Zuojiazhuang.
Madam Zuo got up just after dawn.
With decades of habit, the old lady is used to going to bed early and getting up early.
The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is go to the yard to feed the chickens and ducks.
Although the son was filial and the family hired servants and maids to serve her, the old lady couldn't stay idle.
Feeding the chickens and ducks is all done personally.
No, the maid carried a basket containing chicken and duck food and followed the old lady to the backyard.
Some distance away, the old lady heard the noise of chickens and ducks coming from the backyard.
The old lady asked the maid next to her: "Why are the chickens and ducks so noisy today? Before driving them back to their nests last night, I asked you to give them some water. Didn't you feed them?"
The maid said: "Hey."
The old lady thought for a while and said: "Then why is he so noisy and restless today? Could it be that Huang Pizi came here at night?"
The maid said: "Maybe, I'll have someone put a weasel trap over here later."
The old lady nodded and opened the small bamboo door of the chicken shed.
The chickens and ducks flapped their wings and rushed out of the shed.
The old lady stood there smiling, grabbing a handful of food and throwing it evenly on the ground to feed them.
The maid walked away for a while and came back soon, taking a long-term worker from the family with her.
"Put the clamp right there. Dig a few hoe blades into the ground and cover the end with soil. The yellow skin is so cunning that it won't be able to clamp it until it recognizes it..."
The old lady was giving instructions from the side.
The long-term worker responded, put the clamp aside, and picked up the hoe in his hand to dig.
As soon as the hoe dug down, the long-term worker said "Eh".
"What's going on?" the old lady asked.
The long-term worker shook his head, and then dug in harder.
As he dug, a strange sound came from the soil.
It was crisp and clear, with golden shards flying out, almost splashing into the long worker's eyes.
"Old lady, there is something in the soil." The long-term worker said loudly.
"Oh? Let me see what it is?"
The old lady quickly put down the dustpan filled with food and came over here.
In the soil, a golden corner was exposed, which was cut off by a hoe, revealing the fragments of wood inside.
The old lady squatted down, dug a few times with her hand, and dug out something from the soil.
Wipe off the dirt on it and straighten it.
It is a gilded clay and wood Buddha statue.
"What kind of god and Buddha is this? How come it's so unfamiliar? It's never been worshiped in any temple."
The old lady held the Buddha statue and looked at it carefully.
The long-term worker and the maid also stood beside the old lady in surprise and looked at her together.
The old lady continued: "This Buddha statue is neither majestic, amusing, nor compassionate. It has a human body, a snake neck, a monkey head, an eagle eye, long ears, and canine teeth..."
"There is a small drum hanging around the waist, and the hands are making beating shapes. It looks like a smile but not a smile, it seems like it is angry but not angry, it seems like it is angry but not angry. Why does it look a little weird?"
The old lady believed in Buddhism all year round. She would always go to temples and worship Buddha whenever she met.
At this moment, the more I look at the Buddha statue in my hand, the weirder it becomes.
"Old madam, this Buddha statue looks a bit evil, and the servants are afraid to look at it."
The maid beside him couldn't help but said.
The old lady came to her senses.
He looked at the place where the wooden statue had been buried, and squatted down to check the soil on the side.
Then, his expression changed drastically.
The soil clearly showed signs of being dug before the long-time hoe was started.
"Quick, take this thing to the stove and burn it, the sooner the better!"
The old lady handed the thing to the maid.
The maid quickly turned around and walked quickly towards the backyard.
Here, the old lady ordered the long-term worker again, "Go and search carefully elsewhere in the house. Don't let these dirty things get in!"
"good!"
The long-term worker responded, turned around and took just two steps.
Suddenly there was a loud bang in the front yard.
After the sounds of chaotic and rapid footsteps, a group of officers and soldiers stormed into the backyard.
Each of them has a knife on his waist and holds chains, shackles, shackles in his hand...
The leading officer and soldier waved his hand: "Search!"
The others split up, broke into each room, and then started rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
The long-term worker wanted to stop him, but was knocked to the ground with a slap from an officer.
The old lady came to her senses and was shocked.
"Who sent you here? Is there any law of heaven for forcing people to break into people's houses in broad daylight?" she asked angrily.
The leading officer and soldier snorted coldly: "Someone reported that Zuo Junmo was in collusion with the evil Black Lotus Sect."
"The county lieutenant sent us to search and arrest some of the cult members!"
"What?"
The old lady turned pale with shock.
She had also heard of the cult Black Lotus.
When the villagers talked about the Black Lotus, they said that they specialized in killing children and using their blood to worship.
He used to be active in the north, but was later driven to the south and colluded with the southern barbarians.
Everyone is afraid when they talk about the Black Lotus Sect.
Why was this hat placed on Jun Mo's head?
The old lady panicked, and took a few steps forward to explain to the leading officers and soldiers: "Master Bing, my Jun Mo is a well-known honest man from all over the country. He has brought benefits to the whole town. He is not the one you want to arrest. Are you going to do something like this?" wrong?"
The leading officer and soldier looked at the old lady with a straight face, "Whether there is collusion or not depends on evidence! You can't just explain it in a few words!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were rapid footsteps coming over there, mixed with the screams of the maid.
The sound is coming this way.
When the old lady heard the maid's cry, her heart tightened and she suddenly had a bad feeling.
"How is it?" the leading officer asked the soldier guarding the maid.
The soldier handed over something in his hand: "Sir, I found this in the stove."
The leader took it and saw that it was a half-burnt Buddha statue.
"Hmph, everyone gets the stolen goods, take them all away!"
The leading officer and soldier gave the order and the shackles were locked on the old lady's wrists.
The tranquility of the early morning was disrupted, and the yard was full of chaos.
…
When Luo Fengtang opened the door and came in, Yang Ruoqing had just finished washing.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing his agitated look, she was surprised.
Luo Fengtang quickly came to her side and directly grabbed her hand: "We can't stay here any longer. I saw a notice posted on the street to arrest Brother Zuo. The other party started to counterattack. I had to take Xiaoping and others out of here quickly. "
…
He fled out of the city in one breath. In a small forest thirty miles outside the city, Luo Fengtang stopped his carriage.
Xiaoping and the four of them were told to stay in the carriage and not come out.
Luo Fengtang turned around to return to the city, but was stopped by Yang Ruoqing.
"What are you going to do?" she asked.
"I'm worried about Brother Zuo and want to go back and rescue him out of the city!" he said.
Yang Ruoqing frowned: "Now the whole city is under martial law. If you go back, not only will you not find Brother Zuo, but you will also get yourself involved!"
As we were walking out of the city just now, all the shops owned by the Zuo family that we saw along the street had been seized by officers and soldiers.
All the clerks in charge were thrown into jail.
If Tang Yazi goes back now, he will undoubtedly fall into a trap. She won't allow him to put himself in danger!
