Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 35 Who is reasonable?

Tian Buli felt very uncomfortable and walked towards the city gate dejectedly and nervously.

It was not my intention to beat someone to death, but now the dead cannot be resurrected and I did not want to be punished, so I had no choice but to run away.

As soon as I approached the city gate, I saw several people running towards me aggressively.

Tian Buli was startled and looked at the men in cloth and linen clothes.

Those people were obviously coming towards Tian Buli, holding wooden sticks and long knives in their hands.

"Tian Buli! Pay with your life!"

"Where are you running to, you little bastard? I'm going to cripple your limbs today to avenge my dead brother!"

The shouts of the two rough men completely destroyed the last bit of hope in Tian Buli's heart.

Tian Buli had a lot of grievances to express, and killing was never his intention.

Tian Buli, with cold hands and feet and a sad face, wanted to escape again, but was suddenly hit on the head with a stick by a thin young man who came from behind!

bang~
Tian Buli's head felt dizzy, followed by heat and pain!
"Watch the fight!" Xia Liu wanted to continue fighting!
Suddenly, Tian Buli raised his head abruptly, and his original cowardice, helplessness and sorrow were all replaced by the rage of wanting to kill someone.

Tian Buli bowed his head calmly, and with the strength of his body and his right fist, he punched out!
Iron Ox Passing By!

The fist hit the young man's chest like a bull's horn.

With one punch, the young man's body flew more than one meter high and two or three meters away.

After falling to the ground, he rolled several times before stabilizing his body.

Don't want to die!
Don't want to die!
Don't want to die!
Don't want to get beaten!

Don't want to get beaten!

Don't want to get beaten!

Tian Buli clenched his hands tightly, and his brain was unable to think about anything else.

"Whoever wants to kill me, I will kill him!!"

Tian Buli refused to seek justice or apologize. He glared at the thugs and servants who came to seek justice for the dead.

"Who dares to kill me?" Tian Buli glared at the group of thugs.

The thugs and civilians nearby watched him from a distance, and no one dared to approach.

Tian Buli knew that there must be someone who could subdue him, so he took advantage of the fact that those powerful people had not arrived yet, and after scaring the rest of the people, he quickly rushed towards the people who were blocking his way.

"Come and die!"

Tian Buli shouted and rushed over.

Zhang Niu and Xia Fu felt something was wrong and quickly dodged to the sides.

As soon as the two of them dodged, they saw Tian Buli running out quickly without looking back.

"Shit! We've been tricked by this guy! He's bluffing us! Hurry up and catch up with him!"

Zhang Niu reacted quickly and chased after him again with a group of thugs from the escort agency.

"Stop! Don't run!"

"Stop him!"

"catch him!"

After running for two minutes, the few of them gradually became exhausted, but Tian Buli ran out directly under the watchful eyes of the guards at the city gate.

It was already late at night and the city gate had been closed, but after Tian Buli asked the soldiers to open the gate, several people helped open it without asking any further questions.

After Tian Buli ran away, Zhang Niu and others approached the city gate with knives and sticks.

Seeing Tian Buli running out, he shouted: "Why didn't you catch him?!"

The two gatekeepers at the city gate quickly gripped their spears and looked at the group of people warily, "What are you doing?! Rebellion?!"

Xia Fu came over and yelled, "Gatekeeper! We just yelled at you to stop him, why didn't you?!"

Zhang Niu and his men stopped and shouted with their weapons in hand: "You let the criminals go. I will tell our owner when I get back! The county magistrate will not let you off!"

After hearing this, Li Wen looked at the group of people unhappily.

"Tian Buli is a student in the county. We need the county magistrate's consent to arrest him. Besides, his teacher won the first prize in the prefecture case and is a scholar who has dined with the county magistrate. Why should we listen to a few escorts like you and offend him?"

Tian Buli went in and out of the city several times, and the people guarding the city knew that he was a scholar, and they also knew that Mr. Bing had won the first place in the imperial examination.

When the people from Fuyuan Escort Agency heard this, they shouted, "What happened to the scholar? That Tian Buli killed our gatekeeper. Our owner will not forgive him!"

At this time, Li Wen already knew what had happened. It turned out that it was just a matter of beating someone to death.

"Let your owner go find the county magistrate! See if he can see the county magistrate?"

It was already very dark at this time. Tian Buli committed the murder in the evening. When a group of people heard about it, they ran out of the mansion to arrest the man, as if they had not yet asked the master's opinion.

It was getting dark and cold, and soon the people from Fuyuan Escort Agency returned to the agency.

The people in Zhuangzi also knew about this matter roughly.

The owner of the manor, Xia Bayuan, and his wife went to the county town to visit relatives. This was the day when the examination results were announced. Generally, if a relative passed the exam, they would go to congratulate him and make themselves known.

The people in charge of Zhuangzi's affairs are the second master Xia Bashan and Xia Bayuan's son Xia Yelin.

Xia Yelin looked at the corpse lying in the hall. The clothes on the abdomen of the corpse were lifted up, and there was a clear fist mark on the belly. The entire stomach and chest were sunken.

"Uncle, this guy only looks third-rate. A few of my fellow apprentices can capture him. You don't need to do anything."

Xia Bashan nodded. He was a rough man who didn't care about the exam date at all, and he didn't even know about the recent exam results.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. If anyone dares to kill someone from our Fuyuan Escort Agency, he will pay with his life!"

At this time, Xia Bayuan's disciple next to him asked carefully: "Second Master, Senior Brother, Tian Buli is an orphan and has never married, but he has always lived with Hu Xiucai."

Xia Yelin said quickly: "Then let them pay the money!"

When Manager Lei heard this, he hurriedly instigated, "This family has a lot of money. They wanted to buy the master's two concubines for 100 taels. They had an affair with Bai Hongyan and Zhang Xia earlier, and they wanted to buy them for another 200 taels of silver."

Xia Bashan felt something was wrong. "How can a tofu seller be so rich?"

Manager Lei explained: "Those two women must have hidden money for that pretty boy!"

Xia Bashan gave the order directly, "Go and collect the money from our farm! No matter if this matter has anything to do with them or not, if we can't catch Tian Buli, let them know how powerful we are!"

"Oh my god!" Manager Lei had heard that the tofu-selling lady was pretty.

Xia Bashan did not take care of this matter personally, and Xia Yelin also arranged for the housekeeper to handle it.

The next morning, when Manager Lei and six men arrived at Dou Niangzi's house in a show of force, they kicked the door open and searched the house, but could not find anyone.

After capturing the nearby neighbors and questioning them, they found out that the family had gone to Liu's house.

"They went to Liu's house, what should we do?"

"The Liu family won't keep them. If we go there, they will definitely give us face! They might even give us money!"

The group of people discussed it and decided to go to Liu's house to ask, otherwise they would not be able to complete the mission.

A group of people quickly went to Liu's house.

As soon as they arrived outside Liu's mansion, they saw several sedan bearers standing next to a sedan chair and looking at them.

The sedan bearers were all middle-aged or elderly laborers serving in the county. Even wearing yamen runners' clothes could not hide their rustic appearance.

Near the sedan chair there were two yamen runners wearing soap-cornered robes and holding knives on their waists. Both were 1.75 meters tall, looked strong, and had fat faces.

"Manager Lei! It's the officer wearing a hat!!"

The men next to Manager Lei quickly became cautious.

Those who travel outside for a long time are clear about the difference between yamen runners and official constables, and they know clearly who to offend and who not to offend.

There was no need for those people to say anything. Manager Lei and the others quickly retreated and waited at a distance until these people left.

Not long after, a man in red official uniform was seen walking out of the high gate of Liu's mansion.

official!!

It’s an official!!!

In addition to the high-ranking official, those who came out included Mr. Liu, his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, and Lady Bean, who looked very sad.

"My Lord, let the children go hide in the county. I will go home and wait."

County Magistrate Chen nodded and said, "I have also heard Hu Yuwei say many times that Tian Buli had done him a favor. I will handle this matter properly. They are all small matters. Don't worry about them. You can stay here without worry."

Lady Dou was still very sad, and lowered her head and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Mr. Liu also said quickly: "Don't worry, County Magistrate. I have always respected Mr. Hu. I will definitely not let Mrs. Hu and her family suffer any injustice this time."

County Magistrate Chen nodded, but did not give him any face and say any words of thanks.

Soon the county magistrate took his men away.

Manager Lei and others were frightened after just one look from a distance, and they all hid in the corner and dared not show up.

The reason why they are so afraid is that there are countless negative examples in their memory to remind them.

Xia Fu asked carefully: "Is the county magistrate helping us or Mr. Hu?"

Manager Lei finally came to his senses and said anxiously, "That's the county magistrate! The county magistrate! How could an official help us? And come here in person?!"

Zhang Niu reminded him, "It was Tian Buli who killed our brothers this time. We are in the right. The county magistrate will definitely help us!"

It would have been better if he didn't say it. After he said this, Manager Lei became even more scared.

(End of this chapter)