Yoshida Mii

Chapter 162 Tricks
Mr. Yan persuaded Mrs. Xiucai to ride back with him on a horse, followed by a few young yamen servants with fast feet.

Now it seems that luckily caught up.

When the group arrived at the door of Dongbao's house, Lin Fu and the others were still guarding the door with farm tools on their shoulders. Mrs. Huang went home tired from crying, because Master Yan had brought Liang Zi to Dongbao's house to propose marriage to Zhang Xiuyu, and the people from Tagouji Most people recognize Mr. Yan.

Seeing Mr. Yan and Liang Zi coming, Lin Fu and the others were relieved, stepped forward to salute Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan quickly helped them up, and said: "Please get up quickly, if it weren't for you who are so enthusiastic and generous Folks, something bad happened today!"

Everyone in the village knew that although this Lord Yan looked serious and cold, he was actually a generous person, so they all laughed and said: "Isn't this what it should be? Even a man can't stand by and watch those unruly people bullying orphans." Widow mother!"

"That's right, Lord Yan, you may treat those bastards well, it's not a thing!"

Master Yan said solemnly: "Naturally, after the interrogation, he will be escorted to the county government office and judged by the county magistrate. How is Dongbao?"

Dong Bao heard the voices of Mr. Yan and Liang Zi in the yard, and he was completely relieved. His eyes became hot, and his nose became a little sore for no reason, and he shouted loudly: "Uncle Yan, Brother Liang Zi, I'm fine, I'm fine. !” With that, he opened the door of the house.

Seeing that she was safe and sound, Master Yan was relieved, nodded slightly to her, and said in a soft voice: "You stay at home first, close the door, and we will interrogate those people."

Dong Bao thought for a while and said, "Uncle Yan, I'll go with you." She also wanted to see what was going on with this group of people.

Mr. Yan was a little surprised. He thought the little girl was delicate, but this time she must have been frightened. He deliberately softened his voice when talking to her just now. He never thought he would have the guts to go and watch them interrogate those gangsters.

"Alright." Lord Yan nodded and said, "Stand behind me when the time comes, and don't get too close to those people."

The interrogation of the gangsters headed by Zhang Wan was carried out in the large courtyard of the Song family. When Song Yu learned that all the officials in the town had come to his house, he was pleasantly surprised after being frightened. At the encouragement of my aunt, I changed into a blue cotton cloth and came out.This blue cotton dress originally belonged to the eldest brother Song Yang. After Song Yang died, the better clothes belonged to Song Yu, and the rest of the patched clothes Song Yu didn't like, so Li was able to keep them in his hands. .

However, blue cotton shirts are worn by scholars, and Song Yu's long, sly, serious expression can't change his sloppy nature, and Song Yang is not as tall and strong as Song Yu, so the shirt is worn on him, and the sleeves and hem are a little shorter Big cut, unspeakably weird.

"Master Yan, the grass people are being polite here!" Song Yu bowed to Lord Yan.

Old man Song stood not far away with his head bowed, smoking a dry cigarette, his blushing old face looming in the blue smoke.Hearing Song Yu's voice, he just looked up at him, then lowered his head again.

Mrs. Huang kept crying beside her, and begged Mr. Yan, "Let the women decide! These people are going to chop off my son's fingers!" If it wasn't for the help of some daughters-in-law in the village, she would still be making a fuss More powerful.

Lord Yan glanced at Song Yu, and Lin Fu who was beside him hurriedly said, "Master Yan, this man is Dong Bao's second uncle, Song Yu."

"I'm right here." With a flattering smile, Song Yu hurried forward and bowed again. "If you want to ask an adult, feel free to ask the little one, the little one will know everything and talk endlessly."

Song Yu has studied with Song Yang for a few days, so he can also say a few polite words, and he is quite proud of this.

Lord Yan frowned, snorted coldly, looked at Song Yu with his hands behind his back, and asked sternly: "Since you are Dong Bao's second uncle, why did your mother lead a group of people to rob the widow's wife's house without any blood relatives?" The neighbors in the village are all generous to help, but you hide and don't show up? You are a good uncle!"

Song Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately felt a little guilty, and said with an embarrassed smile: "My lord, you don't know what's going on in my family, isn't it, isn't there no way to do it! Who in our family would dare not listen to my mother's decision? This It's... filial piety! Yes, filial piety! The old man has spoken, and there's nothing I can do if I'm in a hurry!" Song Yu patted his thigh with a heartbroken look.

Master Yan didn't bother to look at him anymore. I've seen this kind of person a lot. He's double-faced, but he doesn't have any skills. It's not worth taking him seriously at all.

"Uncle Yan, I suspect that these people came for our family from the beginning." Dong Bao whispered next to Master Yan, "My grandparents' family doesn't have much money, why are they willing to lend so much money to my third uncle? Sure. has a problem!"

Master Yan nodded and signaled Dong Bao to stand behind him. He had already noticed something weird. Dong Bao didn't recognize these gangsters, but they did. , it is impossible to have the ability to lend 300 taels to Song Bai.

"What's the matter? Are you guys going to tell the truth yourself, or let the brothers clean up and tell the truth?" Liang Zi said loudly, his fierce look with frowning eyes was completely different from his usual spring breeze-like smile in front of Dong Bao and others. different.

Dong Bao stuck out his tongue secretly, this group of rascals must be bullying, if Liang Zi talks to them politely, these ruffians must think that Liang Zi is honest and kind-hearted, and they might think of ways to bully honest people!

The hooligans glanced at each other, and all their eyes were on Zhang Wan, the leader. Zhang Wan secretly scolded them for not being loyal enough, so he could only speak hesitantly, and said with a flattering smile, "I really came here to collect debts. This money...is The private house that our brothers cobbled together, Song Baike made us miserable, he patted his chest and said that he could make money, so we lent him his wife's book, who knows... Alas, my lord, brothers I was also angry and anxious for a while, and wanted to get my money back quickly, so I frightened them by saying that they would cut off their fingers or something. In fact, there is nothing wrong with them. The brothers are all good people who abide by the law and do not dare to do anything that hurts people's lives. What happened, Song Bai is now studying in the academy in a good manner!"

Hearing this, Huang's heart was relieved, and she stopped crying and making trouble. She was really scared to death just now, and this nasty ruffian even kicked her twice.Touching her chest that was still hurting, Huang couldn't help but stepped forward and spit at Zhang Wan, "Bah, the thing that kills a thousand swords! If you dare to harm my son, I will kill you!"

Zhang Wan was very angry, but because Mr. Yan and several yamen servants were present, he had to lower his head and bear it.

"Refused to tell the truth?" Master Yan said lightly with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Wan swallowed his mouth, and smiled cautiously: "My lord, what the villain said is true!" They didn't know that Liang Zi and Zhang Xiuyu were engaged, and they didn't know that Lord Yan and Li's mother and daughter had a close relationship. He thought that Mr. Yan just likes to eat Baoji's tofu curd, but he never thought that Mr. Yan, who has always been indifferent and reticent, would stand up for the orphans and widows.

Of course, driven by the interests of 300 taels of silver, even if these people knew that Li's mother and daughter had some background relations, they still had a fluke mentality, thinking that the plan would be perfect, they would definitely succeed, and after dividing the loot, they fled around and waited for the limelight to pass come back again.What's more, with old man Song and his wife who love Song Bai so much, the Li mother and daughter can only swallow this dumb loss.

Mr. Yan glanced at him condescendingly, and said briefly to a few yamen servants: "Liangzi, little punishment."

Cold sweat broke out on the heads of several ruffians. "Small punishment" is the jargon of the town. Thirty boards are small punishments, and one hundred boards are big punishments. Although thirty boards are not enough to kill people, they are enough to make people If you can't get out of bed for a month, half your life will be lost. If you encounter a ruthless government servant and secretly use dirty tricks, you can even break a leg.As for the Great Ring, I am afraid not many people can carry it.

"My lord, please spare me! The villain is telling the truth! If you don't believe me, just ask Song Bai and you'll know!" Zhang Wan was anxious.

The yamen servants came out in a hurry, and they didn't bring a board. Liang Zi went to find a tree that was as thick as a bowl, and chopped it with the knife he carried with him. After cutting off the branches, he carried it over. too much.

"It's okay if you don't want to be punished." Liang Zi said with a grin, his eyes gleaming fiercely, "Tell the truth, otherwise... you dare to rob my aunt's house, you will be bored! Have you seen this stick? We brothers I will beat you to death! Whoever is willing to tell the truth will be spared!"

The effect of the last sentence is huge, and immediately some timid ruffians couldn't hold on anymore, kneeling on the ground and shouting in panic: "My lord, let me tell you! This matter is caused by Song Bai and Zhang Wan. That IOU is fake, just to let his mother take us to his sister-in-law's house to get the money! If we get the money, we will split half of it!"

When he said this, the rest of the people rushed to speak, which was similar to what the person said at the beginning.Zhang Wan was ashamed and annoyed, afraid of being severely punished as the chief culprit, he immediately shouted: "My lord, this was not done by a villain alone, they all have a share!"

When the confession of several people came out, not only the surrounding villagers of Tagouji, but even the government servants were stunned. Song Bai is a scholar after all, why is he so dark-hearted?Even the widow and niece are not spared!So are the beasts!

When everyone was amazed, Mrs. Huang suddenly jumped up excitedly, waving her arms and shouting loudly: "You bastards who have rotten their second sons, stop accusing my son! Why would my son do such a thing? You If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will block your mouths with dung!"

"Hey, just now I was so scared that I was crying and hugging someone's leg to beg someone, but now I'm so awesome!" Sanwei sarcastically sneered at his young age.

Huang's whole heart is to "rectify his name" for his son, so he doesn't care about arguing with Sanwei at the moment, he just keeps pointing at Zhang Wan and yelling, spitting all over the place.

(End of this chapter)