Liu Xin helped Ma Yun to the bedside. She was obviously very frightened today, and she was still breathing rapidly. Liu Xin looked at the person kneeling in front of the bed, but it was Erya. Just now Liu Xin said that he would send her back to the hospital.
Okay, she was so frightened that she fainted to the ground. After waking up, she has been kneeling here. When she saw Liu Xin, Ma Yun came back and cried: "Master, madam, please don't drive me away. I will do my best in the future."
Those who do things should never dare to do this again."
Ma Yun looked at Liu Xin. Liu Xin's face was as dark as water, unmoved, and said: "Erya, no matter what, if you don't have faith, you won't be established. You have lost the trust of me and my wife, and there will never be any more trust in this house."
There is no place for you to stand. In this way, I originally wanted to send you back to Yaxing. I feel sorry for you and you go home."
As Liu Xin spoke, she took out the stack of deeds of sale, lit them with the lamp in the room, and burned them to a pile of ashes. Then she slowly said to the children in the room: "From now on, you are no longer part of my family."
Slaves, you are all free men, go home."
The children had just had enough food for two days, and no one wanted to leave. Seeing this, Ma Yun said to Liu Xin: "Husband, just keep them. These are children from poor families. They are so pitiful. You
Didn’t you say you would use some servants?”
"Well, in that case, you can stay for now. However, you are no longer domestic slaves. You are just employees of my family. You work hard, you can read and write when you have time, and you can get some wages every month." Liu Xin thought about it.
After thinking about it, he turned to Erya and said, "But you can't stay, leave now!"
Erya burst into tears and kowtowed to Liu Xin and Ma Yun three times, said, "Master, Madam, take care." Then turned around.
Although Ma Yun couldn't bear it, she knew that Liu Xin had made up her mind and stopped trying to persuade her. She took out a bunch of copper coins from the bedside, grabbed Erya, stuffed it into her hand and said, "Live a good life after you go back. You go."
Erya burst into tears and could not say a word, so she gritted her teeth and left.
Liu Xin sighed and said to the other children: "You all should go out too."
There were only two of them left in the room, and Ma Yun calmed down and asked: "Husband, fortunately you came back quickly. If Li Cheng had waited until dawn to bring someone over, I really don't know what to do. By the way,
Have you found Zhao Yun?"
Liu Xin gently held her slender waist and said: "Yes, it's all my fault for not thinking carefully, which almost caused a disaster. From now on, you will follow me wherever I go. Zhao Yun has been found, and he will be there in a few days."
Come here. At that time, I felt a little uneasy, so I decided to rush back overnight. Unexpectedly, something happened. I don’t know how to end it."
Ma Yun rested her head on Liu Xin's shoulder and said: "You don't have to worry about me. I'm not a weak woman with no strength. It's no problem to deal with one or two thieves. You should concentrate on how to deal with them."
Officials, I guess they and Li Cheng are probably the same, you still have to be careful."
Liu Xin comforted him: "Don't be afraid of them. As the saying goes, the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, and the hard ones are afraid of their lives. Look at the people Li Cheng brought with them. They were very aggressive when they came, but they were all frightened by Dian Wei and had diarrhea. I
This time when I went to Zhaojia Village, I happened to encounter bandits robbing the villagers of their food. What I am worried about now is whether there are such bandits in Hejian County. If there are, the people under my rule will suffer. Forget it.
, I don’t miss him anymore, I’ll wait until those officials arrive. You haven’t slept all night, so take a rest first. It’s almost dawn, and I’ll go practice boxing.”
Liu Xin waited for Ma Yun to lie down, walked to the yard, and punched her. Li Lin had woken up, with a rag stuffed into his mouth again, and was looking at Liu Xin in horror. Dian Wei also
The blood stains on the pair of large iron halberds had been wiped clean, and they were guarding the door in high spirits.
Liu Xin walked over, patted his shoulder and said, "How are you? Are you tired?"
Dian Wei grinned and said, "I'm not tired. I'm not tired even if I don't sleep for three days and three nights. I just can't kill enough."
Liu Xin raised her head and looked at the red clouds on the horizon. The sun was about to come out. Thinking of the troubled times that were coming soon, she shook her head and said: "If you come here, stay here and protect your wife. I will go and meet the officials in front."
"
Dian Wei said: "Sir, no one dares to come here anymore. I will go with you to meet them."
Liu Xin waved her hand and said: "No, just take a rest in this yard. I don't believe it. Are they more powerful than Chen Liu's tiger?"
Walking into the front hall, Chief Shi Zhang Jun and a group of officials were waiting there. They were all sleepy-eyed and yawning. It was obvious that they had just been called out of bed. Liu Xin looked at everyone present and said: "
Liu has disturbed everyone’s sweet dreams.”
When all the officials saw Liu Xin coming out, they quickly stood up and saluted: "I have seen you, sir."
Liu Xin waved her hand and motioned for everyone to sit down. She also walked up to the top and sat down behind the tables. Then she said, "Everyone almost never saw me again."
Chang Shi Zhang Jun, who never spoke a word, looked around and found that the only ones missing were the county magistrate Li Cheng and his nephew, the school captain Li Lin. After hearing Liu Xin's words, he realized something had changed, so he stood up unexpectedly and said, "Sir, why are you here?"
Did you say this?"
Liu Xin said: "Zhang Changshi, please sit down first and wait for me to speak slowly. In the middle of the night today, the school captain Li Lin sneaked into my house with the intention of cheating on my wife. My wife discovered him and captured him. In the early morning of this morning,
The county magistrate Li Cheng actually led a group of people to forcefully break into the prefect's mansion, intending to kill me. Zhang Changshi, I want to ask you, what crime should the two of them deserve?"
When Zhang Jun heard this, it turned out that something unexpected had happened and it was a rare opportunity. He just didn't know what happened to Li Cheng's uncle and nephew now. Should he take a stand? He hesitated and said: "This... this..."
Just when he didn't know how to answer, someone suddenly stood up and said to Liu Xin: "I wonder where Lord Jun Cheng and Lieutenant Li are now?"
Liu Xin looked at this person coldly and asked, "Who are you?"
The man replied: "I am Shi Makai, the military commander. Please answer my question first."
Liu Xin nodded, knowing that this person must be a close confidant of Li Cheng, so she pretended not to care and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Ma. I wonder what the responsibilities of this soldier Cao Shi are?"
Ma Kai did not answer, but still said aggressively: "Please answer my question first."
Liu Xin snorted coldly and said: "Humph, you also know how to call me sir. Am I the prefect or are you the prefect in this hall? Do you still see me as an adult in your eyes?"
Ma Kai laughed loudly and said: "What kind of thing is the governor! The previous two terms have left obediently. I don't think you can be powerful for a few more days." Several snickers came from below.
Liu Xin shot several cases at once: "Ma Kai is bold and has no authority! Do you know the crime?"
Ma Kai said: "I just want to see the Lord Commander, what's the crime?"
Liu Xin sneered and said to a sergeant behind him: "Go and ask General Dian to bring Li Cheng over."
The sergeant responded and walked to the back. The front hall suddenly fell silent. After a moment, Dian Wei strode in carrying a package and shouted: "Bring Li Cheng here!" After that, he put the package away.
Shaking, a bloody human head fell out and rolled straight to Ma Kai's feet.
Liu Xindao: "Ma Kai, this is the Li Cheng you want to see. He attempted to assassinate me and was killed on the spot. Zhang Changshi, Ma Kai just despised me and roared in court. How should we deal with it according to the law?"
Seeing that Li Cheng had been killed, Zhang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and regained his energy. He stood up and said, "Sir, Ma Kai has a military position. According to the law, he should be beaten with thirty military sticks."
Liu Xin glanced at the sergeants on the left and right, and shouted: "Capture him with me and execute him on the spot."
Ma Kai was furious: "Let's see who dares!"
The sergeants on the left and right really refused to move forward. All the officials looked at Liu Xin to see how he would deal with it. Unexpectedly, Liu Xin actually smiled and said: "Okay, since you don't want these sergeants to beat you, let me
The bodyguard, General Dian Wei, will take care of it personally."
When Dian Wei heard the words, he rushed forward. Ma Kai's heart trembled when he saw this ferocious big man. He had no choice but to go forward and hit Dian Wei with his right hand. Dian Wei did not dodge and stretched out his hand.
A big hand grasped Ma Kai's fist and squeezed hard. Ma Kai couldn't block Dian Wei's divine power. The phalanges and metacarpal bones of his right hand were crushed to pieces, causing him to yell "Ah" in pain.
Passed out.
As soon as Dian Wei let go of his hand, Ma Kai collapsed to the ground like mud. Dian Wei grabbed a military stick and was about to take action when Liu Xin stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, splash him first to wake him up."
The sergeants on both sides had seen how ferocious Dian Wei was when he killed people. They did not hesitate any longer and took a basin of cold water and poured it on Ma Kai. Ma Kai woke up and was still shouting. Dian Wei ignored him and kicked him.
Step on his back, hit his butt hard with the stick, and count to "one!"
When the stick went down, there was only a "click" sound followed by another scream from Ma Kai. The skin on his buttocks was torn and his legs had been broken. Dianwei ignored him and pushed the stick down again. Ma Kai's body shook for two seconds.
But he didn't scream again.
Dian Wei stopped his hand and said strangely: "This guy is tougher than before." He turned Ma Kai over with a stick, but saw that he was bleeding from all his orifices and was beaten to death by Dian Wei's two sticks.
General Dian Wei threw his stick aside and muttered to himself: "This guy will be finished in just two blows without being beaten."
Liu Xin turned to the sergeants on both sides and said, "Drag Ma Kai outside and clean this place." Liu Xin looked at Dian Wei, who was still standing in the center of the hall. Thinking about it, she was still a little worried about Ma Yun, who was catching up on her sleep in the back house.
Then he ordered: "If evil comes, go back to the back first. If anything happens, I will send someone to call you." Dian Wei promised to retreat.
Two sergeants wanted to lift Ma Kai's body. Unexpectedly, Ma Kai was broken into two pieces and his internal organs were spilled all over the floor. Some timid civil servants did not dare to look at it anymore and turned away. Except Liu Xin.
I had seen the scene where Dian Wei killed Li Cheng, which was much more tragic than this, and I couldn't help but shake my head secretly. Dian Wei really didn't know the importance of his actions. It seems that I will find an opportunity to have a good talk with him in the future. In addition, the prefect's mansion suddenly
So many people have died and the murderous intent is too strong. Should we consider moving to another place to live?
The sergeants simply cleaned the ground, but you could still see stains of blood. Liu Xin looked at the trembling officials and thought to himself, this is probably called killing chickens to scare monkeys.