At this time, Zheng Shide had already escaped with his men. Fang Yiai came to Zhang San and said, "What's wrong with my little sister?"
"It's okay. She was just frightened and passed out now. I'll take her home now. Where are Zheng Shide and the others?"
"I'm sorry, mistress. The person he brought was a soldier given to him by the Zheng family. The people on my side can't stop him." Fang Yiai said embarrassedly.
"It's okay. I will seek revenge from him in the future. You have worked hard today. What should I do with that person?" Zhang San said, pointing to the body of Lord Gou lying on the ground.
"I'll let someone handle it. You take my little sister back first." Fang Yiai said.
"Do I need to report to the government? After all, I killed the person." Zhang San asked worriedly.
"Oh, he is not worthy. You are the founding county man of the Tang Dynasty. This little thief dares to attack your family. He deserves to die. Don't worry." Fang Yiai said.
"Okay, I'll trouble you, I'll take my little sister back first." Zhang San didn't waste any more time, and walked out of the village with his little sister in his arms.
I happened to meet Muramasa who was coming from Caozhuang, so I got on the carriage and rushed to the county man's residence.
"Sir, you are back. How is the little girl?"
Xiaoyu paced back and forth anxiously at the door of the house. Muramasa was afraid that Zhang Xin had not found Zhang San, so he asked Xiaoyu to go home and wait. Now that he saw Zhang San coming back with his little sister in his arms, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"It's okay. I was just frightened and fell asleep now. You have someone boil some hot water and I'll take the little sister back to the room." Zhang San said as he carried the little sister and walked into the house.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Xiaoyu quickly ordered the servants to prepare boiling water, and asked people to receive the servant Yiai, Muramasa and the others.
"Sir, hot water." Xiaoyu walked into the house with hot water.
Zhang San took the hot water and gently wiped the little girl's forehead with a hot towel, doing so gently and attentively.
In her sleep, the little sister tightly held Zhang San's clothes and refused to let go. Seeing the little sister trembling from time to time, Zhang San was very scared. If he hadn't found the little sister earlier, he didn't know what terrible things would have happened.
matter.
"Zheng Shide, I must make you pay the price." Zhang San sat beside the little sister's bed and gently touched her forehead with his hand.
"Sir, is my little sister okay? I'm sorry, I didn't protect my little sister." Xiaoyu's eyes were slightly red and she blamed herself.
"It's okay. I don't blame you for this. It was all caused by me. I will take revenge on my little sister." Zhang San's eyes were fierce, and at the same time, his heart was full of self-blame. If he and Zheng Shide hadn't had a conflict, the little sister wouldn't have done it either.
Suffered from this disaster.
"You go to the front hall to entertain Mr. Fang and Muramasa for me. Thanks to them today, otherwise my little sister would be really in danger. I will stay with my little sister here," Zhang San said.
"Okay, sir, I'll go right away."
After Xiaoyu came to the front hall, she thanked Fang Yiai and the villagers for their enthusiastic help.
"My little sister is fine now. The young master is staying with her inside. The young master asked me to say that he will visit you another day to thank you for your help."
"As long as everything is fine, little sister, I will go back first. If anything happens, ask someone to go to Fang's house to find me." Seeing that nothing happened, Fang Yiai got up and said goodbye, taking his family back with him.
Muramasa and the villagers also went home.
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Zhang San had no sleep all night and stayed by his little sister's side until dawn.
"Third brother..." The younger sister opened her eyes and saw Zhang San sitting beside her bed, calling softly.
Seeing Zhang San beside her, the little girl felt full of security. The scene yesterday really frightened the little girl.
"Little sister, you're awake, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Zhang San asked with concern when he saw his little sister waking up.
"It's okay, Third Brother, you should also take a rest." The younger sister looked at Zhang Sanyi's tired face and said distressedly.
"I'm not tired. I'll be relieved when you wake up. I asked Xiaoyu to tell the kitchen to make some porridge for you to eat later." Zhang San rubbed the little sister's head and said with a smile.
"My little sister is awake. The porridge has just been cooked. I'll have someone bring it to you." Xiaoyu said happily when she entered the room and saw her little sister waking up.
"I'll go out first. You get up, change your clothes, and wash up." Zhang San stood up and said.
"Young Master, Muramasa, Zhang Dazhuang and others are already here and are waiting in the front hall," Xiaoyu said.
"Okay, I'll go to the front hall to ask some questions. You can stay here and take care of my little sister."
Zhang San came to the front hall and saw Muramasa and others. They briefly exchanged greetings.
Zhang San then asked: "Dazhuang, you went to the county town yesterday to report to the government. Why didn't I see anyone from the government?"
"Damn it, I didn't go in. The yamen officer said that the county magistrate was unwell, so he drove me away." Zhang Dazhuang said angrily.
"I wanted to say a few more words, but they just used fists and sticks. Look, I'm all blue." Zhang Dazhuang rolled up his sleeves and showed it to Zhang San.
"Thank you for your hard work. I asked Xiaoyu to prepare a small thank you gift for you to take with you when you leave." Zhang San was very angry after hearing this. Song Dexin must be one of Zheng Shide's group.
"No way, this is what we should do in the first place. The Lord has taken good care of us, how can we ask for any reward." Zhang Dazhuang waved his hand and said quickly.
Muramasa and others also expressed their opinions one after another.
Zhang San didn't say much, and was going to come back and ask Xiaoyu to bring gifts to deliver to each family.
"Cunzheng, where did you meet the villagers who said there was a carriage going to Caojiazhuang?"
Zhang San stayed up all night last night, reorganized the entire incident, and found many problems, so he asked his servants to go to the village in the morning to call the village leaders and prepare to ask them face to face.
"Yesterday I divided the villagers into several waves and went to different places to find the young lady. I heard someone say it in Luzhuang, so I took people to Caojiazhuang to find her." The village leader told Zhang San in detail what happened yesterday.
once.
"By the way, now that I think about it, that person shouldn't be from Luzhuang, because I am familiar with Muramasa of Luzhuang and go there often. It seems that I have never seen that person." Muramasa suddenly added.
"That should be fake news deliberately released by Zheng Shide to confuse us." Zhang San replied.
"Zhang Lin, where are you? Is there anything unusual about the villager you were talking about?"
"Abnormal, there seems to be nothing abnormal, right?" Zhang Lin touched his head and recalled the scene at that time. It seemed that he found nothing abnormal.
"No?" Zhang San felt a pair of hands controlling him behind his back.
"Sir, I don't know if this is abnormal or not," Zhang Sheng said suddenly.
"What, please tell me." Zhang San asked quickly.
"I felt that the man didn't look like someone who did farm work, but looked like someone who had killed people, because the look in his eyes made me feel very cold."
"This is not very unusual. Maybe he has been on the battlefield before." Muramasa said.
"That's right. It just feels like that person seems to be ruthless, which makes people very uncomfortable." Zhang Sheng felt that Muramasa was right. Most people have been on the battlefield these days, and it is normal to have such murderous intent.
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Zhang San was thoughtful, and vaguely guessed that the man might be there to guide him. He seemed to have thought of something, and Zhang San was ready to test it out.
"Sir, what should we do now? The county magistrate obviously does not dare to provoke the Zheng family." Muramasa asked.
"Just leave it to me later. Muramasa wants to trouble you to arrange for a few people to live in my house first. My little sister is at home, so I'm really worried." Zhang San said.
"No problem, I'll ask Da Zhuang, Er Gou and the others to guard here." Muramasa replied.
"That's a lot of work for you." Zhang San cupped his fists and thanked him.
"Whatever you say, Sir, just do whatever you want, we are at home." Zhang Dazhuang said.
"Sir, what are you going to do next?" Zhang Ergou asked.
"Since the county government doesn't dare to take care of it, I will go to the palace to complain. This time I must say this." Zhang San said through gritted teeth.
"Then Sir, please be careful. Then what preparations should the Zheng family make?" Muramasa asked.
"It's okay, I have a sense of discretion." Zhang San replied.
After everything at home was arranged, Zhang San drafted a petition and prepared to go to the palace to meet the emperor and file a petition.