Juying looked outside the window, and he swallowed his saliva secretly, and they were silent for a while.

After a while, in the young man's great anticipation, the first dish of Poyang Lake lion head was finally served by Xiao Er. However, immediately after that, the shopkeeper said to them very apologetically:

"I'm really sorry, Chef Cao, the head of the back kitchen, said that the anchovies have run out today, so I'm really sorry for the white reed anchovy!

Wake up and hear the words, I shouted in my heart that it was a pity, and next time I don't know the year of the monkey, I have this opportunity to come to this Wanghu Tower to eat again.

After listening to the guy's words, Ju Ying was also a little disappointed, so she had to order a casual dish of pickled cabbage and whitebait soup, and the two began to bury their heads in eating.

Just as Xingyan devoted himself to enjoying this fat but not greasy lion's head, he suddenly heard a boiling of the street downstairs. In the cacophony of noise, there was a clear distinction between the high-spirited scolding and the sad cry of the young woman.

This sudden situation immediately interrupted the young man's chewing and swallowing. Ju Ying also put down her chopsticks for a while, got up with him, and walked to the Linghua window on the other side of Wanghu Tower, which was facing Wanghu Street, to see what was happening at the bottom. The surrounding diners also put down their dishes and chopsticks at this time, and crowded to the window to watch the excitement.

Looking through the window, it turned out that not far from the face of Wanghu Street, there was a row of small stalls on the side of the bluestone paved road, and a group of officials were surrounding one of the stalls, where they were arguing and pushing something, and the sound of scolding and crying came from there.

"Let's go and see! There seems to be a sound of a girl crying!"

The anxious girl immediately pulled the words out of the surrounding diners, and went downstairs to see what was going on. As soon as he came down the stairs, he didn't forget to turn around and shout to Xiao Er:

"Don't move the lion's head, it's not finished yet. The rest of the food will be served when we come back, so as not to let it cool~"

The voice went all the way down, and the end note was already at the bottom of the first floor.

At this moment, in front of the stall where the accident occurred, some idlers had gathered in twos and threes, and they were watching the excitement there. It's just that no one dares to get too close to the official errand in front of him, but instead let Xingyan protect the girl and effortlessly drill to the front.

I saw four or five yamen servants standing in front of a medicinal herb stall. Two of the officials were pulling a young woman dressed as a village girl and wanted to drag her away. And the middle-aged man with an honest and sad face, listening to the whispers of the people around him, knew that it was the woman's father. At this time, he was holding his daughter's hand to prevent the servant from taking it away, and at the same time, he was begging for something. And an official dressed as a medium-sized squad leader was shouting and scolding at the man who kept begging, asking him to get acquainted and let go quickly.

After listening to it for a while, Xingyan roughly understood that the father and daughter were medicine farmers in the nearby Dagu Mountain, and when they heard the prosperity of Poyang County, they took the herbs they picked to this Wanghu Street to sell. Unexpectedly, the head of the team came to collect the stall tax with his subordinates, and the silver money sold by this medicine stall in the morning could only barely pay the stall fee. Who would have thought that after paying the money with great difficulty, he said that he had to pay the "street cleanliness tax" when he was on an official errand. Poor father and daughter, they have never heard of this tax, and they really have no money, and they can't pay it if they want to. Therefore, the head of the team will deduct the daughter from the tax first.

"Chen Bantou has taken a fancy to this girl, right? ”

A person next to him whispered.

When he heard this, he took a closer look at the girl, and found that although her clothes were rough, she did look a little interesting when she looked closely. Looking at the eyes of the Chen Bantou staring at this girl, you can know that the person next to him is not far from ten.

Just as Xingyan was hesitating to tell Ju Ying, who was indignant next to him, the situation in the field changed. I saw that the head of the Chen squad saw that the man was still pulling and pulling and refusing to let go, and he was impatient, so he laughed cruelly, and shouted to the two subordinates who were standing idle:

"Wow! Since this Diao people won't let go, let's take them together!"

The servants suddenly agreed, waving the iron chain and iron ruler to come forward and capture it together. How could these two fathers and daughters be able to defeat the wolf-like soldiers? Like eagles catching chickens, they were chained by the officials and taken to the county office.

"In broad daylight, how can these officials behave so recklessly?"

Ju Ying was so angry that her apricot face turned red. Seeing her like this, an old man next to her kindly advised:

"Girl, you'd better be quiet. In case Chen Bantou hears it, be careful and be arrested!"

The old man then sighed:

"Alas, that girl probably won't be able to escape Chen Kui's jaw. The man is estimated to have gone and never returned. ”

Hearing this, he hurriedly asked the old man what was going on.

After listening to his explanation, I learned that the leader of the government was named Chen Kui, who was lustful and gambling, and when he saw a poor woman with a little look, he thought about using some means to occupy it. And he is good at greeting, and he is quite popular with the county lord Lu Chonghuang. Therefore, although Lu Xianling saw Chen Kui's evil deeds, he only turned a blind eye, and the victims often had no way to ask for help, and finally had to swallow their anger. Because of this, Chen Kui has become more and more unscrupulous.

Speaking of this Lu County Order, in fact, he is not a good thing in itself; he is greedy for money, and he tries every means to scavenge oil and water, so that the people of Poyang County have many complaints, so they call him "Lu Locust" according to the homonym of his name.

Hearing the old man's words, a thick-eyed high-roller next to him shouted angrily:

"This blue sky is white, Lang Lang Qiankun, is there any royal law?

Among the crowd of onlookers, there are many tourists from Poyang Lake, including many men dressed in rough clothes with swords and swords.

"Tube?"

Hearing the strong man's words, the old man sneered:

"This is a good man from a foreigner, right? Who doesn't know that as long as he enters the prison in Poyang County, he will be killed without regard to the indiscriminate situation. After that, if there are no twenty or thirty taels of silver, I don't think Master Lu will release him!"

As soon as twenty or thirty taels of silver were mentioned, the heroes who intended to fight the grievances immediately closed their voices. In these years, the road is also sluggish, who doesn't have two patches on their shirts? It's the cane head that lacks money, and the hero is short of breath!

The old man's words made the herbal medicine stall cold for a while, and the strong men who were still boiling with enthusiasm had calmed down, and they felt that as people in the rivers and lakes, they still had to adhere to the first rule of "the people do not fight with the officials". When I think of the "killing stick" that sounds oozing, I shudder even more - I don't know the pain when the sword is slashed on someone else, and if it is called on myself, it will not be easy to play. Or go your own way, this is the best policy.

So, the crowd that watched the excitement dispersed in twos and threes.

Hearing the old man's words just now, Ju Ying's eyes were a little hesitant. As soon as she looked at it, she knew that the little girl was moved by compassion and wanted to spend money for the two fathers and daughters to eliminate the disaster.

"This girl, it seems that she has a lot of silver on her!"

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a man with a short figure and a thin body, who suddenly approached and said to the two of them with a mysterious face:

"The two of you want to save the father and daughter, the villain has a good plan!"

The thin man in front of him looks quite obscene. Seeing that the interest of the two was aroused, he continued:

It seems that this young lady is very sympathetic to the fate of the father and daughter. In fact, the villain is too. The villain has a way, without spending thirty taels of silver, he can relieve the pain of the father and daughter!"

It seems that this lewd man immediately judged from the clothes of the two of them which one to talk to - not that he had good eyesight, but that the coarse cloth clothes that he was dressed in could indeed only follow the squad leader.

Hearing what he said funny, Ju Ying was immediately very interested, and asked eagerly:

"Do you have a good idea?

"Don't be in a hurry, this eldest lady. Actually, what the old man said just now is not completely wrong; if he enters this Lu Xianggong's prison, he really won't be able to get out without spending dozens of taels of silver...... However, "

Speaking of which, seeing that the girl's expression was not good, the lewd man hurriedly turned around:

"However, when Lu Xianggong interrogates prisoners in the hall, before interrogation, he usually has to give a killing blow to those prisoners who have no background and do not have much ransom money! That little woman, don't worry, Lord Chen Kui will pity the jade, and Master Lu will not be fun. It's just that her father doesn't need to say it, this killing stick should be inevitable!"

"Ahh

Hearing what he said, Ju Ying covered her mouth and exclaimed. But I heard the half-old man continue:

"That's exactly what the villain wants to say. Does the girl know that the villain has a nickname?

"What?

I didn't hear it clearly, but I was more sensitive to the word Taoist.

"You heard this little brother wrong, his cheap name is Wang Er, and his nickname is 'Wang, Dai, and Staff', and he specializes in being beaten with a rod on behalf of others. As long as the relatives and friends of the bitter lord give me some medicine and wine, it will be fine. ”

"Huh, you can also be beaten on behalf of others in the lobby?"

Ju Ying listened fresh and curious. Seeing her strange appearance, Wang Erdai couldne frowned and smiled, and said:

"It seems that the two of you are not local guests, right? Everyone knows that our Lord Lu is only in charge of the ransom silver. He doesn't care who the rod falls on!"

It turned out that this Poyang Lu County Commander was greedy for ink and extremely fond of money, so this position of "substitute staff" came into being. Some dilapidated people in Poyang County took advantage of this to make a living, and received some silver taels to receive rods for others.

Of course, part of this cane fee must be deducted to Lord Lu, Chen Bantou, and the official who was beaten. If money is given, the board is lifted high and falls lightly, and although the ears of the audience can hear the "crackling" sound, and the screams of the cane are also earth-shattering, and the hall is full of chaos and bustle—but in fact, it is only the sound of the bamboo cane and the sheepskin padded inside the trousers.

It's just that, although there is a secret lining to protect it, the silver given to this staff official is still not saved. If you can't get enough money for this few cents of silver, the cane official secretly makes it bad, replaces the dry old bamboo pieces with freshly baked huge bamboo, and then learns from the unscrupulous butcher who sells water-filled meat, and then soaks the new bamboo that is not light for such a night, and becomes dead and sinking, and the power catches up with the Buddhist door demon pestle, and a wave is a flash of green light. Wait until you get to the court, and then use the strength of milk to beat to death, that beating is not a joke - although the scene effect is the same, but this play is really singing;

However, it was the first time that Ju Ying and the others had heard of the term "substitute staff", and they couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Wang Er talk eloquently.

Seeing that the two of them were stammering, this Wang Er saw that there was a play, and said in his heart that these two young people did not seem to be deeply involved in the world, and this young lady was still overflowing with love, maybe this business that had no roots and no basis was done as he spoke! According to professional experience, at this time, it is even more necessary to strike while the iron is hot, and quickly add firewood to the fire, and make this thing ironclad:

"Miss, you haven't seen the killing stick of our Poyang County Ya, right? Those who are in charge of the stick can be said to have the opportunity to fight every day, and it is not a simple achievement to dip silver in this stick technique. In our Raozhou martial arts world, it can be regarded as one of the best and famous! Even the head of the Shenstick Sect in Naqimen County once personally came here from afar to investigate and learn from experience!"

"You have also seen with your own eyes, just the body and bones of the drug dealer, it is estimated that he will not survive ten sticks, and it is easy to lose his surname, how miserable it is! Think about it, his daughter has lost her loving father and has been alone since then, and his eighty-year-old mother has been living on the streets begging for a living......

What should I do? Find me! My generation of canes has a good reputation, and the price is the fairest among our peers. The starting price is one tael of silver and twelve sticks, and each stick is added five dollars for each stick, and one or two gold and silver are fixed, and more is refunded and less is made. If the reserve price is not full, it can also be automatically deposited into the next pass and then discounted by 20%. ”

"Reputation? Look at me, you know at a glance that I am honest and loyal, absolutely undeceived! I don't believe you, go and listen to it, my price is not the lowest in Poyang County! If not, I won't take a penny! Miss, you should always rest assured to pay the money, right?"

Just as the second generation of the king's staff was spitting on the stars to promote business, and righteously announcing his seemingly fair and reasonable price, but in fact it implied a mysterious price, the young man who had been here several times but had really not paid attention to this kind of thing also came to his senses at this time. Seeing that Ju Ying was about to move, he quickly took over the conversation and asked Wang Er:

"That's not right, uncle, look at your bones, I don't think you can even survive five sticks, right?!"

After speaking, he pulled the girl who was confused by Wang Daicane's marketing and walked away.

It wasn't until this time, who had been paying attention to the girl's expression and thinking that this business was like a boiled duck, that he suddenly realized that something was wrong:

The country boy next to the girl, who had been silent, was probably not just a little of her henchman.

At this moment, in front of Wang Er's eyes, a strange scene seemed to suddenly flash:

On the board of the street corner braised food shop, a few boiled ducks are fluttering their shiny meat wings and flying into the air......

Besides, Xingyan pulled Ju Ying aside, and analyzed it for her:

"This person just now, with a tone of rivers and lakes, can't be fully believed in what he said. And asking him to replace the cane is also a palliative not a cure, even if the drug dealer escapes this beating, his daughter still can't escape Chen Kui's clutches, and he still can't get out of prison. If he still has a wife and children at home, he may be blackmailed even more. We have to think of another way to deal with this matter. ”

"Well, that's right!"

Ju Ying is not a stupid girl, and after being reminded by Xingyan, she also sobered up.

Thinking about saving people, Xingyan's heart moved, and he immediately had a plan, so he walked to the corner of the wall and was reviewing where there was a mistake in front of the second generation of Wang Wang's staff, and shouted at him at a glance:

"You, you treat my young lady as the wronged one! Those two Diao people deserve to be arrested if they can't pay their taxes, and my young lady is just a little unbearable for the girl's family for a while. Do you dare to blackmail my young lady's money? Let's come all the way from Suizhou to swim in the lake, but we didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and we were unlucky!"

Yuan Xingyan suddenly thought that after all, he was a nearby person, and since he had made up his mind to find a way to save the father and daughter from prison, he would inevitably have some conflicts with the government. Therefore, Awakening decided to try to eliminate all clues that could be seen in hindsight, at least for now.

Don't look at the young man who is occasionally stupid in front of Ju Ying, but once he decides to do something important, his mind starts at full speed, and his mind becomes meticulous.

And the second generation of Wang Cane, who was feeling sorry for himself and thinking hard about the reason for his failure, suddenly suddenly realized when he heard the words of the awakening, and he was not angry but happy:

It's not that I'm not eloquent, it's not that I misjudged the identity of the young man, it's that the master and servant didn't want to stand up for others at all. It doesn't seem that there is a problem with my own ability!"

"But this kid is also hateful, he dares to doubt that Lao Tzu can't hold the five canes! The doubt about my professional quality is the biggest insult to the famous and famous Wang Er's 'generation staff', and this kid must apologize!"

Wang Er, who had made up his mind to ask the teacher for the crime, found that the young man had already finished speaking and left, so he had to swallow the words back into his stomach.

I saw our dedicated second-generation Wang cane, standing on the street of Wanghu like this, facing the sun in the sky, waving his arm slightly thicker than the reed stick, and said angrily:

"Am I not strong enough?!"

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