Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"Count the days,

the fast is two or three days ago, and the slow is today and tomorrow. "

"Show me Li Xin's portrait. "

"Why, you also want to receive the reward money, at Chen Zhutou's place. "

The scholar thought that if he didn't make a great achievement, he wouldn't be able to pass this level, so he really went to find Chen Zhutou.

Chen Zhutou was busy assigning his subordinates to summon the township Yong, and when he heard the scholar of the young master of the county order asking to see him, he didn't have the courage to scold, what a thing. But he didn't refuse and let them go.

The scholar hurriedly entered the arresting room, saw Chen Putou, and said: "Take out Li Xin's portrait, and the young master and I have seen Li Xin." "

"Huh, really?" Chen Putou suddenly came to his senses when he heard this. But after looking back, my suspicions arose again, thinking, these two cockfights and played with women, when are they passing by, aren't they entertaining Uncle I, but I can't help but guard against it.

took out the

painting scroll from the wooden barrel, spread it out on the case, and asked: "This person is Li Xin, how have you seen it, don't talk nonsense, this is a big case involving anti-thieves, in case of trouble and a lawsuit, the county lord will not be spared." "

The scholar glanced at it, then shook his head in disappointment and said, "This person is not the person I have seen, it turns out that it is not Li Xin." "

"Hmph. Chen Putou was even more angry, his busy feet did not touch the ground, but there were irrelevant idiots to entertain him, he couldn't wait to kick him, call him a dog to eat, and said to himself: "What kind of character is Li Xin, you also deserve to meet him, hehe, people can kill you with a fart." "

"Hahaha. Everyone in the room laughed.

The scholar was angry, so he lowered his face and replied: "I hurt Young Master Huang's thief and his wife two days ago, why haven't you caught it, you can't even catch an ordinary thief, but you have the face to play majestic." "

The head catcher snorted coldly, and no longer paid attention to him, I heard that the woman would make a meteor hammer, this kind of out-of-the-way weapon has been practiced hard for more than ten years, and it can't be used at all, this kind of master who has practiced martial arts for many years is very difficult to provoke, and he is forced to a dead end. The catchers have families and jobs, and they only receive a dozen taels a year, so why bother with their lives. The scholar was snubbed, indignant, and thought again: If the person in this portrait were fatter, his eyebrows would be a bit similar. But the nose doesn't match, it's hard to get it.

was

hesitating, but there was a catcher behind him who wanted to curry favor, came over and took a painting scroll from the barrel, and spread out the portrait of Xing Hongniang on the table, and said with a smile: "Look at this, this female thief is good-looking, and the young master will definitely like it." "

"Ah, it's her, she, she's the woman the young master is looking for, the woman who injured Huang Gongzi. The scholar exclaimed, pointing to the portrait.

"Haha, ha, this is Xing Hongniang, the leader of the famous thief army in Shanxi, your young master can't stop it. "

"I heard that Xing Hongniang is an old girl, will she fall in love with Li Xin's little white face and hook up with a man. "

"That's a real hookup. "

The gossip soul of the catchers is rising, and the gossip is opened.

"Wait, you dare to vouch, it's not a mistake, this is Xing Hongniang, not an ordinary thief, if you make a mistake, you will be responsible. The headcatcher asked sharply.

"Oh, you're crazy, this is the one that made the meteor hammer, Huang Gongzi vomited blood, turned into ashes, but in this painting, he is young. The scholar gave Chen Zhutou a drink and asked, but he was hesitant and couldn't eat it accurately.

"That's right, this portrait is written in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, five years ago. The head catcher thought for a while, and then said: "I said that the weapon of using the meteor hammer must not be a thief, it is not easy to provoke, it turns out that it is really a famous thief." You come with me to see the master. As he spoke, he picked up the two paintings, hastily rolled them, dragged the scholar again, and walked straight to the inner hall.

Under the bookcase in the back hall of the county government, the county lord Huang Yuhai is sweating profusely and carrying a pen, he is a short and fat man with big eyes and a big face, and a short figure, with a thick and straight beard around the lower half of his face, if this appearance is not for the bookish temperament between the eyebrows, it is full of Li Kui, but his temper does not live up to the roughness from head to toe.

Huang Yuhai, who was anxious about Li Xin's anti-absconding incident, heard that Chen Zhutou had something to see, but when he came in, he saw the scholar, so his face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "Chen Tou, you are your husband, you should know everything urgently, and don't learn from others to take advantage of it, this is not your strength, nor is it your duty." "

"County Zun, there is something important about the humble position, this kid just looked at the wanted portrait and pointed out that he met Xing Hongniang a few days ago. Chen Zhutou immediately told the truth.

When the county magistrate Huang Yuhai heard this, he came to his senses and asked, "The man next to Xing Hongniang, is it Li Xin." "

The kid said no. "

"Ah, yes, this is a suspicious formation, Li Xin and Xing Hongniang staggered and absconded. As soon as the county commander Huang Yuhai sank slightly, he thought he was aware of it, so he said: "Capturing Xing Hongniang is also a great achievement, Chen Tou, is your child an adult." "

"Return, county honor, my child is fifteen this year and is not an adult. "

"That's fast, now there are disasters in various places, what can be done with a few acres of thin fields at home, locust plagues and droughts and floods will not be harvested, and bandits are rampant in various places, and the road of buying and selling and doing business is not daring to go out to do it. "

"The county is so right, those few acres of land were not expected, and once there is a disaster, it is still cumbersome, but I really can't figure out this kind of year, but the silver is getting cheaper and cheaper, and the shop is not rented out, and it is not rented out, it is really impossible. "

"That's right, you are a public person, doing business locally, it is still so difficult, where is the way out for your children in the future? "

"That county, please show a clear way, but there is a way out, even if the sword and the sea of fire are in front, you have to fight. "

"Go and arrest Xing Hongniang, I will personally go to the government to ask for merit for you and protect you with a martial arts. "

"Oh, Xie Xianzun is very gracious. "Chen Zhutou is really tempted, although this martial arts is not as good as the imperial examination, but there are still some dry goods, which is enough to ensure that the family is free from drought and flood.

The county magistrate Huang Yuhai turned his head to glance at the scholar, and said lightly: "You go with Chen Tou to handle the case, as long as the matter is done beautifully, in the future, the monthly money will double." "

"Yes, sir. The scholar was busy kowtowing, although he tried his best to suppress his emotions, but he couldn't stop trembling as soon as he spoke, and if he had more money per month, he could save money to redeem himself, which was not a simple increase in monthly money.

After the two of them left, when they came out of the yamen, the scholar asked, "Where are we going?" "

"Naturally, I am looking for flaws, why do these men and women want to venture into the county, there must be a last resort. "

In the Mei family's house, after three days of

conditioning, Wang Pu's condition has improved greatly, which is still for the Mei family's saddle before and after the horse, Wang Pu is grateful, thinking that he can go on the road tomorrow, and leave ten taels of silver for this family before leaving, in order to thank him for many days of trouble.

Xu saw Wang Pu's complexion, and the Mei family was also overjoyed, the young man was sick quickly, and he would be able to see the silver in a day or two.

The second daughter-in-law of the Mei family especially looked at Wang Pu with her eyes, and also sewed a cloak, carefully selected duck feathers and threaded needles to hang it, spread it out like a peacock opening the screen, it was very good-looking, and she was ready to wait for Wang Pu to go on the road and take it out and give it away. The second son of the Mei family saw that the cloak gradually took shape in two or three days, and the vinegar bottle overturned the pantothenic acid water, and said angrily: "Dad, look at Xiaozhi, she made this line for outsiders, and she didn't make it for me, and said that I didn't deserve it, this, is this a rebellion." "

"Farmer, can you wear

this thing, give it to you, you can wear it out and try it for a walk. The second daughter-in-law said disdainfully.

"Wear it, wear it, what's the matter. Mei Erzi snatched the cloak, put it on, and really wanted to go out, I didn't want to just walk a few steps, and came back, and said with a wry smile: "This color is too sassy, can you change it for me." "

"Hahaha. The whole family laughed, and the second daughter-in-law said sarcastically: "The duck feathers are already the most plain, and the magpie feathers, if you dare to wear them, I will make one." "

"Wool is fine, I'm not like those little white faces, I look very good, but I can't help the wind, he is a duck, I am a sheep, sheep is more useful than ducks. Mei Erzi was still unwilling, and said angrily.

"Oh, wool,

you want to tire me to death, wool is woven one by one, and it will take half a year. The second daughter-in-law was not happy.

"What nonsense, you two hundred and five. It's a way to go out of the house, and if you really use it, it's a bad thing. Old man Mei said angrily.

The old man was angry, and he didn't dare to squeak left and right, and under this inexplicable silence, he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the door gradually approaching.

Old man Mei's face changed, and the momentum was very similar to the ambush of bandits in the early years, but he didn't care for a while, so he could only go up and grab Er'er's arm and say, "Go and hide in the pigsty." After speaking, he took him to the back door, but Er'er was still stunned and didn't know the situation, and asked: "What's the matter, Dad, in broad daylight, can there be any villains, it must be the people from Shihuazhuang who came to grab water, and the eight lambs, I will go to the neighborhood to call someone to come and fight them." "

Old man Mei slapped him and said angrily: "It's an official army, it can only be an official army, I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid that in case, the Mei family will have to rely on you to stay behind." "How can the people of Shihuazhuang have horses, this movement can only be the official army.

"I, I'm hiding. As soon as he heard that it was an official army, Er'er immediately coaxed and went to hide obediently.

In a few moments, the sound of horses' hooves, neighing, shouting, and even the clatter of iron pieces of armor surrounded the room. Old man Mei secretly regretted that this battle was not aimed at him, the source of the disaster was that Li Gongzi. regretted that he shouldn't have listened to his wife, took in a person of unknown origin, and really got into trouble.

The women in the room were already frightened and inhuman, and they were paralyzed and weeping to the ground. Only Old Man Mei trembled and opened the door, and when he arrived at this field, it was better to know each other than to wait for someone outside to knock on the door.

The door opened, but in front of him were the officials and villagers in the county, and the leader was the head catcher. Old man Mei hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "We are our own family. "

Then why do you hide the thief and hand him over? Chen Zhutou scolded sharply.

"We don't know, we don't know that he's a thief, he's in the left wing, I'll take you to get him. Old man Mei kowtowed.

Wang Pu lifted the curtain of the door, walked behind Old Man Mei, and said with a smile: "Don't work hard, I'm coming out." "

"Thief, you hurt my Mei family a lot. Wang Pu didn't expect this old man to be so strong, he was kicked to the ground, and the two daughters-in-law of the Mei family next to him screamed to dodge, Wang Pu was about to be angry, but saw that several little babies of the Mei family were frightened, hugging and shrinking under the table, and glaring at him with frightened and hateful eyes, he had to admit that he was unlucky, this family is not a bad person, there is no reason to be angry with them.

"Take it all. Chen Zhu's first order, the officials and soldiers rushed in and locked Wang Pu and the family.

On the way back. A group of men and horses marched on both sides of Wang Pu's prisoner cart.

"Official, we are good people. There was only an old woman in Wang Pu's ear who kept shouting grievances, which was an ethereal echo of despair, as if it came from his ears and from the realm of voiding. Wang Pu was surprised, and looked back and forth only to see that it was Mrs. Shi, with messy sideburns, and was held against the head of a gun by the soldiers, shaking every step of the way, if it weren't for Mei's second daughter-in-law to support her, she would have already fallen down. But she still kept thinking in her mouth: Official, we are good people. That's it back and forth.

Wang Pu couldn't help but feel that the ancients were deeply afraid of the government. True to the proverb, if you are born and you can't enter the public gate, you can't die in hell.

The

prisoner car passed through the aisle under the county city wall, and the people enthusiastically watched, all of them were talking and pointing at Wang Pu. Entering the city gate, the people in the city heard that the thief was Xing Hongniang's concubine in Shanxi, handsome and handsome, and the city was full of thunder, and the road was impermeable.

Wang Pu has a lot of worries, even if he shows his official position at this time, it will be difficult to win the trust of others, and if he is decompressed by Jingshi and falls into the hands of Chongzhen, it will be even more inevitable that Ling Chi will be sentenced to death. can only hope that Xing Hongniang or the Shenjia Battalion will receive the news in time and come to the rescue.

Suddenly, a shot came out among the people on the street, and Wang Pu was stabbed in the ribs, he screamed miserably, and secretly shouted, am I going to die, just die. Wang Pu had never tasted such a pain, and in an instant, his brain suddenly woke up, this was not fake, he would die.

"Stop, what are you doing, back off. Chen Zhutou was furious, and immediately stepped forward, waving a whip, wanting to force the person with the spear to retreat, and the person with the spear had to wait for another shot, but Wang Pu couldn't sit still, his hand was fixed by the flail, so he had to raise his foot suddenly, and the second shot was stabbed in the calf, dripping with blood, flowing all over the ground, the man who stabbed the spear was obviously determined to Wang Pu's life, and pulled out his gun to stab the third shot, and this shot was aimed at Wang Pu's neck, Wang Pu screamed, shocked and inexplicable.

A horse's head flashed abruptly, only to hear a bang, the assassin flew out and rolled to the ground, it turned out that Chen Zhutou galloped to collide with the horse, narrowly saving Wang Pu's life. At this time, Xiang Yong went up to catch the assassin, Chen Zhutou glanced at this person, and didn't even ask questions, the catchers looked at each other, and one of them raised his foot and kicked this person, and scolded: "What do you mean, it is our Chen Zhutou's ability to catch people first, and if you get in the way, you can't take the credit, so you can shoot it in two." "

"Xu Youcai, don't say it, let people go. "Chen Zhutou is also helpless, this is the county lieutenant's subordinate, and the intention is also very obvious, he is red and he picked up a martial arts fame for nothing, which is purely disgusting.

The

assassin was also a single, grinned, and said, "If you kill me, I won't lose, if you don't kill me, I'm a little worried about being killed." "

"Oh, bastard, you're here. Chen Tou, you should treat him, this is all bullying us. "

"Chentou, it's not good, this gun head is poisonous. "

"Detoxify quickly, with gunpowder. Chen Zhutou didn't say a word, took the gunpowder from Xiang Yong's hand, poured it on Wang Pu's wound, and poured down a whole gourd's medicine, which was enough to hit fifty fire guns, lit with a fire rope, and the fire light rose one person high, Wang Pu didn't have time to scream and fainted, but the wound broke the poison, and the burnt flesh also stopped bleeding.

"Taste ginseng soup, people can live. "Chen Zhutou is thinking about martial arts and fame, so he depends on this prisoner, of course, he can't let him die.

"Chen Tou, you have a kind heart. "

"Chen Tou, how should this guy be treated. "Ask what to do with the assassin.

"Let it go. Chen Zhutou knew that the county lieutenant had the courage to send someone to assassinate him, so he was not afraid of him. What's more, Xing Hongniang killed many lives a few days ago, all of them are the children of wealthy families in the city, these gentry are very domineering, and hold grudges, the county lieutenant may have secret dealings with them, such a force is too terrifying, in the county, the county lord does not dare to offend easily, he does not have the courage.

"Huh. The assassin sneered, as if mocking.