The return of the son-in-law

Xu Laowu was cleaning up the dishes with his wife, when suddenly five or six gangster-looking big men came into the shop, screaming and killing as soon as they entered, and the tables and chairs were overturned.

Old Fifth Xu asked his wife to stay behind while he stepped forward and asked, "What do you guys want to eat?"

"Eat? Eat your head!" The leader pushed Xu Laowu hard, and the latter staggered back a few steps, with his hands resting on the table that hadn't been touched.

Xu Lao Wu held back his anger and said, "Since you don't want to eat, you should leave quickly. Our shop is small and we can't accommodate these giant Buddhas."

The leading man sneered: "I won't leave today, you go!"

Xu Laowu suddenly became angry: "I respect you with good intentions, but you push an inch! I, Xu Laowu, have been doing business here for two years, why should I leave?"

The big man picked up a stool casually, smashed everything in front of him to pieces, and said: "This place is my territory, I don't want you to open a shop."

Xu Lao Wu only thought that this was to extort money. After all, he was also a person who had been trained in the Xuzhou military camp for 20 years. How could it be so easy for a big man to get his way?

"If it's your territory, where is the title deed? It's a bright world, are you going to open your eyes and talk nonsense?"

The big man smashed the stool at Xu Laowu, and said angrily: "There is no title deed, but there are fists! Brothers, smash this shop!"

The people who followed immediately responded, picked up their chairs and smashed all the tables, chopsticks and stoves in the shop.Xu Laowu was worried that his wife would be injured, so he couldn't stop him, so he had to take Aunt Xu out of the shop and stand outside before rushing in to stop these people from beating up.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Do you want to rebel in broad daylight! Is there any law left!" Xu Lao Wu shouted as he tried his best to stop it.

It's just that Xu Laowu is getting old after all, and the life of Yexiang and his son's unjust death in the past few years have worn down a lot of his energy, and the opponents are all strong and sturdy men, so he was quickly defeated. After a while, he was pushed to the ground.

The big guy in the lead stopped smashing it, and walked towards Xu Lao Wu instead. While walking, he weighed the table leg in his hand: "Toast is not to eat or fine wine, today I will let you taste my grandpa's power!"

Finally, the commotion here attracted a lot of people, and some of them couldn't stand it any longer, and came forward to stop him: "What do you want? Uncle Xu Wu has been running a shop here for almost two years, and I've lived here for almost ten years." , I have never heard of whose territory this place belongs to! In the whole world, could it be the land of the king, you don’t even care about the emperor!"

This big man is no ordinary gangster, he has someone backing him up, so he is naturally not afraid of such a threat.He raised the table leg and hit Xu Lao Wu's leg fiercely, and he still didn't forget to sneer: "The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, I'm the one who has the final say here!"

A few more people couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed up to stop the big man's behavior, and two of them helped Xu Laowu up and led him away from the big man.

"Okay, the emperor is far away, let's go to the Yamen to reason!"

This big man is even less afraid, his backer Wang Jiusan is just watching from the sidelines, even if he goes to the Yamen, isn't Shi Guogan trying to cover himself?

So, he swung the table legs triumphantly and said, "Just go."

Wang Jiusan was almost furious watching from the sidelines.This Fu Wei is really stupid, although he has himself as a backer, and this matter was ordered by his own adults, but how can this be put on the table!What's more, there is still a Guo Zhan'an in Xuzhou now!He was just waiting to catch his lord's mistakes, as long as Shi Guogan showed a slight hint of favoritism, according to Guo Zhanan's temper, he might bite him to death!

But he forgot that he found Fu Wei to be Shi Guogan's thug at that time, and asked him to do things that Shi Guogan would not show up. I know when I will bite the stone back and take a bold bite.

Wang Jiusan was so angry that he almost wanted to jump out and strangle Fu Wei to death, but Fu Wei didn't know that he was in trouble, so he clamored to go to the Yamen together to seek justice.

Originally, the onlookers just wanted to frighten him and drive him away, but now that Fu Wei was so arrogant, many people present couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to go to the Yamen together.

Old Fifth Xu didn't want to make things big, but he still wanted to do business here. If he didn't solve the problem thoroughly today, I'm afraid this rascal would come to trouble him again someday.What's more, the whole shop was smashed up by them, how will they do business in the future?

Xu Laowu weighed it in his heart, and then he also went to the Yamen to seek an explanation for himself.

But he didn't take a few steps, and suddenly found that one of the people in the group was dressed somewhat familiarly, and after a closer look, wasn't this the clothes in the barracks!

Xu Laowu vaguely felt that something was wrong, ignoring the pain in his leg, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed the man, and asked sharply, "Where did you get this clothes from!"

The other party was taken aback, and when he heard Xu Lao Wu's question clearly, his face turned pale, and he straightened his neck after a long time and said, "Go, go, old man, what nonsense are you talking about! Go away!"

Old Five Xu was just skeptical at first, seeing the other party's reaction so violently, he knew something was wrong.He is upright, but not pedantic, and it is not a good time, so he endured it for the time being, planning to go to the Xuzhou military camp in two days, find his acquaintances to clear up the relationship, and ask to see the current generals of the military camp, so that they can thoroughly understand Check it out.

At this time, Wang Jiusan had already slipped back to the government office to look for Shi Guogan in advance, and he did not witness this change. Otherwise, he would have to find a crime and imprison Xu Laowu in it, even at the risk of being pointed out by the people of Xuzhou. Secretly ended his life.

Shi Guogan received Wang Jiusan's report in the government office, and directly smashed the dossier on Wang Jiusan's head: "Trash! Even this little thing can't be handled well!"

Wang Jiusan didn't dare to raise his head, and said, "My lord, I really didn't expect Fu Wei to be so foolish. Also, today I specially asked them to wait until the shop was empty. The shop only serves food, At other times, there were not many people nearby, so I told them not to make such a big fuss, but the result, the result was still, alas!"

After all, Wang Jiusan is Shi Guogan's confidant, and Shi Guogan also knows that he is usually able to do things well. This time, he was angry with Guo Zhanan before and hadn't finished venting yet, and now he exploded all at once.

When the anger calmed down a bit, Shi Guo dared to order: "According to the rules, the court should be judged together. Guo Zhan'an doesn't need others, and he can't hide anything from him. When Fu Wei and the others arrive, they will say that today is over. For the sake of promotion, let them come back tomorrow."

Wang Jiusan agreed, but he was a little worried, and asked, "My lord, if they come again tomorrow, what should we do?"

Shi Guogan sneered: "Tomorrow? Then Laowu Xu will live until tomorrow!"

Wang Jiusan's heart skipped a beat, and he asked hastily, "Your Excellency, you mean that Xu Laowu will be born today?"

Shi Guogan nodded and said, "Fu Wei can't be allowed to come forward about this matter. He just had a quarrel with Xu Lao Wu today, and Xu Lao Wu died tonight. He was the first to suspect him. This man is vulgar and very It's easy to fall into the trap. You ask him to find a group of people to drink or gamble today. In short, he should be with a group of people. As for Mr. Xu, you don't want to show up. Let the other loyal people in the government office cover their faces Take Xu Lao Wu and his wife away together. You go ahead and say hello to the guards at the city gate tonight, and then let them out directly, and go to the outside mountain to die, and bury the body deeper. Also, take Xu Lao Wu The five households are cleaned up, making people think that the two of them packed up their things and went to relatives in other places early in the morning. I have to tell the guards of the city gate about this, you know?"

This plan is really vicious. First let someone else testify to Fu Wei that he has no chance to kill Xu Lao Wu; then let others take Xu Lao Wu to a deep mountain and kill him. , no one will find out.Xu Laowu has no other relatives in Xuzhou, and he is indeed from a foreign country, so it is reasonable to go back to his hometown.At that time, when coupled with the rhetoric of the guarding soldiers, no one will be able to find the fault!

Wang Jiusan kept everything in mind, and hurried out to get everything done.

I heard that Fu Wei was the most unhappy if he didn't get promoted today. He couldn't be presumptuous in front of the yamen, so he had to yell and lead his brothers away.

Xu Laowu was anxious and didn't care about these things anymore.The shop was also left alone, Xu Lao Wu asked his wife to go home to rest first, while he borrowed a donkey from a neighbor and hurried to the military camp to find someone.

At this time, the defenders of the city had not received Wang Jiusan's password, so they did not block Xu Lao Wu.

Aunt Xu didn't listen to her husband's words, the mess in that place hurt her eyes, she drank a bowl of porridge with pickled vegetables when she got home, and she went out to the shop while it was still dark up.

It was also a coincidence that Huo Yu didn't have a good appetite when he saw Guo Zhan'an at dinner, fearing that he would be tired all the way and would not be acclimatized when he came to Xuzhou, so he went out to find a doctor to show his brother, and happened to pass by.

When he saw a gray-haired woman bent over to clean up the mess, he couldn't bear it, so he stopped and asked, "Old man, what's wrong?"

Aunt Xu didn't dare to speak too much, for fear of causing trouble again, she just shook her head and said, "It's not in the way, I accidentally did it myself."

Huo Yu could tell at a glance that the aunt was lying. The mess was all over the place, and none of the tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks, and spoons were intact. How could it be done by an elderly aunt?

It's just that the other party didn't say anything, and he didn't want to ask more questions, not to mention that he had to take the doctor back to show Guo Zhan'an, so he just said one more sentence: "Ma'am, it's getting dark, where are your family members? Be careful."

Aunt Xu heard this, her heart was very warm, and she said: "Thank you, my man has gone out of the city. Little brother, after two days, our shop will reopen. Come here, Madam will treat you to dinner. What if you forget?" Come on, just ask others, someone must know how to get to Xu Lao Wu's shop, remember."

Huo Yu nodded and said, "Thank you, aunt. Then I'll go first, aunt, and you should go home early."

After all, he bid farewell to Mrs. Xu and led the doctor back to the mansion.

Huo Yu went there without telling Guo Zhan'an, when the Lang Zhong entered the mansion, Guo Zhan'an really couldn't laugh or cry: "It's just tired after days, why are you mobilizing so many people?"

Huo Yu said sternly: "Brother is the parent official of the people in Xuzhou, of course health is important. I still remember that when I saw my brother, it was still winter. My brother was tied up, and he was almost injured later, but Isn't it very weak. I, Huo Yu, promised to protect my brother, but unfortunately I don't understand medical theory, but I will go to the doctor anyway."

Guo Zhanan raised his eyebrows, this little guy still remembers what happened that day so clearly.

The two of them were talking together, and the doctor on the side also made a decision: "Your Excellency, this is not acclimatized, and now it is the time when summer and autumn are handing over, people are easy to get tired, so pay more attention to rest, eat foods that are easy to digest, and do not prescribe medicine. OK."

Guo Zhanan nodded and said, "The medicine is three-point poisonous, so there is no need to prescribe it."

Huo Yu took out the consultation fee and handed it to the doctor. He seemed to have thought of something, and said, "Doctor, when you pass by that shop, check to see if the aunt is still there. If she is still there, please persuade her to come back earlier." let's go home."

The doctor responded and said with a smile: "Young master is really a bodhisattva. I also know that person. She is Xu Lao Wu's wife. She usually runs a shop there. I don't know who I messed with today. The shop was smashed." .”

Guo Zhan'an heard the word "Xu Lao Wu", and immediately called to stop the doctor who was about to leave, and asked, "Xu Lao Wu's shop was smashed?"

The doctor said: "I don't know the details, but on the way here with the young master today, I saw Xu Laowu's wife cleaning up, and there was nothing good about that shop. They were all broken. Didn't they get smashed?" .”

For the sake of caution, Guo Zhanan asked again: "Does Lao Wu usually have any enemies?"

The doctor replied again: "Lao Wu Xu is a good man, and he never took the initiative to cause trouble. Before his son was wronged, he died without a whole body, and the body was thrown off the cliff. Everyone pitied him. How could there be enemies?"

Guo Zhanan nodded, and asked Huo Yu to send the doctor out, while he played with a teacup, and then sneered.

He only saw Xu Laowu's file today, and Xu Laowu's shop was smashed within two hours. How could such a coincidence happen?