Chapter 13: Xiao Shi's Revenge
Seeing that this person's eyes were vicious, his anger was fierce, and he gritted his teeth and gurgled his teeth, Chu Ping's heart couldn't help but be full of doubts, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked him in shock: "Hey, who are you? I have no grudge against you, but why do you want to plot against me?"
Unexpectedly, this man opened his eyes angrily and scolded angrily: "Phew! Surnamed Chu, you dog thief, who said that you have no grudge against me! Not only do you and I have enmity and grudges, but also the enmity is as deep as the sea, and the hatred is higher than the sky! Chu Ping, you dog thief, I have tried my best to get close to you, the purpose is to avenge my brother, today, I must kill you beast!"
Hearing him say this, Chu Ping couldn't help but be even more puzzled, and said in astonishment: "What? You said that you want to avenge your brother? Then let me ask you, who are you? And who is your brother? What is the end between you and me?"
The man smiled coldly and said, "Okay, let me tell you, I won't let you die in a daze." Evil eyebrows were raised, and he shouted viciously: "Chu Ping thief, you listen carefully to me! My name is Xiao Shi, and my brother is Xiao Soul, who is known as the 'Iron Armor God'! Now you should understand, right?"
"Oh! I see!" Chu Ping suddenly realized: "Dare to love is such a thing! But Xiao Shi, you have heard me clearly, you are looking for revenge on me, it is a big mistake! Because I didn't kill your brother, I just abolished his martial arts and broke one of his arms." ”
"That's enough!" Xiao Shi shouted angrily, "That's enough to kill my brother." The surname is Chu, don't you know my brother's temperament, with his fierce character, how can he endure such humiliation? Chu Ping thief, although you didn't kill my brother directly, but you killed him indirectly, do you think I can't take revenge on you?"
Chu Ping shook his head helplessly and said, "Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi, why are you so obsessed with revenge? Why don't you think about it properly, why did your brother end up like this? If he hadn't done those hurtful things, how could I have done something to him? That was completely his own fault, and he couldn't blame anyone. ”
"I'm sorry!" Xiao Shi took a sip and shouted angrily: "The dog thief surnamed Chu, how can my brother ever do something that hurts the heavens and reason?
Hearing him say this, Chu Ping was helpless, smiled, and said: "Oh! I really can't imagine that you, this guy, are really good at confusing right and wrong, and reversing black and white! Your brother has done all kinds of evil, and he has obviously done all kinds of things like robbing homes and houses, killing people and stealing goods, but now you are boasting that he has become a chivalrous act of great benevolence and righteousness, you are really shameless!"
"You are talking nonsense!" Xiao Shi shouted angrily: "My brother has done all chivalrous things, how can he become evil." Besides, when people live in this world, they are the survival of the fittest! Who do you think you are, how great do you think you are, why are you meddling in your own affairs? Why do you want to be self-righteous and snatch the first bird? Chu Ping, thief, no matter what kind of truth you say, I have to kill you today! Chu Ping, you just accept your fate!" As soon as the words fell, "Wow yes" With a loud roar, he held a dagger and pounced straight towards Chu Ping.
Chu Ping shook his head helplessly, quickly drew his sword in his hand, stepped forward, and the two immediately fought together. How could it be that Xiao Shi's martial arts were really poor, and after not fighting for ten rounds, he was restrained by Chu Ping, put the sword on his neck, and smiled lightly: "Xiao Shi, just with your two blows, you also want to avenge your brother, it's too self-conscious, right?"
Xiao Shi said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, since I can't kill you, then I can only blame myself for not being good at learning and skills, if you want me to wag my tail and beg for mercy from you, but it's wishful thinking!
Chu Ping put the sword back into its sheath and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, as the so-called grievances should be resolved rather than settled, I will let you go today, I hope you will do it yourself!" turned around and wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Shi still refused to give up, bent down, picked up the dagger that had been knocked to the ground, and pounced towards Chu Ping, and when he approached, Chu Ping poked the scabbard backwards violently, and with a "poof" sound, he poked Xiao Shi to the ground, vomiting blood. Chu Ping walked up to him slowly, looked down at him, and said with a smile: "Hey! I said that the surname is Xiao, why are you so bothered? You obviously can't beat me, but you insist on a sneak attack, you don't know if you are asking for your own hardship! But what you did just now reminds me of your brother Xiao Soul is here, if he hadn't made a sneak attack on me like you, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been abolished by me." In this way, you two are really a pair of brothers!"
Xiao Shi glared at him and shouted angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, surnamed Chu, if you don't kill me, I will never let you go, even if I know that I can't beat you, but as long as I don't die, I will never give up killing you." ”
Chu Ping disdained it and laughed, "That's good! Then you can kill me." ”
Seeing him say this, Xiao Shi was furious, jumped up from the ground, held a dagger, and prepared to rush towards Chu Ping again. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the errand officer of the county government suddenly arrived here and surrounded the two of them, only to see the head-catcher come forward with his head held high, and shouted at the two of them: "Okay! You two guys, you are really very bold, you two dare to fight with knives and weapons on the street in broad daylight, you two are too lawless, right? Bring these two lawless fellows back to the yamen for me, and hand them over to the county lord to deal with! Escort them away!"
"Yes!" In this way, Chu Ping and Xiao Shi were escorted to the yamen together. When he came to the county hall, the county magistrate sat down, slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold thief, why don't you report your name quickly?"
After the two of them reported their names and origins, the county magistrate couldn't help but feel a little stunned, and said, "Is one of you really Chu Ping and the other Xiao Shi?"
Hearing the county magistrate's question, Chu Ping and Xiao Shi couldn't help but feel a little funny, how could their names be wrong?
After hearing this, the county master asked Chu Ping: "I said that this is called Chu Ping, are you the real Chu Ping, or the fake Chu Ping?"
Hearing him ask like this, let alone Chu Ping, even the officials standing on both sides couldn't help laughing. Seeing this, the county magistrate was so angry on his face, he slapped the shocked wood, and shouted: "Be bold, this county will ask the case, and Hugh will be a child's play! If anyone dares to laugh again, this county will never spare it!"
"Yes......," the officials promised in unison.
The county magistrate asked Chu Ping again: "This is Chu Ping, let me ask you, how do you prove that you are Chu Ping from the Tianshan Mountains?"
Chu Ping's slight corner rose slightly, and he replied upward: "If you return to the county order, on the sword below, your own name is engraved, and in the burden below, there is a certificate of descent signed by the family teacher, please take a look!"
"Bring it on!" exclaimed.
"Yes!" a servant presented these two items to the table, and the county magistrate examined them carefully, nodded again and again: "Well! Yes! In this way, you are really the Chu Ping Chu Shaoxia who fights with swords." Chu Shaoxia, please get up and stand aside and wait for the county to interrogate, right?"
"Yes, thank you, sir!" Chu Ping stood up, stood aside, and quietly waited for the question.
Next, the county magistrate asked Xiao Shi again: "Bold Xiao Shi, this county asks you, what is your brother's surname?
Hearing the county magistrate's question, Xiao Shi woke up suddenly, frowned, and secretly said: "It's not good! I really shouldn't have reported my real name just now, if I confess that Xiao Soul is my brother again, then I will definitely be unable to escape death! Anyway, this dog official may not really know my details, so it's better to just give him a pretending to be deaf and dumb, and not admit to death, in this way, maybe he can save a life!" Returning to the county lord, the parents in the lower part only gave birth to the next person, so there is no brother in the lower part at all!"
"Bold!" The county magistrate slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Okay, you bold thief Xiao Shi, I didn't expect you to be so insidious and cunning, just now Pei Zhutou has already made it clear to the county, it was he who heard it from your mouth, that Xiao Soul is your brother, I can't imagine that you are now in the county hall of this county, and you still want to deny it." Drag this thief Xiao Shi down for me, and scold the twenty boards heavily, to see if he recruits or not!"
"Yes!" the two officials quickly stepped forward to carry out the order, only to hear Na Xiao Shi screaming and wailing when he was beaten.
After the cane punishment was completed, Xiao Shi was brought to the hall again, patted the shocked wood, and asked: "Bold thief, do you recruit or not?" Unexpectedly, Xiao Shi still refused to confess, and the county magistrate was furious, and he was dragged down and beaten with twenty boards......
In this way, repeated three times, I saw that Xiao Shi had already been beaten to the flesh, and the blood was dripping, and people did not dare to look directly at the past. Even so, how could I expect that this Xiao Shi was Wang Ba eating scales - iron-hearted, and still refused to confess. The county magistrate was extremely angry, slapped the startled wood, and shouted angrily: "Okay, you bold thief Xiao Shi, I didn't expect you to be so tricky and scoundrel, then good, this county will let you taste the taste of this stick! Come on, give him a stick, see if he moves or not!"
This stick is the ancestor of ten thousand punishments, very powerful, Xiao Shideng was so frightened that his soul froze, and he finally relented, begging for mercy: "My lord spare my life! The adult is right, that Xiao Soul is indeed the villain's own brother!" As soon as the words came out, Xiao Shi immediately fainted.
When the county magistrate saw him fainting, he was shocked and shouted: "Come on, since the thief has confessed, quickly put the thief Xiao Shi in prison, and after the county reports to the government, the thief will be beheaded in the autumn!"
"Yes!" two officials flashed out from both sides, came to Xiao Shi's side, and carried him down.
The county magistrate slowly walked down the hall, walked to Chu Ping's side, smiled at him and said: "Chu Shaoxia, this county has heard of you for a long time! Chu Shaoxia, you are not only outstanding in martial arts and courageous, but also have a chivalrous heart to eliminate harm for the people, and your chivalrous name has already spread all over the counties and prefectures, which is really amazing! Chu Shaoxia, you not only killed the bandit leader Xiao Soul, but now you have captured his younger brother Xiao Shi and removed great harm for the people, Chu Shaoxia is really a great merit!"
Chu Ping was ashamed, and said: "Where, where, the county magistrate is really a false praise!
The county magistrate waved his hand and said with a smile: "Eh, what this official said is all the truth, and it is definitely not a lie! Chu Shaoxia, you don't know, in fact, the higher-level state government has already issued an order to the counties under its jurisdiction, ordering the county officials to offer a reward of 1,000 taels of silver to arrest the thief brothers, and also made a promise to the county magistrates that if the thief is captured, Lord Taishou will definitely declare to the court for him and make him an official and promoted to the knight! Chu Shaoxia, now it is you who have taken this thief Xiao Shi for this county, you have really done the county a great favor! Not only has it solved the big trouble for the county, but it is also of great help to the promotion of the county, and the county will never forget the merits you have made for the county, Chu Shaoxia! If Chu Shaoxia can catch more thieves for the county, then the county will definitely reward you well!"
Chu Ping smiled on the surface, but in his heart he was disgusted, and secretly laughed to himself: "Hmph! What a county magistrate! Dare to say these words, but in the end, he only cares about his own official promotion, and does not really care about the safety of the lives and property of the common people! Hmph! It is really despicable and shameless." ”
Seeing that Chu Ping didn't speak, the county master continued: "Chu Shaoxia, since you have taken the thief for the county, then this reward should naturally belong to you, but I don't know, Chu Shaoxia, do you plan to want it or not?"
Chu Ping bit his lip slightly, and said secretly: "Hmph! Of course you want me to say no, in this way, won't this reward be yours? How can I be so cheap for you!" Immediately, he gave a salute to the county magistrate and said: "Thank you for the county magistrate's kindness, if you push down but don't accept it, wouldn't it be a great disrespect to you, my lord?"
Hearing him say this, the county master's face immediately became gloomy, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a slightly low voice: "Okay then! Since Chu Shaoxia insists on accepting this reward, this county will let people go and take the 1,000 taels of silver and deliver it to you." Come on, go to the account room quickly, take a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and deliver it to Chu Shaoxia!"
"Yes!"
"Thank you, sir!" Chu Ping thanked the county magistrate, and when he saw that there was no smile on his face, he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.
The university is not big, the case officer really took a thousand taels of silver tickets and returned here, Chu Ping took the silver ticket and put it away, thanked the county master again, turned around and left the county office.
After Chu Ping left, the county magistrate muttered dissatisfiedly: "Hmph! What a bullshit benevolent hero, in my opinion, he is just a fame and reputation seeker who is greedy for money, what an exaggeration!"
It is said that after Chu Ping left the county office, he returned to the street, bought some food, and left Anchun County. Along the way, I couldn't help but laugh secretly in my heart: "What an Anchun County Order, on the surface, pretends to be fair and honest, and wholeheartedly serves the people, but in his heart he is so filthy, and it is really pitiful to be such a local parent official, the people of Anchun County!"
It was less than forty miles away from Anchun County, and while he was walking, he suddenly heard a burst of shouts for help not far from the front, and listened carefully, as if there were two women shouting for help, Chu Ping couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, and exclaimed: "Not good! Someone must be in danger!" Before the words fell, he quickly rushed straight in the direction of the call for help.
I don't know what's going on ahead?