Chapter Forty-Eight: The Liveliest Day in the History of Wuyou Town
When it was almost the third watch, Wu Youzhen fell asleep early, and the master sat next to an empty alley in front of the Yamen prison in Wu Youzhen, holding a pot of wine in his hand. The county jail is on the outskirts of the city, the county jail is more than five zhang high, there are elite soldiers guarding it, and there is a sentry tower, if you want to force in, unless the army's siege vehicle is or, you can only break through the door.
Basically, the criminal sentence has already been sentenced, and if it needs to be arraigned, the prisoner will be brought to the county government in advance. There are officers and soldiers guarding the door, and there are officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, and the defense is very tight. Master looked at the sky, and there was a solemnity and depression in the air.
Master feels that the time is almost up, and hopes that everything is normal over there. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the entrance of the cell.
Some of them arrived at the gate of the county government and said loudly: "General Song, there is a fire in the granary in Dongzhen!" Master quickly sat up, what should have come is coming after all.
An officer guarding the gate of the prison said: "Don't panic, your lordship has already explained, no matter what, we can't move here, and adults in other places have already arranged manpower." You shoot and catch quickly, and then organize the people to fight the fire!"
The master nodded and said in his heart that this Lord Zhou is properly arranged, if there are such officials in the world, why worry about the peace in the world.
After a while, the catcher rushed over and said, "Report to the general, the private school has also been set on fire, and I ask the adults to go to support." β
The officer at the head was anxiously stamping his feet, and the officers and soldiers behind were also persuading the general whether to send some to support. The town's officials were already limited in their ability to catch them, and General Zhang brought a lot of people to Qingyuan Temple and Beishan to suppress bandits, and now there is a real shortage of manpower.
General Song gritted his teeth: "No! Without Lord Zhou's instructions, my people are not allowed to leave without permission!" The master drank a little wine and laughed here, and said in his heart that if he didn't go to Lord Zhou, he would still be looking for the officers and soldiers guarding the prison here, it seemed that this young man was no longer clean, and it was estimated that this young man would have to come again in a while. However, it is also strange that since Master Zhou knew that the thieves were mainly for Liu Qingzhou, why didn't he personally sit in the county government prison? Could it be that he was afraid of death? The master was suddenly stunned, feeling that a group of people were coming on the road in front of the prison, but he did not show up. Master held his breath, because the light voice was by no means ordinary.
After a stick of incense, the county jail was still safe, the night was bright by the moon, occasionally some smoke could be seen and sparse noises could be heard, the master knew that the rest of Wuyou Town had been lively, and hoped that Xiaohai was safe and sound.
Sure enough, the little catcher quickly came to the prison gate again and said to the general guarding the town: "There are thieves who want to break into Zhou's mansion, and they have already started to do it, Lord Zhou, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it!"
The general immediately took Du's hand and asked anxiously, "Where is the lord now?"
Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "In the county office!"
General Song gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Guo Youjin listens to orders!"
"The last general!"
"The fire rate will lead two hundred elite soldiers to support Lord Zhou, catch the thief, and everything must be dispatched by Lord Zhou!"
"The last general commands!"
After a while, two hundred people came out of the corner gate and hurried to the Zhou Mansion, which was only five miles away, and should be able to arrive soon. As soon as the group left, suddenly the master saw that the wave of people in the distance had moved, and then a group of people came to the street, and there were more than 200 people, all of whom were in night clothes, and only their eyes were leaking. General Song hurried back to the courtyard of the prison, and the gate was closed. Look at the group in front of the gate again, organized in an orderly manner, a group of people holding a big log and desperately hitting the door, and a young man taking out a flying tiger grab and preparing to forcibly climb the wall.
There was also a small wave of thieves with bows and crossbows to cover below. The officers and soldiers on the wall returned fire with arrows, and for a while the county government prison seemed to have become a capture of the city, and the master was here to watch and worry, knowing that he couldn't make a move tonight anyway, and he had to wait until the guys in the dark moved, but now the scene was so chaotic that he still couldn't detect the movement of that group.
The master was a little anxious, but at this time, the master felt that another group of people suddenly joined the battlefield, the group of people were all vigorous, the bows and crossbows in their hands were not missing, and all the soldiers at the head of the city wall were put in an instant, at this time, before the new soldiers were filled, someone had already climbed the city wall, and the individual soldier ability of the Jianghu people was always stronger than that of the officers and soldiers, and it was less than a cup of tea.
As soon as the door opened, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and in an instant, the thieves rushed into the prison. The master didn't go through the main gate, and grabbed the wall along the flying tiger left by the thief before. There were some dead and wounded soldiers on the wall, and the master also deliberately found a piece of cloth to cover his face, looking at the soldiers who could still be saved, the master stepped forward to seal their needs to stop the bleeding, and he could only do this for the time being. The master looked down to see the whole picture of the entire county government prison.
Behind this high wall is a super large courtyard, with a martial arts arena, a soldier's tent, and a prison where half of the prisoners are held underground. The shouting and killing in the large courtyard were still shocking, and the master found the group of people who had suddenly joined before, and saw that the group of people pretended to fight with the soldiers and actually went directly to the prison gate. There are more than 200 soldiers in the courtyard, and sure enough, Xiaoxiao is not lying, there are really heavy guards here.
The group of foreign thieves was really extraordinary, and after a while, they broke through the prison and rushed in, General Song was obviously unprepared for the sudden situation here, he never expected that there would be such a thief with such extraordinary combat effectiveness, and the soldiers were completely disrupted.
The thief saw that someone had rushed into the prison, and his momentum was even more than desperate to hold on. In less than a stick of incense, there were already dead and injured in the courtyard, after all, the thieves are thieves, no matter how strong their individual ability is, they can't compare to a group of well-trained soldiers, at this time the thieves are a little unbearable, and at this time, the group of thieves suddenly came out of the prison.
One of the leaders shouted: "There is fraud!
And the gang of thieves who were desperately trying outside suddenly asked, "How is it possible!"
A man in black next to him said: "There is indeed not, the man surnamed Zhou is deceiving! The person has been transferred!" After saying that, the thieves ran back desperately, and the officers and soldiers saw that the thieves were about to retreat, and the momentum came and they hurriedly pursued after the victory, but suddenly there were many disheveled prisoners running out at the door of the cell.
General Song was so frightened that he hurriedly drank and stopped the officers and soldiers who went to chase the thieves, and arrested the prisoners first, if these prisoners escaped, it would definitely cause panic to the people, and Lord Zhou would be furious. The officers and soldiers were busy arresting the criminals, and the black-clothed thieves ran out of the county jail.
The thieves ran and ran and suddenly divided into two groups, both in the direction of the county government, the master followed the gang of strongmen all the way, followed from afar, but the group suddenly changed direction and ran out of the town, the master followed them from afar, until the town went out of the town, the town originally had no city walls, and now the town is so chaotic that no one will handle it.
A few people came to a small forest and stopped, and the master held his breath to avoid making a sound, and Yukong came to the tree five feet away from them, and easily climbed the tree.
One of the people in the group said: "The mission failed, and I couldn't get any results after following them, so I could only fight to the death, but there was no point." Withdraw, we're looking for another way. β
After he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and a flying knife flew out, and he came in the direction of the master, and he heard the sound of the bell nailed to the tree!
Then he opened his mouth and said, "Friends of the Taihang Mountain Sword Sect, why don't you come out and meet you!"
Several people hurriedly guarded and surrounded the big tree, and when they looked up, there was no one.
The black man said, "Impossible, did you really hear it wrong!" As he spoke, everyone suddenly withdrew and disappeared into the night. After a stick of incense, the master came down from the tree, and it turned out that the master went directly to the treetop at the moment when the man in black made a move, and covered his figure with a large leaf. The master looked at the flying knife in his hand and said to himself, "Master!"
The master returned to the town alone, on the way back, the master saw a large group of thieves running far away, and the master had no heart to chase, he was most worried about Xiaohai now, he went home first, and saw that Xiaohai was no longer rushing to the county office.
The county government is still in chaos, the soldiers and thieves are dead and wounded, Lord Zhou personally arranged to treat the wounded, and the dead soldiers and thieves were settled, and also arranged for the officers and soldiers not to be careless tonight, beware of the thieves returning.
Master was in the dark, and suddenly a small stone fell lightly at his feet, Master looked up and looked into the courtyard, Xiao Hai was sitting on a bench and waved to him. The master didn't care about the others, and walked over directly.
Xiao Haile asked, "How is Master, how is it over there?" I just heard that the thieves were gone. β
The master knocked on Xiao Hai's head and said with a smile: "Yes, the thieves over there are empty, and I also see that they have gone far away from the town, and I don't think they will come back." How are you doing? Do you have any real contributions?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the master saw that there were several scars on Xiaohai's back and injuries on his arms, and the master couldn't hold it on his face, and asked, "What the hell is going on, why are you still sitting and not taking medicine!"
After listening to the master's questioning, Xiao Hai said a little sullenly: " Master, I'm fine, it's all skin trauma, I met a master tonight, after the gang of thieves came, there were originally more than 100 people in the county government of Lord Zhou, but there were three or four strongmen who were very skilled, plus there were more than 100 people in black, and the official was quick to catch and couldn't parry, fortunately, General Song's reinforcements arrived in time, but that group of strongmen wanted to capture the king, and they came directly to Lord Zhou, I had to shoot, I didn't beat anyone in a row and was injured, fortunately, a group of officers and soldiers also wholeheartedly protected Lord Zhou, and the group of black-clothed people at home was too bad, and they were soon defeatedγ β
The master looked at the few injuries on Xiao Hai's body distressedly, and then went to the medical officer next to him to ask for some medicine, and gave Xiao Hai medicine in the courtyard, and said again and again: "There should be two groups of thieves today, one of them is small but each of them is strong in martial arts, and I was discovered when I followed them." β
Xiao Hai was surprised: "Master, you can be discovered?"
The master couldn't be angry, but when he saw that Xiaohai was injured, he still said very gently: "I'm not a god, and I have people who can't be beaten." β
Xiao Hai was even more surprised, in Xiao Hai's heart, the master was invincible in the world, and then asked, "Master, who in the world is higher than your martial arts?"
Master said, "There used to be one, but now I know that there should be two or more, so I'll tell you later, you shouldn't be able to meet them anyway." β
Xiao Hai sighed.
Give Xiao Hai the medicine. The master and apprentice felt that they couldn't help much in the county government and were ready to go back, at this time Lord Zhou came over, hugged his fists and said: "This must be Master Hong, thanks to Brother Xiaohai for saving me from danger tonight, Zhou is really grateful, and when this matter passes, Zhou will be grateful!"
Xiao Hai and Master both have a very good impression of the people around them, and now they speak without an official tone, and they feel very good when they speak as cordial as the uncle next door. And it took one day to lay out Wuyou Town, so meticulously, I have to say that Lord Zhou is really condescending to be an official in Wuyou Town.
The master returned the salute and said: "Lord Zhou is polite, my Xiaohai originally liked to be chivalrous and righteous, and he was a chivalrous man, so Lord Zhou didn't have to mind." β
Lord Zhou laughed: "It's true that a chivalrous man is right, but Xiaohai can have such a chivalrous heart at such a young age, and you, who are masters, should be a good teacher, Zhou is really clumsy." β
Xiaohai hurriedly said: "Lord Zhou, praise me well, don't go off topic." The master angrily tapped at his little head.
Lord Zhou laughed: "Little Brother Yan is really humorous, no wonder Dog Zi and Xiaoxiao often mention you, and Yan Shaoxia should be entrusted by Xiaoxiao to appear tonight, right?"
Xiao Hai was surprised: "You know everything?"
Master Zhou said angrily: "This child, I mentioned it to me during the day, but no matter how good the little brother's kung fu is, he is a child after all, how can I let a child be in danger, Xiaoxiao is just messing around, please don't mind Brother Hong, I'll teach her a good lesson when I go back!"
Master smiled: "Master Zhou doesn't have to mind, Ling Qianjin has such filial piety, you should be happy, don't blame him, don't you think Xiaohai is good?"
Lord Zhou still said angrily: "Although this girl is a piece of filial piety, but for the sake of her filial piety to let others be imprisoned, then I would rather not have this filial piety!"
Xiao Hai hurriedly said: "Lord Zhou, don't blame Xiaoxiao, it's also my own volition, it has nothing to do with her, I brought it up myself, I also want to see what this thief is going to do when he falls to the ground, I still think many things are strange, so I want to participate in it personally." β
Lord Zhou was just about to speak, and suddenly someone came to report: "My lord, something happened, young master, young master, he is gone!"
Master Zhou was taken aback: "What did you say!"
The family was frightened and almost cried and said: "My lord, just now the county government was in chaos, the young master said that he was worried about your comfort, and he had to come to protect you, the old lady and the young lady tried their best to hold him, but he still ran out while we were not paying attention, we thought he was with you, but I didn't see him just now!"
Lord Zhou almost fainted: "This evil obstacle, it can't be taken away!"
Xiao Hai and Master looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Lord Zhou opened his mouth and said: "Brother Hong, Xiaohai, I can't talk to you in detail today, I'll deal with the county government and family affairs first, and the two of you go back to have a good rest, how about we talk tomorrow?"
Master nodded in agreement, and then took Xiaohai home.