The people on the county streets were talking a lot about Huang Shan who was arrested and charged.
"I heard that this hero killed seven bandits by himself!?"
"If I had a crossbow, I could kill seven bandits!"
"Just blow it, thank God if you don't hurt yourself."
"But then again, without a crossbow, even this hero wouldn't be able to repel the bandits."
"Oh, what a pity! Possession of weapons without permission is a serious crime."
Everyone sighed after hearing this.
The gamblers who were shocked just now also looked gloating at this moment.
"Fortunately, our brothers are not heroes."
"I don't know what kind of big-tailed wolf he is pretending to be, Huang Shan."
Huang Pizi, who was hiding in the crowd and observing secretly, watched proudly as Huang Shan was taken into the Yamen by the police.
What else can you do now?
Huang Pizi sneered, no longer staying too long, and turned to focus on the people watching.
These are ready-made money bags, and I can't justify it if I don't steal them.
Inside the yamen, Cao County Magistrate Ming Dechang had changed into official uniform and walked out of the back hall with Wu Sha.
"Mighty~ Martial~"
As the officials shouted, they hit the ground with boards, in an attempt to intimidate the prisoners.
Huang Shan was also brought to the county government hall by Zhao Captou under the watchful eyes of the government officials.
Ming Dechang looked at the only child of the Huang family who had an old relationship with him, and his expression became more complicated, and there was some regret in his eyes.
Zhao took a step forward and held up the arrest warrant in his hands.
"The villain has arrested the criminal Huang Shan and brought him to justice. Please return the arrest warrant!"
Ming Dechang waved to the official beside him, and the clerk immediately stepped forward to take the token and record it in the record as a voucher.
After waiting for the procedures for exchanging arrest warrants to be completed, Ming Dechang nodded to Capt. Zhao, indicating that he had completed the task.
"Is this Huangshan from Xiaofangshan Village?"
Huang Shan raised his head and looked at Ming Dechang, who was sitting in the main hall, and accepted the promise.
"The grass people are exactly Huangshan!"
Seeing that Huang Shan did not kneel down and kowtow to the prince, the government servant on the side was about to step forward and suppress him, but was stopped by Ming Dechang.
"It doesn't have to be this way!"
"Just let him stand and answer!"
When the officials heard the county magistrate's words to stop him, they quickly obeyed the order and stepped aside.
"Zishan, I was quite surprised when I found out that you were the one who defeated the bandits."
"Do you know why?"
Huang Shan glanced at Ming Dechang and then chuckled.
"Of course I know why the magistrate is surprised."
"No one would have thought that a former gambler would be able to repel the bandits' attack."
"But wouldn't your lord, the county magistrate, hear about Zhou Chu's mission to eliminate the three evils?"
"I am no longer the same person I used to be!"
When Ming Dechang heard Huang Shan mention Zhou Chu's plan to eliminate the three evils, a light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Although he said before that he had repaid his old relationship by arranging a marriage for Huang Shan, it was because he was worried that Huang Shan, who was addicted to gambling before, would take advantage of his kindness and make undue demands on him.
Now that I see that Huang Shan has nothing to do with the gambler who was addicted to gambling before, I have some plans to help the old family's only seedling.
Moreover, in addition to being his old son, Huang Shan is also a hero who repels bandits and protects a whole village of people.
In any case, even if he wanted to help Huang Shan, he had to follow the procedures first.
"Captain Zhao, bring up the weapons privately held by the prisoners!"
"Secretary Zhang, bring the witnesses of the whistleblower!"
Capt. Zhao was ordered to carefully take the box containing the repeating crossbow from his subordinates, and then place it respectfully on the table.
The old Zhang who registered Huang Shan's case before was Zhang Shuban. He also turned around and told the yamen servants to go to the inn not far from the yamen gate to find someone.
Huang Pizi, who had returned home with a full load, was about to go to the brothel to have fun when he saw a government official coming to look for him.
Huang Pizi hurriedly hid the stolen goods, then took out a few pieces of silver and placed them flatteringly in the hands of the government servant.
"Brothers, why do you call me to go to the Yamen?"
These two people were the government officials who had previously blackmailed Huang Pizi and later helped Huang Pizi report Huang Shan to the county magistrate.
Seeing Huang Pizi's filial piety, the two of them became happy.
"Brother, it's not like Capt. Zhao has captured the person you reported."
"The county magistrate has called you to appear in court as a personal witness. It's nothing important. I'll ask you a few words and let you go."
Huang Pizi smiled and nodded, but his trembling legs betrayed him.
When Huang Shan, who was standing in the lobby of the county government office, saw that the witness brought by the government officials was Huang Pizi, his expression instantly turned cold.
Ming Dechang noticed the change in Huang Shan's expression and kept an eye on it.
Then he was stunned and looked solemnly at Huang Pizi who had just stood up.
"The person coming is a yellow man from Xiaofangshan Village!?"
Huang Pizi was startled by the county magistrate and subconsciously knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"The little one...the little one is Huang Pizi."
"I wonder what your instructions are when you call me here?"
Ming Dechang waved to Capt. Zhao to show the physical evidence to Huang Pizi, while secretly observing the expressions of Huang Shan and Huang Pizi.
Seeing the repeating crossbow in the box, Huang Pizi pointed at the repeating crossbow and nodded.
"Sir, this is it!"
When Ming Dechang saw Huang Pizi nodded in affirmation without even looking at it, he felt a little more doubtful in his heart.
At this time, he saw Huang Shan step forward and bow to him.
"Sir, could you please let me have a few words with him?"
After hearing this, Ming Dechang looked around, as if he was asking his right-hand man for his opinion.
Upon seeing this, the master of the Ming family on the left gently shook his head at his master, signaling not to cause more trouble and to close the case as soon as possible.
But Capt. Zhao on the right clasped his fists and said that he might as well listen to what Huang Shan wanted to ask Huang Pizi.
Ming Dechang heard what he wanted to hear, so he nodded to Capt. Zhao.
"What you said makes sense!"
"Okay, Huang Shan, go ahead and ask, but if you dare to get violent and hurt someone, don't blame me for being merciless."
Huang Shan walked up to Huang Pizi and asked with a cold expression: "Huang Pizi, I only want to ask you one thing."
Huang Pizi guessed that Huang Shan might ask him when and where he saw him shooting the bandits with a crossbow.
So before Huang Shan could ask, he spoke first.
"I was hiding from the bandits when I saw you shoot the bandits."
"Huangshan, although you scared away the bandits, you violated the court's decree."
"You have resentment in your heart and want to vent your anger on me. I have nothing to say, so just hit me!"
Seeing that Huang Pizi looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, Huang Shan chuckled.
"Huang Pizi, that's not what I want to ask."
"I just want to ask you, why did you harass my mother-in-law on the way to the back mountains when the bandits attacked the village?
ah! ?
Oh my god, there’s an unexpected bonus! ?
The officials of the county government were all stunned in the lobby at this moment.
