The old Heike store is quiet, without the noise of the past. It's just that the front of the door is still clean, and the rice grains that are deliberately scattered provoke the birds to fall there and peck at them.

The door was closed, and I walked in, coughing deliberately, but there was no movement inside. I was very suspicious, in the past, Shu'er heard my voice, and would definitely come out to greet him, but there were no guests today, no one was gone, did he go out, and it didn't look like it.

I coughed again and tried to push the door in, when a voice came from inside, "Who?" The voice was very stiff, it was not Brother Ping Sixth at all, and then there was a chaotic sound of footsteps, my heart tightened, and I said casually: "I am a passing guest, I want to eat a bowl of wine!" ”

With that, I raised my legs and walked in, and the person who greeted me came out, but blocked my way, shouting: "I'm very sorry, our store is not open today, the guest officer will come back another day!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pushed me away, I wondered even more in my heart, although the man was dressed as a man, but his beard was unshaven, and it was not good to look at it, he was about thirty years old, his eyes flashed, I pretended to smile and said: "I am an old customer here, why haven't I seen you, Third Brother Zhuang?" His men don't take me seriously either. ”

The man didn't dare to look at me, but just shirked and said: "Third Brother Zhuang has gone to the countryside, I am a new guy, I just arrived yesterday, I was ordered to take care of here, and the guest officer will come back tomorrow!" "Stretch out your hand to push me again, I took advantage of the situation, pulled him along, and suddenly heard a few sounds upstairs, it was the sound of the jar breaking, I knew that something must have happened, so I had to go up the stairs.

Suddenly a cool breeze hit behind my ears, I subconsciously lowered my head, and the man smashed a stick on the table next to him, and the table top was shattered suddenly, and then shouted: "Everyone be careful, there is a fanzi!" "I didn't wait for him to raise his stick again, and I kicked him in the chest, and he took a few steps backwards and fell to the ground, and I drew my dagger and went upstairs.

I was walking on the stairs and was just about to go upstairs when I heard a shout: "Brother Zhang, be careful!" "It was Na Shu'er, but he also saw the cold light and slashed over. I dodged and missed, and the knife turned around and slashed horizontally, and the man downstairs also rushed up with a wooden stick. The stairs were cramped, and I couldn't dodge at all, so I had to hide my head.

Suddenly, the knife swept over his head, I didn't wait for him to turn around, jumped up, the short sword along the back of his knife, straight stabbed past, the man was caught off guard, I stabbed the right hand, a scream, the steel knife out of his hand, and the wind behind me rose again, I did not hesitate to dodge around the back of the person in front of me, stretched out my hand and pulled, and pushed, the man hit the top of the person's head, and fell instantly. The man was so frightened that I didn't wait for him to come to his senses, so I jumped over with my sword in my hand, pressed the tip of my sword to his throat, and shouted, "Who are you?" ”

The man refused to say, I thought about Shu'er, and knocked the man unconscious with one palm, and Shu'er said, "Brother Zhang, come and save me." I heard the sound, Shu'er was tied to the pillar, and there were two guys tied together sitting on the ground, I hurried over and cut the rope with a sword, Shu'er's face was pale, and she looked at me with tears in her eyes, but she was very calm, I helped her sit down, and untied the rope of the guy, and then asked, "What's the matter?" What about Brother Ping's sixth brother? ”

Shu'er said: "Father went to buy materials early in the morning, I cleaned up in the store, these two people came in, and tied us up indiscriminately, just when you came up, if you don't come, I really don't know what else will happen?" As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

I comforted a few words, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps downstairs, it was Brother Naping. He ran upstairs, sweating profusely, and when he saw us, he let out a long sigh. Shu'er hurried over, snuggled on the shoulder of Brother Ping, and cried quietly, and Brother Pingliu comforted him again and again.

I looked around again to make sure there was no one else, and I went back to the two men and reached out and searched them, but there was nothing. Sixth Brother Ping kept watching, and when I stood up, he thanked him: "If it weren't for the adults to come to the rescue, I really don't know what would have happened to the little girl!" I replied: "Sixth brother is polite, when this happens, naturally everyone moves forward, not to mention you and Sister Shu'er!" In a word, Shu'er was red-faced and shy.

The guys began to clean up the house, and the two people were tied to the pillars on the second floor, still unconscious, and I laughed: "They can't help beating too, and they are not awake yet!" Brother Ping asked, "What should I do with these two people?" I said, "Sixth brother, do you know them?" Sixth Brother Ping shook his head, "I really don't know!" I said, "If it was an ordinary robber, if he heard someone coming, he would have fled long ago." But they were bold enough to stay, and there must be something wrong with it! ”

Shu'er said on the side: "No, after we were kidnapped, we did have a few guests, but they were all taken away by him by pretending to be a buddy!" ”

I nodded and said, "In that case, I'll take them back to Jinyiwei and interrogate them carefully!" "I guessed in my heart that he must have come for Brother Pingliu. Brother Ping hesitated, nodded, invited me to sit down in the main seat of a quiet room, brought tea and pastries, and bowed to me deeply.

I thought he was going to thank me again, but I smiled and said, "Sixth brother, why are you so polite? We are not outsiders! Sixth Brother Ping said: "It's not a little girl's business, but I have something to ask for!" I was so strange and said, "Sixth brother, if you have anything, just ask, if I can do it, I will definitely do it!" ”

Sixth Brother Ping said: "I beg my lord, let go of Lord Yang Hongyang!" ”

I stood up "Teng", almost unable to believe my ears, staring at Brother Ping, who continued: "Lord Yang is a Qing official, he shouldn't be damned. He has been an official for many years, and his family is poor, but he is full of enthusiasm and serves the country. Pity him for this great calamity, the old mother was frightened, and she died. It's because we can't look past it, and we have invested in the old man. Now, his wife and children are in prison, and he heard that he has been tortured, and if he continues like this, he is afraid that he will die here. Lang Lang Qiankun, how can such a person be unjustly killed?! He stared at me with anger in his eyes.

I listened to the surroundings, there was no movement, and I said in a low voice: "Sixth brother, you misunderstood, although I am in charge of the edict, the order to move the punishment was not given by me, and I just learned about it." By the way, how do you know Lord Yang? On that day, I saw you and Shu'er in the crowd. Sixth Brother Ping took a long breath and said, "I also believe that the Lord will not give an order to punish Lord Yang." In the past, Lord Yang was the commander of Sanyin County, and I passed through there selling goods, because the horses pulling the goods were frightened, and an old man on the side of the road was alarmed, and the old man was scared to death. The family didn't do it, saying that I had killed people and sued the government. Lord Yang was the magistrate at the time, I thought that I was a foreigner, unfamiliar with the place, and would definitely have to suffer a lawsuit, but Lord Yang interrogated carefully, and took the work to the house to check the body, he also checked it himself, and asked the neighbors around, and learned that the old man was seriously ill and had already been terminally ill. There are certain reasons for horse panic, but it is by no means the main thing. So, only let me lose the cost of the coffin. I was so moved that I wanted to give him some belongings, but he refused. ”

"There is no official in the world who does not love money, but Lord Yang is so incorruptible. Later, when Mr. Yang was transferred to Beijing, I was very happy and thought that I could repay him well. I don't want to, Lord Yang still refuses, I also understand the situation of his family, hey, there are such good officials in the world, it is really a blessing of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Of course, I know that Yang Hong is a clean official, but Liu Jin not only explicitly requested that Yang Hong be executed, but also his family members should be dealt with together. Listening to Brother Ping's words, I sighed and said, "I'm just a thousand households, and I can't decide his life or death." And you also know that the sixth brother has been punished, and I also know that the above means that he is a capital crime, and his family will be dealt with together! ”

Sixth Brother Ping took a deep breath, his face was quite ugly, he nodded half-loudly, and said: "I know this, I heard that Lord Yang was arrested, I went with Shu'er to send it, and it turned out that the adult led the team, thinking that the adult has always been kind-hearted, and he must not treat Lord Yang badly, but I didn't expect to be punished, where is the reason?" However, if the adults can open the net, Lord Yang can still be saved! ”

I was stunned and asked, "How to save it?" Do you want to rob the prison? ”

Sixth Brother Ping hurriedly shook his head and said, "How dare I dare to commit such a big crime of killing my head?" Just ask for help, I heard that you have a relationship with your father-in-law, and even the emperor can see you, say a few words when appropriate, and ask for a favor for Lord Yang! ”

I couldn't help but laugh dumbly and said, "Sixth brother, you really think I'm a big man!" I'm just a small thousand households in Beijing, and I can't get on the stage at all. Of course, if I have the chance, I will say it. Sixth Brother Ping hugged his fists and said, "There is Lord Lao!" If you need silver two dredging, I will definitely help, I have a silver ticket of 10,000 taels here, you can take it to prepare! ”

"Sixth brother, aren't you killing what you said?" I only felt feverish, stood up, and said: "I'm just a junior, I came to the capital to do errands, I was fortunate to know you, and I have always respected you as an elder, although I haven't read for a few days, but I still understand the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period." I'm an official, but I'm not a greedy person. You're going to give me the money today so that I won't come here in the future? If you really think I'm such a person, well, I'll leave right away and never bother in the future. ”