The squire's knife was already on the little girl's neck, and she trembled and cried.

"When can I let my second brother come back?"

"Xia Guan really has nothing to do with the water bandits, Wen Gongzi! Please spare my daughter, I will kneel for you! Xian Cheng was almost so frightened that he wanted to kneel, if it weren't for Erzhu carrying his back collar, he would have been lying on the ground holding Wen Shuo's feet.

Wen Shuo said: "Cut." ”

The attendant pressed the county princess's daughter and already brandished his knife.

The county Cheng hit a spirit at the moment when the knife was about to fall: "Don't move, don't move, I can let your second brother come back." ”

"When."

"Right away, right away, I'll give a signal, and they'll come, and then I'll let them release your second brother, and you let my daughter go now."

"Did the bandits cooperate with you, or did you raise them?"

"Xia Guan just, funded some."

Wen Shuo sneered: "Are you funding them, or are they using the money to fund you?" ”

The county man stopped talking.

"Where the hell are those bandits hiding?"

"It's everywhere."

"Where the hell!"

"In the county government, in the county government, they are just some ordinary people, they hide their identities and only appear when they need to do something."

"Be specific."

"There are more in the martial arts training ground."

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong: "......"

The two exchanged glances for a moment, and they were a little speechless, probably as smart as Shen Hong, and they didn't expect that the martial arts training ground that had always been at odds with the county was actually under the control of the county Cheng.

This trick is indeed a bit unguardable.

Wen Shuo glanced at the men and women below: "First tie them all up, and when you see my second brother, they will be fine, and if you can't see my second brother, I will slaughter them one by one in front of you." ”

Wen Shuo already had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, if it wasn't for the county to admit it, he really didn't know how to confront him next, he believed in his own judgment and Shen Hong's judgment to be so resolute.

"Say, how do you make a signal?"

The county gentleman wiped the sweat from his head, and the smile on his expression had turned grim: "In the cabinet in my house, there is a small box with firecrackers in it, and they will notice it when it makes a noise in the sky, and it will come over immediately." ”

Lin Piao listened from the sidelines: "How can you guarantee that they will not rush over when they hear the sound, and when they hear the signal and rush over, there will be many of you and few of us." ”

"No, my whole family is in your hands, how can I resist, I just ask you to let my family go."

When the county lady who was detained below heard this, she almost cried: "Master! Please let me go, master. ”

The county man shook his head at his wife: "I will definitely not survive if I fall into their hands, you will take the children away from here in the future and live well, don't come back here." ”

Lin Piao was almost numb: "Are you still miserable?!" You colluded with the bandits to kill people and steal goods, it was you who implicated your own wife and children, and you were the one who harmed them to this point, hurry up and hand over Wen Jieqing, if something happens to Wen Jieqing, it is rare to take your life. ”

"Then you should give the signal, if you hesitate, I can't guarantee what will happen."

Wen Shuo gritted his teeth, entered the house, and went to find the signal fireworks.

The thing was encased in a long metal cylinder, ignited and swooped into the sky, then exploded with a thud, flashing only for a moment, but resounding like thunder.

The lady in the courtyard had already burst into tears: "I just said don't do it, don't do it, there is no wall in the world that does not leak the wind, and after so many years of fear, it is finally today." ”

She knelt down at the bottom of the stairs: "Please, spare him, he is also forced to do so." ”

"Shuhua, don't ask for them." The county man said to his wife.

Madame cried for a long time, almost trying to climb up the stairs to hold Erzhu's legs, but the moment she approached, the cold light flashed, Erzhu's eyes and legs were quick, and he kicked her down the steps with one foot on her shoulder, and Madame rolled down the steps, holding a dagger to block the guards who were approaching, and retreated to the pillar.

Lin Piao looked at her, good guy, she is still a heroine among women.

Mrs. Shuhua sneered and looked at them: "You are smarter than you imagined, you didn't chase after people who were robbed, but they caught us off guard." ”

She has been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and she has never suffered such a big loss since she married the county prince.

They have known each other for many years, since she was just a spicy fishergirl, when he was just a poor scholar who was a dead student, she sold fish on a ferry boat by the water, and learned kung fu with her father to prevent being bullied, so he shook his head and shook his head and read aloud by the water every morning.

After so many years, they have supported each other to this day, but they did not expect to plant themselves on the Wen family's single life, especially the reaction speed of the other party.

"You say, how can you let go of the master?"

"Return Wen Jieqing and the luggage intact."

"Well, when they come, I will say to them like this, don't be untrustworthy."

The county Cheng looked at him helplessly: "Shuhua, you can leave by yourself, this matter can't be hidden, what's the use of saving a life, you are fugitives when you go to the ends of the earth, it is better for you to take the children and leave quickly." ”

"Put your mother's fart, you just want to be an official, you are going to die, you have to die in your broken official position, right?!"

Shen Hong looked at his wife: "You go out to hand over, bring Wen Jieqing back first, put the salute back on the boat, find a reliable boatman, and drive the boat to the place we said, and after we get to that place, we will release the county Cheng." ”

"You take people so far? I don't believe you. ”

Shen Hong looked at his wife: "I don't believe you either." ”

Madam was so angry that she gritted her teeth: "What if you hand him over to the government as soon as you get there?" ”

"In exchange, I'll give him a chance to escape, but whether he will be caught or not is up to you."

The county suddenly shook his head: "It's difficult, it's hard to live, it's hard to die, no one believes in anyone, it's even harder." ”

Madame glared at him: "You don't chirp crookedly." ”

He knew that he would not survive, not because he had no chance, but because he had been running for more than 10 years, and whether he could survive or not after this turmoil, his future had been completely ruined, and he was a scholar, not a person from the rivers and lakes, and he did not become an official and became a fugitive.

Except for the person in front of you.

He was still reluctant.

"Shuhua, let's go, do you think they will let us go? Kneeling at their feet, they will not look at us more, they will only kick us away, and since they have been discovered and caught by them, we should not think about anything else, and I just hope that you and I will meet again in the future in the rich family, and we will not have to suffer like this again. ”

"Shut up, I'll save you even if I fight with them."

Lin Piao scratched his head beside him, feeling that they were so tragic.

"How do you say you act like you're a victim? Don't you feel sorry for us at all when your men are surrounding the boats on the water, with so big knives that they want to kill us, and they make us flee in the wilderness, and they rob us of our things and our friends? ”

"Why can't I stop you!" The county Cheng seemed to be suddenly stressed by his words: "I have studied hard for fifteen years to get such a small official, there is no hope of promotion, I have to stay up for a year, the county government has to spend, the officials above have to give gifts, one is more greedy than the other, a layer of oil and water is scraped more ruthlessly than a layer, the children in the family are waiting to be fed, I don't want to force the people to death, I swore to be a parent official, I don't raise water bandits, where does the money come from!" I'm worthy of anyone! ”

"Are you worthy of anyone? Including those who were killed by the water bandits you raised for no reason? You geese pluck their feathers, once you shoot, you will kill boats and boats, and you won't dream of them at night? Or do you raise such a group of tigers and wolves, but you will only lie on the bed in the county mansion and count the money they sent, and you can't see how much blood of unprovoked people is stained on those silver coins, you resent the high-ranking officials of the family, then let me ask you, how many young masters and young ladies are there in a boatload of people? And how many maids and servants? Boatman's squire ? Lin Piao raised his leg and gave him a kick: "Don't dress up for Lao Tzu here, look at what you wear yourself, what you wear, what you wear your son and daughter?" ”

Lin Piao rushed down the steps and dragged out the jade from his daughter's neck, a piece of black jade the size of a baby's fist, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold: "This is your attitude as a parental official?" But whenever you really spend this money on the people, I admire you for having a kind of marriage, raising a bunch of bandits, killing countless people, and thinking that your career is not good and you can't be promoted, haven't you secretly enjoyed it in your heart? You are happy like an emperor in this small place, you are caught in your hands inside and out, what is the difference between you and the emperor of the soil, if I were you, I would like to die, no matter what wife and daughter she is, she will leave this treasure land to be a fugitive, are you happy? ”

Wen Shuo and Erzhu were dumbfounded, Wen Shuo was the first time to see Lin Piao scolding, although Erzhu had seen too much, he didn't expect that he could still scold this dog official at such a critical time.

The county man blushed: "You little brother, where do you know about officialdom, what kind of killing is killing a rich person?" ”

"Your whole family is so rich, you can kill them all now, right? You don't even need to keep the maids and the guards in your house, do you? ”

The county man pursed his lips and stopped talking, and the lady below said coldly: "Don't say it, I'll go and bring your people in, and then you will let our family go." ”

"Okay, you go, Wen Jieqing is back, and I will release your children, and when we get to the place where we said yes, we will release your man."

The lady walked out of the courtyard.

Wen Shuo looked at the attendant: "Go and prepare the carriage and stop at the back door." ”

Erzhu also hurriedly said: "Take my mother too, don't forget her." ”

About an hour later, Wen Jieqing was brought in.

Lin Piao hurriedly looked him up and down, and saw that he was not hurt and touched anything, and looked quite good: "Brother Wen, come over quickly." ”

Then they took the county and retreated from the back door of the county mansion, and outside was the carriage that the attendants had prepared, and the second aunt carefully showed half of her face from the edge of the curtain: "Piao'er! Two pillars! It's good that you're okay, my heart is really scared. ”

They got into the car, the county was tied up solidly, Lin Piao and the second aunt sat next to each other, the two leaned next to each other, Shen Hong sat beside him, Lin Piao thought about what happened tonight, tired and terrifying, wanted to sleep for a while, but couldn't sleep.

"Where are we going?"

"The state capital, from here to the state capital, from night to noon the next day is enough."

Lin Piao nodded, after all, the Wen family's guards are very efficient, and the carriage is prepared with a large carriage, with two horses in front, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fast horse and a whip.

Lin Piao thought in his heart, he didn't know how the people from the Wen family's side branch contacted the county Cheng's side, how could they know that the county Cheng had water bandits on his hands?

Lin Piao looked at the county man: "Who did you get the idea that you came to intercept and kill us?" ”

Lin Piao looked at him and didn't speak: "It's useless for you to be stubborn at this time. ”

"It's useless for you to know, it's a big man up there, otherwise I wouldn't have risked doing something like this."

"How old? I thought you were so smart that you were just a substitute for the dead, and you thought that the big guys could make you get out of the way? He was so powerful that he did it himself, he didn't dare to let people know that he did it, wasn't he afraid that once it was exposed, he wouldn't be able to bear the Wen family's revenge? ”

"You can say it very well, but confessing to him will only make my death more ugly, and I don't know who he is."

"So you don't know, but you have a guess, right?"

The county man closed his mouth, Wen Shuo went up to entertain him, and gave him two mouthfuls first: "Do you want to say it?!" ”

Wen Shuo's eyes were red with anger.

Wen Shuo didn't sleep all night, he stayed up like an eagle, Lin Piao couldn't stand it, he closed his eyes and leaned on his aunt's shoulder, they leaned on each other, half-asleep and half-awake and groggy.

Lin Piao's heart was unstable, and when he woke up from the carriage, he found that his neck was sore, and when he raised his hand, he was still holding the hem of Shen Hong's shirt tightly in his hand.

Lin Piao twisted his neck, loosened the piece of clothing, and pressed it on his leg and stroked it twice vigorously, flattening the folds on it.

Shen Hong was also closing his eyes to recuperate, feeling the movement beside him, opened his eyes and glanced at them, and then closed his eyes again.

When he arrived at the state capital, as soon as he entered the state capital, Lin Piao felt like he had gone from the village to the county government for the first time, and he felt like he had entered the city.

They were first placed in an inn, and then Shen Hong's two pillars Wen Shuo and they went to deal with the outside affairs, leaving two guards in the inn to protect their safety.

As is customary, go to bed first when entering the inn.

Lin Piao was worried about them, but thinking about the tension of the whole night and half the day, he slowly released it, and slowly fell asleep, because Lin Piao was frightened by this time, he slept in the inn and felt very insecure, so he subconsciously curled himself up in a circle and curled up on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

When he woke up, Wen Jieqing had already asked the guys in the inn to prepare the dishes in advance, Lin Piao and his aunt went downstairs to eat, and Shen Hongerzhu and Wen Shuo came back halfway.

They immediately put down their chopsticks: "How is it?" ”

"When the boat arrived, she was not at ease, so she personally pressed the boat over, and they ordered the things, most of them were there, and the important things were not lost, and some of the scattered silver taels were not bothered."