Chen Qing only rested for one night in Taiyuan. Early the next morning, under the escort of three thousand cavalry, he continued northward to Datong Prefecture.
Datong Mansion was also a land of ice and snow at this time. A large number of Yingzhou people had fled to Datong City before. Resettling these people was also the most important thing for the Datong government. Not only did the government have to provide a large number of tents, but they also had to provide food for making porridge every day. Originally, they wanted to
They were evacuated to the southern states, but before the government was ready, a heavy snowstorm swept across, forcing the relocation to the spring of next year.
In the eyes of the government, these common people are a great burden and a responsibility they have to bear. But in the eyes of some people with ulterior motives, these refugees are wealth, especially some beautiful girls, and they are the targets of hunting by these people.
They can make a lot of money by selling them to brothels.
Their method was also very simple. They first tricked the girl's father into eating, drinking and gambling, and then forced him to sell his daughter to pay off the debt after he incurred huge debts.
In a large tent, there lived a family of four, a middle-aged couple and their children. The male owner's surname was Yao, his son was called Yao Song, who was seventeen years old this year, and his daughter was called Yao Mei, who was only fifteen years old.
The son was tall and thick, as strong as an ox, but the daughter was slender and as beautiful as a flower. The hunter's eyes were fixed on their daughter.
"Dad, the Western Army is recruiting soldiers, and my son wants to join the army." Yao Song sat in the corner of the tent and asked his father for his opinion.
Father Yao was a little uneasy, looking worriedly outside the tent from time to time, not hearing what his son was saying at all.
"Dad, do you agree? Yao Song asked again.
"Well! What did you say?" Yao's father looked back at his son.
"I said the Western Army is recruiting soldiers, and I want to sign up to join the army."
"Give me money?"
"It's like giving ten guan of money for housing allowance, one stone of rice and a sheep, and then two guan of money and one acre of land every month."
"It's only ten guan, which is too little. It would be better if it were three hundred guan."
At this time, someone outside shouted: "Yao Dalang, someone is looking for you."
Father Yao's face turned pale, and Mother Yao said in horror: "His father, aren't those people here again?"
"I don't know, I'm going to take a look." Yao's father went out of the tent tremblingly.
The brother and sister stepped forward and asked, "Mom, what's going on!"
Mother Yao sighed and said: "Your father met a few people some time ago. They invited your father to drink. After he got drunk, he went gambling with them. He owed a large sum of money for no reason. Your father didn't even remember what happened.
But they have an IOU with your father’s fingerprints on it.”
"How much does daddy owe them?" Yao Song asked.
"Your father said, there may be...three hundred strings!"
"Three hundred strings!"
Yao Mei exclaimed, "I'm afraid our family won't even be able to pay back the money three times!"
Yao Song clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "I know, they are hunters. They must be plotting against my sister!"
Yao Mei's eyes became frightened, "Mom, no!"
At this moment, their father's screams were heard outside, and he was heard yelling: "I won't sell my daughter, and you won't sell your daughter if you kill me."
Then Yao's father screamed again, Yao Song's blood rushed to his head, he pulled out a dagger and rushed out.
"Song'er, don't act like this!" Yao's mother shouted in horror.
"Mom, take your sister and hide first."
Mother Yao was panic-stricken, so she pulled her daughter and said, "Mei'er, why don't you and mother go to your uncle's house to hide for a while?"
Yao Mei nodded fearfully, and the mother and daughter hurried away from the back tent.
Yao's father was dragged outside the camp by a group of people. Yao Song chased him, pointed a dagger at the leading man and said, "Let go of my father!"
"Your father owes us three hundred guan of money, and there is still 30 guan of interest. If you pay back the money, nothing will happen. Otherwise, you can let your sister pay the debt!"
"Fart! You devils have harmed so many people."
The big man at the head became angry and drew his knife and rushed forward, "You little bastard, you're tired of living!"
Father Yao was beaten until his mouth was full of blood. He shouted anxiously: "Song'er, run, you can't beat him!"
Several big men nearby punched and kicked him again, making Yao's father scream in agony.
Yao Song's eyes were red, "Devil, I will fight you!"
He rushed forward and was stabbed on the shoulder. Blood gushed out, but he didn't care. He stabbed the dagger into the opponent's stomach. The leading man never dreamed that the opponent was serious. He endured the severe pain and stabbed the opponent with a knife.
He grabbed Yao Song's hair.
"You little bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
Yao Song went all out and stabbed the opponent more than a dozen times with a dagger. The last knife stabbed the opponent on the left chest, piercing the heart. The leader screamed and died on the spot.
When several young men saw that the man was dead, they ran away. Yao's father stepped forward tremblingly, touched the leader of the big man's breath, and said in shock: "Oh! He is dead."
Father Yao was in a panic and said: "Song'er, run away quickly! They have backing and will take your life at risk."
Yao Song said stubbornly: "A life for a life, the child will not escape!"
Father Yao gritted his teeth, snatched the dagger from his son's hand, and stabbed the big man on the right chest with the knife, "Remember, it was me who killed the man, and it has nothing to do with you. I will surrender to the government."
"Dad, it's my business, I'll take care of it!"
Father Yao slapped his son on the face and said, "Go home and take care of your mother and sister. If your father kills someone, he will bear the responsibility."
At this time, more than a dozen archers came and asked, "Where are the people killing people?"
Yao's father pushed his son away and stepped forward and said, "This man came to collect debts and beat me too hard. I killed him out of desperation."
Yao Song rushed forward and said: "I killed the person, it had nothing to do with my father!"
Yao's father was furious and slapped him hard again, "Go away, I don't need you to carry it on my father's behalf, go home quickly."
Several archers became impatient and chained Yao's father, "We'll talk about it after we go back to the county government office. Take him away!"
Yao's father was taken away and his body was taken away. Yao Song knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
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In the big tent, while his uncle Liu Dajiang was bandaging Yao Song's wounds, he complained to him: "Why are you so impulsive? Those people are just gangsters. The real people behind the scenes have not shown up. You killed someone, but your father suffered a tragic death."
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"Daddy will be fine. I'll go back to the county government and make it clear that I was the one who killed the man. Those gangsters also saw it with their own eyes. Daddy can't take the blame even if he wants to."
Liu Dajiang slapped him on the back of the head, "You are the only bloodline of the Yao family. If you die, your father will still be alive. Don't say stupid things."
"Everyone is responsible for what he does. Although I am reckless, I will never let my father take the blame for me."
Liu Dajiang sighed, "I've been talking for a long time in vain, and you actually want to surrender? Your father is really going to be pissed off by you. Things are not as simple as you think."
At this time, the person Liu Dajiang entrusted appeared at the gate, "Dajiang, there is news."
Liu Dajiang walked out quickly, "What should I say?"
"Old Yao went in and was beaten first, and he was beaten to death at thirty, which is the rule. Then the county magistrate asked him a few questions, and he all admitted that he was the one who killed the person, and that the other party forced the person too much."
"What did the opposing witness say?"
"It's very strange. Several gangsters on the other side all identified him and said that it was Lao Yao who killed him. The dagger used to kill also belonged to Lao Yao. There were all witnesses and physical evidence. Lao Yao also admitted it. He was put in jail first. According to the rules, the murderer was killed by the county government.
He will be handed over to the government, and even if he is sentenced, he will have to be executed next fall, but the county official I asked said that if it can be proven that the other party is also at fault, then the death penalty may not necessarily be imposed."
Liu Dajiang took out a few strings of money and gave it to the other party, "Thank you very much!"
"It's okay! If you still need it, you can come to me at any time, and I will inquire again."
"Okay! I won't be polite if I need to trouble you."
The person who inquired about the news left, and Liu Dajiang was confused. How could the other party insist that it was his brother-in-law who killed him? It was obvious that it was not his brother-in-law who killed him. What did the other party mean?
Liu Dajiang also had a glimmer of hope in his heart. As long as the other party was proven to be at fault, his brother-in-law would not necessarily die.
As he walked back to the tent, Yao Song asked urgently: "Brother-in-law, what do you say?"
"It's strange. Those gangsters insisted that it was your father who committed the murder."
"Nonsense! Their father is in their hands, how can they kill him?"
"It's just weird, I can't figure out why?"
At this moment, someone outside asked inwardly: "Excuse me, is this Liu Dajiang's tent?"
