Startled Meng

Before, because he was looking for children to mobilize the crowd, and later He Qian wanted to execute the fly woman in the street, there was a discussion in the city. The young ones pestered the old ones to ask questions. They went up to the teahouse and down to the big tree and stone mill. In a circle, everyone is talking about the events of the year.

"Back then, the Great Yin Bandits were rampant and did a lot of evil. Starting from the Southern Man, they abducted children and women and went north to sell them. At that time, the local officials got the benefits, and most of them turned a blind eye. Occasionally, some officials wanted to punish them, but in the end they just let it go. When I was the most arrogant, there was a disaster where dental gangsters even snatched babies in the street!"

"If the abductee is a boy, he will either be bought and changed his name or surname, or he will be sold into a house as a coolie. The girl will live in the land of fireworks. No matter where she goes, she will be a lifetime of wandering."

"The dental bandits are rampant. Officials from all over the country can't eradicate them for a while, so they can only strictly guard against them in the city. The dental bandits have no way to start, so they simply rob the woman, and use shameful means to force the woman to give birth to a baby and sell it off!"

Someone mentioned the situation in Jiangling back then, all the children who went out of the street had to be led by their relatives with a rope, fearing that someone would snatch them. Fortunately, Meng Xiao, the magistrate at that time, was hard-pressed, and the tooth bandits did not dare to act recklessly in Jiangling.

But there will always be villains who die for money, such as the eight gangsters headed by a woman.

"They are the most notorious gangsters in the south. When Jiangling relaxed its guard, they kidnapped nearly [-] children and women in the city, including General He's wife..."

The old man sighed unceasingly: "At that time, the movement of searching for people in the city was much greater than now. People were found, but they were gone. The death of the eight tooth bandits is more than enough."

Someone asked, the tooth bandit did a lot of evil, but why did the fly woman still survive?

The old man was silent, and was interrupted just as he opened his mouth.

"What are you guys doing! Surrounding me in front of my building is preventing people from doing business!"

"It's all gone!"

The shopkeeper drove everyone away with a handkerchief, and the people in front of the door dispersed. He trotted into the teahouse again, nodding and bowing to the long figure of Xin who stood with his hands behind his back.

"Young master, everyone has been driven away!"

"You go down."

"Hey!"

There were chrysanthemums all over the place outside the window, yellow and scattered, Yu Fang knew it was an eyesore, so he poured the cooled tea away.

"The language family is very powerful. You can control the gossip in the teahouse, but you can't control it outside. Xiaomeng, don't hear it and be quiet."

Yu Fangzhi looked at Duan Chengkong beside him, "My father can't do this kind of thing, you know better than me."

"Yes!" Duan Chengkong nodded, "Back then, I also contributed to arresting the Flying Lady. I had a lot of private contacts with Mr. Meng. I believe he would not let the Flying Lady go privately, but the Flying Lady is indeed alive, and no one will." Know what happened back then."

"What happened back then? Why did the Flying Woman escape?" Yan Cijing also knew about the rumors outside.

The older ones remembered Meng Xiao's achievements, and only sighed about the matter of the mother-in-law, but the younger ones were outspoken. Meng Xiao had committed all the crimes of collaborating with the enemy and treason, so what's the point of releasing a gangster?

Regarding this, Luo Sheng, who has served as an official in Jiangling for [-] years, said: "At that time, the official position was low, and many things were unclear on the periphery. I only remember that Master Meng was sent back to Ye City after he sentenced Ying Po and others to death. Yes, later, the Flying Woman hanged herself before the execution, but for some reason, she came back from the dead and appeared now."

Yan Cijing remained silent and just walked in the direction of the prison.

He didn't believe that Master Meng would let Granny Fly go, but there are not many files left in the mansion related to that year. Except for the late Meng Xiao, only Granny Fly knows what happened back then.

So Yan Cijing wanted to interrogate Flying Po in person.

"Back then, how could you escape from prison?" Yan Cijing condescended.

Fly Pom lay on the ground disheveled and disheveled. Hearing the words, she glanced out at Yan Cijing, her turbid yellow eyes lit up. She took a deep breath while wiping her mouth, and murmured inarticulately:

"You look the same, if you fall into my hands, you will be my money-spinning child molester!"

Yan Cijing didn't move, but Luo Sheng shook the iron railing and cursed: "You're blind! This is Mr. Yan, the magistrate! Speak well!"

The Fly Woman's face was covered with welts and bloody lumps, making it hard to see her face clearly, but she put her dirty fingers into her mouth and drooled, biting greedily. Wear a strict mirror.

"My lord, come in, I'll tell you!"

Yan Cijing took a step back: "Open the door."

Luo Sheng wanted to stop her, but seeing that Flying Woman was shackled and seriously injured, she couldn't move, and would not pose any threat to Mr. Yan, so he asked someone to open the door.

Yan Cijing endured the stench, and looked down at Fly Pom coldly.

The Fly Wife struggled to sit up, and hooked her fingers at him.

Yan Cijing squatted down.

Flying Woman slowly approached, giggled, and whispered something in Yan Cijing's ear.

Except for Yan Cijing, no one knew what Flying Woman had said to him, but Yan Cijing was irritated by her words, lost his poise, and strangled Flying Woman's neck tightly.

"grown ups!"

"No adults!"

Yan Cijing was pulled away by Luo Sheng and the jailer, and helped out of the prison. He broke free, grabbed the railing, and stared at Fly Pom.

The Fly Woman laughed and shouted, "It's Meng Xiao! It's the collaborator and treason Meng Xiao who let me go! I promised him ten thousand taels of gold! He agreed! He is willing to let me out!"

Yan Cijing scolded: "You talk nonsense!"

Seeing Yan Cijing angry, Fly Pom was even happier: "It was Meng Xiao who let me go! Did you hear that? It was Meng Xiao! It was Meng Xiao who let me go!"

"To shut up!"

The prison was full of stern shouts and the laughter of the fly lady.

After leaving the prison, everyone looked at Yan Cijing's face and dared not say much. The yamen servant who came from outside couldn't wait anymore, so he said bravely, "Master Yan! General He sent someone to ask..."

"What? Can people still disappear under the eyes of this official?"

It was rare for Yan Cijing to speak harshly. No one dared to catch their breath. Even Luo Sheng didn't dare to come out to smooth things over, let alone follow them. He breathed a sigh of relief when they left.

The jailer asked in a low voice, "Master Yan...what's wrong?"

Luo Sheng guessed: "The prisoner's words were rude and insulted Master Yan." He saw Yu who came in from the gate and knew it, so he rushed to meet him.

Yu Fangzhi looked at Yan Cijing's back, and asked what happened?

Everyone in the house knew that the young master of the Yu family had friendship with Mr. Yan, so no one would stop him from walking around in the government office. Just as no one dared to disturb Mr. Yan, Luo Sheng briefly explained the ins and outs, and let Yu Fang Knowing to appease Master Yan.

"It's just a prisoner, how can you make Yan Da so angry?" Yu Fangzhi asked.

The fast-talking jailer said: "The death row prisoner said that it was Meng—" Luo Sheng stared at him, and he quickly changed his words, "Master Yan went to ask her how she was released from prison, and I don't know she said it in Master Yan's ear." What, Lord Yan is angry."

"understood."

Yu Fangzhi left, and vaguely heard Luo Sheng's voice scolding the jailer as he walked away.

Yu Fang didn't know what happened in the prison, but along the way, first, Luo Sheng and the adults in each room hesitated, and then outside the study, Juniper and Du Yan were full of sadness.

Under various signs, Yu Fang knew that he had guessed a lot about what happened in the prison.

He opened the door of the study, and heard a sentence in front of him: "Go out."

"Then I'll go back to my room and wait for you?"

Only then did Yan Cijing realize that it was Yu Fangzhi, and the sternness on his face disappeared, turning into exhaustion and helplessness: "Why are you here?"

Yu Fang Zhi raised the tea in his hand: "Come and be a servant for Master Yan."

He said that he wanted to be a servant, but besides serving tea, he hugged and hugged Yan Cijing on the table. He was acting like a servant. Yan Cijing couldn't stand it. The author knows: "Don't do this."

With the rice paper under his body, Yan Cijing was pulled out and put aside, Yu Fangzhi picked it up and glanced at it, he already knew the situation in the prison clearly.

Yu Fangzhi's expression was as usual, but Yan Cijing was worried, tugged at Yu Fangzhi's sleeve, and asked, "Am I too impulsive?"

Yu Fangzhi held his hand: "Maybe there are other ways."

Yan Cijing shook his head: "Grandma Fly couldn't find a single word of truth, and General He was in a hurry. If not, what would I use to block the mouths of Youyou?"

"Concern leads to chaos. General He, I'll let Master talk about it. You can interrogate slowly." Yu Fangzhi felt his hands being clenched, and he lowered his head and bumped into Yan Cijing's faintly hesitant pupils.

I just heard him say: "I don't want Mr. Meng to suffer such injustice under the nine springs—"

Yu Fangzhi was convinced that Yan Cijing didn't know his true identity, no matter what his purpose was, Yu Fangzhi was so grateful that he couldn't repay him, so he could only hug him tightly: "I, like you, believe in Meng Meng's true identity." My lord will not join forces with tooth gangsters."

This sentence is very effective, Yan Cijing's uneasiness was swept away, but he still held Yu Fangzhi's hand tightly, resting his head on Yu Fangzhi's shoulder, resisting the soreness in his lower nasal cavity, and said softly : "Come here tonight."

"Okay," Yu Fangzhi responded, "Don't close the window tonight, wait for me."