Song Qian said: "Someone sued you at the master's place, saying that you were originally the leader of the Lion Rock bandits, the third master, under the pseudonym Brother Zhang Ying, and the master sent a sign and asked us to take you back to pay the errand! If there is anything to say in the court, you can tell by yourself, but you don't do our business, why are you just ordered to take people," the two catchers quickly came up and put on the chains, pulled and walked to the dock. When the merchants on the street saw that Wang Shi was locked up by a few arresters, they hurriedly surrounded him and asked, "Why are you locking him up? What crime did he commit?"

"The lord wants us to take the three bandit leaders of Lion Rock. If you have anything to say, you should ask the master. At this time, someone went to tell the village chief Shi Qing, and Mr. Zhao also heard about it, so they all rushed to the dock, only to see Wang Shi being chained, and the crowd was pulling to the boat.

Shi Qing stepped forward quickly, saw that it was Song Qian who was the leader, and shouted: "Song catches the head!"

Song Qian heard someone shouting to him to look back, and saw that it was the village chief Shi Qing, who had come to the village to do business before, and he still recognized it, and he clasped his hands into fists and saluted: "Shi Baozheng!"

Shi Qing hugged his fists and returned the salute: "Song Zhutou, come to the village to do business, why don't you go into the house and sit, you go so quickly." ”

"The county magistrate sent a sign to get someone, and waited for a reply, and he didn't dare to delay!. ”

"So whatever, take him!"

"Someone reported in the county that Wang Shi is the thief leader of Lion Rock, the third master, Brother Zhang Ying. ”

"Wang Shi was in the Lion Rock bandits' nest, he did name Brother Zhang Ying, and he became a three-in-command, all in order to win the trust of the bandits, and then he found an opportunity to kill the-stirring sticks, and it was meritorious to exterminate the bandits. When the bandits were rampant, why didn't you go to suppress the bandits, but now that the bandits have calmed down, you have to arrest the meritorious ones!

Song Qian was speechless by Shi Qing's words, and said for a long time: "We are also sent by fate." ”

At this time, Mr. Zhao also rushed to the dock and asked the reason again, Song Qian said what he just said again, and Mr. Zhao said: "Then do you know who the person who went to the county to report is who?"

Song Qian said: "I don't know about this, I heard Menzi say that the person went to find Master Zhao first, and then Master Zhao went to tell the master." ”

There were a lot of merchants gathered on the wharf, and the villagers who watched the excitement all shouted loudly, not letting Song Qian and them go, Mr. Zhao said loudly: "Everyone, don't mess around, let Song Dutou go back to the errand first, why don't you come back to find a way to rescue them." If everyone insists on coming, it will be a confrontation with the government. Instead, he slandered us and rebelled. ”

Song Qian took Wang Shi ashore from the waterway at the wharf of Zhangzhou City, crossed the streets and alleys, and went straight to the county yamen, and the officials at the door went in to pass the court, and Liu Gaoyuan, the county magistrate, took Wang Shi to the middle of the hall and knelt. ”

Wang Shi said angrily: "Who am I? You don't know, so why do you ask someone to do with me?"

Liu Gaoyuan touched a soft nail and shouted: "You are Wang Shi of the Lion Rock bandit leader alias Brother Zhang Ying." ”

"What do you say?"

Liu Gaoyuan was robbed by Wang Shi twice in a row, and the officials on both sides of the hall were snickering, so they didn't ask who he was, and changed his words: "Someone, take the bandit leader Wang Shi, hit fifty boards first, and drag it down to beat me." As he spoke, he grabbed five tokens from the desk and threw them down, this token is ten boards, and throwing five at once is fifty boards.

There were two officials from the soap class, who set up left and right, and forked Wang Shi on the ground, and the two officials behind raised water and fire sticks, and greeted them with a crackle. Wang Shi's skin was open, and his heart hurt like a heart, and if he wanted to be replaced by someone else, he would have passed out long ago, but Wang Shi still gritted his teeth, didn't scream, didn't shout.

Lei Wan watched it very unbearably on the sidelines, and couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart: "What a good man." "It's a bit of a hero who cherishes the meaning of a hero.

After the soap class official finished beating the board and handed over the order, Liu Gaoyuan asked the master to hand a prepared confession to the officer, and brought it to Wang Shi to draw a charge, Wang Shi lay on the ground and read the confession: the male Wang Shi, who was originally the first Zhang Ying brother of the Lion Rock bandits, gathered in the mountains and forests, and refused to accept Wang Hua. confronted the imperial court, rampant in the countryside, burning, killing and looting, raping women of good families, and doing all kinds of evil. Now I would like to confess my sins and surrender to the law.

Wang Shi saw it, grabbed it and tore it to pieces, and said loudly: "You dog official! Bandits are rampant, and my family is ruined, so I went up the mountain and mixed into the village, killed the-stirring stick with a trick, and pacified the bandits, and did not die in the hands of the bandits, but in the hands of you, the dog official." Dog officer: You want me to draw a charge, only unless I'm dead. ”

Liu Gaoyuan was so angry that he shouted continuously: "Go to the stick! Stick to the stick! Dare to insult the official! It is really lawless." ”

A few officials flashed out on the left and right sides and took the clamping stick to clamp the king stone, Lei Wan was afraid of breaking him, so he hurriedly came out of the class and said: "Master, slow down!"

Liu Gaoyuan blew his beard and glared at him angrily, "What does Lei Dutou have to say?"

"This Wang Shi, young and vigorous, for a while does not know the height of the sky, and his words are not disrespectful, he should be punished, but the people of Zhangzhou City know that he is a hero who kills the-stirring stick and quells the bandits, if the master blindly tortures him, if he beats the prisoner to death, I am afraid that the people will not accept it, and it will be difficult for the people to be angry at that time! I think it is better to put him in prison first, and then he is slowly interrogated, avoiding the limelight for a while, the people are not so concerned about this matter, and they are indifferent, and it is not too late to deal with it at that time. ”

This Lei Wan also used a delaying tactic, first to save Wang Shi's life, and then to find a way to catch people. Liu Gaoyuan looked back at Master Zhao, Master Zhao nodded, Liu Gaoyuan understood, and ordered someone to put Wang Shi in prison temporarily.

Two guards took it, and the jailer carried Wang Shi through the prison gate, and entered through a small door on the left, and on both sides of the corridor were cells, one next to the other, and the prisoners inside saw the jailer carrying another man in, and they all got up from the ground to look. They were unkempt and ragged.

Wang Shi was taken to a cell under the right hand in the innermost corner, and the two jailers pushed him inside, and Wang Shi fell to the ground, and the jailer pulled up the big iron chain and locked the cell door, and left.

The cell was not large, with some hay piled on the floor, and a toilet in the corner of the back, which smelled foul and foul, which was specially used for the convenience of the prisoners. Every two days, the jailer would ask the prisoner to empty the commode, because the commode had never been washed, so it was full of filth, and although it was covered with a wooden lid, the room was full of stench, and as soon as he came in, he was overwhelmed by the pungent smell, and after holding it for a while, his nose slowly got used to it, and he couldn't smell it. It hurt his heart for a while, and he lay down on the hay to rest, and it was very quiet, except for the dim light in the corridor outside the cell door that shone on the floor of the doorway through the fence. At this time, I felt tired, lying on the grass and falling asleep unconsciously, and was sleeping, I was awakened by a itch on my stomach, and crawled sideways to the door, and by the dim light, I took a closer look, and there was a red bump on my belly, and the itching was unbearable. After searching for clothes for a while, he found the culprit, a big flea, pinched it to death, sucked blood in his stomach, and dyed his clothes with a large piece of red beans. A frustrated curse. An old man's voice came from the opposite cell and said, "There are three overlords in this cell, lice, fleas, rats, and madness, and they can't be caught." It makes you can't sleep at night. Just get used to it, lad. ”

Wang Shi followed the sound and looked over and saw an old man with gray hair. His face was covered by unkempt hair, and he was leaning against the fence at the door of the cell. "Old man, how long have you been here?" ”

"I don't know how long it has been, and I can't remember exactly. ”

"You don't look like a bad person, you are not big, you are not a vicious person, you have committed some crime and are locked up here. ”

"That year, there was a drought, there was no harvest in the field, and the county government came to collect the money and grain, and when there was no money to pay, they collected the title deed and the house, so they had to go out to ask for food. Walking to the door of the grain depot of the county government, a few strong men were carrying grain inside, and they were also hungry and crazy, I went up to carry a bag of rice and ran, and was caught by the poor dog who came from behind, and the dog official Liu Gaoyuan put me in prison. ”

"There's some other people in your house. ”

"I have a wife, a son, and a daughter at home, and I don't know how they are now, I'm afraid I won't see them in this life. There will be a fate in the afterlife. When the old man had finished speaking, he fell again into the haystack on the ground.

Why did Liu Gaoyuan suddenly come to arrest Wang Shi, it turned out that when Wang Shi's father Wang Shuang was there, he often quarreled with Chen Qiao in the same village because of the boundary of the field.

In the summer of that year, after dinner one day, Wang Shuang came out of his house after dinner and walked to the rice field to check the rice seedlings. But found that the field on the right and Chen Qiao's house, the boundary stone was moved a few feet over, isn't this Ming occupying a few zhang of his own field, Wang Shuang cursed, rolled up his trouser leg and went down to the field, and moved the three boundary stones back to their original places, just came up from the field, Chen Qiao also came over with a hoe, and saw that the boundary stone was brought back to the original place by Wang Shuang. Chen Qiao pointed at Wang Shuang and said, "You are so shameless, you dare to move the boundary stone, and you want to occupy my field." As he spoke, he rolled up his trouser leg and wanted to go down.

When Wang Shuang heard Chen Qiao say this, he stammered angrily, "I'm shameless....... it's you shameless!, you move the boundary stone a few feet away from me, I'm moving the boundary stone back to its original position!"

"You shameless thing, dare to take advantage of my absence, and secretly remove the boundary stone. Chen Qiao said as he walked to the field, went straight to dig up the boundary stone, and planted it in the field on Wang Shuang's side. Wang Shuang was also angry. scolded in his mouth: "You shameless thing, these few battles, you occupy and bury people!" Exactly: there is no good words in a quarrel, and there is no good fist in a fight. The two of you said a word, and I quarreled a word, Wang Shuang saw Chen Qiao digging the boundary stone again, stepped forward to hug him, and the two of them pulled up in the field, rolled down in the rice field, and got muddy.

"If you want to move the realm to my side, unless you kill me, I'm not afraid that you won't give me my life!" Wang Shuang twisted Chen Qiao's mouth and continued to scold. Chen Qiao saw that Wang Shuang was so disregarding his life, and he knew that he was at a loss, so he had to let go and get up twice. They went back. Although I wanted to take advantage of it this time, I didn't succeed, I was worried about Wang Shi's field, I was very angry, there was a piece of Wang Shuang's land behind Chen Qiao's house by the side of the road, this season was the time to plant red roots, Chen Qiao picked a load of red roots early in the morning, came out of the house and was about to go up the mountain to plant red roots, passing by Wang Shuang's house, and had a plan. Go and bring a few rocks and put them in the ground, and then build the path up the hill in the middle. The villagers took a shortcut, and when they saw that the road had been changed from Wang Shuang's land to cross over, they all walked through the middle of the ground. A few days later, Wang Shuang came to the field to plant red roots, and when he saw that a road had been built in the middle of the ground, he scolded and threw the stones in the ground into the ditch. The hatred between the two families grew deeper and deeper.

A few days ago, Chen Qiao listened to the villagers, saying that Wang Shi had mixed into the cottage of the-stirring stick, been a bandit for half a year, and became a third-in-command, these things were all told to the villagers by Wang Shi when he had nothing to do, and he also told the details such as his pseudonym Zhang Yingge. The villagers listened with relish, Wang Shi's talk was colorful, how to kill the iron foot board with a trick, how to provoke the and the-stirring stick to fight, and the villagers also liked to pester him to tell his heroic deeds when he was fine. After these villagers heard this, they went back to publicize it everywhere, and Chen Qiao listened to it in his ears and remembered it in his heart. wants to take the opportunity to kill Wang Shi. Master Zhao in the county is Chen Qiao's distant cousin and uncle, although separated by several layers of relationships, Chen Qiao packed up a few taels of silver, caught two big chickens fed at home, and took a boat from the dock into Zhangzhou City, Master Zhao lived next to the county government, three green brick houses, Chen Qiao asked several merchants on the street to find out all the way to the door, the main door, closed. Chen Qiao put the chicken coop on the ground and stepped forward to knock on the door a few times.

After a while, I heard a middle-aged woman in her fifties ask, "Who?"

Chen Qiao heard the question inside: "I'm Chen Qiao, my cousin is at home," and laughed a few times after speaking.

The door creaked open, and an old woman, with a silver hairpin on her head, her hair coiled into a bird's nest, her face covered with a thick layer of white powder, and a green and saffron gown on her body, covered with a large red cotton shoulder. A strong fragrant wind rushed out of the door at the door opening, making Chen Qiao a little breathless. This person is Master Zhao's Hunjia princess: "Yo! eldest nephew, come if you come, and let you break the bank." Then he turned sideways and beckoned Chen Qiao into the house, took the chicken coop and put it under the kitchen.

"What are these two chickens worth, they are all raised by their own families, they should have come to honor my aunt a long time ago, they were busy with farming, and they couldn't get out, this is not already the moon, there is no work in the field, and I am about to come to the city to visit. ”

"It's really rare for you to have a piece of filial piety, please take a seat. As she spoke, Wang Po poured a bowl of tea and placed it on the table next to Chen Qiao.

Chen Qiao looked around: "Why is my aunt at home alone, why is my brother not here." My cousin wasn't at home. ”

"Hey, your cousin, last year took his daughter-in-law and children to Jinling, where he did leather trading, he has not been at home for more than a year, your uncle will listen to the errand in the yamen, and he will come back in the evening, so you will sit down, have lunch, and he will come back when the card is opened. ”

I didn't come back until Master Zhao came back when I was in the middle of the day, the weather was short in winter, and it was already dark outside, so Mrs. Wang opened the door and complained: "Why did you come back so late today." ”

Master Zhao came back to meet Chen Qiao, and Wang Po fried a few side dishes, scalded a pot of hot wine, and sat on the table to accompany him.

Chen Qiao filled himself with a glass, picked up the wine jug and filled Master Zhao's wine glass, then stood up and picked up the wine glass: "My nephew doesn't come to visit my uncle for a long time, I respect my uncle with a glass." After saying that, he dried himself up.

Master Zhao didn't think so, and put a peanut in his mouth while chewing: "You kid, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." Say what's the matter, don't fix all this uselessness. ”

Chen Qiao laughed embarrassedly twice: "Uncle, I have a great credit for you!"

Master Zhao didn't raise his eyes, stared at the peanuts on the plate and said, "What a big credit, let's hear it." ”

"Now the three leaders of the Lion Rock are hiding in our village. Chen Qiao pretended to be mysterious, staring at Master Zhao's face to see how he reacted.

When Master Zhao heard this, he stopped and raised his eyes to look at Chen Qiao: "Didn't I hear them say that the bandits in Lion Rock have been killed by a young man named Wang Shi." Why is there another three-master still hiding in your village? ”

"Don't you know, this Wang Shi is the third master of Lion Rock, and his pseudonym is Brother Zhang Ying. He told it all himself. ”

"I said that you kid didn't hold back any good fart, I was waiting here, this Wang Shi heard that it was to take revenge before he went up the mountain to blend into the bandits, and later used a trick to kill the-stirring stick and the, and now he is a hero in the mouth of the people of Zhangzhou City. ”

Chen Qiao saw that he couldn't deceive him, so he immediately said with a smile on his face: "It's a hero or a bear, as long as you help uncle, the official word is two, no matter how you say it, it's not difficult to ask him about the crime of a bandit." It's also true that he became the three masters of Lion Rock, who knows if they bandits are unevenly sharing the spoils and fighting among themselves. You don't care what I said, uncle!"

Master Zhao glanced at Chen Qiao: "What good is it for you to kill him? ”

"Wang Shi's family has a piece of fertile field next to the edge of my family's field, if my uncle helps me kill Wang Shi, this fertile field is mine, and I hope my aunt will complete it." After Chen Qiao finished speaking, he was about to toast again, but Master Zhao raised his hand to stop him.

"Just for a few acres of land, you want me to help you harm people, your vision is too small, this is working on the cusp of the storm, and it is not worth it to arouse the anger of the people! After Master Zhao finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Chen Qiao hurriedly took out five taels of silver from his arms and handed it over: "This is my nephew's filial piety to you." ”

Master Zhao took the silver and checked it in his hand: "The official family and the bandits, it is a different furnace of ice and fire, how can you tolerate such a big bandit leader hiding in your village, Wang Shi must have mixed with the bandit-stirring stick to divide the spoils unevenly, and now he has the money to hide the-stirring stick in the village and live a stable life." Tomorrow, I will send the master to bring him quickly, and use the law of the king!" Chen Qiao said: "That's right!"

The next day, Liu Gaoyuan listened to Master Zhao's words, and issued an order to arrest Wang Shi in the hall, and wanted to make a beating with a board, and it was necessary for him to draw a confession in court, but he didn't expect Wang Shi to refuse to draw a confession, and was about to use torture again, but Lei Wan came out to stop him, so he had to put Wang Shi in prison first.

Mr. Zhao and Shi Qing, seeing that Wang Shi was arrested and detained, immediately gathered everyone together to discuss, Mr. Zhao proposed to let the merchants and Lijiagou, Mopan Mountain Longtougou, and tens of thousands of people in several places sign a joint letter and hand it to the county government to protect Wang Shi. Liu Gaoyuan read the joint letter sent by the squires, hesitated, called the master and asked: "Now the people in these four towns and eight miles have signed to protect it." What to do. ”

Master Zhao said: "Although it is said that it is difficult to commit the anger of the public, but this is only Shi Qing and Zhao Xuexue, the lord will ignore him for the time being, if there is a squire to ask, he will say, he is about to be pursued, the house of a gang of robbers in Lion Rock, who will protect him, must have received the property of the bandits." These squires were afraid of being accused of harboring stolen goods. Naturally, stay away, after a while, the lord will go up in the submission, and the court will not praise you for your meritorious work in suppressing bandits!"

"Master, what a brilliant plan!"

After the Spring Festival in a blink of an eye, and the county government still didn't see the release of people, Shi Qing called Mr. Zhao to discuss: "Liu Gaoyuan, the dog official, it seems that he has no intention of releasing people, how to rescue Wang Shilai." ”

Mr. Zhao stroked his beard with his right hand, "This Liu Gaoyuan, the magistrate of Zhangzhou, has always been greedy and abnormal, and everything is at the mercy of Master Zhao, and the two are in collusion and are embarrassed. Reverse black and white, confuse right and wrong. It's hard to argue. I had to go to Shen Zhongliang, the prefect of Liangzhou. Lord Shen is the top boss of this Liu Gaoyuan. I used to teach at Lord Shen's Mansion for a few years. Later, his son-in-law was admitted to the Jinshi. I made the Wushan County Order. Father and son are officials in one place. ”

Shi Qing said: "Since Mr. knows Lord Shen, it will be easy to do." I have always heard that Lord Shen is an honest and honest official. You get up immediately. Lest Liu Gaoyuan be out of something. ”

The two sighed again, Mr. Zhao said goodbye, returned home, instructed his wife on some trivial matters, and then instructed: "I will go to Liangzhou to see Lord Shen, and I will come back in a few days." ”

The next day, I packed up ten taels of silver to make the road expenses, and borrowed a mule from the Yunlai Inn, the boss Ran Million, the Yunlai Inn is on the edge of the dock, usually there are any goods to buy, all from the dock to Zhangzhou City to buy by boat, it is useless to raise a mule, but it is Ran Million, when he likes to ride a mule to walk around, so there are mules in the store.

This Liangzhou Mansion has eight counties under its jurisdiction, Wushan, Zigui, Yunyang, Fengxian, Yuancheng, Nanhuai, Wentang, and this Zhangzhou County is under its rule. If you take the waterway from Lutangba to Liangzhou Mansion, it is very detouring, the boat enters the Yangtze River from Zhangzhou in Fengxian County, and goes up the river for 500 miles by waterway, passing through Yuancheng and Yunyang, before arriving at Liangzhou Mansion. The waterway is slower than the land, so Mr. Zhao chose to take the land route, take a boat at the wharf to cross the Huanxi River, walk 200 miles, cross Wentang County, and walk 230 miles to the capital city of Liangzhou. You can get to Wentang County in two days by mule, and you can get there in two days of walking. A total of five days can go to Liangzhou Mansion City, one back and forth, half a month to get things done.

Mr. Zhao led the mule to get off the boat at the wharf, the boatman crossed the river with a mule, went ashore, and rode the mule along the avenue to go forward, at this time just after the New Year, the cold wind in the morning was blowing, the leaves in the four fields withered, and the cabbage in the field was beaten by severe frost, as if it was scalded with boiling water. There was a thick layer of ice in the ditch, and I was riding on the back of a mule, listening to the sound of hooves! Knocking on the road, there was a white mist in front of me, and a few sparrows were pecking in the field, and when I saw Mr. Zhao riding a mule, I was so frightened that I flew away. The hand holding the reins was freezing in the cold wind.

By noon, the sun was smiling through the fog. The earth began to warm up, and I was a little hungry, and I looked at a village in the distance, and walked a few miles to the entrance of the village.

The village hotel is hung high, three thatched huts, and the loess is built with a wall, although it is not a high-walled house, it also has a unique charm in this deserted village. Like an oasis in the desert, three glasses of village wine will eliminate the loneliness of the journey. Half a bowl of braised noodles can relieve the fatigue of the whole body.

He got off the mule's back and tied the reins to an elm tree by the side of the house, and strode into the shop, where the shopkeeper stepped forward to greet him, "What do you eat?" As he spoke, he took a rag from his shoulder and wiped it on the table, shouting, "Sit down!"

Mr. Zhao saw that he was hospitable and said with a smile: "I have a mule tied to the elm tree in front of the door, you can help me find some forage, soybeans, and feed it." Count the money for you in a while. Bring me a bowl of noodles. Don't put chili peppers. ”

The shopkeeper agreed, "All right!" Then he turned around and called a boy, and ordered him to go to the house and pour two catties of soybeans, take a basket of grass, and take it out to feed the mules.

After eating the noodles, I called the store to settle the account, and it was already unlicensed when I came out of the store, so I stepped on the back of the mule and continued to move forward, all the way to stay at night, hungry and thirsty for food. After five days, I walked into the city of Liangzhou Mansion, it was really densely populated, and when I entered the city, there was a lot of traffic on the street, buying and selling on both sides, shouting, quarreling, sighing, shouting, mules and horses neighing, and it was very lively. Mr. Zhao got off the mule's back, came to the government by a road, crossed the street, and went to the gate of the Liangzhou government, and saw that the officials on both sides were standing left and right. When I came out at dusk, the main entrance was closed, and it was estimated that Lord Shen would retreat to the back office to rest. I went out of the store, turned to the back door of the mansion, knocked on the door, a big hat in a green coat, a square face with a purple face, squeaked the door open, and saw Mr. Zhao standing outside the door.

Menzi asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Mr. Zhao hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "I want to see you Lord Shen." I have to let you know. ”

When Menzi heard that he wanted to see Lord Shen, he asked, "Who are you Lord Shen?" ”

When Mr. Zhao saw the question, he replied: "I didn't bring a post in a hurry." You help me reply, and I will say that Zhao Peigen, who is teaching, will ask to see me!"

Menzi said a little lazily: "The master ordered that no guests should be seen! You better go back." "As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Mr. Zhao hurriedly grabbed the door with his hand, "I am the teacher of Lord Shen's son-in-law, you go and say, he will be allowed to see me." There is work, there is work!"

Menzi saw that it was Shen Yanei's teacher, so he said, "Then I'll go and say goodbye, and you wait at the door for a while." With that, he closed the door.

Waiting at the door, the door opened, and the door said, "Master, please wait for tea in the back hall, please come in with me." ”

Mr. Zhao followed the door through the verandah, and then passed two into the courtyard, came to a garden, surrounded by a shadow wall, the middle rockery is strangely shaped, the begonia fights for spring, the peony fights for beauty, the four wild flowers outside the house wither, and the courtyard is a begonia red.

Mr. Zhao was amazed, followed Menzi through the garden, into a study, only to see Shen Zhongliang wearing a collar of flowers, a jade belt around his waist, and a soft scarf on his head, "Mr. Zhao hasn't seen you for a long time, what kind of wind can blow here today." Hahahaha!"

Mr. Zhao hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted, the two guests sat down, the maid came to serve tea, and the two said a few words of farewell to the cold temperature. Mr. Zhao said: "I am here to ask for justice. ”

Lord Shen listened and asked, "What's the matter, please tell me." ”

"There is a big mountain in the north of our green hall dam, called Lion Rock, more than ten years ago, I don't know where a strong man came from, nicknamed the stirring stick, harassing the place to do all kinds of evil, occupying the mountain, gathering up the number one hundred and ten outlaws, the government repeatedly requisitioned, the loss of the army and the general, but he can't, and then there is a descendant in this village, named Wang Shi, the parents are angry because of the stick to rob after the death. Then he had the idea of revenge. Last year, when the-stirring stick came to rob the Green Hall Dam, he sent a letter in advance, so that we could prepare in advance, and the bandits were defeated and fled. Later, he used a trick to kill the-stirring stick. The rest of the bandits were dismissed. Now Lion Rock has been converted into Guandi Temple. is such a hero who pacified bandits, but was arrested by Liu Gaoyuan, a faint official, to punish his crimes, I contacted the neighbors and eight townships, and tens of thousands of people jointly signed a guarantee, but this Liu Gaoyuan just didn't let go. In desperation, he had to trouble Lord Shen. ”

Shen Zhongliang, after hearing this, asked about the ins and outs again, and said: "This Liu Gaoyuan has always been greedy and abnormal, and he has heard of it for a long time. Although he is under my rule, he is a protégé of Taishi Cai of the Dynasty. Several times I went up to participate, but I was pressed down. I can't leave this matter alone. Be relieved. ”

Lord Shen ordered the wine and food to be put on the table, and entertained Mr. Zhao in the back hall, and on the second day, the director of the promotion hall wrote a letter, and called his subordinates to immediately submit the letter to Liu Gaoyuan, the magistrate of Zhangzhou.

Mr. Zhao stayed at the inn outside the gate of Liangzhou Mansion, just waited for a reply, and went to the mansion to inquire about the situation with Lord Shen two days later. After more than ten days, Ma Kuai, who went to deliver the letter, came back to report that Liu Zhixian had replied. Lord Shen opened the letter and read it, Liu Gaoyuan only said in the letter that someone had the first complaint, and he did not dare to indulge in the bandit leader, and was ready to escort Wang Shi to Dao Bianliang and hand it over to his mentor Cai Jing to deal with.

Lord Shen was very angry when he read the book, he dared to use Cai Jing to pressure himself. This Liu Gaoyuan's greedy crime has been investigated in secret for a long time, and now he has mastered a lot. It seems that we have to cut through the mess quickly. Got up the three classes of officials, went to the wharf and took the boat to Zhangzhou City, Guy from Liangzhou to Zhangzhou City, the boat was launched, and the day's work arrived in Fengxian County, and did not alarm the Fengxian magistrate, rested at the Fengxian County Wharf, and secretly went to the Zhangzhou City Wharf on the third day, and when it was already dark when he arrived at the wharf, Shen Zhong ordered the people to rest in the boat, and enter the city early tomorrow morning. When he got up in the morning, Lord Shen wore official boots from the official government and came to the gate of the county government, and the door hurried in to pass the ceremony, Liu Gaoyuan did not expect that Shen Zhongliang would come in person.

Liu Gaoyuan hurriedly changed into his official uniform and ordered him to be promoted to the hall to greet him: "Why did Lord Shen come in person, if there is anything, just spread the word, why go so far." ”

After seeing the ceremony twice, Lord Shen sat in the center, ordered Wang Shi to be taken, and the official took Wang Shi to the hall, Lord Shen asked the ins and outs of the court, read the joint letter, and asked Liu Gaoyuan: "It's so obvious, why don't you let people go." Whoever is the first to sue you, you have summoned him!"

Liu Gaoyuan was speechless, and Lord Shen announced in court that Wang Shi would be acquitted. Wang Shi thanked him gratefully: "Thank you for upholding justice,!" and then said: "In my prison, there is an old man who has also been wrongfully imprisoned in it, please let him go too." Lord Shen asked Liu Gaoyuan: "What do you say?" Then the official brought the old man to the front of the hall and asked why he was released on the spot.

Lord Shen wrote Liu Gaoyuan's guilt into a recital, and sent his henchmen to Beijing, and the Son of Heaven was furious and called the prince in front of the palace to review it in person.

Wang Shi had to come out of prison, and when he returned home, he was injured and gradually calmed down, it was already February weather, and the peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and plum blossoms on the mountain were competing to open, and the spring breeze was blowing, and the fragrance of flowers was fragrant. After smelling urine and feces in the cell for two months, and being bitten by lice and fleas, I was standing in the field and breathing the fragrance of flowers, and I felt a lot of emotion. Walked to the edge of his own field, the field has not been cultivated for a year, the weeds grow taller than people, Wang Shi has no intention of farming, and it is a pity to feel that it is abandoned, so he found Aunt Li's house, Li Da is feeding the pigs, and saw Wang Shi walking in: "The stone is coming, sit down, I heard that you released it." I didn't come to see you either. ”

Wang Shi sat down on a wooden stool at the door and said: "My family's field has been abandoned for more than a year, it's a pity, I don't plan to farm, I want to go out for a walk, I want to let Brother Shunzi plant." ”

Aunt Li poured a bowl of tea from the bowl and handed it to Wang Shi and said, "That's good, but you can't plant your field in vain, how much food will you give you a year." ”

Wang Shi took a sip of tea and waved his hand: "I don't want a single grain, just let Brother Shunzi plant it." ”

After saying that, Wang Shi was about to leave, and Aunt Li wanted to keep him for dinner, and said, "Your brother Shunzi went to the street to buy something this morning, and he will come back in a while." You two haven't seen each other for a long time, so we just have two drinks together, and I'll go get a few side dishes. ”

Wang Shi insisted on leaving, came back from Aunt Li's house, cooked a pot of rice by himself, fried shredded potatoes and ate them, these potatoes were sent by the village chief Shi Qing. After lunch, I saw that the sun was just right outside, and the sun was in the sky, and I came out of the house and walked all the way to the river along the stream, and while walking, I heard a string of laughter like silver bells, and followed the prestige, and three girls came from the river beach, playing with each other while walking, the girl in front was wearing a white shirt, with long hair and a shawl, and two peach blossoms on her head, and the girl on the left was wearing a red shirt with a white silk ribbon tied around her waist. The girl on the right was the youngest, wearing a green shirt with her hair flowing behind her head, and the three of them walked closer and saw Wang Shi looking at them in a daze. The girl in the red shirt said, "Just look at something, and don't be ashamed!" After speaking, the three of them giggled. Wang Shi was deeply attracted by the green-shirted girl, only to see that she had two willow leaves across her eyebrows, a pair of autumn waves in her eyes, a small cherry mouth, a red light on her face, no fat powder, infinite spring light in nature, and a slight smile.

The girl in the white shirt stepped forward and laughed, "Hey, you stupid man, you just care about what you are looking at." ”

Wang Shi asked, came back to his senses and said, "I don't know where my sisters are going?"

The girl in the red shirt laughed when she heard this: "You call us sister! Why don't you just call your sister, we seem to be older than you!" After saying that, the three girls just laughed.

Wang Shi was robbed of white, and he also felt that it was inappropriate to call his sister, so he changed his words and said: "Damn! Damn! How can I call my sister, because it should be a few younger sisters, I don't know where to play." As he spoke, he clasped his fists and bowed

I saw the three girls laughing, and the girl in the white shirt said again: "Sister, who is your sister, we don't know you, so we are here to kiss." ”

The red-shirted girl said, "Hey, you are the son of that family, how rude, teaseing the girl here." ”

Wang Shi hurriedly distinguished: "It's not to call my sister, it's not to call my sister, so what should I call you, please advise!"

When several girls saw Wang Shi's crepe look, they couldn't help but giggle again. The girl in the red shirt said: "You are here to inquire where we are going, what is the purpose? ”

Wang Shi said: "Xiaosheng saw that the weather was sunny and warm, and it was a good time to see the flowers and appreciate the spring. Wang Shizheng shook his head.

The green-shirted girl said, "It's my fair lady, gentleman, how can you read it as a slender lady." ”

Wang Shi got carried away and said: "I see that several girls are all graceful and beautiful. Therefore, it is more appropriate to change the slim to slim. ”

The girl in the red shirt said: "Look at your fake Sven appearance, you know that you are molesting girls." ”

Wang Shi hurriedly distinguished: "Don't misunderstand Xiao Ke, there is no intention of being frivolous and flirtatious. ”

The girl in the white shirt said, "What's your name?"

When Wang Shi saw the question, he quickly replied: "Xiaosheng's name is Wang Shi, and he lives on the side of the road. After speaking, he pointed to the other side of the house with his hand.

The red-shirted girl said, "You mean to invite us to your house to sit." ”

The green-shirted girl said: "I often hear my father mention a man named Wang Shi, saying that he killed the bandits, and praised him for his good martial arts, resourcefulness and wisdom. Are you the Wang Shi? After speaking, he looked at Wang Shi with concern.

Wang Shi's heart almost jumped out of her by her, and he hurriedly replied: "It's Xiao Ke, it's nothing, it's just killing two bandits." Nothing. After speaking, he laughed dryly.

The green-shirted girl said happily: "Oh! You are that Wang Shi, I really didn't expect to meet you here, my name is Zhao Huan!." ”

Wang Shi asked, "I don't know where the Venerable Mansion is, who Lord Lingzun is." ”

The red-shirted girl next to her said: "She is the youngest daughter of Zhao Xuexue in the village." Do you want to propose marriage when you ask this," he laughed again. Zhao Huan was so troubled by the red-shirted girl, his face turned crimson, and he was embarrassed to hit the red-shirted girl with his hand.

Wang Shi said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao is Xiao Ke's mentor, Xiang Ri knows that the teacher has a little daughter, who has never met, and I don't want to meet a virtuous sister today." It's really a blessing for three lives. ”

The girl in the white shirt smiled: "You two are really fateful, go back and prepare a bride price to go to her family to propose." Tonight I will go into the cave room. After laughing, the three girls surrounded Wang Shi and started fighting.