Chapter 27 The twenty-seventh return to Huaishutun elder brother tasted the fruit and reported the case

Hongli and his party fought fiercely with the water pirates for a day, and when the boat leaned against the cliff at dusk, everyone was so tired and hungry that their muscles and bones were crisp.When I packed up the soft tributes and climbed the embankment to have a look, there was a large town in the depression. Rice was planted in the depression. It seemed that it was left over by borrowing soil to repair the embankment. Maybe it was because of the large pit and the inconvenient transportation that it was not here. Set up a ferry.Looking at the town from a distance, it is dark and dark, with green, white, gray and purple cooking smoke curling up, and birds chirping and crows flying.The bells on the post road in the distance rang crisply, and the horseshoes yelled and whipped whips from time to time. In the nearby rice fields, some old farmers held shovels and were entering the water to dry the fields, and they exchanged a few jokes with each other from time to time.The children in the alleys in the distance seem to be playing hide-and-seek, and there are bursts of creaking laughter... A few people who survived the disaster, when they first entered the place of incense in the world, they all have an indescribable warmth and kindness .Hongli let out a sigh of relief, and said as he walked: "I really feel like a world away, we will live in this town tonight. There is no need to hurry, and we can go after a rest—Qin Fengwu, do you want to go again?" Divination?"

"Your lord knows the poor world, this is a joke. "Yi" says 'no more blasphemy'!" Qin Fengwu said with a grin, "How can we encounter dangerous things in one day, aren't we men really unlucky? The hexagram of "Litigation" says "Master Lijian is not good for Dachuan", and the last sentence has already been answered. The prince returned to Beijing to see the emperor, and I have been pardoned by you again. This is all "Master Lijian", isn't it? " The people said that they walked along the flat path of the paddy field and reached the main road within a stone's throw, and they were already entering the town.Not long after they gathered here, the cattle and horse market was covered with wet animal dung, and under the dotted lights of "qi dead wind" on the street, there were sellers of steamed buns, wontons, dumplings, ramen, sliced ​​noodles, steamed buns, fried buns in oil, etc. For soup cakes, the spoon pot collides, and there is a stewed chicken stewed beef beef and mutton soup pot, the aroma overflows the street.This group of muddy and disheveled people passed by, attracting all kinds of eyes.They ignored it, swallowed their saliva and walked slowly to find the next place.Finally, I found a hundred-year-old shop "Wangji Inn" in the west-north of the town.

After resting in Suojia Town for three days, Hongli and the others had fully recovered their spirits.On the early morning of the fourth day, they hired mules to carry the sedan chair, and specially bought a horse for Hongli to ride on. They still looked like merchants, and traveled northeastward via Huangling, Liuguang, and Niushitun.When passing by Liuguang, Hongli thought of Wang Laowu's family and asked about the place "Huangtai".People in the village said that Huangtai had passed through the water in the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, and it was gone, and Wang Laowu had no way of inquiring about it.All the way I asked Tian Wenjing about his character, but there were also different opinions: some said they were clean and some said they were harsh; some said they loved the people and some said they were disabled. I am too lazy to ask.It was May now, the weather was hot, and the sun was scorching at noon. There was no rain in northern Henan for more than ten days. There were several inches of floating soil on the roadway, and a string of white smoke was stepped on.Hongli first spent the summer in Shandong for disaster relief. He was most afraid of the heat and loved the cold. He was stuffy in the sedan chair, and soon he couldn't bear the sun, so he stopped at noon and left after the end of the day. Feel at ease on the road.Qin Fengwu, a famous scholar, is romantic, funny and wise. He recites poems and talks all the way, jokes and jokes, and does all kinds of courtesies to please Hongli, so he doesn't feel lonely.

This day, I went to Zhenhuji, just after Chenzhong.According to Liu Tongxun's calculations at night, if he had to drive more in the morning, he could travel to Hua County in the evening, connect with the government, and then go straight to Baoding along the mule station. He was really frightened by the danger of the Yellow River. Unexpectedly.As a retinue and a servant, I can't redeem myself—it's just that the sky is clear and cloudless, and it's already hot.Before the sun reached noon, it illuminated the earth a waxy white.The early corn, sorghum and soybean sweet potato beside the road are steaming hot. From a distance, the houses and trees tremble in the air current as if they are separated by water.The leaves of the crops are all curled up in the sun, drooping in the relentless heat, occasionally a gust of hot wind blows and then returns to silence, making it even more hot and unbearable.

"Listen, the cicadas on the trees don't bother to sing!" Although Hongli was in the heat of the summer, his clothes were not messed up, and he wiped his sweat with his hands one after another on the horse, and said to Liu Tongxun who was riding a mule beside him: "Four There is no market town for ten miles, and in case someone collapses from the heat, there is no way to find an ambulance. Besides, the coachman and mule are afraid that they will not be able to bear it——Yanqing, if you want to go, you go first, I must rest here." Liu Tongxun looked around The green gauze tents around him licked their lips and smiled apologetically: "The heat is too hot for the slave. Go to the small village ahead to drink some water and find a shaded place to eat and finish. Let's discuss calmly. The slave is for the good of the master!" Qin Fengwu saw the side of the road There was a sugarcane field, he scrambled across it, caught up with him after five or six hates, brushed off the cane leaves and handed one to Hongli, while continuing to brush the leaves, he said with a smile: "Master, you eat the roots, the stalks Leave it to the servants." He handed another one to Liu Tongxun, broke one himself, and handed the root to Hongli, and sent the rest to the Wen family in the car. "It's too boring, let's tell a joke. The people from the north and the people from the south meet in the middle, and the people from the north boast, 'It's cold over there, it's so cold! Touch the iron and iron, bite your hands, touch the stones and stick your skin. When you pee Hold a small stick in one hand, as soon as the urine comes out, it will freeze, and you have to tap it at any time, otherwise you will be frozen. You have to try your tongue to lick your teeth first, or you will even freeze your teeth! 'Southern people also blow,' It's hot in our place, it's extremely hot! Put a few old corns in the sun, and they will be ripe in a while, and the cornflowers will pop after a long time. Once I drove pigs into the city, and I didn't dare to stop all the way. I found someone to drink it on the way. A bowl of water came out and the pigs were roasted.'..." Hongli laughed out loud, took the cane root that Liu Tongxun handed over, chewed and said, "Roasting pigs is fine, five foreheads Go to Turpan, spread eggs on the slate when it’s hot, and pancakes will be cooked in a while.” Pointing to the corn beside the road, he said with a smile: “I’ll post a couplet, no one will be rewarded! ——This year’s early corn is so dry Fine browning does not last long."

Liu Tongxun was not good at this, and he was thinking about a suitable place to rest. Before he could answer, Qin Fengwu had already met him, "Give me an ear later, it will be almost the same when it rains." "Agility!" Hongli laughed, thinking about it blankly, gasping for air, "Why do you always feel that you are right?" Three women's giggling laughter came from the car, and Yingying stretched out her head and said, "Fourth Master, how much is he doing?" That's a word!" Zhang Li couldn't help laughing with his whip, Qin Fengwu said: "Then it will be 'the end will be almost soaked in rain', if it doesn't rain, our underground runners will also become roasted pigs!"

The words made everyone burst into laughter again, and they all felt that the heat was much better.Immediately, Liu Tongxun pointed to the front and said, "The old locust tree at the intersection of the three forks ahead is very shady. Let's take a rest first, can we do it?" "Success!" Hongli set up an awning to look, and he saw that the road ahead forked in two, one to the northeast and the other to the northwest, and at the intersection of the fork was a huge locust tree with dense branches and leaves covering an area of ​​more than an acre. It is a great place to rest your feet.Yin galloped over on his horse, flew down, unfastened the tight button on his neck with one hand, and kept waving his fan with the other. He looked up at the dense tree crown, and waited for everyone to catch up. He said with a smile: "This tree is Liu Xiu. It’s 1,600 to 700 years old! Look at that stele. ——What’s strange, there isn’t even a big tree on this road for dozens of miles! If there’s a tea table or chessboard under the tree, then There are people who sell melons, fruits and wine, and are you still worried about the business? The people here are really strange!" A mule driver lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, saying: "There were many trees here in the past. Tian Zhitai hadn't come to Henan at that time, it was a Some Huangzi named Asilab is the governor of Henan. He said that there are many bandits here, and he burned them all away, but the bandits disappeared, and the Wawa River over there is fucked up. Without water, not only the bandits can’t pass , good people can’t do it, this area has been relocated. Tianzhitai is also called planting trees. It’s strange to say that there are trees and water in the river, but it’s not as big as before. Those who rushed to their homes were all resettled here. It is said that the land is newly reclaimed, but in fact, the good land in the past has been abandoned and reclaimed. Hey——I don’t understand what the officials think.”

This commentary on Tian Wenjing is still mixed. Hongli has heard a lot, so he just smiled indifferently.Liu Tongxun looked at the stele, and only wrote "Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty planted this locust tree by hand", but the inscription was "the second year of Ming Hongzhi".Qin Fengwu hurriedly asked the mule driver: "Is there an inn nearby? Where can I take a bath? Is there a melon field?" In the middle of the chaos, a little girl came from Gubei Road, only twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and blue cloth trousers. Wearing straw sandals on bare feet, came along the road with a crock in hand, kicking and jumping, humming a tune.Seeing this large group of people resting under the tree, he looked at it in surprise, pointed to the east and said, "The Wawa River can drink animals. It can't take a bath, there is only a few inches of water." Qin Fengwu asked, "Hey, are there any melon fields?" ?”

"Yes." The girl glanced at Hongli again, and replied, "My father is a melon grower, and now in the melon nunnery, he even hoes the ground to see melons. Do you want to buy it?" "Buy, buy!" Qin Fengwu was delighted With a beaming smile, "When I buy it, it costs two to three hundred catties. If I can't eat it, I will walk around!" Then she followed the girl and left.The girl looked back at Hongli again, as if she was thinking about something.Qin Fengwu just looked at Liu Tongxun with his face open. Liu Tongxun was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he had no money. He took out a handful of scattered silver from his sleeve and gave it to him in the appearance of five taels.Qin Fengwu drew back and chased after him.

The child waded across the sorghum field, walked a bag of cigarettes, and arrived at Guadai. He put the crock pot lightly in front of the hermitage, and called "Father" a few times. with a hoe.The girl said angrily: "Don't look at the sky, it's so hot, if you hoe after a while, you will miss your half acre of flowers!" "Drought." The brawny man squatted on the ground with his bare arms, drinking the mung bean soup in the jar, and said loudly, "There's three points of water under the hoe." The girl flashed her eyes and saw Qin Fengwu approaching, bumping into the sorghum leaves rustling, hurriedly He leaned into his father's ear and whispered a few words.The strong man was startled for a moment, put down the bowl and stared at it and asked, "Really?! Did you see clearly?"

"It's very similar." The girl became hesitant again, "I was kneeling close to the porridge shed, and there were a few fine pockmarks under his eyes. I didn't see them clearly when I was far away. I'll take a closer look when I go back—" While speaking, Qin Fengwu was already sweating, so she stopped talking. It turned out that this strong man was Wang Laowu, who was sent back to the province by Li Weifa.For those two hundred people, most of the fields were washed away by the water, and in some places the embankment was built and earthwork was dug, so they could no longer be planted.Qia Henan verified the number of acres of cultivated land, and the people who used to reclaim wasteland in Hua County all returned to their hometowns, so the government sold the young crops in this area at a low price and rented them to these landless refugees.Seeing Qin Fengwu coming over, Gulu stared at the melons, Wang Laowu quickly stood up, and said with a silly smile: "The officials want to eat melons? The ones in Xitou are good, and you can eat the chicken dung over there!" "I want to buy two hundred catties." Qin Fengwu picked a melon by hand, "bang", opened it, with green skin, red flesh and white lining, he took a bite and said, "It's so sweet—how much is it per catty?" "You are a person who walks far away, and it is not easy to go out," Wang Lao Wu said, "I will send you two hundred catties of melons, and I will pay you a penny, will it work?" Qin Fengwu said while eating: "Success! Pick it up, our boss is waiting for it!" Wang Laowu asked while picking it up: "What kind of business does the guest officer do?" "Silk and satin, porcelain." "Fortune—is it from the South?" "Our business is big, and there are semicolons in the north and the south." The two handed each other an answer and were talking, when there was a loud clatter, a shirtless man rushed to the field, picked up a melon, broke it open and ate it, and said in his mouth: "Fucking hell, everyone here is dead, the melon field doesn't depend on the road." I plant it next to it, so it’s easy for me to find it! ——Chang’s shopkeeper, tell the brothers to come here, there are melons here!” Only a distant answer was heard, and the sound of bumping into the crops made a mess, and more than 20 people came out, all of them Covered in oil and sweat, he ignored the old five and three people, trampling on the ground to pick melons, biting in his mouth, picking in his hands, and throwing raw melons everywhere.Wang Laowu turned pale with anger, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Don't say anything, I didn't see you with a knife, it's a thief!" Qin Fengwu's hands trembled, and the melon fell into the field, planning to escape through the green gauze tent.The shopkeeper Chang came across the melon field and asked, "Hi, are you a family?" "No." Wang Laowu protected his daughter, braided his hair and said in a low voice, "He's buying melons. The melons are mine..." "How far is it from Yanjin County?" "If you go back to the Lord, follow the official road to the west for seventy miles." "What about going straight?" "More than forty miles?" Wang Laowu said, "It's better to walk three miles than to walk one mile of barren land. Who would walk in such cropland?" The shopkeeper often wanted to ask questions, but a thief pointed at Qin Fengwu and screamed, "Isn't this the bastard scholar on the Yellow River boat? This World Day is so fucking small!" "Small is small!" Qin Fengwu didn't wait for Chang's surname to wake up, picked up a ripe melon and threw it in the face, and his face was smeared.He was also really slippery, so Chiliu got into the sorghum stalk and ran back desperately.The robbers threw melons at the guy and chased after him like a swarm.A strong man compared to Wang Laowu with a knife: "Pick melons, follow the master!" Wang Laowu agreed to pick melons, and whispered to the girl: "Xing'er, find your mother to find a solution!" The strong man stared out absently, but did not hear. The group in Hongli was resting and talking under the tree, waiting anxiously for Qin Fengwu to buy melons, when they suddenly heard shouts in the distance.When he turned his face to look, Qin Fengwu came out of the sorghum field like crazy, his head and face were black and blue, and he opened his arms and shouted: "Copy guy! Copy guy! The thieves are coming-" He fell down from the field ridge with a somersault , turned over again, his face covered with dirt and sweat, his face was already painted, he jumped up, pointed to the green gauze tent and said, "There are many thieves! Fourth Master, let's hurry to the front farm!" While speaking, the sorghum leaves fluttered There was a loud noise, and a group of bandits with braided hair and tops holding knives and guns rushed down the road.Liu Tongxun counted, and there were only more than twenty enemies. Except for the Xing family brothers, the Wen family and the two maids were highly skilled in martial arts, and it was broad daylight. The brother of the Xing family will protect the empress of the Wen family, let's go!" The shopkeeper Chang was not in a hurry to attack, he stood in the middle of the road, put his hand in his mouth and let out a shriek, and after listening, there was another whistle, and there was a whistle in the distance south of the road, and there was a faint buzzing sound. The sound of crops, and the sound of shouting in the distance.Liu Tongxun saw that the mule drivers were all startled, and shouted angrily: "Quick! Anyone who dares to escape will be beaten to death immediately!" At this moment, Wen's family and Yanhong had finished their duties, and they got off their sedan chairs to follow the escort.With the sword in hand, the Wen family shouted to the thieves in the distance: "Hey - have you heard of the Duanmu family in Shandong? Are you going to snatch old man Duanmu's dart?" "The Duanmu family can still receive darts? The old man has sealed the sword for thirty years?" Chang shopkeeper laughed, "You really know how to scare people! —— I heard that your girls are good at hitting the head with hidden weapons. The darts beat me down, let's walk bridge to bridge, road to walk!" Yingying had already taken out the box of Go pieces, took a look at it, felt that it was too far away, and looked at Wen's house uncertainly.Yan Hong was clasping the slingshot and iron pellets in her hands, and Wen's family touched her hair, took out a paper bag, inside was a stack of polished cicada-winged iron darts, and said in her mouth: "You don't believe that we are under Duanmu Ye's sect. I will understand by sending you a letter!" The dart in his hand twirled lightly, and suddenly flew straight into the sky like a dragonfly - but only circled and danced, and while the shopkeeper was watching the sky intently, he whispered: "Fight! "Yanhong shot the iron pellet with a slingshot, and Na Yingying also threw it with all her strength, and a black chess piece rushed to the chest and hit shopkeeper Chang.Shopkeeper Chang was so focused on guarding against the cicada-winged darts flying erratically in the air that he had five or six strokes on his belly and chest, but he didn't even bulge out a blue bun.His foreign family's hard work is so good, everyone is shocked.While talking, the cicada-winged dart flew in front of shopkeeper Chang again. He stretched out his hand to catch it, but saw that the dart was spinning too fast, fluctuating up and down like a butterfly. The brow was touched again, and blood oozes immediately, seeing that the dart is still strong, and it is chasing after him like it has eyes, so frightened that he jumps and rolls aside, until the dart hits the ground, he is startled Get up. The Wen family took out another piece of cicada-winged dart, and said with a sneer, "Do you believe in this unique hidden weapon? I'll give you another one?" Chang shopkeeper cupped his hands and said, "Since it's Master Duanmu's dart, we don't want it anymore. The little boy in the car I have enmity with my brothers, you stay and walk by yourself!" The Wen family said: "You are so beautiful, this is my bodyguard!" "Brother Chang," the disciple of the Yellow Water Monster hurriedly approached the shopkeeper Chang's hesitation and said, "You don't believe in others, and you don't believe in me? That little boy is really worth half a million silver! You have already succeeded, you can’t even touch a penny! No matter how hard these women’s wrists are, they can’t stand the siege of our forty or so good hands. After passing this village, there is no such shop anymore!” Wen’s family called Said: "My surname is Chang, are you Hei Wuchang from Guiding Village in Shandong? Didn't you go to celebrate the festival with Mr. Duanmu on August 15th the year before last? Are you going to offend all the green forests for a bodyguard? The Yellow Water Monster is a miscellaneous water ghost. Sell ​​your life to him?" Hei Wuchang bowed his head and thought for a while, the temptation of five hundred thousand silver was too great for him.With a sullen face and no further words, he waved his hand and said, "Come on! Kill them all and clean your heart!" The bandits rushed up again, yelling.The Xing family brothers were protecting Hongli in the front, and the three members of the Wen family were flying darts and fighting while retreating. No one could do anything for the time being.Just as he was in a hurry, there was loud gongs and dogs barking in the village in front of him, and no one could hear how many people were shouting and what they were shouting. Liu Tongxun thought that there was a large group of bandits coming again. He ordered: "Everyone retreat to the Earth Temple!" This is a small temple, not long after it was newly built, with only one hall in the middle, where the two parents of the land were molded, and the mud paint on the pillars was not completely dry to the touch.In the middle of the courtyard, there are two large elm trees in the east and west, which are separated from the two sides in front of the main temple gate.Perhaps it is because of the scarcity of trees that people chose to build temples here.The surrounding brick walls have also been built not long ago, and everything is very simple and sloppy.Everyone rushed in and immediately rushed Hongli into the main hall, the Xing brothers guarded the gate, Wen's and Yan Hong Yingying guarded under the elm tree, the three of them stared at the gate and the courtyard wall.Before he could catch his breath, he heard a noisy shout outside, and the sound of knives and weapons clashing.Wen's family went to the house and said happily, "Fourth Master, the villagers here are loyal and have started fighting with the bandits!" It turned out that Wang Xing'er fled back to the village, panting and told her mother what happened outside.When the woman heard that there was a benefactor who had rescued her inside, she picked up the iron pot and went out, knocking and shouting: "Outsiders (that is, men) listen, the man who sent us back in Nanjing is surrounded by bandits. Besides, there are only twenty or so of those turtle kings, go out and fight! Anyone who doesn't go is raised in a brothel (that is, a brothel)!" At that time, there were a hundred men resting at home just after noon. It was the benefactor who was suffering, and there were not many bandits, so they immediately sieved the gongs and shouted to gather together, holding forks, shovels, axes, sickles, picks and hoes, and some with big sticks, shouting to each other to be brave Flock out of the village.Seeing that a group of bandits were about to attack the Earth Temple, the two sides immediately meleeed into a group. The bandits were good at fighting alone, but these peasants were so united. All in a hurry, scattered and fled.Hei Wuchang kicked, hit and cursed to stabilize the crowd.During the chaos, Wang Laowu was unprepared, took out his shoulder pole and ran away, but ran into the Tiezui Jiao head-on, was beaten by Wang Laowu with his shoulder pole, and he sat down on the ground and fainted. At this time, Hongli had already left the Earth Temple to watch the battle. Seeing that although the villagers were brave, they had no leaders and no military experience. Xing Jianye, come on, four of you, don't make them gasp, and don't run away even if you're alive!" "tie!" The four brothers crossed their hands in agreement, and immediately took the lead in killing them.The group of bandits was still panting, and the villagers rushed over again, screaming and screaming. Five or six of them were chopped down in a panic, and the rest scattered with a bang, scattered and fled in all directions.Liu Tongxun shouted at the side: "Folks, don't leave future troubles! Take the thief, our master is gone, take one and reward ten acres of land!" The villagers shouted excitedly, and immediately rushed into the green gauze tent to chase after him , the Xing family brothers only stared at Hei Wuchang, sticking to him like a plaster, chasing him wherever he ran, that Hei Wuchang accidentally fell into the well!Although the rest of the bandits were brave, they had no choice but to lose their fighting spirit and were unfamiliar with the terrain. Within half an hour, they were all captured without a fight, but the Tie Zuijiao, who was hit by Wang Laowu's shoulder pole, saw his opportunity early and slipped away without a trace .Thanks also to Hongli, the Temporary Arrangement turned the Earth Temple into a prison, and selected 30 able-bodied villagers to take turns guarding it with Xing Jianyi. I also forgot about the heat, and it was not until dark that everything was settled. At this time, Cheng Rongqing, the county magistrate of Hua County, had rushed here with the yamen servants.The villagers released two pigs, five or six sheep, and bought wine for a feast, which was lively in the compound of Wang Laowu's family.Hongli, Liu Tongxun, and Cheng Rongqing sat at the first table, accompanied by Wang Laowu's family and Qin Fengwu, toasting with everyone frequently.While the wine was hot, the villagers described the daytime scene with their hands and feet dancing, all of them were flushed and drunk, and they didn't go home until the watch time. Cheng Rongqing, however, was anxious all the time. Seeing that people had left, he followed Hongli into the master's room, pleading guilty: "The constitution of Tian Zhitai has already arrived, and the slaves arranged it along the official road, which is too hasty and absurd. The prince is in the slave realm. It's really indisputable that something like this happened, I'm here to listen to the Lord's orders." Then he knelt down. "This is a rogue from another province," Hongli said, "Besides, you don't know that I'm going this way." Seeing that Mrs. Wang sent a hot towel, Xing'er came in with hot water, and Hongli soaked his feet in the basin. Wiping his face with a hot towel, he thought about it and said: "This time the thieves attacked suddenly, this village is called Huaishu Tun, right? The army was annihilated, it's all because of Gui County's ability to educate the people and guide the people. Therefore, the credit is still yours." Seeing Xing'er knelt down to wash his legs and feet, Hongli boasted, "What a clever girl!" and said: " You handle this case according to this purpose, report to Tian Wenjing, as for me, don’t even mention it.” "This—how dare a slave covet the power of heaven—" "That's all." Hongli stood up, swung his arms comfortably a few times with his shoes on, and went in again: "Everyone is guilty, you will escort them back to the county in person tomorrow morning. Strict interrogation!" He walked out of the courtyard, waving his fan lightly Looking at the galaxy in the sky, everyone had no choice but to follow suit. "Fourth Master," Liu Tongxun said, "Hei Wuchang, who is the leader, we should take away." "Huh?" Hongli raised his face, the starlight was dim, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he just groaned.Qin Fengwu, who is very alert, has already guessed the meaning of Liu Tongxun's words, because he said: "This gang of bandits, who have been chasing Si Ye so hard, must have ordered them. Besides, you can deal with it yourself, and it will relieve your hatred." He didn't After finishing speaking, Hongli had already understood, nodded and said: "How can this enmity be unresolved? That's it, your county reported a 'bandit leader nicknamed black impermanence, punished for the villagers', that's it." Only then did Cheng Rongqing understand what the prince was thinking: he didn't want to make public about his death.In this way, the leader of the bandit was killed, and all the bandits were wiped out, all of which became the credit of the county.This is really a pie that fell from the sky; he couldn't help feeling ecstatically, seeing Hongli waving his hands and ordering him to retreat, Nuonuo repeatedly led the yamen servants to retreat.Hongli ordered Xing Jianye, "Bring that black impermanence here!" After speaking, he went back to the upper room.Seeing the five members of Wang Laowu's family standing with their hands down, they smiled and said, "Now that we know each other's identities, there are so many signs. You are the masters, and we are guests, so it's settled." "That's not what it means," Mrs. Wang said with two blessings, "Not only did you save our family, half of the people in Huaishutun were brought here from the porridge shed by the Lord. You are not a noble person, but us Where is the benefactor!" Xing'er brought a plate of sliced ​​melons and said in a low voice, "It has been splashed in the well, please use it while it is cold!" Hongli picked up a piece and took a bite. It was cool and sweet, and he couldn't help stroking her braids happily and said with a smile: "Good girl, it's a pity that your mother loves you too much, otherwise you will go to Beijing with me, and you will be successful in a few years!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "The dead ghost is sending the child to the fire pit. We can't even hope for such a good family like the master! - Chi Nizi, the master took you to Beijing to enjoy the blessings, why don't you hurry up and kowtow!" Er had already bent down, kowtowed countless heads, got up and took the clothes that Hongli had changed.Seeing Xing Jianye coming in with a dejected Hei Wuchang, the Wang family members withdrew. "Heiwuchang," Liu Tongxun saw Hongli winking at him, so he sat down and asked with a sullen face, "Do you know what crime you committed?" "I know," Hei Wuchang pouted, "The crime of decapitation. I've been preparing for this day since the day I joined the underworld. Bah, his grandma, in twenty years—" "Another hero. Isn't it?" Liu Tongxun said, "It's a pity that it's not just beheading. You didn't kill people to get money, you murdered! And the one who murdered was the fourth elder brother of the current prince before Long Live, Prince Bao! You think about it, run away Is it worth it?" Hei Wuchang opened his eyes wide and looked at Hongli in astonishment.I saw Hongli sitting with his feet crossed in a moon-white Ning silk gown, with a bright yellow crouching dragon belt tied around his waist, and a Hanyu pendant musk bag adorned with a plain paper Xiangfei fan in his hand. A glossy braid hung lightly on her shoulders, her face was as white as a moon and her eyes were like lacquer stars, she nodded slightly as she looked at herself, with the majesty in the charm of Tsinghua University, and she looked like a son of a dragon and a grandson of a phoenix.Hei Wuchang was stunned for a while, and said: "It is the emperor, I have already done it, and there is nothing I can do. I accept my fate!" Hongli interjected coldly and asked: "Hei Wuchang, I heard that you are famous A flower picker?" Hei Wuchang was so anxious that he stared like a copper bell, and shouted, "Who did you listen to? Tell that bastard to stand up! I have the matter of killing officials, and I also have the matter of robbing salt ships, but not Destroying women! This is from a famous leader in the underworld, otherwise I would not dare to eat the banquet at Duanmu's house! Since I was a child, my father taught me that being a strong man is a sin made by God, and that a woman is a sin of oneself. We are a gangster There are also the rules and principles of the underworld. You just check, if you find one, chop it up and feed it to the dogs!" "There is also a way to steal, this is Zhuangzi's words. Hey-the one who hides in the room of the husband's false meaning is the sage; enter the front, brave; leave the back, righteousness; divide evenly, benevolence..." Hongli murmured a few times "Actually, beheading, beheading, and chopping are not the cruelest punishments. In the past when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he often flayed people alive—Yanqing, how do you think he concocted it?" Liu Tongxun thought Thinking of Hongli's intentions, he shook his head and said, "Ming Dynasty had the punishment of skinning, which is to kill people and then peel them calmly, pull the grass, and dry them in the air." Qin Fengwu said: "Wei Dang skins people alive. Irrigate the whole body with hot pitch , then hardened with cold water, and peeled off piece by piece—with the skin peeled off, a person still has twelve hours to live!" The three deliberately exaggerated the torture, and even the Yan Hong sisters in the back room were terrified when they heard it. They were shivering all the time in the hot weather, and Hei Wuchang's face was pale, his head was lowered, his legs were trembling involuntarily, but he didn't speak. "You don't want to 'self-inflict evil', and you still have good roots." Hongli stared coldly at Hei Wuchang, who had been suppressed, "My Buddha's teachings are based on compassion. There is an irresistible heart in the world, and nothing is irrescuable. People. I take you not to pick flowers, and I can open up a lifeline for you. The princes and bandits are actually just a thought away. You are in your prime, and you have a talent, and I feel sorry for you, you can't be wrong!" These words Majestic yet warm, he talks about the principles of heaven and the world. Liu Tongxun has judged countless cases and tried many criminals. The old officials are familiar with the laws of human nature, and they can't help but admire them.Hei Wuchang already knew that he had no physiology, but he didn't expect Hongli to say it so affectionately and righteously. Bengjiao kowtowed and said: "Master said so, but Hei Wuchang is an individual, can he be ungrateful and unfeeling? The little one is a bandit. It was also forced by the owner. In the 45th year of Kangxi, Shandong had a good harvest. The owner seized the tenant on August 15th, killed my brother and sold my niece. In a fit of anger, I burned the Wangjiazhai and went to Guiding In the cottage, after three years as a young man, I became a second-rank leader, and because the former owner of the village, Wang Lun, picked flowers and robbed women, we turned against each other and killed everyone before pushing me to take the top spot..." he said So, touched by the hurtful things in the past, I couldn't help but boil inside, and fell to the ground and wailed bitterly.Everyone was horrified by his broken gongs and sips. "The Guiding Peak is more than 700 miles away from here, and it is a peaceful world." Liu Tongxun asked softly, "How dare you go to Henan to rob tickets? You are too bold." After speaking, he took a peek at Hongli .Hei Wuchang wiped away his tears and said: "The Tie Zui Jiao who ran away, his father is alive and I are brothers. Five days ago, he told me that there was a dart route, which was very fat, and the silver he brought was hundreds of thousands. The enemy of the bodyguard master is willing to pay half a million silver for his head. People from all walks of life are transferred to the north and south official roads to wait for a piece of fat meat. Whoever robs will get 300,000 yuan, and the rest of the underworld friends will get 200,000 yuan. I am always fascinated , took the brothers down the mountain..." "Who—who pays half a million?" "Master, I don't know." "Ok?!" "Really!" Hei Wuchang raised his head and argued hastily, "Tiezuijiao said he didn't know either. He only said that the master has a great background. Each branch is presided over by a Taoist priest, and there is another one who speaks a Beijing accent. The long-bearded husband, named Pan Shigui, was dismissed from a nobleman’s mansion in Beijing. We are guarding Yanjin, and we have to arrive tonight by the deadline. I really can’t say anything else.” Hongli's heart trembled when he heard it, and he had already affirmed his original guess. He didn't expect that the third brother, who is usually gentle and humble, would do such a tricky job, and he would not hesitate to use the gangsters to set up cards along the way. already!After thinking about it, he had an idea, and suddenly said to Hei Wuchang: "You didn't lie to me, and I didn't lie to you either. I can forgive you. You can leave if you want, or you can stay if you want to." Heiwuchang widened his eyes. "I think for you, it's better to stay with me." Hongli's face was expressionless, "Because your crime has not been resolved, the government still wants to arrest you. Your bandits have all been captured, and you can't do anything when you go back to the cottage. You What do you think?" "I would like to follow the master to hold the whip and fall into the stirrup!" Hei Wuchang said without hesitation, "It's not because of the extreme helplessness, who would go to the underworld these days?" Hongli nodded and smiled, pointing at Qin Fengwu and said : "He also committed a crime. I pardoned him and kept him. It seems that I still have some merit. You killed officials and robbed roads earlier. This crime is serious. You have to divide it into two steps. First, go to Miyun to be my Zhuangzi. Deputy housekeeper, after two years, the work will be over, and it is not uncommon for him to change his name to join the battalion and earn a general and lieutenant general after a few battles. Is this possible?" He understated, and outlined the future of Hei Wuchang for the rest of his life. A bright future ahead.Hei Wuchang's whole body's blood almost rushed to his face, his heart was beating so fast that he almost fainted, he kowtowed after a long while, and just muttered: "Master is my reborn parents..." "I have always served as an imperial envoy, and I always come and go in modest clothes—people are too familiar with my temperament." Hongli stared at Zhuying and sighed, "It's what Qin Fengwu said, a son of a thousand gold can't sit down, and a man who knows his destiny can't stand upright." Under the dangerous wall, tell Cheng Rongqing that I will go with him tomorrow, and tell Li Fu to send someone to pick me up, and I want to enter Beijing in a splendid manner!"