In this era when executions and murders are carried out every year in the west archway of the inner city, the vegetable market street in the outer city... is the real vegetable market. The farmers and the people who buy vegetables bring vegetables to the city for sale every morning.
The street is packed with people. Other than that, it has no additional functions.
And at this time in the afternoon after Shen Shi, the place should have been full of vegetables and sparsely populated, but now there are many people coming upon hearing the news. As for the focus, naturally they are the few men surrounded. At this time
At this moment, these people no longer wore the bright clothes they had just downstairs at Xinglong Tea House. They were all bruised and miserable, but they did not dare to say a word.
It's not that they don't want to talk, but as soon as they open their mouths, they will arouse a bigger backlash. Just now, a woman sitting on the ground crying and complaining to the people watching her daughter went out six months ago.
The old story of sending something to a relative's house and then disappearing. Even at this moment, she was still talking about it with runny noses and tears.
"My daughter... I spent a whole month looking for someone in the outer city. Our mother and daughter depended on each other for life. I almost didn't want to live! I almost searched the entire outer city, and finally I heard that the person was being raped.
A rich guy said he was trying to catch a runaway slave and put him in a car, but when he went to the Nancheng Military and Horse Department to sue, no one took care of him! These are unscrupulous things, inferior to pigs and dogs!"
This woman was not the only one who cried endlessly. In fact, before her, several people had already complained that they had lost their children, their wives, their sisters... In short, it didn't matter whether these people in front of them did it or not.
Yes, at this moment, many suffering people are venting their full resentment and anger on them.
If it weren't for the energetic and courageous social groups - that is, the men of the Iron Clothes Gang who worked hard to maintain order, those few guys who were tied up so tightly that they couldn't fight back would have been beaten to death long ago!
This noisy situation lasted for a long time, with more and more people watching, and the people of the Tieyi Gang gradually became unable to hold on. They used to scrape land in the capital and collect some money from those shops to make a living.
There is a small and dynamic group, all of them are people born and raised in the outer city. Since they don't have a big backing, they certainly don't dare to do worse things, so the scale is not very big.
There were only twenty or thirty people in total. Even if they were all concentrated here, they had already found that they were gradually unable to do what they wanted. At least for those guys who occasionally rushed up to punch and kick them, they could no longer stop them all like they did at the beginning.
There is no way, there are too many so-called sufferers. It is even difficult for them to distinguish which ones are the real sufferers, which ones are people fishing in troubled waters, and which ones are people with ulterior motives.
However, thinking of the indifferent young man who beat them all from top to bottom with his bare hands and then forced them to obey, everyone had to bite the bullet and continue to maintain. Especially because of his strong strength, he could convince others to sit down.
Zhao Tieniu, who became the leader of the gang - Tieniu is not his real name, but a nickname he got because of his strength and fierce fighting - had to fight on the front line.
He stood up and used his own strength to grab those who were trying to vent their anger by punching and kicking him. In the past, he used his fists more often than his mouth to reason with people, but today he was extremely sincere: "Okay, okay, okay.
Mother-in-law, you can just punch her a few times to calm her down. If you really want to beat someone to death, where are you going to find your missing daughter-in-law?"
"Auntie, you too, stop crying, or you'll hurt your eyes from crying! What, you said that the Yamen don't care? Bah, bah, this matter has reached the sky. This Yamen doesn't care and there is that Yamen! There are many Yamen in the capital. I just saw it with my own eyes.
The one who saw these guys trying to falsely accuse good people and then ordered us to arrest people and parade them through the streets was Uncle Weinan. Do you know how big an official Weinan Uncle is?"
Zhao Tieniu was trying to persuade those extremely angry sufferers with his words, but at this moment, he heard a cry: "Get out of the way, everyone! Get out of the way! Who allowed you to gather on the street and cause trouble! If you don't want to be whipped, hurry up.
Get out of the way! The Nancheng Army and Horse Department is doing business, and the rest are waiting to disperse!"
Zhao Tieniu shuddered when he heard the words "Nancheng Army and Horses Division". For a person like him who was looking for a living in the outer city, any government office was the largest, and an unemployed force without even a staff, such as Bai Bai,
The servants and helpers can also shout around at him, the so-called leader of the gang, not to mention that the Yamen is directly located in the Nancheng Military and Horse Department in the outer city.
It can be said that it has always been the top priority for all the people in the outer city!
Therefore, even though the indifferent young man gave them a very clear guarantee, he still couldn't help but tremble. When he saw the crowd involuntarily giving way to a passage, the deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horse Division, whom he had only seen from a distance, and a group of soldiers swaggered
When the ground appeared, he first swallowed his saliva, then repeatedly told himself that he now had someone behind him, and then he went to greet him.
"Master Ma..."
Before he could say a second sentence, he saw a whip coming down on him.
Normally, Zhao Tieniu would have just swallowed his anger and used his shoulder or other parts to block this attack, but now he didn't know where he got the courage...or anger, and he suddenly grabbed him.
The tip of the whip was then pulled hard and almost pulled the fat and big-eared deputy commander Ma Sanye off his horse!
And it wasn't until he did it that he suddenly realized that the person facing him was not the powerful enemy he usually summoned everyone to attack in a fight, but the deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horses Division. But at this time, it was too late to regret, and he saw the man on the horse
He glared at himself in embarrassment, as if he was about to order his subordinates to arrest this unruly man at any moment, so he simply became distraught, raised his chest and shouted angrily.
"Master Ma, my brothers and I respect you as an official of the imperial court, but you are so unreasonable when you first come up. You raise your hand and want to whip me. You know, we brothers have just been personally praised by Uncle Weinan as brave warriors who take action for justice!"
"These guys in front of me have been running rampant in the outer city for more than a day or two. In the name of catching escaped slaves for wealthy families, I don't know how many good people have been robbed and sold by them. You, the Nancheng Army and Horses Division, have never paid attention to it, but today you are going to attack us
Are you trying to show off your authority?"
Mr. Ma was already shocked and angry. Several flower-shooting gangs who had been active in the outer city for several years suddenly fell into the trap and fell into the hands of Dr. Zhang Shou of the Imperial College when the imperial chef selection meeting was about to take place. Witnesses at the scene
There were also Zhang Kang, the Bo of Weinan, and Lu Zhu, the son of Lu Wan, the public school’s liberator, as well as many merchants. When the news reached the Nancheng Army and Horse Department, his deputy commander suddenly had a headache as big as a bucket.
He could collect people's money and eliminate disasters with them. Mr. Wang, the man behind the flower party, urgently sent someone to send him a message. He had taken too many benefits from others in the past few years and could not just sit idly by and ignore it. Otherwise, he was afraid
If people expose the matter, he will be finished too.
Hearing from his subordinates that the incident was caused by the Tieyi Gang who were looking for a living in the outer city, he felt unhappy. Naturally, Ma Sanye took it out on Zhao Tieniu as soon as he came up, but he never expected that no matter how he waved in the past,
No one dared to dodge the whip, but today not only did it lose its intimidating power, but Zhao Tieniu himself was slapped with a blushing face!
"You...you are such a treacherous person, you are so arrogant and bold!"
He usually knelt a lot, but today he was confused and pushed back hard. Zhao Tieniu simply didn't care. Instead of speaking softly, he even continued to fight back even more harshly.
"Am I arrogant and bold, or do you want to favor these flower-shooting gangs, Mr. Ma? Look for yourself, how many people are suffering! Some have lost their daughters, some have lost their daughters-in-law, some have lost their sisters. As for the children at home,
The poor couple who were abducted at a young age are all here! We just got the news, I want people to shout it all over Nancheng, how many people have been harmed?"
Being recommended as the gang leader, Zhao Tieniu is naturally not only strong and daring to fight, but also because he has the ability to negotiate with others. But at this moment, he is facing off head-on with Ma Sanye, the deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horses Division.
, the people in the Tieyi Gang were all dumbfounded. Not only were these people dumbfounded, but some of the people watching also blurted out "Hello".
If the people don't fight with the officials, who would have thought that a mere man in the city would dare to take on the famous Mr. Ma!
As if her courage was aroused by Zhao Tieniu's slap in the face and the applause from all around, the woman who was crying and calling for her daughter suddenly started shouting.
"That's right, when my daughter disappeared, I went to your Nancheng Military and Horse Department to report the crime but was kicked out. Now these damn dog thieves have been caught, but your government has come to embarrass other people's heroic men who acted righteously. You must be accepting
Enjoy the benefits of those flower-shooting parties!”
A victim took the lead. Although there were still some people who were too frightened by the old power of the Nancheng Bingma Division to dare to speak out, there were more people cheering and making noises. Seeing that the voices were rising in waves, for a moment, Ma Sanye suddenly
Caught in a dilemma.
How could he have imagined that the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, who was revered behind him in the past, would one day incur such accusations!
Fortunately, he used to be someone who often pleased his superiors. He could bend his knees and soften his body. At this time, he immediately squeezed out a smile and actually laughed and said: "This is my officer."
I heard that something big happened, and I became a little impatient. Who would have known that it would lead to such complaints! Why are you so anxious? I'm not just here to capture the thief and bring him back to justice!"
After this limelight is over, let's see how I deal with your Iron Clothes Gang and these hecklers! Don't look at the big shots paying attention to this matter now. How can they have time to stare at these trivial matters all day long!
How could Zhao Tieniu not know what kind of virtue Ma Sanye was? At this moment, when he saw someone making fun of him, he sneered and said: "Then I dare to ask Ma Sanye, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how should we deal with these people for the crime of robbing and selling people?"
Guy!"
Mr. Ma was about to say that there was no concrete evidence yet, but he realized that the situation was not good. In addition, when people came to him, they only said to suppress the matter as soon as possible, but they had other plans for these idiots. With a flash in his eyes, he immediately
Make an impassioned statement.
"Plundering and selling people is not tolerated by the national law, and of course it should be severely punished! If I had encountered these guys, I would have beaten them to death! If you sufferers are so upset that you do something extreme, you can be forgiven.
.As the old saying goes, if there is a grievance, there will be a grievance; if there is a grudge, there will be revenge. A gentleman does not take revenge overnight!"
He spoke these inciting words confidently, and saw that several victims couldn't hold it back, turned around and started to use their hands and kicks, especially the woman who had accused him and the Nancheng Army and Horses Division of inaction before, and she pounced on and kicked her.
Fighting again, he couldn't help but secretly hope that the silencer Wang Siye had promised earlier would be more agile and kill these greedy idiots who had caused trouble.
However, Ma Sanye's unusual attitude has aroused Zhao Tieniu's suspicion. Especially when he saw that the victims who he had just managed to appease had been provoked again and surrounded them again, facing the
Several men punched and kicked him, and he immediately winked at the members of the Tieyi Gang.
This method of luring the snake out of the hole failed to lure the man's accomplices out, but it lured him out of the government first, and Mr. Ma actually swallowed his anger and continued to argue with him. Instead, he said that he had grievances and complaints. This is definitely a problem! Don't think of someone among the suffering masters.
Silence!
Although he couldn't see what was wrong, Zhao Tieniu still knew how to be on guard. He did not hesitate to retreat among the people who were tied like rice dumplings, and tried his best to stop the kicking and scolding victims, shouting loudly.
Said: "Fellow fellows, calm down, the state-owned legal family has family rules, don't go back and cause trouble, kill people, but send yourself to the Yamen!"
The onlookers were all stunned. The third master of the Nancheng Army, Sima, who represented the government, was shouting about grievances and revenge, while Zhao Tieniu, the usually aggressive and aggressive Tieyi Gang, was actually trying to reassure others to calm down?
Is this backwards?
Mr. Ma was also furious to death from Zhao Tieniu, but he had already said the inciting words, and if he continued to say them more openly, he might become a handle, so he could only worry secretly. It was almost too late to say it, but it was almost too late to say it.
Just as he was getting impatient with waiting, he suddenly heard an uncontrollable cry of pain.
"Killing people!"
Hearing this scream suddenly, Mr. Ma was not angry but happy, and his spirits were lifted. However, he thought that someone had been silenced and killed, but he saw the victims who were just venting their anger hurriedly dispersed as if they had encountered a ghost.
Immediately after, he looked around and saw a scene that he didn't expect.
But all I saw was a strange young man gently holding the wrist of a man holding a dagger with one hand. Then with a slight shake of his hand, he threw the guy who was at least a head taller than him to the ground. In the end, he acted as if nothing had happened.
He clapped his hands.
Ma Sanye was shocked and doubtful, but Zhao Tieniu was beaming with joy. He hurriedly took three steps and two steps to greet him, and said respectfully: "Sixth Master, you are here!"
"The person who shouted murder is trying to silence him."
Ah Liu explained the reason for his action in one sentence, and then he looked up at Ma Sanye, the deputy commander of the Nancheng Army and Horses Division, who had a black-faced face, and then said calmly: "My young master said, the dignified Nancheng Army and Horses Division
The deputy commander of the department actually encouraged the victim and the murderer to retaliate against each other instead of dealing with justice. This case would be better handled by another yamen!"