old man in white

Does this make us robbers? ?

Realizing that something was wrong, Wang Man quickly took out the head-catching token from his arms.Although Wang Man has been dismissed from his post, Wang Man is still carrying a token to arrest him because he is afraid of encountering troubles on the road in the future.In ancient times, when the transmission of news was very lagging, most people still couldn't distinguish whether the head arrest order was invalid.

"Fellow townsman, I'm a headhunter from Chang'an City, passing by here for a night's rest. You see, this is my token, you can tell if it's true or not."

When the big man heard that it was the head arrester from Chang'an, he opened a crack in the door suspiciously, and saw the burly Wang Man standing at the door of his house.The big man turned his gaze to the token in Wang Man's hand.

It seems that it is really a head-catching token!

The big man opened the door wider, stretched out one hand to take the sign in Wang Man's hand, and looked at it carefully.

It's really a headhunter!

The big man opened the door excitedly, hugged Wang Man with his whole body, and then wiped his nose and tears on Wang Man.

Wang Man:? ? ?

The remaining four people:! ! !

"Chang'an has finally sent someone here! Master Catcher, please come in quickly!"

Seeing the excited look of the big man, Wang Man guessed that there must be something wrong in the village.The four of them followed Wang Man into the big man's house, and the big man quickly poured water for the five of them.After entering the house, Lin Fan observed the big man at close range. He was about 40 years old, with five or six patches on his coarse linen clothes, and his skin was darker than wheat. It is an ordinary facial features, but it is the flat nose that makes people unforgettable.

"Are all five of you sent by Chang'an?" the big man asked while pouring water.Wang Man quickly explained, "Fellow townsman, we are not sent here by Chang'an. In fact, we are really just passing through the village. I am really sorry if it inconveniences you."

Hearing Wang Man's explanation, the big man immediately dimmed his bright eyes, and then said with a wry smile, "That's right, in this day and age, why does the emperor still care about our small place?"

Seeing the disappointment of the big man, Wang Man also felt very uncomfortable. After all, the purpose of being a policeman in the past was to protect the people and plead for the people. Now the people in front of them are in trouble, but he can't help them.

"Uncle, what do you need help from the government!" Lin Fan started to ask after drinking the water poured by the big man.

"Oh, don't talk about it, the land around our village is fertile and the crops are growing well. It is logically said that it is a rich place, but in recent years, a group of robbers have come from nowhere and come to our village every once in a while to rob food. , Although they never kill people, but no one can stand such a robbery! I am the head of this village, and I reported this situation to the higher level, but these years have passed, and there is not even a letter. "

Wang Man asked, "Does this group of robbers have any special features?"

"There are some characteristics! The leader has no hair, and looks fierce and vicious."

No hair?Hearing this, Wen Zeshui immediately thought of something, "My fellow, does that bandit still have a green dragon tattooed on his arm?!"

"Yes, yes! There is a blue dragon! You, do you know each other?"

Wen Zeshui immediately showed a look of shame, took a sip of water, and said, "To be honest, these bandits were rampant on the territory of Guiyun Villa three years ago. I led my men to drive them away, but there is no Kill them all, but I didn’t expect them to escape here and continue to do evil. I’m so sorry, fellow!”

Wen Zeshui stood up, bowed his hands, bowed to the big man, and continued, "This incident is also the fault of our Guiyun Villa. If we had persuaded them to be good, such a thing would not have happened. Village chief, don't worry, I Then Feige will send a letter to Guiyun Villa, and send people to deal with those robbers thoroughly."

Wang Man didn't expect that a few words from Wen Zeshui could solve one's difficulties, and she was secretly afraid of the power of Guiyun Villa.

Under the grateful eyes of the big man, Wen Zeshui wrote the letter and tied it to the leg of the carrier pigeon he carried with him.

"Village Chief, don't worry, within half a month, people from Guiyun Villa will definitely rush here and leave after the matter is completely resolved."

When the big man saw the letter written by Wen Zeshui with his own eyes, he was so excited that he wanted to kneel down to Wen Zeshui.

"Hey, village chief, you are an official and I am a citizen, so I can't bear such a big gift from you."

Wen Zeshui hurriedly helped the big man on the ground. The big man cried and said, "What kind of an official is the village head these days? He's just a farmer! It's a blessing for generations to have the help of Guiyun Villa in our village!"

Lin Fan looked at the big man kneeling on the ground, kowtowing his head, and sighed in his heart that the etiquette of the ancients was really troublesome, and he would kneel and kowtow every now and then.Feng Buwei on the side looked at everything in front of him calmly. For Feng Buwei, apart from matters related to gods and men, other things could no longer attract his attention, "Village chief, how many of us are going For a night in the village, can you arrange a few rooms for me?"

"No problem, no problem! Most people in the village now go to work in the fields, and there are not many people in the village, so why don't you just stay at my house."

The village chief brought five people to his yard and arranged for Lin Fan and Tang Ling to share a room, and Wen Zeshui, Feng Buwei and Wang Man to share a room.After the distribution, Wang Man took out a tael of gold from his pocket and gave it to the village chief, asking him to prepare some food and things that might be used on the road in the future.Most of the remaining gold was used to repair the village. After all, during the past few years of robber harassment, most of the village's facilities were not only old, but also much dilapidated.On this day, the problem that the village was often harassed by robbers was resolved, and a lot of repair money was also received. The village chief happily went out to prepare meals.

"Wang Butou, the price is a tael of gold, very generous!"

If Wen Zeshui said something, Wang Man hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, "Second Master Wen, don't misunderstand me. This gold is the bounty that Lin Fan got for catching bandits back then, and I, Wang Man, didn't get it for greed."

"Wang Butou misunderstood what I meant. If I thought you were a corrupt official, how could I have helped you solve the case a few years ago?"

Speaking of what happened a few years ago, Wang Man was still very grateful to Wen Zeshui.At the beginning, several gangs of robbers and bandits on the territory of Guiyun Villa united to make trouble, and Wang Man happened to be sent by the superior to solve this matter.Because the incident happened at the foot of Guiyun Villa, Wen Zeshui got acquainted with Wang Man from this.But the relationship between the two is limited to acquaintance, and there is no deep friendship. If it is not for this god-man plan, I am afraid that the two will not meet.However, after all, it happened several years ago, and Wen Zeshui was really not sure whether Wang Man had been corrupted by the officialdom in recent years.In Wen Zeshui's heart, an upright official is more important than anything else.

Lin Fan and Tang Ling didn't care about the topic of family, country and world between men, so they went into the room to rest.In the past few days, the wound on Lin Fan's back had almost healed, and he was able to lie down and rest, but Tang Ling was obviously still worried.

"Ah~ I finally don't have to sleep outdoors! I can finally lie on the kang to rest! Speaking of which, in ancient times, I slept on the kang these days, so I miss modern beds~"

Seeing Lin Fan lying flat on the kang, Tang Ling leaned against the wooden door, frowned slightly, and quickly reminded Lin Fan, "Lin Fan, don't lie flat, be careful of the wound!"

It's this sentence again!

These days, Lin Fan had heard enough of Tang Ling's refusal to lie down and rest, and subconsciously retorted, "My back is almost healed from the injury! It's no problem to lie down and sleep!"

Tang Ling had already expected Lin Fan's disobedience, but he didn't expect Lin Fan's next words to make Tang Ling feel gloomy in an instant.

"Tang Ling, since my wound is almost healed, I will ride a horse with Lao Wang starting tomorrow!"

Lin Fan thought that Tang Ling would rather hold a broken sword in her hand than go to her horse by herself, so Tang Ling definitely didn't want to be embraced by Tang Ling on the horse these days.Rather than making Tang Ling feel uncomfortable, it's better to take the initiative to go to Lao Wang's horse.

Tang Ling was very upset when she heard that Lin Fan was going to Wang Man's horse again!Leaving the wooden door he was leaning against, Tang Ling took two steps in three steps. With one long leg, Tang Ling stepped onto the kang very neatly, and leaned over Lin Fan!

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Lin Fan: Tang Ling, why are you pressing me?!

Tang Ling raised her eyebrows: What do you think? (crazy hint)