[February 15, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, Shen Shi, in the prison of the Criminal Department]

As soon as Song Jinhua led Qiu Mingli into the prison of the Criminal Department, he heard the noise inside, and saw that a director of the Qiu Guan Department of the Criminal Department was pushing Yao Zibei out of the prison with several officials.

It turned out that after Huang Chaodong returned to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, he stopped Song Jinhua's execution and brought back the female death row prisoner Yao Zibei privately, which made it clear that Xiao Yihong, the secretary of the Criminal Department. Xiao Yihong was furious when he heard this, and immediately sent one of his cronies to bring someone to take Yao Zibei out of prison and prepare to execute him again. Unexpectedly, the cell boss on duty was very friendly with Song Jinhua, and he refused to hand over Yao Zibei at first, but later saw that the chief officer brought out Xiao Shangshu's name and threatened them, so he reluctantly let them take away the prisoner.

The principal raised his head when he saw Song Tuiguan, and ignored it, but was stopped by Qiu Mingli in a deep voice. Qiu Mingli asked, "Where do you want to escort this woman?"

When the person in charge saw that the person who was questioning was wearing a red robe, he was of the same rank as their Xiao Shangshu, and he was also a little hesitant in his heart, so he had to reply: "Lord Hui, I will follow Xiao Shangshu's order to escort the female prisoner Yao Zibei and go to the court to be executed!"

Song Jinhua took a step forward and said, "Now that it's past noon, how can I go to the court again to ask for beheading?"

The principal said, "This ...... I don't care, Lord Xiao just ordered the death row prisoners to be taken to the court for execution, and I am only responsible for leading people, no matter what time it is!"

Song Jinhua said in a deep voice: "No! The prisoner has not been interrogated clearly, so he cannot be taken away!"

The principal sneered: "Officer Song, you have only been here for a few days in our Criminal Department! You have eaten leopard gall, and you are so nosy! I can tell you, in our Criminal Department, no matter who is up and down, you have to listen to Lord Xiao! You brought back the death row prisoner from the court today, and Lord Xiao will have to settle this account with you in a while! Right now, you still have to think about it, how to keep the black veil on your head!" After that, he waved his hand at the officials, and the group was about to leave with Yao Zibei......

Qiu Mingli saw that this little master of the sixth grade dared to be so arrogant, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart, at the moment, he didn't care about his old age and frailty, and rushed forward to the mouth of the middle-aged master is a boss, and he also reprimanded angrily:

"Bold and fanatical! How dare you be so rude in front of this hall! You Xiao Yihong have to be polite when you see this hall, how can you allow a mere six-grade official to be so presumptuous! This criminal department is the criminal department of my great cadre, and you are waiting for the soap officials, who eat my great cadre's money, and who is doing my great cadre's public office, and do not think of sharing the worries of the Son of Heaven and strictly abiding by the law, and even dare to make a big fuss here! Next time, this hall would like to ask Lord Xiao, is this criminal department the criminal department of the Great Qian's court, or is it the criminal department of Xiao Yihong alone?"

The left side of the principal's face was beaten like a burning pain, and his cheeks instantly became red and swollen. He said in his heart how could this old man with white hair have so much strength? However, listening to the old man's self-proclaim, he was at least a third-grade scholar, and at that moment he had to cover his left face tightly with his hand, and he didn't dare to attack for a while.

"This is my big cadre of the household department Shangshu Qiu! This Yao Zibei case is full of suspicions, Lord Qiu will retry it with this official, you should step back first!" Song Jinhua said.

The master saw Lord Qiu's temper, and at this time he heard that he was the famous Hubu Shangshu of the dynasty, the teacher of King Wei, Qiu Mingli, and he was even more discouraged in his heart, so he had no choice but to wave his hand again, let go of Yao Zibei, and retired with all the officials.

Qiu Mingli was anxious to know the details of Yao Zibei's case, and he wanted to take Yao Zibei out of the Criminal Department, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was too unruly. Song Jinhua also does not have his own office in the Criminal Department. The two had to take Yao Zibei back to the prison of the Criminal Department and find a clean cell to sit down.

Qiu Ming ordered someone to take off Yao Zibei's wooden flail and rope, and after Yao Zibei sat down and his mood was stable, he asked softly: "Girl, who is your surname, where are you from? How did you meet Xu Baihu?"

Seeing Yao Zibei's puzzled face, Song Jinhua said on the side: "Girl, this Lord Qiu is your brother Xu Ke's teacher. The Xu Baihu that Lord Qiu said is your brother Xu. ”

Yao Zibei hurriedly said: "The two adults, Yao Zibei, the people's daughter, were originally from Yangzhou Mansion in Jiangbei Province. Because of the hardship at home, she came to Xuchang Mansion on Huaiyang Road a year ago to seek refuge with relatives, not wanting to encounter another drought, and the girl's parents and relatives died on the way to escape the famine. In order to bury her parents, the folk girl sold her body to Zhang Butcher in Xuchang City. Originally, the folk girl should have died at the hands of Zhang Butcher, but fortunately, Brother Xu Ke arrived in time and saved me from Zhang Butcher's knife. After that, Brother Xu was on his own business, and he temporarily settled me in the feeding village. If it weren't for Brother Xu, the folk girl would have turned into a pile of minced meat in the human market......"

Qiu Mingli heard Yao Zibei describe what happened to him in the human market, and he couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart. He recalled that Xu Ke was ordered to accompany Qin Cha to the south, and he must have made a good way to pass through Huaiyang, so as to save Yao Zibei. At that moment, he said gently:

"Miss Yao, since Xu Baihu has rescued you from the tiger's mouth, why did you come to Chang'an alone? Why did you commit murder again? What grievances are there in the middle, although the girl said ......?"

Song Jinhua on the side also said: "Miss Yao, Lord Qiu is not only Xu Baihu's mentor, but also my great leader's household secretary! He is a big clean official and a good official! With Lord Qiu here, he will be able to avenge your grievances!"

When Yao Zibei heard this, it seemed to arouse her infinite sadness. She suddenly left the stool, her legs one

Bent to Qiu Mingli and Song Jinhua and knelt down, wept bitterly and said:

"Lord Qiu, Lord Song, Minnu...... Wronged! The murder of a woman is ...... I beg the adults to make decisions for the people and girls!"

Qiu Mingli hurriedly stepped forward and picked up Yao Zibei, handed her a square handkerchief, and asked her to slowly return to the stool and sit down.

Yao Zibei sobbed for a while, wiped away his tears with a square handkerchief, brushed the messy hair in front of his forehead, straightened his clothes, and told all his hardships to the two adults in front of him......

It all started half a month ago.

It turned out that after Xu Ke settled Yao Zibei in Furenzhuang on the first day of the first month of the first month, he went south to join the king of Qincha Wei. After that, the king of Wei suddenly received a letter from Qiu Mingli, and after learning the news that the crown prince was deposed and his father was critically ill, he rushed back to the capital. Xu Ke followed the Qincha guard of honor all the way back to Chang'an, and he didn't expect to go to Feeding Village to pick up Yao Zibei again. Later, the Qincha convoy passed through the West Gorge, and was attacked by a team of assassins led by Sun Xun......

Yao Zibei waited for ten days in the feeding village, looking forward to the morning and evening, but he never saw Xu Ke riding a horse. She knew that Xu Ke must be busy with official business, so that she forgot about her in the villa.

Yao Zibei ignored Zhu Hengfa's opposition and resolutely went to Chang'an City to defect to Xu Ke. Zhu Hengfa, the owner of the farm, saw that Yao Zibei had made up his mind, and he was not reluctant, so he had to prepare some dry food and luggage and send her off......

Along the way, Yao Zibei has also tasted all the hardships. When she was thirsty, she would fetch water along the river to drink, and when she was hungry, she would beg along the road to eat, or go to the mountains to pick some melons, fruits and wild vegetables, and talk about them as things to satisfy her hunger. In the evening, she knocked on the firewood of the farmhouse, hoping to spend the night, and occasionally learned from Xu Ke that night, hiding in the mountains and sleeping in the open. Fortunately, along the way, the people Yao Zibei met were all enthusiastic and good people, and there were several peasant aunts, seeing that Yao Zibei was alone, they also funded her with some dry food and clothing. The hard work paid off, Yao Zibei slept all the way, sometimes walking, sometimes taking a carriage to catch up with the goods, and finally took 20 days to come to Chang'an City on the first day of February.

When he arrived in Chang'an, after entering the South City Gate, Yao Zibei was inexplicably excited. She didn't care about the hunger in her stomach, and she was in a hurry to rush to Xu's mansion and see Brother Xu, who he was thinking about day and night. At that moment, she found someone at random and asked:

"This eldest brother, may I ask how to get to Liquanfang in Chang'an City?"

The man was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and when he saw Yao Zibei's full body and delicate goose egg face, his two small eyes were immediately full of smiles. He replied enthusiastically:

"Liquanfang is in the northernmost part of Chang'an City, this is the south gate, from here to Liquanfang, but it will take a long way to get there......! Looking for relatives?"

"Yes, I have an older brother whose family lives in Liquanfang. Yao Zibei said.

"It's better to be like this, big brother, I'm just going to Liquanfang, if my sister doesn't dislike it, you can take my carriage to go, I'm also ...... by the way" The man smiled.

"What's so embarrassing about that?" Yao Zibei excused.

"Who doesn't have an urgent business when they're away from home? The girl came from the south, right? I heard that there was a great drought there, and it hasn't rained for a year......" the man said with concern. He swept his eyes and saw Yao Zibei in dusty clothes, with a vegetable face, and guessed that she must have fled from the disaster area.

"That's right! I'm from Huaiyang. Yao Zibei said.

"I said that a disaster victim cannot be allowed to starve to death and freeze to death. Sister, since you are from the disaster area, as a native of Chang'an, it is even more incumbent on me to help you! Sister, get in the car, you will be polite to your eldest brother! My carriage is fast, and it won't take you an hour to see your own brother!" the man smiled brightly. As he spoke, he lifted the curtain of the carriage and greeted Yao Zibei to get into the carriage......

Thinking that she would be able to see Brother Xu Ke in less than an hour, Yao Zibei's heart was naturally like a deer rushing, both excited and slightly nervous. On her way to Chang'an, she often took the trucks of some merchants and hawkers. At that moment, she did not hesitate, and raised her feet and got into the middle-aged man's carriage. The man waved his whip, the horse moved its four hooves, and the carriage drove straight towards the so-called "Liquanfang......

"What's my girl's name?" the middle-aged man asked as he drove.

"My name is Yao Zibei, and my eldest brother has a big name?" Yao Zibei replied.

"My name is Wang Xiping, sister!" Wang Xiping replied.

"Brother Wang, thank you!" Yao Zibei said.

......

Yao Zibei thought that it would not be long before Wang Xiping would send her to Liquanfang, and then she would inquire along the street and find Xu Ke's brother's residence. She never expected that in Wang Xiping's heart, another plan had already been set......

On the way to Beijing, Yao Zibei trekked through the countryside and villages, and met all simple people. She really never imagined that as soon as she entered the big city of Chang'an, the human situation would become so sinister! At the slightest carelessness, she would have fallen into the net carefully arranged by Wang Xiping.

Just like those who have lived in the countryside for a long time, they are accustomed to the simplicity and unpretentiousness in the countryside, and suddenly they are in the blossoms of the city, and they will become at a loss for a while......

The magnificent Chang'an City used to be the dream place in the hearts of many people all over the world! Sometimes, it was like a fast horse galloping with its head held high

, carrying some people to the other side of success. Sometimes, it is like a lion with a huge mouth, mercilessly devouring the hope of more people's lives!

Half an hour later, Yao Zibei was taken by Wang Xiping to his "hoard" in the southwest of Chang'an City.

The so-called "hoarding" is a secret word in Wang Xiping's line, which means secretly hoarding and waiting for the price to sell. Wang Xiping's line of work is called "Fengyue Broker". The so-called "Fengyue broker" is to secretly match men and women, and he is good at making profits in the middle. What Wang Xiping did in Chang'an City was exactly the broker business in Fengyue Field.

When Wang Xiping had nothing to do in his daily life, he would drive a carriage and wander around Chang'an City. If he encounters a woman who has fled, or a woman who has escaped from the mansion, or other lonely women, but there are outstanding women, he will go up and use all kinds of tricks to coax those women into house arrest in the "hoard". Then, he invited those regular customers in his hand to come to the "hoard" to see the goods, if there were favorite guests, the two negotiated the price, and those women were sold to the guests by him. And those regular customers in his hands are often wealthy businessmen and gentlemen in Chang'an City. They are tired of playing with the Qinglou women, so they will think of finding some "strange goods" from the hands of various "Fengyue brokers" to satisfy their desire to hunt for beauty.

This "hoard" is a small courtyard with two entrances, the furnishings inside are also quite neat, only to see the windows are bright and clean, the brocade tent is Wenyin, there are many flowers planted in the front yard, and the winding path is paved with goose soft stones, and there are a few plain chairs in the house, as well as all kinds of women's dressing things.

Yao Zibei was brought into the hospital by Wang Xiping, and couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Wang, is this Liquanfang?"

Wang Xiping smiled: "Sister, this is Liquanfang." From now on, you can live here!"

"Brother Wang's Hugh is going to be canceled! What kind of Liquanfang is this, this ...... Is this clearly your home!" Yao Zibei faintly felt bad, and at that moment, she took advantage of Wang Xiping's lack of attention, hurriedly turned around and ran to the door......

As soon as she ran to the door, she saw a big man with a burly figure and a fierce face walk in outside the door. As soon as the big man stood at the door with his hands crossed, he had already blocked the gate tightly.

Yao Zibei knew at this time that he had fallen into the trap of the other party and strayed into the thief's den, his face sank at the moment, and he scolded angrily: "Brother Wang, I treat you as a good person, how do you know that you actually deceived me here......! What do you want to do!"

Wang Xiping laughed and said, "Sister, you misunderstood my brother." Brother, I am a good person, nowadays, there are really not many good people like me in this Chang'an City! Although my sister lives with my brother with peace of mind, it will not take a few days, brother, I will find a good family for my sister, and I will ensure that you marry in the past, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth! When the time comes, it will be too late for my sister to thank my brother! Hahaha!"

Yao Zibei shouted again: "You villain is so unreasonable, I am a good person, who do you want you to come to, who am I going to marry, I won't marry myself? If you dare to stop it again, I can ...... It's time to shout!" She was about to shout......

Wang Xiping just laughed and said: "I said this little lady! If you want to shout, just shout! Look at the four walls of this house, if you can call half a figure by you, it will be considered your ability!"

Yao Zibei couldn't help but look carefully around the courtyard, if the wall was really high, two zhang high, and there was no sound in all directions, obviously, this place was also very remote. If you are here, unless you have the ability to fly on the wall, you don't want to escape from this door for half a step!

"You wicked man! I don't care what you have in mind, and quickly let me out! My brother of the Xu family is a big official in the imperial court, and he still has a body of martial arts, if he knows that you are locked up here, he will have to take your dog's life!" Yao Zibeiwu said with self-hatred.

That Wang Xiping saw that Yao Zibei was dressed as a refugee, how could he believe that she would have a brother who was "a big official in the court"! But he had an idea, and suddenly changed his tone and took the opportunity to say:

"Little lady, you said that your brother of the Xu family is a big official of the imperial court, and my brother naturally doesn't dare to touch you. Brother, as soon as I see the little lady today, I like it very much! The little lady only needs to stay at my brother's house for a few days, talk to me for a while, and drink wine with me for a while, and my brother will let you out when he is happy one day......

Yao Zibei couldn't help but believe it was true, and immediately asked, "Is this true? Brother Wang, do you really just stay with me for a few days and let me go?"

Wang Xiping swore to the heavenly gambling curse: "Don't worry, little lady, brother, I just want to keep you at home, just treat you for a few days, no two hearts, little lady rest assured to stay......! Brother Xu, I will help you find it, if my brother finds it, I will definitely bring him ......"

At this time, Yao Zibei saw that she was already trapped in the other party's house, and she didn't dare to disobey too much, worried that if she forced the other party to launch a madness, she would inevitably lose her chastity; At that moment, she had to move into the inner room of the backyard, and she couldn't help but feel a little relieved to see that the room was exceptionally clean, beautifully furnished, and the bed was neatly arranged.

After all, after a long day's journey, Yao Zibei was also tired at this time. After she entered the room, she found a soft chair and sat down, her chest heaving, and she couldn't help but exhale a few long breaths.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiping, who walked in behind Yao Zibei, suddenly ran to her close, bent his knees, and knelt down facing Yao Zibei...... Full Book - Free Full Book Reading Network