At first glance, Ding Manmei is a country girl. Could it be that she has something to do with the Ding Mansion in the capital
Ding Yanshan ignored him, and continued to ask Manmei: "Sister, tell me, in the county seat yesterday, did some son of the county master be rude to you?"
Ding Manmei bit her lip, thinking about yesterday's dangerous situation, she was still a little scared, but she nodded.
"Did he make a move? Push and hit you?" Ding Yanshan only chose words to protect her boudoir.
Manmei gave her a grateful look and nodded again.
"One-sided words." Chen Master shouted, "Right and wrong, wait for the county government hall, the master will have a good trial."
Ding Yanshan sneered coldly: "I'm afraid your master won't dare to interrogate. Have you seen the hairpin on my sister's head? It's a royal gift from the Queen Mother herself. Who dares to desecrate something that belongs to the royal family? Yesterday my sister's hairpin Wearing a hairpin, the county lord's young master ignored Huang Wei and dared to push her. My sister naturally tried her best to protect the hairpin. Shanzi and Uncle Li, whom your servants testified just now, also desperately protected the royal lord Wei. Who is wrong and who is wrong, do you still need to discuss?"
Now everyone is scared. Ding Manmei's legs were so weak that she almost fell off. Fortunately, Aunt Ding and the aunt next door supported her.
Manmei's heart was pounding, she was actually wearing the hairpin given by the Queen Mother!
Master Chen was dumbfounded, no matter how much he thought about it, he would never have imagined such a thing would happen.
He used the law to suppress people, but this young lady of the Ding family was able to show her imperial prestige.
Master Chen stood there stiffly, not knowing what to do.
The villagers and the officials stood in a deadlock for a long time, and Master Chen finally spoke.
He didn't dare to force it, but he didn't dare to go back and answer without doing anything. After all, the one who was beaten was the county master's son. If he was scared off by a girl with a few words, it would be difficult to explain when he went back.
So Mr. Chen said "since it is a property of the royal family, it must be kept well", and used this as an excuse to let the officials guard the village, and then said that he would go back and report to the county government, and took the people away.
Before leaving, he looked back at Ding Yanshan.
Ding Yanshan stood there, meeting his gaze coldly.
After this commotion, the officials didn't dare to take the villagers' things indiscriminately, and only followed the master's instructions to keep all the intersections out of the village strictly guarded.
The village was in a mess, and the belongings of various households were scattered all over the place. Seeing this scene, the village chief asked the villagers to go back to their homes and clean up.
Ding Yanshan silently went back to Aunt Ding's house.
The bandit didn't say anything, and followed her to Mrs. Ding's house.
Ding Yanshan was not polite to him at all, and asked him to borrow pens, inks, papers and inkstones when she returned to the house. The bandit rushed to Mr. Zhao's house in the village to borrow it.
When the village chief finished his affairs and arrived at Aunt Ding's house, Ding Yanshan had already finished writing a letter.
The village head asked: "Girl, what should we do next? They guarded all the intersections in the village, and they will have to argue with us later. Although the girl is bluffing them now, I am afraid that the master will recruit the county master or Who else wants to entangle with the girl, to distinguish the authenticity of the hairpin, and to be charged with crimes at that time, what should I do?"
Ding Yanshan asked back: "Then how did the village chief plan?"
The village head was at a loss for words, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "The trouble is caused by the villagers of my village, and has nothing to do with the girl. The whole village is grateful for the girl's rescue this time. The county master is not easy to deal with, and the girl is still temporarily It's better to avoid."
"Where to avoid?"
"This..." the village chief thought for a while and said, "There is a wooden house on the Black Mountain where Shanzi and the others often go to play. Escorted there. Although the officials have sealed off the main road out of the village, we still have a hidden path to go out."
"Yes, yes." The bandit quickly stated, "I can escort the girl."
Ding Yanshan rolled his eyes at him, the bandit immediately shut up, and stood obediently without speaking. The village head couldn't help but look at him more, this kid is usually the most rowdy, and his chirping makes people listen to him, but now he is calm.
Ding Yanshan said: "If I leave, you may be in even more trouble. Since the village head has a heart to protect me, I should do my part for the village. I'm not afraid of the county master coming, I will Father is indeed the former Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, my family is indeed a lot of relatives who are officials in the court, and the hairpin is indeed a gift from the Queen Mother. Unless he has the guts to make trouble, he will not dare to do anything to me."
"But this statement has no basis..." The village chief was afraid that the county magistrate would come and rape him.
"Don't worry, the village chief. I think that the county magistrate is the same kind of guy from the perspective of the teacher's virtue today. If he is like this, even if he has doubts in his heart, he will never dare to kill us directly. We can still be safe for a while. .”
"A period of time?" The village chief frowned.
Ding Yanshan nodded: "There is only one thing that might go wrong."
"What is it?" Everyone asked in unison.
"My family doesn't know I'm here, and no one will come to pick me up." Ding Yanshan looked around and said, "I said my guards would come in a few days to bluff them. Then the master will go back and report Later, the county magistrate may come to investigate again, and I am not afraid, that is, if they wait for a long time and find that no one comes to pick me up, they will do something bad, even if it will be bad .”
"Then...then..." Aunt Ding was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
"Shall we report to the capital as soon as possible?" one person yelled.
"The journey is too far. If we come back and forth, the village will suffer." The other person refuted the words without waiting for Ding Yanshan to speak.
Ding Yanshan nodded. Seeing that the ink on the letter had dried, she folded the letter and put it in an envelope. Then he went into the house again and came out with a bracelet. She put the bracelet on the envelope and said: "There is no need to go back to Beijing to report the letter, it is indeed too far away. You send someone reliable, take my letter and bracelet, and go to Baofeng City to invite Governor Liu Pingwei Liu. The county magistrate belongs to him There are five levels of officials in the jurisdiction, and it is not a problem to deal with this small county magistrate."
The village chief was stunned for a while: "But the governor is the one we can see whenever we want?"
"If Miss Ding Er asked him for help, he will definitely meet." Ding Yanshan pushed the letter and the bracelet forward, "Uncle Liu was my father's old subordinate, and was single-handedly promoted by my father. He has a deep friendship with my family. He watched me grow up, and he has always been kind to my family. This bracelet is a birthday gift he gave me, and he recognizes it. It only takes three days to go to Baofeng City. If it goes well, it will take six days. Much faster. Uncle Liu is invited to deal with the county magistrate, and your village will have a better life in the future. If not, even if the current difficulties pass, I will not be able to protect you when I return to the capital."
Everyone nodded, knowing that the situation was indeed as she said. The bandit stretched out his palm and went to get the envelope: "I'll go, even if I risk my life, I will definitely deliver this letter."
"You can't go." Ding Yanshan poured cold water on her before the bandit's aura was exhausted, "The three people involved in the incident in the village were all recognized by the officials, so they must disappear. If they find out It’s a bad thing if someone in the village doesn’t see you.”
The bandit was reprimanded, and obediently put the envelope back in a hurry.
Everyone discussed and finally decided to send Ergou. The two dogs are good at martial arts, and they are also clever. Today, they protected the elderly and children and hid in the mountains, so that the officials didn't get acquainted with each other.
In this way, the villagers lent a fast horse, Er Gou Niang and other village women made dry food and prepared water, and when it was dark, Er Gou took the letter and token from Ding Yanshan and rode on the horse. Sneaked out from a trail behind the village.
The village chief took advantage of the night to go door-to-door and personally ordered arrangements. The old and the young in the family should first secretly settle elsewhere. Those who have nowhere to rely on should not leave the village without authorization. The families take care of each other and tide over the difficulties together.
At noon the next day, county magistrate Li Yuanguang came. He brought a large number of people and said that he heard that there were distinguished guests from Zhaojia Village, and he came to see them. The words are spoken on the scene, but the posture put on is the style of being a thief.
Ding Yanshan waited for him when she was dressed up early in the morning. Her adjutant lady's style was more imposing than his county magistrate. Li Yuanguang was dubious when he heard the master's words yesterday, and he brought people here today because he thought that if the woman didn't do what the master said, he would arrest her first. But when he saw Ding Yanshan, he really didn't dare to touch her.
I'd rather be cheated for a while than provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked.
But Li Yuanguang also had doubts, he asked many things about the capital, and mentioned the names of a few officials to test him out, Ding Yanshan spoke clearly and taunted him.
The bandit stood behind Ding Yanshan from beginning to end, wanting to protect her wholeheartedly, he seemed to be her guard subordinate. For a while, Li Yuanguang couldn't figure out what the origin of this boy from the mountain village who beat up his son was. He thought and thought, and finally asked about the hairpin.
Ding Yanshan asked Manmei to bring the hairpins: "On the Empress Dowager's 60th birthday, my father took me and my sister to a banquet. The Empress Dowager gifted us a pair of hairpins. This is mine." Ding Yanshan generously handed the hairpin to Li Yuanguang, "That day the queen mother prepared a lot of gifts, all of which have the royal emblem on them, if you know the goods, you should be able to recognize them."
Li Yuanguang looked carefully, and there was indeed an emblem engraved on it. Without saying a word, he returned the hairpin.
The village head let out a sigh of relief. Ding Yanshan smiled and said: "Your Excellency has seen clearly. If Your Young Master is more reckless and damages this hairpin, I don't know how Your Excellency will explain it."
Li Yuanguang's face was ugly, but he couldn't say a few words, and finally left.
Li Yuanguang left, but the officials still stayed behind to guard the entrance of the village. The crisis has not yet passed, but the victory of this fight has made the villagers of Zhaojia Village very excited.
But the bandit started to worry.
"Now the target of the magistrate's rectification is the girl, right? With the girl here, he dare not touch this village, but he can't swallow this breath no matter what."
"Before he confirms whether I am a threat, I have to swallow it."
"But will he come up with some poisonous schemes? Ergou went to invite the governor, but he didn't know if it would go well. If he didn't catch up, how would the girl's safety be? It's better for the girl to go to the mountain to hide first. The county magistrate has been here before." Once, I didn’t ask for favors. If I come again, I’m afraid it’s a countermeasure. When he didn’t find the girl, we said that the girl’s family came and took the girl to visit old friends. Then the county magistrate will definitely suspect who is visiting, If we don’t dare to do anything to us like this, if it takes a few days, maybe the rescuers will arrive.” The bandit suddenly had a flash of inspiration when he said this, “By the way, I’ll just protect the girl and go to the governor. Once the girl is safe But, secondly, if the girl goes in person, it will be easier for the governor to invite her, even if he is not here, the girl can get rid of the danger here and go home safely."
Ding Yanshan stared at him, making him feel a little ashamed. Ding Yanshan asked: "You protected me and left, what about my family? What about the people in the village?"
"I will settle down my father and let him hide in another village. The people in the village and the village chief will take care of them. After I send you away, I will come back soon. At that time, I will be held accountable and will not drag others down. .”
Ding Yanshan was still staring at him, the bandit's face turned warm and enthusiastic, and said: "Girl, you are a good girl, but you are implicated innocently, I don't want you to be in danger. Our village is small, but everyone seems like As a family, we will take care of each other and we will be fine."
"family?"
"Yes. Although we are always noisy on weekdays, and we have fought over some trivial matters, but if there is any trouble, we all work together to deal with it. Don't worry, girl. Now that the county master has come, these few days Maybe she won't come again, the girl should take advantage of this moment to find the governor, and I can feel relieved that the governor will protect the girl as soon as possible. When the girl finds a rescuer, she will come to save our village."
"Wait until I find the rescuers and come back to rescue you?"
"Yes, so the girl can leave at ease."
Ding Yanshan suddenly laughed, which made the bandit feel a little uneasy. What did he say wrong
Ding Yanshan laughed harder and harder, until tears came out from behind her laugh. The bandit scratched his head: "Girl, what are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at how weird things are in this world."
"How weird?"
Ding Yanshan looked sideways at the bandits and said, "I told you, I was robbed by bandits before."
The bandit nodded: "Girl, you don't have to think about the sad things from the past."
Ding Yanshan ignored his reassurance and continued: "At that time, there was a blind girl and a flower girl with me, and the blind girl let the flower girl take me away because she had memorized the way. .At that time, the blind girl said, 'You escaped, bring someone to save me'."
"She didn't go with her?"
"She said she was blind and couldn't escape fast, and would drag us down."
The bandit nodded and said, "I see." He asked again: "Later, the girl escaped, what about the blind girl?"
"She was also rescued. Speaking of which, that woman is very smart. If she is here, maybe there is a good way to help us get out of trouble."
The bandit laughed, and said flatteringly, "My girl's friend must be as smart as her."
It's a pity that the flattery was patted on the horse's leg.
"Who said she was my friend? I hate her the most."
The bandit choked.
Ding Yanshan said again: "That's not the point. The point is, the person behind the scenes who let the bandits kidnap me is my sister, my own sister."
The bandit opened his mouth wide and froze.
"My father knew who did it, but he didn't pursue it."
The bandit closed his mouth in surprise.
"My sister and my brother-in-law teamed up and put my father in prison."
The bandit opened his mouth wide again.
"The blind girl and her husband joined forces to put my sister and brother-in-law in prison and sentenced them to death."
The bandit started to rub his face, not knowing how to react now.
Ding Yanshan looked at the bandit and was amused by his expression.
The bandit felt that he admired her from the bottom of his heart, and she could still laugh after so many things happened. He suddenly understood why she was wandering alone without the company of her family.
"That happened more than a year ago. At that time, I was not what I am now." Ding Yanshan seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "At that time, the family was in chaos, and everything had to be taken care of, Daddy I was thrown into a big jail suddenly, everyone was in danger, and my sister and brother-in-law had an accident. I didn’t understand everything at that time. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and take care of various affairs at home. I learned a lot. If it wasn't for those days, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to cope with this trouble."
"Why did the girl come here?"
Ding Yanshan opened the conversation, feeling that the conversation was in full swing, so she said: "After I was robbed, my boudoir reputation was ruined, and no one cares about my marriage. Later, a Mr. Zhou showed me his goodwill frequently, and I can't say that I am happy with him. , It’s not that I’m not happy. It’s just that he doesn’t mind my reputation, and he doesn’t care about the decline of power in the family after my father, sister, and brother-in-law went to prison. He said that he treats me sincerely. I’m already twenty, an old girl, and I With such a reputation and such a family situation, Mr. Zhou is naturally a good home for me. I was happy in my heart, thinking that all bad things should be over, so I agreed to him. "
The bandit's ears twitched and buzzed, the beauty actually agreed to someone! Although he hadn't thought about what he could do with her, he felt sad for no reason when he heard that she agreed to her.
"Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, his family made a big fuss, and even said a lot of nasty things in front of me. At this time, Mr. Zhou flinched. He didn't dare to violate the family's wishes. Our marriage That's it. Not only is there no marriage, but he has been a stranger since then, and when he sees it by chance, he turns his head and doesn't seem to see it."
"He...he...he..." The bandit wanted to scold the man as a bastard, but when he thought that his words were a bit harsh, and he was afraid that Ding Yanshan would be unhappy, "he" said nothing for a long time. .
Ding Yanshan smiled bitterly: "I was depressed for a while, I knew that all the things that happened in the past will not disappear, they will accompany me and leave a mark on me. The family has been on the right track, and my mother has also recovered Taking charge of the overall situation of the family, fighting with the aunts every day, thinking about how to get them out. She even started to borrow me to get rich and powerful, so as to help her mother's family. I got discouraged, so I thought I'd just walk around and be where I am."
The bandit felt very distressed and wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.
"It's just that I didn't expect that when I came here, I would encounter bandits blocking the way again." Ding Yanshan said, looking at the bandits again.
The bandit blushed: "It was our brothers' joke, it really wasn't intentional to rob people."
Ding Yanshan nodded.
The bandit suddenly came to his senses, and Ding Yanshan took the topic aside. He quickly turned back and asked, "Is the girl going to listen to me? Run away first, and when rescuers are found, the girl will come to save our village."
Ding Yanshan shook her head: "The other day you told me that the grass would grow again after winter, and it would be as green as before. But I also have a reason to tell you."
"Girl, tell me."
"After winter, the grass that grows again will be the same as before, but it is not the grass of the past. It is another life, a completely different life that has been completely reborn."
The bandit opened his mouth wide, unable to refute, he suddenly understood what she meant.
"I will not escape. You are as close as a family, and you are all concerned about my safety. If I am not here to support you and solve your problems, how can I feel at ease? Many things happened in my family in the past, but none of them can be united as a family. I am here with you, but I have seen the solidarity in the disaster. I will accompany you to the last moment, and with me, the little county magistrate will have no scruples."
The bandit had an indescribable feeling in his heart. He felt that this girl was not only beautiful, but also the bravest and most loving girl in the world. His heart was filled with some inexplicable emotion.
The bandit was upset. No matter day or night, his mind is full of Ding Yanshan, the expression she calmly said about the past, the way she smiled, the majestic way she stood there confronting the officials, the words she said when she refuted his reasoning …
Thinking of her appearance, her voice, even the way she turned her head and ignored him, and the way she stared at him and gave him a supercilious look, his heart was pounding hard.
But the bandit also knows that if Ding Yanshan is the flower blooming on the high mountain, then he is just the mud at the foot of the mountain. He could only look up, but he was not qualified to embrace her.
The bandit knew in his heart that when the Governor came, it was time for Ding Yanshan to leave, and maybe he would never have the chance to see her again in this life. So he seized all the time to talk to Ding Yanshan. He told her that he was not that bad, and that he had done many good things. He told her why he wanted to be a bandit, and he also told her that he was the happiest when he was in the martial arts gym in the city.
Ding Yanshan also talked a lot with him, she talked about Su Qing, Ju Muer and Long Er, her father, sister and Yun Qingxian.
The more they met each other, the more the bandits discovered the gap between the two.