After lunch, Liang Yuyao still wanted to go on her way, but Hong Zhenji tried hard to persuade her to stay, insisting that Liang Yuyao stay in Yuhai City for one night.
Just stay here. After wandering on the sea for many days, it's better to rest for a day.
Hong Zhenji specially prepared a manor in Yuhai City and settled Liang Yuyao and his family there.
Tong Qingqiu checked around and found that there was no magic circle in the manor. The craftsmen from the ascetic workshop also checked and found that there were no mechanisms in the manor.
It seemed that Hong Zhenji had no other plans, and Liang Yuyao settled down.
After sleeping until dusk, Liang Yuyao planned to go to Xu Zhiqiong to relieve her boredom, but she didn't expect that Hong Zhenji had already prepared a dinner.
This dinner was more sumptuous than the luncheon.
Hong Zhenji raised his glass: "I had a glass of thin wine before, and I was prepared in a hurry, so I neglected you all. I will use this glass to make amends!"
Liang Yuyao was really hungry this time, but she ate a lot this time, and the sergeants all ate and drank openly.
Xu Zhiqiong was halfway through eating and had to get up to change clothes. When he got to the high-end toilet, he took out the pictures and looked at them. The dolls on the six pictures all had smiling faces.
This is the news Xia Hu sent to Xu Zhiqiong. He doesn't need to worry about it.
Xia Hu has found the child.
This child's name is Qingye, and he is from Nilong Village, Baifu County, outside Yuhai City. His father's name is He Laowang.
As soon as you hear this name, you know that He Laowang is a fisherman.
In Yuhai City, there is a kind of precious marine fish, also called Qingye, which is a specialty. This fish has green leaf patterns on its body. It can be sold for two hundred cash per pound. After deducting the tax, you can have fifty cash left. This fifty cash
Wenqian is almost enough for a family to eat and drink for two days, so by fishing a one-pound green leaf fish, we have enough food for two days.
The fishermen were all looking forward to catching Qingye fish, so He Laowang named his daughter Qingye.
Today, He Laowang actually harvested a green leaf. It was a big green leaf, weighing two kilograms.
I thought about selling the fish in exchange for some rice so that my family could have a meal of white rice.
But as soon as He Laowang took possession of the ship, he met Zheng Deliang, a ninth-grade Jinxiu pen official.
Zheng Deliang and two policemen came forward and snatched away the green leaf fish. They grabbed He Laowang's hair and kicked him several times in the face.
He Laowang didn't know what happened, so he cried out for injustice.
Zheng Deliang kicked He Laowang and cursed: "You still cry out for injustice! Qian Chengguo's face has been completely ruined by the bastard you gave birth to!"
The two police officers refused to say anything, tied up He Laowang with a rope, and took him to the entrance of Nilong Village, Baifu County.
He Laowang was kicked and beaten all the way. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw his wife Wang and daughter Qingye kneeling in the open space at the entrance of the village. Their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. They seemed to have been beaten a lot.
He Laowang shouted: "What are you doing, Mr. Pen Clerk, let my daughter go..."
"Let her go?" Zheng Deliang stepped forward and slapped Qingye, "Tell me! What have you done?"
Qingye cried: "I, I'm greedy!"
Zheng Deliang stepped forward and slapped him again: "What a greedy person!"
"I, I ate other people's food."
"Whose food did you eat!" Another slap.
"I ate Xuanren's food."
"Why do you want to eat their food?"
"I'm hungry……"
Zheng Deliang stepped forward and kicked Qingye: "You are so shameless, you can say this! Let me ask you, if you eat less of that one bite, can you starve to death?"
What day is today? Today is the day when the prince welcomes the envoys of Daxuan! Who is the prince? The prince is the younger brother of the divine king, a god-man in heaven!
If you eat their food, do you want the Xuan people to look down on our Qiancheng country? Do you want the Xuan people to think that our Qiancheng country has no food to eat? Do you want to make the prince's face look bad?"
Zheng Deliang continued to kick and beat him, but his mother, Wang, protected the child: "Master Pen Clerk, if you hit me, it's because I failed to control the child. It's all my fault."
Looking at Mr. Wang, Zheng Deliang became even more angry and kicked him: "It's you, a bitch, who gave birth to this bitch!"
He Laowang protected his wife and children and cried: "Master penman, all the mistakes you made are all my fault. I am useless. I haven't caught a few fish in the past two days. The children are really hungry. I want to
Just hit me!"
Zheng Deliang kicked and beat him while cursing: "You spineless bastard! You have lost your face in front of outsiders! I remember when I was caught by the pirates of Xuan Kingdom and tortured for three days and three nights without saying a soft word.
The little bitch you gave birth to was hungry for two days and then ate Xuanren’s food. You think I didn’t see it? My eyes can see through your heart and lungs from three miles away! What should I do if you do such a dirty thing?
I missed it once!
We, the Qiancheng Kingdom, have backbone and would rather eat our own soil than eat food from outsiders.
You, a bitch of a family, have embarrassed yourself in front of Xuanren, why don't you let your daughter go out to sell, why don't you let her go out to beg for food, all the beggars have more backbone than you!"
Zheng Deliang was tired after kicking and beating for a long time, so he asked the messenger to bring two buckets of well water and pour them on the family.
The cold wind was biting and the family was covered in white mist.
"I'll freeze here all night and see if I can freeze your stupid bones!" Zheng Deliang spat and left.
It is getting dark, and the Qiancheng Kingdom has a night ban law. As long as it gets dark, no one is allowed to go out.
The villagers who were watching the excitement had all left, leaving the family kneeling at the entrance of the village, shivering in the cold wind.
Zheng Deliang returned to his house and ordered his servants to stew the green leaf fish he had snatched from He Laowang.
Zheng Deliang had not yet married, and there was only an old servant and a cook in the house.
After eating fish and drinking a pot of wine, Zheng Deliang returned to the bedroom and was about to sleep when he walked to the bed and suddenly stumbled.
Strange, why does there seem to be a rope beside the bed?
As soon as Zheng Deliang lowered his head, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his scalp, as if someone was tearing his scalp from behind.
He touched the top of his head and found that there were more than a dozen needles stuck in his head.
When Zheng Deliang opened his mouth to shout, a woman wearing a mask suddenly appeared, pinched his lips with one hand, threaded a needle and thread with the other hand, sealed eight stitches, and sewed his mouth shut.
Woo~woo~
Zheng Deliang grunted twice and ran away.
A ball of silk thread suddenly tied his legs, and Zheng Deliang rushed to the door, a large piece of flesh rubbed off his cheek.
Xia Hu walked closer, stepped on Zheng Deliang's chest, took out a needle and thread, and pulled the eyelid of Zheng Deliang's left eye.
"I heard that your eyes are very sharp."
Woo~woo~
Zheng Deliang cried miserably.
"Hold it, don't cry. If you cry again, I'll sew both of your eyes shut."
Xia Hu picked up the silver needle, sewed twelve stitches, and sewed Zheng Deliang's left eye shut!
Zheng Deliang gritted his teeth and endured it at first, but when he got the second stitch, he couldn't help it anymore and cried out.
Xia Hu sewed his left eye shut and kicked Zheng Deliang several times in the face.
Zheng Deliang twitched for a while, and something unknown seeped out of his pants.
Xia Hu covered her nose.
"Didn't you say that you were captured by pirates and tortured for three days and three nights without saying a single soft word? Why can't you help being beaten?
Are you dissatisfied, are you saying that I attacked you? No problem, I will loosen the silk thread on your legs, let you stand up, and give you another chance."
When Zheng Deliang heard this, his veins popped out, he struggled to stand up, and stared at Xia Hu with one blood-red eye.
Xia Hu smiled slightly and said, "Let's do it and see if you are tough?"
Zheng Deliang had been pampered since he was a child. He had never suffered such a disadvantage, endured so much torture, and suffered so much humiliation. Zheng Deliang gritted his teeth, felt strong, and gave up.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Continuous sound!
He knelt down on the ground and began to kowtow to Xia Hu!
The strong man of Qiancheng's knees are not straight. Zheng Deliang kneels when he says it and kowtows when he says it! There is no ambiguity at all!
Xia Hu kicked him in the face several times: "What's the use of kowtowing to me? You beat someone's child, kowtow to the head, and that's the end of it?"
Zheng Deliang took out the money bag and expressed his willingness to compensate.
Xia Hu opened the money bag and poured out more than fifty coins.
"That's it? That's it?"
Zheng Deliang then kowtowed to Xia Hu, and Xia Hu stepped forward and kicked her again: "Not to mention anything else, you ate a piece of green leaf fish. A pound of green leaf fish costs two hundred yuan. If you eat that fish, you should have twenty."
Give it a pound!"
Zheng Deliang shook his head repeatedly. How could he possibly eat a fish weighing twenty pounds?
Besides, it’s impossible for a green leaf fish to grow to twenty kilograms.
Xia Hu sighed and sewed Zheng Deliang's ears onto his scalp.
Zheng Deliang couldn't help but nodded, indicating that the fish was indeed twenty pounds and he was willing to pay for it.
"Twenty kilograms of green-leaf fish cost two hundred cash per kilogram, which adds up to four thousand cash. This fish is rare, so I charge you twice as much. Twelve thousand cash, which is only twelve taels of silver."
Zheng Deliang didn't dare to say anything, so she could say as much as she wanted.
"You beat up He Laowang and his family. I was watching from the side. At least a hundred kicks, a hundred punches, one punch and one tael of silver each. I don't care how much you want, right?"
Zheng Deliang refused.
He didn't throw a hundred punches, certainly not a hundred punches.
And one punch and one tael of silver, are you planning to kill someone?
Xia Hu looked at him and shook his head, and tried to persuade him: "Since you don't agree, I'll sew your nose shut and we can discuss it again."
After saying that, Xia Hu sewed Zheng Deliang's left nostril, leaving Zheng Deliang with only one right nostril left to vent his breath, and his whole body immediately became much more transparent.
Xia Hu said: "You let that family of three freeze outside all night, and you have to calculate the money. Added together, it's only three hundred taels of silver. What do you think?"
Zheng Deliang doesn't think it's much.
Xia Hu nodded: "Now count out the silver and give it to me!"
Can Zheng Deliang, a ninth-grade official, afford three hundred taels of silver?
Xia Hu was also suspicious at first. When Xu Zhiqiong was working as a white lantern man, he had to be deceived to buy an egg.
But when Zheng Deliang dug out a jar from the yard and handed it to Xia Hu, Xia Hu no longer had any doubts.
Qiancheng was certainly not as wealthy as Daxuan, but that does not mean that Qiancheng's pen officials were not as wealthy as Daxuan.
Zheng Deliang was rich, and this jar contained five hundred taels of silver.
Xia Hu was very generous and said: "No need to look for it!"
Zheng Deliang was so grateful that Xia Hu removed the stitches from his mouth, but the stitches from his eyes and ears were still left.
"Only I can remove the stitches on your face. If you remove them yourself, your head will be chopped into pieces by the threads.
Three days later, I will come back to you. If you dare to take revenge on He Laowang and his family, I will slowly chop you up with silk thread."
After leaving Zheng Deliang's house, Xia Hu found Yang Wu and Chang Decai.
Yang Wu took a picture and said, "The whole family sent them back and gave them some money.
At first, He Laowang didn't dare to leave, and would rather freeze to death. After Lao Chang persuaded him for a long time, the three of them dared to go home."
Chang Decai said: "What should I do with the Jinxiu pen official? If I kill him, I'm afraid that the government will not let this family go. If I keep him, I'm afraid that he will take revenge in the future."
Xia Hu said: "Let's wait here for a few days. I think that guy will be scared by me."
For three days, there was no movement in Nilong Village. He Laowang's family did not dare to go out, and Zheng Deliang did not dare to go out either.
On the third night, Xia Hu appeared in front of Zheng Deliang and removed the silk threads from his eyes and ears.
Zheng Deliang thanked him repeatedly and promised not to cause trouble to He Laowang and his family in the future.
Naturally, Xia Hu didn't believe him, and asked Chang Decai to send some silver to He Laowang so that he could find another place to settle down.
He Laowang didn't dare to go anywhere. Their family's household records were here. The Qiancheng State-owned household law was a very strict law.
He Laowang is from Nilong Village, Baifu County. He goes out to the village to fish during the day and has to come back at night. If he wants to leave Baifu County, he must have a neighbor as his guarantee and go to the Yamen to issue a document.
Which day he went and which day he returned had to be written clearly on the paperwork. Without the paperwork, he would be unable to move in Qiancheng Country. After leaving Nilong Village, he would not be able to settle down anywhere.
Chang Decai had no choice but to give He Laowang one hundred taels of silver to buy a new house and live a better life.
It's not that I want to take advantage of him, but I don't dare to give him too much at one time, otherwise He Laowang will be in trouble again.
He Laowang didn't even dare to accept this one hundred taels of silver. He had never seen so much money.
Chang Decai persuaded him for a long time, but He Laowang was only willing to accept ten taels. He dug a pit more than three feet deep under the chicken coop and buried the silver.
It's better to collect ten liang first, and then think of ways to help them later.
Yang Wu gave Qingye a yellow fat (clay doll): "Girl, if someone bullies you again, just whisper to it, "Wu Langjun, someone bullies you. If you say it a few times, it will definitely hear it."
"
Qingye didn't dare to ask for it, so Yang Wu whispered: "As long as you hide it, you won't be afraid. Hide it somewhere where no one can find it."
The three people left Nilong Village, thinking that the matter was over, but they didn't expect that Zheng Deliang had just removed the stitches and ran to the county to file a complaint.
He found the eighth-grade pen official Wei Guxian, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and reported: "He Laowang, a villager in Nilong, colluded with demons and beat up court officials. Please ask Mr. Wei to make the decision for his humble position!"