Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-three

The man rolled to the feet of the old lady Jie, bowed on his knees, and shouted: "Mother, you are suffering! Your son deserves to die!" The old lady took a closer look, stepped forward and slapped the man several times, Stand still and let him slap you. Zhang San stared at him, and saw that the young man in white was Xie Tiefu, the "No. 1 master in the south of the Yangtze River". It turned out that Xie Tiefu was appointed by Hong Sheng to inquire about Wang Jinting's whereabouts and to steal Wang Jinting's imperial envoy's seal. He was peeking at the inn room early this morning when he saw his old mother suddenly appear in the room. Surprised, he fell out of the room.

The old lady Xie told how Zhang San and Chuck saved him, and then poked Xie Tiefu's forehead and said, "Mother wants you to kill Hong Sheng and avenge the people of Zhejiang!" Xie Tiefu kowtowed and said, "My son will go through fire and water, and he will do whatever he wants!" Zhang Sandao: "You settle my old lady first, and then we will go to Hangzhou mansion with you." Xie Tiefu shed a few tears and said, "I am also out of Helpless, I still have the conscience of being a human being. Hong Sheng's behaviors of forcibly occupying civilian women, embezzling court funds, seizing factories, banks, and shops, setting up private courts, accepting bribes and bullying others are all vivid in my mind, and I can't understand them, but both Under the low eaves, how dare you not bow your head? I saw the dignified and upright spirit of Wang Qin and Mr. Zhang along the way, and I gradually developed admiration, and I really didn't want to work for that old thief Hong Sheng."

Zhang San asked: "I just don't know how much evidence is there for Hong Sheng's evil?" Xie Tiefu said: "The evidence is like a mountain, but that old thief Hong Sheng has destroyed a lot, but there are still some evidences in Yu Chanyi's hands. They were all complaint papers reported by scholars, merchants, citizens, and farmers, and Hong Sheng did not destroy them in order to retaliate against those who complained." Xie Tiefu settled the old lady in a relative's house in Nanjing, and then took Wang Jinting, Zhang San, Chuck, and Wang Yuanwen to Hangzhou Mansion.Along the way, Xie Tiefu pretended to follow Wang Jinting and the other four people from behind, standing and walking, so as not to meet Hong Sheng's minions and see the flaws.

A group of people passed through Shanghai and came to Hangzhou Mansion by the West Lake.Although it is late autumn, the West Lake is still shaded by flowers and trees, with water lilies spread horizontally, curved bridges on the water surface, uneven rocks on the shore, tall willows on the smoke bank, and the sunshine is shining; The peaks of Tianmu Mountain outside meander to the east, flying like dancing.Spring dawn on Nasu embankment, two peaks piercing the clouds, listening to orioles in the willow waves, watching fish in Huagang, wind and lotuses in Quyuan, autumn moon in Pinghu, evening bell in Nanping, moon in three pools, sunset on Leifeng, remnant snow on broken bridge, smoked willows in six bridges, pine clouds in Jiuli, spirit Shiqiao song, cold spring ape roar, Geling Chaotun, Gushan snow, Beiguan Night Market, Zhejiang Qiutao, Meilin Guihe, Gemstone Phoenix Pavilion, Wushan Grand View, Tianzhuxiang City and other scenery have made many tourists linger and forget to return. Bookish.Liu Yong, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Looking at the Sea Tide":

The governor of Zhejiang was in the center of the street. Xie Tiefu was afraid that he would not be able to act during the day, so he took Wang Jinting and others to the lonely mountain in the northwest. Several people discussed how to do it. Wang Jinting and others were resting on the mountainside when they suddenly saw a woodcutter approaching with a heavy firewood on his back. He sang in his mouth: "The water in West Lake is clear, and the tears don't stop flowing. There is a worm by the lake, named Hong Sheng. Hong Sheng has a kind heart." Ruthless, full of evil, robbing the market and robbing women, the crimes are countless!..."

The woodcutter came to Wang Jinting and the others, and heaved a heavy sigh.Wang Jinting asked, "Little brother, what's on your mind?" The woodcutter glanced at him and said, "Don't you know that the governor is a good businessman? He was put into a dungeon, tortured to death, and no one collected his body!" Wang Jinting asked: "Hong Sheng is so domineering, how can the people not rebel?" The woodcutter looked around and sighed: "My father is because he brought the villagers You rebelled, but you were caught by Hong Sheng, and you were nailed to death on a wooden plank and paraded in the street!" After the woodcutter finished speaking, he wiped away his tears and walked away.

In the evening, Xie Tiefu came out from the governor's mansion to Gushan to look for Wang Jinting and others. Xie Tiefu said: "The elder Fayu of Mount Putuo has sent someone to tell Hong Sheng that he has handed over Baiguowan and my mother. Hong Sheng asked me if I saw My mother, I said no; Hong Sheng asked Master Wang's whereabouts again, and I said that I didn't find it in Nanjing Mansion..." As he was speaking, Chuck raised his hand, and a person who was eavesdropping behind a laurel tree fell down .Everyone ran over and saw that it was a man in night clothes.Xie Tiefu took a look under the moonlight and said, "This is one of Hong Sheng's personal bodyguards. It seems that the old guy has become suspicious of me." Wang Jinting said, "It is better to catch Hong Sheng's evil evidence first." " Xie Tiefu thought for a while, and said: "Yu Chanyi has returned home, I think it's better to go to Yu Chanyi first, because all the complaints are kept with her, I have an idea..."

The bright moon is like water, falling quietly on the West Lake, and the houses, flowers and trees, and the market by the West Lake seem to be covered with a layer of light veil.The streets were quiet, and in the governor's mansion, the servants and nurses had also rested except those on duty.In an embroidery building in the back garden, Jade Cicada Wing looks in the mirror under a candle to make up.Most women do their makeup and comb their hair after getting up in the morning, but Yu Chanyi has developed the habit of doing her makeup in the morning and evening.She looked at her fair melon-shaped face in the mirror, and gently applied a touch of red powder.She changed into a lotus-colored cheongsam with a white peony pattern, and a wild lily was inserted obliquely on the high temples.The days of running around and following Wang Jinting's fierce battles with strong opponents made her exhausted.After returning to Hangzhou, she took a good bath and slept soundly for another day. At this moment, she was happily waiting for Hong Sheng to talk about the relationship between husband and wife with her.She knew very well that during the days when she was away, Hong Sheng had gone to the Alliance under the Moon with countless Wu Wa and Yue Nu, but what could be done?Men have been sentimental since ancient times, so how can they manage only by their own restraint? She remembered a poem: "Don't cling to me, I am a willow by the pond in Qujiang. This person clings to that person, love for a while... "

Just as she was thinking, she heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, her heart was beating with joy, and she was eagerly waiting... The door opened, a gust of wind blew, and the candle went out.A person walked in gently, Yu Chanyi asked in surprise: "Who are you?" The man said: "I'm Xie Tiefu, why don't you know me?" Yu Chanyi pushed him away in panic, and said angrily, "Why are you here? Hong Sheng knows and wants to kill you!" Xie Tiefu said: "They are going to kill Hong Sheng's head! Imperial envoys Wang have all arrived in Hangzhou Mansion, leading a large number of guards, and the Qing palace officials have also sent masters."

"Really?" Yu Chanyi asked in panic. "That's right, even the supervisor Yin Fu and the martial arts teacher 'Nose Li' Li Ruidong have come. They have surrounded the governor's mansion, and Mr. Hong has already slipped away..." Yuchanyi scolded: "This old fox, you slipped away so fast!" Xie Tiefu said: "Where are the certificates Mr. Hong entrusted you to save? Why don't you destroy them soon?!" Yuchanyi said: "I'd forget if you didn't mention it, it's in this round stool." She pointed to a round stool next to it.Xie Tiefu lit a candle, and saw a round wooden stool beside the table.He split it with his hand, and the wooden stool was split in two, and a stack of letters fell out. It turned out that the wooden stool was hollow.Xie Tiefu folded up the large pile of letters, hurriedly put them into his arms, and said with a chuckle, "Yu Chanyi, you are dying, what else can you say?!"

Yu Chanyi was stunned for a moment, and said falteringly: "You, what are you doing?..." Before the words finished, Zhang San barged in, slashed with his palm, Yu Chanyi dodged and jumped out of the window. When he landed on the ground, he was hugged by someone at the waist, and there was only a scent of makeup and powder. It turned out that Wang Yuanwen had been waiting downstairs for a long time.Jade Chanyi couldn't break free, splitting his palms together, Wang Yuanwen felt a gust of wind coming, Zhang San jumped downstairs, with a wave of the sword, Jade Chanyi's head was cut off with a "poof", blood spattered Wang Yuanwen all over. Chuck was hiding in the darkness of the Moon Gate, observing Hong Sheng's movements.At this time, I only heard the cry of Ji Bird. It was Chuck's dark man who had risen, and everyone hid quickly.After a while, Hong Sheng, wearing an apricot-yellow brocade robe and a flower feather on the top, happily walked into the Chuihua Gate, went up to the Embroidery Building, and stepped straight into the room of Jade Chanyi. Wearing the imperial envoy's brocade robe, holding up the imperial envoy's seal, with awe-inspiring justice, he shouted angrily: "Hong Sheng, the bold traitor, used officials for personal gain, entrapped the people, embezzled public property by force, set up water prisons privately, and deceived superiors and inferiors. He deserves death, and everyone deserves death." Take it quickly!" Hong Sheng sneered: "Are you Wang Jinting? This is my territory, Hong Sheng. Even the queen mother is afraid of me. How dare you accuse me of many crimes. You... what evidence do you have?" Xie Tiefu flashed out from the side, and took out the stack of pleadings: "These pleadings all have names and surnames, and I am also a witness, why don't you go to the capital to question the crime?" Hong Sheng was trembling with anger, pointed at Xie Tiefu tremblingly and said: "You eat me and eat me, but in the end, you will repay your kindness with revenge. It's really intolerable!" Xie Tiefu said: "It is the law of heaven to eliminate harm for the people!" Hong Sheng turned his head and ran, but was held down by Chuck and Zhang San. Wang Yuanwen took the rope and tied him tightly.A group of people escorted Hong Sheng out of the governor's mansion. Wang Jinting came to the Hangzhou mansion and handed over the seal letter to the prefect of Hangzhou. Opening one eye, closing one eye, seeing the imperial envoys sent by Chaoyan arrive, and seeing Hong Sheng being tied up, tears streaming down his face, he regained his spirits, and hastily invited Wang Jinting to the seat.Wang Jinting sent Hong Sheng to death row, reviewed the pleadings one by one, sent Zhang San, Chuck and others to find out the whole story, and beat drums for three days, calling on people to expose Hong Sheng's crimes.In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of complaints in the Hangzhou government court, and the people applaud. Wang Jinting wrote a complaint to Chaoyan, and sent a reliable person to Beijing on horseback. After a few days, Chaoyan's imperial decree arrived, ordering Hong Sheng to be escorted to the capital.Wang Jinting ordered Hong Sheng to be put into a wooden flail cart, hired a large boat, and set off from Hangzhou along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.On this day, the big ship entered the territory of Zhili. Wang Jinting was very happy to see that he was approaching Kyoto. He made people set up a banquet in the cabin and had a drink with Zhang San and Chuck. Wang Yuanwen watched the autumn scenery on the shore from the bow. Wang Yuanwen is very happy these days. She was deeply moved by Zhang San and Chuck's heroic behavior, and has been immersed in joy. She has lived in a deep house compound since she was a child, and grew up in a cultural atmosphere of poetry, books, piano and chess. She loves martial arts , often played with guns and clubs, and learned some light swordsmanship and light skills from the master of Guanghua Temple when she was young, but she never traveled far, and never left the capital.She doesn't know how big China is, how broad the rivers are, and how high the mountains are. She only knows that China has five mountains and four lakes, heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and only heard that Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, but these are only limited to books Knowledge and father's narration.This time when her father went south to handle the case, she knew that the road was full of dangers, and she felt like a bucket was hanging in her heart, whirling and whirling, spinning up and down.She loves and understands her father, who is an upright official, relying on her intelligence and diligence.She was admitted to Juren, Jinshi, and later served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but her father's integrity and outspokenness, and his behavior and character of resisting the people made her worry.In history, loyal ministers are always slaughtered, treacherous ministers get their way, storm prison, Yue Feibei, Yu Qianlei, Yuan Chonghuan's blood... She likes history, and the shadow of those loyal ministers' tragedies has always shrouded her, which reminds her of her father, who went south this time Taking the risk to eliminate harm for the people, with Mr. Zhang as the bodyguard, her heart was half relieved, but she still had some lingering fears. On the night before her father left, Hong Sheng's gang harassed the house, which made her more afraid, and she decided to leave the capital. , followed her father secretly, protected her father, and fulfilled the responsibility of a daughter. Wang Yuanwen saw the yellow reeds lined up on the bank, the young reeds swaying, the distant mountains were hazy, and the wild geese lined up. She felt comfortable in her heart and was full of joy.She wants to laugh, she also wants to cry, in short, she wants to be happy and unrestrained, just like the wild goose, flying in the blue sky, and she dreams of becoming a white cloud, floating freely, embracing the world. blue sky... At this moment, she found dozens of small boats rushing out of the reeds, heading towards the big boat like arrows. Just as Wang Yuanwen was about to shout, several sharp arrows were fired at once. in the river.