I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 335
When the delicious kebabs arrived, a group of children yelled excitedly. After taking a bite, they held up the kebabs to show off to their parents who were shopping.

"Ah Nuan, you can eat too." Zhan Feiyu took a bunch in each of his left and right hands, and handed the rest to He Sheng and He Nuan beside him, "We'll have mutton soup later."

He Nuan nodded with a smile, Miss studies hard, it is rare to come out today, it's good to relax a bit.

In the noisy street market, all kinds of hawking sounded together. There were already many pedestrians, and all of them were carrying bags on their backs, making it even more crowded, but it seemed more lively during the New Year.

"Get out of the way..."

"Scared! Get out of the way!"

Suddenly, there was a noise in front, followed by horrified shouts, and some passers-by who didn't know why tiptoed to look ahead.

In the chaos, the horse neighed, and the hoofs of the horses trampled on the bluestone pavement and made a rattling sound. Instead of stopping the horse, the groom sitting on the shaft of the cart deliberately whipped the panicked passersby with his whip in his hand.

"Miss, be careful!" He Nuan immediately dropped the unfinished meat skewers, and retreated to the steps of the grocery store while protecting Zhan Feiyu.

The cries were accompanied by the sound of the stall being knocked over, and in the blink of an eye the kung fu carriage galloped to the front.

He Sheng frowned, "That horse is not crazy!"

When He Sheng heard the startled sound of the horse, He Sheng's first reaction was that the horse was out of control and went crazy, but He Sheng only needed one glance to know that the horse was not crazy, but was deliberately driven by the coachman to run wildly in the market.

"Aiming at me?" No wonder Zhan Feiyu had such a reaction, in fact, every time he went out, he would encounter something, and Zhan Feiyu formed a conditioned reflex.

Maybe it was knowing the confusion on purpose, and then taking the opportunity to do it again.

He Nuan's right hand had already landed on the hilt of the soft sword. Not only He Sheng, but also the four guards who were secretly protecting Zhan Feiyu immediately raised their vigilance.

With the example of Ao Zikou before, their first priority is to ensure the safety of the lady, and whether the passers-by in the market will be injured is no longer within their scope of consideration.

"Wow..." Suddenly, a wail sounded.

In the middle of the road was the little Pangdun who was frightened silly with the meat skewers. Looking at the galloping carriage, the little Pangdun was so frightened that he didn't know how to dodge, and could only cry instinctively.

Zhan Feiyu, who was standing on the steps, recognized that this was the little fat man who wanted to buy five skewers of meat, "Ah Sheng, save me!"

He Sheng hesitated for a moment, and glanced over from the corner of his eye, but saw that four guards had appeared to guard here, and He Sheng flew towards the little fat pier like a sharp arrow in an instant.

"Ah!" The timid child also cried in fright, and the adults on the side hurriedly stretched out their hands to cover the child's eyes, not daring to watch the tragedy that was about to happen.

The horse's hoof was raised high, and those who were close seemed to feel the horse's warm breath on his face, and the little fat man's eyes widened in horror.

It's too late, it's too late!He Sheng held the little fat man in his arms with his left hand, and unceremoniously chopped off the long sword in his right hand at the shaft of the carriage.

If it is an ordinary knife and axe, it is estimated that it will not stop cutting the thick shaft for a while, but He Sheng's saber is a magic weapon that cuts iron like mud.

Everyone only heard a few clicks, and the horse, which was out of control, was still galloping forward. He Sheng hugged the little fat man and landed on the horse's back, tightened half of the reins, and finally stopped the horse.

And the carriage had already hit the ground with a bang, and the coachman, who had a proud expression just now, fell to the ground with blood on his head and twitched a few times from time to time.

There were screams of pain from inside the carriage. Looking at the wrecked carriage, one could tell how miserable the people inside were, probably better than the coachman.

"Miss!" There was another horse neighing, and a group of guards came over in the next step. They were all riding on tall horses. They were all strong and burly, with weapons on their waists. They were obviously Lianjiazi.

It is impossible for so many guards to be unable to control the speeding carriage. They clearly allowed the carriage to run wildly in the market on purpose, so they fell behind by a certain distance.

"Damn, deserved it!" Standing tall, Zhan Feiyu naturally saw the scene clearly, and the always smiling Baozi face rarely showed disgust and coldness.

Not to mention how many passers-by were injured by the speeding of the carriage, and how many small stalls were knocked down in the chaos, let’s just say that the lady who sold mutton soup at the stall next to the meat skewers just bought suffered a disaster. The big pot of mutton soup fell to the ground, scalding the mother and daughter who were drinking mutton.

He Nuan still did not relax his vigilance, glanced at the guards who flew off the horse and hurried to the side of the carriage, and said in a low voice, "Miss, that is Qiu Jingyuan's guard."

Earlier in the Linzhou Mansion Restaurant, there was a conflict between the two sides. Although there was no big fight, He Nuan recognized a few guards at a glance. Thinking back to the painful screams from the carriage just now, the sharp voices belonged to children. Qiu Jingyuan.

"What is she crazy about?" Zhan Feiyu frowned.

No matter what, the third house of the Qiu family is also the family of officials. Even though this place is thousands of miles away in Xiangwu County, Qiu Jingyuan rode a horse in the downtown area to commit murder. It's good that no one was killed. If you report to the imperial court, Sanfang will definitely be reprimanded by the Holy Majesty.

In the direct branch, the chief envoy, Mr. Qiu, not only would not intercede with Sanfang, but would even punish him severely. Although they both have the surname Qiu, Sanfang is ambitious. Now that he has an opportunity, Mr. Qiu will definitely not show mercy.

Four or five guards surrounded He Sheng who got off the horse, and the rest of the guards hurriedly pulled Qiu Jingyuan and the maid out of the carriage.

Although the fall was a bit miserable, Qiu Jingyuan was lucky, she fell on the maid Qinghong, and Qinghao fell on Qiu Jingyuan's nurse in charge.

So apart from Qiu Jingyuan being a little embarrassed, her forehead was cut by the silver hairpin on Qinghong's head, but there was no serious injury.

Qinghong was unlucky, although she fell on Madam Huang, her left hand hit the wall of the carriage, and it hurt so badly that she screamed, and her left wrist was broken.

As for Nanny Huang, it was the worst. Not only were two people crushed on her body, but she also fell headlong from the carriage to the ground. The fall was so heavy that there was a bloody gash on her forehead, and her face even fell on the ground. It was red and swollen when she was pulled up.

Probably because she was getting old, but just as the guard let go, Huang Nanny's legs gave way and fell to the ground again, but she was exhaling more air than inhaling.

Qiu Jingyuan, who was still in shock, was pale, her hair and clothes were messy, and she no longer had that domineering arrogance. She was supported by the guards, and her body was still shaking. She probably never encountered the danger just now since she was a child.

"Go and find your parents." He Sheng put down the little fat man with tears on his face, retracted his long sword, and looked at the guards standing in front of him with cold eyes, "Get out of the way!"

"You..." A guard was about to yell, but was stopped by his companion.

"Follow Miss's orders." The round-faced guard glanced at He Sheng fearfully, then quickly searched the crowd, and indeed saw Zhan Feiyu and He Nuan on the steps.

In the restaurant in Linzhou Prefecture before, they couldn't even beat a maidservant, let alone the male guard in front of him. Besides, this is a little girl whom Zhang Tongzhi had befriended with the courtesy of the same generation. These guards would never be able to offend them.

Seeing that the guards did not dare to stop him, He Sheng didn't speak again, and returned to Zhan Feiyu's side in two or three steps.

Even after seeing Qiu Jingyuan, He Sheng and the others still did not let down their vigilance.

"Master Gao will be here soon." Zhan Feiyu looked coldly at Qiu Jingyuan who finally calmed down under the comfort of the guards.

If other officials came to take charge today, Qiu Jingyuan would be reprimanded at most based on the background of the third house of the Qiu family, but the stern and selfless magistrate Gao will definitely enforce the law impartially.

The newly appointed magistrate of Xiangwu County was Gao Mingda. Originally, even if a new county magistrate was to be appointed, it would have to wait until the next year, but magistrate Zhu fled with Ku Yin, who was in the government office, and the chief secretary also fled after seeing the situation.

Those officials in the county government had no way of escaping, and some of them followed suit by collecting the things in the warehouse and fleeing home to hide. I heard that they didn't even let go of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Although they couldn't sell them for money, at least they didn't have to spend money in the future. buy again.

In the end, the entire Xiangwu county government was guarded by county captain Feng and the policemen, and the affairs of Xiangwu county, large and small, were handled by General Yang and Dou Qianhu.

Later, the magistrate of Weizhou sent the county magistrate Gao here, and Zhan Feiyu knew that the magistrate Gao and Gu Qingzhou were in the same year, and they had passed the provincial examination together.

Unlike the fatuous and money-greeding Magistrate Zhu, Magistrate Gao is staid, serious and upright, even a little unreasonable, so his official career has been mediocre in recent years, and the Weizhou government office has been a promotion official of the seventh rank.

Although the county magistrate is also a seventh-rank official, he is an official of one parent after all, and Gao County magistrate's previous pusher was only responsible for the paperwork of the government office and had no rights in his hands. This time he was promoted.

"Miss, it's great that you are fine. The servant was almost scared to death just now. Fortunately, the servant hugged the young lady at that time." Qinghong cried while hugging her broken left arm, not forgetting to show her credit.

Qiu Jingyuan looked at Qinghong, whose face was pale in pain, but remembered her loyalty, "How is Huangmao?"

"There is bleeding from the mouth and nose, you must send it to the hospital." A nurse who knows a little bit of medical skills got up and replied. After all, Madam Huang is old and the carriage is fast. If she falls down like this, even the practitioners like them will suffer. Can't live.

Qiu Jingyuan nodded. Originally, she planned to let the two guards send Nanny Huang to see a doctor in the clinic. After all, she was her nurse in charge, but when she thought of finding the culprit to settle the score, if there were fewer guards, maybe the murderer ran away.

"Miss, miss, the little one is damned, it's the young lady who didn't drive the carriage well and the lady was injured." The coachman knelt on the ground with a plop, and kept kowtowing for mercy. , half of his face was covered in blood.

"Damn the little one, but if the man hadn't rushed over and cut off the shaft of the carriage, the lady wouldn't have been injured." The coachman stared at He Sheng who was not far away with his man-eating eyes.

Qiu Jingyuan followed the coachman's direction and looked over. Seeing Zhan Feiyu and his party, new hatred and old hatred suddenly surged up, and she said through her teeth, "Is it the shaft they cut off?"

The coachman nodded hastily, just wanting to pick himself out to avoid punishment, "It's the young man with the sword, it's he who almost killed the young lady!"

"Give it to me, kill that bitch!" A sharp and ear-piercing roar sounded, Qiu Jingyuan pointed at Zhan Feiyu, and ordered the guard to do it, "Today either that bitch will die or you will die!"

The guards were stunned for a moment, they also knew how favored Qiu Jingyuan was in the Qiu family, if they backed down today, the third room would not treat them in the face, but behind the scenes, the dozen or so of them would definitely die.

So amidst Qiu Jingyuan's screams, the guards looked at each other and rushed over bravely. Even if they were beaten half to death, it was better than being killed by the third master and third wife when they returned to Qianzhong Road.

The passers-by around saw the guards rushing over with swords, and they were frightened to move out of the way. In an instant, a large space was vacated in the crowded market.

Although there were more than a dozen guards rushing over, Zhan Feiyu was the only one who took action. He Nuan stood still, and the other four guards also stood aside. At first glance, they thought they were just watching the excitement. passerby.

The sound of the sword hitting was heard, and the guards were there to deal with it, so after He Sheng made his move, within a quarter of an hour, the guards fell to the ground in disorder, each of them seemed to get up and continue fighting, but there was nothing they could do and fell back on the ground.

"You bastards!" Qiu Jingyuan became furious, and kicked the guard beside her fiercely, shouting in a sharp voice, "Get up, get up!"

"Miss, don't be angry, don't get angry, they can't go back and let the master find another group of guards." Qinghong hurriedly comforted the distraught Qiu Jingyuan.

In Qianzhong Road, when Qiu Jingyuan was domineering, outsiders were afraid of the Qiu family and naturally did not dare to do anything to her, so the guards were "invincible".

But when they met He Sheng, even the guards were not bad at all. After all, the Sanfang sent to protect Qiu Jingyuan must not be a fool.

It's a pity that He Sheng has the skill of one against a hundred. It's normal for these guards not to be opponents.

"You bastard, I won't let you go!" Seeing that the guard could not get up, Qiu Jingyuan stared at Zhan Feiyu viciously. Even though the 12-year-old girl had a beautiful face, she was matched with this yin and yang at this moment. The vicious and venomous expression appeared ferocious.

Zhan Feiyu walked down the steps and looked coldly at the shouting Qiu Jingyuan, "You should be lucky that no one was killed, otherwise you won't be able to stand and talk to me at this time."

"Bah, it's just a few low lives. This lady has plenty of money to pay for!" Qiu Jingyuan snorted coldly. She was so angry that she took people away from Qian's house and went straight to Xiangwu County to settle accounts with Zhan Feiyu.

But this anger was suppressed all the way, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. When she arrived in Xiangwu County and saw these people with smiles on their faces, Qiu Jingyuan immediately exploded. She was so aggrieved, why are these untouchables so happy?
That's why Qiu Jingyuan asked the coachman to speed up. Seeing the crowd running away in panic and crying in fear, Qiu Jingyuan in the carriage felt a little more comfortable.

Even if one or two people are killed by a carriage, it's not like she hasn't done it in Qianzhong Road before, and she was paid 100 taels of silver, which was just a set of money.

(End of this chapter)