Seeing this, Yan Xiu hurriedly stopped in front of Chen Chang, raised his voice and said, "Liu Lili, Qian Shi is the only child of my Yan family. Qi Lang has just recovered from a serious illness. He can't bear the beating. If you don't keep calm, just beat him."
Well, this old man is willing to suffer for these two children..."
"Ah Weng..." Yan Qianshi's eyes were split. Although he was tied up with ropes, it seemed like he might explode at any time.
Tears rolled quietly from the corners of Chen Chang's eyes.
After all, Yan Xiu was also a scholar who opened a school to teach. Scholars in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the most dignified, but in order to protect him, the old man was so humble in front of a small official.
Liu Yaozu shouted sternly: "Old man Yan, your grandson stole four pieces of money from Wang's family in the west of the village. There are all the witnesses and physical evidence. I'm afraid he will go to jail when he gets to the government! You suffered for them, can you afford it?"
Yan Qianshi angrily scolded: "Liu Yaozu, don't bully others too much! This money obviously belongs to my family, what does it have to do with the Wang family?"
"Hmph! Do you think I am a three-year-old child?" Liu Yaozu looked at Yan Qianshi with disdain, "Your family is very poor, where did you get so much money? Father, is that right?"
If in the past, Yan Xiu was the one who could talk to the officials of the prefecture and county, Liu Yingshun didn't want to speak, but the bastard son forced him to come in, coughed twice and said: "Mr. Yan, although the dog is young and naughty,
, but what he said is not completely unreasonable. Since it is unjust, why not let your grandson tell us the origin of the money!"
Liu Yaozu shouted from the side: "Yes, tell me, where does it come from? I don't believe it, this money really belongs to your family!"
"This money... this money..." When asked by Liu Yaozu, Yan Qianshi's face turned blue and white.
Liu Yaozu sneered and looked at Chen Chang: "What do you think?" In this way, he clearly regarded Chen Chang as an accomplice of the theft.
Chen Chang frowned. Although he roughly guessed that the money was related to the small wooden box that Yan Qianshi took away, he didn't know what was in the box.
"Let me tell you!" Yan Xiu sighed heavily, "These money...were exchanged for the books collected at home!"
"Ah Weng!" Yan Qianshi fell to his knees with a plop, "My grandson is unfilial. He wants to..."
Yan Xiu waved his hand, and his cloudy eyes flashed: "Qianshi, stand up, there is gold under the man's knees."
He tremblingly took out a piece of paper from the sleeve of his robe and unfolded it gently. Liu Yingshun and his son stared at each other with big eyes. The father was better, but the son couldn't even read a few big characters.
Yan Xiu said loudly: "Liu Lili, please read carefully. This is the pledge certificate issued by Baisha Temple. You should believe it, right?"
Liu Yingshun took a breath of air.
Chen Chang was confused. Don’t you always go to pawn shops to pawn? How could it be a temple?
There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and many towers are in the mist. Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, took the lead in the upsurge of worshiping Buddhism, expanded the momentum of Buddhism, raised the status of Buddhism, built temples extensively, and the temple economy gradually prospered, further promoting the spread of Buddhism in Liang Dynasty.
The excitement is high.
Pawnshops had begun to take shape during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but they were run by temples, and even the government was not allowed to interfere. There was a place called the Dianzhi in the temple, also known as the pawnshop.
Gold, clothes, jewelry, livestock, etc. can be pledged. If you want to borrow a small amount of money, you can just bring a bunch of flax. Xiao Yan also sacrificed his life four times to worship the Buddha, and the ministers had to redeem him. I'm afraid this is also the case.
It was the most valuable pledge at that time.
Yan Xiu has been addicted to books all his life, and his family has no money left. When he learned that Yan Qianshi was detained by the local officials, he immediately thought of his only remaining book collection.
In November of the third year of Chengsheng, Jiangling was besieged by the Western Wei Dynasty and was in danger. When Xiao Yi, the Emperor of Liang Yuan Dynasty, patrolled the city at night, he wrote a poem about it, and some of the ministers were reconciled. When the city fell, Xiao Yi entered the Bamboo Hall of the East Pavilion and ordered his people to sacrifice themselves.
Gao Shanbao burned 140,000 volumes of ancient and modern books.
Yan Xiu deeply regretted this and lamented, "Why should the book fail the emperor?"
There were hundreds of books in his home, but most of them were destroyed by war. Now the few remaining books were pawned by his grandson in exchange for money. Wouldn't this cost him his life?
After all, Liu Yingshun had seen a little bit of the world, and his attitude softened immediately. Unexpectedly, his son refused to let him go. Liu Yaozu said: "Huh, I'm afraid it's a lie?"
When Old Man Yan was feeling sad, his nose almost became crooked with anger after hearing this.
Yan Qianshi's eyes were filled with fire and he glared at Liu Yaozu fiercely.
Liu Yaozu came over with provocative eyes: "The glory of your Yan family is in the past. Now in front of our Liu family, you are nothing. If this matter comes to the government, you will be punished..."
Chen Chang suddenly answered: "I don't think so!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Yan Xiu said in a trembling voice: "Qilang, this matter has nothing to do with you. Just wait outside."
Yan Qianshi also said anxiously: "Qilang, just listen to Aweng and don't get involved!"
The grandfather and grandson fought each other affectionately and refused to let him wade into this muddy water. Chen Chang was deeply moved.
Liu Yaozu looked at Chen Chang, who was covered in mud, and sneered sinisterly: "There is no way to escape from hell."
At this time, twenty or thirty people had gathered outside Liu's yard. They all came to watch the excitement after hearing the noise. The more courageous ones lifted their heads from the door frame and looked in, while the less timid ones stood on the millstone outside and jumped to watch.
Look.
Liu Yaozu cast his eyes on the surrounding villagers and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone, come and take a look. Recently, the government has repeatedly posted lists to arrest spies, thieves and other evildoers. Unexpectedly, these people are still so bold that they came to my Yangjiadu and colluded with the Yan family to commit crimes."
, I think this person is either a bad person who blocks the road or cuts the path, or he is Qi Chen Zhizuo."
He saw that Chen Chang was dressed in ordinary clothes and had no criminal record, so his identity must be suspicious. At that time, the Zhou, Qi, and Chen dynasties were all attacking each other. Although the Later Liang claimed to have inherited the mantle of the Southern Liang, it was actually under the control of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Confronted with Qi and Chen.
Even if Chen Chong is not a thief, he can still use his identity to make a big fuss. Once Chen Chong's identity is confirmed, the Yan family's ancestors and grandson will definitely be punished for harboring the crime.
This shout made Yan Qianshi furious, and he cursed: "Liu Yaozu, don't bully others too much! What evidence do you have that your bloody excrement and slander of Qilang is just a trick?"
Liu Yaozu chuckled and said confidently: "Since I said this, there is evidence. Yan Qianshi, you keep saying that this person is not a meticulous person. May I ask where he comes from, where he wants to go, and is there anything wrong with him?"<
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After saying that, he rushed towards Chen Chang, stretched out his hand to grab, and said viciously: "If you fall into my hands today, you can't even think of escaping!"
Naturally, Chen Chang would not sit still and wait for death. He hurriedly retreated towards the gate, while Liu Yaozu pursued him relentlessly.
The ancestors of the Yan family couldn't help but sweat for Chen Chang. Liu Yaozu was uneducated and good at fighting. He had learned some kung fu from several boxers. How could Chen Chang, a weak scholar, withstand his fists?
At the critical moment, a black shadow as thick as a thumb came with a strong wind, like a poisonous snake coiling towards Liu Yaozu's wrist.
The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was stunned. The owner of the whip gently moved it into his arms, and Liu Yaozu's punch was empty.
Immediately afterwards, the man flicked his wrist, and the long purple dragon-skin whip suddenly retracted from Liu Yaozu's wrist. He heard a roar, a black light passed by, and the soft whip retracted in his hand in an instant.
Everyone looked at this uninvited guest with surprised eyes, but Chen Chang was not surprised. He said to himself that if you come later, I'm afraid I will be beaten into a pig's head.
Liu Yaozu lost all face and was about to get angry. When he saw that the person coming was a beautiful woman disguised as a man, his anger suddenly decreased by three or four points. He shook his wrist and said with a smile: "Why did the girl stop me from catching the thief?"
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The woman was dressed in black, and her skin was as shiny and delicate as mutton-fat white jade. Her figure was different from the slender and graceful appearance of ordinary women, but tall, with plump, straight and slender legs, and a pretty face with a certain amount of heroism. She did not like Liu Yaozu.
He ignored it and instead focused on Chen Chang.
When Liu Yaozu saw that the woman was turning a blind eye to him, he couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "Who are you, how dare you act wild here?"
The woman pointed at the Yan family's ancestors and grandson and asked Chen Chang: "Are these two your friends?"
Chen Chang nodded.
The two asked and answered questions, and in Liu Yaozu's eyes, it became clear that this beautiful woman was flirting with the down-and-out scholar. He couldn't help but feel a burst of jealousy in his heart, and said angrily: "Okay, I guess you are in the same group today.
Now that you are here, come with me to see the official! Come on, take it!"
The son was reckless, but Liu Yingshun, the father, was cunning. Seeing that this woman was luxuriously dressed, had an extraordinary temperament, and attacked Yaozu even though she knew her identity as an official, she clearly had something to rely on.
Although Houliang is a state in Jiangling, there are many more officials in the imperial court than in the previous dynasty. If this girl is the dependent child of an important official in the imperial court, wouldn't she be able to afford it and carry her around?
Although Liu Yingshun did not know the identity of the woman and the reason for her help, judging from her words and deeds, it seemed that she did not know the ancestors and grandchildren of the Yan family, and she was not familiar with the scholar either.
In just a moment, Liu Yingshun had something to worry about. After a while, he said that he had doubts in his mind and asked a few more questions. He had no intention of setting up a trap. He expected that the woman would not say anything more. He let the Yan family go for the time being.
, which can be regarded as giving this woman enough face.
After everything is over, it is still the father and son who have the final say over the Yang family. It is not too late to find an opportunity to bring bad luck to the Yan family and the scholar.
He was about to remind his son not to act rashly, but Liu Yaozu was used to being arrogant and domineering, and his temper was like a lit firecracker, and he had already led his men to pounce on him.
Even though the woman had just shown off her skills in public, Chen Chang couldn't help but remind the woman to be careful when he saw that there were so many people there.
The woman didn't answer, she just smiled contemptuously at Liu Yaozu and raised her arm like a magic trick. Before Liu Yaozu could respond, the long dragon-skin whip flew towards Liu Yaozu. The whip was slightly blown by the wind, and wrapped around Liu Yaozu with a "whoosh" sound.
Then he lowered his elbows, retracted his wrists, and pulled the long whip hard, causing Liu Yaozu to stagger a few steps, and he knelt down in front of her with a plop.
This chapter has been completed!