Chapter 114: The aftermath lingers
Guiyang County Zhongxiu talent Ye Xingyuan, heroic and capricious, righteous Bo Yuntian, for the well-being of the people, single-handedly (or group beating) Zhou Zhixian, and finally beat the county magistrate alive.
The next day, the above news quickly broke out in the county, and this kind of thing is rare in the whole country, let alone in the small county of Guiyang. For a while, in the streets and alleys, in front of and behind the village, countless people were in groups, all talking about Ye Xingyuan's "heroic" deeds.
Someone said, "Ye Xingyuan has always been a deviant, do you remember when he was a child, he beat Yu Xiucai from Dongxi Village?"
When he wasn't even a child, he could play the nine-rank show, and now that he is a showman himself, of course, he can play the seven-rank county official, and every time he crosses the two-level challenge, no more, no less. ”
There are also insiders who seem to have seen it with their own eyes, and they said it vividly, "But it was said that Zhou Xianzun had already seen everything and saw Ye Xingyuan's offensive clearly, who expected him to be extremely brave, and he was actually suppressed by the county zun, and a black tiger cut out his heart, beating the county zun to vomit blood"
Someone interjected and asked: "Last time you said that Ye Xingyuan played Xiucai, it was also a black tiger to dig out his heart, why is it another black tiger to dig out his heart this time? Could it be that Ye Xingyuan would make such a move?"
The man said angrily: "This black tiger digging out the heart is a wonderful way to return to the basics, the master has a trick, only one trick is needed to eat all over the world, what do you countrymen know? Do you still want to listen to it?"
The person who asked hurriedly apologized, and the person before him continued to tell the story proudly, and the villagers couldn't stop screaming.
Of course, because Zhou Zhi County has many harsh policies, in general, it is not very popular with the people of Guiyang County, and being beaten away will only make the people happy. Although everyone may not dare to praise Ye Xingyuan publicly, they still respect it in private, and it is another thing to say, "Ye Xianggong is sacrificing his life to stand up for our poor people, this is the real scholar who is taught by the saint!"
"Exactly! exactly!" Many old people burst into tears, "If Ye Xianggong suffers the unforgivable sin of the imperial court because of this, our family can give him a tablet." Pray for him, may God open his eyes and not treat good people badly!"
Some fear Him, others respect Him. When Ye Xingyuan left the county seat, no one dared to stop him. Even the magistrate of the county has been beaten away, and the county officials have no leader, who would dare to do anything to Ye Xingyuan again? Besides, if they can beat away the magistrates, how can they be opponents?
That's pretty much the case in the county. Ye Xingyuan was also helpless. He can't conjure up a horn and explain wherever he goes, right? Besides, others may not listen to his own explanation. Rather trust your imagination.
Therefore, Ye Xingyuan could only think about it, and first go back to Qianshan Village to discuss with Ouyang Juren. But when Ouyang Juren heard the inside story, he was also dumbfounded, Ye Xingyuan's words were really incredible.
Zhou Zhixian is actually a monster? He was beaten away by Ye Xingyuan and the fox spirit? Those strange stories in the book actually happened around him like this?
This kind of turn, Ouyang Juren didn't expect it anyway, it was even more bizarre than any weird and strange Xuantan.
If another person came to talk to Ouyang Juren about this, Master Ouyang would only think that the other party was crazy, but he still trusted Ye Xingyuan.
It didn't take long for all kinds of rumors that Zhou Zhixian was beaten away by Ye Xingyuan also spread, and Ouyang Juren couldn't cry or laugh.
"I'll explain it to you in my own book. Since Zhou Zhixian is a monster pretending, it is impossible for the county government to leave no clues, and the court will not fail to investigate, and it will definitely be able to return your innocence. Ouyang Juren pondered for a while, and comforted Ye Xingyuan first.
Zhou Zhixian was beaten away, there was no one in charge of the county, and with Ouyang Juren to protect him, no one should come to Ye Xingyuan's trouble for the time being.
However, this kind of major matter must be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court must send someone down to investigate thoroughly. As long as it can be determined that Zhou Zhixian is indeed a monster. That Ye Xingyuan is not only innocent, but also meritorious.
"But Mrs. Mo must leave first, she must not stay in this Guiyang County" Ouyang Juren's tone was categorical.
This is not a joke, Ye Xingyuan teamed up with others to deal with Zhou Zhixian. That's fine. But if he is teaming up with another youkai, who can believe his words?
Mo Niangzi was in a hurry, turned her head and pulled Ye Xingyuan and said: "This time to drive out the first evil, but most of it is my credit, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, start the chaos and abandon it!"
Ye Xingyuan smiled bitterly: "It's not right to abandon it at the beginning, don't worry, don't worry." What Ouyang's predecessors said is not unreasonable. In case the imperial court sends powerful people to come down to investigate thoroughly, and you meet them, won't you be in danger?
How can I bear to put you in the slightest danger? You might as well avoid it for a few days, and if necessary, I will ask you for help at the first time, and then you will come again."
It's obviously the same meaning, but in other words, it's much easier for women to accept. Ouyang admired in his heart, there was really no diamond, no porcelain work.
Sure enough, Mo Niangzi opened her eyes and smiled: "Since you are so worried about me, Xianggong, then I will avoid it for a while, and I can come back at any time." But don't worry, just leave before the court comes. ”
With the fox spirit, it was already a great achievement to be able to make her agree to take the initiative to avoid it, so Ye Xingyuan no longer cared about her, and only discussed with Ouyang Juren. In the end, how to explain in the book, how to explain the cause and effect clearly, so as not to suffer unjustified disasters because of this.
The two pondered the words and words used in the book, and finally wrote down the matter after half a day's work, Ouyang Juren copied several copies, and sent them to several friends in the province of Fumi, hoping that they would help to explain.
Next, we can only wait, because such a big thing happened, and the atmosphere in Guiyang County is extremely weird. Whenever Ye Xingyuan went out, he would see a bunch of villagers respecting or fearing him, or pointing and talking behind his back, or saluting from afar with excitement on his face, as if he was regarded as a god.
A few days later, not only the villagers of this village, but also other townships in the county, especially the villagers in the mountains, would trek to Qianshan Village to visit Ye Xingyuan. Most of them didn't dare to speak when they saw it, so they only gave away the local products, vegetables and fruits at home, and threw them to Ye Cuizhi, looking at Ye Xingyuan from a distance and running away.
Ouyang Juren sighed: "The villagers are simple, although they are stubborn and will not speak up, but they know who is kind to them and who is suspicious. Virtuous nephew, you have turned the tide this time, although there are some strange things, but you have won the hearts of the people!"
The hearts of the people of Banxian County were already in Ye Xingyuan's hands, and in the past few days, Ye Xingyuan also felt that the spiritual power in his body was churning, and he had grown a little fast. And the clarity and stability of the Heavenly Opportunity is also better than before, and it is thought to be the reward obtained after completing the Mandate of Heaven goal. Of course, maybe it's a merit reward.
However, the people's heart is really a bit like a hot potato, and he doesn't want to occupy the mountain as the king, let alone rebel, he just wants to honestly take the imperial examination and rise all the way. In the future, it will be impossible to become a local official, so what is the use of the people's will? I am afraid that it will be the end of trouble.
In fact, Ye Xingyuan's hunch was correct, and after the villagers expressed their awe, strangers from farther away also began to visit.
In the Ye family's hall, Ye Xingyuan looked at an eight-foot-long man on the opposite side in a daze. The burly man with a bearded face heard him speak in a deafening voice, and he only felt a buzzing sound in his ears, and these words made him laugh even more.
"I was originally doing some wonton plate knife noodles in the Han River without capital business, I have long heard that Ye Gongzi of Guiyang County is generous and heroic, fighting righteousness and squandering money, and now he has done this business of killing officials and rebelling, which is a good momentum. Therefore, I have traveled hundreds of miles to defect, and I hope that my brother will not be disgusted!" Shout brother.
The king's overlord was indiscriminate, and the younger brother bowed his head, this was once a scene that Ye Xingyuan had imagined. But the way it was done this time was a bit weird, and he really couldn't accept it.
Speaking of the nonsense of "being generous and heroic, fighting righteousness and squandering money," where did you start to talk about it? He Ye Gongzi is very poor most of the time, and he may have recently saved some property, and it is also for the purpose of going to the provincial capital or even going to the capital for the examination in the future.
"Wait! You said that the wonton board knife noodles are killing people in Jiangxin, and who is your surname?" Ye Xingyuan suddenly reacted. Listening to this person's rhetoric, it may be that he is a robber who specializes in killing a single traveler! This kind of behavior is the most hateful, and he does not know how many innocent lives he should have.
The man didn't know why, nodded and said, "My surname is Zhang." There is a nickname on the rivers and lakes, known as Zhang Liuer, a riverside rat. ”
Ye Xingyuan turned around and asked Mrs. Mo, who had not left for a long time, "Is there such a person among the wanted pictures of the prefecture and county?" She is messing around every day, well-informed, and she also pays a lot of attention to this kind of wanted reward. In Fucheng for a few months, the news was provided by Mo Niangzi, and she should also know something at this time.
Mo Niangzi grinned and said: "It's just a thief who doesn't enter the stream, and it is verified that there are about ** lives, and the reward is only one hundred taels." ”
Zhang Liu'er hurriedly added, "These eight lives are a family, old and young, once I crossed the river on my boat, and when I got to the center of the river, I asked them to add silver." The fellows refused to give it, so I capsized and made them a water dog, and eight of them died, and one boy escaped in the water, and I showed my traces.
In addition, there are many characters who have died at the hands of the rats by the river in the past few years, and there are at least 20 lives, and it is definitely not the nameless thief that the eldest sister said. ”
He came to join Ye Xingyuan, how could he admit that he only had eight lives in his hands? Speaking of murder, he was proud, not ashamed but proud, Ye Xingyuan was disgusted.
Then he said lightly: "Mo Niangzi, please take him down and send him to the county office, and it is good to exchange it for a hundred taels of silver." This kind of scum should be punished in a canonical way to set an example!"
Mo Niangzi smiled lightly, raised her hand and shot out silk threads, trapping this Liu'er with the magic power of binding immortals. How could such mortals be able to afford supernatural powers, and immediately they were paralyzed into mud and rolled to the ground begging for mercy.
Mo Niangzi ignored him, and only sighed to Ye Xingyuan: "This is the first one? If it goes on like this, the mountain king, robbers, thieves and gangsters within a radius of hundreds of miles will all run over, and worship you as the boss." And you want to trouble me to get them, it's really a knife to kill chickens. ”
There have been no less than a dozen reckless people who have successively said that they want to come to Ye Xingyuan. Everyone bowed their heads, admired Ye Dada's prestige again and again, and was determined to follow Ye Dada to pull up the banner, killing officials and rebelling, occupying the mountain as the king, and falling into the grass as a coward.
It's really hellish Mandate of Heaven, can you know what the primitive accumulation stage of those rebels is like Ye Xingyuan is helpless, is this also a Mandate of Heaven trap?
Although he was annoyed, he cheered up and asked in detail. Those who have bad deeds will persuade them to return to their hometowns and become new people with a pure heart and holy voice, and if there is a bloody case of human life in their hands, then let Mo Niangzi bind up and send them to the county office, and find Liu Dun in exchange for a reward.
Now Liu Dun, who is a fast catcher, is like a dumpling, he has caught countless Jiangyang thieves in just a few days, and he has made a lot of meritorious contributions, becoming the strongest fast catcher in the past hundred years.
But Liu Zhukuai himself didn't think about it at all, and every time there was one more person sent by Ye Xingyuan, the look on his face turned whiter. By the evening, he had hesitated for a long time and finally made a difficult decision. (To be continued.) )