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Chapter 693 "Dog Butcher Wu Juhou and his family, Yan Luo Dingrun is also!"

The backyard of the Wu Mansion.

Wu Shifan was studying "Shangshu" hard, and behind him were two younger brothers, Wu Shixia and Wu Shian, who were also studying "Yi" and "Book of Rites".

Ever since they were arrested by the Imperial City Secretary in Fan Lou that day and they were released, they were punished and grounded by Wu Juhou.

That's all for nothing, the key is that Wu Juhou was furious this time, he directly drove them out of the inner house, and went to study in the room where the servant was.

Not only was the place small, the candles were dim, at first there was no brazier, but later A Niang loved her and secretly put one in. Life was really hard.

"The time has passed, it's the first day of the new year, can't we let us rest?"

"I really want to fall asleep and never wake up again!"

The two younger brothers couldn't help falling asleep and began to complain. Wu Shifan thought of Wu Juhou's stern eyes after the reunion dinner was just done politely, and said in a deep voice: "This time, my father is determined to teach us a profound lesson. Don't complain anymore, you should study hard, this year's imperial examination, you must at least pass the provincial examination!"

The imperial examinations in the Northern Song Dynasty were held irregularly at first, sometimes once every two years, sometimes only once every four years, and it was not until the Shenzong Dynasty that the imperial examinations were thoroughly regulated, and the imperial examinations were held every three years.

The entire process of the imperial examination is very long. From the first examination to the final posting of the list and the parade of Jinshi, it basically lasts for more than half a year.

The normal situation is that in July and August of this year, the prefectures and counties in various places will conduct a solution test, and the students who pass the test will become Juren and go to Beijing to take the test. Until February next year, there will be a second provincial test for the Ministry of Rites, and then the palace test in early March.

The reason why the interval between the examination and the provincial examination is so long is also for the sake of the health of the students from all over the country, to give them time to get used to the environment of the capital, so that they will not be unaccustomed to the environment, and will not be able to perform abnormally due to illness.

In terms of the treatment of examinees in the imperial examination, Song Dynasty is undoubtedly the first, and under such a generous system, Bianjing Hukou has a great advantage.

But even so, Wu Shixia and Wu Shi'an still complained: "So what if we passed the provincial examination? We still couldn't pass the provincial examination, so it's hard to fail again and again, and finally got the sympathy of the officials, and gave a fifth-ranked Jinshi to be a supporter." A low-level official who can't afford a family fortune? That's too embarrassing!"

Wu Shifan also felt that embarrassing, but as an elder brother, he still reprimanded him righteously: "Shame? How many people study hard all their lives, but they can't become Jinshi, and become officials. Why do you look down on the same background as Jinshi?"

Wu Shixia lowered her head, and Wu Shian, the youngest, muttered in a low voice: "Then why don't you ask for a family background?"

Wu Shifan was furious: "What are you talking about...boom!"

Just as he was yelling, there was a sudden noise outside, followed by a half-tempered scream: "Ah—"

The three of them were stunned, and looked out subconsciously: "What's that sound?"

Wu Shixia said indifferently: "Could it be that some servant slipped and fell into the pool..."

Wu Shi'an became excited: "Is it a thief? Let's catch the thief!"

Wu Shifan's expression is serious: "Recently, there has been turmoil in the capital, and there have been frequent murders in the capital. First, two relatives of the county kings were killed, and then the queen mother was assassinated. The fire..."

After he summed it up like this, Wu Shi'an also showed fear: "When did the capital become so dangerous?"

Wu Shifan warned: "Fortunately, my father was well prepared and hired a lot of martial artists to enter the mansion. With them here, we can protect the safety of the family. Don't be impulsive and run around!"

When Wu Juhou used to run Jingdong, he was hated by the common people because of his plundering too hard. The banner of the peasant uprising army was to capture Wu Juhou and throw him into an iron furnace and burn him to death. Since then, in terms of guards at home, This one has become more important, and in this period, naturally more people will be recruited to protect the family tightly.

It is precisely because of this that there is such an obvious sound, and Wu Shifan's thoughtful admonition became a joke when a big-headed man with a long knife kicked open the door: "I thought three The yamen must have run away in fright? I didn't expect to be here, but it saved my time..."

The three of them stared blankly at the vicious man who was bleeding from the tip of the knife: "It's you? Ding Run?"

Ding Run is the magistrate of the Kaifeng government office, a subordinate of his father. During the previous holidays, this man had visited the house, so they all recognized and even remembered Ding Run at that time. It makes no difference to curry favor with officials above.

But now, looking at the blood on the opponent's body and smelling the pungent smell, Wu Shi'an raised his throat and was about to scream, and then saw a saber flash without hesitation.

Time seemed to slow down.

Wu Shifan stared blankly at his younger brother's head flying up, at the blood spurting from his neck, at Ding Run taking the head and skillfully putting it into a sack, and at last at the man who beat the killer without saying a word. Himself, lips trembling, seemed to be saying something.

Wu Shifan's head was buzzing, he went deaf immediately, and couldn't hear what the other party said at all. Ding Run said it twice, but seeing that he didn't respond, he clicked his lips: "I didn't expect Wu Juhou to have a stubborn son?"

He turned to Wu Shixia: "Wu Ya Nei, can you guide me?"

Wu Shixia was terrified to the extreme, turned around and ran, and then shot a dart from behind like lightning, piercing his neck directly, he fell to the ground with a bang, blood gushed out, and his limbs convulsed.

Ding Run stepped forward, chopped off Wu Shixia's head, put it in a sack, and then looked at Wu Shifan: "Your family has a lot of guards, can you guide me?"

Wu Shifan's pants were already wet, but he regained his hearing, and moaned, "Don't kill me...don't kill me...whatever you want me to do...I'm willing..."

Ding Run laughed and said, "That's true! Let's go!"

With Wu Shifan leading the way, Ding Run was indeed much more relaxed. Whenever a martial artist was on patrol, he would let this little man stand on top, and he would make a surprise attack from behind.

He is here to exterminate the family, not to fight a duel, so of course he will do everything he can.

When the guards hired by Wu Juhou with a lot of money were all buried under the knife, Ding Run's behavior became more and more efficient. When he walked into each courtyard, there were occasional brief and rapid screams, but most of the time it was quiet.

Wu Shifan stared blankly, knowing that he should run away at this time, but his legs seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he couldn't pull them out. It was not until Ding Run turned back and pushed him that he could move on.

This is like sweeping through courtyards one by one, the sacks are getting more and more bulging, and blood drips and drips while dragging, flowing all over the ground.

In the end, Ding Run and Wu Shifan stood outside Wu Juhou's house.

Wu Shifan suddenly realized something, opened his mouth and said, "Forgive me!"

"no!"

Ding Run refused, swiped his knife, and simply chopped off the head of the second yamen, threw it into a sack, and walked in swaggeringly.

Wu Juhou hadn't slept peacefully yet, and was still excitedly thinking about the future layout, and then saw his target push the door in, and suddenly showed disbelief: "Judge Ding?"

Ding Run said with a smile: "It's this time, you still call it a job? You are indeed a scholar-bureaucrat who values ​​etiquette!"

Looking at this big man standing in front of him covered in blood and full of murderous aura, Wu Juhou wanted to maintain the demeanor of his immediate superior, the magistrate of Kaifeng, but he couldn't control the drastic change in his expression: "Judge Ding, what are you going to do? Wrong!"

Ding Run raised his thick eyebrows: "Seeing that I came to the door with a knife, you kept reminding me that I am a judge of the Kaifeng government office. What did I do?"

"I am not as stubborn as Gongsun Zhao. I am willing to join forces with you. If you get rich, I will get rich too, isn't it good? Why can't you tolerate me and insist on putting me to death?"

Wu Juhou knew very well that the plan between himself and Zhao Tingzhi was leaked nine times out of ten, and the other party would directly kill him and try to explain: "Judge Ding, we are definitely not targeting you, but the Imperial City Secretary raised Gao Qi to do evil. , as long as you are willing to help us collect Gao Lian's criminal evidence, the old man guarantees that today's matter will be written off!"

Ding Run looked at him: "Wu Longtu, have you forgotten why we turned against each other? You colluded with Liu Yanqing and blamed me for the breach of the Kaifeng government government. Isn't this targeted?"

Wu Juhou was speechless.

Ding Run grinned again and said, "Since then, I've wanted to come to your house. If anyone doesn't let me be an official, I'll go to that house! Do you think my blood is just to kill those housekeepers? The guard of the courtyard, why did you say such an understatement, you want to forgive my sins mercifully?"

"Then the blood on your body..."

Smelling the extremely strong bloody smell coming towards his face, Wu Juhou's heart sank, and he didn't dare to think about it for a while, his face changed terribly.

Ding Run did not announce the surprise in advance, but looked around the elegant layout of the house: "People are not sages, and no one can make mistakes. You scholar-bureaucrats often say this, so you can make mistakes, but we lowly warriors are not human. ...But you have always heard of the blood spattering five steps when you get angry, or are you so arrogant that you don't think that oppressed warriors dare to do this?"

Seeing that he was too soft, Wu Juhou's old voice became sharper and his tone became tougher: "Ding Run, this old man is a scholar of Longtuge, he has the right to know the Kaifeng mansion, and is a third-rank official in the imperial court. If you dare to hurt this old man, you will kill the official!" Rebellion, the world is so big, there is no room for you!!"

Ding Run was amused: "What you said, it seems that 'Zuo Ming' has been arrested by you, and his corpse was thrown into the city to warn the world!"

Wu Juhou was speechless again.

Ding Run continued: "But the fact is that when my little brother was around, he couldn't catch many prisoners, let alone now! When I was an official, you were a third-rank official, the prefect of Kaifeng, of course you could suppress me , but I really want to reverse, let alone you old man, what can the court do to me?"

Wu Juhou's shoulders trembled, and deep regret finally welled up in his heart: "Then what are you going to do?"

Ding Run said sternly: "You slander me because you want to kill my whole family. If I fight back, I will naturally kill your whole family too! Of course, I was an orphan since I was a child, adopted by an old man, and I didn't marry a wife, so there is only one person in my family, and you Marry a wife and take concubines, have many children, and the whole family has hundreds of people, but these are the whole family, very fair!"

After speaking rigorously, Ding Run finally opened the sack behind him and took out the surprise: "Your eldest son, your second son, your third son, your fourth son...your eleventh son!"

Bloody heads were thrown out one after another, and they were all placed in front of Wu Juhou. Ding Run said: "In order to prevent any fish from slipping through the net, I have specially identified your family members during this period of time, and I agreed to kill your whole family. If one person escapes, one less will be lost. It doesn't count as killing your whole family!"

"However, you have too many wives, concubines and concubines, so I won't pretend to bring them here. There may be some in the countryside, and I will go again. This is your son-in-law. Order a little to see if it's neat and tidy? "

Pfft!
Seeing his son who was really neat and tidy, Wu Juhou's knees gave way, and he finally fell to his knees, wailing heart-piercingly: "Ah! Ahhh! My son... my son! The villain!! You are not well-"

Ding Run saw him screaming inhumanly, and thought he would be very happy, but when he thought that his official position was ruined by such people, he couldn't be happy, so he cut it off with a knife.

"Shh!"

With the iron-sharpening sword and his killing intent, Wu Juhou's head and half of his shoulder were chopped off, and the cursing naturally stopped abruptly.

"Finish!"

Ding Run turned his wrist, and a pool of stinky blood was thrown out from the blade, put into the sheath, and walked out, but after walking a few steps, he turned back again.

This time he was very excited, tore off the calligraphy and painting hangings on the wall, and wrote in blood:

"Dog Butcher Wu Juhou's whole family, Yan Luo Dingrun is also!"

(End of this chapter)