Luo Danxia hadn't seen her cousin Zhang Yuqing for a few days, she didn't have few friends in the capital who could talk to, and she liked Zhang Yuqing very much, so she begged Luo Danyang to take her to Zhang's mansion to find her cousin.

Luo Danyang also thought of the smart and beautiful cousin in his heart, and took Luo Danxia to the door of Zhang's mansion, just when Zhang Yuqing took Wang Chunniang out in a hurry.

"Yuqing, where are you going?" Luo Danxia poked her head out of the ox cart and asked excitedly.

Zhang Yuqing stepped forward and said, "You guys came to me on purpose? ”

"yes!" Luo Danxia smiled, "You haven't come to my house for a few days, so I had to ask my brother to bring me to you!" ”

Luo Danyang next to him looked at the quiet and beautiful girl and smiled slightly.

"Unfortunately, I have to go out in a hurry." Zhang Yuqing said embarrassedly.

Luo Danxia asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Yuqing hesitated, but there was nothing to hide from them, they were not outsiders, so he lowered his voice and said that he was going to the law field today.

"Please also ask my cousin and cousin to keep it secret and not tell my aunt." Zhang Yuqing pleaded, "The stakes are very high, forgive me for not being able to entertain you today." ”

She is an unmarried woman, and it is inappropriate for her to go to the Dharma field after all, and for the sake of people who have nothing to do with her, so that the elders know about it, and she is bound to stop it.

Luo Danxia's eyes straightened when she heard this, and when she saw Zhang Yuqing turn around to leave, she immediately reached out and grabbed Zhang Yuqing's arm, "Wait, I want to go too!" ”

"No way!" Zhang Yuqing flatly refused.

Luo Danxia was not happy, and pouted: "Why can you go, but I can't go?" ”

Zhang Yuqing pursed her lips and smiled, but did not speak. To tell the truth, Luo Danxia is a serious official daughter, and she is just an orphan girl who is not officially recognized by the Zhang family, so she can go, but Luo Danxia can't go.

"Why would my cousin do this for someone she doesn't know?" Luo Danyan asked suddenly.

Zhang Yuqing explained seriously: "Actually, it's not that we don't know each other, the prisoner's junior brother sent us to Beijing. On the way to Beijing, we encountered bandits several times, and thanks to their protection, we were able to reach this safely. I have nothing to repay him. Now that they have a problem, they can't do anything about it in the end, and they can't change the outcome, and I should be by their side through this most difficult time. ”

"It's getting late, we have to get over quickly!" Zhang Yuqing said, turned around and left.

At this time, a shout came from behind her, "Yuqing! ”

Zhang Yuqing looked back, Luo Danyang got out of the carriage and looked at her with a smile.

"I'll take you!" Rodan Young said.

Zhang Yuqing looked at him in surprise and excused himself: "Cousin, the law field is not a good place......

"I know." Luo Danyang smiled, "The prisoner's junior brother has helped you, I, we are your relatives, and we should also thank him." ”

Zhang Yuqing shook her head, "But, cousin ......"

"Although I am not talented, I have the identity of a lifter, if I deal with people from the government, it is better to have me come forward." Luo Danyang's smile was gentle and bright, "Let me follow, it's somewhat useful, isn't it?" ”

Luo Danxia also got out of the ox cart and hugged Zhang Yuqing's shoulders, "Let's go too!" Yuqing, can't you treat us as outsiders? ”

She wanted to see the excitement, and of course she was also worried about the fate of the innocent prisoner who was wrongfully beheaded.

Zhang Yuqing couldn't excuse herself anymore, and got into the ox cart with Wang Chunniang.

The execution site was in a vacant lot outside the city gate on the outskirts of Beijing, with a few willow trees planted next to it, very close to the moat. Many people know that today is the day to cut off the heads of prisoners, and they all came to see the excitement early, and the crowd was overwhelmed.

The sky is cloudy, the air is damp and dreary, and swallows and dragonflies are flying low to feed.

Zhang Yuqing and the others got out of the ox cart and looked for Fang Mo in the crowd.

I don't know if there are too many people killed in this place, even if it is about to enter summer now, Zhang Yuqing still feels gloomy.

"Fang Mo!" Zhang Yuqing saw Fang Mo and shouted loudly.

Fang Mo and a group of men gathered together, and there was a dilapidated board car next to it, on which lay an old lady with gray hair and tattered clothes.

Luo Danyang escorted Zhang Yuqing and a few people over.

Fang Mo hurriedly said to the men next to him: "This is the girl Zhang who has a way to help us!" ”

The old lady on the board car excitedly stretched out her thin hand, waving and groping in the air, "Is it the benefactor who saved my son?" ”

Zhang Yuqing saw that the old woman's eyes were gray, there was no brilliance at all, she was obviously blind, she reached out and held the old lady's hand, and said softly: "Auntie, Brother He has his own natural appearance, we are just helping to think of a way, not a benefactor." ”

"If you can save my son, you are my benefactor!" The old lady howled and cried, "My son has been wronged! ”

He Qi was imprisoned for many days, the old lady had no one to take care of, plus she was seriously ill and blind, her body was dirty, and the smell was very unpleasant.

Luo Danyang watched with his hands behind his back, Zhang Yuqing gently and patiently persuaded the old woman who collapsed and was wronged, and she didn't even frown.

A few big men next to him asked nonchalantly, "Miss Zhang, do you really have a way to save Senior Brother?" ”

"That's right, can it be done or not?"

Fang Mo immediately said: "It's man-made, whether it succeeds or not, I have to cry out for my senior brother!" Even if it doesn't work, I admit it, senior brothers, please don't be angry with Miss Zhang. ”

"Surely not! People are also kind enough to help us. One of them said.

Fang Mo smiled sadly, "If it doesn't work...... Brothers, during the New Year's holidays, remember to burn some paper for me and my brothers. ”

"What nonsense!" The men scolded.

Someone else said, "I'm going to cry out!" Xiaomo, you finally got mixed up with the big man on an errand, and the future is good! You can't just fold it in! ”

"I'd better go! I'm the oldest! ”

Fang Mo shook his head firmly, "You are all people with families, you still have parents, wives and children at home, only I have nothing to worry about, and the senior brother is as kind to me as a mountain, so it is reasonable for me to go." This matter is settled, and I will cry out later! ”

At this moment, the prisoner cars escorting the prisoners drove over from the city, and the lively crowd was in a commotion, and many people were amazed, saying that there were especially many people killed today, and the excitement was overflowing.

Luo Danxia hugged Zhang Yuqing's arm worriedly, in disbelief, and shivered, "What are these people happy about?" Is beheading a good thing? ”

She is an official lady raised in a deep boudoir, who has never seen such a scene.

Zhang Yuqing let out a long breath, shook his head and whispered, "They are just cold-blooded and numb spectators...... Cousin, you better go back with your cousin! ”

"Yes, Miss Luo, it's scary! You better stop looking! Wang Chunniang also persuaded. She was afraid that Luo Danxia would be scared, and Mrs. Luo would be angry with Zhang Yuqing.

Luo Danxia held Zhang Yuqing's arm and didn't let go, "If I don't go, Yuqing dares to look at it, what do I dare not do?" ”

She's still an older sister!

A senior brother of Fang Mo suddenly pointed to a prisoner cart and shouted, "Senior brother! Is that person a big brother? ”

Zhang Yuqing looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a tall prisoner standing in the car with a heavy wooden flail around his neck, covered in blood.

Fang Mo didn't expect Senior Brother to be so miserable, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

The blind old lady on the board car held Zhang Yuqing's hand and became excited, "My son is here?" Isn't he? ”

Zhang Yuqing hurriedly said, "It's Brother He who was brought over." ”

"How's my son? Is he good? The old lady asked with tears in her eyes.

Zhang Yuqing only hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother He is a little dirty, but he is in good spirits, and he should not have suffered much in prison." ”

The old lady was slightly relieved when she heard this, and then thought that her only son, who was dependent on each other, was about to be beheaded, and her eyes were empty and tears of despair.

It's uncomfortable to look at.

Luo Danxia followed with red circles in her eyes, and whispered to her brother: "I didn't even know that there were such hard-working people in this world!" ”

In the past, her biggest worry was that the jewelry was not as good-looking as other girls, or the clothes she went out to meet were not the most up-to-date, but she didn't know that there were people in this world who worked hard day and night but couldn't eat enough, couldn't wear clothes, and were falsely accused of being imprisoned, beheaded for public display, and had nowhere to avenge their deaths.

Luo Danyang said softly: "You can have such a feeling, and it is not in vain that I took the risk of being scolded by my mother to bring you here." With that, he looked at Zhang Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing held the old lady's hand tightly and looked at the prisoner car with sharp eyes.

The prisoners were driven out of the car one by one by the officials like cattle and sheep, and lined up to walk to the court.

The executioner of the court had already prepared a bright broadsword.

Some of the prisoners were frightened, paralyzed on the ground and incontinent, the officials scolded and dragged them to the court with ropes, and some looked numb, and under the drive of the officials, they staggered to the court with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The first prisoner was escorted and knelt on the court, and when the prisoner gave the order, the executioner raised his knife and fell, the head fell to the ground, blood sprayed everywhere, and the lifeless body fell to the ground.

Luo Danxia hid behind her brother in fright as early as when the executioner raised the knife, covering her eyes with her hands and not daring to look.

Zhang Yuqing was also hugged into Wang Chunniang's arms.

Soon it was He Qi.

He Qi's tall figure was very conspicuous among the prisoners, and he walked to the court with numb eyes, but he did not kneel.

The executioner's boss was not happy, and kicked him in the crook of the leg a few times before he knelt down and raised the steel knife in his hand.

Fang Mo had already squeezed to the front, and he subconsciously looked back at Zhang Yuqing.

Zhang Yuqing nodded at him slowly and forcefully.

Fang Mo wiped his face, and before the executioner's steel knife fell, he resolutely shouted: "Leave people under the knife, wronged!" Wronged! ”