Taipingchun

The thin cowhide rope was wrapped around the thumb, and the whole person was suspended in the air from the beam, and the weight of the whole body was eaten by the finger, which was very painful.

This punishment is called finger hanging, and there is an iron ring around the head that is slowly tightening. The little thief who was caught said weakly: "Master, I've done it."

Sitting next to him, Bo Lai twisted his neck, only heard the sound of cracking bones, raised his arms and said to Cao Tian, ​​"Go."

Cao Tian nodded, picked up a bottle beside him, came to his side, did not speak to him, shut his mouth and poured it directly into his nose, the irritating liquid entered the nasal cavity, the thief frowned in pain Frowning, I saw him coughing violently.

He roared: "Master, Master, please let the little one go, the little one will never dare again."

Anyone who is poured into the nose with vinegar will not feel much better.

In response to his plea, an iron brush scraped the soft ribs on both sides.

"Ah. Grandpa, I don't dare to steal anymore."

Hard begging could not change their hearts, Cao Tian didn't listen to what he said, and the brush in his hand kept serving his ribs on both sides.

After repeating this for about a stick of incense, Cao Tiancai said slowly, seeing him being tortured enough, "Where is your hiding place?"

The little thief lowered his head, he was breathing out, but he had to listen carefully to the sound of breathing in. Both his thumbs had been dislocated. Hearing his words, he seemed to have found a life-saving straw. He breathed back and said quickly: "There is no hiding, The little one spends it all when he steals it, and there is still some money left at home."

Opening his eyes, he saw that the poor man had burned a ball of wet grass, and thick smoke was rising. The little thief was struggling to retreat, but unfortunately he couldn't touch the ground at all when he was hoisted up, so it was in vain.

Cao Tian grabbed his head and pressed it down. The smoke from the burning wet grass held by the pliers rose up, causing him to struggle and shake. The thick smoke penetrated into his lungs and into his lungs. His tongue, his eyes.

The severe cough seemed to expel the entire lung.

"Think about it, where is the hiding place?"

After sucking in the air for a short time, the little thief wailed: "Master, the little one really has nothing to hide."

Cao Tian seemed to have lost some patience, and slapped him across the face, saying to him, "Think again."

The tightened iron hoop made his eyes bloodshot and bloodshot.

The little thief shook his head reflexively and said: "Master, the little one really didn't hide anything, the little one is just a little thief, you are always kind to those who hang out on the street."

After several consecutive positive and negative slaps, Cao Tian spat on his face and said, "What a clever guy."

Walking past Bo Lai, Cao Tian half squatted down and said, "It's almost there, Master Bo, which one do you think is better?"

Rolling his eyes, Bo Lai pulled his arm and whispered, "Ximen Wang's family."

"Okay." Cao Tian grabbed the thief's head and said, "Do you want to die?"

"Nature wants to live."

"Okay, where is the hiding place?"

It would be strange if you still don't know what this person's plan is, the little thief sniffed, and said softly: "Where the Lord says it is."

"That makes sense." Cao Tian waved his hand and said, "Let him loose."

……

Xu Xiu secretly moved a few steps, stepped back cautiously, raised her hand and pointed to the wind and frost-infested, old-fashioned Jiangmen bridge and said: "Crossing this bridge is the west gate. There are so many people coming from the south and going north. People, even at night, there are not many people, why do people say that they don't know any demon foxes except you?"

Who knew that this guy would stare at him at the door to settle the lawsuit after suing the official and resigning from the court, without moving, his eyes are really big, he probably has the same eyeballs as Xu Yang's, and Xu Xiu's whole body is staring at him Feeling uncomfortable, he waited until the busy day was over before dragging him in for questioning. It turned out that he was afraid that the demon fox would look for him again, so he refused to leave no matter what.

Helpless Xu Xiu had no choice but to take him to Jiangmen Bridge for on-the-spot investigation, went out of the west gate, walked from the east of the bridge to the west of the bridge, turned back and pointed at him, and told him this.

If we say that the West Gate of Jiangning County is a very busy street of silk and satin shops, most of the businessmen and tourists who cross the Yangtze River from the north to Nanjing City enter through the West Gate of Jiangning County, which brings a flow of people, and those who come from the south do not take water. People will also pass by here.

In the past, it was a bustling commercial street. Now, after Xu Xiu's rectification, the sanitation, safety, and everything have been upgraded to a higher level. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Ximen to be called the commercial center of Jiangning County.

And here, there is also a pier for unloading goods at night, Xu Xiu is very puzzled, who dares to flirt with men so boldly in broad daylight?

Jiang Shanqing touched his face and said sadly: "Maybe it's because the student has a good appearance?"

"Cough." Xu Xiu took another step back and said, "You still tell me the actual situation, what he looks like, what clothes he wears, what height, what body shape."

Staring at Xu Xiu, he looked up and down, and tried to recall: "It looks a bit like an adult, it seems to be a little better than an adult, and he is also wearing a white shirt. His fur must be an illusion. He is also about the same height as an adult, and his body shape is also similar."

"...Don't talk nonsense, I'm not a fox demon." All the way back, she didn't care about what he said that she was prettier than herself, Xu Xiu was not narcissistic.

Backing away accidentally bumped into someone, Xu Xiu staggered and said, "Sorry."

Who would have thought that the man pulled Xu Xiu, causing him to stagger again, staring at Jiang Shanqing and said excitedly: "My dear brother!"

Jiang Shanqing was startled, and her complexion turned ugly in an instant. This change did not escape Xu Xiu's eyes. She stood up and patted her clothes a little angrily. It could be seen that they seemed to be familiar, so she had to observe for a while.

Jiang Shanqing stretched out one hand in an instant, grabbed his arm, twitched his nose, and said with red eyes: "Brother Boshi."

"It's really...unexpected to meet Brother Ziyun here."

Xu Xiu was a little annoyed when she saw their faces that could see their relatives, the People's Liberation Army. One was a narcissistic and innocent man suffering from persecution paranoia, and the other was defiant. He even pushed himself after apologizing. He came between them with a club and said: "My dear brother, I bumped into you earlier and apologized to you. Why did you almost drag me down?"

Jing Yang hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm rude, and I apologize to you."

"That's it." Xu Xiu nodded, secretly thinking that there are a lot of adults, so she made room for them.

Jiang Shanqing's eyebrows were curved, and she smiled warmly. He said to Xu Xiu: "My lord, this is the student's friend Jing Yang Jing Boshi." He also pulled Jing Yang kindly and said: "This is Mr. Xu, the magistrate of Jiangning County. .”

Jing Yang seemed a little embarrassed, and said to Xu Xiu, "I have met Mr. Xu."

Xu Xiu sized him up and found that he looked very talented, so she heard Jiang Shanqing say, "Brother Boshi, aren't you rushing for the exam in Beijing? Why are you back?"

Facing the North, Jing Yang smiled and said, "The Holy Majesty asked Brother Yu to go back to his hometown and get married."

Inexplicably a little disappointed, but Jiang Shanqing raised his interest and said: "Does that mean high school?"

"Yes."

"How many?"

"One first and second."

Jiang Shanqing jumped up and down while hugging him, and said happily: "No. [-], Brother Boshi is amazing."

Putting his hands on his waist casually, and supporting him, Jing Yang said helplessly: "What's the big deal." Then he said: "Why is my brother here with Master Xu?"

Xu Xiu watched them reminiscing about the old days with cold eyes, only thought that this Jing Yang turned out to be the second place in the first class, even better than herself... Hearing what he said, just about to say it, when Jiang Shanqing begged Looking at himself, he said, "It's just a chance encounter with Mr. Xu, just to talk."

"Yes." Seemingly meeting an old friend, Xu Xiu mistook him for Tao Ji in an instant, and subconsciously helped him lie.

Jing Yang glanced at Xu Xiu and said, "Your brother and I haven't seen each other for many years, why don't you go to Ximen Dehui Building?"

"Okay, I wish I could stay drunk with Brother Boshi." Jiang Shanqing said politely: "Master Xu, let's go together."

For some reason, Xu Xiu felt that this Jing Yang was a bit weird, and suppressed her original plan to refuse, she nodded uncharacteristically and said, "Since I'm invited, I have to obey."

It seems that Jiang Shanqing is a person with no scheming, and at this time his face is still smiling, but he looked down for a moment, and he didn't need to look carefully to know that Jing Yang's face had changed. Xu Xiu exaggeratedly grabbed the two of them one by one. : "It's really my blessing to be able to sit with the No. [-] public in this subject! Let's go."

Jing Yang restored his smile in an instant, but he just underestimated him a little in his heart, and he just valued his future.Gently lifted his hand, pulled Jiang Shanqing and said: "Brother Yu hasn't responded to Tianfu for many years, and I miss my hometown food very much."

Xu Xiu interjected: "Aren't you two Yizhen people?" Just because Jiang Shanqing said earlier that the two are from the same hometown, and Jing Yang said that Jinling cuisine is the hometown dish, so I asked this question.

He really wanted to ignore him, but seeing that Jiang Shanqing had already spoken to him, Jing Yang said expressionlessly: "Ziyun's ancestral home is Jiangning and he moved to Yizhen, and his ancestral home Yizhen moved to Jinling. It's okay to talk about the local cuisine."

"It's complicated." Xu Xiu shook her head and didn't care about it. She strode into the Dehui Building. This is one of the best restaurants in Ximen. Come to eat, and feel unwilling to spend all that money here, so it's justifiable to eat now.

Although Xu Xiu had never been here before, the owner of the restaurant at this time, who is not a human being, recognized at a glance that this is Jiangning's big tiger, and the waiter hurriedly stepped forward to flatter him: "Mr. Xu, the small shop is welcome. You are old, please come here."

Xu Xiu laughed loudly and pointed at Jing Yang behind him, saying: "That person is the host, and besides, this county is not an old man, he is only 20 years old."

"Young hero! Young hero."

"You can talk. Lead the way."

Although he pointed to Jing Yang and said that he was treating guests, Xu Xiu didn't wait for them, and went inside directly. The jade pendant he saw earlier was an old price, and the clothes on his body were also high-quality. It looked like a wealthy family , If you don’t eat for nothing, and seeing that your relationship is not normal, it’s okay to pay for the hush money, Xu Xiu thought.

Jing Yang was very upset, but the upset could only be attributed to the innocent-looking Jiang Shanqing next to him who didn't care about him, but just took him a step further.

"Come, come, No. [-] Tianzi, Mr. Xu, master of Jiangning, take your seat." This sentence from the waiter in the shop is only whispered by the whole room. There are basically many businessmen who come and go from south to north, and there are many people who come and go to Jiangning within a year. After saying this, many colleagues said: Master Jiang Ning is here, we will not go to another house next time, and Bao Buqi will have a chance to get in touch with him.good.

In this way, the small abacus of the store is also completed.

When the three of them were seated, Xu Xiu unceremoniously sat in the main seat. Seeing him like this, Jing Yang just felt a little stuck in his heart, how could there be such a guy who would cause trouble to others, and he spoke with a little emotion, seemingly polite He asked, "What year did your lord become a Jinshi?"

Xu Xiu thought to herself: Come on, come on, this is going to be provocative.

Before he spoke, Jiang Shanqing said in admiration: "Master Xu is the third in the gold list of the last subject, Tanhua and the first place, brother Boshi, you don't know, your lord is known as the blue sky in Jiangning County, and he cleverly judged the Duke's mansion to fight for his wife. This case, it is very powerful to end the hatred of the Liu family and the third generation."

"Hehe." Xu Xiu lifted his chin and said indifferently: "It's just a matter of duty."

Jing Yang twitched the corners of his mouth, picked up his teacup and respected him, "I can't see that you are so famous at such a young age."

"What's so light? Zhou Yu danced sword at the age of seven, and Gan Luo was the prime minister at 12. I'm still old."

Xu Xiu made up his mind to speak like this without knowing his truth. You must know that although Guochao has a tradition of giving young Jinshi a holiday to go back and marry a wife, they basically refuse them. The emperor went to beg his wife on vacation, and no one readily agreed to go back to his hometown.

After some inquiries, I found out that this is a tradition, and young Jinshi who have just obtained a Jinshi will not just marry a wife like this. If Xu Xiu is to say something realistic, it is that everyone wants to marry a girl with a Beijing hukou, it is best After being an eunuch, how could he be willing to go back?

And this Jingyang No. [-] man returned to Jiangning just after the test. Judging from his interaction with the two people, he would have gone to hell if there was no problem. No table.

Xu Xiu didn't give him a chance to speak and said again: "But then again, Jiang Taigong didn't leave the mountain until he was 80 years old, and Zhu Maichen didn't become rich until he was 50 years old. This county is considered young."

I’ve told you all the good and the bad, Jing Yang just felt that he couldn’t speak for a while, so he smiled awkwardly. Fortunately, the waiter opened the door to serve the food, and looked at the authentic Jinling delicacies. table, Xu Xiu also opened her index finger wide, it seems that she has never eaten such a good banquet on stage since the Enrong Banquet, and even her brother's food was just ordinary side dishes, a little more delicate.

"Please." The impolite rude man was referring to Xu Xiu at this time. As soon as the dishes were set, Xu Xiu picked up the chopsticks and picked up the steamed lion's head. The pink one was really pretty. The taste of the pork has spread, and it looks like a thick man, but the food is not too delicate, chewing it in the mouth, it is very aftertaste.

Xu Xiu opened his eyes and said to them: "Eat, you eat too."

The two looked at each other silently, even Jiang Shanqing couldn't understand, how could Tan Hualang be so careless.

Jing Yang said with a smile: "My lord is a casual person."

"Hey, my teacher said, it's just casual, we are all of the same age, it's better to be less polite." Talking while eating food, judging from his appearance, this eating appearance is not ugly, After all, it looks good, but it is still a bit indecent.

Now that there was a pretext, Jing Yang put down his chopsticks, picked up his wine glass and sipped, "I don't know who is my lord's husband?"

Speaking of the casual old mentor, Xu Xiu said proudly: "Qian Fu Qian Hetan."

"Disrespect, disrespect." Jing Yang was very upset. How could such a famous Hetan Lord's student look like this? It's insulting to the gentleman, and he really doesn't deserve it for Hetan Lord. However, he didn't know that if Qian Hetan knew about it, I will definitely laugh and say that like a teacher, there must be a disciple.

When he was full of wine and food, the waiter served fragrant tea, Xu Xiu's expression changed, and the temperament between his brows suddenly changed. He tapped his fingers on the table and said casually: "Brother Boshi seems to have something on his mind."

"Oh?" Jing Yang didn't refute, and said with a smile, "How can you see that?"

"You see Brother Ziyun's expression is not right." Xu Xiu raised the corner of her mouth and said, "It doesn't seem like such a simple relationship, you two."

Jiang Shanqing, who was sitting on the side as a quiet handsome man, lowered his head when he heard the words, Jing Yang patted him on the shoulder and said, "So what?"

"Yeah, you are going to marry a wife." Perhaps Jing Yang, who hastily replied that Tian married a wife, was still hesitating in his heart, Xu Xiu said so.

Jing Yang frowned and said, "What does this matter have to do with you?"

"Oh, it does matter." Xu Xiu put her hands on the table and smiled at him, "You are involved in a case."

Looking at Jiang Shanqing reflexively, Jing Yang leaned on the chair and snorted, "My lord, it hasn't been long since I responded to Tianfu, why did I get involved in a case? I don't understand what your lord is saying."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, then I'll talk about what it is to see this."

Xu Xiu looked at Jiang Shanqing, who was a little nervous, and said slowly: "After the gold list, you know the tradition of His Majesty marrying young Xinke Scholars, and you think of Jiang Shanqing. By accident, I agreed. After you come back, maybe there is such a marriage partner, which makes you very depressed, and you dare not meet Ziyun. Under hard thinking and anxiety, you become lustful. Maybe you know Ziyun. Every time you go back to Jiangning, you have to go to see the Jiangmen Bridge cast by your ancestors at night, so you just shadowed your figure over there, and when he was not paying attention, you quietly confused him with a drug, and executed him. However, Brother Ziyun was able to know that it was you in a semi-confused state, but thinking that you were still rushing for the exam in Beijing, how could you go back to Jiangning? So I only said that someone else was treated lightly, but that person is like that Like you, I can’t believe that this person is the one I’ve longed for, and he has a lot of admiration for you. If you don’t push it to the monster, saying that he has changed his beloved and confused his heart, this How does it make sense? When you think of someone else taking your body, I’m sorry you came to report the crime. Who knew that the person who took his body was his beloved. ,What do you think?"

"Did your lord write the storybook? It's a good story." Jing Yang shook his head, but he didn't dare to look at Jiang Shanqing.

Xu Xiu raised her eyebrows and said, "When Ziyun saw you, he was obviously taken aback. It was not only a surprise that he hadn't seen for a long time, but it also seemed to confirm his unwillingness to admit to the demon fox. And if you consciously support him, you must also have an understanding of his physical condition."

He slapped the table and shouted: "Don't you admit that you have done something wrong, a little bit responsible."

Jiang Shanqing lay prone on the table, her shoulders moved slightly there.

Jing Yang sat there silently, Xu Xiudao: "Originally, this kind of thing has nothing to do with me, but now that the matter has come to this point, I can see that Ziyun is sincere to you, and you have so much affection for him, since It's two people who are in love with each other, why not just be together?"

"Haha." Jing Yang smiled bitterly, and gently hugged Jiang Shanqing in his arms, Xu Xiu rolled his eyes at the sight, well, my man is not by my side, otherwise it would be like this, it is undeniable that he Kind of like a plum.

Jing Yang said: "It's a pity that there are no descendants."

"This man's friendship is flocked to by everyone in the world, and when he said that he really wants to live together, he started to find excuses in every possible way. What are you afraid of? You must have brothers in your family, so adopting a son will be fine." Xu Xiu He also scoffed, no matter what era it is, this descendant is always a big problem, it is better than the later generations, now they are all big families, adoptive sons also have the same legal efficiency, basically a family.

"What should I do if I meet you, my lord?" It was easy to say, Jing Yang asked rhetorically.

Xu Xiu rubbed her brows, and secretly thought that she and Yizhimei were both alone, and she was not a person of this era, so she didn't care much about whether she had descendants, but she always felt a little regretful.

Calmly said: "I am the same as you, I also have a loved one, if he does not give up, we will stay together for a lifetime."

Jiang Shanqing raised his head and said in surprise: "Your Excellency is too." He secretly whispered to Jing Yang: "Do you think your Excellency is above or below?"

"Cough." Xu Xiu expressed helplessness to Jiang Shanqing's simple brain circuit, and said with some embarrassment: "Why do you still have the heart to say such things?"

Jing Yang held him gently against his lips, and said to him, "Will you be with me for the rest of your life?"

Blushing, Jiang Shanqing buried him on his neck and whispered: "Okay."

Xu Xiu touched his arm, his teeth were a little sore, he clapped his hands and said, "There are no demon foxes in the first place..."

"Yes." Jiang Shanqing turned back and pulled his eyes: "Look." It really looks like a fox.

She moved the corners of her mouth, but still couldn't smile.

Xu Xiu could only say, "Thank you for your hospitality."