Four hundred and twentieth chapters strange injustice
The sky has reached dusk, and the sunset has dyed the rammed earth wall a golden color. The color is gloomy and thick, as if it is an indescribable melancholy. I am holding a bowl of thick corn rice, squatting on the stone platform in the yard, holding two sticks in my hands.
I scrape the edge of the bowl with chopsticks and stuff it into my mouth. After I finish eating, I sink my face into the bottom of the bowl and stick out my tongue to lick it clean.
The mother-in-law picked up a bundle of dry firewood from the firewood stack in the west corner of the yard. She put down the bowl and chopsticks and took a breath, then told her: "Go and guard the courtyard gate. Recently, a group of bandits have been entrenched in Wushaoling. Although they have never attacked
When passing through our village, we have to be on guard and close the doors and turn off the lights as soon as possible."
The mother-in-law nodded, and just as she was about to pick up the bundle of firewood, she heard a sudden knock on the door. Her body froze, and Naizheng also tilted her ears.
"Go and open the door."
He stood up from the stone platform and said, "Forget it, I'll go."
Li Zheng put his hands behind his back and walked steadily to the door of the courtyard. He coughed and asked, "Who is it? The door is closed."
"I am Dai Liulang."
"Which Dairokuro?"
"There are several people named Dai in Wuling Village."
"Rokuro! You're not..." Li Zheng stood blankly at the door, unable to speak. He lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying: "The door has been closed today, Rokuro, how about you come back tomorrow morning?"
"I'm already here. There's no need to wait until tomorrow morning. Besides, if I want to come in, your courtyard door won't be able to stop me." Dai Liulang's voice was deep and thick, as if coming from between his teeth.
Li Zheng couldn't resist, so he had to slowly open the courtyard door, opening a gap as wide as a human face. He saw Dai Liulang standing in front of the door with his head lowered, his eyes were dark, but there was a fire burning inside.
Satozheng was so frightened that he took two steps back and said tremblingly: "Rokuro, your family... is none of my business."
"I know that I have asked people in the village about family matters, but they are unclear or dare not say anything. As an upright person, you must know the best."
"I'm not sure about this either."
"Are you not sure, or do you dare not tell me? Don't worry, no one will know that I have been to your place."
Li Zheng swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and after a while he said: "This... you must not tell others that it was me."
"That's natural."
…
Li Zheng squatted on the stone platform with his hands and knees, and said slowly with a slightly pitiful tone: "That happened in July this year. Your sister-in-law took the eldest lady to the county town to go to the blacksmith to make a sickle, but on the way back she was blocked by the county.
The husband of the Zhang family, a wealthy family here, stopped him and said he wanted to take the eldest lady back to take a concubine, so he ordered a few evil slaves to snatch her away. Your sister-in-law ran home crying and told Dai Ada, because this house is in our Changchun area.
Songxian is a first-rate wealthy family. Dai Ada knew he couldn't afford to offend him, so he swallowed his anger. As long as his daughter could live, she could be a concubine, but she also had to go to the Zhang Mansion to watch her daughter live happily.
Only then can he feel at ease."
"But how did Dai Ada know that this family in the county regards itself as a noble surname, and poor people like us with low surnames are not even qualified to be other people's concubines. Besides, the Zhang family is jealous, and your niece was arrested and taken into the house
On the second day there, this shrew sent his subordinates to beat him to death and drowned him in the septic tank of the Zhang family's vegetable garden. Your brother went out to beg for help, but was kicked out by the Zhang family several times. He should have gone to the county at that time.
The one who complained was so angry that he secretly sneaked into the Zhang family's house. Although he learned that his daughter had been killed, he was caught by the servants of the Zhang family's house. The evildoer complained first and was sent to the county house."
"The county magistrate and the Zhang family are distant relatives. How could they listen to your brother's complaint? He was immediately imprisoned in the county jail and killed. It was said to be a violent death. Your sister-in-law was waiting at home for her husband to fail to return. She is a woman who has nothing to do with her family.
Having no idea, I took my children to the county to file a complaint. The county ignored their orphans and widows, but the Zhang family couldn't sit still anymore and sent the central Qu'e slaves to capture your sister-in-law and two children and imprison them in your brother's home.
Send someone to guard and don’t let anyone in the village get close.”
"The next thing you know, they may have been poisoned by the Zhang family, and now they don't even have any guards. But the people in our village are afraid of the Zhang family's power and don't dare to go near your yard."
After finishing the story with a long sigh, Li Zheng raised the back of his hand to wipe away his tears.
Dai Liulang stood silently in the courtyard, leaning on a cane and nodding, "I understand."
He turned around and walked out the door. Li Zheng stood up from the stone platform and asked, "Dai Liulang, where are you going?"
"I need to think about it."
Dai Wang walked out of the door with his wooden stick, turned over and stepped on the horse, whipped the horse and ran towards the end of the village. Li was standing in the courtyard gate, sticking his head out to look at his retreating figure, and sighed quietly.
Take a breath.
He ran all the way to the forest at the foot of Wushao Ridge behind the village, got off his horse and threw away his wooden staff, staggering towards the depths of the forest. The pain in his right heel seemed to have completely disappeared at this moment, and his nerve pain had been eliminated.
Overwhelmed by surging hatred and anger.
He knelt down in front of three new graves, two large and one small. These were the graves of his sister-in-law and two children who were found dead at home. He clutched the wet soil in front of the graves with both hands. His head fell on the graves and he felt miserable. At the same time, he was also filled with entanglements in his heart.
of storm.
He wants to take revenge personally. Only by killing the enemy can he relieve the hatred in his heart. However, if he does so, he will undoubtedly become an outlaw and lose the qualifications to be a human being. He can only survive in the mountains and wilds and associate with bandits for the rest of his life.
As the sky gradually darkened, Dai Wang's difficult decision finally came to fruition. He decided to go to Liangzhou Prefecture in Wuwei City to file a lawsuit. The county magistrate was colluding with the Zhang family, a wealthy family in the county. Cao Ding, the governor of Liangzhou, could judge impartially. This
It was a tragedy! As long as the officials in Liangzhou had a shred of conscience, how could they bear to let his brother and his family live with their injustice?
…
Jiedushi's team entered Weicheng. Because the team was too large and the palace post in the city could not accommodate it, Li Siye, Duan Xiushi and several other followers stayed in a guest house in the city.
Nowadays, Wang Wei's poem "Weicheng Opera" has become very famous in the city, and is composed into a tune and sung in many brothels and brothels.
I don’t know if the guest house they stayed in was the one where Wang Wei once stayed, but it’s just that it’s winter now, so I can’t find the scenery corresponding to the poem, and there aren’t many guest houses with green willows.
Fumeng Zhongcheng sent someone to convey the message, and the envoys from all parties had to stay in the city for three or two days before setting off.
The speed of march has been getting slower and slower. In the past, he passed two stops a day, but now he takes one stop every day. Every time he encounters a city, he has to rest for two days. He really didn't know what these envoys were thinking in their heads, but they refused to go earlier.
Entering Chang'an City, I'm afraid if I continue walking like this, it will be the end of the twelfth lunar month when I enter the city.
Since they were not in a hurry, and Li Siye was not in a hurry either, why not stay in the city for two days and drink in the city's wine shops for two days and then it would be over.
After settling down, Li Siye took Duan Xiushi, Yan Xiaosi and the others to wander around Weicheng. They randomly looked for a wine shop that looked pleasing to their eyes. They went in and looked at an empty table, and the five of them sat down cross-legged.
This wine shop is not opened by a barbarian, it just suits his wishes. I have been traveling between Qixi and Chang'an for a long time, and I am used to the kind of orchid wine shop, which always enjoys the whirling orchid dance, and all the drinkers drink and watch.
He was tired of it. He couldn't help but suspect that all the Orchid Restaurants in the Tang Dynasty were chain stores, and there were no new entertainment methods.
The layout of this wine shop is quite satisfactory. There is a wine rack and counter on the left after entering the door. There are several tables and tables in a large area on the right for entertaining guests. There is a cubicle directly opposite the door. There is no screen to cover it, but it is hung with gauze.
In the tent, you can vaguely see a figure sitting and holding a pipa, and there is someone standing next to him, holding an unknown instrument in his hand.
The wine doctor brought the wine jars and filled them up for them.
There was a light sound of plucking strings in the gauze curtain, and the people next to him were tapping bamboo boards gently. The smooth and melodious singing voice of the person in the curtain was revealed. The song he sang was Wang Wei's Weicheng song, also known as Yangguan.
Sandie. The song has no ups and downs, but it also has a long-lasting melancholy that can quickly pull people into a situation like the lingering west wind.
It is said that the pipa girl in this gauze curtain is Wu Ji who came from the south of the Yangtze River. Looking at the sitting posture across the curtain, you can see that she is somewhat graceful and slender, which is completely different from the broad shoulders and fat hips of the Hu girl.
After singing a few songs, the woman in the gauze tent came out with her pipa in her arms and bowed to everyone. Many of the guests present rewarded them with copper coins. Even Yan Xiaosi went to join in the fun and returned quietly.
Said: "She has good looks, but she is too thin, her butt is not big, and it is difficult for her to have children."
Duan Xiushi and others laughed and taunted him for a while, and the woman and the blind old man beside her had already walked up the stairs to the upper floor.
Although there is no sound of the piano, it is still not quiet downstairs. A group of guests traveling from north to south talk about interesting things that happened in the city wall in the countryside.
"Have you heard that a group of mysterious men in black broke into Xianyang County Prison and kidnapped a death row inmate?"
"This is strange. I have traveled all over the country for so many years, but I have never seen anyone dare to rob a county prison cell. What is the background of this death row prisoner?"
"Hey, I don't have a great background. I am a soldier who used to be a soldier in Longyou. He said he killed someone to vent his anger out of revenge. It is said that the person who killed him was the county magistrate of Xianyang County. This soldier has been imprisoned in the county prison for almost two years.
.No, it was suddenly robbed."
Several people on Li Siye's side also heard it clearly. Maybe they were sensitive to the word "soldiers", so they paid more attention to it.