Chapter 1 The Snitch
In the third year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, a breeze blew across Jinshui Town, Yangzhou Prefecture, causing the small wine banner to dance under the eaves of the tavern. A yellow fallen leaves swayed and drifted towards the tavern counter.
The owner of the tavern, Widow Zhao, reached out to pick up the dead leaf, and she was playing with it for a while, and glanced at the seat in front of the window with a resentful look.
On weekdays, the seats always sit with headbands and heads, wearing a dark blue round neckline and narrow sleeve robe. They look gentle and elegant, and the owner of the clinic is clean and clean. Order a few side dishes, drink two taels of wine, sneak and peek at the graceful Widow Zhao, and then sit upright and look straight, looking at the look of not looking sideways. This makes Widow Zhao angry and annoyed, but her heart pounds and she can't calm down for a long time.
Beauty is like a flower, and she is afraid that her years will grow old and her youth will pass away. At only twenty years old, she became confused and moved after four years of widowhood.
He looked at a girl in the seat who was dressed in good temperament and was very beautiful, and was concentrating on eating a bowl of cheap soup cakes. Widow Zhao touched her cheek in a daze, thinking that today was the day when the market was opened in Jinshui Town. She quickly ordered the kitchen to make some exquisite side dishes and pour a small pot of farmhouse wine. It was time to send lunch to the busy hospital owner.
After carefully tidying up his appearance, he walked out of the tavern with a bamboo basket, and saw the little beggar and piglet holding a bowl of oily food in satisfaction. Widow Zhao smiled sweetly, waved to the little beggar, and walked towards the clinic with brisk steps.
The grateful little pig was dizzy, put down the bowls and chopsticks, picked up a broken bamboo pole and followed Widow Zhao. If the eyesless dog thief bullied her and took advantage of her, his little pig would fight against others.
The two walked to the front street corner one by one, but found that the noisy crowd at the intersection was blocked. When they looked closer, they found that the four brothers of Wang Jiaren, Yi, Lizhi, and the richest man in the town were arguing loudly with several young hunters at the foot of Tianmen Mountain.
Although the four brothers, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, are not evil young men who are rampant in the village, they usually dance guns and sticks, laugh and fight, and do a lot of troubles the residents. In the simple and peaceful people's customs, no one dares to provoke a playboy.
Shaking his head, he didn't want to pay attention to the mischief of a few guys, but he found that a handsome young scholar was blocked by a strong and dark young hunter, and a crying girl was squatting beside him.
Widow Zhao was anxious and rushed up to protect the young scholar behind him, shouting to the hunter: "Da Hei, what are you doing! Don't you know that the road is gone, he is a town tribute in the town, do you take action against him, be careful that the county master will catch you and beat the board."
Before Dahei could reply, he saw the young scholar raising his face and smiling: "Just rely on him, does he dare!"
Although Dahei was a group of young hunters, he was strong and had some hunting time. However, he was afraid of the identity of a scholar in the village tribute. The second was that he thought of this, with his father coming to Jinshui Town to open a clinic for less than three years, he forced himself to take care of the four little bullies of the Wang family who were some martial arts, benevolence, righteousness, politeness, and wisdom, and was willing to be a younger brother. He was right and wronged. He was most likely to suffer a loss. But his anger in his heart made him unable to hold his back down and beg for softness, and he could not give up.
He stared at the road, his eyes red: "If you bully my sister, I won't just forget it. If you have the ability, you will beat me to death. Anyway, I won't let you go."
Seeing that Widow Zhao's face turned ugly, Lu Leye felt extremely angry and muttered in a low voice: "How could I bully Miss Xiaolian? It was obviously Wang Shouren who went to buy her mountain goods at a high price, but it was still endless. I teased that guy. She started crying and instead relied on me."
The crying girl raised her head. Although the tears were not dry, she could not hide her handsome appearance. She said with great grievance: "It is his business for him, Wang Shouren is willing to pay for my mountain goods, and it is not that I asked him to spend so much money. If you say that, it seems like I have anything to him. Isn't this destroying my reputation?" After that, she burst into tears again with sadness.
Lu Lelia looked at the young fat man Wang Shouren hatefully. If this guy hadn't said that Xiaolian was the most handsome girl in the village and had to marry her as a wife, how could she have caused such a thing? He was still a little dissatisfied and underestimated: "I can't say that Fatty Wang can do it."
Widow Zhao covered Lu's mouth with a hand. How could this child know that there are some things in the world that can't be said? If this matter is really going to be a big deal, it is sued to the county. A charge of frivolous words and destroying people's reputation was lost. Although there will be no serious crime, it is hard to say whether the title of the township tribute can be preserved.
He apologized to the surroundings: "Don't pay attention to the nonsense of children." His face turned aside and looked at Lu Li: "I won't apologize to Miss Xiaolian, the fellow villagers in the countryside, I'll be here to accompany you to the crime."
"Is it okay to destroy the reputation of others and apologize and apologize? The reason is to prepare for eight gifts and the central media propose marriage. Unfortunately, the two most beautiful flowers in our Jinshui Town are cheaper than a couple of fathers and sons." Zhao Er, the owner of the grocery store, looked at Widow Zhao and Miss Xiaolian with obscene eyes, and smiled sarcastically.
Miss Xiaolian stopped crying, her face turned red, and she hid behind her brother in a slight manner.
"No!" The voices of the young fat Wang Shouren and Widow Zhao sounded almost at the same time, one was firm and the other was anxious.
Seeing everyone's Shuoshuo's eyes, Fatty Wang took two steps back timidly and stared at Zhao Er hatefully.
Although Widow Zhao was a little annoyed that the matchmaker who came to propose marriage a few days ago was a bit proud and proud, and tried to calmly say: "Now many people should know that the Lu family is not as simple as opening a clinic in Jinshui Town, but a family of imperial doctors. The old man in the family is now sitting in the Imperial Hospital to treat the royal hospital, and he is a person who dares not confess his crimes. Don't look at Lu, now he is just a township tribute, but he will be back to the capital to study in a while. If he comes out, he will be the official. Do you think the daughter of a rural hunter is qualified to be his wife?"
He glanced around and said tactfully: "Everyone is a fellow villager. He bows his head and doesn't look up. Why do you have to make such an unpleasant thing for some trivial matters? Just give up the way and accompany you for a crime. Everyone goes to work on their own and let it go."
I felt that my sister's hand was so painful that her family felt a little distorted. She covered her sister's head and whispered: "Forget it, sister! Our family can't deserve him and can't afford to offend his family. Let's just talk like this."
"I've just married into the Lu family, so I look down on my neighbors." Zhao Er pursed his lips and muttered sourly.
Widow Zhao didn't answer, but looked at Zhao Er steadily.
Widow Zhao's husband died in the Western Regions. It was rumored that he wanted to save the life of a general. The general wrote to the county master to take care of the Zhao family's widow, but no one in the town dared to provoke her. Although Zhao Er coveted her beauty in his heart, he finally avoided her sight.
He looked at the four brothers of the Wang family and said coldly: "You guys are getting more and more promising. You are not studying hard in the school, but you have learned to tease good women. I don't want to go to the school's teacher to sue you."
The younger Wang Shouli couldn't help but look at Lu Li and a few brothers, and stood up proudly: "Aunt Zhao, you are wrong, we didn't do that dirty thing. We came to the market not to play, but to catch thieves and female flying thieves."
Widow Zhao almost laughed angry. A few guys were playing tricks and were about to have an attack.
Wang Shouyi, the second son of the Wang family, nodded seriously: "Our family was thieved last night. My second mother lost fifty taels of private money and cried so hard that she screamed." After saying that, she sighed "ah" and shook her head with a little adult.
The eldest king Shouren laughed heartlessly: "Hehe! The thief not only stole fifty taels of silver from my mother, but also left the rouge and water powder my father bought in Ningxiang Pavilion in Yangzhou Prefecture. Brother Lelai heard us at the school and thought that this thief was mostly a woman, and maybe he was a pretty female thief who loved to be stinky."
Seeing the eyes of the boys almost appearing in their eyes, Zhao Er couldn't help but sarcastically say: "Some stupid boys, wouldn't the thief pass by the rouge powder and give it to him for what he thought?"
"Is the stolen rouge and water powder still a man?" Wang Shouren looked at Zhao Er with a contempt, and Zhao Er stopped talking.
"Think about it, this female thief just got so much money, and when she encountered a market in our town, can she resist going to the money? Most of the transactions in the town use copper coins, how many silver are there? We stared at the market secretly, maybe we would find this female thief." The fat young man talked proudly, but everyone knew that this was not an idea he could think of.
"Miss Xiaolian is a native native. What's the point of catching a female thief and caught her?" Zhao Er looked at Widow Zhao unwillingly and started to cheer again.
Wang Shouren waved his hand: "Miss Xiaolian naturally has nothing to do with the thief. That's an accident. Don't care! Don't care."
Seeing that Widow Zhao looked at him with a bad expression, Zhao Er felt guilty and muttered a few words: "Even if you find the girl who uses money, the silver has not been engraved with your Wang family's name, how dare you say it is your silver?"
Before Wang Shouren could speak, Wang Shouli jumped out: "Who said that silver does not have the mark of my Wang family? Every small piece of silver from my mother has the marks she bites."
Before Wang Shouli could be proud, he was slapped by several brothers. Then he realized that he had missed the words. The matter of catching the female thief was considered a waste of time.
Widow Zhao was stunned for a while before she realized how dangerous the things the boys did were. She stared at the way there, shaking her head and sighing.
Lu Lele muttered disapprovingly: "Isn't it just a female flying thief? I'm caught, but it's not a matter of three punches and two kicks."
Before he could speak a few words of thoughtful education, he saw Wang Shouzhi, who had not made any noise, holding a small silver horn in his hand, grabbed the little beggar and piglet with one hand and shouted loudly: "Wild Boar, where did the silver you just secretly threw away come from?"
I kept watching the lively piglet happily. After hearing Wang Shouli's words, I subconsciously found a small silver horn in my arms. When I saw the subtle tooth marks on the silver horn, my face suddenly turned pale, and my hands couldn't help but tremble. I looked around and threw the silver to the ground in a very concealed manner, but I was discovered by the treacherous Wang Shouzhi.
As everyone looked at each other, the piglet was almost crushed.
"I didn't steal the silver. When I woke up today, I found that there was a small piece of silver in the bowl. I was greedy and put it away. It wasn't that I stole it." As soon as I finished speaking, the pig'er's legs became weak and collapsed on the ground.
"Hehe" Zhao Er smiled sinisterly: "The one who threw it to the wild boar was actually broken silver. It turned out that this thief was a thief who robbed the rich and helped the poor."
"Stolen 50 taels of silver from the Wang family and threw it to the wild boar for less than two coins. This is called robbing the rich and helping the poor? Thieves are thieves, so where is there any difference between good and bad?" Lu Lili looked at Zhao Er contemptuously, and walked to Xiaozhuer with a gentle expression:
"Little Pig, you have always been timid and alert. Have you ever seen the person who threw you into money?"
The little pig'er glanced around and finally lowered her head and replied softly: "No, I didn't see anything."
Seeing Xiaozhu'er's reaction, Lu Lele was reluctant to believe it and winked at Wang Shouren.
The fat young man walked towards the pigerdy with a grim smile and grabbed him: "Wild Boar, if you know the information and don't report it, you will be a member of the thief. You have to think it clearly. If you don't want to say it, you have to catch you and meet the official."
"Stop!" As a clear sound rang out, a beautiful figure flashed from the crowd, and he reached out and pushed Wang's shoulder gently.
Wang Shouren's fat body took a few steps back, sat on the ground, looking at the beautiful girl in front of him in shock, unable to speak.
The girl's face was as cold as frost, and she was angry and pointed at the road: "You guys, you guys, don't talk about teasing the good women for no reason, even the poor little beggars are bullied. Is there any law of the heavenly rule? Don't you want to meet the officials? Let's go to the officials to judge the officials!"
Seeing that the matter was out of control, Widow Zhao stood in front of the road that suddenly became stupid, and accompanied her smile and mud, secretly kicked Wang Shouzhi.
Chapter completed!