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Yao's mother sighed and said, "Your father met a few people some time ago, they invited your father to drink, got drunk, and went to gamble with them, inexplicably owed a large amount of money, your father doesn't even remember what happened things, but they have an IOU with your father's handprint on it."

"How much does Daddy owe them?" Yao Song asked.

"Your father said, there may be... three hundred guan!"

"Three hundred!"

Yao Mei exclaimed, "Our family probably won't even be able to pay back the money!"

Yao Song clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "I know, they are hunters, and they must be trying to trick my sister!"

Yao Mei's eyes became terrified, "Mother, no!"

At this moment, their father's screams came from outside, and he shouted: "I will not sell my daughter, and I will not sell my daughter if I kill me."

Immediately afterwards, Yao's father screamed again, Yao Song's blood rushed to the top of his head, he drew a dagger and rushed out.

"Song'er, don't act recklessly!" Mother Yao yelled in horror.

"Mother, take your sister and hide first."

Yao's mother was flustered, she pulled her daughter and said, "Mei'er, why don't you go to my uncle's house to hide with mother first."

Yao Mei nodded in fear, and the mother and daughter hurried away from the back tent.

Father Yao was dragged outside the camp by a group of people, Yao Song chased after him, pointed a dagger at the leading man and said, "Let go of my father!"

"Your father owes us [-] pennies and [-] pennies of interest. If you pay the money back, nothing will happen, or you can let your sister pay off the debt!"

"Fart! How many people have been harmed by you demons."

The big man at the head became furious, drew his knife and rushed forward, "Little bastard is tired of working!"

Yao's father was beaten with blood, and he shouted anxiously: "Song'er, run, you can't beat him!"

A few big guys next to him punched and kicked again, causing Yao's father to scream.

Yao Song's eyes were red, "Devil, I will fight you!"

He rushed up and got stabbed on the shoulder, blood gushed out, but he didn't care, he stabbed the dagger into the opponent's stomach, the big man never dreamed that the opponent was real, he held back the severe pain, and He grabbed Yao Song's hair.

"Little bastard, I want to kill you!"

Yao Song went all out and stabbed the opponent more than a dozen times with a dagger, the last one stabbed in the left chest, piercing the heart, the leader of the big man screamed and died on the spot.

Seeing that the man was killed, several young men ran away. Father Yao stepped forward tremblingly, touched the nose of the big man in the head, and said in shock: "Oh! He's dead."

Father Yao said in a panic, "Song'er, run away quickly! They all have backers, and they will kill you."

Yao Song said stubbornly: "A life pays for a life, the child will not run away!"

Father Yao gritted his teeth, snatched the dagger from his son, and stabbed it fiercely into the right chest of the big man, "Remember, I killed the man, and it has nothing to do with you. I will surrender myself to the government."

"Daddy, it's my business, I'll take it on!"

Father Yao slapped his son on the face, "Go home and take care of your mother and sister. If daddy killed someone, daddy will take care of it."

At this time, more than a dozen archers came running, "Where did you kill someone?"

Yao's father pushed his son away, stepped forward and said: "This man came to press for debts, he beat me too hard, I killed him out of desperation."

Yao Song rushed forward and said, "I killed the man, it has nothing to do with my father!"

Father Yao was furious, and slapped him hard again, "Go away, I don't need you to recite it on my father's behalf, go home quickly."

The archers got impatient and chained Yao's father, "Go back to the county government office and take it away!"

Yao's father was taken away, and his body was also taken away. Yao Song knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

……

In the big tent, uncle Liu Dajiang bandaged Yao Song's wound and complained to him: "What are you doing so impulsively? Those people are just bastards, and the real behind-the-scenes people didn't show up. You killed someone, but your father was miserable." .”

"Daddy will be fine. I'll go back to the county government office and make it clear that I killed the man, and those gangsters saw it with their own eyes. Daddy can't take the blame even if he wants to."

Liu Dajiang slapped him on the back of the head, "You are the only blood of the Yao family. If you die, your father can still live. Don't talk stupid things."

"One person does things and the other is responsible. Although I am reckless, I will never let my father take the blame for me."

Liu Dajiang sighed, "I've been talking for a long time, but you still want to turn yourself in? Your father is really going to be mad at you. It's not as simple as you think."

At this time, the people entrusted by Liu Dajiang appeared at the gate, "Dajiang, there is news."

Liu Dajiang hurried out, "How do you say?"

"Old Yao went in and was punished first. Thirty killing blows, this is the rule, and then the county magistrate asked a few words, and he all admitted that he killed the person, and the other party was too aggressive."

"What did the opposing witness say?"

"It's very strange. The gangsters who were with the other party all identified it at once, saying that it was Lao Yao who killed him, and the dagger that killed the murder was also Lao Yao's. There are all witnesses and material evidence. Lao Yao also admitted that he will be put in prison first. If it is to be handed over to the government office, even if it is sentenced, it will have to be executed next autumn, but the county official I asked said that if it can be proved that the other party is also at fault, then the death penalty is not necessarily imposed."

Liu Dajiang took some money and gave it to the other party, "Thank you very much!"

"It's okay! If you still need it, you can come to me at any time, and I will inquire again."

"Okay! I won't be polite when I need to trouble you."

The person who inquired about the news left, Liu Dajiang was at a loss, how could the other party insist that it was his brother-in-law who killed the murderer?Obviously it wasn't my brother-in-law who killed her, so what does the other party mean?

There is also a glimmer of hope in Liu Dajiang's heart, as long as the other party is proved to be at fault, the brother-in-law may not necessarily die.

When he walked back to the tent, Yao Song asked anxiously, "Uncle, what do you say?"

"It's strange, those hooligans insisted that your father killed the man."

"Nonsense! Father is in their hands, how to kill?"

"It's just weird, I can't figure out why?"

At this moment, someone outside asked darkly: "Excuse me, is this Liu Dajiang's tent?"

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Liu Dajiang walked out of the tent, and saw a middle-aged man standing outside the tent. He was thin, with dark eyes and a few scorched whiskers. He looked like a treacherous man.

"I'm Liu Dajiang, what can you do with me?"

The man's vagina: "Yao Dalang is your brother-in-law!"

"Exactly!"

"You are in charge of the Yao family's affairs at present?"

"Forget it! What's your business?"

The man looked around and said in a low voice, "Let's take a step to talk."

Liu Dajiang pointed to the nearby tent, "There is no one in the tent over there, go over there and talk."

The middle-aged man walked into the big tent, and said with a dry smile: "My surname is Jiang, and I am an aide of Lieutenant Du. I am here for Yao Dalang's case."

"Please continue!" Liu Dajiang said calmly.

"You also know that Yao Dalang murdered someone. The witnesses and material evidence are all available. He himself confessed and was charged. The county has passed the trial and will be sent to the government office for conviction. Once the government office is convicted of death, he will be sent to Jingzhao's criminal law for approval by the prosecutor's office. , Approval is passed, and tomorrow's autumn will be followed by an interrogation. In fact, the rest is all formality. The key is the preliminary decision of the county government. Once the county government decides it is a case of intentional homicide, then the subsequent trial will be a formality."

"What exactly is Mr. Jiang trying to say?"

"That's right. My county lieutenant Du looked into the case and found that Yao Dalang was actually taking the blame for his son. My county lieutenant sympathized with his heart, and was willing to help him. He was convicted of manslaughter. First of all, there are also faults, so Yao Dalang will not be sentenced to death, do you understand what I mean?"

Liu Dajiang knew it well, he sneered and said: "I understand what you mean, if I guessed correctly, were those two bastards changing their words also ordered by your county lieutenant?"

"Insisting is not a good use of the word, it has a derogatory connotation, but you are a vulgar person, so I don't care about it. This time I am here to discuss with you how to reduce Yao Dalang's crime, or even acquit him."

"Just tell me! How much does it cost?"

Jiang's staff shook his head, "It's not about money. My county lieutenant doesn't like your small money. My county lieutenant is 30 years old this year. You also know that his background is very strong. He is the governor of Zhedu. My county lieutenant has taken a fancy to Yao Dalang's." Daughter, I want to marry her as a concubine, and the two families are married, of course he will try his best to rescue Yao Dalang, how about it, everyone is happy with the result!"

Liu Dajiang said coldly: "I'm afraid your county lieutenant has never even seen what my niece looks like, so why are you interested?"

"Although I haven't seen it before, I can still admire it!"

Liu Dajiang has also traveled all over the world to see some of the world, and he understands the shamelessness and filth under the glamorous appearance. He vaguely guessed that this Du Xianwei is the person behind those scoundrels. Selling it to a brothel, as for Yao Dalang, he was sentenced to death in the end and gave his subordinates an explanation.

Now he is only using this case to force the Yao family to compromise. Only then did Liu Dajiang understand why those gangsters changed their words. It turned out that they were using the Yao Dalang case to oppress the Yao family and send their daughter to the fire pit.

Liu Dajiang knew that he couldn't turn his face for the time being, so he said vaguely: "This is something to discuss, and it is impossible to answer immediately!"

"Well, my county lieutenant will suppress the case. There is only three days at most. After three days, he will be sent to the government office. There is nothing we can do."

After finishing speaking, Jiang's staff bowed their hands and left.

Liu Dajiang returned to the big tent worried, Yao Song asked: "Uncle, who is there?"

"It was sent by the county lieutenant, saying that there is a way to save your father, and the condition is that the county lieutenant will accept your younger sister as a concubine."

"Accept my sister as a concubine, has the county lieutenant seen my sister?"

"That's the problem. No one has seen it before, so you want to take a concubine? I'm afraid that taking a concubine is just an excuse, or it will be sold to a brothel."

Yao Song jumped up and said angrily: "This county captain must be the backstage of the hunter, the one behind the scenes, and he is the one who wants to kill our family."

Liu Dajiang saw that although his nephew was reckless, he was very clear-headed, and it was actually consistent with his guess.

He nodded and said: "Amei definitely can't give it to them. Your father still has time to save him. I was thinking that the county government must belong to them. Why don't we appeal to the government government?"

"Will it work?" Yao Song looked at his uncle expectantly.

"I don't know, but that person reminded me just now that if the other party is also at fault, it is not intentional homicide, but manslaughter, and the crime will be lessened, and the death penalty will not be imposed."

"Then what should we do?"

Liu Dajiang thought for a while and said: "Those people will definitely not let Xiaomei go. You take Xiaomei and hide in the south first. I will appeal to the government office. If it doesn't work, we will go to Jingzhao City to appeal. There is always a reasonable person in this world." place."

Yao Song followed his uncle's advice, immediately took some silver jewelry and a few copper coins from his mother, and took his younger sister Yao Mei to leave the refugee camp overnight and head south.

……

The next morning, the people monitoring Yao's family in the refugee camp found that Yao Mei had disappeared, and immediately rushed to the county government to report.

The county lieutenant of Datong County is called Du Shun. His younger sister Du Jiaoniang married Zhe Yanzhi as his concubine. She was very competitive and soon became pregnant. This made Zhe Yanzhi, who had no heirs, overjoyed. It was his own, and he cared for the concubine in every possible way. Ten months later, the concubine gave birth to a healthy boy, and Orihiko was ecstatic, offering the mother and child as treasures.

One person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, the Du family gains both power and wealth, the Du family's parents live in the mansion, the elder brother Du Shun even becomes the county magistrate of Datong County, and the Du family's eldest uncle Li Bailing is quite intelligent and is used by Zhe Yanzhi as the chief aide.

Du Shunnian was about 30 years old. He used to be a helpless rascal in Datong City. He hung out in the market. Because he was tall and tall, he worked as a thug in a brothel for many years. Later, Jin Bing established a militia, and he became a member of the militia Now, because of his younger sister, he has become a majestic county lieutenant. It can be said that he is a villain. Became the de facto head of the county government.

Orihiko also knew this, and he followed suit, using Dushun to control the county government.

Although Zhe Yanzhi is the governor of Datong and the military envoy of the Northeast Route of Hebei Province, he is not a single-handedly overlord in Datong Mansion, and the Datong Mansion is not controlled by him, but is directly subordinate to the Internal Affairs Hall.

This is also Chen Qing's concept of checks and balances. No dictator is allowed anywhere. Zhe Yanzhi controls the army and can assist government affairs to a certain extent, but he cannot interfere with government affairs. Therefore, there is a prefect in Datong Prefecture, and the prefect is Yelv Qiyan.

It was Yelu Qiyan's informant that Chen Qing knew that Zhe Yanzhi had another son, and he did not report it according to the regulations. It is a good thing to have a son when he is old, and the child is still young. Of course, he does not need to send him to live in Jingzhao. Go to Jingzhao to study.

But according to the regulations, it must be reported to the Department of the Military Department, but Zhe Yanzhi didn't know how to think about it. He even concealed this matter, which made Chen Qing very upset. In the end, he sent his confidant Yan Jun to lead [-] cavalry to support Datong Mansion. Zhe Yanzhi's lieutenant general, but the [-] cavalry are still in Yan Jun's hands.

When Du Shun heard that the daughter of the Yao family had run away, he was furious and immediately ordered Dutou Zhang Qin to lead [-] archers to chase after the two brothers and sisters on horseback.

Although he has never met Yao Mei, he has indeed heard of it. This Yao Mei is less than sixteen years old. She is one in a million and extremely beautiful. It's not that he doesn't want to take her as a concubine, but he has a jealous wife in his family, so he dare not, His wife is his cousin Li Shi, the daughter of Li Bailing. She is very jealous and forbids her husband to take concubines. Her father, Li Bailing, is Orihiko's military adviser and number one staff member. Du Shun's sister is Li Bailing who arranged for Orihiko. as a concubine and bore him a son.

The wealth of the Du family was given by Li Bailing. Of course Du Shun didn't dare to provoke his wife. Since he couldn't be a concubine, he could train Yao Mei to be the chief oiran of Datong City and become Du Shun's cash cow.

Staff Jiang Qing suggested to Du Shun: "For Yao Dalang's case, it's best for the county lieutenant to say hello to his wife first, and let his wife give the governor a pillow, lest the Khitan thief come to question the governor."

The Khitan thief is the prefect Yelu Qiyan, because he and Zhe Yanzhi have a bad relationship, so they all call Yelu Qiyan a Khitan thief behind their backs.

Du Shun nodded, he understood what Jiang Qing meant, not just about the Yao Dalang case itself, but because he was afraid that the Khitan thief would investigate the matter of the hunter if he pulled out the carrot and brought out the mud.

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Three days later, Liu Dajiang submitted a statement of appeal to the government office.

The prefect Yelu Qiyan has a good reputation among the people, he cares about the sufferings of the people, takes care of the widows, the old and the weak, and is an upright official.

On many issues of principle, he and Orihiko disagreed. For example, he opposed harming the interests of the people for the sake of defense, but Orihiko believed that defense was the most important thing, and the interests of the people must give way to defense.

Specifically, the demolition of houses along the city wall involves the vital interests of nearly [-] households. Yelu Qiyan only agreed to demolish houses within a hundred steps, while Orihiko believed that within a hundred steps was far from enough, and he insisted on demolishing three hundred houses. step.

The two were at a stalemate over this, but because Orihiko controlled the county government, he finally cooperated with the county government to demolish all the houses within [-] paces, emptying the government office, the people cried, and Yelu Qiyan was so angry that his teeth itched. There is no way.

There is also the matter of refugees in Yingzhou this time. It is reasonable that the military and the county government should cooperate to resettle the refugees. It's because of Zhe Yanzhi's face, regardless of Zhe Yan's quality, the county government will not do his best. Yelu Qiyan had to run back and forth to collect food supplies. Fortunately, Niu Gao sent troops to send a batch of food tents in time, and finally solved the problem. Survival of refugees.

These are just a few examples. In fact, the conflict between Yelu Qiyan and Zhe Yanzhi exists all the time. The root cause is that Zhe Yanzhi wants to control the military and government, but Yelu Qiyan does not cooperate, which leads to deep conflicts between the two sides.

Yelu Qiyan read Liu Dajiang's statement and frowned. The county captain Du Shun actually abducted a refugee girl and forced her into prostitution. She had already succeeded in seven cases. The eighth case was unsuccessful because she was killed, but she accidentally killed someone in order to fight. father was sentenced to death.