Chapter 329: Beating the Gongs and Drums
On the official road, Kuroiwa Nami's heart was becoming more and more broken.
But she couldn't help but insist.
Finally, I saw an old lady, who was busy calling out, "Auntie~~~"
She thought she was still calling out sweetly as before, but in fact, because her voice was hoarse and she was in a wrong state of mind, the sound of "Auntie" sounded like a ghost's cry last night, half funny and half fierce.
"Oh my god!"
The old lady was so frightened by her that if it hadn't been broad daylight, she would have thought she had seen a ghost.
When she found someone coming towards her, she ran away.
"Auntie, Auntie~~~"
Nami Kuroiwa wanted to pursue her, but she hadn't rested for a day and a night and was extremely nervous. Not only her voice was not good, but her legs were also not so good.
She chased after them in a limp manner, but she didn't expect that the lady would yell, "Big Girl, Erdan, Wangcai, Xiaohei..."
A group of puppies that were chasing and playing on a distant field ridge all ran over.
"Bite her!"
The old lady pointed at Kuroiwa Nami, and Kuroiwa Nami's heart skipped a beat. When the puppies came running towards her barking "Wang Wang Wang", she did not bother to explain and subconsciously turned around and ran away.
"Bah! You're scaring people in broad daylight."
If this had happened at night, she would probably have been scared to death.
The old lady watched as a group of puppies chased the woman for more than a hundred meters, and then she yelled again, "Big girl~"
"Wangwangwang~~~"
The girl stopped.
The other puppies also stopped quickly. It was obvious that they were not really chasing Kuroiwa Nami, they were mainly chasing her to scare her.
Nami Kuroiwa also realized this, but in broad daylight, before she saw Shen, she couldn't draw out the soft sword at her waist to chop the dog! However, there are dogs in this village...
Kuroiwa Nami looked at the village for a while with her dark eyes, and finally went around a circle and found a few children playing by the pond. "Whoever answers a question for me, I will give you a penny~"
She didn't have time to play along with these people anymore.
This time, Kuroiwa Nami went straight to the point.
I want to know if any of them heard a dog barking last night.
She left the main road and didn't know at this time that a team of soldiers had already driven along the official road. They dispersed in groups and asked the villages on both sides whether there were any unusual people recently, or any strange people staying around the village.
Speaking of this matter, the villagers who were frightened by all kinds of ghost cries and laughter yesterday feel that there is something to talk about.
Jin Muchuan had fought against the Mongols and the Jin people. He had been to the south and had fought several battles with the Portuguese and the British, both openly and covertly. He couldn't be said to have seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but he was almost there.
He hoped that there were ghosts in this world. He had so many brothers who died on the battlefield, but he had never seen a single one in all these years.
Suddenly there were so many men and women on the mountain, laughing and crying like ghosts. Either someone was doing something big there, or someone was marking territory there.
"By the way, there was also a strange man in front of Lao Zhou's store. His legs were a little bowed. He stared at the road for a whole day and night. When he took a nap, he asked Lao Zhou to help him watch over him. He said he was looking for a woman who was dressed particularly well."
The old man who was speaking wanted to show Jin Muchuan, "Hey, he was here just now..."
He stretched his neck to look around and finally found him, but the man had already run away for a long distance. "It's him," the old man pointed with his hand, "Why did he run away?"
run? Jin Muchuan narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, and two of his personal soldiers mounted their horses on the spot.
Before entering the forest, no matter how powerful your two legs are, you can't outrun four legs.
Yamashita Chun was quickly caught and thrown in front of Jin Muchuan with a "bang", and he fell in a very embarrassed manner.
"My lord, my lord, I didn't do anything!"
"I didn't do anything, why are you running?"
Jin Muchuan drew his sword with a clang, and used the tip of the sword to lift his chin, forcing him to look up. "Tell me, who is the woman you are looking for?"
Yamashita Haru: “…”
He glanced at Boss Zhou who was called out by the soldiers and couldn't help swallowing.
In order to find someone yesterday, he told Boss Zhou in detail about Shen's clothing and appearance.
what to do? At this critical moment, Shan Xiachun's mind worked very quickly, "Sir, can you please talk to me for a moment? My master is also a well-known figure in the capital. His fourth concubine ran away. You know... this is a family scandal."
Um? Jin Muchuan did not move immediately.
He stared at the man who was trying to remain calm, and suddenly asked, "Where are you from?"
"Shao... Shaoxing Anchang."
In order to avoid being discovered, they all had to arrange their hometowns in a certain town.
If you are unlucky enough to meet someone from that town, just make up a remote small village.
They have been using this trick since the previous dynasty to survive in Jiangnan and have never made any serious mistakes.
"Anchang!"
Jin Muchuan looked at him and smiled, "I passed by there before. The donkey rolls from Old Yu's house were delicious!"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Yamashita Haru hurriedly agreed with a smile.
"Have you eaten it too?"
“I have eaten it.”
Yamashita Haru nodded and bowed.
"Huh~"
Jin Muchuan smiled grimly, and then kicked him, knocking him to the ground. "Do you know what a donkey rolls?"
He stepped forward again and pressed Yamashita Haru's head hard to the ground. "Tell me, where is the person you kidnapped? Did she escape? Which direction did she run to?"
"My lord, my lord, it's a misunderstanding. It's really a misunderstanding."
Yamashita Haru's face twisted.
He didn't know where he had made a mistake.
What is that donkey roll? He remembered that it was food!
"Misunderstand?"
Jin Muchuan stabbed down with the knife in his hand fiercely, nailing his hand to the ground.
“Ahhhh~~~~”
Yamashita Haru screamed in shock.
"You bastard!" Jin Muchuan rolled his head hard. "Do you know who I am? Is that how people from Anchang, Shaoxing talk? Don't even mention that there is no Old Yu's donkey roll there. Even if there is, it can't appear in Anchang."
Yamashita Haru: “…”
His tears and snot were coming out.
His hand hurt so much that his whole body felt weak. He couldn't use any strength and one of his ears was about to be stepped on into the mud.
If I had known this would happen, I should have tried my best.
"Tell me, where are the people you kidnapped?"
Jin Muchuan continued to exert force with his feet.
“Escaped… escaped.”
Yamashita Haru wanted to be more courageous.
But it was he who had his head stepped on and his hands nailed.
If this guy really wanted to chop him in the neck, he would be deadly, but looking at his expression...
If he dared to hesitate, his legs would be immediately broken by the back of the swords of the surrounding soldiers.
"Which direction did you escape to?"
"Mountain, on the mountain."
Yamashita Haru is about to cry.
Yamashita Haru pointed toward the mountain with his only remaining good hand.
"You guys pretended to be ghosts last night, were you looking for her?"
Jin Muchuan took a look and asked another question.
"yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Muchuan drew his sword and carried the person away in one go, "How many of you are there? Do you know the approximate direction she fled?"
"We...there are only four of us."
There is no way to escape, someone will definitely be as unlucky as him.
But as long as the whole army is not wiped out, we can always bring a message back.
Therefore, three were concealed without hesitation.
"She...she fled in that direction."
Yamashita Haru said: "But we searched for her for a whole day and a whole night and couldn't find her."
Jin Muchuan: “…”
He looked in the direction he was pointing, and his heart sank.
One day and one night.
After such a long time, if there is a chance, Mrs. Shen will definitely return to Beijing.
He hasn't returned yet, so something must have happened.
"Quickly inform all the headmen, village chiefs, and hunters in the surrounding area to come and see me immediately."
He threw Shan Xiachun to the ground and said, "Break his legs and torture him thoroughly."
This mountain is close to the village and there are no large animals, but there are many snakes in summer.
No matter where it was hidden or where it fell, even a healthy person could not bear it after a day and a night, let alone Mrs. Shen, who had been in poor health for a long time.
Jin Muchuan couldn't help but be anxious.
After they returned to the capital, he went to her house twice to pay her a visit during the rest period. Although he met her both times, he learned from Jia Zhen that she was ill both times.
now……
He was just afraid that after she escaped, she would be in poor health or sick and unable to ask for help.
Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize the surrounding villagers to go up the mountain together.
The surrounding villagers are most familiar with the terrain of the mountain.
And those few Japanese.
Jin Muchuan didn't believe that there were only four of them.
He had just received news that Jia Zhu had found five people from the Lai family.
Thinking of this, Jin Muchuan couldn't wait for the village chief to come over, so he went straight to find the village chief.
On this side, Shen Ning didn't know that the reinforcements over there had already arrived.
She was on the donkey cart, listening to her sixth uncle gossiping about her family.
I don't know how many times it went through the process, it's been exaggerated a lot, but it still sounds inexplicably funny.
Well, Mrs. Shen's board swept across a large area, and it turned out to be referring to the ten boards she used to beat Jia Zhen.
However, being able to get so much more land can be considered as sweeping across a large area.
Shen Ning felt very happy.
That was truly the most rewarding board she had ever used in her life.
Although Jia Zhen was unlucky, he was able to expand the country's territory with just ten strokes of the cane. In Jia Zhen's own words, he could have an entire page written about him in the family tree.
Moreover, Shen Ning heard what he said later, and he wanted to change that page of the family tree to the golden page.
You can't just say you're not convinced.
She silently provided a piece of gold, asked a goldsmith to break it into pages and threw it to him.
But this also caused Xiaodong to spread the word that since he was using the golden pages, his ancestors must also follow suit.
Shen Ning was afraid that he would become too rich and become arrogant.
He couldn't touch the gold and silver in the warehouse. If he wanted to get the gold pages for his ancestors, he had to save them slowly.
Although he was an official, and a high-ranking official of the second rank, he had many social engagements. If he wanted to save up a few golden pages, it would take at least two years.
Shen Ning sat on the donkey cart, his mind gradually becoming distracted.
I started thinking about my daughter again.
Even if the little guy doesn't sleep with her, he will definitely look for her early in the morning.
Counting the time, she hadn't been able to find her for two days in a row, and she didn't know why she was crying so hard.
As the donkey cart wheels moved slowly forward, Shen Ning didn't know that the village she had seen first had been mobilized by Jin Muchuan, and a large number of villagers were going up the mountain. Not only that, some of the brave ones were going to the haunted abandoned cellar where she was imprisoned.
Shunji Fukuyama's body remains the same as it was before.
Nami Kuroiwa and others were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat, so how could they have the time to collect his body?
Fortunately, the temperature in the cellar was lower than outside, so after a day and a night, he didn't smell particularly bad.
But it was scary enough for the villagers to suddenly see a dead body.
As soon as the shouting started, Jin Muchuan rushed over and went down to check it out personally.
“It’s here. When we came back, he was killed by Madam Shen.”
Yamashita Chun was also twisted, “We were busy looking for Mrs. Shen and didn’t touch him.”
“…”
Jin Muchuan didn't say anything. He looked at the hole in the wall and the bloody footprint on the hole, and his heart sank slightly.
Mrs. Shen was kidnapped at night, she didn’t even have a pair of shoes! Back then, after the brothers received their salaries, they would go to brothels to have fun.
At one point, he was also instigated.
It was Jia Jing who discovered it and held him down.
He let him get married.
It is said that instead of giving money to women outside and not even hearing a response, it is better to marry a wife. Give the money to her and she will give you a home.
Give birth to children for you, help you to take care of your parents, buy you fields and land and build a house.
He said marrying a good wife will bring prosperity to three generations.
He is obedient.
There is indeed someone engaged in his family.
After making a contribution and getting leave, he would go home and get married. Who would have thought that he would get so excited that he gambled away all his money the night before returning home.
Not only was the money gone, but Jia Jing would also punish him by military law.
Gambling is not allowed in the camp, and he made a mistake.
It was Mrs. Shen who saw that he walked with a limp and felt sorry for him, so she sent him medicine and silver, and only then did he go home and get married.
Over the years, his family went from being penniless to becoming a small landlord.
He has a son and a daughter.
"Look for it! Look for it for me, the one who's beating the gong and the drum."
Jin Muchuan raised his feet and followed the hole dug by Shen Ning. When he took a few steps up, he shouted loudly: "Call me, the soldiers are here."
If the Japanese want to escape, let them escape. The key now is Madam Shen.
He had to let her know that it was safe and she could come out.
…
In Ningguo Mansion, Jiao Da was old, and Lai Ma was arrested, so they didn't run around looking for her.
But just because he doesn't look for anyone doesn't mean he won't cause trouble.
The old lady from Xifu collapsed, right?
It doesn’t matter, there is still the housekeeper’s second wife.
Even outsiders are allowed into the ice storage, which shows how lazy the people in charge are.
Even though the manager had been beaten with a stick by Jia Zhu and his entire family had been imprisoned and would be sold at a later date.
But before the sale, if we don’t let everyone remember the lesson of today, in a few years, some people will forget the pain after the scar has healed.
The old man went to find Wang Xifeng in person.
So before long, all the maids and servants in the mansion, even Yuanyang and Amber, took turns to go to the outer courtyard to watch the execution.
The entire family of the manager, young and old, were tortured one by one.
That bloody butt was enough to scare the timid ones so much that their legs went limp.
"Grandpa Jiao, Grandpa Jiao!"
A servant came running over, "Lord Jin sent a message that the Japanese pirates have been found."
"Where's the wife?"
Jiao Da, who was watching the execution, stood up suddenly.
"My wife ran away. She hid from the Japanese pirates and went to the mountains for a day and a night."
What? Wang Xifeng in the room also hurried out, "Grandpa Jiao, just take care of the people in the mansion."
Although Jia Lian and Lin Zhixiao had already taken quite a few people out, they could still squeeze in some more if they squeezed a little.
Jiao Da nodded, bowed slightly to her, and said loudly: "Don't beat me with the stick, take the stick and follow me."
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