedly said: "Master, call the Wen family to break off, the Xing family brothers to protect it, go!" ”

The shopkeeper was not in a hurry to attack, but stood in the middle of the road, with his hand in his mouth and screaming, and after listening, there was another whistle, and there was a whistle in the distance south of the road, and there was a faint sound of rushing of crops, and there was a shout in the distance. Liu Tongxun was frightened when he saw that the mule drivers were all frightened, and shouted angrily: "Quick! Whoever dares to flee will be beaten to death with a big stick immediately! At this moment, the Wen family's He Yanhong had finished stopping, and got off the sedan car to follow the escort. With the Wen family's sword in hand, he shouted to the thieves in the distance: "Hey—have you heard of the Duanmu family in Shandong?" Do you want to grab the old man's dart? ”

"Duanmu's family will still receive darts? The old man has been sealing the knife for thirty years? The shopkeeper laughed and said, "You can really scare people!" - I heard that your Nizi secret weapon is so accurate, I stand up and take it hard, three darts knock me down, let's walk the bridge, walk the road! Yingying had already taken out the box of chess pieces, looked at each other, felt too far away, and looked at the Wen family with confidence. Yan Hong secretly held a slingshot and an iron pellet in her hand, and the Wen family touched her hair bun and took out a paper bag, which contained a stack of polished cicada wing iron darts, and said: "You don't believe that we are Duanmu Ye's disciples, send you a letter and understand!" The dart in his hand was lightly twisted, and suddenly it flew straight to the sky like a dragonfly—but it only circled and danced, looking at the sky with the concentration of the usual shopkeeper, and whispered: "Fight!" Yan Hong shot the iron pellet out with a slingshot, and Na Yingying also threw it hard, and hit the shopkeeper with a black chess piece in the chest. The shopkeeper was bent on guarding against the cicada wings that were flying in the air, and his belly and chest were five or six times early, but he didn't even bulge a green bag. His hard work is so good, everyone is shocked. While speaking, the cicada wing dart has flown to the eyes of the shopkeeper again, he stretched out his hand to catch, saw that the dart rotated too fast, butterfly-like up and down, when retracted, the left thumb has been rubbed, a little stunned brow was touched again, suddenly oozing blood, seeing that the dart is still strong, it is like a long eye sticking to chase himself, frightened to jump to the side, until the dart landed, only to get up in shock.

The Wen family took out another piece of cicada wing dart and sneered: "Do you believe this unique secret weapon? I'll give you another one? The shopkeeper arched his hand and said: "Since it is Duanmu's dart, we don't want it." That little white face in the car has a grudge against my brothers, you leave it to walk by yourself! The Wen family said: "You said so beautifully, this is my dart master!" ”

"Brother Chang," the disciple of the Yellow Water Monster saw the hesitation of the shopkeeper, and hurriedly approached him and said, "Don't believe in others, and don't believe in my iron-headed Jiao?" That little white face is really worth 500,000 taels of silver! If we Brother Huang hadn't wanted to swallow it alone, we would have done it a long time ago, and you wouldn't even be able to touch a penny! No matter how hard these mothers-in-law are, they can't stand the siege of our more than 40 good hands, and after this village, there is no more such shop! The Wen family shouted: "The surname is Chang, you are the black impermanence of Shandong Guding Village, right?" Didn't you go to celebrate the festival on August 15 of the year before last? For a dart, do you want to offend all over the green forest? The Yellow Water Monster is a miscellaneous water ghost, you want to fight for your life with him? ”

Hei Wuchang lowered his head and thought about it, the temptation of 500,000 taels of silver was too great for him. He said nothing with a dark face, waved his hand, and said, "Up!" Kill the light, extinguish the purification, and the heart is pure! The bandits screamed and rushed up. The Xing brothers were protecting Hongli in front, and the three people of the Wen family were fighting and retreating, and no one could help anyone for a while. In a hurry, the gongs in the front of the tunzi were loud, the dogs were shouting, no one could hear how many people were there, what they were shouting, Liu Tongxun thought that there were a large number of bandits again, and saw a land temple on the north slope of the road at a glance, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "All retreat to the land temple!" ”

This is a small temple, newly built not long ago, only one hall in the middle, sculpting the land in-laws and two people, the mud paint on the pillars has not completely dried. In the middle of the courtyard, two large elm trees in the east and west are separated from the two compartments in front of the main temple. Perhaps it is because of the scarcity of trees in this area that people chose to build temples here. The surrounding brick walls had not been erected for a long time, and everything was very simple and sloppy. Everyone rushed in, and immediately embraced Hongli into the main hall, the Xing brothers guarded the palace gate, the Wen family and Yanhong Yingying guarded under the elm tree, and the three of them stared at the gate and the courtyard wall. Before he could catch his breath, he heard a loud shouting and the sound of knives clashing. The Wen family jumped into the room and said with great joy: "Fourth master, the villagers here are loyal and righteous, and they have started to fight the bandits!" ”

It turned out that Wang Xing'er fled back to the village, panting and telling her mother about the long and short things outside. When the woman heard that there was a benefactor who had rescued her, she picked up the iron pot and went out and shouted: "The outsider[1]

Listen, the man who sent us back in Nanjing called the bandits to surround the tun, and there were only about 20 of those turtle kings, and they all went out to fight! Who doesn't go to the kiln [2]

It's raised! It was just after noon, and there were a hundred and ten men resting at home, and it was the benefactor who listened to the suffering, and there were not many bandits, who immediately gathered together with the shouts of gongs and basins, and with shovels, axes, sickles, pickaxes, pickaxes, and pickaxes, and some with big sticks, shouting and shouting at each other, and flocking out of the village. Seeing that a group of bandits were about to attack the land temple, the two sides immediately became a mess, and the bandits were good at fighting alone, but these crops and Han people were all in one mind, and the teacher [3]

It's better to be reckless, and suddenly he was beaten up in a hurry and fled in all directions. The black impermanence kicked and beat and scolded to stabilize the crowd. asked Wang Lao Wu if he was unprepared, and took out the flat arm to chase, but he ran into the iron-mouthed Jiao who ran over, and was beaten by Wang Lao Wuyi and grinded a few spins on the spot, and sat on the ground and fainted.

At this time, Hongli had already gone out of the land temple to watch the battle, and saw that although the villagers were brave, there was no leader, and second, there was no military experience, knowing that as long as the bandits were slightly rectified, the consequences of killing back would be unimaginable, and he thought about it and shouted loudly: "Xing Jianye, the four of you, don't let them gasp, and don't escape if one of them lives!" ”

"Wow!"

The four brothers agreed to a household and immediately took the lead in killing it. The bandits were still wheezing, and the villagers rushed over with a roar, and in a panic they had been cut down five or six, and the rest scattered in all directions. Liu Tongxun shouted beside him: "Folks, you can't leave trouble!" Take the thief, our master said, take one and reward ten acres of land! The villagers were so excited that they immediately rushed into the green gauze tent to chase after them, and the Xing brothers only stared at the black impermanence, sticking like a plaster, running to chase wherever they wanted, and the black impermanence fell into the well without paying attention! Although the rest of the bandits were brave, they had no choice but to lose their fighting spirit, and the terrain was not familiar, and in less than half an hour, they were all captured, but the iron-mouthed Jiao, who was burdened by Wang Lao Wuyi, saw the opportunity early, and did not know when to slip away without a trace. It was also a loss to Hongli, and the temporary arrangement made the land temple a prison room, and selected thirty strong villagers to take turns guarding with Xing Jianyi, caring for the injured people, and distributing the reward silver at the official price of seven taels of silver per mu. The villagers let go of two pigs and five or six sheep, bought wine and set up a feast, and it was lively in the courtyard of Wang Lao's five houses. Hongli, Liu Tongxun, and Cheng Rongqing sat at the first table, and Wang Laowu's family and Qin Fengwu accompanied each other, and frequently toasted with everyone. While the wine was hot, the villagers depicted the daytime scene with their hands and feet, and they were all drunk with red faces, and they did not return home until the time of the shift.

Cheng Rongqing has been anxious, seeing that the people have dispersed, he followed Hongli into the hall, and pleaded guiltily: "Tian Zhitai's constitutional edict has already come, and the servants have arranged it along the official road, which is too hasty and ridiculous." The prince has such a thing in the slave realm, it is really indisputable, and the slave here listens to the master's fate. So saying, he knelt down.

"This is a provincial rogue," Hongli said, "and besides, you don't know that I am going this way." Seeing that Wang's sent a hot towel, Xing'er came in with hot water, Hongli soaked his feet in a basin, wiped his face with a hot towel, and said while thinking about it: "This time the thieves suddenly attacked, this tun is called - it's called Huai Shu Tun - Huai Shu Tun villagers have both righteousness and bravery, rise up to kill the enemy, and the bandits have to be wiped out. Therefore, the credit is yours. Seeing Xing'er kneeling up to scrub her legs and feet, Hongli praised "What a clever girl!" He added: "You will handle this case according to this purpose, declare Tian Wenjing, and as for me, don't mention it." ”

"This—how dare a minion be greedy for heaven—"

"That's it."

Hongli stood up, waved his arms a few times with his shoes on, and said, "All the criminals, you will personally escort them back to the county early tomorrow morning." Strict censorship! As he spoke, he walked out of the hospital, gently waving his fan and looking at the stars in the sky, and everyone had to follow suit.

"Fourth master," Liu Tongxun said, "The black impermanence at the head of the group, we should take it away." ”

"Huh?" Hongli looked up his face, the starlight was dim, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he only groaned. Qin Fengwu, a very alert person, had already guessed the meaning of Liu Tongxun's words, because he said: "This gang of bandits, chasing the fourth master hard, must have some instructions." Besides, it's up to you to deal with it, and you can also resolve your hatred. Before he finished speaking, Hongli had already comprehended, nodded and said, "How can this revenge not snow?" That's it, your county newspaper has a 'bandit leader who is called black and impermanent, and he is killed for the villagers', that is. ”

Only then did Cheng Rongqing understand the prince's thoughts: he didn't want to publicize his death. In this way, the bandit leader was killed, the bandits were all wiped out, and all the ancient brains became the credit of the county. It's really pie in the sky; He couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart, seeing Hongli waving his hand and retreating, Nuo Nuo retreated with the servants. Hongli ordered Xing Jianye, "Bring that black impermanence here!" After saying that, he stepped back into the upper room. Because he saw that Wang Lao Wu's family of five was standing with their hands down, he smiled and said: "If you know each other's identities, you will have so many traces." You are the hosts, we are the guests, and this is settled. ”

"That's not what it means," Wang said, "Not only did you save our family, but half of the people in Huai Shutun were brought to this point by the master from the porridge shed." You are not a nobleman, but you are still our benefactor! Xing'er took a plate of peeled melons and whispered: "The well is overflowing, please use it while it is cold!" ”

Hongli picked up a piece and took a bite, it was cool and sweet, and he couldn't help but happily stroked her hair and smiled: "Good girl, it's a pity that your mother loves you too much, otherwise if you go to Beijing with me, you will be out in a few years!" Wang hurriedly said: "The dead ghost is sending the child to the fire pit, a good family like the master, we can't look up to it!" - Idiot Nizi, the lord took you to Beijing to enjoy the blessings, don't hurry up and kowtow! Xing'er had already leaned down, kowtowed countless heads, got up and took away the clothes that Hongli had changed. Seeing Xing Jianye coming in with a dejected black impermanence, the talents of the Wang family retreated.

"Black impermanence," Liu Tongxun saw Hongli giving him a look, so he sat down and asked with a calm face, "Do you know what crime you have committed?" ”

"Yes," said Black Impermanence, straining his neck, "the sin of killing the head." I was preparing for this day the day I walked the underworld. Phew, his grandmother's, in twenty years-"

"Another good man. Right? Liu Tongxun said, "It's a pity that it's not just about killing heads." You're not killing people, you're murdering! And the murder is the fourth elder brother of the former prince of Long Live today, Prince Bao! Will you be able to escape this one? ”

Hei Wuchang's eyes widened, and he looked at Hongli in astonishment. I saw Hongli sitting on stilts wearing a moon-white Ning silk robe, a bright yellow Wolong belt tied around his waist, decorated with a Hanyu pendant musk bag, a plain paper Xiangfei fan in his hand shook unhurriedly, and a smooth braid was lightly placed on his shoulder, his face was as white as the moon and his eyes were like lacquer stars, looking at himself and nodding lightly, with a majestic charm in the Tsinghua charm, a pair of dragons and phoenixes. Hei Wuchang was stunned for a long time, and said: "Even the emperor, I have already done it, and there is no way to do it." I accept my fate! Hongli coldly interjected and asked: "Black impermanence, I heard that you are a famous flower thief?" Hei Wuchang was so anxious that his eyes were like brass bells, and he shouted, "Who did you listen to?" Tell that bunny to stand up! I have the matter of killing officials, and I also have the matter of robbing salt ships, but I don't spoil women! This is a famous person on the underworld, otherwise I wouldn't dare to eat the Duanmu family's feast! My father taught me that being a strong man is a sin, and making a woman is a self-inflicted sin. We also have the rules of the underworld. You just check, find it together, chop it up and feed it to the dog! ”

"There is also a way to steal, this is the words of Zhuangzi. Well, the one who hides in the chamber of delusion, the saint; Before entering, Yongya; After coming out, righteousness also; Equally, Ren also ......" Hongli muttered a few words, only smiled and stopped, "In fact, killing heads, Ling Chi, and chopping are not the coolest punishments. In the past, Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the country, and he often skinned people alive - Yanqing, how do you think he concocted it? Liu Tongxun pondered Hongli's intentions, shook his head and said: "In the Ming Dynasty, there was a punishment of skinning, which was to kill people and then calmly peel them, pull the grass, and dry them. Qin Fengwu said: "Wei peeling human skin is skinning alive. Pour hot asphalt on the whole body, then harden it with cold water, and peel off it piece by piece—the skin is peeled off, and the man will live for twelve hours! ”

The three of them deliberately exaggerated the torture, and even the Yanhong sisters in the back room were shocked when they heard it, shivering vigorously on a hot day, and the black impermanence also turned pale, with their heads bowed, their legs trembling involuntarily, but they didn't speak.

"You refuse to 'do your own evil', and you are still good." Hongli stared coldly at the black impermanence that had been beaten down, "My Buddha is a Buddha, and I am committed to compassion. There is no one in the world who cannot be saved. I will take the one where you don't pick flowers, and I can open up a way for you to survive. The king's ministers and bandits are actually only a thought. You are in the prime of life, and you have a skill, I also pity you, you must not be mistaken! These words are majestic and warm, not only talking about heavenly principles but also following the way of human feelings, Liu Tongxun does not know how many cases have been judged and how many people have been tried, and the old official is familiar with the laws of human nature, and he can't help but admire them. Hei Wuchang has expected that he has no physiology, and he didn't expect Hongli to say so affectionately and righteously, so he kowtowed and said: "Master said so, Hei Impermanence is a person, can he still not know grace and emotion?" The small ones are bandits, and they are also forced by the owners. Kangxi forty-five years of Shandong harvest, the owner of August 15 seized the tenants, killed my brother and sold my niece, I was angry - burned Wangjiazhai, defected to the Guiding cottage, and became a second-class leader for three years, just because the former head of the village owner Wang Lun picked flowers and robbed prostitutes, we turned our faces and killed others before pushing me to sit on the top spot......" He said, touching the injuries of previous years, he couldn't help but boil inside, and he cried bitterly. Everyone was terrified by his broken gong voice.

"That turtle peak is more than 700 miles away from here, and it is the way of the peaceful world." Liu Tongxun asked softly, "How dare you go to Henan to rob tickets?" You're bold, too. After speaking, he peeked at Hongli. Hei Wuchang wiped away his tears and said: "The iron-mouthed Jiao who ran away, his father is alive and I are brothers." In the fifth day, the head told me that there was a dart all the way, very fat, and he brought more than 100,000 yuan of silver, not to mention, and the enemy of the dart owner was willing to pay 500,000 silver to buy his head. People from all walks of life are transferred to the north and south official roads to eat a piece of fat, whoever robs it will share 300,000, and the rest of the underworld friends will share 200,000. I was always deluded and went down the mountain with my brothers......"

"Who—who's going to pay 500,000?"

"Back to the master, I don't know."

"Huh?!"

"Really!" Hei Wuchang raised his head and hurriedly argued, "Iron Mouth Jiao said that he doesn't know either. It is only said that the master is very big. Each road is presided over by a Taoist priest, and there is an old man with a Beijing accent and no beard on his mouth, named Pan Shigui, who was reformed in the mansion of a nobleman in Beijing. Our unit is guarding Yanjin and will arrive tonight. I can't really say anything else. ”

Hongli's heart shook when he heard this, and he had categorically affirmed his original conjecture, he couldn't imagine that he was gentle and elegant on weekdays, and let the humble third brother actually play such a hot hand, and he did not hesitate to use the bandits to set up cards along the way, and he would want to put himself to death! After thinking about it, he already had an idea, and said abruptly to Hei Wuchang: "You didn't lie to me, and I didn't lie to you." I can forgive you. You can leave if you want, or stay if you want. ”

Black Impermanence's eyes widened.

"I'll do it for you, stay with me." Hongli had no expression on his face, "Because your crime has not been eliminated, the government still wants to take you." Your bandits have all been captured, and you can't do anything back to the cottage. What do you think of it yourself? "I am willing to follow my grandfather to carry the whip and stirrup!" Hei Wuchang said without hesitation, "It's not that I'm extremely helpless, who is still drilling into the underworld these years?" Hongli nodded and smiled, pointed at Qin Fengwu and said, "He also committed a crime, and I will pardon and accept those who remain." It seems that I still have some merit, you killed officials and robbed the road before, this crime is terrible, and you have to take two steps. First go to Miyun and my Zhuangzi to be a deputy housekeeper, and after two years, things will stop, change your name and make up for the battalion, and it is not uncommon to earn a general and deputy general after a few battles. Is this possible? He understated it and sketched out the flowery future of the second half of his life for the impermanence of black. The blood in Hei Wuchang's whole body almost poured to his face, his heart was pounding, and he almost fainted, and he only kowtowed after a while, just muttering: "Ye is my reborn parent......"

"I've always been on orders, and I've always served in micro-service - people are too familiar with my temperament." Hongli stared at the candle shadow and sighed, "It's what Qin Fengwu said, the son of a daughter can't sit down, and the one who knows his fate doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, tell Cheng Rongqing, Ming'er I will go with him, inform Li Fu to send someone to pick me up, I want to enter Beijing City!" ”

[1]

Outsider: i.e. man.

[2]

Kiln: i.e. brothel.

[3]

The teacher is the head of martial arts.