After Zhang Han came out of the customs and the Qin State spread the art of supervision and blame everywhere, it caused great shock in various places. Those places that had not been affected by the uprising immediately implemented Qin's decrees. Because they were afraid that Qin would punish them after the rebellion was suppressed, they immediately implemented the imperial edicts when they arrived. After receiving the edict, the governor of Sishui County immediately conveyed it to everyone.
After receiving the order, Magistrate Zhao of Peixian County immediately summoned the county officials to discuss: "Now the imperial court has sent Zhang Han out to quell the rebellion. The army has arrived in Luoyang, and there are new instructions: Who will tax the people the most?" He is a capable official; whoever kills the most people according to the law is a loyal minister. The imperial court wants all those who dare to resist the government to be arrested and brought to justice, so as to prevent chaos from happening." County Lieutenant Wan Qitu then said: "Pei County All the prisoners are on the run. If we really want to judge political performance by killing people, we can only arrest the family members of the prisoners now?" Magistrate Zhao said, "Isn't that right? The order of the county magistrate is very clear. Only by following the method of supervising and responsibilities can Daxing be prospered. Kill people so that people don't dare to cause trouble!" Wan Qi suddenly said: "Then execute it immediately." Magistrate Zhao called the new warden Wei Cai and the warden's assistant Ren Ao who were in charge of the prison and said: "You two should bring the officials now. According to the list, they went from house to house to arrest people and capture the families of those who fled. According to the imperial court's decree, those who were sent to the army were sent to the army, those who were distributed were distributed, and those who were useless were killed. This way, Pei's rebellion could be prevented. The most important criminal in the county is Liu Ji. You go and arrest his family first! Huh! I don’t believe in subduing these fierce gangs!" So the two men brought officials to arrest Liu Ji's family.
The officials came to Zhongyangli in Fengyi and came to Liu Ji's house shouting. Most of Liu Ji's family members are at home. The officials broke into the manor's courtyard and explained the situation first, intending to arrest Old Madam Liu and Liu Zhongxian. Liu Zhong was Liu Ji's second brother. When he heard that his father was being arrested, he asked the official for mercy. Wei Cai said: "According to the law, he must be arrested." The family begged, and Liu Ji's two children also cried while holding their grandfather. Liu Zhongdao: "My father is old, I'm afraid he can't be frightened. I hope that you two adults will be noble and let him go!" Ren Ao felt compassion and said to Wei Cai: "My lord, this old man really can't stand the torment, I'm afraid. If something unexpected happens before we get to the county, I guess we can forget it?" Wei Cai said no, he must be taken away.
At this time, there was a "clang" sound, and the door of the Liu family was pushed open, and a young and beautiful young woman rushed in from the outside. She saw her eyebrows raised, her eyes wide open angrily, and she shouted angrily: "Liu Ji is running away." Outside, you have the ability to catch him, why do you want to harm us? Is there any law of heaven?" When Wei Cai saw that it was Liu Ji's beautiful wife Lu Pheasant, he said: "How strict are the laws of the Qin Dynasty? It's not just arresting People, you are all the family members of fugitives, you will be beheaded regardless of crime, hehe!" Lu Zhi said sternly: "Our family is now separated from wives and children, why don't we leave a way to survive?" Wei Cai said with a smile. : "Ouch, it's just the wife and children who have been separated. If your family has not yet been destroyed, your family will be destroyed. Just wait and see. Come! Take him away!" Several officials were ready to come forward to arrest Old Mrs. Liu. . Lu Pheasant rushed forward to protect the old man, and then said to Wei Cai: "How can this old bone withstand your torture? If you want to arrest me, arrest me!" The officials never expected that a female prostitute would want to take over for him. When the old father went to serve his sentence, they all looked at Lu Pheasant with admiration.
Ren Ao said helplessly: "Madam, I heard that we are going to fight. You are a woman, so you can't go?" Lu Pheasant said: "A war is a war. Nowadays, men can catch and run away. How many men can be left in a village? You can't let your children go to war, right?" Ren Ao said to Wei Cai: "Master Wei, look at this..." Wei Cai seemed to stare at Lu Pheasant with ill intentions and said : "Okay, okay, what a virtuous daughter-in-law! Since you want to go to jail for someone else, I will help you. Come, take them away!" The officials took Liu Zhong and Lu Fei away, and then the children burst into tears. Voice.
Liu Zhong and Lu Pheasant were captured in the county. When the county magistrate saw that Liu Ji's wife Lu Pheasant had been captured, he remembered the past and was very angry. He cursed Lu Pheasant and said, "You woman, you married that man." What will happen to the bullshit pavilion chief? Now that there is no trace of him escaping, who will save your life?" He shouted and asked Liu Ji where he had fled to. Lu Pheasant said he didn’t know. The county magistrate wanted to show off his authority, but when he saw Lu Pheasant, he retorted. So he ordered the officer to punish him. Lu Pheasant had no choice but to say: "The desperadoes are on the run, how can I know where they are hiding?" The county magistrate asked Lu Pheasant to give up Liu Ji, remarry someone else immediately, and announce their disengagement. Lu Pheasant refused. Magistrate Zhao ordered her to use torture to force her to sever ties with Liu Ji. Lu Pheasant would rather die than agree. Finally, torture was used. Lu Pheasant fainted from the pain. Ren Ao, who was standing aside, saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. After the punishment was over, the county magistrate asked Ren Ao to send Lu Pheasant to death row. Liu Zhong was also beaten to death and then put on death row together.
That night, Ren Ao knew that Lu Pheasant had suffered a lot, and thought that she was the wife of a friend. He still felt sorry, so he found some ointment and took it to the prison to give to Lu Pheasant and Liu Zhong. He also gave some food. Ren Ao has a chivalrous heart and is very brotherly. Because he and Liu Ji are also friends, he can only help his friend.
One night a few days later, in Lu Pheasant's cell, a dim oil lamp flickered like a ghost's eyes. Lu Pheasant was lying on the thatched bed and taking a nap. She looked much haggard, but it was still difficult to conceal her beauty and nobility. That night, as usual, she ate some simple meals and fell asleep on the dark, damp, dirty grass bed. Suddenly someone broke into her cell. After Lu Zhi woke up, she saw someone holding her down and preparing to molest her. Lu Pheasant struggled desperately. The man said: "Don't shout, it's useless. I'll behead you in two days, and no one can save you now!" Upon hearing this, Lu Pheasant realized that this person was the one who came to arrest her a few days ago. The jailer Wei Cai hurriedly said: "What do you want to do? My husband will not let you go when he comes back!" Wei Cai said with a playful smile: "That damn thief will never come back! Am I afraid of him? Hehe! What if! If you promise to do good things tonight, I will let you out, let you out!" Lu Pheasant stood up and resisted, shouting for help. Wei Cai quickly covered Lu Pheasant's mouth.
At this critical moment, a man suddenly walked in from the door, roared like a tiger and a leopard, and shouted sternly: "Scoundrel! How dare you do this!" After saying that, he stepped forward and grabbed Wei Cai, punching him to the ground. . It turned out to be Ren Ao who was secretly protecting Lu Pheasant. When Wei Cai saw that he was a subordinate, he was so ashamed that he quickly got up and ran away like a rat. When Lu Pheasant saw that the person who rescued her was none other than the jailer Ren Ao, he thanked her profusely. Ren Ao stepped forward and worshiped: "It's my fault that Madam-in-law was frightened. From now on, I will protect Madam day and night." Since ancient times, Ji people have had celestial phenomena, and this is absolutely true. After Lu Zhi slowly came to his senses, he said: "If my brother hadn't rescued me in time tonight, I would have been bullied by that thing. If God saves my husband, I will ask him to repay your kindness, sister-in-law!" "Ren Ao comforted him: "Don't worry, madam, I know Brother Liu is a hero and he will definitely come back!" After saying that, he exited the cell, locked the door, then moved a big stone and placed it at the door, and held on. The sword sits on guard until dawn. Lu Pheasant also cried until dawn.
After Wei Cai was beaten, he was furious. The next day, he complained first and came to see the county magistrate: "At the latest, Ren Ao and Lu Fei had a tryst, and I happened to catch him." The county magistrate heard that there was such a thing. , and immediately summoned Ren Ao. After Ren Ao arrived, before he could explain, the county magistrate asked his left and right officials to knock Ren Ao down, and asked Wei to whip Ren Ao hard with a whip. Ren Ao endured the pain and truthfully told the county magistrate what happened last night. When the county magistrate heard that Wei Cai had falsely accused Ren Ao, he was even more angry. He asked Ren Ao to whip Wei Cai another hundred times, and then put Wei Cai in prison. It turned out that the county magistrate Zhao Feng also liked Lu Pheasant very much. Seeing that his daughter-in-law was not successful, he wanted to take her as his concubine. When he saw that Ren Ao had rescued Lu Pheasant, but his heart was toward Ren Ao, he secretly told Ren Ao his idea and asked Ren Ao to arrange a separate room for Lu Pheasant, equipped with some luxury goods, and let two maids Serve Lu Pheasant. I will marry her when the time comes.
Two days later, County Magistrate Zhao fell in love with Lu Pheasant very much and was ready to marry her. Ren Ao got the news, thought about it, and decided to rescue Lu Pheasant. That night, he came to see Lu Pheasant and said, "Madam, the county magistrate wants to marry you as his concubine tomorrow. If you don't agree, I'm afraid there will be no good results!" After hearing this, Lu Pheasant was shocked and turned pale. Asked Ren Ao: "What should I do?" Ren Ao gave such instructions. After hearing this, Lu Pheasant thanked him profusely.
The night before the wedding, in the dead of night, Lu Pheasant followed Ren Ao's instructions and made the two guarding maids drunk with wine, and then quietly slipped out of the room. At this time, Ren Ao was outside to respond. After the two met, Ren Ao led Lu Pheasant to the top of the city. Ren Ao said to Lu Pheasant: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, I heard that Brother Liu is in Mangdang Mountain. The county magistrate arrested you to force him to surrender. Now the world is in chaos, and heroes from all over the world have responded to Zhang Chu and revolted. The Qin State has implemented it again. The art of supervising and blaming can only push people to death, so the county magistrate is preparing to go on a killing spree, and may kill more people in the future. Madam-in-law, go find Brother Liu quickly, inform the world of the situation, and take a look at him What do you think? We can't sit back and wait for death anyway!" Lu Pheasant had already heard that Ren Ao was trying to persuade Liu Ji to start an army, so he said: "Brothers are really sincere and sincere, we will see you later." Ren Ao said: "We will see you later. I am my friend who is under the city to review the food. I will It's been arranged, don't worry, go with him, he will definitely protect you and find Brother Liu." Ren Ao used a rope to hang Lu Pheasant down from the city. Shen Shi is responding below. Lu Pheasant went down to the city and left in a hurry with Shen Shiqi.
The two ran for a while, but because Lu Pheasant had been tortured, he could no longer run. The two reluctantly came to a village. Lu Pheasant recognized the village at a glance and said to Shen Shi: "Brother, I'm worried that the county magistrate will send people to chase, so it's impossible without horses. There is a man named Shan Fusheng in this village, who is my husband. My friend, ask him to borrow two horses now, otherwise we won't be able to escape!" Shen Shiqi readily agreed. The two of them walked to the door of Shan Father Sheng's village in the dark, and knocked gently on the door. It happened that Shan's father was at home. He opened the door and saw Lu Fei fleeing here, so he hurriedly welcomed him into the village. Lu Pheasant simply explained the situation. Shan's father gave them some food first, then immediately brought two horses from his stable, saddled them and gave them to them. Lu Zhi didn't dare to stay, so he went out immediately after thanking him, and then galloped towards Mangdang Mountain.
The next day, Ren Ao came to see the county magistrate and said that Lu Pheasant was missing. He tortured the jailers and they said that Wei Caizhi had rescued him. The county magistrate was furious and sent people to take Wei Cai from the prison for torture. Wei Cai said he didn't know. The county magistrate ordered someone to whip him. Wei Cai shouted that he was wronged. The county magistrate said: "Lu Pheasant either ran home or went to Mangdang Mountain to find Liu Ji." So he immediately sent people to chase him along the road, but he didn't even see a single figure.
