Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 105

Zhuang Hao looked up at the night, in the night, Zhang Nianmei gestured to him, he nodded, understood, the person who assassinated secretly was settled by him, walked through the crowd, walked to the front of the crowd, pointed at ten Several people who were arrested asked: "Guys, who are they in the same village as you?"

After being reminded by the young master, the troublemakers looked at each other and asked, "Is it from your village?"

"No, I haven't seen it, I thought it was from your village."

The person who asked the question shook his head, "It's definitely not from our village."

……

The crowd murmured softly: "I thought he was the victim's family..."

"Me too, he came to our house and said it was sad and pitiful..."

"God, it's not a village at all..."

Mr. Tian looked at Liu Zaili with a smile, "Your Majesty, did you hear that?"

Liu Zai pursed his lips, raised his forehead slightly, and squinted his eyes to look into the distance. This was not the result he wanted. A change was silently resolved in this way. What would happen if such a thing happened in the capital?Do you want to use power to suppress it, or find someone to cover it first?He unconsciously looked behind him again, and there was no longer the little woman at the door of the tent.

"Your Majesty, should we start the trial now, or should we take a break and try again?"

"The king of this county is tired." Liu Zaili looked indifferent.

"Yes, the villain understands!" Mr. Tian straightened up and shouted, "Come here!"

"gentlemen--"

"Take the king of the county to rest in the guest house."

"Yes, sir." The attendant quickly saluted, "Jun Wang, please follow this little one."

Liu Zaili lifted the hem of his robe, looked at the rioting crowd, glanced at the dozens of people who were arrested, and left proudly.

The emperor didn't even try?Ma Qizhang and Gao Qiaoshan were overjoyed. Before they could be happy, Mr. Tian said with a sneer, "Master Mo, take your subordinates and wait at the Military Law Department."

"Why should we go to the Military Law Office?" Ma Qizhang yelled.

Mr. Tian replied coldly: "As long as you get involved in the military camp, no matter who you are, you have to wait under the military law. If you are guilty, you will be punished. If you are not guilty, you will be released."

"By..." Ma Qizhang and Gao Qiaoshan were dragged away by the guards.

Mo Huaien cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I will go by myself."

"Lord Mo is a sensible person."

Mo Huaien gave a wry smile and followed the guards away.

The rioting crowd looked at each other, "What about our justice?"

Mr. Tian said in a loud voice: "Everyone, it's already four o'clock, and it will be dawn soon. Outside the camp, there are tents set up to cover the dew. Why don't you take a rest first."

What kind of wind is this?In the ancient language, it means appeasement, in modern language, it is the spirit of humanitarianism, and it is also the expression form of the word "benevolence" in the Analects of Confucius.

Seeing that the crowd did not move, Mr. Tian continued: "Maybe there are omissions in our army and loopholes in the management of the yamen, but please rest assured that we will never ignore human lives, and we will never embezzle the pensions that soldiers got in exchange for their lives. "

The crowd remained motionless.

Mr. Tian frowned secretly, is there anything else he didn't take into account?
In the tent, Ma Miner whispered a few words beside Zhang Nianmei, "Just like this..."

"Okay, I got it." Zhang Nianmei hurried out of the tent, and took Mr. Tian's words, "Soldiers who said that the little general killed innocent people indiscriminately stand up to me, his mother, come here, tell me, Who did the little general kill during training?"

The hundreds of soldiers who followed the disturbance backed away in fright.

"Mother, what are you doing now? If you don't come out, I will go over and pull you bastards out."

"No, General Zhang..." A few timid legs softened, and they immediately knelt down.

"Grandson, then tell me why you came out to make trouble?"

"I...we lost the bet, so..."

"Just come out to pay off the debt, right?"

The few kneeling people shrank too much to speak.

Outside the camp, outside the door, Guo Daping didn't expect a guard to come towards his hiding place, he was so frightened that he quickly slipped away, and ran all the way, when he arrived at his dormitory, the sky was pale and bright, and he arrived at the hut where he lived At the door, he flinched a few times before he dared to push the door open, stepped in lightly, and found that there was no movement inside, just when he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief...

"How's the camp? Did the imperial envoy make things difficult for the little general?" Guo Daping was taken aback and turned around. The beggar was curled up in the corner and raised his eyes to ask.

Guo Daping shook his head, "The little general knelt at the gate of the camp with the thorn on his back."

"Kneeling...how could this be, is the emperor escorting him to the capital?" The beggar stared wide-eyed in fright.

Guo Daping shook his head again: "The troublemaker has been suppressed, the little general is fine."

"Didn't you say you were carrying thorns, how could it be all right?"

"I don't understand either. Anyway, when I came, those people were settled by the little general's subordinates. The emperor seems to have gone to rest."

"It's settled, it's settled." Beggar's eyes flashed with joy, "Who is that subordinate?"

"I heard from Erniang that it seems to be Mr. Tian."

"Tian Yangguang...Tian Yangguang, it really is you, it really is you."

Guo Daping looked at the beggar in amazement. How could he know everything? It turned out that Mr. Tian’s name was Tian Yangguang. After thinking about it, he said, “There is also a young man whose surname is Zhuang.”

"Zhuang..." The beggar shook his head, "It's been so long, I don't know him!"

"Why do you ask these things?" Guo Daping couldn't understand why a beggar cared about these things.

The beggar woke up from his contemplation, and warned with fierce eyes: "Don't tell anyone what happened tonight, you know?"

Guo Daping was dumbfounded and did not respond.The beggar immediately stretched out a hand, and he was so frightened that he immediately yelled, "Don't say it, absolutely don't say it."

The beggar's eyes shot over again warningly, "If you dare to speak out, I have plenty of ways to kill you."

Hearing the killing, Guo Daping was so frightened that his legs went weak, "Don't dare, dare not..."

The beggar turned and opened the door and disappeared into the darkness.

It was almost dawn, and the master hadn't come back yet. Liu Shi was so frightened that he didn't dare to sleep all night, and kept asking, "Xiang Ping, who went with the master, is back?"

"Go back to madam, not yet."

"Hurry up and wait for me at the door."

"Yes, ma'am."

After a while, the girl came back with Xiang Ping, who was with her long entourage. He cried when he saw Mrs. Liu, "Ma'am, it's not good, the master was arrested by the little general's men, and he will be interrogated immediately."

"What... what..." Liu's body was so frightened that she fell limp and sat on the ground, "Master... Master, what can I do with my concubine!" She burst into tears.

The old mother reminded: "Ma'am, have you forgotten who the eldest lady is going to marry?"

"Ah, marry the Ma family!" Liu replied, wiping away tears.

"Ma'am, who does the little general like in the Ma family?"

"Ma Erniang, everyone in the county knows about it."

"Ma'am, why are you crying?"

"..." Liu was stunned.

"Ma'am, why are you still crying here?"

Mrs. Liu looked at the old mother, "You mean to ask me to ask the eldest lady to ask the Ma family to help us?"

"Yes, ma'am, it's a pity that such a good condition is not used."

Mrs. Liu got up from the ground in a jerk, "Yes, why did I forget." She brushed her hair, straightened her clothes, twisted her fat body and strode towards Mo Wanyi's yard.

In a small inn in Pingding County, a group of people were whispering in the room, "The matter of Pingding Daying is over!"

"How could this be?"

"All the people we sent were arrested by Tian."

"It's so chaotic, how did he catch people in such a short period of time?"

"I used the method of throwing steamed buns."

"Throwing steamed buns? What's the way?"

The person responsible cast a glance, "Those mudlegs actually ate Xia Baozi's steamed buns. Our people were so anxious to get things done that they threw away the steamed buns."

"Damn it, it really is Xia Baozi's powerful watchdog, and he actually came up with this kind of method, it's really fucking evil."

"Boss, don't talk about it, hurry up and send a message to Feige over there. I'm afraid that the captured people in the camp will not be able to survive, and the general will be in danger."

"Understood, I will go to Feige to pass on the letter right away."

In a secluded small courtyard in Pingding County, a man with a sword stuck in his back endured the pain and came back to report, "Our people are all dead!" After speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground and died.

"How could this be?"

"Boss, Xia's life is too hard. If he doesn't die like this, how can we go back and explain it?"

"Yeah, it's so hard, so hard that we can't even do our jobs."

In Yizhou Xing'an Fucheng - Zhenguo General's Mansion, Yao Zeliang had been guarding the old general's bed all night, and dozed off. After waking up, he immediately asked, "Is the old general awake?"

Yuan Fu smiled and said: "My lord, look at the bed."

On the bed, the old general was opening his eyes, but he seemed to be much older. Not only that, his eyes were still looking straight at the top of the bed curtain, as if... "Old general, this is..." He asked nervously.

"Master Yao, the old general is in a daze."

"Oh." Yao Zeliang was sweating from fright, turned his head and said softly, "Old General..."

The old general turned his head, "Lord Yao..."

"It's me, old general, are you better?"

"Old man... this old man can't move anymore."

"My lord..." Yao Zeliang didn't understand what he meant.

The old general was shrouded in an aura of disgrace, but there was an unspeakable emotion amidst the disgrace. Yao Zeliang was secretly startled. Could it be that he had already made a decision to stand behind a certain prince contending for the heir?

"Old...old general...what do you always want to say?"

"Zi Liang!"

"Old general, the officer is here."

"Ziliang, please take me to Pingding."

"Old general, why are you going to calm down now?"

"Just take me there."

Yao Zeliang glanced at the old butler Yuanfu, only to see him nodding his head slightly, so he had no choice but to nod too, "Old General, I'm afraid that the journey will be exhausting, your body will not be able to bear it."

"It's an old bone, it won't come loose."

"Yes, the next officer will prepare."

Yao Zeliang saluted and left the old general's bedroom, followed by the old housekeeper Yuanfu, "What's going on?"

Yuan Fu shook his head, "I'm not too sure, maybe it's the tenth anniversary of the General's death."

"Ah, it turned out to be like this, the official was abrupt."

"Don't blame the adults, I will trouble the adults."

"The old butler is being polite, then I will prepare for it now."

"Thank you, my lord."

In the ancestral hall of the General’s Mansion, the General’s wife, Zhao Suxin, stayed up all night and knocked on the wooden fish all night. The girl Shuanglian had become accustomed to it. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, she brought a basin of water, washed her wife, handed a cloth towel, and took soap beans... ...After a set of procedures, neither master nor servant spoke, as if they were dumb.

Seeing that his wife had finished washing, Shuanglian drained the water from the cloth towel, and was about to take out the basin and empty it.

"Get a carriage, I'm going out."

A sudden sound made Shuanglian jump, "Ma'am, where are you going?"

Zhao Suxin squinted at the gray morning light outside the door, "Go to his grave and have a look."

"Ma'am, are you going to calm down?"

"Ah."

"Madam, the old lady is not here, why don't you tell the old general."

"Then go and say it."

"Ma'am, the old general passed out and hasn't woken up yet."

The numb Zhao Suxin turned her eyes to look at the girl, but did not speak.

Looking at her dumbly and straightly, it really made Shuanglian feel guilty, "Will... or else, I'll talk to Steward Yuanda."

Hearing the answer, Zhao Suxin withdrew her dull gaze, picked up the wooden fish and knocked it, du... du... du..., it was very clear in the early morning.

Shuanglian shook her head secretly, picked up the water basin and left the ancestral hall, and after pouring out the water, she went to find the chief steward.

Mo Wanyi didn't expect her stepmother to come looking for her before dawn, so she hurriedly dressed to greet her, and gave her a cold but polite salute.

"Big lady, how can you still sleep?" Mrs. Liu asked when she came up.

Mo Wanyi didn't expect her stepmother to blame herself as soon as she came. She couldn't understand why she couldn't sleep. You can marry a widower as your successor, but why can't I? She was so angry that she gritted her teeth with pain in her heart.

"Don't talk if you're dumb." Mrs. Liu patted the table.

Mo Wanyi snorted coldly, "What do you want me to say?"

"Hurry up and find Ma, hurry up and ask him to save your father."

The first sentence made Mo Wanyi lose her head and almost jumped, but the latter sentence made her turn pale with fright, "What's wrong with my father?"

"Caught by the little general."

"Why did the little general arrest him? Even though he is mediocre, he can't make any offense against the little general."

It has to be said that, as a daughter, Mo Wanyi knows her father better, and what she said was very pertinent. The uneasy eyes of the old lady beside Liu made Mo Wanyi suspicious, "Did you do something to make me feel so uncomfortable?" Daddy is going to wipe his ass?"

After all, Mr. Mo's step-wife has a reputation for being greedy for petty gains. Many people in Pingding County know that there are often people who come to curry favor. They dare not make big gifts, but they have never broken small ones.

"I..." Mrs. Liu didn't frighten her stepdaughter, she glared and shouted: "Look at what I'm doing, hurry up and find someone named Ma, and let her daughter beg the little general to release your father."

The harsher the woman's voice, the more Mo Wanyi became suspicious, "Er Niang is just joking. This Ma family has not made up their minds and has not moved around. Why should I, a little lady, go to find her? go you go."

"You...you've already rolled into someone else's private room. If you don't marry him, who else can you marry?" Liu Shi sneered.

"Mr. Liu, don't go too far. No one else knows how I ended up in a private room. Don't you know?" Mo Wanyi pointed at her stepmother, trembling with anger.

"What do you mean..." Mrs. Liu still wanted to be arrogant, but was slapped by the old woman beside her, meaning, you begged for others, but why did you overwhelm them? Do you want to save others?

Mo Wanyi glanced at Liu Shi coldly.

Seeing that she couldn't hold down her step-eldest daughter, Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth angrily, but had to force a smile, "Ma'am, rescue your father so that he can take the matchmaker to Ma's house to make a deal."

"Whether I want to go or not." Mo Wanyi said in her heart, as long as I marry someone, as long as you get involved, it will definitely not be good, she simply doesn't care.

"You...you didn't even save your father?"

"Aren't you capable? Go and save your man. If he loses his official position, how can you make money!"

"You... you, little thing, how dare you go against the sky." Liu Shi jumped.

Mo Wanyi snorted, "Anyway, I've been like this all my life. At worst, if you go to a nunnery, it will be different for you. You won't be able to sleep without a tael of silver in your pocket a day."

"You...you..." Liu Shi was so angry that she pointed her hand at her stepdaughter, but she didn't care, stomped her foot and went out the door.

The old mother sighed, "Ma'am, why do you bother?"

"Little thing, you're not married yet, so you won't listen to me. What if..."

"Ma'am, now is not the time to talk about this, save the master!"

Upon hearing the man, the Liu family stopped cooking and howled dryly: "My lord, our family is going to be defeated. Look at what happened to you. You can't even save people. What crime did I do... ..."

……

The howling sound finally went away, Qin Hong asked: "Miss, are you really not going to save the master?"

Mo Wanyi looked down, "Of course I want to save him, but how can I find him? What does it look like?"

Qin Hong said: "How about asking Aunt Wu to pass on a message for us?"

"Aunt Wu?"

"Yeah, lady, you forgot. That day, when you were chatting with Aunt Wu, Aunt Wu talked about the fate between you, and said that when Master Ma just arrived in Pingping, he sold embroidery work to his daughter, and the embroidery work was appreciated by you." , earned a lot of money, and helped their family through the most difficult period, have you forgotten?"

"He doesn't sell it there, how can you say that my family helped him through the difficult time?" Mo Wanyi was embarrassed.

Qin Hong said: "Ma'am, don't tell me, the money collected for embroidery work in Pingding County is definitely the highest in our shop. Do you think he made more money to support his family?"

"You, when did your mouth become so good at talking?"

"Miss, shall we go find Aunt Wu secretly?"

"Let me think."

"Hey, big lady, what are you thinking about? For the sake of the master, you have to compete with Mrs. Liu."

Wu Wanyi snorted, "I don't want her to take advantage."

"Of course."

Liu Zaili was led to the guest house of the military camp, and he didn't rest, but sat on a chair and pondered the matter until dawn. A guard came in and out because the county king was not used to the things in the military camp, and brought in the news from outside.

"Back to the king, all the snipers outside the barracks were killed by Zhang Nianmei."

"Have you found out who it is?"

"There are Turks, there are revenge bandits, and..." The person involved pointed in the direction of Beijing.

"Well, I see."

After the guards had left, the staff stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, we also lost our chance to blackmail Xia Zhen."

Liu Zaili's gaze sank.

The aide continued: "I never expected that Xia Zhen's military adviser would be so powerful that he could resolve a mutiny crisis in a few clicks."

"Go and find out who wants to replace you."

"Yes, the king of the county, this subordinate will send someone to investigate immediately."

Ma Min'er fell asleep on the tent table. She was woken up by someone gently patting her. She raised her sleepy eyes, "Xia Zhen, have those people been interrogated?"

"Ah."

"How about it, how many caught wrong?"

"Wrong three."

"Oh, did you let them go?"

Xia Zhen shook her head.

Jing Mo waved his hand, and everyone in the room went out, including himself.

Xia Zhen pulled Ma Min'er up, hugged her in her arms, and pressed her forehead against the top of Mao Rongrong's head, groaning from time to time.

"what's wrong?"

"Just want to hug you."

"Oh." It's the end of summer, and Ma Min'er didn't take a shower all night. Ma Min'er felt sticky all over, and felt uncomfortable being hugged by him, "You... aren't you busy?"

"Sir, they are busy."

"Oh."

It feels like Ma Miner doesn't know what else to say besides answering this word, "That...that..."

"Thank you, Min'er!"

"Thank...thank me for what?"

"If it weren't for you, I might have solved the matter, but it wouldn't be resolved in such a quiet way."

Ma Min'er raised her head and looked at him, "Really?"

"Ah."

"Isn't it not easy to get your compliment?" Ma Min'er's eyes were full of little stars, shining with moving light, Xia Zhen lowered her head and kissed the forehead of the little daughter-in-law with a smile.

What an intimate and natural movement, as if they have been together for a long, long time.

Xia Zhen moved her lips down.

"Hey, this is the military camp." Ma Min'er's eyes touched Xia Zhen's thin lips, her ears turned red, and she hurriedly avoided the side.

Mr. Tian lifted the curtain and entered.

"Uh..." The two left in a panic when they saw Mr.

"Then...then I'll come back later." Mr. Tian was also embarrassed.

"Sir, you...you are busy, I'll go to the kitchen." After finishing speaking, Ma Min'er ran outside.

Xia Zhen's flickering gaze followed her back.

"Cough...cough..." Mr. Tian cleared his throat twice, "Zian, they confessed."

"Who?"

"Shao Youliang."

"he?"

"Yes, at the moment he is stationed in Chuanling, Lin County."

Xia Zhen narrowed her eyes: "He used to be my father's subordinate."

Mr. Tian nodded: "Yes, little general, you remember rightly, when the general disappeared, he was one of the people who escaped back. He was only sixteen or seven years old at the time, and he was already a corps leader ('corporate chief' is an ancient army leader) system, five people in an army, set up an army leader, and Wu was also the lowest-ranking officer in the ancient army), because when he fled back, he wore the robes of a general and was awarded meritorious service. At that time, he was promoted to Xiaowei Xuanjie ), these ten years have been with you, the little general, to fight against the imperial conquest, and you have made a lot of achievements, and you have been promoted to General Ningyuan (the fifth rank), and commanded [-] soldiers in Chuanling."

Xia Zhen has 20 troops under his jurisdiction, only 12 are in Pingding, and the remaining 6000 are divided into ten counties bordering Turks. Each county has [-] troops, and only Chuanling has [-], which is the most. A county, not only because Chuanling is close to Pingding, but also because Shao Youliang, the Ningyuan general who led the army, made contributions to the Xia family and gained [-] more soldiers.

"I didn't expect it to be a white-eyed wolf." Xia Zhen punched the corner of the table.

Mr. Tian said: "Zhang Nianmei and Zhuang Hao went there in person. It has been an hour since we left."

Xia Zhen was very cold.

Tired for a day and two nights, Mr. Tian didn't close his eyes and fought with his eyelids, but he didn't dare to sleep, and continued: "When Nianmei and Xiaozhuang come back, let the king of the county escort them to the capital for the emperor to deal with."

Xia Zhen frowned.

"Zian, the one surnamed Shao didn't have an accident during the war, you don't have the right to act cheaply, and besides, the one surnamed Liu is here, so you can't let him empty-handed."

Although Xia Zhen didn't say anything, she acquiesced in Mr. Tian's handling.

"As for the matter of embezzling money, the trial is almost over. Both the county magistrate and the master Bo are greedy. Let it be handed over to Master Yao, the magistrate, so as not to worry."

"Sir, figure it out!"

Mr. Tian thought that this person was quite obedient, and said: "As for Mr. Mo, he is not greedy, but his family members have been greedy for more than 300 taels of silver, just let the people below see what to do."

"Ah."

After a whole night, Mrs. Xia didn't sleep much. Either her eyebrows fluttered or the corners of her eyes twitched. She was extremely restless. When she saw that it was dawn, she hurriedly asked the old lady to find the little general, "Let Zian come back."

"Ma'am, the little general sent a message back just now. Something happened to the barracks. He is dealing with it. He will deal with it almost today. I will come back to have dinner with you tonight."

"Oh." Upon hearing the exact news, Mrs. Xia felt her eyelids not twitching so much.

Ling Ruya's eyelids were also twitching violently, she didn't even take care of the common affairs, and she directly pulled her mother into the room, "Mother, why do I feel so frightened, did my cousin find something?"

"Bah, what can your cousin find out, don't scare yourself."

"Mother, my cousin is very powerful, I'm afraid he will find out what we did, what should I do?"

"It's okay, those people were recruited by that staff member, as long as we don't admit it, the little general won't do anything to us." Mother Ling was also afraid, but she had to comfort her daughter.

"Mom, is the new general treating Dad well? Can Dad still be promoted to general?"

Mother Ling's expression was awkward, if the new general liked a man, she would still need to come to Yizhou Mansion to see his face, she patted her daughter on the shoulder, and said softly: "Don't panic, your aunt is coming. "

"Mother, tell your aunt to come quickly!"

"Understood, mother is more anxious than you."

Breakfast is ready, Ma Min'er packed four servings, left the kitchen, and arrived at the barracks where he stayed last night, and found that Mr. Tian and Xia Zhen were not there, and a guard immediately stepped forward, "Ms. Ma, the little general asked me to take you to the barracks." His office."

"Oh, that's troublesome."

When Ma Min'er arrived at Xia Zhen's office, Liu Zaili was also there, "The king of the county..."

Liu Zaili glanced at the suitcase in his hand, "Breakfast?"

"Yes, the king of the county."

"Just hungry."

"I'll set the table right away."

Mr. Tian stepped forward to help clean up the Eight Immortals table. After a while, several small dishes, a can of porridge, fried rice, meat buns, and fancy egg rolls were placed on the table.

"Your Majesty, the little general, please come over for breakfast."

The two young dignitaries sat down to eat facing each other.

After not sleeping well all night, Guo Daping felt that his whole body was drifting. The numbers in the account book seemed to be blurred. It didn't help that he pulled his eyelids a few times. He went downstairs to get some water from the well to wake up. He didn't want to be pestered by beggars again. "What the hell are you trying to do?"

The beggar looked out nervously, "Take me out of the city."

"Where are you going?" Guo Daping didn't dare to say anything else as the beggar held his back against him.

"Anywhere?"

"Then...then I'll go to shopkeeper Qiu to ask for leave."

"Get out of town now."

"...Ah..." Guo Daping's back felt cold, and he lost his voice in fright.

Qiu Baiyan looked down from upstairs, "Daping, what's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)