"I say, I say, I say everything."
"Please, don't kill me."
"This is all the fault of Feng Zhengchu and his son. They gave me two hundred taels of silver and asked me to kill you."
"I'm just the killer they hired. If you want revenge, look for them."
Ma Jiu no longer had the same air as before and began to beg for mercy.
He told the whole story clearly like he was pouring beans.
"Is there any evidence?"
Zhao Ping asked.
"Yes, I have documents signed by him at home. As long as you don't kill me, I will take you back to get it now."
Zhao Ping was a little moved.
With that thing, you can move to Feng's house.
Not only can he eliminate hidden dangers in Yun'an County, but he can also help Wenhui get revenge.
But if Ma Jiu is not killed, Zhao Ping will not be able to calm down.
If Li Hu hadn't used the 18 moves of Chen Style Tai Chi today, and if his wife Liu Mengru hadn't taken action in time, he would have been dead.
With a life-and-death feud, Zhao Ping cannot let the tiger go back to the mountain.
What's more, Ma Jiu and Xia Quan have a sworn hatred.
He cannot help but die.
So after Zhao Ping pondered for a moment, he said indifferently: "Let's provide testimony first."
"It's not too late to get paperwork and other things tomorrow."
The testimony was well recorded.
In order to survive, Ma Jiu directly betrayed Feng Zhengchu and his son.
After Zhao Ping finished writing, he asked him to put his fingerprints on it.
Just as he was about to ask about Liu Mengru's situation, he saw Yiqi rushing towards this direction.
control……
Xia Zhixue reined in his horse and stopped, turned over and dismounted, trotted all the way to Zhao Ping, and knelt down directly on the ground.
"Sir, my subordinate did something wrong and didn't notice Ma Jiu and the others leaving. Please punish me, sir."
After saying that, he didn't feel too dirty and just smashed his head into the mud.
bump!
However, before Zhao Ping could say anything, another group of people rushed over from beside him.
It was Yun Man, Xia Quan and the others.
The one who struck was Xia Quan, who immediately kicked Xia Zhixue over and rolled far to the ground.
"You do deserve to be punished."
Xia Quan said coldly: "Why does Sir give us such a high monthly salary? Don't you know?"
"The only thing I asked you to do was failed."
"Are you worthy sir?"
"What's the use of you?"
"I was wrong."
Xia Zhixue got up and continued to kneel in front of Zhao Ping.
Xia Quan then said to Zhao Ping: "Sir, tell me how to punish him."
"You don't need to do anything, I'll do it for you."
"Should I break his legs? Or hang him from a tree for seven days and seven nights?"
Ah!
Zhao Ping chuckled in his heart.
It's too young to play such a miserable game in front of him.
According to Zhao Ping's idea, he was killed directly.
After all, the mistake he made was so huge that it almost cost him his life.
Zhao Ping didn't like him at all.
But he had to take Xia Quan's feelings into consideration.
No matter how you say it, Xia Zhixue is from Xia Village, and he is still related to Xia Quan. If you really kill him, Zhao Ping will not dare to use Xia Quan again in the future.
What's more, Xia Quan tried his best to protect it.
It seemed like he was beating up Xia Zhixue, but it was actually a disguised plea for mercy.
After careful consideration, Zhao Ping stepped forward to help Xia Zhixue.
"Brother Scholar, you are just here to help. You have already fulfilled your obligations. I don't dare to punish you anymore."
"Now that the problem has been solved, you can go back."
"The autumn rain is coming continuously. We don't know when it will rain yet. We should seize the time to harvest and we can still save some food."
"When the tax is over, I will release you from slavery."
"this……"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
He looked at Zhao Ping and then at Xia Zhixue, who was covered in mud.
I wanted to say something, but when I thought of the danger just now, I didn't dare to say anything.
Because of Xia Zhixue, Zhao Ping almost died.
If you were in the army, your head would have been chopped off long ago.
It's pretty good to be able to save one life now.
"Thank you sir for not killing me."
Xia Zhixue also understood and kowtowed again to express gratitude.
Then he took out a stack of documents from his arms, handed it to Zhao Ping and said, "Ma Jiu and his people left separately. I thought they were going to eat or go to the latrine, so I didn't pay too much attention."
"When I reacted and rushed to Ma Jiu's house, no one was there."
"I only found these documents. I thought they would be useful, so I took them back."
"Sir, take a look."
"This is my last effort for you."
Zhao Ping flipped through it a few times, his eyes getting brighter and brighter.
There are not only letters between Ma Jiu and the Feng family and his son, but also letters between the county magistrate Huang Fengnian, and even the county magistrate, county officials, and the former magistrate, county magistrate, etc.
There are people who pay to kill people, there are people who cheat, there are bribes, there are people who sell stolen goods...
Anyway, they are some shameful things.
No wonder Ma Jiu is notorious, but still lives a carefree life.
With these people as his backers, no one in Yun'an County dared to touch him.
Now that it fell into his own hands, Zhao Ping couldn't help but be a little excited, and it was just around the corner to overthrow the Feng family.
He nodded and said, "Brother Scholar, you have done a very good job."
"These things are of great use to me. I will buy them from you for fifty taels of silver."
Fifty taels?
Wen Hui next to her frowned.
Too much?
But she couldn't refute her husband's decision in public, so she could only talk to her husband secretly when no one was around.
Ma Jiu was also shocked and lamented that Zhao Ping was generous.
But Xia Zhixue didn't want it at all. Instead, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed again to beg for mercy, "Sir, can I not want the money?"
"Please don't drive me away."
"Let me continue to be your slave."
Although fifty taels of silver is a lot, even with their family, they may not be able to earn that much money in their lifetime.
But what about following Zhao Ping?
After all the calculations, in just a few days, he had more than ten taels of silver left in his pocket.
Which one is more promising can be known by just thinking about it with your toes.
Xia Zhixue didn't want to miss this opportunity.
But Zhao Ping slowly shook his head, "Brother Zhixue, I'm sorry."
"If you make a mistake, you will be punished. I can escape death this time, but what about next time? I can't afford the second time."
"I promise, there will be no next time."
Xia Zhixue hurriedly raised his hand to swear, but was stopped by Zhao Ping, "Brother Zhixue, I have made up my mind."
Xia Quan also sighed.
He stepped forward and pulled Xia Zhixue up, "Brother Zhixue, go back."
Although Xia Zhixue was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to leave in despair with his money.
"Quanzi, he is Ma Jiu, let you handle it."
Zhao Ping said to Xia Quan.
"Can I kill him?"
Xia Quan asked.
"Hahaha, the reason why I gave it to you is because I want you to take revenge with your own hands, otherwise he would be a corpse now."
Zhao Ping laughed.
"You can handle the rest."
"Zhao Ping, you said you would tell me the truth and not kill me. You can't keep your word..."
Ma Jiu saw Zhao Ping turn and leave and hurriedly called for help.
"Haha! You are so ready to kill me, yet you actually want me to spare your life. You are not pretty, so why do you want to do good things?"
Zhao Ping said disdainfully.
He took Liu Mengru and Wen Hui back to the back room.
Then there was a roar like a killing pig coming from outside the door, but Zhao Ping turned a deaf ear.
He asked Liu Mengru, "Mengru, what's the matter with you?"
"Why did you suddenly become so powerful?"
Thinking of this matter, Zhao Ping still lamented the fate of the original owner.
He was so harsh to Liu Mengru, but he was not beaten to death.
"I am not sure as well."
Liu Mengru shook her head, "I just saw you being ridden, beaten, and trying to kill you. Something suddenly popped up in my mind, and then I got on."
"Do you remember the past?"
"No."
Liu Mengru smiled bitterly and said: "I only have a vague impression that I was a soldier and went to the battlefield. I can't remember anything else."
"Been on the battlefield?"
Zhao Ping was shocked, "Does our Wei Dynasty allow women to go to the battlefield?"
Although Zhao Ping did not know much historical information, he also knew that in ancient times, the status of women was very low, otherwise Hua Mulan would not have disguised herself as a man to join the army on behalf of her father.
Could it be that Liu Mengru is also a heroine who joins the army in place of her father?
"No."
Liu Mengru shook her head and said, "Ms. sir, you may ask more about women appearing on the battlefield in the future. Maybe you can find out my life experience."
"Don't worry, I will pay attention."
Zhao Ping patted the back of Liu Mengru's hand to comfort her.
Zhao Ping would have paid attention to this matter without Liu Mengru's advice.
After all, my father-in-law's identity may be extraordinary. If I know his situation in advance, I can be prepared to deal with it.
After all this fuss, Zhao Ping lost his sleep and went to make medicinal soup.
Wen Hui and Liu Mengru were not even sleepy, so they helped.
Zhao Ping explained to them the preparation of medicines to treat colds and the identification of several medicinal materials.
Wenhui can learn it as soon as she learns it.
Liu Mengru could not remember it, so she gave up.
After two big barrels of boiling, Xia Quan was finished and came over to report to him.
"Brother Ping, Ma Jiu was killed by me."
"I killed six of the rest, and I let the other fifteen who had not done anything harmful to nature and justice."
"There are still seven people who are willing to follow us. I will give each of them a monthly salary of 100 Wen, half of which will be paid in advance, and send them to the county and surrounding villages and towns to find out the news..."
"kindness."
Zhao Ping nodded, "Keep Ma Jiu's body, I still have great use for it."
"Come with me to Xia Village now. I will discuss some matters with the head of Xia Village."
