An hour later, Wang Da followed the third brother and the others to a village. The village where the third brother lived was called Dayu Village. There were more than a hundred families living in the village.
The four people entered the village. When the villagers saw Wang Da, a stranger, entering the village, they couldn't help but look at him curiously. The third brother kept saying hello to the villagers he met along the way. Wang Da followed the third brother to his home. In addition to his wife, my brother has a son and a daughter at home.
When they arrived at the third brother's house, the third brother told his wife that Wang Da was his good friend and wanted to stay at home for a few days. Then the third brother took Wang Da to the main room. After arriving at the main room, the third brother made Wang Da feel like he was at his own home. Don't be polite and sit down casually. The third brother's wife enthusiastically handed them tea.
It was already evening, and every household in the village started to cook dinner. The third brother's wife also went to the kitchen to make dinner for everyone. After a while, the third brother's wife prepared the dinner, and the third brother put Er Hu in the kitchen. The two brothers also stayed to have dinner together.
A few people were chatting while drinking wine. During the chat, Wang Da learned that the third brother's real name was Chen Jinbao, and he was the most powerful hunter in the village. His archery skills were even better. Wang Da Na was deeply impressed by his third brother's archery skills. Have experience.
Erhu also told Wang Da that the third brother could often find the prey quickly every time he hunted, he was also quick and accurate when shooting the prey, and he was also the fastest when chasing the prey. As long as he was being watched by the third brother, The prey on it basically has no chance of running away.
For this reason, everyone also gave the third brother a nickname called Chen Sankuai. Everyone in the village liked to call him that, but as time went by, everyone got used to it and even the original name of the third brother was almost forgotten. However, this is also the name of the village. A kind of recognition of the third brother's ability.
Erhu's surname is Wei, his full name is Wei Erhu, and the other young man is Erhu's brother, Wei Dahu. Both brothers admire Chen Sankuai's ability and like to hang around behind Chen Sankuai when they have nothing to do.
The two brothers Chen Sankuai and the Wei family hunted a lot of game in the mountains yesterday. The game was too much to eat in a short time. So this morning, except for leaving some game for themselves, the three of them had to eat the rest. They took it to the county town and sold it to a restaurant. After selling the game, the three of them planned to go shopping on the street and buy some things.
At this time, the three people happened to see the scene where Wang Da was angry and killed people. The whole process of Wang Da's murder was witnessed by the three people. Chen Sankuai felt that Wang Da was a hero who eliminated harm for the people. As a hero, he was not He should have died so worthless.
So Chen Sankuai hid in the dark and shot to death all the agents who came to arrest Wang Da. He hoped that by doing so he could save Wang Da's life. After shooting several agents to death, Chen Sankuai took the Wei family with him. The two brothers quickly left the county town. On the way back, the three of them happened to meet Wang Da who was running away.
After hearing this, Wang Da thought to himself, and he felt that he and these three people were quite destined. Then Wang Da briefly introduced himself to them. Wang Da was extremely grateful to Chen Sankuai for his generous help. Chen Sankuai Sankuai told Wang Da not to take this matter to heart, and said that the person he respects most is a hero like Wang Da.
After dinner, the two Wei brothers said goodbye and went home. Chen San quickly asked his wife to clean up a house for Wang Da. During dinner, everyone chatted happily and drank a lot of wine. Wang Da came to the house that had been cleaned up. Everyone in the house fell asleep at the end.
The next morning, Wang Da woke up at three o'clock in the morning, so Wang Da stayed at Chen Sankuai's house. However, Wang Da felt that Da Yushu was relatively close to Zhengyang County, and it was not safe for him to live here all the time. , Wang Da himself doesn’t have a bad life, but it would be bad if this affects others.
So, on the third day, Wang Da told Chen Sankuai that he was leaving. Chen Sankuai also knew that it was really not a problem for Wang Da to live in his home. It would be fatal if the officials found out about it.
Besides, Chen Sankuai didn't plan to let Wang Da stay in his home for a long time from the beginning, so now that Wang Da proposed to leave, Chen Sankuai didn't try too hard to stay. It's just that when Wang Da left, he was very worried about his wife and children, and he didn't know. What is the situation in the county now?
Chen Sankuai saw what Wang Da was thinking, so Chen Sankuai let Wang Da stay at his home for one more day, while he went to the county to see the situation and came back to tell Wang Da. This way, Wang Da could leave with peace of mind. After hearing this, Wang Da felt that this was good, so he agreed to stay at Chen Sankuai's house for one more day.
The next morning, Chen San quickly drove a carriage to the county seat to inquire about the situation. However, in the county seat, because Wang Da took advantage of the chaos to escape and his whereabouts were unknown, the county officials could not catch the murderer for the time being.
County Magistrate Cao Wannian angrily scolded them as a bunch of trash, but Magistrate Cao also felt that Wang Da must be able to run as far as he wanted now. It was really impossible to catch him in a short time, and he could also shoot him to death with an arrow. The few police officers don’t even know who they are yet.
The more Magistrate Cao thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt that this matter could not be settled so easily and that someone had to be responsible for it. Magistrate Cao did not know where he learned that Zhou Pingchang, the shopkeeper of Yaoji Grain Store, had helped Wang Da fled, so Magistrate Cao had Zhou Pingchang arrested.
County Magistrate Cao felt that several of his subordinates had died, and even his brother-in-law had been hacked to death. He felt that arresting Zhou Pingchang alone was too few, and he thought that arresting a few more would solve his problem. hatred.
Therefore, Magistrate Cao asked the government officials to arrest more than a dozen witnesses at the time. Magistrate Cao convicted these more than a dozen witnesses of refusing to save themselves until death, and then these dozen people were sentenced together with Zhou Pingchang. received the death penalty.
This sentence caused an uproar among the people in the county. Zhou Pingchang had indeed broken the law by helping Wang Da escape and was sentenced to death. However, even if the dozen witnesses did not save him, it would not be considered a crime. Even if you break the law, you won't be sentenced to death! The common people felt that this sentence was too ridiculous.
No matter how much nonsense you say, Magistrate Cao just sentenced him like this, and he will be beheaded in the street in a few days. The entire Zhengyang County is decided by Magistrate Cao Wannian. If Magistrate Cao says you have violated the law, then you If you break the law, if Magistrate Cao says you have committed a capital crime, then you have committed a capital crime. No matter how big the opinions of the people are, it is of no use.
Chen Sankuai drove his carriage to the county. After some inquiring, he learned what was going to happen in the county. Chen Sankuai also knew the seriousness of the matter and hurried back to the village with his carriage.
Back in the village, Chen Sankuai told Wang Da everything he had learned about in the county. Wang Da felt regretful when he learned that so many people were about to lose their lives because of him, especially because Zhou Pingchang helped him He was implicated because he ran away. If he was killed, how would he behave in the future?
Wang Da is also a person of good temper. When he learned that these people suffered disaster because of him, he felt that he could not just leave like this. He killed people by himself and could not harm others, so Wang Da decided to go back and use his own life. In exchange for other people's lives.
Wang Da told Chen Sankuai that he had to go back and that he was responsible for this matter. Wang Da rose up and could not let those innocent people be implicated. Chen Sankuai also agreed with Wang Da's decision and felt that this was what a hero would do.
At three quarters to noon tomorrow, those arrested will be executed by the government. Wang Da plans to rush back to the county to rescue them tomorrow morning.
