Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 27

The loud slaps are still going on, and I don't know if Yang Menglong and Zhang Yu had a grudge in the previous life. Now that he has the opportunity, he beats him to death, and even beats Zhang Yu half unconscious. The lawless Young Master Zhang is likely to be beaten to death by him... If this is the case, it is estimated that his father Zhang Qianhu will be very embarrassed when he reports to the court.What was the cause of death?It can't be said that he was slapped to death by others, right?Then you have to make people laugh out loud!Those servants under Zhang Yu were frightened and speechless, and those infantrymen who looked like beggars...all of them looked like they were watching a good show, and they didn't even have the slightest intention to plead for Zhang Yu. It means, maybe they still hope that Yang Menglong can beat him harder and vent his anger on them.Zhang Yu can be considered a talent if his popularity can be so bad.

At this moment, a majestic shout sounded: "Stop!"

Yang Menglong chuckled, Xiao Mian, I thought you could bear it, and you popped up so soon?Hmph, if you hit the young one, the old one will not be able to figure it out.He tried his best to slap Zhang Yu's disgusting face for the last time, causing Zhang Yu to fall back, and two broken teeth flew out of his mouth with blood. Need to change dentures early--if they can be changed this year.After beating the person, Yang Menglong clapped his hands and turned around with a relaxed smile, as if he wasn't the one who hit the person at all.

He saw a Ming army general in his fifties with a sullen complexion leave the crowd and walk towards this side quickly. Those two cold eyes made people feel chills.

The servants bowed down one after another: "Master, you are here, you have to be the master of the young master!" A few even cried aloud, acting so affectionately.

Zhang Qianhu stared at Yang Menglong with cold eyes, his face was full of sincerity—the sincerity of tearing him apart: "Who are you? Why did you beat my son?"

Yang Menglong looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "I say, Mr. Qianhu, can you stop pretending? You know the ins and outs of this matter better than I do."

Zhang Qianhu's gaze became even colder, and he said in a deep voice, "I don't know what you're talking about! This old man has been discussing business with the county lord. Suddenly, a family member told me that my son had clashed with the fleeing people, so he rushed over. But I saw you beating me!"

Yang Menglong asked curiously: "Then who was the general who was staring at this side on the city wall just now? Could it be that I was dazzled and saw it wrong? I'm sorry, I really deserve to be hit, I should be hit!"He slapped Zhang Yu three times, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

Zhang Yu covered his face, tears came out of his eyes, he was beaten into tears, and he even articulated a lot: "Father, you have to save me! This man is a lunatic, he will really kill me, you ordered I did this, you can't ignore me!"

This second-hand!

Zhang Qianhu is now ready to kill him with a knife.Yang Menglong was right, he instructed his son to stand up and grab the loot, while he hid on the top of the wall and watched, if things went well, everything would be fine, if the bit was too hard for his son to chew on, he would pretend to be nothing If you know it, you can completely shirk the responsibility, and then pretend to scold your son for a few words, and you can turn the big problem into a trivial matter. This is the official's handling skills. You must leave a way out for everything, and rarely take the blame yourself. of.Someone else might have pretended to be confused and let him turn a big deal into a trivial matter and get away with it. Unfortunately, Yang Menglong didn't know anything about this, so he drank so carelessly that he couldn't get off the stage. Now this person who has failed to achieve anything but is more than capable of ruining things has returned. A handful of salt was sprinkled on his wound, and he was roasted on the stove. It was too much for him to continue to be cunning and cunning.With no other choice, Zhang Qianhu could only shout shamelessly: "Beast, I asked you to bring people out to maintain order, but you bully the people, you... you are going to make me mad!" Then he raised his hand to Yang Menglong and said: "This righteous man, this little beast has been spoiled by his family and is very arrogant. I can't control him even if I want to. All you have to do is deal with him for me!"

Wow, as expected of an old fox, with just a few words, killing the good and taking the credit has turned into oppressing the people, high, high to Mount Everest!Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Then I will kill him for you, how about it?" After speaking, he picked up the dog's leg knife and pointed it at Zhang Yu's neck, as if to chop.

Zhang Qianhu broke out in a cold sweat, boy, this knife can cut off a horse's head with one blow, but his precious son's neck is far thicker than a horse's neck, so with this knife, no one's head will fall off the ground?There is only one seedling in his old Zhang's family, if something happens to Zhang Yu, the tigress in the family will have to use his nine-yin white bone claws to scratch his face to pieces!Surprised and angry, he shouted: "Boy, don't bully people too much!"

Yang Menglong sneered: "You are going to kill the whole village, and you want me not to bully you too much? Ridiculous, ridiculous!" All the villagers in Xiaojiazhuang sneered, even Xiao Yufang was no exception.

A steady voice cut in: "It's really ridiculous." Everyone separated, and the county magistrate wearing a vermilion official uniform walked over quickly, glanced at the villagers and officers and soldiers who were confronting each other with knives, stared at Zhang Qianhu, and said coldly. Said: "Master Zhang, these are the people under the rule of this official. They usually respect the law and discipline, and are diligent and kind. They are good people. Why did they become mobs who colluded with the Tartars and tried to make money when they came to you?" ? You'd better give me an explanation, otherwise I will report it to the imperial court and give you a hard copy!"

Xiao Yufang and Xiao Jun jumped out of the car and saluted the magistrate: "Uncle Fang!"

The county magistrate nodded slightly: "My niece and nephew have been wronged. I heard that Jian slaves had entered the county. I was worried that your siblings would be in danger, so I sent someone to escort you to the county seat. I wanted to protect you. It's safe, I don't think you did something bad with good intentions, and almost killed your heads, I'm really ashamed!"

Zhang Qianhu groaned inwardly, even though he was majestic in front of the common people, he was not so majestic in front of civil officials. There is an acquaintance of the county magistrate in this group of villagers, and this is a big trouble!
The county magistrate, surnamed Fang and named Yizhi, is 47 years old and was transferred here eight years ago.He was originally an idle official in the capital, probably tired of the days of talking and doing nothing, so he did everything possible to find a real vacancy, and came to such a small place to become a county magistrate.He is an upright official, and it is impossible to have a clean hand. If you want to support a large family, with the salary of an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you really want to have a clean hand, you can wait for the whole family to starve to death, like Bing Jing, Tan Jing, and Huo Xiao. He will take all the money he should take, and the family is living a decent life.But he is a principled person, he knows that there must be a measure, he dare not be too greedy, and he is also strict with his subordinates. You should take what you should take, and it is better not to take what you should not take. He also does it for the common people. There are a lot of practical things, such a poor place can not be said to be prosperous under his governance, at least the common people still have food to eat and clothes to wear, which is already a rare thing in this troubled world.He had a close relationship with the fathers of Xiao's brothers and sisters. When he first took office, he wanted to build a bridge, but he couldn't pay for it. Landlord Xiao generously donated 300 taels of silver, and the bridge was successfully built. Those who fell in love with each other, and later became in-laws.It's a pity that after the death of Landlord Xiao, Xiao's family fell into ruins, and his useless son also changed his mind, and secretly returned the marriage certificate to Xiao Yufang. For this reason, he beat his son several times, but he couldn't make him change his mind. Besides, even if Mr. Fang changed his mind, Xiao Yufang would not accept him again, so this marriage was a waste of time.For this reason, he felt guilty, and usually tried his best to take care of the siblings to make up for one or two. If it wasn't for his cover, the Xiao family's land would have been robbed and divided up. She's just a weak woman, how can she beat those wolves!This gang of damned Qiu Ba actually wanted to kill the good and take the credit, used knives on the people under his rule, and almost hurt the children left by his old friend, how could he not be angry!After comforting the Xiao family sisters and brothers, they stared at Zhang Qianhu again and said word by word: "Zhang Qianhu, you are staying in the county seat, refusing to rush to help the capital to relieve the saint's worries, and even harassing the people. I don’t need to argue with you, but, in broad daylight, under the eyes of everyone, outside the gate of the city, you actually tried to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious, isn’t it too much? Is there any law for the king!!!”

In the Song and Ming dynasties, civil servants were more stable than military generals, and a sesame-sized official dared to shout at the armed forces, driving them like dogs and guarding them like thieves, unconvinced?It's easy to handle, don't forget, your food, grass and salary are all in the hands of these sesame officials, if you offend them, you just wait to beg for food and eat turf!In front of County Magistrate Fang, Zhang Qianhu couldn't stand the majesty, and said with a smile on his face, "Don't get angry, the county magistrate, this is a dog who is eager to fight and has no eyes, and the boy's hairstyle is too weird, so there was a misunderstanding. On behalf of the dog, the old man will make amends to the county magistrate."

What is being arrogant before and respectful after?That's it!

Yang Menglong's calculations opened his eyes, it turned out that a person's complexion can change so quickly!
County magistrate Fang naturally knew the weirdness here, but now that the slavery is oppressing the country and employing people, he couldn't offend the gang of Qiu Ba too much. Your men put away their weapons!"

A stern look flashed across Zhang Qianhu's eyes, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of people hurriedly put away their weapons.County magistrate Fang bowed his hands to Yang Menglong again, and said, "This righteous man, the misunderstanding has been resolved, so don't embarrass Mr. Zhang any more. How about letting the county save face and let him go?"

Yang Menglong said: "Since the Lord has spoken, I will let him go." He took back the dog-leg knife and kicked him. Zhang Yu was caught off guard and was kicked to the ground. He fell to the ground and took a mouthful. Snow mud, as embarrassing as you want.Everyone couldn't help laughing, even Fang Yizhi had a smile on his face. Zhang Yu was so ashamed that he really wished he could imitate the ostrich and bury his head in the snow.It's a pity that the snow on the ground is very thin now, and the ground is as hard as iron plates. He can't get in, let alone an ostrich, even if he is like a loach.Annoyed, he jumped up, pointed at Yang Menglong and called, "Boy, you...you wait for me..."

Yang Menglong let out a violent roar: "Get out!"

Now Zhang Yu is terrified of this lunatic, he yelled at him so much that his whole body trembled, and he almost peed out. Seeing Yang Menglong swinging a knife, he didn't know where the strength came from, so he crawled towards Zhang Qianhu with hands and feet, crawled It's called a fast.His embarrassing appearance is really disgusting, and now the people laughed even louder, even many soldiers laughed out loud, they were usually bullied by this guy, but now that he is unlucky, they just feel amazing The air is refreshing, the body is as light as a swallow, the waist is no longer sore, the legs are no longer hurting, and the stomach is no longer hungry... That laughter is like a piece of steel money, ruthlessly piercing Zhang Yu's heart, he only feels a great shame, nothing more than this , all kinds of vicious thoughts flashed in my mind, I just wanted to catch Yang Menglong and others, torture them slowly with the cruelest torture, so that they could not survive or die, and finally slaughtered the entire county, otherwise it would be difficult Solve his anger!It's just that now he has lost all face, he really has no face to stay here anymore, he ran into the city gate with his hands covering his face, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.Zhang Qianhu also felt disheartened, and walked away resentfully with a group of subordinates. After a while, the people almost dispersed.

Magistrate Fang looked Yang Menglong up and down, and asked with a smile, "Do you know how much you have offended Zhang Qianhu now?"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "I know how badly I offended him, but he may not know how badly he offended me!"

Good boy, good at it.Magistrate Fang's eyes rested on the dog-leg knife with an ox bone handle at his waist. The style of the knife was so weird that it didn't attract attention.He looked at Yang Menglong's distinctive shaved head, and the smile on his face became even stronger.Although the reason Zhang Qianhu found out was terrible, it seemed to make sense, because the weapons Yang Menglong used and his hairstyle were very different from those of the Central Plains people, but he happened to speak fluent Chinese, making him even more mysterious.The county magistrate cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask your surname, the name of the righteous man, and where is his fairyland?"

Yang Menglong said: "Yang Menglong, from Nanjing, at home... I am the only one in the family, there is no one else."

Xiao Yufang looked at him in surprise, and thought to herself: "I didn't expect that he is also a poor man without a father and a mother." She felt a little sympathetic in her heart. She and Xiao Jun depended on each other for life, so they naturally knew how hard it is for a child without a father and a mother. , So he said softly: "Uncle Fang, Yishi Yang is very skilled in martial arts, and he is both wise and brave. Yesterday, several Jiannu cavalry broke into the village and started killing them. He stepped forward and beheaded all those Jiannu cavalry! Then He escorted us to the county seat together with Mr. Xu Jun. On the way, he fought a fierce battle with Jiannu rangers. He beheaded fourteen Jiannu and took one prisoner. The rangers were killed by them, including one White armor!"

Fang Yizhi couldn't close his mouth when he heard the last word, and jumped up: "What!? You also killed a white-armored soldier!"

(End of this chapter)