Chapter 31: The Flower Thief (6)

After the scholar landed, he walked lightly to the green-clothed girl embroidery building, and jumped into the corridor of the embroidery building. Lingyu took Hong Xia and flew down on the tile roof in front of the embroidery building, and they leaned on the roof while nodding slightly at the scholar's actions. Seeing that the scholar took out the incense bamboo tube, first made a hole in the window paper with spit, then inserted the bamboo tube into the hole, and then blew the incense from the bamboo tube into the boudoir of the girl in green. The scholar squatted under the window and waited for a while, then slowly opened the window, gently picked up the pot of bluegrass and put it on the ground, and then penetrated into the room like a fox. Lingyu said, "Sister Xia, we can go and catch the thief." After speaking, he picked up Hong Xia's figure and floated to the corridor of the embroidery building, and Lingyu said: "Sister Xia, you go in and catch the thief, I am guarding outside." Hong Xia jumped into the window in response, and when she saw that the scholar had just lit the oil lamp, Hong Xia shouted, "Where is the thief?" As he spoke, he slashed at it, and the flower thief dodged his palm in a flash, and wanted to escape from the window. Suddenly, I heard someone outside shouting: 'There is a flower thief, catch the flower thief.' ’

The scholar thought to himself, 'The doors and windows outside may have been blocked, but it's better to walk through the roof.' Hurriedly pedaled the dressing table and jumped towards the beam, and was in mid-air by Hong Xia jumped up and slapped down, the two were fists and palms together, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

Lingyu shouted that the flower thief shouted several times, and the family members of the girl in green woke up, some with lanterns and torches, some with sticks, some with axes, and some with kitchen knives, and everyone ran towards the backyard embroidery building. One of them, a middle-aged man ran at the forefront with a sword in his hand, and rushed upstairs with a few people, and saw a man in black standing in front of the window shouting to catch the flower thief. The middle-aged man shouted, 'Who are you?' How is it in the middle of the night in my yard. Lingyu said, "We are here to catch the flower thief." The middle-aged man said, "How do you know that there are flower thieves in my house?" Lingyu said: "Don't ask so much now, catch the flower thief first." A friend of mine was already in the house fighting a thief. There was a clanging in the room.

The middle-aged man listened to the fierce fighting in the house, and he didn't dare to break in. So he asked, 'Hero, how do you see how we can help?' Lingyu said: "You tell everyone else to go downstairs to the courtyard to guard and don't let the flower thief escape, I am responsible for intercepting it on the roof." Everyone else listened to the middle-aged man's instructions and went downstairs, only to hear a bang, the door of the embroidered building flew out, and it was about to hurt people, Lingyu waved his palm and pushed the void, and the fan flew to the roof.

Hong Xia and the scholar hit the house, and the scholar held a dagger in his hand and swung his tail straight into Hong Xia's lower abdomen. Hong Xia took three steps back, the scholar took the opportunity to leave, but just wanted to get up and fall to the ground involuntarily, Hong Xia stepped forward and flew up and kicked the scholar down the stairs. The family members below came up and held down the scholars, but one of the scholars turned over and stood up, and the family members fell to the ground on all fours. At this time, Hong Xia had already flown downstairs and kicked the scholar who had just stood up to the ground, followed by a foot, reached out to hold his arm, and some family members brought ropes to tie him up.

The middle-aged man was relieved when he saw that he was caught picking flowers. Hurriedly ran to the room and looked at it and exclaimed: "Hero, come and see why my daughter is not awake." Lingyu walked in and said, "It's okay, she was stunned by the flower thief with incense." Just wash her face with cool water and she will wake up. The middle-aged man was busy and had to ask someone to get water to wash, Lingyu said: "Your girl is not harmed, don't let her wake up for the time being." Tell someone to keep watch and wait until we're gone before we're quiet before waking her up. 'Middle-aged humane:' is a reminder of the xiexie hero. Otherwise, it would scare her. Lingyu said, "Let's go down and have a look." ’

The two went downstairs and listened to the scholar and Hong Xia arguing. The scholar said: 'You are the real flower thief, I am here to catch the thief.' Hong Xia said: "It's really the wicked who sue first, and the thief shouts to catch the thief." Lingyu stepped forward and said, "I can testify that you are a flower thief." The scholar said, 'You are a gang and cannot testify.' At this time, Hong Xia walked up to Lingyu and whispered, "This thief has put all the incense bamboo tubes on me." Lingyu said: "What are you afraid of, you are a daughter's family, this time he is dead, I will return these things to him later, so that his death will be even more ugly." After speaking, she took the incense and blowpipe from Hong Xia's body, Hong Xia was about to hand the incense to Lingyu, but her hand was missing, she looked at Lingyu suspiciously, and Lingyu said: "I brought it." ’

Zhang Lingyu walked up to the scholar and grabbed him by the shoulder and said, "If she is a flower thief, I am an accomplice and I have to shout to catch a thief, isn't that a psychopath." The scholar said, 'You saw that the matter was revealed, and then you resorted to this trick of the thief shouting to catch the thief.' Lingyu said: "We don't have to talk nonsense here, anyway, we have to go through the government, so we will call the master of the government to judge who is the flower thief." The scholar said, 'If you see an official, you will see an official, then you have to let me go now.' Lingyu said: "That's not good, if you run away halfway, where can I find you, you all say yes." Everyone said yes, but they should go to the government and talk about it. The middle-aged man said: "What the hero said is reasonable, let the government judge it." After saying that, he asked Yahuan and his wife to guard their daughter. Lingyu said to the middle-aged man: "Uncle, you bring a few family members with us to the prefect's yamen to make a testimony. The middle-aged man said, "That's right, you must go, but I can't tell which of you is true and who is false." Lingyu said: "Don't make it clear to you, just tell the truth what you see happening, and the prefect will definitely be judged." ’

The middle-aged man took four family members, Zhang Lingyu, Hong Xia, and the scholar, and their group walked towards the mansion and soon came to the gate of the Longyang mansion. Lingyu stepped forward and beat the drum of complaint, and Liu Wu, the porter, opened the door and said: "What kind of person, come to beat the drum in the middle of the night, I don't want to live anymore." Lingyu said: "Please go in and report it, and say that the flower thief has been caught by us, and we want him to be promoted to the court to inquire about the case." The porter Liu Wu was surprised when he heard this: "It's true that you said that you caught the flower thief." Lingyu said: "Of course it's true. Liu Wuxi said: "It's good now, our prefect Yao is worried to death every day, so I'll report it." Then he closed the door and ran inside.

Liu Wu went to the backyard and woke up Governor Yao, who said in the bedroom: "Liu Wu, what did you call me in the middle of the night, is it that the flower thief has committed a crime again." Liu Wu said happily: "It's a good thing for adults, the flower thief has been caught." Hearing this, Governor Yao said excitedly while dressing: "Which way did you catch it?" Liu Wudao: "I don't know." It seems to be a person in the rivers and lakes, but not a person from our government anyway. Yao Zhifu walked out of the bedroom and walked towards the lobby with Liu Wu. Governor Yao said: "Liu Wu, you go and call a few people to inform Lin Zhutou that they should withdraw quickly." And also called the master, tonight Lord Ben will go to the court overnight to inquire about the case, I want to see what kind of character this flower thief is. Liu Wu answered.

After a while, Liu Wu came to the gate with a few catchers who were on duty in the yali, and those catchers walked to the street and went their separate ways. Liu Wu led Zhang Lingyu and them to the lobby of the mansion, and the hall was already brightly lit. Governor Yao sat behind the hall and watched everyone walk into the lobby and said, "Push the flower thief to the front, I want to see what kind of person dares to make it difficult for Lord Ben to sleep." Lingyu pushed the scholar forward, and the scholar took several steps forward and said, "My lord." I was wronged. Governor Yao said: "You have been tied up here, and you dare to say that you have been wronged." The scholar said, "I went to catch the flower thief, but I was tied up because my skills were not as good as others, and I begged my lord to let me go." Governor Yao said: "Don't worry, wait for me to interrogate and ask Ming, but you have to wait a little longer, wait for Lin Zhutou and them to come back and start the trial, they have suffered a lot for you in recent days." ’

By the time Lin Zhutou came back, they were already white in the east, although they were all sleepy and tired. But when they heard that they had caught the flower thief, they were immediately in high spirits and tired, so they entered the lobby and stood in shifts on both sides, and Master Zhou also prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone in place. Governor Yao's mansion has arrived. A stunned wooden road: 'Ascend to the hall. Lin Zhutou followed and shouted 'ascend to the hall', and everyone shouted together. Zhang Lingyu and the others all knelt down and waited for the adults to ask, and Governor Yao said, "Everyone in the hall." One by one, report it to the next day. ’

Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia first reported their names, and then the scholar said: "Cai Songpo, a grass citizen, has seen an adult. The middle-aged man said: "The grass people return to Hongbao and have seen adults." Several of his family members are Zhang San, Li Si, Friday, and Yang Liu, all of whom have signed up to meet adults. Governor Yao said: 'Zhang Lingyu. Tell me how you caught the thief. Cai Songpo hurriedly said: "My lord, I was wronged. Governor Yao shouted, "Shut up for me." If you are wronged or not, you will know that if Lord Ben didn't ask you to speak, you had better keep your mouth shut, or you should use the board to pump your mouth, Zhang Lingyu said first. Zhang Lingyu told Cai Songpo what he did last night and tonight, Hong Xia proved that what Zhang Lingyu said was true, and Gui Hongbao and his family told what they saw.

Yao Zhifu said: "Cai Songpo, all the evidence proves that you are a flower thief, what else do you have to say." Cai Songpo thought to himself: "No matter what, I have to think of asking them to release me, so I am not afraid that I will not be able to leave." So Cai Song said: "This is all Zhang Lingyu and Hong Xia plotting to frame me, and adults are not fair to me." Governor Yao said: "Where is Lord Ben unfair to you, and it is useless to punish you." Cai Songramp said: "Although there is no torture, I am bound and unable to move." Governor Yao said: "You have wronged Lord Ben, you were bound in, and Lord Ben didn't ask someone to tie you up." Cai Song said: "I heard that the flower thief has strong martial arts, and one of the above friends in the rivers and lakes has been blinded by this, so I can't guarantee that he still wants my life this time." Governor Yao said: "What you said is also a bit of Taoism. ’

Zhang Lingyu thought secretly: "Don't you just want to get rid of the rope and escape, just let you run first." Then he said, 'My lord, untie him from the ropes and see what he wants.' Governor Yao said: "What if he really picks flowers and the thief runs away." Zhang Lingyu said: "Don't worry, my lord, I'll catch you again if you run away." Governor Yao said: "This is what you said, if you can't catch me, I'll ask you, come here, tie him up." After Cai Songpo was untied, he stretched out his arm and kicked his legs, saying, "My lord, I have evidence that Hong Xia is a flower thief." Governor Yao said, "Oh, what evidence should be brought out quickly." Cai Song ramped: "He has the incense blowpipe commonly used by flower thieves. Zhang Lingyu said: "My lord, I think it's better to search for this Cai Gongzi." Governor Yao thought for a while and said, "What you say is reasonable, Cai Songpo, if you want to prove your innocence, you must first clean up your self-washing." Cai Songpo said confidently: "What is the way to do this, just search me first." (To be continued......)