Chapter 14 Collusion between Officials and Bandits
The reason why I had to rush to the county seat was to meet up with the people in my uncle's chamber of commerce and go to the county seat together, otherwise they would go to the county town on the road like this. I'm afraid there is no return!
In the carriage, Liu Ruyan took the travelogue written by Yang Lin and read it with relish. Gu Tong kept saying to Yang Lin about various things that needed to be paid attention to along the way. He had also told scholar Yang Lin something similar before, but ......
Due to the sign of the Chamber of Commerce hanging on the carriage, by the afternoon, they had arrived at the county seat without any problems.
"We're going to stay here tonight to find a rest, and I'm going to see the chamber of commerce manager later, do you want to go with me, or go to the inn to rest." Jiang Yun drove the carriage to the inn in the Chamber of Commerce, the three of them got out of the carriage, and Gu Tong said to Yang Lin and the others.
Liu Ruyan hurriedly gave Yang Lin next to him a look, and signaled Yang Lin not to agree to Gu Tong to see any chamber of commerce manager.
In the true sense of the word, Yang Lin had not yet visited the ancient city, where he was willing to accompany his uncle to meet a boring chamber of commerce steward.
He smiled and said, "Uncle, it's still early, and my nephew hasn't been to the county seat for a long time, so I won't follow my uncle to see the steward, and I'm going to take (cousin) to tour around the county later." ”
"That's fine, but there's a curfew at night. Before dark, you must rush back to the inn. After Gu Tong finished speaking, he thought that both of them were young people, and he was afraid that they would cause trouble.
admonished: "And remember, don't cause trouble, especially those martial arts people with weapons, these people all kill people without blinking, and they are extremely unreasonable, so you must not provoke them and meddle with their affairs." ”
Liu Ruyan pouted when she heard Gu Tong say that the people in the martial arts were all extremely unreasonable, and when she saw Yang Lin looking at her, she quickly put on a smiling face and nodded in agreement.
The two said goodbye to Gu Tong and toured the street, especially Yang Lin, look at this, look at that, and be curious about everything.
Not since there was a person next to him couldn't help but say: "Tu Lao Mao," after that. Liu Ruyan subconsciously distanced herself from Yang Lin.
When they turned to North Street, several people in the corner saw Yang Lin's expression, smiled knowingly, and one whispered a few words in the ear of the other.
Just when Yang Lin and Liu Ruyan walked to a corner, a person suddenly sprang out from the side, as if there was something urgent, and directly bumped into Yang Lin's body when he couldn't avoid it.
The man stretched out his hand and quickly groped the place where Yang Lin might have hidden the money, and then found the money bag around Yang Lin's waist. As soon as he grabbed the money bag and shrank it, he slipped the money bag into his sleeve, and after the money bag was in his hand, he quickly rolled up his arm and touched Yang Lin's chest.
At the same time, he pretended to stand unsteadily and fell backwards, and when his body did not touch the ground, he supported it with his hands, so that he looked like he was knocked down by Yang Lin, but in fact, there was no.
"This son, I'm really sorry, because someone was chasing me behind me, and I didn't pay attention to you for a while. As soon as the thief's body touched the ground, he quickly got up and said to Yang Lin. Because his movements were too fast, Yang Lin didn't find his money bag at all. It's been stolen!
"Stop, stop, don't run, don't run or something?" At this time, I saw a few people running over there, shouting as they ran this way.
Seeing this, Yang Lin hurriedly waved his hand, signaling that he was okay and let him go first. The man pretended to be grateful and nodded to Yang Lin, then turned to leave.
"Quickly touch if there's anything missing. As soon as the person turned around, Liu Ruyan in front of Yang Lin seemed to have thought of something, and said to him quickly.
Although Yang Lin didn't reflect it for a while, when he heard Liu Ruyan say this, his mind suddenly remembered the various novels he had seen on the earth and the bridges on TV.
Among them, there are many such bridges, and they subconsciously touch their money bags. I found that the money bag was really gone!
"Catch the thief!" When Yang Lin looked up at the man, he found that the man had run a few meters away, and shouted sharply one by one.
The person next to him heard Yang Lin's shout, instead of stopping the man, he took a few steps back, and the man heard that he ran faster, but the person was not easy to run, so he wanted to run next to Liu Ruyan.
"Okay, you little deflated three, even dare to steal your aunt's money. Liu Ruyan heard Yang Lin's shout and confirmed his guess.
Seeing the thief passing by her, she flew up like lightning and kicked the thief in the back, kicking the thief to the ground and holding the thief by the collar and shouting. The thief was a little confused, thinking when I stole your money!
"Brother, give me back the money bag you just picked up, I just dropped it. Yang Lin saw that Liu Ruyan had caught the thief, but he didn't want to cause trouble for this little thing. I also want to give each other a step down. He stepped forward and said.
"Money bags, money bags, I haven't picked up any money bags at all. However, when the thief saw Yang Lin say this, he thought he was weak and easy to bully, so he opened his mouth and pretended to be blank and said.
At this time, several of the thief's accomplices didn't pretend to chase him, and stood next to the thief to help him, Yang Lin heard the thief's words, and his face darkened.
"Don't admit it, my aunt will let you show up today. Liu Ruyan was even more angry, holding his collar and roaring.
After speaking, he stretched out his other hand, grabbed the collar on both sides of the thief's clothes with both hands, straightened his waist and lifted the thief up and shook it continuously.
In a few moments, three or four money bags were shaken out of the thief's body.
Seeing this, Liu Ruyan shouted at him that the thief was still on the ground: "What else do you have to say now?"
Seeing this, one of the accomplices standing next to the thief looked at one of them, who nodded to him.
"Big guy comment, what's wrong with me bringing a few more money bags, that's my freedom, I can bring as much as I want. The thief looked at a few accomplices next to him, and after receiving the signal, he made up his mind, quickly picked up a few money bags on the ground, stood up and said to the people next to him.
After speaking, he pointed to Yang Lin and the two and said, "But these two may have seen the money and opened their eyes, and they actually framed me for stealing their money bags." ”
"Yes, it's really not human, it's really a thief shouting to catch a thief......" Several accomplices next to him immediately chimed in.
One of the accomplices pointed at Liu Ruyan and said angrily: "Especially this thief mother-in-law, seeing that the false accusation failed, she actually did something to this brother." ”
The people next to them were all afraid of their usual obscenity, and they didn't dare to speak for Yang Lin and the others, and there were even a few people who didn't know the truth, and they also echoed.
Yang Lin and Liu Ruyan were so angry when they heard this, Liu Ruyan's personality was a little pungent and outgoing, and when they saw this, they rolled up their sleeves and wanted to teach the thief a lesson.
"The official messenger is here!" At this time, someone outside shouted, and Yang Lin quickly grabbed Liu Ruyan when he heard it. If she is allowed to hit someone at this time, it will be unreasonable and unreasonable!
I only heard a few voices: "Let's go, everyone get out of the way... Words. "Two officials came over.
As soon as he came in, he looked at a few people, and he didn't come over to ask Yang Lin about the two bitter masters.
Instead, he asked the thief, "What happened?"
"Brother Guancha, the two of them have teamed up to frame and defraud me of money. The thief hurriedly pointed at Yang Lin and the two said, and the two officials glanced at each other when they heard this.
One of them said to the thief, "Then tell us what happened carefully, and we will deal with it fairly." ”
When the thief heard this, he pointed at Yang Lin and the others and said, "Brother Guancha, I accidentally bumped into that man, and I sincerely apologized to him and prepared to leave.
I'm afraid of getting into trouble, so I want to get out of here quickly. Who would have thought that the thief accomplice next to him stopped me and kicked me in the back...... So the man saw the money bag I dropped on the ground, and insisted that my money bag was dropped by him.
If you want me to return it to him, you can tell me, brother, this is not a false accusation to defraud me of my money. What is it?"
The two officials nodded in agreement when they heard this, and Yang Lin saw the expressions of the two officials. Thinking about how similar this is to a certain bridge I have seen on TV before.
knew that if he didn't do anything, he would probably be accused of being a thief, but now he had no money and no power, and he was at a critical time to go to the county town to publish his travelogue.
This is a major event related to the fate of the future, and it must not be delayed, so it is necessary to temporarily forbear. Wait until you activate the jade pendant and come back with a fierce revenge!
"Ruyan, I know you're angry, and I'm not angry. However, the inside story of this matter is very complicated, so I will handle it.
Don't be impulsive, I'll explain it to you carefully when I get back. Thinking of this, Yang Lin continued to hold Liu Ruyan's sleeve and did not let go, his expression was very serious, and he said to Liu Ruyan, who was a little angry.