Chapter 6: Unexpected Encounters

Back in Ankang County, the heavy snow has not stopped, Yu'er and a group of catchers drove the carriage like a group of snowmen pulling five or six cars of snow, and before they arrived at the county office of Ankang County, Yu'er faintly saw a familiar figure through the falling snowflake curtain, and this figure also walked over quickly after seeing Yu'er, and said eagerly while walking: "Yu'er, you can be regarded as back!"

After the figure got closer, Yu'er fully recognized her, and called out in surprise, "Aunt Mei, why did you come to the county office?"

Aunt Mei came to Fei'er and saw that he was covered in blood, so she reached out to help him dust the snow and said, "I came to look for you, there is an accident at home!"

Yu'er chuckled in her heart, and was so anxious that she grabbed Aunt Mei's arm, and said, "What's wrong?"

Aunt Mei looked sad and said: "Last night the officers and soldiers suddenly attacked, your father led your Uncle Zheng and them to resist, although the officers and soldiers were repulsed, but the brothers in the village also suffered heavy casualties, and your parents were also injured, your Uncle Zheng saw that the situation was urgent, and he was worried about the safety of your parents, so he asked me to come early in the morning to inform you of this matter." ”

It turned out that Yu'er was Zhan Feiyu, the son of Zhan Peng, and Aunt Mei was Lin Meiyu, the wife of Zheng Chudong.

As soon as Zhan Feiyu heard this, where could he still hold his breath, and he had to give up the crowd and rush back to Yanjing Village with Lin Meiyu. As soon as they were about to set off, the magistrate of Ankang County had already received the news of Zhan Feiyu's return, and led a few officials to greet him, and shouted when he saw him, "Zhan Zhutou has worked hard this time!" Then he turned his eyes to the five or six carriages full of snow, and said, "It seems that the harvest is not small, this is?"

Hearing Zhixian ask this, Zhan Feiyu remembered that he still had official duties, and his parents were only injured, and they were not worried about their lives, so the worry on his head weakened slightly, and he said to Zhixian: "This is the evidence of the crime of the bandit leader Qi Xikui making weapons privately!"

When Lord Zhixian heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but it was so weak that Zhan Feiyu didn't notice it, and he said casually: "Is it Qi Xikui on Yijia Mountain?"

Zhan Feiyu nodded, and greeted the catcher behind him again, "Bring Qi Xikui up!"

A catcher responded and brought Qi Xikui up, but when Qi Xikui saw the magistrate, he didn't grovel like Zhan Feiyu, but looked arrogant and rude.

The magistrate said, "Sure enough, it's Qi Xikui, and he caught a big fish this time." ”

Zhan Feiyu politely said, "My lord has won the prize." He also ordered someone to sweep the snow off the carriage, moved a box, opened it to the magistrate, and said, "My lord, please see, this is full of weapons, there are as many as thirty or forty boxes!"

The magistrate just glanced at it lightly, then stopped looking, and only smiled: "Zhan Tou has worked hard this time, and this official will definitely report to Jiang Zuo Du Yushi truthfully, and ask for credit for the head catcher, and the head catcher will be promoted just around the corner." He paused, and then said, "Shi Cai heard that something happened to the head catcher's family, and Ling Zun Lingtang was also injured, so the head catcher should go back to see the second elder earlier, and the next matter will be handled by the official!" He shouted to the officials: "Put Qi Xikui and the other thieves in prison, and the weapons will be transported to the treasury first." ”

The officials took action one after another.

Zhan Feiyu asked Xiang Zhixian again, and said: "I heard Aunt Mei say that it was a group of officers and soldiers who attacked Yanjing Village last night, and adults have always had rumors to follow in the officialdom, so do you know which adult sent the troops, and why did they attack Yanjing Village?"

The magistrate shook his head and said, "As far as this official knows, the imperial court did not issue an order to attack Yanjing Village, and this official does not know which adult is sending troops without authorization. He paused, and then said, "Which lord of the imperial court can Lingzun Lingtang have a feud with?"

Zhan Feiyu pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "No! Yanjing Village is the salt field of the imperial court, and it will only pay tribute to salt on time, how can it offend those high-ranking officials and nobles in the imperial court!"

The magistrate persuaded: "Don't think about it, go back and see Lingzun Lingtang first, don't rush back, there is always someone to do it for you, and you won't delay coming back when Lingzun Lingtang is cured." As for the matter of Yanjing Village, if such a big thing happens, the court will not sit idly by, and that person can't cover up this big thing, and he will always show his feet. ”

Zhan Feiyu didn't ask any more, said goodbye to everyone, and hurriedly came to Yanjing Village with Lin Meiyu. ”

The two braved the snow to leave Ankang County, and the heavy snow stopped.

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Gao Chang and Jiang Yi fled all the way, and Zheng Chudong and others chased all the way. In order to chase and kill the three Qinggeng, Zheng Chudong and the three of them directly rode on the horses of the five Qinggeng who were seized, and angrily chased down Yanjing Village, while Liu Yanling stayed in the cottage and quelled the horse riots.

It wasn't until it was close to the boundary of Changping County that Zheng Chudong raised his hand and ordered to stop the pursuit, saying: "The front is the boundary of Changping County, you can't continue to catch up, your sister-in-law should come back in the next two days, we have to plan well and settle down first." ”

Qiu Lancheng said with regret: "The wildfire can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows again! Things have come to this point, wouldn't it be a pity to let the tiger return to the mountain again!"

Zheng Chudong paused and said, "Then let's catch up for another mile, if we can't catch up, we can only go back to the village." ”

Zheng Chudong and the three continued to chase after them.

Zhan Feiyu and Lin Meiyu had just passed two miles from Changping County, and they saw two fast horses galloping from a distance, riding two guards on a fast horse, one of them was lying in front of him, looking at the bloodstained clothes of the two guards, Zhan Feiyu knew that they had just experienced a big battle, and couldn't help but be suspicious.

These two people are Gao Chang and Jiang Yi who ran all the way.

Gao Chang and Jiang Yi just broke in from the gate of the Hades Palace, and they were inevitably like frightened birds now, seeing pedestrians on the road, they kept paying attention, being careful, and unconsciously slowed down the speed of the horses.

Zhan Feiyu has been serving in Ankang County for many years, and he has not returned to Yanjing Village many times, Lin Meiyu is Zheng Chudong's insider, and he rarely shows up, although Gao Chang and Jiang Yi have been to Yanjing Village two or three times in the past, they have never seen Zhan Feiyu and Lin Meiyu, and they don't know them, but Zhan Feiyu, who is the head catcher, has a more delicate mind than ordinary people, he saw that the person lying on the horse was a little familiar, and then looked at it, isn't that the salt patrol imperial Shi Qinggeng?

Qing Geng has been patrolling the salt imperial history for more than three years, when he went to Yanjing Village to inspect the salt affairs, there was also Zhan Feiyu happened to be in the cottage, the two also had two or three sides, talked some words, and some friendship, Zhan Feiyu naturally knew Qing Geng. Two years ago, Lin Meiyu also passed tea on Qinggeng, and she also knew Qinggeng.

Zhan Feiyu couldn't help asking, "Is it the Salt Patrol Imperial History, Qing Cultivation Imperial History, and the Imperial History in front?"

After Zhan Feiyu asked, Lin Meiyu also remembered Qinggeng, and saw that the direction of these two people was Yanjing Village, and Qinggeng was patrolling the history of the salt palace, and there was only one salt field in Yanjing Village within a radius of hundreds of miles, and then looking at the embarrassment of these two people, thinking of all this, she knew that they must have come down from Yanjing Village, and she was shocked at the moment, and said secretly: "It's not good." She couldn't help but feel worried, worried that her previous lies would be exposed, and her eyes rolled to try to find a way to save her.

Gao Chang was asked by Zhan Feiyu, and he panicked, he didn't expect that he had just met two people, and he knew Qing Geng, and then looked at the outfits of these two people, Zhan Feiyu was dressed as an official, he must be a person with martial arts, and then look at his fingers, full of calluses, it was obvious that he was a master of claw skills, but Gao Chang didn't know whether these two people were friends or enemies, and he couldn't help but be confused in his heart, but Jiang Yike didn't have this mind, he just wanted to answer, but Gao Chang was anti-guest-oriented, and hurriedly asked Zhan Feiyu with a smile, and said, "Where did the two of you fight?" If you don't answer Zhan Feiyu's question directly, you want to divert his attention and then paraphrase his words by the way.

At this time, Lin Meiyu had already come up with a countermeasure, since she had arranged the lie that Yanjing Village was attacked by officers and soldiers, fortunately she made it up to the end, it happened that Qing Geng was an official of the imperial court, and there were forty or fifty guards under him, so she could just put this responsibility on him.

Zhan Feiyu didn't have any scheming, and just as he was about to answer, Lin Meiyu leaned into his ear, her eyes flashed and she said softly: "They are the group of officers and soldiers who came to attack Yanjing Village last night." ”

When Zhan Feiyu heard this, he still couldn't hold his breath, let alone think about the flaws in his words, and immediately became angry in his heart and asked, "Your Excellency came down from Yanjing Village?"

When Lin Meiyu muttered in Zhan Feiyu's ear, Gao Chang was a little apprehensive in his heart, and now when Zhan Feiyu asked him like this, Gao Chang said in his heart: Not good, these two people are from Yanjing Village, the woman was observant, recognized the eldest brother, and thought that there was no second salt farm within a radius of hundreds of miles, so it was expected that we came down from Yanjing Village, this is bad, there are interceptions in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back, if they are entangled, when Zheng Chudong and they arrive, we will be in danger.

But in the face of Zhan Feiyu's questioning, Gao Chang couldn't escape it, so he hesitated, but this time Jiang Yi couldn't hold it back, although he didn't have any scheming, it didn't mean that he was a fool, listening to Zhan Feiyu's tone, and then looking at his expression, it was obvious that he looked like a teacher asking for guilt, Cui Hanliang and Lu Deng all died in the hands of the Yanjing Zhai gang, he was already holding back a belly of fire, if Gao Chang hadn't stopped him, they would still be fighting in Yanjing Village at this time, and at the moment he was angry and "whoosh" came up, and he didn't care so much, he said angrily directly:" Your grandfather and I came down from Yanjing Village, what are you going to do? My fourth brother and fifth brother died tragically at the hands of those grandsons in Yanjing Village, grandpa and I are full of anger and have nowhere to vent, but your kid bumped into you, just take you to my fourth brother and fifth brother to bury him!" Gao Chang didn't stop him this time, since he couldn't hide from it, then let it go, so that Jiang Yi could vent and vent, he knew that the death of Cui Hanliang and Lu Dengquan made Jiang Yi very uncomfortable, angry, The grief is all accumulated in his heart, and Jiang Yi is not like him, he will not consider those twists and turns of long-term plans, if Jiang Yi is not allowed to vent, he is really worried that this iron-clad man will hold back something.

Zhan Feiyu is not a person who can hold down his temperament, and he shot back angrily at the moment: "As an official of the imperial court, he knows the law and violates the law, and now he is still so arrogant, he does not repent, if he does not arrest you today, how can he be worthy of his father, mother, and how can he be worthy of this outfit!"

Jiang Yi said: "If you want to fight, why am I afraid of you?" Before the words fell, Jiang Yi had already slapped his horse out, swinging his knife and slashing directly at Zhan Feiyu, Lin Meiyu saw that the other party suddenly made a move, and hurriedly reminded: "Yu'er, be careful." ”