Chapter 243 Colluding with the government to play tricks II
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Wei Du walked up from the poplar forest with a pair of angry eyes like lanterns, followed by a large group of officials, looking like they were showing off their power.
Chao Jidao saw an official suddenly appear in the middle of the road, which was really beyond his expectation. It seemed that in the past, two families would fight first, and even if the official saw it from a distance, he would turn a blind eye and take a detour. Who could He didn't want to swim in this muddy water, but now his rules have completely changed. Chao Jidao vaguely felt that the atmosphere of this scene was wrong, and it was really a bit ominous. However, this warning just arose in Chao Jidao's heart, but when he saw it The official at the head was actually Wei Dutou, and the tense expression on Chao Jidao's face suddenly relaxed.
That day, Wei Dutou came to Chao's house to arrest someone. Chao Jidao not only entertained him with good wine and meat, but also did not hesitate to bribe Wei Dutou with money. On that day, Wei Dutou patted his chest and clearly said what he said. He knew very well that if anything came to him in the future, he would just take care of it and take care of it. In the prison, thanks to Wei Dutou saying hello to the prison chief, his second brother was not so wronged.
No matter what the collusion between the Zang family and the government is, in Chao Jidao's heart, at least Wei Dutou is on his side, can think about him, and will help him in the current crisis. However, Chao Jidao will eventually Ignore the principle that the first level of officialdom can kill people, and also ignore that money in other people's hands also has immeasurable power.
Sure enough, before Chao Jidao came up to greet him with a smile, reality taught him the most vivid lesson. Wei Du didn't even look at Chao Jidao, and ignored him as if he were a ball of air. He crossed Chao Jidao directly and directed at Chao Jidao. The servants of the Chao family behind him shouted: "Leave this guy behind,"
The many disciples of the Chao family didn't seem to take Wei Dutou seriously. They held their weapons tightly in their hands as if they were unheard of. They didn't show the slightest intention of dropping the weapons and surrendering.
Wei Dutou looked at the attitude of the disciples of the Chao family, feeling very disdainful and somewhat angry. He snorted coldly and said: "In broad daylight, people gathered together to rob the Tao, Chao Jidao, do you want to rebel?"
These words are really serious. The word "rebellion" is a crime of beheading no matter what time it is used. This is not added casually. If the county magistrate's pleading contains such a word, it will really be an unjust death. , the word "rebellion" was like a sharp lightning, piercing straight into Chao Jidao's heart. However, at this moment, what was in Chao Jidao's heart was just shock. He never thought that Wei Dutou's words were not I said it to the Zang family over there, but I said it to the Chao family.
"Wei Dutou, did you make some mistake? It's the Zang family..." Chao Jidao felt that he came to Wei Dutou to reason.
"Tell them to put down their weapons, otherwise, I will treat them like bandits," Wei Dutou said with more emphasis.
Chao Jidao had no choice but to feel like a huge mountain was pressing down in his heart. All his hopes were suddenly destroyed. He gritted his teeth and swallowed all the grievances, anger and shame. He was extremely overwhelmed. He waved his hands with restraint and helplessness, and said: "Throw them all away."
Ping, bang, bang, from scattered to the general trend, they all dropped their weapons on the ground, but Chao Jidao felt a different feeling in his heart, as if the sharp blades that were supposed to hit the Zang family thugs had all hit him hard. Deep down in his heart, Chao Jidao remained silent and did not speak, but in his heart he had scolded the old thief of the Zang family thousands of times, and wished he could cut their father and son, as well as these government bastards, into pieces at this moment to vent his anger. hatred.
"Chao Jidao, let me ask you, are you too arrogant? I know your family has a great business, and I also know that you have issues with the Zang family, but there is no need to mobilize all the troops to kill them all," Wei Dutou narrowed his eyes in provocation. He looked at Chao Jidao with intention.
"Wei Dutou, your eyes are like torches, so you have to see clearly. This is what happened..." Chao Jidao wanted to explain.
Wei Du put his hand in the air for a moment, stopped Chao Jidao's words, and interjected: "I know, I know, Zang Hanzhong told Mr. Wu in the morning that you have been raising a bunch of idle men to bring trouble to the countryside. He oppresses the common people and makes them suffer unspeakably. Recently, rumors have come out that they are plotting against him. They want to intercept people who are looking for him to cause trouble, and they want to kill him in order to take advantage of the chaos. Therefore, Mr. Wu sent me to protect him secretly. I'm investigating this matter by the way, but at this moment, it seems that this matter can't be taken off,"
"Sir, this is unjust, you have to be more careful," Chao Jidao was so angry at Wei Dutou's words that he became a little confused.
"Mingcha, this is Mingcha. I saw with my own eyes that you came with so many people and you were so angry. I knocked you out of the way. Why do you still want to deny it? Look at the weapons at your feet. They are all evidence that you are gathering to cause trouble. "
"I also heard the report from the servants. It was the Zang family who robbed our grain truck on the way and injured our people. You see," Chao Jidao became more and more excited as he spoke. He got so angry that he dragged Wei Du Tou's arm went in the direction of the grain cart surrounded by the Zang family.
"How reckless," Wei Du broke away from Chao Jidao for the first time and shouted: "Do you think I am blind? My dog eyes saw that the Zang family robbed your grain truck. You clearly had a plan and used the grain truck deliberately. He blocked the way for the Zang family and his party, so he intercepted and killed them."
"You," the anger in Chao Jidao's heart suddenly burst out. Seeing that Wei Dutou was so confused and unreasonable, how could he hold his temper? He immediately raised his voice and yelled at Wei Dutou: "You are a loser, you have taken over the Zang family. What good is it to speak for him like this?"
Wei Dutou never expected that Chao Jidao would say such words. These words touched his shortcomings. Therefore, he couldn't help being scolded by Chao Jidao and got a little angry. He shouted: "You are a rebellious guy by nature. Come on!" Man, tie this guy up for me, seize these carts of grain and grass, and drag them back to the county government office."
As soon as he finished speaking, a police officer came up with a rope and tied up Chao Jidao, who was struggling and cursing.
When the disciples of the Chao family saw this, they shouted loudly and tried to get in if they refused to give in. Shi Jin saw in his heart that the situation was out of control and screamed in his heart that it was not good, but the deal was already done and there was nothing he could do.
When the official saw that the Chao family was about to take action, Wei Dutou shouted: "We are going to rebel," and took the lead in pulling out the simple knife in his hand.
The disciples of the Chao family were already determined to fight to the death. They couldn't hold their breath anymore. They didn't care about his bullshit officials. One by one, they picked up their weapons from the ground and started to attack the officials. Shi Jin's sharp eyes saw that there was fear on the face of Wei Dutou, and he couldn't help but glance directly at Chao Jidao's head, fearing that he was about to kill someone to scare everyone, Shi Jin's footwork changed, and he swish, swish, and swish. In the blink of an eye, he flashed in front of the official. Before the surprised officials could react, he snatched Chao Jidao from the official's hand, put it on his shoulder, and with a move of his feet, he retracted among the disciples of the Chao family. middle.
This back and forth immediately made everyone at the moment dumbfounded, and the momentum of fighting each other was also stopped. During this time, a roar like rolling thunder came from the distance.
"stop,"
The people on both sides paused and turned around to look. Suddenly, a horse on a fast horse came riding on the billowing smoke, and they arrived in front of them in a short time.
Shi Jin untied Chao Jidao, and looked in the direction he was coming from, and saw that it was Chao Gai.
When Chao Gai approached, he immediately got off his horse, waved his hand to his disciples, and scolded sternly: "Stop all of you, stop this guy, you are really brave." Everyone looked at each other and put their weapons back into their sheaths.
Chao Gai suppressed everyone, then turned around, put on a smiling face, carefully accompanied Wei Dutou, and said: "You guys are ignorant and have offended Dutou's divine power. I'm really sorry."
When Wei Du saw that Chao Gai had relented, his arrogance suddenly became more intense. He pointed at Chao Gai with a simple knife and said: "Your Chao family has caused trouble to everyone, and now you dare to attack the government. This is so bad." Their behavior is almost the same as that of mountain bandits. Do you know about the recent rebellion in Shaohua Mountain in Huazhou? The imperial court has issued a notice that all states and counties should quickly eliminate bandits like Shaohua Mountain. I think, our Yuncheng County, the first one that should be eradicated is your Chao family,"
"My lord, please calm down, my lord, please calm down..." Chao Gai's words were very serious when he heard what he said. This was clearly a crime of rebellion. If you take it to the county government, you will be beheaded. Thinking like this, his mind went blank for a moment. Speechless, he could only defend the Chao family in a few words: "Sir, please listen to me slowly..."
"Tell me slowly. If you have anything to say, let's talk to Mr. Wu at the county government office." Wei Dutou snorted coldly, and then shouted: "Take them all away. If there are any rebels, we will take them away." Kill without mercy,"
Everyone in the Chao family couldn't stand this kind of aggrievedness, but seeing that their second master was willing to be bound, they said nothing and allowed the officials to tie their hands to a rope one by one like grasshoppers. At this moment, Chao Jidao was about to have another attack, but after seeing Shi Jin's face clearly, and seeing Shi Jin winking at him and giving him hints, he thought in his heart that Shi Jin had a trick, so he obeyed.
This group of people was escorted by the government in front, while the Zang family drove the grain truck behind and followed closely. A long group of people came straight to Yuncheng County. Although the journey was not very far, but For everyone in the Chao family, it was an extremely long ordeal. The ridicules and insults from the Zang family behind them were unbearable, but that was fine. However, the sensation caused when they walked through the market was just a disgrace to the Chao family. , Chao Jidao raised his neck to the sky. Although his attitude was as tough as before, he was really humiliated and wanted to die immediately.
Fortunately, the county government was not far away. After the torture along the way, the group finally arrived in front of the county government.
It seemed that the people inside had already set up a posture, and just as they entered, a loud "mighty" shout came that shook the earth and the earth...