It was already the end of the unitary time in Zhaoxian County, Qian Jin found an inn where he could take care of the horses as usual, and then ordered a pound of beef and a seasonal side dish and two bowls of rice, and began to go to bed to breathe after eating.

The next morning, Qian Jin asked Xiao Er how to get to Jijiazhuang while eating breakfast, the master's brother Ji Jun's hometown is from Jijiazhuang, and the main purpose of this trip is to find Ji Jun's widow.

After breakfast, Qian Jin rode his horse and kept walking northeast, constantly overtaking the carriages and pedestrians along the way.

When he arrived at a three-way intersection, Qian Jin didn't know how to walk, and saw a family at the foot of the mountain, so he rode forward. There was only one old couple in the family, and Qian Jin hugged his fists, "Old man, how to get to Jijiazhuang?"

The old man glanced at Qian Jin, "Jijiazhuang, it's no longer there, it's become Baojiazhuang, go along the right, and it's all the way to the end." ”

"How far is it?"

"Less than twenty miles. ”

"Old man, how did Jijiazhuang become Baojiazhuang? Are there any people in Jijiazhuang before?"

"Alas, I don't know where a team of people came from, saying that they want to take over Jijiazhuang, how can people agree? It is all hundreds of years of ancestral business; as a result, those people killed the old owner of Jijiazhuang, and then renamed Jijiazhuang Baojiazhuang. ”

"Didn't the rest of the people in Jijiazhuang resist?

"What's the use of resisting? There are many families and strong force, and many men in Jijiazhuang are now locked up in the water prison in Baojiazhuang. No one from the government has ever been here, or they may not know, or they may have done it on purpose, who knows. ”

"So many Zhuangzi, why did the Bao family rob Jijiazhuang?"

"I heard that Feng Shui is good, and it is also said that I have found a gold mine and am preparing to dig it. ”

"Then how did the Bao family know this?"

"The family is a big family in Zhao County, there are a few errand workers in the county government, and there is also one in the state, no one in the county government dares to be unfavorable to the Bao family, and it is not okay to speak ill. ”

"Hehe, when people speak, they can also know, someone will always hear it, and it will be troublesome to pass it on. ”

Qian Jin said goodbye to the old man, rode a horse around the outside of the former Jijiazhuang in Baojiazhuang, and then returned to the county seat to live in the inn at the beginning, wandering around the streets of the county town for two consecutive days, drinking tea in the teahouse and listening to people's chatter. On the evening of the third day, Qian Jin changed into a strong suit and went to Baofu to explore the situation of the personnel in Baofu and listen to the conversation of the main personnel.

On the fourth day, Qian Jin walked to the state capital, and after three days of exploration, he inquired about the people of the Bao family who were on an errand in the state capital, and felt that there were several people in the Bao family who should be killed. It is precisely because of the support and instigation of these people that some people in the Bao family act unscrupulously, burning, killing, and plundering everything.

Halfway through the hour, Qian Jin set off in a night suit, and went straight to the two people of the Bao family in the state capital, and after the problem was solved, he immediately returned to Zhao County, which was already the end of the day.

Qian Jin touched into the Bao Mansion, pried open the room of the third child of the Bao family, and killed the sleeping Bao San, and then touched the room of the seventh child of the Bao family, and solved the problem instantly. When he came out of Bao's house, Bao's house was still in a quiet state, and the people next to their pillows, including the two, had not woken up. These two people are both from the Yamen of Zhaoxian County, and they are also the actual owners of Baojiazhuang's power, and all actions are planned and organized by these two people, which can be said to be the source of Baojiazhuang's evil.

Qian Jin rushed to Baojiazhuang non-stop, solved the owner of Baojiazhuang and a total of eleven main thugs, and then returned to the Zhaoxian Inn to sleep, which was just the end of the day.

An hour later, Qian Jin got up for breakfast, and listened to the tenants talk about all kinds of anecdotes while eating.

Qian Jin walked along the street façade one by one, as if looking for something, and casually walked in front of the gate of Baofu, which had been wrapped in white eels, and even the two stone lions in front of the door.

The next day, Qian Jin wandered around the county seat for a day, and during dinner, he heard the innkeepers talk about all kinds of news, all about the Bao family; some people lamented that the Bao family had provoked a great enemy, and that 15 people would not be killed in one night; others said that those people deserved to die, and the officials and bandits colluded and were complicit. Some people also heard the arrest say that it was the state capital and then Zhao County, and finally Baojiazhuang, but the action was done in one go, but I don't know how many people participated, and now the state government has organized forces to start handling the case, but this kind of thing is estimated to be a headless public case.

The next day, Qian Jin rode straight to Jijiazhuang. When he arrived, there were a number of arresters outside the Zhuangzi, interrogating the people entering and leaving. Qian Jin went straight forward.

A horse that caught Qian Jin quickly, "What are you doing?"

"Find someone. ”

"Looking for whom?"

"Ji Jun. ”

Catch quickly turned his head and asked a person next to him, "Do you have a Ji army in Zhuangzi?"

"There used to be, but then it disappeared, saying that he was visiting a friend, but his wife and children are still here, saying that he is waiting for him to come back. ”

"Go in, don't ask nonsense." ”

Qian Jin asked the location of the person next to him, Ji Jun's house, and then rode his horse into the village.

Found Ji Jun's house, this is a separate small courtyard, the house is very dilapidated, but it can be seen that it used to be very good, there is a mother and daughter sewing clothes, and a lot of things are placed in the tray next to it.

Qian Jin knocked on the door, "Is it Ji Jun's family?"

The woman looked up at Qian Jin, "Yes, who are you?"

Qian Jin led the horse into the house, "Hello aunt, my name is Qian Jin, and I am also an apprentice of an old Uncle Ji; ”

"Who is your master?"

"Liu Yi. ”

"He's still here, what about Ji Jun?" his voice trembled a little.

"Uncle Ji is gone, and the master's condition is also very bad. ”

Aunt Ji stared at Qian Jin with both eyes, paused, and fell down softly. Qian Jin hurriedly took a step forward, helped Aunt Ji, pinched people, and her daughter also quickly poured a bowl of water and poured some water on Aunt Ji's face with her hands. Aunt Ji relieved herself, cried "wow", and then covered her face and began to sob. Qian Jin just stood aside and watched her cry, while her daughter hugged Aunt Ji's shoulder and cried.

After a long time, Aunt Ji stopped crying, pulled her daughter, and said to Qian Jin, "This is my daughter and your Uncle Ji's daughter, called Ji Nianqin, I miss my relatives." ”

Qian Jin had the opportunity to take a closer look at Ji Nianqin, with big eyes and melon seed face, a little beauty, but her face was pale, and she was obviously malnourished.

Qian Jin greeted, "Sister Ji is good." ”

Ji Nian replied shyly, "Brother Qian is good." ”

Qian Jin found a small wooden pier and sat next to their mother and daughter, listening to Aunt Ji talk about the past.

After Ji Jun left, the money left to the family was quickly spent because of the illness of his in-laws; when Ji Nianqin was six years old, his in-laws passed away one after another, and the family property was only this one house; orphans and widows had no way to go out to earn a living, so they could only sew clothes for others to survive. Later, after the Bao family came in and killed the head of the Ji family, life was even more difficult, the seventh child of the Bao family fell in love with the beauty of Nianqin, and wanted to accept her as the tenth concubine, but the mother and son did not agree to life and death; but the other party said that they would come to greet their relatives after they reached the age of sixteen; now the seventh child of the Bao family has suffered retribution, but he is still a little worried.

Qian Jin looked at Aunt Ji and Ji Nianqin's hands, full of calluses and scars, which did not match the age of the two at all, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour. I don't know if I remembered my life experience, or sympathized with the mother and daughter's experience.

After a long time, Qian Jin asked, "Aunt Ji, will you continue to live here or live with us in the future?"

Aunt Ji was very entangled, "We are here, orphans and widows, all rely on the Ji family to take care of, but now those Bao family members don't know how to deal with these things, will they retaliate against this matter; ”

Ji Nianqin said, "Mom, let's move over and live with Brother Qian and them, I don't know what will happen here in the future, Uncle Jin and their family have already moved away, and more and more people will move away in the future." ”

After a long time, Aunt Ji seemed to have made a major decision, "Then let's move out too, anyway, there is only one house here, there is nothing valuable, and it is easy to move out." Then I'll go and return all these clothes to the people and say goodbye to the villagers. ”

After speaking, he stood up and stumbled, Qian Jin quickly stood up and helped him.

Aunt Ji stood for a while, cleaned up the contents of the basket beside her, and then walked out of the door alone.

Qian Jin chatted with Ji Nianqin without saying a word. I learned that their current life is very poor, they can't see meat for a month or two, and now they still owe those uncles some silver, mainly used up when their grandparents were sick, and they and their mothers sew and mend clothes at home every day, and those debts still haven't come down, but no one has come to urge, those uncles are very good people, and they send some meat over every year for the New Year; it's just that the Bao family is too hateful, and they kill the patriarch, and every family has to pay grain and offerings; now those people have been killed, and the people of Jijiazhuang have been relieved of their anger, and everyone is saying that evil is rewarded behind their backs; Uncle Jin and they are resolutely opposed to their occupation of Jijiazhuang and are imprisoned in the water prison, and later forced Uncle Jin to hand over the deedThey were only allowed to walk out of Jijiazhuang empty-handed, and now they don't know where they went;

At noon, Qian Jin asked Aunt Ji to take him to the Ji family to repay the money. In each case, Qian Jin thanked the lender and repaid the money he had borrowed.

After everything was dealt with, Qian Jin arranged for the mother and daughter to ride horses, and he walked in front with the reins to lead the way.

When I arrived at the county seat of Zhaoxian County, it was the beginning of the unitary time.

Qian Jin still stayed in the inn and asked for a room for their mother and daughter. The next day, Qian Jin took the two of them to the street to order five new clothes, and took them around the street, and asked about the rental price at the carriage shop.