Night falls, the spring breeze is warm. The moon is shining on the branches, and the stars are dotted.
Although Wuxian is a small town, there is also a curfew. A murder occurred in the county today. Not only Wuxian was in uproar, but even Longping Mansion was alarmed. It turned out that someone actually intended to murder the imperial official.
Old man Zhou pushed his wheelbarrow in a hurry and hurried home. At this moment, he did not dare to stay on the street before the curfew. If he was caught by the government, he would be punished. Old man Zhou had no children and was alone, but he was a famous man.
The bamboo craftsman, the baskets weaved in his hands, and the children's playthings were all bought by rich people! It's a pity that old man Zhou is old and dim, and he can't produce much in a day, otherwise he wouldn't be able to produce much with this craft.
Worry about food and clothing.
Old Man Zhou pushed the cart and turned into the alley. After a while, he arrived at the door of his house. He took the key from his waist, unlocked the door and opened the door. Old Man Zhou was shocked. Under the moonlight, Old Man Zhou saw his own home.
The door of the room opened. Old man Zhou turned around and pushed the cart into the yard. He put down the cart and ran to the thatched house. He had worked hard for many years to save a few taels of silver and several strings of money, but he was buried in the house.
After entering the house, they saw that the house was in a mess. The food jars and the clothing cabinets had all been turned over. Old man Zhou fumbled around and finally found an oil lamp and a sickle. He lit the lamp and looked at the ground. After seeing it, he felt relieved.
Come on, the ground is fine and there are no traces of digging. Because his money is buried in the ground in front of the bed.
Old man Zhou tidied up, and then left the house to close the courtyard door. As he walked, he shook his head and sighed: "Hey, thieves in these days don't even let the poor off, people's hearts are not old!" Old man Zhou locked the door and left.
He was holding firewood on the haystack at the base of the wall, preparing to light a fire for cooking. But when he was picking up an armful of hay next to the haystack, he saw a pair of legs hanging out.
Old man Zhou was so shocked that he sat down on the ground and couldn't help but tremble all over. What kind of thing is this? Why is there someone hiding in a haystack in his own family for no reason?
Old man Zhou calmed down, stood up and walked over cautiously, and lightly kicked his legs that were exposed. There was no response! "It's not a dead person, right?" Old man Zhou suddenly became scared. What should we do?
?If the government knew about this, he would have to be imprisoned. Old man Zhou was so anxious that he walked around the yard, and finally calmed down and made up his mind: 'report to the government'!
Old man Zhou hurriedly gathered up the firewood on the ground and covered his legs again, then turned around, opened the door and ran towards the street.
Because it was just getting dark and the curfew had not yet reached, there were no soldiers patrolling the streets. Old man Zhou hurried towards the county government office and finally arrived at the gate of the government office. He saw two groups of soldiers standing at the gate of the county government office.
All of them were holding torches in their hands and slinging swords on their waists. Old man Zhou walked a few steps and reached the gate, already out of breath.
When a soldier saw Old Man Zhou, he shouted sharply: "What are you doing?"
Old man Zhou ran all the way without being able to talk to anyone. He panted and said: "Kill...kill...kill...!"
The soldier was startled and quickly comforted him: "You should rest for a while before talking."
Old man Zhou finally regained his breath and said hurriedly: "Kill...kill...people!"
Hearing this, the soldier said: "You wait here, I will report." After saying this, he turned around and ran into the Yamen.
At this time, Wang Xiyuan, the governor of Longping Prefecture, was in the county government office; Wu County had already sent someone to report this important event to Wang Xiyuan. As Wang Xiyuan was the governor of Longping Prefecture, Wu County was under the rule of Longping Prefecture. Moreover, it was in the south of the Yangtze River.
When the general envoy was assassinated, Wang Xiyuan quickly rushed to Wuxian County with hundreds of Longping government officials and city soldiers.
When old man Zhou was brought into the lobby of the government office, Wang Xiyuan asked the original story in detail, and with the mentality of getting lucky, he led people to old man Zhou's house. When the government servants carried Da Kui out of the haystack, they saw Da Kui.
His face was swollen, his face was purple and black, and there was no sign of life. Wang Xiyuan did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered people to send Da Kui to the back house of the county government office, and invited a doctor from the county.
The doctor came, checked Da Kui's pulse and shook his head. Wang Xiyuan hurriedly came to ask about his condition. The doctor sighed: "This official has a strange poison in his body, and the poison has penetrated into his bones. I'm afraid...!"
"Ah?" When Wang Xiyuan heard the words, his body felt as if his muscles and bones had been pulled away. The official beside him hurriedly supported Wang Xiyuan to prevent him from sitting on the ground. Wang Xiyuan murmured in his mouth: "If something happens to Mr. Zhang, I, Wang Xiyuan, will be in trouble."
Let go of the blame. What should I do?" After saying this, he sighed and frowned.
Perhaps when the doctor spoke, he was out of breath, so the doctor then said: "But it's not impossible to do anything!"
Wang Xiyuan heard this and asked urgently: "What's the method? Tell me quickly."
The doctor held his mustache in his hand and said slowly: "I have an old wild ginseng in my home. Although it cannot detoxify, it can prolong your life..."
Wang Xiyuan heard this and said hurriedly: "It's good to keep it for a while. Bring it quickly."
The doctor said in a dilemma: "Sir, this ginseng was passed down from our ancestors, but this..."
Wang Xiyuan said neatly: "I will pay you as much silver as you want, go and get it quickly!"
The doctor asked: "One hundred taels of silver, what do you think, sir?" Wang Xiyuan nodded quickly, but there was no hesitation at this time.
The doctor smiled awkwardly and said: "This ginseng is just in case of emergency, so I always keep it with me." He opened the medicine box next to the bed, took out a long wooden box from the box, and then opened the medicine box.
Box. There is really a wild ginseng in the wooden box, but this wild ginseng is only slightly thicker than chopsticks, so how can it be worth a hundred taels?
Wang Xiyuan couldn't take care of that much anymore, and quickly asked Shengsheng to prepare the decoction in the stove.
When the ginseng soup was boiled and the maid was ordered to feed Dakui to drink it, Wang Xiyuan asked the doctor again: "How can this wild ginseng be so small and useful?"
The doctor mused: "Don't worry, sir. This bowl of ginseng soup will definitely prolong your life for three to five days. Within these seven days, we need to find a famous doctor to come to treat you. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be no cure!"
When Wang Xiyuan heard this, he walked around the room anxiously and said, "Where can I find a miracle doctor?"
The doctor smiled mysteriously and said, "I know someone."
Wang Xiyuan asked urgently: "Quickly tell me who it is?"
The doctor said: "This man lives in Taohua Town, eight hundred miles north of Longping Prefecture. He is known to have a wonderful rejuvenation technique, and his Taoist name is Master Linghui."
Wang Xiyuan couldn't help but feel troubled. He only had five days. It usually took three days to go back and forth. What if Master Linghui went out or refused to come?
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a cry outside the door: "Husband~!" But it was Huang Ying who heard the message and brought people over.
It turned out that as soon as Wang Xiyuan arrived in Wu County, he ordered the military commander to lead the city soldiers to Zhang Mansion. When the city soldiers arrived, a bloody battle was going on in Zhang Mansion. Fortunately, Meng Ge, Yang Xiaohu, Panbu, Tian Feng, Zhou
Kai's five people and more than ten servants in the house blocked the door of the front house and the back house and fought hard with dozens of swordsmen in black. Although Pan Bu was hit by three swords, he would rather die than retreat. The city soldiers in black were
The bandit rushed from behind and immediately killed dozens of swordsmen in black, and each of them escaped from Zhang's house.
The Zhang Mansion was out of danger, but everyone panicked when they heard the news about Zhang Dakui's disappearance. Master Feng had some ideas, so he immediately arranged for people to search separately...