Before the shouting ended, Gao Wenyin turned around and rushed towards the stone platform that was missing a corner.
“Sister-in-law!”
Everyone was shocked.
Just as Xiangyu was about to die, a black shadow suddenly flashed in front of Gao Wenyin and was hit head-on.
Gao Wenyin almost fainted. She swayed slightly, looked up, and subconsciously called out, "Fifth Brother?"
It was the driver.
The driver said expressionlessly, "Take care, sister-in-law."
“Sister-in-law!”
The young man who reacted immediately rushed forward and asked, "Sister-in-law, why did you do this?"
Gao Wenyin couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes and finally let them fall. "Your eldest brother has passed away. Now that I see that all of you brothers are safe, I have nothing to worry about anymore."
The scholar said, "But if anything happens to my sister-in-law, how can we face our elder brother?"
Gao Wenyin shook her head stubbornly. "I have made up my mind. Even if you can stop me today, I will still go find your elder brother someday. I hope you brothers can help me."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Wait a minute!"
Suddenly I heard someone say.
Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Zhang Fei lying on the ground saying to Gao Wenyin: "My lady! You must keep your word. I spent 1,500 strings of cash to buy you. You are my woman now. Before you die, shouldn't you say hello to me?"
"What did you say, birdman?"
The black man was furious after hearing this. He rushed forward and grabbed Zhang Fei with one hand, "How dare you insult my sister-in-law? Believe it or not, I will skin you alive today."
"Daniu, stop it!"
Gao Wenyin rushed over quickly, protecting Zhang Fei, and said to the black servant, "Daniu, you are wronged now. Maybe you will have a chance to redress your grievances in the future, but if you really killed someone, there will be no turning back."
After saying that, she looked at the others.
It can be seen that these words were also said to them.
The black servant immediately gave up in anger, let Zhang Fei go, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I... I just wanted to scare him, I didn't want to kill him."
Zhang Fei suddenly laughed and said, "Come on! He looks like a black whirlwind, but he is as weak as a sheep, and you...!"
He glanced around, "What a bunch of cowards."
"What did you say?" The black man was immediately so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"stop!"
The scholar seemed to be afraid of hurting Gao Wenyin, so he took a step forward and pulled the black man aside. He then turned around and said to Zhang Fei, "I, Feng Laoqi, have been scolded since I was a child, but this is the first time I've heard someone call me a coward. I'd like to hear your opinion."
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "You all have healthy limbs, but a petty official has destroyed your families, separated you from your wives and children. Instead of seeking revenge for your brothers, you plan to flee, and even call it becoming a bandit. You should know that those bandits did not kill the petty officials, but the police officers who supported their families in Hukou, who might be the same as you. If this is not cowardice, what else can you say?"
"ah."
The black man was so angry that he went mad and was about to rush towards Zhang Fei, but Feng Nanxi and Gao Wenyin were between him.
Zhang Fei looked at him fearlessly and contemptuously, "Look at this! You are a typical coward. You shout and call for war and killing in front of a good citizen like me. If you have the ability, go to Kaifeng Prefecture and shout! You are like an idiot. Fuck!"
The black man was so angry that he pointed at Zhang Fei's nose and shouted: "If you have the ability, do you dare to go to Kaifeng Mansion?"
Zhang Fei sneered, "Kaifeng Mansion is just like my toilet. I can go there whenever I want."
The black man snorted, "Everyone can brag. I even said that I was a sworn brother to that emperor."
"Alas... I have never seen the world."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "Go to the city and ask around for my name, Zhang San. I dare say that if you mention Zhang San to the bailiffs in Kaifeng Prefecture, they will be so scared that they will pee their pants."
"Ear Pen Zhang San?"
The scholar was surprised.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "So you've heard of my name. That's great. Hurry up and tell this black man my story. I will redress any injustice that falls on me, without exception. Have you heard of the story of Erbi and Si Nong?"
Gao Wenyin's face lit up immediately, and she turned around and asked excitedly, "Can you clear my brother's name?"
Zhang Fei said: "Please remove the word 'ma' and read it again."
Gao Wenyin was a little dizzy from the collision, and she actually recited it again, "Sir, can you help me clear my brother's name?"
"very good!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said with a smile: "You are a bunch of pathetic creatures, stop pretending to be so high and mighty. Let me go quickly and I will take you flying."
The black servant quickly hugged the scholar's arm and whispered, "Seventh Brother, don't trust this birdman. He has a sharp face and monkey cheeks. You can tell at a glance that he is not a good person."
"Hey, hey, hey! You black bastard, you haven't read any books, so use less idioms. I have a handsome guy's standard chin, but you don't even take a piss and look at yourself. You look like a rapist."
"Wow! How dare you call me a rapist? I..."
"big cow!"
Gao Wenyin shouted, "Don't argue first. Brother Zhang San is very talented. He might be able to clear your name."
"I...I'm going to pee."
After saying that, the black man stormed out.
The scholar nodded to the driver, who came behind Zhang Fei, drew his knife, and chopped him down.
But Zhang Fei didn't piss himself, he just felt his limbs relax. He first moved his arms, then turned around and looked at the driver politely, "Your swordsmanship is really good, don't use it next time."
Gao Wenyin said, "Can Brother Zhang San really clear the injustice for my brother?"
Zhang Fei walked towards Li Si, but as soon as he took a step, he felt something sticky under his crotch. He stopped immediately, and his masculine and handsome face gradually turned red. No way, this is just a job, damn it, this is really embarrassing.
"Brother Zhang San?"
Gao Wenyin couldn't help feeling curious when she saw Zhang Fei with his knees slightly bent inward, his buttocks sticking out, and his face flushed.
Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at Gao Wenyin with a complicated expression. It's all your fault, woman. I had already loaded the gun, but you did this to me. Look, it went off accidentally!
He suppressed his embarrassment and squatted down to untie the ropes of Li Si, who had woken up long ago but was still frightened. Then he complained to Gao Wenyin, "Can you change the question?"
Gao Wenyin's cheeks flushed immediately and she was speechless.
"My name is Feng Nanxi, nice to meet Brother Zhang San." The scholar stepped forward and bowed.
"Zhang Fei."
Zhang Fei responded unhappily.
Feng Nanxi then extended her hand to the driver, "This is my brother, Longshan, you can call him Longwu."
Long Wu? I'm still a high-ranking one. Zhang Fei looked at Long Shan and asked, "Have we met before?"
Longshan was also looking at Zhang Fei.
Li Si beside him suddenly pointed at Longshan and said, "Isn't this the good man who saved me in the river that day?"
Zhang Fei suddenly realized and said, "No wonder you look familiar to me."
Longshan just nodded slightly.
Wow... Are all people named Long Wu so cool? Zhang Fei couldn't help but think.
Feng Nanxi pointed at the young man again, "Shi Tingxiu."
"Brother Zhang San, just call me Shi Erlang." The young man said with a fist salute.
"The one who just left..."
"I do not want to know."
Zhang Fei raised his hand and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Feng Nanxi immediately told Zhang Fei the whole process.
It turns out that Shi Tingxiu has an older brother named Shi Tingjun.
The Shi brothers were a first-class household in Xiahe Village, Kaifeng County.
The Northern Song Dynasty government divided ordinary farmers into five categories. The first-class households were actually considered landlords, but they were not privileged classes.
It can be said to be equivalent to the middle class in the Northern Song Dynasty.
This class has always been the most miserable class in every dynasty. They rely on their own hands to get rich, and then become the main targets of exploitation by the court. The poor cannot be exploited, and the upper class cannot be exploited either, so the court can only target them and bully them.
After their parents passed away, the two brothers were not content with farming, so they started a silk business.
The two brothers traveled far and wide, bravely fought and dared to fight, and the business grew bigger and bigger.
During this period, he also met Feng Nanxi, a second-class householder from the same Kaifeng County, and later showed kindness to Yu Longshan and the black servant Niu Beiqing.
Several of them became brothers of the opposite sex.
At the beginning of this year, Shi Tingjun and Feng Nanxi were serving in the army, and Longshan and Niu Beiqing volunteered to go with them. They were ordered to escort a batch of 5,000 taels of official silver to Xiangyang.
The Northern Song government was very good at playing games. For example, the tasks of guarding the treasury and escorting valuables were all performed by first-class and second-class households.
This not only saves money, but also ensures that if any accidents occur, the court will not lose all its money.
Just confiscate the property of these first- and second-class households.
This is all calculated.
As luck would have it, they really encountered a shipwreck on the way. Shi Tingjun first rescued his brother Niu Beiqing to the shore, but he also knew that the official silver could not be lost, so he tried his best to throw the box onto the shore, but he was washed away by the flood.
But the box contained not official silver, but stones.
After the five thousand taels of silver were lost, the imperial court directly confiscated all the property of the escort officers, including the Shi and Feng families. As for Longshan and Niu Beiqing, they originally accompanied Shi Tingjun and were not considered as service personnel. The key point was that they were penniless and had no family at all.
But even if you add them all up, it’s still not enough to compensate.
But the imperial court must not lose money, it can only make money!
This money must be made up.
So Shi Tingjun was captured and forced to work as a laborer to repair the river, and Gao Wenyin was demoted to a government maid and sold for money.
Feng Nanxi had worked as a clerk in the Kaifeng County Government for a period of time. He was very familiar with the court's methods, so he quickly asked Longshan to rush back to inform Gao Wenyin and Shi Tingjun to prevent them from falling into their clutches.
He and Niu Beiqing went to find Shi Tingjun's body and secretly investigate the matter.
Because there were too many doubts about this matter, it turned out that when they were halfway through the journey, according to the planned process, they were supposed to change to the water route, because going downstream could save half the distance.
However, Shi Tingjun had walked this section of river before when doing business, and knew that the river ahead was turbulent. There had been heavy rains for several days in a row, so he was worried about encountering floods, so he suggested taking the land route. However, the water transport official forced them to take the water route on the grounds that it would delay the journey.
As a result, when it was time to board the ship, the water transport official felt unwell and did not board the ship. Instead, he made an appointment to meet at the next ferry.
Sure enough, there was a flood during the trip, and the bottom of the boat suddenly burst, and also the box of stones.
It's obviously a conspiracy!
Later they found Shi Tingjun's body downstream and were filled with grief. So they planned to report the water transport official and avenge their brother.
As a result, when they were halfway through the journey, they heard that the government was looking for them, saying that they were greedy for merit and reckless, and did not listen to the advice of the water transport officer and insisted on taking the waterway, which resulted in their boat capsizing.
Some even suspected that they deliberately created the accident and robbed the government silver.
In desperation, they could only hide and sneak back to Bian Jing first.
Na Longshan was the first person to rush back to Bian Jing, but he was still a step too late. He heard that the government would sell Gao Wenyin to Baifanlou, so he sneaked into Baifanlou and worked as a groom. During this time, he also "saved" Li Si's life.
Not long after, Feng Nanxi and Niu Beiqing rushed to Bian Jing.
Shi Tingxiu is easy to save, but the key is Gao Wenyin. The government mainly wants to make money from Gao Wenyin.
Since Gao Wenyin had been watched by government officials before and they had no chance to take action, they planned to rescue Gao Wenyin after the shopping spree was over.
After listening to this, Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Do you believe me?"
Several people looked at each other.
Talking about trust when we meet for the first time, isn't it a bit ridiculous...
Feng Nanxi glanced at Gao Wenyin and thought, my sister-in-law is determined to commit suicide, maybe this incident can make her put this idea aside temporarily. Then she looked at Zhang Fei and thought, this man is not afraid of the powerful and is upright. Although he helped Cao Yanei to fight a lawsuit, he was actually in court to redress Lin Fei's injustice.
In the second half of this year, Zhang Fei is definitely number one on the hot list. Feng Nanxi is also very concerned about this because they also want to seek justice.
After weighing the pros and cons again and again, Feng Nanxi suddenly bowed and clasped his fists and said, "I hope you can save our lives. This is a great favor, and we brothers will never forget it."
Shi Tingxiu first looked at Feng Nanxi in surprise, then bowed and clasped his fists.
"Since you believe in me, I promise that I will help you get justice." Zhang Fei nodded solemnly and looked outside the temple again: "Come with me to my house first. Kaifeng Prefecture is closed for the holidays now. You have to wait until next year to file a complaint."