Shen Wendu had already packed the two girls into the carriage and led the captains to the next house.
"Second brother, I was really afraid that you were impulsive just now..." Zhang Bi looked at Lin Linyou's livid face and felt a little scared in his heart, "Your injury is not serious, is it?"
"It's okay." Lin Linyou calmed down, "Brother, I'm okay."
"Second brother, if you're injured, don't go." Zhang Bi got on his horse, "I'll go watch them."
It was okay not to go, out of sight and out of mind, so Lin Linyou nodded to Zhang Bi, turned around and headed towards the government office.
There are two things to do here. One is to see if there are any clues about the whereabouts of his third brother Yang Fang. This place is more than 80 miles away from Kunshan where Yang Fang disappeared. It would take at least a day to ride back. time. Since we are close to the government office, we might as well go to the government office first. Anyway, the county office will report anything that happens, let alone a major matter related to going against the Party.
The second is to explore the tone of the magistrate and others. Shen Wendu and others are so blatantly harming the people. It is impossible for the magistrate, the parents of the people, not to know. They are either afraid of the power behind Shen Wendu, or they are all working together.
Lin Linyou was holding back his anger, hoping that the prefect was a corrupt official so that he could take out his anger on him.
After riding a horse, I was heading to the magistrate's office when I suddenly heard a commotion on the street, accompanied by the loud cry of a little baby. He turned around and saw two bachelors in a restaurant teasing a young woman with a baby in her arms.
The meaning of a bachelor in the Ming Dynasty was different from that of today. In the Ming Dynasty, "a rogue gangster who committed extortion was a bachelor". In the Qing Dynasty, "a single husband without a wife was a bachelor", which is equivalent to the modern meaning. .
The bachelors in the Ming Dynasty had great supernatural powers and could bribe the government and specialized in litigating cases for others. They specialize in free food, meddle in other people's affairs, pick up on others' idle ideas, stir up disputes, and help others to cause trouble, so they are also called "headless ghosts".
Sometimes, bachelors use their brute force to act viciously in the market, intercepting people buying and selling, and extorting their property.
These bachelors often carry weapons such as meteor cudgels, scales, and sharp knives with them. They go about threatening good people, raping other people's wives and daughters, bullying and beating ordinary people... It can be said that they do all kinds of evil.
Then no one can cure them?
It's not that it can't be cured... There are also victims who are dissatisfied and go to the Yamen to complain. However, if the government fails to distinguish between good and evil, or accepts bribes from bachelors and confuses right and wrong, the victim and the bachelor will inevitably be punished together, so the victim has no choice but to Suck it up, after all, most people just want to live a good life, and it is better to do less than to do more.
And the bachelors are even more unscrupulous, and they are becoming more and more popular day by day.
As the saying goes, "It is best for a person to be a bachelor in the world of martial arts." It must be a portrayal of a bachelor in the Ming Dynasty.
A passerby had already revealed to Lin Linyou that at that time, one of the two bachelors was nicknamed "Drill Hamster" and the other was called "Diamond Tiger".
When Lin Linyou saw it, the nickname seemed apt. The one called "Drilling Hamster" had two long big fangs; the one called "Drawing Eye Tiger" really had his eyes hanging upwards. of.
I have to sigh from the bottom of my heart: It really comes from the heart!
As for the woman holding the baby, her husband accompanied Qiu Fu on his northern expedition to the Tartars in July last year and never came back.
In that battle, the Ming army was completely annihilated at the Luqu River because the coach Qiu Fu underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly!
Zhu Di was so angry that in January of the following year, he directly assembled an army of 500,000 to conquer the Tatars!
In May, the army arrived at the Luqu River. The bones, armor and weapons of the dead Ming soldiers were everywhere... This woman's husband should also be among them.
It's really "a pitiful bone by the Wuding River, just like a person in a spring boudoir's dream".
Zhu Di ordered the dead Ming soldiers to be buried on the spot, and the Luqu River was renamed Yinma River from then on.
This woman usually lives on three years of military pay paid by the court after her husband died in battle. She is already so pitiful, and she never expected to be bullied.
Seeing that there was only a bowl of brown rice and a small bowl of boiled tofu on the table in front of her, they didn't move much. It must be that the child is hungry and is in a hurry to get the Milk Baby, but is blocked by the bachelor. He wants to leave, but is also blocked by the bachelor.
Her face flushed with anxiety, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes, but she just gritted her teeth and gently coaxed the child in her arms. Occasionally she raised her eyes and glared at the two bachelors in front of her, but she couldn't even say a scolding word.
The drill hamster said with a smile: "The little baby is hungry and wants to eat big white steamed buns!"
The hanging-eyed tiger suddenly dwarfed, and stared at the little baby with its two wide-eyed eyes: "Mom, I won't feed you." The baby was so frightened that it started crying again.
Although the others were not angry, no one dared to step forward to stop him. They must have been accustomed to it and were not afraid of it.
The drill hamster then said: "Sister-in-law Zhang, I heard that those who died in the war are entitled to four years of military pay! Why do you only have three years? They must have been swallowed up! I said that I wanted to write you a petition out of kindness, what do you prefer? My heart is like the liver and lungs of a donkey, and I still refuse to..."
Diao Jinghu echoed: "That's right! Otherwise, you just have to obey my eldest brother. There is someone in the eldest brother's court!"
"Who is your elder brother?"
"You don't even recognize me, brother..." Diao Jinghu said, turning around to see who was answering. As soon as he turned his head, he received a strong whip from the horse's whip on his face, and a bloodstain immediately appeared, extending from his right eye to the left corner of his mouth. .
Lin Linyou flicked his riding whip, and the sound of breaking through the air made the two bachelors in front of him tremble with fear.
They usually deal with government officials, this is the first time for this Jin Yiwei...
"Sir... Your Majesty..." When the two bachelors saw Feiyu's embroidered spring knife, they lost their arrogance and arrogance, and immediately became like defeated roosters.
"Let me ask you, who is your eldest brother?" Lin Linyou's eyes widened. The faces of these two people made him unhappy, and he was just using it to vent his anger.
The Diamond Hamster and the Eye-catching Tiger looked at each other in confusion, then looked at Lin Linyou in bewilderment, "Pa!" The Diamond Hamster also received a whip on his face.
"Pfft!" The two men's knees weakened and they both knelt down: "Sir, spare your life!"
"Women and children are being bullied, are they still humans who ride on horses?" Lin Linyou shouted, his eyes swept around, and the onlookers who looked up to watch the excitement quickly lowered their heads to pick up their food.
"Sir, please spare my life. I realize my mistake, little one." The hamster and the eye-catching tiger kept begging for mercy.
Lin Linyou asked the restaurant owner for a piece of hemp rope and tied the two bachelors behind the horse. Just as she was about to mount her horse, the woman came out with the child in her arms and said a deep blessing. Her eyes were full of gratitude. She whispered: "Thank you, sir."
Lin Linyou nodded and said in his heart: Your husband is the real hero, I am not. If it weren't for the embroidered spring knife on the waist of the Feiyu suit, these two bachelors might not be afraid of me.
A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, and I may not have the confidence to stand up for you and fight against injustice.
Dragging the hamster and the eye-catching tiger, Lin Linyou deliberately rode the horse very fast. The two bachelors staggered and followed desperately, for fear of being dragged to the ground.
The horse came to a government office. There were three characters "Suzhou Prefecture" written on the horizontal plaque of the Qiao Tower. Lin Linyou jumped off the horse, tied the horse to the black antlers outside the government office, and faced the two bachelors who were panting and with bloodstains on their faces. explain:
"Take care of yourself, or I'll break your legs!"
