Chapter 9: The waves are quiet and the wind is quiet, and the soldiers are defeated
The heavy night covers Poyang County. The residents of the small town have always had the habit of going to bed early. At this time, the streets have washed away the prosperity of the day and become empty and deserted. The yellow leaves on the branches on the street seem to be unable to withstand the desolation of the autumn night, and circling down in the breeze. Occasionally, a few barkings from dogs come from a distance, making Poyang City on this autumn night look particularly quiet.
The cold moon is silent and the night is blurred.
However, it was as bad as a cow chewing peonies. Facing such a romantic and miserable night in the autumn street, some people turned a blind eye. They saw two sneaky figures at the corner of Xilin Street, waiting for the victim to come to the door under the cover of the night.
These two little thieves were Xingyan and Ju Ying. They had just finished singing "Catch Cao" on Poyang Lake. Before they could take off their makeup, they rushed to the necessary way for Master Lu to go home, preparing to reuse the old tricks. The passionate thief on the black-sailed boat just now was Zhang Xingyan who had a thick voice; and the "virtuous brother" he said was the little girl Ju Ying reluctantly made a guest appearance.
Chen Kui, who just got the job of being strong outside and doing the middle, should be familiar with the road this time. However, this time the crime environment was replaced by the county streets, so we had to beware of nearby residents and pedestrians, which was nowhere to be seen before. So the two of them were even more nervous than before.
"Why is Mr. Lu still here? Isn't he going to be in the 'Shuihu Cultural Society' all night today, right?"
Xingyan looked at Ju Ying, who was starting to shrink in the autumn wind, and couldn't help but feel anxious. He thought that if this continues, if anyone doesn't catch him, he will be sick first. However, it shouldn't be so unlucky, because according to the information he received, even if Old Lu is reluctant, he will never dare not stay at night. Xingyan couldn't help but cheer himself up, and at the same time let Ju Ying hide in the corner of the street.
Just as these two righteous men who saw the injustice were waiting a little frightened, finally, in everyone's expectation, the other protagonist of the play, Mr. Lu Chonghuang, the lord of Poyang County, slowly stomped in all directions and swung from the other side of the street.
Xingyan hurriedly signaled to Ju Ying, and then disappeared into the darkness together.
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The next experience of Mr. Lu was basically the same as his loyal subordinate just now, but there were slightly different details. Mr. Lu was fed a rag that was not very delicious, and he was yelled, and he was honestly grabbed to a secluded place.
But Mr. Lu should be glad that the thief who acted as the main force clearly realized that he could not control his strength well. Looking at Mr. Lu's body similar to Qiushu next to the street, he thought that although he could "little weight", he had not reached the "little weight" situation, and was afraid that if he punched, he would lose his life on the spot.
Therefore, Mr. Lu had always lacked the physical fitness of training, but he was lucky enough to avoid the pain of flesh and blood. However, this bump was inevitable.
In fact, what these two reckless young men didn't know was that they were following a young Changsui not far behind Old Man Lu. Because Xingyan and Ju Ying were both nervous, the moonlight was dim, they only stared at the main man and didn't notice the follower for a while; and the young Changsui also did not react at all because of the sudden incident.
Just as he was about to exclaim after a long rest, he had already fallen down softly. Just at the back of his head, a fist as big as a vinegar bowl was parked!
The young man who thought he was good at it was still unconscious, but he didn't know that the disaster was almost coming just now!
All these things are done quickly like a revolving lantern; if someone accidentally sees them, they will think that a shadow puppet is being staged there just now.
After that, the things happened similar to those on Poyang Lake just now. Mr. Lu, who had always been accustomed to giving speeches to others, had to accept a lifelong preaching. Without the flattery I was used to, he was filled with lawless ridicule and intimidation.
This time, Xingyan and the others adjusted their words and portrayed themselves as the bandits who fell in love on Dagu Mountain; and Xingyan's relationship with the girl selling medicine also changed from a loophole in love at first sight to a childhood sweetheart who was married. After all, this old man Lu is not as rough as Chen Kui, and if he is not careful, he may see the flaws.
The speech with both remarks finally ended in the cold sweat of Master Lu. With a terrifying threat as the conclusion, the two uninvited guests left him and left.
After struggling for a long time, Master Lu County was able to escape from Xingyan's cheap sack that he had bought after cutting back for half a day. The sticky cold sweat on his body was blown by the cool evening breeze in the autumn street, and the unprecedented fear and torture he had just experienced, Master Lu felt particularly uncomfortable both physically and mentally.
After calming down for a while, he staggered to find his followers, and after waking up, he supported each other and staggered towards the Lu Mansion. The young and thrilled young follower didn't know what accident happened to his master just now. Just looking at the master's distraught expression, the clever young man knew that he should remain silent at this time.
The road is long and speechless all the way.
Mr. Lu, who seemed calm on the surface, but had heard more speeches from Changsui, felt a storm in his heart. For the first time in his life, he realized that the lord of a county, who thought he was arrogant, was so weak and incompetent when he encountered a strong man on the roadside. Thinking about his past actions again, it was like being kicked out of the head, and he couldn't help but sweat down!
Only then did he realize that everyone respected him and feared him because of his official position and the king's law. Although he often did not take this king's law seriously, once a strong man despised him like him, he was no different from those unscrupulous people who were often bullied and slaughtered by others under these powerful methods. He could have been so unscrupulous and invincible before, and often relied on his wife, who was the sister of the state guard, to clean up the mess for him; otherwise, if the bandits did not need to take action, he would have been beaten to the ground by the powerful in the officialdom.
After eating this, Mr. Lu became extremely awake at this moment. It turned out that the wife in the family who often stayed away from him was the real person who protects himself. Thinking of this, Mr. Lu Chonghuang and Mr. Lu couldn't help but walk faster and walked towards the home where someone was waiting for him to go back.
As soon as he entered the room, Mrs. Lu saw her husband in such a mess, she screamed unconsciously, and did not care about blaming him for returning late. She just asked him what had happened. However, Mr. Lu did not answer, and hugged his wife and shouted tremblingly: "Madam!" But she found that her wife was already covered in hair, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings. It was:
I often sigh that the snow stains the clouds, the frost-shaling apricot face, and the red face will not return.
The old man and Xuan are weak, and they are only afraid of the rain and the wind.
But I just hope that there will be no harm and no harm. What are the worries and worries of you?
This night, many people couldn't sleep.
Let’s talk about Xingyan and Ju Ying doing these two illegal things, and rushed back to the inn, thinking that they were consciously slipping into the guest room. When they arrived in the room, the two of them were also in shock, just like Chen Bantou and Lu County Master who were frightened. After a while, they realized that their legs were a little uncontrollable and trembled constantly. They couldn’t tell whether it was because of nervousness, fear, excitement, or because they were so tired that their legs were twitching.
"Here I'm back!"
"Yeah, I'm back!"
Both of them were trembling, but they both saw joy in each other's eyes. No matter what the outcome will be tomorrow, they finally tried their best and came back safely!
In fact, in the eyes of the mature and stern adults, Xingyan's method of hijacking Shangguan's coercion and release is really a matter of consideration and many things that are inappropriate. If they were the case, they would not dare to act rashly no matter what. They would repeatedly consider the delay and would never act so recklessly.
But because Xingyan, a young man in the market, did not know the world, that the little girl Juying didn't know what fear was before. Instead, she thought Xingyan's plan was seamless and interesting, and she could teach bad people a lesson, so she hurriedly followed the horse. The so-called "a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger", these two reckless children took action and did it in a few seconds and made it happen in one night.
Although the smooth sailing of the night was related to Xingyan's pretty detailed plan, and there might be help from those who were shopping in secret, it still makes people admire their luck and courage. Many times it is like this. The clearer the difficulties, the more likely the so-called wise man is to be afraid and dare not take action, and he will never succeed. However, those reckless men who do not understand the hardships of the future are fearless because of ignorance and do whatever they want. No matter what difficulties and setbacks they encounter in the process, they end up getting things done.
Let’s talk about it less, let’s talk about Xingyan and Juying, although they had just been troubled by so many things, they were not sleepy at all. Before Juying returned to her room, she lowered her voice with Xingyan and chattered and looked back on her actions just now. The two young men became more and more excited, but they ended up unable to sleep.
So, Xingyan teased Ju Ying's voice as if she was so angry, and blamed her for changing the line "throwing to feed the turtle" to "throwing to feed the lake god" on the spot, which was inappropriate. Ju Ying laughed at Xingyan's lovely thief's performance as too much, laughing at him for being so sincere and really wanting his wife. Xingyan was so embarrassed that he shouted wronged and tried his best to defend himself, and heard those words from the Daoxianglou drinkers...
The two young men who didn't know what it was like to worry, just to make a rooster sing and then they all stopped.
The next day, it was not until midnight that Xingyan got up and then went to see if Ju Ying got up, but he happened to meet the coachman of Ju Ying's family in the corridor. The coachman said to Xingyan, and then seemed to accidentally mention that the pair of medicine-selling father and daughter who were arrested on Wanghu Street yesterday had been released.
Xingyan immediately felt happy when he heard the news. He couldn't help but waited for Ju Ying to get up, and then told her the good news. Ju Ying was also overjoyed after hearing this. It seemed that the two "catching and releasing Cao" last night played a role, and the hard work of the night was not in vain!
Let’s skip the two young people to celebrate each other without mentioning it. Let’s talk about Lu Chonghuang and Lu County Master, who rushed to the county government early in the morning and was wandering around the study, thinking about how to find a slander to let Chen Kui go. It was said that Cao Cao and Cao arrived, but heard Chen Kui and Chen Bantu ask for a meeting outside the door.
"This guy came so early today!"
But just as he was about to find him, Master Lu quickly returned to the nanmu chair and sat upright, and then called him in.
At this time, Mr. Lu had made up his mind. Although Chen Banting caught a pretty woman in the past, he had no reason to let him go as if he had seen fishy food, he would have to force him to let go no matter what, because the terrifying words of the two thieves last night were still heard. If Chen Banting really didn't know what to do, he had to use this level to suppress him. It's better not to tear his face apart. After all, Chen Kui knew all the bad things in the past.
After glanced at Chen Kui who was coming in, the Master Lu immediately became scheming. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea to moisten his throat. Then he coughed, starting from the metaphysics he was best at, and he talked endlessly, laying the foundation for the final hint that Chen Kui let him go.
Unfortunately, this charming look was for the blind man to see. Unexpectedly, Chen Kui was just as nervous as he was in a state of anxiety!
He rushed over early in the morning to ask the master to release the person, but was regarded by Lu County as a fellow in Shuihu Club. The yin and yang are all connected, which made Chen Daban dizzy. Just as he was um, he couldn't help but say yes, Chen Kui suddenly remembered the fierce methods of the two traitors last night, especially the warning of releasing people on time before noon. He was suddenly frightened and could no longer bother Master Lu's Qingxing, who was talking, and intercepted him:
"Mr. Lu County, I have an urgent matter to report!"
"Oh? What's the matter?"
The long and carefully constructed work of the interruption was really unhappy, but it was not convenient to have an attack at this time. He tried to let Chen Kui report it slowly as kindly as possible.
"Mr. Lu, can you let go of the father and daughter caught by the villain at noon yesterday?"
"puff!"
Tea from Master Lu’s mouth was sprayed out in one mouthful!
Suddenly, seeing the master's expression strange, Chen Kui was busy and quickly prepared the words he had only been insomnia last night, and told the story in the most sincere and humble tone, proving that he had been a mistake in the father and daughter yesterday. Chen Kui first made a painful review of his dereliction of duty, and finally expressed that in order to make up for his work mistakes, he took the initiative to deduct the redemption of the father and daughter from his salary as a punishment for his negligence.
The Master Lu forced himself to hug Chen Bantou and kissed him in a gentle tone that matched the county magistrate's identity to express his praise for his subordinates' courage to admit his mistakes, and hoped that he would correct this mistake as soon as possible and let the two fathers and daughters go away. As Mr Lu, who has always been diligent in his work and has always been fair in his work, this time he would never deduct Chen Bantou's salary because of his small mistakes.
Chen Dabantou, who fully realized the difficulties in this matter in advance, did not expect that Mr. Lu was so easy to speak today. It turned out that he had a tragic decision to lose money and even snatch food from the old official Lu who was as wealthy as his life. However, he did not expect that the wind was blowing today, and the county master happily allowed him to release him without much slander. He really couldn't imagine that Mr. Lu, who had always "sliced meat on his legs and made oil in his mosquito's belly", had such an honest and ancient side.
"Has I misunderstood him a little before? No matter what, the success of the danger last night and the smooth sailing today must be because of my sincere prayer being heard by the Bodhisattva, blessing myself to always turn bad luck into good fortune. After this matter is done, I have to go to the old temple to fulfill my wish and send the big pig head that I made last night to the Bodhisattva as soon as possible!"
Chen Kui and Chen Bantou were thinking about it all, and Mr. Lu Chonghuang and Lu were secretly grateful. Somehow, he didn't notice it much. Today, the more he looked at Chen Bantou's blue-faced face, the more he felt it was.
Hum? His nose and face were swollen?! The old man Lu, who had been restless, found that his subordinate's face was blue and purple, just like a dyeing shop was opened. He hurriedly asked the loyal subordinate what had happened.
"Uh, this little injury was because I took my foot washing water last night. I didn't want to prevent it from slipping that day, and I fell down and my face was shaking..."
"Oh, then Chen Bantuo should pay attention to his feet in the future."
"Thank you for your concern, I will pay attention in the future!
"Huh? Master..."
It turned out that at this time, Chen Bantou also noticed that there were several blood marks on Mr. Lu's face in front of him.
"This... Actually, I saw the kitten in your mistress's arms last night and was upset, so I wanted to catch it and throw it out of the door. However, I was scratched by the beast a few times!"
"Oh! Then Master, you must be careful in the future."
These two men each have ulterior motives, and no one pays attention to the problem in each other's words.
"Master, if you have nothing to do, the young man will sue! Let the two father and daughter go."
It was Chen Bantuo who was afraid that the night would be long and the dreams would be too long, so he had no intention of staying.
"Let it go as soon as possible!!!"
Chapter completed!