pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 26

No matter how stupid A Yu was, he was not so stupid as to really go down the mountain to find the owner of the handkerchief.

Looking at the man lying on his side with his back facing him, Ah Yu went out with a handkerchief.Since it was thrown by someone else, she definitely wouldn't use it, so let's keep it for the other party first, and maybe return it to the girl who threw it in the future, even if she doesn't meet, Ayu won't use it.She has no shortage of handkerchiefs, so it would be awkward to think about using someone else's handkerchief.

Back in the room, Ah Yu immediately closed the door, carried two packs of pastries back to her bed, and opened each one.Seeing the almost transparent pea yellow and the purple sweet potato cake sandwiched with golden red dates again, Ayu's saliva almost flowed out.She had to restrain herself in front of the benefactor, and now she was alone in her room, Ayu couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a piece of purple potato cake and couldn't wait to eat it, feeling satisfied.

really tasty.

Ayu picked up the pea yellow and put it in his mouth, thinking about something while eating.In fact, the benefactor is really kind to her, as long as the benefactor does not force her to relapse in the future, Ayu is still willing to serve him.Since serving the benefactor, she has seen many novelty things, such a beautiful red dress, crystal clear jade pendants, silver coins, gold ingots, clear jade ointment...

Thinking wildly, Ayu ate a piece of the two pastries, put them away on the cabinet, and kept them to eat slowly later.

Over there, Zhan Huaichun was not angry for too long. After Ah Yu left, he calmed down for a while, and then his mind turned elsewhere.

Before, he only cared about teasing the little nun, and there was another Xiao Ren who said he wanted to help. He hadn't thought much about how to save the little nun. The worst plan was to spend money to redeem the little nun, but Jingci's attitude this morning has already told For him, the road of redemption is impossible.

If you can’t do it clearly, then you have to come secretly.Jingci used the name of the Buddha to force her into prostitution, but the Buddha did not punish her, he taught her for the Buddha.

Of course, he would definitely not do such things as murder and arson, but...

Zhan Huaichun closed his eyes, not knowing how Xiao Ren was going.

county seat.

After listening to what Zhan Huaichun asked Chang An to tell, Xiao Ren tapped his fan and meditated, and soon had an idea.

He went to the study to find his father.

"Father, I heard that there is a bully in the north of our county. He usually does a lot of evil to bully men and women. He has harmed many people. Because he has many small gangsters under his command, the people who have suffered do not dare to sue the officials for fear of his revenge. .Father, why don't you send someone to arrest him?"

Xiao Zhixian is not in doubt for his age, and he is still a seventh-rank magistrate at this age. It can be seen that he is not very promising, but he is a smooth man. When he should make decisions for the people, he will make decisions for the people. I haven't done anything harmful to the world for many years, and my reputation is still very good.

At this time, he calmly put down the book, looked up at his son, and suddenly stared at him and said: "Arrest, do you have evidence? Do you think you can arrest whoever you want? You will just ask around if you don't do business all day long. Go back and do a good job." Go read your book!" In fact, Xiao Zhixian was also playful and active when he was young, but now it's his son's turn to not learn well, and when he has nothing to do, he will hang out with the second young master of the Zhan family. He is an eyesore, and often scolds Xiao Ren .

"There is no evidence to find evidence. Father, send me a few people, and I will investigate right away. He has such a notorious reputation. I can find some clues with just two people. Otherwise, we will let him go. What if next year or the next year There are also imperial envoys who come to our place to inspect? What should I do if those people directly sue the imperial envoys, father, can you have good fruit?"

"Go away! Dogs can't spit out ivory!"

Xiao Ren chuckled, and sat down in front of the county magistrate to discuss it nicely: "Father, there is nothing going on in the county government these days anyway, so you can call a few people for your son, even if you don't find evidence in the end, it won't cost you anything." Is it something?"

Xiao Zhixian snorted, but he also felt that his son's words had some truth in his heart, so he personally ordered four yamen servants for him, but only gave him two days, and he was really rewarded if he was caught. .

Xiao Ren took the order and left.

He still had confidence in Zhan Huaichun, and after lunch, he led the four of them to Baishui Village in plain clothes.I don't know if they were lucky or Gao Chang was unlucky, Xiao Ren just arrived in Baishui Village, just in time to catch up with Gao Chang who was robbing people with a contract of selling himself.The young woman named Li Qiniang cried and said that the deed of prostitution was forged, and the surrounding villagers who watched the scene whispered. Although they showed their faces, they did not dare to stop Gaochang because of the four burly men behind him.

They didn't dare, Xiao Ren waved his hand directly, and the four yamen servants immediately flashed out their sabers, and surrounded Gao Chang and others.The blade was sharp, gleaming in the harsh afternoon sun, and chilling.

"What's going on?" Xiao Ren waved his fan, walked between the two yamen servants, and came to Gao Chang.

"Who are you?" Gao Chang raised his eyebrows and glanced at the four yamen servants with a solemn expression.

Xiao Ren smiled without saying a word, and winked at a yamen servant behind him.The yamen servant immediately took out the official waist badge and held it up to Gao Chang's eyes.

Gao Chang has experienced many things, so he didn't panic when he saw this. He bent down and clasped his fists at Xiao Ren, and said with a smile, "So it's the official, what is the official doing..."

"Why? Robbing civilian girls in broad daylight, do you still have kingly law? Come, arrest them all and bring them to the Yamen for interrogation." Suddenly became sharp, and the folding fan in his hand closed with a "snap", as awe-inspiring as a judge.

Gao Chang's expression changed drastically, and he quickly apologized: "You misunderstood, sir! Her father owed me money, and he sold his daughter to me if he couldn't pay it back. Look at the handprint on it..."

"No, sir, don't listen to him! My father was tricked into the gambling house by them. After seeing through their tricks, he would rather hit the wall and die than pay off the debt with me. He never gave his fingerprints at all! The contract of sale is fake, official you Make the decision for me!" The commoner girl cried and knelt down, kowtowed to Xiao Ren, her forehead turned red after a few blows.

Xiao Ren was unmoved, but raised his hand to stop Gao Chang from speaking, and said to the yamen guards sideways: "First arrest everyone, let the adults decide whether it is true or not."

"Yes!" The four yamen servants responded in unison, and then put their swords back into their sheaths around their waists, pulled out the ropes, and walked towards Gaochang and the others.

The subordinates behind Gao Chang all looked at him, as if as long as he gave an order, they would punch and kick the yamen servants.Gao Chang looked at Xiao Ren, saw that he was calm and determined, gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, since the official suspects us, then we will go to the yamen with the official." Let’s go, I believe Master Qingtian won’t wrong us.” If they really wanted to resist, the five of them would definitely beat the yamen servants to the ground, but if they really beat them, the charges would be confirmed, he is not that stupid.

The four yamen servants took five men and one woman away, and when they were far away, Xiao Ren said loudly to the surrounding people: "Our magistrate heard that there are bullies here, so he specially sent me to help the people. If you have any grievances, you might as well take this opportunity to report to the yamen, the county magistrate will definitely make the decision for you. If you are afraid of Gao Chang and dare not stand up, if you miss this opportunity, you may have to continue to swallow your anger and leave." Through the crowd , leave in style.

The people looked at each other and dispersed in a noisy manner. In less than half an hour, the news of Gaochang's arrest spread in several nearby villages. Before dusk, a dozen or so families knelt down to the yamen, begging for knowledge with red eyes. The adults call the shots, some will only cry, and some will invite witnesses.

In fact, some things can be seen to be true or false without trial. Xiao Zhixian knew it well, first ordered his master to write a pleading for them, and went up to the court for trial the next morning. There were witnesses outside, and one of Gao Chang's subordinates took the initiative to confess and begged for mercy. The crimes of defrauding people of money and forcing people to die have been committed. They are heinous. They will be imprisoned for the time being and will be executed in the autumn.

With a few simple words, a bully was solved for the common people, and the common people left with a sigh, scrambling to pass on the good name of the county magistrate.

Xiao Zhixian was very happy when he heard about it, and rewarded his son ten taels of silver.

Xiao Ren felt so sad, Zhan Huaichun gave 50 taels to the host for living in a nunnery, he did such a great deed, and only got [-] taels of reward, no, he has to ask Zhan Huaichun for credit!

As soon as Gao Chang was imprisoned in the death row, Xiao Ren got into the carriage and rushed to the nunnery.

Xiao Ren came quickly, as soon as A Yu set up the dishes, he ran over familiarly.

There was only lunch for two on the table.

"Benefactor, you can use mine, I'm not hungry." A Yu obediently stood aside, pointing to the part that he hadn't touched yet.The kitchen must be out of food now, she can't let the benefactor's friend go hungry, but fortunately there are pastries in the house to fill their stomachs.

Xiao Ren didn't have the guts to eat hers. He glanced at the cabinet in the back room and said with a smile, "Eat what you eat. I've already eaten it on the way."

He had a gentle smile, the same as when we first met, A Yu couldn't help looking at Zhan Huaichun's chest, always feeling that this benefactor didn't seem like he would bully others like that.

Zhan Huaichun had figured out her thoughts early on, and said with a sullen face: "I have something to say to him, you go back to your room, remember to come and pack your things later."

Just as A Yu was about to nod, Xiao Ren couldn't stand it any longer, "What are you doing? We can talk about it after dinner if we have something to do. My little master has brought all the food here, how troublesome is it to bring it back?" He stared at Zhan in disapproval. Huaichun glanced at him, then winked at Ayu, signaling her to sit down and eat.

Zhan Huaichun sneered, and looked up at Ayu.

Of course A Yu was afraid of him, so he nodded gratefully to Xiao Ren, and obediently took his things and left.

She was so obedient, the corners of Zhan Huaichun's mouth curled up.

"Why do you still have such a bad temper?" After the little nun left, Xiao Ren went inside to find a bag of jerky, and brought it to the table to eat with Zhan Huaichun.

Zhan Huaichun didn't answer the question, and asked him, "How is the matter going?"

Xiao Ren smiled triumphantly, looked outside and said: "It's his fault, I caught him robbing someone yesterday, and now he's locked up in a prison. What's the matter? Those men didn't deliver the letter to the bustard?"

"The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and Gao Chang went in. It's too late for them to separate themselves from him. How could they think of an old nun?" Zhan Huaichun showed sarcasm, mocking Gao Chang and Xiao Ren, "You said you wanted to save the little nun. Is there any way?"

Xiao Ren rubbed his nose in embarrassment. Fortunately, he really thought about it on the way, and lowered his voice: "A girl, now that the backer is gone, how about we threaten her to release her? Only release two clean ones, and we will release the rest." do not care."

"Don't care?" Zhan Huaichun looked at him, "Don't care, the news about the nunnery might get out. At that time, you thought they would be fine if they weren't in the nunnery?"

Xiao Ren was worried, and said casually: "Then we can only kill the old nun, let everyone go, and those nuns will definitely not speak out by themselves."

Zhan Huaichun smiled.

Xiao Ren was taken aback, and asked him carefully: "Are you really going to kill someone? That's human life!"

"Am I that stupid?" Zhan Huaichun said contemptuously, and then whispered his plan.

After Xiao Ren listened, he looked up and looked at Zhan Huaichun with the eyes of a stranger, as if he just met him today: "I really didn't see it, you, your elder brother said you are useless every day, I think if you think this way In the business world, he may not be worse than your elder brother." No wonder the old couple of the Zhan family went out to play with confidence, and the two sons are more ruthless than the other.

Zhan Huaichun laughed at himself.He knew that he was not stupid than his elder brother, but he didn't have the patience of his elder brother, and he couldn't do business like that.

The two whispered for a while, and after discussing it, Xiao Ren went down the mountain.

Zhan Huaichun went to find Jingci.

This time, he entered Jingci's room.

Jingci smiled charmingly, and Zhan Huaichun also smiled, and handed over the notice that Xiao Ren brought: "Gao Changqiu is about to be killed, how can you still laugh?"

Jingci's face changed drastically, and she stared at him in disbelief, as if she wanted to distinguish the real from the fake from his face.Unable to tell, she hurriedly lowered her head to look at the portrait of Gao Chang on it, the black and white writing on it, and the dazzling red badge of the government.After reading it, her hands trembled.

how is this possible?It's only been a few days, why did something happen?

Jingci slumped down on the chair, the shock in her heart quickly turned to worry and fear.She is a weak girl who can only do this kind of money-making business with the support of Gao Chang. Now that Gao Chang is gone, what can she do if those men come here to sleep and don't pay her?This is still good, in case someone sees that she has no support, she will be malicious...

Black and white, she has seen this kind of thing too much.

Thinking of this, she looked up at the man sitting opposite, and forced herself to calm down: "Why did you tell me so, sir?"

Zhan Huaichun smiled: "I want to persuade you to stop as soon as possible. I believe you understand the truth. It is best to leave before they get the news and think of you in these two days."

Jingci was not that innocent, she accepted the notice and got straight to the point: "Young Master is really kind, what do you want to ask for?"

"It's very simple. I have some identities in my family. It's not good to let others know, so I hope you sell Mingxin and Mingan to me, and at the same time, you can't spread the bad reputation of the nunnery. The two of them have returned to vulgar life, and they have become free agents, so I can justifiably take them in."

Jingci was overjoyed: "Are you willing to pay 1 taels of silver to buy them?"

Zhan Huaichun sneered: "At this time, you still want the lion to speak up? Let me tell you directly, if I didn't want to preserve the reputation of the two of them, I wouldn't give you a penny, and I would directly sue you to the government. If you are guilty, you must They are in prison, but the two of them are innocent, and I will naturally have a way to get them after they are released."

What Jingci was afraid of was this: "Then how much money do you want to give? Huh, if you want to give ten taels and twenty taels, then I would rather go to the prison with them!" The other party is afraid, so she has the capital to bargain.

"I'm not that stingy." Zhan Huaichun took out a bank note from his cuff: "This is 500 taels. As long as you do well, I will guarantee you to leave safely."

"No, 500 taels is too low, at least..." Jingci vetoed it, but before she finished speaking, Zhan Huaichun suddenly stood up, Jingci's heart skipped a beat, she hurried to the door to stop him, hesitated for a while and said cruelly: " You can only sell one for 500 taels, and you have to promise me to protect me until the morning of the [-]th, because I am going to sell everyone else on the [-]th night. Don’t worry, those people’s bids are not high. I can buy the other one." Before leaving, he wanted to make another fortune.

Zhan Huaichun lowered his eyes in thought.

Seeing this, Jingci calmed down slowly, returned to the chair and said, "Thinking about it carefully, I don't really have to go, I'm missing a Gaochang, and there are other gangsters, it's not difficult for me to find a backer. It's just that I'm getting old, if there is really a safe way out, why don't you take advantage of it and stop, don't you think?"

Zhan Huaichun made a look of embarrassment, and after Jingci persuaded him again, he handed over the bank note: "Okay, I promise you. This is Mingxin's ransom money. You will return to vulgarity for her tomorrow morning, but Remember, I don't want her to know that I am behind this matter, and I don't want her to know the filth of the nunnery, you'd better think of a good reason to tell her, otherwise I will leave you with nothing."

Jingci smiled and put away the bank note, and winked at him: "Don't worry, young master, it may be difficult to deceive others, but it is too easy to deceive Mingxin, but that girl wants to be a nun with all her heart, and she will definitely do it when she learns that I want to drive her down the mountain." Sad and sad, when the time comes, don't you blame me for loving her?"

Zhan Huaichun left without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)