Chapter 56: On Liangshan
The prison. Like the prison cells of most prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty, it was filled with a gloomy atmosphere. The whip hanging on the wall was covered with dried blood torture instruments, which made everyone feel a little depressed. However, what made everyone feel the most tremendous pressure was the gloomy face on the face of the prefect and the line of blood words that were already a little black on the wall.
"The one who robs the prison and kills people - Xiongzhou Li Cheng!"
These words seemed to be squeezed out from Han Xiaozhou's teeth. Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping were already kneeling on the ground. Xue Liangchen said tremblingly: "The villain is not strict in control of his subordinates, and he actually has such a villain. He deserves to die. Please give him a chance to make meritorious service!"
"So, this Xiongzhou Li Cheng is yours?" Han Xiaozhou's tone did not fluctuate at all, but it only made people feel a chill coming from their bones when they heard it.
"Damn it, the official, I have a conflict with my third and fourth brothers yesterday. The villain scolded the guy a few words. Unexpectedly, the guy became ill-hearted and did such a thing without a king's law!" Xue Liangchen kowtowed on the ground, and his forehead was covered with purple and blood. Han Xiaozhou snorted coldly: "For your first visit, you will be exempted from your crime of being ruthless in the military. However, the death penalty is for death, and it is hard to spare the life. The person who came to give this guy a whip first!"
The officers on both sides responded and immediately dragged Xue Liangchen aside and whipped it. Zhou Ping also accompanied him to get ten times. After the beating, the two of them came up to thank him. Han Xiaozhou said coldly: "This Bai Sheng is a serious offender of the birthday gift, and I can't cover it up. Let's do this. I will give you a month's deadline to arrest Li Cheng and Bai Sheng, otherwise you two will take the blame!"
"Thank you, my husband!"
The military and horse custody yamen.
"Thank you, Inspection Officer Wu, for coming to deliver the medicine in person!" Xue Liangwu and Xue Liangyu respectfully took a small paper bag sent by Wu Facheng. "No need, they are all colleagues, and this is all right!" Wu Facheng smiled and said, "This is the best golden sore medicine. After fifteen days of the time, there will be twenty spine sticks, which can be considered a good doctor who has been sick for a long time!"
"Thank you, Inspection Officer Wu!" Xue Liangyu bowed again, sent the other party out, returned to the house, and said to Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping who were lying on the bed to apply medicine: "Inspector Wu has just come to deliver medicine, and the third brother has sent him out!"
"Yeah!" Xue Liangchen nodded, Xue Liangyu put the medicine on the table and said angrily: "This Li Cheng is really not a thing. He actually played this trick. If I were to catch him, I would have to cut his flesh off from his body inch by inch."
"Don't say such useless words!" Xue Liangchen said coldly: "You go and see how the wanted documents are prepared. Also, let's talk to the few people who are close to Li Cheng on weekdays. Don't have a rift over this matter. As long as you take down the bandits within the deadline, everything will be fine!"
"Yes, second brother, Brother Zhou, you guys have a rest and recuperate. I'll go down first!" Xue Liangyu bowed to Zhou Ping and Xue Liangchen, and then left the house.
Xue Liangchen looked at the back of his fourth brother and smiled and said, "Aping, the fourth brother went out with you and made great progress!"
"Mr. Lang is joking!" Zhou Ping smiled and said, "Silang is good at riding and shooting. I have a lot of strength when I go out this time. He will naturally know some things when I get old. Lang is too careful."
"Yeah!" Xue Liangchen nodded with a smile, and then his face became solemn: "Aping, do you think this matter can be accomplished?"
"I don't know whether Cheng Cheng or not, but we need to take multiple measures to deal with Song Jiang. We should hurry up and take the military training first!"
Two days later, Hecai Town and Hecai Town are located 30 miles northwest of Daye County, the capital of Jeju Prefecture. After the Guangji River leaves Jeju, it goes to Hecai Town and Tongliang Gongbo, which is a very important market town. This day is the day to go to the market. In recent years, the people have some extra money in their hands and buy various New Year's goods in the market town. For a time, Jicai Town only had one street, but the streets were crowded with people, which was quite peaceful.
The Huji Donkey Meat Shop in the east end of the town is doing well. The shop has more than a dozen tables filled with them, and four or five tables were set up on the street. The owner of this shop, Hu Erlang, was originally a victim who fled from Huazhou. At first, he opened a pick to buy pancakes here. Later, as the business scale expanded, he actually earned a shop in more than 20 years. The Huji Donkey Meat in the shop is well-known, and merchants who come and go will eat a big bowl, which can be regarded as a sign in Hecai Town.
"Waiter, let's have two more pounds of donkey meat and cook cakes, add some soup!" Li Cheng shouted loudly.
"Okay!" The waiter responded, glanced over the dining table, and saw four or five pottery bowls stacked on it, meat and bones were thrown everywhere, and the clothes on the two guests were just coarse cloth clothes that poor people often wore. There was a Pu knife beside the table, and his accent was also from a foreigner, so he couldn't tell what it was.
"Two guests, the shop is small and profitable, so—" the waiter laughed in a low voice. He didn't want to be cursed and fisted by the owner because he met a guest who was eating for free.
"I'm afraid we won't have money?" Li Cheng smiled and smiled at his companion who was drinking soup opposite him, "Zhu Er, take some money and don't let others think we are eating for nothing."
The companion did not look up, and took off a bag of money from his waist and threw it on the table, making a dull sound. Li Cheng reached out and fumbled in the bag for a while, took out a small piece of silver ingot and threw it to the waiter, and smiled and said, "It's enough!"
The waiter in surprise put the silver ingot in his mouth and bit it, looked at the tooth marks on it, and replied in surprise: "It's enough, two of you, wait a moment, I will bring the meat and cakes immediately!"
"Well, cut another five kilograms of donkey meat and wrap some cooked cakes. We will take them to eat on the way!" Li Cheng said with a smile.
"Okay, please wait!" The waiter put the money in his arms and ran quickly towards the counter. As soon as he walked away, the man bowed his head whispered: "My benefactor, can you be careful? There are many ears and ears in this place, and you and me are—"
"What are you afraid of!" The big man smiled and said, "As long as you don't lead the wrong way, with my sword here, you will naturally be able to keep you and me safe."
"It's not that I led the wrong way, but if you and I escape, the government will definitely take strict arrests on the road to Liangshanpo. Liangshanpo is in the east, so let's go west and take a turn to be safe-" Bai Sheng said this, suddenly closed his mouth and lowered his head. It turned out that several officials came over, holding a document of arrest in his hand, and put some paste on the pillars of the restaurant shop. He turned around and shouted: "Those who are here can see clearly. The ones who are wanted by the government are immediately reported to the government and will reward two hundred stakes. If you can capture or behead yourself, you will reward five hundred stakes!"
Bai Sheng quickly lowered his head and tried his best to bury his face in the soup bowl. After a while, he secretly raised his head and glanced at the quotation on the pillar from the corner of his eyes. Sure enough, the quotation was painted with the avatars of the two, one of them was himself.
"I saw it clearly, and when I saw it, I came to protect the official. Two hundred coins of guanmao were put into the bag!" The head official shouted loudly, and the other officials also shouted and pulled the guests around to check whether they were wanted criminals. However, they were not just catching the criminals, but more likely to be finding excuses for the subsequent blackmail.
"Officials! Several officials!" Hu Erlang, the owner of the restaurant, hurried over, and a smile appeared on his greasy face: "The villain is all good people, so the official will be willing to give it to him!" Speaking of this, his right hand had already taken out a small cloth bag from his arms and stuffed it to the head official: "I have some thoughts, buy a cup of tea with the officials, and please store it!"
The official weighed it a little, and felt that there was a few hundred cents. He smiled and said, "Okay, you know, no wonder the business is so prosperous. Let's go to the other shops to check it out!"
The officials went out and happened to meet the Park knife leaning beside Li Cheng's table and knocked it to the ground. Bai Sheng hurriedly bent over to pick it up, but knocked the black cloth wrapped around his head, revealing a scar on his face, and was seen by an official. The officials were stunned and stopped and walked: "Stand up and show me!"
Bai Sheng's body suddenly froze. He looked down at Li Cheng opposite him, but found that the other party was eating meat as if nothing had happened, as if he had not heard Guan Cha's question at all.
"Didn't you hear me telling you to stand up?" Guancha's voice became impatient, and the rest of Guancha's feet stopped and their eyes focused on the two suspicious guys.
Bai Sheng stood up straight, but his head was still lowered. The head official held the hilt of the knife and shouted, "Rise your head and let me see!"
Bai Sheng raised his head, and the head official carefully compared his face with the pictures and texts of the audience, and a surprise expression appeared from his face.
"What a white one,——————————————”
A shrill scream interrupted his laughter, but Li Cheng pulled out a dagger and pierced the Guancha's left chest. Then he raised his toes and lifted Park Knife into his hand. With a horizontal slash, he cut off the neck of another Guancha behind him, and blood immediately ejaculated from the wound.
"Murder!"
The crowd in the restaurant screamed and fled out. The remaining two officials were hesitating whether to take the thief forward or escape. Li Cheng had already rushed up like a tiger. When he slashed, the officials had no time to draw their swords out of sheath, so they had to put the sheath and put it on the sheath, but they could not stop Li Cheng's divine power. They were pressed down by him. The blade immediately slashed into his shoulders. The officials screamed. The scream seemed to have awakened the last official. He turned around and ran away. I don't know if he was shocked, but the direction of his escape was towards Bai Sheng.
Chapter completed!