protect my lady

Undoubtedly, when the officers and soldiers arrived on horseback, the two men who were originally on the horse were already lying on the ground and howling.

"Many, thank you, young master." The officers and soldiers guarding the gate just now swallowed their saliva, and looked at the two people whose limbs were obviously twisted, with a look of rejoicing.

Fortunately, I didn't offend this big Buddha just now, otherwise there might be one more him lying on the ground. Facts have proved that sometimes eyesight is still very important.

"These two are the fugitives you're talking about?" Fu Feiyu brushed off her robes calmly, as if she wasn't the one who just kicked people off the horse one by one.

"Yes, yes, these two people have been wanted by the government for a long time, and they are both extremely hateful human traffickers." When the wanted criminals were mentioned, the officers and soldiers looked angry, "Many big girls in many families have been abducted by these people!"

Fu Feiyu frowned, "It's really hateful." Human traffickers should be divided into five horses.

The officers and soldiers nodded, and then put out a smiling face, "My lord, since you helped us capture the important criminal, why don't you accompany us to meet the magistrate, so that we can reward you with money."

"How much reward is there?" Fu Feiyu raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Master Zhifu gave 100 taels, and other victims' families also gave 100 taels." The officers and soldiers said flatteringly.

"I'm in a hurry, let the magistrate give the reward to those who were hurt." Fu Feiyu said, she is not short of money now.And those people who have been trafficked are already pitiful, so it's worth noting the money.

"This..." The officers and soldiers were somewhat confused. According to the case-handling procedures, those who helped arrest the wanted criminals should also return to the government together.

Fu Feiyu: "What's the matter, is there a problem if I don't go to collect the money?"

"No, no, no problem." The officers and soldiers quickly shook their heads, "Could you please tell me your name, so that I can go back and report to your lord."

"We are from the Mu family in Suzhou." Mu Qingchen said, "If the magistrate has anything to summon, just inform the shopkeeper of the Mu family shop."

"So it's Mr. Mu and Miss Mu. I'm really sorry." The Suzhou Mu family is a well-known wealthy businessman, and the officers and soldiers have heard of it. "Since you are in a hurry, I won't delay."

Fu Feiyu didn't bother to correct what the officers and soldiers said, "Then take my leave."

After finishing speaking, without delay, he got into the carriage directly and continued to walk forward.

"Head, let them go like this?" Another officer and soldier couldn't help but ask.

"Otherwise, look at that man's move just now, if we forcefully stop him, there will be good fruit to eat?" The leading officer knocked on the subordinate's head, "Besides, he is the hero who helped us catch the wanted criminal, and he is not a criminal. What are you stopping for?"

The subordinate straightened his hat, bent over and said, "What the head said is true, I was thinking about it."

After leaving Jiaxing Mansion, Mu Qingchen rushed to Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Huzhou and other places, spent more than ten days on the road and checking accounts, and finished the task by the end of November.

When they were about to go back after checking the accounts, snowflakes fell in the sky again, leaving Mu Qingchen and others in Hangzhou.

This time the snow was much heavier than in Jiaxing, and it took three days to let it go. As soon as we opened the doors and windows, we could see the heavy snow outside.

"Qingchen, it's rare to come to Hangzhou, why don't we go to West Lake to see?" Fu Feiyu stood outside the window, squinting slightly at the sun that had only risen for several days.

Although the snow has stopped, the snow on the road has not yet melted, and we have to wait a few days before we can go on the road.

"Okay, I just went to see the snow on the broken bridge." After staying in the house for three days, Mu Qingchen also felt a little bored.

Walking out of the inn, the voices of people on the street came to my ears, driving away the only trace of loneliness in winter.

"Come and have a look. The freshly baked tofu nao costs five cents a bowl. It's hot and fragrant."

"Osmanthus cake, fresh osmanthus cake, two yuan and one yuan~"

The yelling of small vendors along the street kept coming in through the thick curtain, and after getting into the ears, there was an inexplicable attraction, making people want to lift the curtain and go out to have a bowl of hot tofu nao.

"Would you like to go down and have a bowl?" Looking at Fu Feiyu who was eager to try, Mu Qingchen said with a smile, "I haven't eaten tofu nao for a long time."

Fu Feiyu blinked, "Fu Yi, stop the car."

After the carriage came to a complete stop, Fu Feiyu dismounted swiftly, "Uncle, here are four bowls of tofu nao."

"Okay, please sit here, guest officer." The uncle selling tofu nao wiped the table with a towel on his shoulder, "Do you eat sweet or salty?"

Fu Feiyu turned and looked at Mu Qingchen, "Qingchen?"

Mu Qingchen: "I want something sweet."

"Where are Cuizhu and Fu Yi?" Fu Feiyu continued to smell.

"Salty." The two said in unison.

Fu Feiyu turned around and said, "Uncle, two bowls of sweet and two bowls of salty."

"Okay, wait a minute."

After a while, the steaming tofu nao was on the table, and Fu Feiyu carefully brought the bowl in front of Mu Qingchen, "Be careful it's hot."

Mu Qingchen nodded with a smile, picked up a slice with a spoon, and blew it in front of her.

The warm tofu nao is soft in the mouth, and it melts quickly with a little force in the mouth. After swallowing, there is a faint sweet taste between the lips and teeth.

tasty.

Fu Feiyu's eyes lit up. After tasting the delicious tofu nao, she speeded up and swallowed it before the delicious food cooled down. She felt the warmth from the inside out.

In comparison, Mu Qingchen's speed was much slower, savoring slowly spoon by spoon.

Fu Feiyu looked at the empty bowl, and silently called for uncle, and added another bowl.

After eating two bowls, Fu Feiyu finally had enough, and slowly took out a small piece of silver and handed it to the uncle.

The uncle took it and weighed it, opened the drawer and counted out 25 Wen, "Guest officer, I'm looking for you."

Fu Feiyu didn't take it, "Uncle, are there any tea eggs here?"

"Yes, there are, three coins for one, five coins for two." The uncle replied with a smile.

"Then exchange 25 Wen for tea eggs and wrap them for me."

"okay."

Just like that, Fu Feiyu got into the carriage with ten tea eggs, and after untying the rope, the smell of tea eggs filled the carriage.

"Would Qingchen want one?" Fu Feiyu picked up a tea egg, turned her head and asked.

"Then let's have one."

The eggs picked out by the uncle were all very big, and Fu Feiyu picked out the biggest one, and peeled off most of the shells, leaving only a small piece at the bottom to hold it with his hands.

"Okay." Fu Feiyu held the egg and stretched out her hand in front of Mu Qingchen.

Mu Qingchen looked at Fu Feiyu with a smile, gently held her wrist, and took a bite.

The fragrance of tea leaves and eggs diffused in the mouth at once. The tea eggs must have been boiled for a long time, and even the egg yolks were stained with the smell of tea leaves.

"It's delicious." Mu Qingchen commented, and took another bite of the egg.

"Double yolks." Fu Feiyu raised his eyebrows, looking at the egg with another yolk in his hand, "Our luck is really good."

Mu Qingchen raised her eyebrows, just as she was about to say something, the carriage stopped suddenly, and her inertia made her fall forward.

Fu Feiyu quickly dropped the egg in his hand, and opened his arms to hug him.

"Ahem." Mu Qingchen coughed a few times, and she was choked.

Fu Feiyu gently touched Mu Qingchen's back, and took out the water bag from the back of the carriage, "Come, take a sip."

Mu Qingchen frowned a little uncomfortablely, quickly unscrewed it and gulped down several mouthfuls.

Seeing Mu Qingchen's slightly red eyes, Fu Feiyu opened the curtain with a displeased expression, "What's going on?"

"Hey, it hurts so much, you hit someone, and you still ask me what's the matter?" An old woman lay on the ground and wailed, "My old bones are about to be broken, and you don't even look at me when you drive. road."

"Bumping someone?" Fu Feiyu frowned, and glanced at the old woman's body. There was nothing wrong with the waist she was covering with her hands.

Is this a scam?

Fu Feiyu jumped out of the carriage and stood in front of the old lady.

"Did my carriage hit you? Is there any proof?"

"What evidence do you need for this? Everyone is a witness." The old woman worked very hard to blackmail her, and it was very cold on the snowy ground.

"That's right, I saw it. It was your carriage that hit this mother-in-law." As soon as the old woman cried and made a fuss, someone who thought she was upright stood up.

If there is one, there will be two. After a while, the people around are clamoring that they have seen it.

"Is there any doctor present?" Fu Feiyu didn't care, and put his left hand on his saber, "Show this mother-in-law, if you really get hurt, I will naturally take responsibility."

After hearing that Fu Feiyu would be in charge, the crowd of onlookers also calmed down for a moment, and the noise became quieter after a while.

"I'm a doctor! Let me go, I'm a doctor!" A middle-aged man with a short beard shouted and squeezed out from the crowd with a medicine box on his waist.

"Doctor, help me, my back hurts so much, it's as if it's broken." Seeing the doctor's eyes light up, the old woman wailed even louder.

"Mother-in-law, don't move, let me take a look." The doctor put down the medicine box on his shoulders, and carefully supported the old woman so that she could lean on him.

After learning and pressing a few times, the doctor yelled something bad, "This is a bone injury, you need to stay in bed and recuperate."

"Hey, what can I do? My family has a son who is sick all the year round. He relies on me to sell some of his own vegetables to make money for him to see a doctor. Isn't it just letting our family die if I stay in bed? Please save me."

The doctor looked embarrassed, "Grandma, I'm just an ordinary doctor, all I can do is prescribe medicine for you."

"Losing money, since the carriage knocked out my mother-in-law, I have to lose money!" Someone in the crowd shouted, "Anyway, you are not short of money, so you might as well be more cheerful."

The people onlookers came here with the intention of joining in the fun. Compared with Fu Feiyu, who had always been more aggressive, they naturally stood on the side of the weak, and coaxed Fu Feiyu to lose money.

Fu Feiyu smiled disdainfully, looked down at the old woman, "You said you have a bedridden son?"

"Yes, my son depends on me to support him alone."

"Then are you willing to sell yourself to save him?" The corners of Fu Feiyu's mouth curled up, "Sell yourself to me, and I will give you ten taels of silver."

As soon as these words came out, the old woman and the doctor lying on the ground were stunned. What kind of statement is this?

The old woman blinked, ten taels of silver is enough to live for several years.

Even if she was bought as an old woman, the master would not arrange for her to do any tiring work for the sake of fame, maybe he just wanted to buy herself to shut up with ten taels of silver.

"I'm an old bone. If my son is really willing, I will naturally sell myself to you in exchange for the medicine money for my son." The old woman cried while wiping the corners of her eyes, as if she was sacrificing herself for her son. own appearance.

"Okay, this is ten taels of silver." Fu Feiyu didn't write any ink, and directly took out a silver note with a face value of ten taels, and threw it to the old woman, "I order you to open it for me now, Get out of the way."

"Okay, I'll drive right away." After receiving the money, the old woman immediately changed her expression, as if she was about to get up from the ground.

The doctor was still wondering what Fu Feiyu was up to, but when he saw that the old woman was about to get up, he immediately figured out his joints, and quickly made a gesture to help the old woman.

"Mother-in-law, be careful, your waist is hurt to the bone." The doctor said, emphatically emphasizing the four words hurt to the bone.

The old woman reacted immediately when she heard it, and was supported as if she couldn't make any effort.

"Thank you, sir, for your generosity. I'll go get the medicine for my son first." The old woman said gratefully.

Sure enough, he is a rich son, who doesn't even blink if he loses ten taels, and doesn't even ask for a contract of sale.

Fu Feiyu smiled indifferently, and let the old woman who was supported by the doctor leave. When the crowd was about to disperse, he slowly drew out the sword in his hand.

The crowd that hadn't dispersed couldn't stop backing away after seeing Fu Feiyu's actions, "Mother-in-law, run, that man is going to kill you with a sword!"

Fu Feiyu ignored the words of the people around him, and walked straight forward with the sword in his hand.

After hearing the movement, the old woman turned her head and saw the cold sword's edge stabbing towards her. Without thinking, she pushed the doctor away and ran with big strides.

"Sure enough." Fu Feiyu smiled slightly, and with the other hand, he took out the broken silver that he had prepared in the morning, and smashed the old woman hard with his wrist.

"Ouch." Broken Silver hit the old woman's knee, causing her to fall to the ground.

After looking back and seeing Fu Feiyu who was getting closer and closer to him, his heart sank, and he continued to run straight away.

Of course, she didn't forget to pick up the piece of broken silver that she dropped.

It's a liar!

The onlookers were not fools, and at this moment they all saw that the old woman was blackmailing just now, and she wanted to blackmail her!This old woman is very bad!

But being angry is all about being angry, because of what I said just now, no one said anything, some just cursed a few words in their hearts.

The old woman just pushed through the crowd and ran forward, and no one onlookers was willing to stop her.

"What's the matter, why are people blocked here?" The street patrolman with a waist knife quickly noticed the abnormality, and sternly yelled.

"My lord, just now an old woman robbed me of more than ten taels of silver and ran over there." Fu Feiyu said calmly, pointing at the doctor who was about to run away, "This is her accomplice, they The two blocked the road together to blackmail me."

When the doctor heard it, he was about to run away, but unfortunately he was caught by the patrolling policeman before he could go a few steps, and he was pushed face down on the ground.

"You guys chase forward and catch that old woman back." The head catcher quickly judged the situation and gave an order.

It's a pity that the old lady had already run away during this period of time, and she couldn't catch up with her. The policeman could only press down on the doctor with an apologetic expression, "Master, it will take some time for us to arrest that old lady. We must Do your best to recover the silver.”

Fu Feiyu raised his eyebrows: "Excuse me, how long can I be sentenced for ten taels of silver?"

Police: "At least one year."

Fu Feiyu nodded dispensable.

After leaving his name and address, the policeman pressed the doctor to the yamen, presumably to go back to interrogate him.

Fu Feiyu ignored the scrutinizing eyes of the people around him, and easily got back into the carriage, raised the curtain and said to Fu Yi, "Next time you meet such a person, don't worry about it, just push it up."

Fu Yi froze for a moment, then nodded in response.

"Master Fu, would that be too..." Cui Zhu asked with a tangled face.

"No, since they dare to risk their lives to make money, they must be prepared to die." Fu Feiyu said lightly, "Of course, you don't have to bump into it on purpose, just stop at a normal speed. Remember not to change the direction forcibly, otherwise the carriage may overturn."

When it comes to Mu Qingchen's safety, Cui Zhu has no objection, and keeps nodding her head.

Looking at the farce-like situation below in the carriage, Mu Qingchen couldn't help but want to laugh, "They all have hands and feet, it's better to just find a job."

"They just want to make a fortune." Fu Feiyu straightened his sleeves, stood by the carriage door and waited for the coldness on his body to fade before sitting beside Mu Qingchen.

The banks of the West Lake River were very lively, and when Mu Qingchen got off the carriage, the aroma of various snacks penetrated into her nostrils.

In addition to the snack shops, there are many small vendors on the shore selling strange things, and their shouts are also mixed with the voices of boatmen and customers bargaining.

"How much is it to rent a boat?" Fu Feiyu asked standing on the edge of the pier.

"Excuse me, my lord, do you want a small boat or a big boat?"

Fu Feiyu squinted at the boat on the ground, "Big one."

The boatman said with a smile, "The big boat costs one penny an hour."

"Then arrange a big one." Fu Feiyu took out the money neatly.

After confirming that the boatman was reliable, Fu Feiyu took a step back and took the initiative to hold Mu Qingchen's hand, leading her into the cabin as if nothing had happened.

"Qingchen, your hands are a bit cold, let me warm them up for you." Fu Feiyu sat down next to Mu Qingchen and said with an upright face, using his internal strength to turn his hands into a natural heater.

"Thank you Feiyu." Mu Qingchen said with a smile in his eyes, ignoring the glowing red charcoal fire in the cabin.

The boatman was a man with a very good eye, and when he saw the crooked appearance of the two people in the cabin from the corner of his eye, he stood on the plywood and rowed without saying a word.

Fu Yi and Cuizhu looked at me and I looked at yours, and finally chose a corner farthest from the two of them to sit down, looking out at the scenery outside the cabin.

The West Lake after the snow is very beautiful. The snow on most of the branches has not yet melted, and it looks like stars from a distance, which is very beautiful.

When the boat passed near the Baidi, Mu Qingchen and Fu Feiyu looked up.From their point of view, the unmelted snow on the broken bridge is shining with silver light, just like the surface of a lake. If you don't look carefully, you may think that the two have merged together.

"This is the remnant snow on the broken bridge, it's so beautiful." Mu Qingchen's eyes were filled with amazement, the misty water on the lake looked like the bridge was broken.

After having a good time on the West Lake, Fu Feiyu brought Mu Qingchen ashore.

Not long after strolling on the river bank, the policeman in official uniform came to the door.

The catcher cupped his hands: "My lord, we have already caught that cheating old lady, please come with us."

"So fast?" Fu Feiyu raised his eyebrows, "Please show me the way."

Facts have proved that the Hangzhou government's arrests are very efficient, and two hours of lake tour time is enough for them to catch people.

But after Fu Feiyu and Mu Qingchen saw the doctor with a wound on his buttocks, they understood how such a fast speed came about.

"See the prefect." Fu Feiyu stood under the stage, bowing his hands to the prefect.

"Excuse me, do you see if the two kneeling on the ground are the two who cheated on the road?" The prefect of Hangzhou is relatively young, he looks no more than thirty.

Fu Feiyu looked down at the two kneeling on the ground, "Master, that's right."

"Wang's mother and son kneeling under the stage, can you two plead guilty?" The magistrate patted the gavel and asked seriously.

"The grass people are wronged..." The old woman immediately cried out, and tears came down, "Although I said that my injury was serious, the carriage was indeed hit by it, and the ten taels of silver was the old man's selling money. What's the matter with cheating?"

Fu Feiyu raised his eyebrows, "Sell yourself for money? Do you have evidence?"

"This..." The old woman was taken aback for a moment, and then replied in a condescending manner, "There is no evidence, but someone has heard it."

"A joke, there is no such thing as selling yourself without signing a contract." Fu Feiyu sneered, "My lord, this old lady is very bad, full of nonsense, and she said earlier that her son was sick in bed."

The magistrate nodded, "Mr. Wang, your son has already confessed, are you sure you want to quibble?"

"My lord, the old woman did not quibble, my poor son was beaten to the point of unconsciousness, so he talked nonsense." The old woman gritted her teeth, but did not plead guilty.

"Are you implying that the official will be tortured into a trick?" The magistrate raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "Nonsense in the courtroom is a more serious crime!"

The most important thing for them to be an official is their reputation. This old lady is very courageous.

"The old woman doesn't dare, and I ask my lord to find out the truth and make a judgment. Don't listen to one person's words." The old woman bowed her head and said submissively.

Before the prefect could say anything, there was a burst of noise from outside the yamen, and several people in official clothes separated from the crowd and walked in.

"My lord, I can testify for Mr. Fu and others." Some familiar voices recalled that the people who came happened to be the few people Fu Feiyu met at the gate of Jiaxing Fucheng. "Young Master Fu is a chivalrous man who assists us in arresting the wanted criminal, and he will definitely not be the one that the old woman said to hurt people with horses."

Prefect: "How many are you?"

"My lord, we are sent by the prefect of Jiaxing to deliver the official letter." The officers and soldiers cupped their hands, took out the letter from their backs and handed it over.

Coincidentally, while Fu Feiyu was away, the prefect of Jiaxing happened to deal with the matter of the wanted criminals. When they found out that there were still a few accomplices hiding in Hangzhou, they sent someone to inform them.

It's really a coincidence, Fu Feiyu and Mu Qingchen looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Yes, the witness certificate sent up for free.