Powerful ministers are husbands

Someone screamed like killing a pig, and in the blink of an eye, Xue Jinyi had already put his arms around Pang Miao's waist and rushed into the room.

The door was slammed open with a "bang", and Pang Miao felt his hands on his waist loosen. Then a gust of wind passed in front of him, and with the sound of the lock being locked, the door was closed again.

There was the sound of fighting outside, the sound of footsteps going back and forth in the corridor, mixed with screams and the sound of breaking china.

"What's going on?!" Pang Miao was vigilant.

Xue Jinyi looked out through the crack of the door, "The officers and soldiers fought with a group of gangsters."

Pang Miao was shocked, pushed Xue Jinyi away, and looked out from the door. Although he could only see a corner of the inn lobby, he could tell that one of them was the government's troops, and the other group was struggling to break through the encirclement. The residents who had breakfast in the lobby fled in panic, and the corridor was in a mess.

"My mother is downstairs!" He unlocked the door, avoiding the residents running in the corridor, first glanced at the next room, and after confirming that no one was there, he stood by the railing and looked down.

The entire lobby has been almost destroyed. The tables, chairs, benches and dishes are all in tatters lying on the ground. A few accidentally injured people are lying on the messy and messy ground and moaning///groaning non-stop. Gathered timidly behind the only safe table, looking at the swords and swords in horror.

Pang Miao looked back and forth three or four times, but there was no sign of Niang and Jinxiu.

Xue Jinyi jumped over the threshold and stopped Pang Miao who was about to go downstairs, "Are you crazy? What if I cut you down?"

"Just slip past the counter." Pang Miao pointed to the gap between the fighting crowd, "I'm not a reckless person, I have my own measure."

Xue Jinyi still stopped Pang Miao, "Let me go."

Pang Miao didn't want to owe Xue Jinyi any favors, so after shaking off his hand, he lifted his skirt and quickly jumped down the stairs.Xue Jinyi had no choice but to follow closely behind.

The officers and men continued to entangle with each other. Although there were only three men on the side of the bandits, they were all very skilled. Facing thirty or forty officers and men, they were still able to handle it with ease. They gradually approached the door.

After Pang Miao jumped down the stairs, he dodged and hid behind the counter. The shopkeeper was startled by the sudden appearance, trembling all over, holding his head and shouting "forgive me".Pang Miao ignored him, and ran to the counter near the door with a short body, then stuck out half of his head to check the situation outside.

There was still some distance between the officers and men and the gangsters. He rolled up his skirt without hesitation, supported the counter with one hand, turned over and jumped over, his movements were flowing like clouds and flowing water, he landed on the ground with ease, turned around and ran out of the gate.Xue Jinyi looked a little surprised from behind, but he quickly came back to his senses, took a look at the beating and killing people, and hurriedly followed.

The gate has been surrounded by officers and soldiers, and outside are curious onlookers and people who escaped from the inn.

Pang Miao saw Jinxiu standing anxiously in the crowd with his mother on his arm, and hurried over, not wanting that the officers and soldiers did not intend to give way.

"I can't let you go, maybe you are with the gangster?" The officer said confidently, even though he had no evidence.

Pang Miao was speechless, there was nothing on him that could prove his identity, so people would not believe him if he just said his name.And looking at this battle, the people the government wants to arrest must be no small matter, and naturally they will not let any suspects go.

However, since it was confirmed that the family members were safe and sound, Pang Miao was not in a hurry at this time, and stood aside in an orderly manner.Xue Jinyi also couldn't get through the encirclement, and stood with Pang Miao.

The sound of "ping-pong-pong-pong" clashing with swords echoed in my ears continuously, showing how fierce the fight was.

At this time, a man's roar came faintly from the inn.

"Hmph, dog officer surnamed Wu, wait for me to chop off your head! You ungrateful things!"

"Hahahaha...we should have thought of it a long time ago!"

A man in a green official uniform standing outside the encirclement trembled, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with his sleeve in a panic, then pushed the officers and soldiers in front of him, and cursed angrily: "You fools who eat nothing! What are you doing here in a daze? Why don't you rush in and arrest those villains? If you can't catch them today, you won't come to the Yamen anymore!"

Those officers and soldiers were frightened and rushed into the inn.

The green-clothed official cursed, looked up and saw Pang Miao and Xue Jinyi who were surrounded by the door, and pointed at them angrily, "Take them both back to the Yamen for interrogation!"

Mrs. Pang rushed over, "He is my... daughter, and has nothing to do with the bad guys."

The green-clothed official looked at the anxious woman in front of him, and waved his hand directly, "Bring this girl back for interrogation too! By the way, all those who came out of the inn will be brought back, and none of these gangsters can be missed!"

Complaining and cursing erupted from the crowd, but the green-clothed official didn't care about it at all, and asked his subordinates to drive everyone to the Yamen immediately.

Pang Miao shook his head slightly at Mrs. Pang. People without guards around them should not reveal their identities.The identity of General Cao's wife sometimes brings not convenience and better treatment at all, but the disaster of killing one's life.

The people who came out of the inn were like a group of ducks. They were driven to the Yamen by the officers and soldiers, and they stayed scattered in the courtyard. The officers and soldiers with knives stood around, staring at them, as if these people had been convicted.Some people complained repeatedly, some people were overwhelmed, and for a long time no one was able to come out to preside over the situation, leaving all the people in the inn waiting there.

After waiting for a long time, the sun was also quite vicious and unbearable. Several guests cursed loudly, trying to rush through the siege of officers and soldiers to find the theory of the official.The officers and soldiers didn't get instructions, and they didn't dare to let people hurt others casually, so they had to pull each other with a few troublemakers, and the scene was chaotic.

"It's really strange." Xue Jinyi and Pang Miao's family stood in a corner with few people, looking at the quarrelsome people, rubbing their chins and thinking, "This posture of guarding against death seems to be not easy. What do you think?" ?” He looked at Pang Miao who said nothing.

Pang Miao had an idea in his heart, but he was not going to tell Xue Jinyi, he just said verbally: "How do I know this?"

Xue Jinyi smiled, and asked the officers and soldiers next to him for news, and Pang Miao paid attention to their conversation.

After a few words, it turned out that the villain in the inn had nothing to do with Scarface, and they were all accomplices in the murder of the county magistrate.

"But this kind of posture is afraid of being caught..." Xue Jinyi walked back to Pang Miao slowly, "It's really not as simple as just hunting down the murderer?" There was a scream, and everyone in the courtyard looked over in shock—it turned out that the few civilians who had quarreled with the officers and soldiers were knocked to the ground, and four or five people dressed as yamen servants held killing sticks in their hands, and they couldn't help but go. Hit those people.

The screams of crying father and mother came one after another. Some people couldn't stand it and stepped forward to stop them, and they were dragged to the ground and beaten together.

Anyway, pay more attention to the strength of your hands, if you can't kill people, you can make these guys shut up, and the officers, soldiers and yamen servants don't care about other things.

Such actions aroused dissatisfaction among more people, and they joined hands to accuse the officers, soldiers and government servants of being inhumane and inhumane. The young and vigorous officers and soldiers could not listen to the ridicule, and would beat them up if they caught them. It was so unbearable that there were even yamen servants holding sticks and chasing people all over the yard.

Jinxiu and the coachman stood in front of Mrs. Pang, fearing that the old man would be frightened or accidentally injured.Xue Jinyi seemed to take a step forward inadvertently, protecting Pang Miao behind him.

Pang Miao looked up at Xue Jinyi's back, a little helpless.

Sometimes this person looks good and capable in doing things, but he doesn't pay attention to etiquette at all, and he doesn't care about other people's feelings. It really makes people wonder whether he does bad things with good intentions or on purpose.

The confusion lasted for a long time, and after about half an hour, an official finally came forward to preside over the situation, hypocritically comforting the wounded civilians, and asked people to return the doctor quickly to see the wounded, and then killed the injured in front of everyone. The officers, soldiers and yamen servants who beat him severely scolded them and withheld their salaries, which calmed down the anger a little.

Afterwards, several petty officials moved tables and chairs, and asked the people present to line up in an orderly manner, recording everyone's name, where they lived, and their relationship with their companions, etc.

After registration, no one is allowed to leave. It is said that the list must be read by the governor himself.

The officials who came forward this time were quite intentional, and asked the common people to gather in the shade under the corridor and wait.

At this time, chaotic footsteps and voices sounded from the courtyard in front, it seemed that someone was cursing something emotionally, while others shouted louder to stop.After a while, these noisy people walked into the courtyard where Pang Miao and the others were, they were the gangsters who were besieged in the inn.

"All of you, be more honest!" The green-clothed official at the entrance of the inn kicked one of the men on the knee rudely.

The man snorted coldly, and his body stood still.

The corner of the green-clothed official's mouth twitched a few times, and he pointed to the middle of the courtyard, "Let them all kneel there and wait for the governor to deal with him!"

The officers and soldiers got the order and kicked the knees of several gangsters indiscriminately.No matter how strong and healthy people are, they won't last long after being injured and their bodies are tightly bound. They knelt down on the ground one after another, and two or three officers and soldiers respectively pressed their shoulders, making it difficult for them to get up again. .

In the middle of the unsheltered courtyard, the black cobblestone ground was scalding hot from the sun, and the surface was uneven, so kneeling must be very uncomfortable.But the gangsters straightened their backs and stared at the sky bitterly.

"This person..." Pang Miao squinted his eyes and carefully examined one of the gangsters, feeling familiar.

"You don't know him, do you?" Xue Jinyi had sharp ears, heard Pang Miao talking to himself, and stared at that person together.

Being closely bound by the two eyes, the villain noticed it, looked around, and gave Pang Miao and Xue Jinyi a hard look, as if in his eyes, these two people were the same as the corrupt officials he said.

Xue Jinyi was unmoved, but stared at him without blinking, "Hmm...do you think this person looks a little like the person in the wanted portrait?"