A knife in love

Chapter 2074
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Wang Xiaoyu slapped his hands together, and said with a smile: "Wonderful! Wonderful! This good man surnamed Ji is really a smart man. He had thought about dealing with the magistrate for a long time, but the county magistrate The guards are strict, and it is more difficult to bring people into the yamen to kill the dog officer. Unexpectedly, the dog officer wanted to die by himself, and he became obsessed with fighting crickets. This Ji hero set up this plan. During the magistrate's gambling match, he hid the steel knife in a wooden box, and brought twenty or thirty men into the magistrate's office. If it were normal, the police officers guarding the magistrate's office would never let them go The good guys go in. It's just that the magistrate is determined to win 1000 taels of silver, and those dog legs guarding the gate naturally dare not touch the magistrate's bad luck, so they checked randomly and put these good guys into the yamen. Haha, magistrate This dog thief deserves his own misfortune."

The shopkeeper and Humpty Humpty looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces.After a while, the shopkeeper went on to say: "Everyone in the yamen knows that that day is the official day for the gambling match between the county magistrate and Uncle Ji. Whether it's a business trip or a quick arrest, everyone wants to see this big game. No one would have thought that someone would dare to come There was a disturbance in the yamen. Dozens of people were crowded in the lobby. Apart from the head arresters, there were only four or five police officers serving in the lobby. The twenty or thirty servants held shining steel knives and closed the gate first. The six people guarded the gate and the exit of the back door, and the rest of them rushed forward wielding steel knives, and drove Zhixian and others to the center of the hall.

"Seeing this situation, the county magistrate was terrified. Knowing that he had been fooled by Uncle Ji, he felt regretful. Those officials, wealthy businessmen, wealthy households, and landlords were even more frightened. They didn't know what happened. Sturdy, with a steel knife hanging on his waist, so he was not afraid when he saw Uncle Ji's servant rushing up with a steel knife, and immediately drew his knife and rushed forward, wanting to fight the enemy.

"Seeing this, the county magistrate, the master, the book office and others were both surprised and happy. They thought to themselves that the captors were really kind, and they dared to draw their swords to fight back. At that time, there were four or five tolerance and arresters with knives in the lobby. Come on, these people were scared out of their wits like Zhixian and others before, and they didn't dare to make any changes. But seeing the head catcher draw their swords to resist, these people's courage also strengthened, and they stretched out their hands to hold the handle of the knife, thinking Draw your sword and fight.

"It's just that the head catcher wielded a steel knife to fight against a servant. After two or three rounds, the servant chopped off the head catcher with a single knife. Seeing this situation, the magistrate and the others were frightened. The cowardly officials and merchants saw the head of the catcher falling on the ground and rolling around, and his mouth was still gnawing and biting. The scene was extremely strange, and they fainted from fright. Seeing the tragic death of the head catcher, who dared to resist, was so frightened that he threw the steel knife on the ground, mixed with the crowd, was kicked and beaten by the servants and drove them to the center of the hall, squatting on the ground, trembling all over, not even breathing Dare to speak out.

"When the servants arrested the magistrate and others, Uncle Ji stood aside and watched coldly. It was not until the magistrate and others were driven to the center of the lobby to squat down that he Shi Shiran walked under the big plaque of "Mirror Hanging High" , sat down on the magistrate's chair leisurely, and said with a smile, you are unlucky to meet Lao Tzu today! Each person must redeem himself with 1000 taels of silver, otherwise he will be decapitated like the head catcher Fate in a different place.

"When he said this, he paused for a while, stared at the magistrate squatting in the crowd with malicious intent, and then said, as for the magistrate, he has scraped the land in Wangqi County for several years. There was a lot of trouble, and I think there are a lot of gold and silver treasures hidden in the house. Therefore, the life of the magistrate is much more expensive than other adults and other officials. If others take 1000 taels of silver to redeem their lives, the magistrate must get 1 taels Just do it."

When the shopkeeper said this, Wang Xiaoyu clapped his hands and cheered. The shopkeeper glanced at her, and then said: "After Uncle Ji finished speaking, the magistrate was stunned and was about to beg, but he saw the headless corpse lying on the side. , he thought to himself, the bastard surnamed Ji is planning to deal with me, so he must have found out my details in secret. It is useless to talk to him right now, so we can only endure it temporarily. Thinking of this, the county magistrate could only tremble and say , Yes, yes, as long as the hero spares the life of the subordinate official, the money is easy to talk about, and the money is easy to talk about.

"The officials and wealthy households in the lobby are all big villains who are rich and ruthless. They are all greedy, cunning, and extremely stingy. Asking them to obediently hand over their money is worse than killing them. But seeing the bloody corpse of the head catcher lying on the ground By his side, these people knew that Uncle Ji and his gang must be strong men who would kill without blinking an eye, and when they heard that the county magistrate promised to pay the money, they also agreed and promised to save their lives with the money.

"Seeing this situation, Uncle Ji laughed loudly, scolded everyone with a smile, and asked everyone to hand over the money. Except for the county magistrate, the rest of the people complained one after another, saying that they went to the yamen to watch the excitement, so how could they take it with them?" 1000 taels of silver? Uncle Ji first asked a few servants to escort the magistrate to the back house to get the silver, and then asked the rest of the officials and wealthy households to write notes, and then asked his servants to take the notes and go to these people's homes to pick up the silver. Silver. It’s just that a few people came from Dongyang Mansion to Wangqi County to watch the fun. The mansion is three or four hundred miles away from Wangqi County. Naturally, they couldn’t go to their homes to move money. Therefore, Uncle Ji ordered his subordinates to send these people away. The banknotes on his body were searched out, and he took them to the bank and bank in Wangqi County to withdraw the cash. One person had a banknote of 3000 taels, which was searched out by Uncle Ji's men. He was heartbroken and begged Ji The uncle returned the extra bank notes to him, but it made Uncle Ji angry. With a wave of his right hand, a servant stepped forward and hacked the man to death in the hall. The rest of the people were frightened, and then I didn't dare to say a word.

"It's just that those few tolerance officers who are mixed among officials and wealthy businessmen can come up with 1000 taels of silver? Seeing that Uncle Ji's men killed another person, they were so frightened that they all knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that they were small officials from Wangqi County You can’t redeem your life with 1000 taels of silver at all. Uncle Ji said with a sneer, I’ve already found out the details of the officials in Wangqi County. I can't get 1000 taels of silver, but I can still get 50 taels of silver per person. Only then did the tolerance officers breathe a sigh of relief, and hastily wrote a note and handed it over to Uncle Ji's subordinates. Go home to get silver.

"At that time, Uncle Ji's subordinates guarded the lobby of the yamen, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. Although there were still many police officers inside and outside the yamen, there were no magistrates, masters, secretary offices, head arresters, etc. to issue orders, and they didn't know that something serious happened in the lobby. Therefore, no one dared to enter the hall. I just watched Uncle Ji's subordinates keep coming out of the yamen and moving back wooden boxes of all sizes. The magistrate and others were trapped in the lobby, although eight or nine hours passed, none of the police officers dared to go to the lobby to check."

(End of this chapter)