Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 29 Tit for tat
The people who came were Luo Youdu and his party.
After Luo Youdu arrived in the south of Kaifeng, he chose a relatively spacious residence near the city wall and used it as the temporary government office of Kaifeng Prefecture to facilitate the reporting of cases by disaster victims in the south and outside the city.
In order to maintain the dignity of the court, minor renovations had to be done on the houses.
Luo Youdu asked Gao Ze to be responsible for renovating the court, and he wrote more than 30 notices and led more than ten yamen runners including Zhang Jin to post them along the streets to let people know that their Kaifeng Prefecture had opened a temporary government office in the south of the city.
Before they had walked a few streets, they learned that a group of domineering servants had forcibly broken into the surrounding houses, causing chaos.
Luo Youdu immediately ordered the yamen runners to follow the chaos to the scene of the incident, and directed Zhang Jin and others to surround the servants.
Before he could open his mouth, he heard the other party shouting loudly.
Idlers and others!
Luo Youdu heard a hint of arrogance in these four words.
I, a legal officer of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the yamen runners who were responsible for maintaining public order, unexpectedly became a bystander.
Luo Youdu had no impression of General Wang Jixun, the Right Guardian.
But you can tell what kind of person he is from the attitude of his servants.
"Get it!"
Luo Youdu did not have any verbal argument with the other party. The other party was just a vicious dog.
Zhang Jin hesitated for a moment, as he knew Wang Jixun's bad reputation, but he took action in a flash. Since he had chosen to do this job, there was no reason to retreat.
He reached out to take the fire stick from the other person's hand.
The servant instinctively retracted his hand and avoided Zhang Jin's grasp.
It turned out that this person was not an ordinary servant, but a battle-hardened personal soldier named Xue Hu.
In this era when military generals have an extremely high status, it is normal for a military general with a certain status to have a dozen or twenty personal soldiers.
Those who were in high positions even raised a hundred or eighty men, adopted them as their sons, and placed them in military positions.
As a fourth-rank military officer of the Right Guard General, Wang Jixun also had more than 20 personal soldiers. He usually appeared as a servant, but when war came, he put on armor and became a battle-hardened personal soldier.
Xue Hu had followed Wang Jixun for many years and had been through hundreds of battles, possessing considerable martial arts courage. He instinctively retracted his hand and was about to kick him, but he hesitated when he thought of the other party's identity as a yamen runner.
Zhang Jin had no scruples, and taking advantage of the opponent's hesitation, he grabbed his left hand behind his back and disarmed him calmly.
The other servants were similar. They acted arrogantly in front of the common people, but they did not dare to take action when they encountered yamen runners.
There is nothing worse than bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Xue Hu was still shouting: "Let me go quickly, you will be in trouble when the prince comes ."
Luo Youdu thought he was too noisy and had someone cover his mouth.
When the bailiffs captured the servant, the little girl was also freed.
She didn't cry or scream. She crawled into the house, threw herself on the dead old man, and trembled silently.
Luo Youdu followed behind , and seeing this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He came to the little girl and said, "Don't worry, young lady. I, Luo Youdu, will give you justice."
Song Qi, who was standing by, had already recovered and noticed that the yamen runners outside had arrived and were going to treat the unconscious Kou Xiang first.
After pinching the Ren Zhong point, Kou Xiang slowly woke up.
Just then they heard Luo Youdu introduce himself, and they both stepped forward to greet him.
"Song Qi and Kou Xiang meet General Luo!"
Luo Youdu was startled, thinking: This world is really small, but seeing that one of them had a huge footprint on his stomach, and the other was even more straightforward, with five finger marks on his face that were all red and swollen, he asked: "How much do you know about this matter?"
Song Qi and Kou Xiang both shook their heads.
Kou Xiang detailed what he knew: "I and Brother Chu Bao were assisting Doctor Wu of the Imperial Medical Bureau to deliver medicine to the people who had caught a cold. When we came to this street, we saw the old man collapsed on the street, and the girl was helpless. I thought they were victims of the disaster who had caught a cold, so I moved them here and asked Brother Chu Bao to diagnose the old man. Then this group of evil slaves rushed in, knocked us down and robbed us without saying a word. Now it seems that the two should be escaped slaves."
Song Qi heard Xue Hu introduce himself in the room and whispered, "Right Guard General Wang Jixun is good at using iron whips, iron spears, and iron clubs. He is known as 'Wang Santie' in the army. He is very brave and likes killing. Wherever his soldiers pass, people and animals are wiped out. He is very domineering. I don't know whether it is true or not. It is rumored that he likes to eat human flesh, especially young girls..."
Kou Xiang was so angry that his body was shaking slightly. He cursed: "How is this different from a beast?"
Luo Youdu took a deep breath and said, "Brother Kou, you have good writing skills. Please help this girl write a complaint. Kaifeng Prefecture has accepted this case."
Kou Xiang was shocked and said happily, "Student will go find paper and pen immediately."
Luo Youdu squatted on the ground and helped the little girl up.
The little girl was about ten years old, with fair skin and an oval face. She was pretty and looked like a natural beauty.
Wiping away the tears from her eyes, Luo Youdu said softly, "I don't have the ability to bring your grandfather back to life, but I can seek justice for him. Come with me to the Kaifeng government office, okay?"
The little girl stopped crying and nodded vigorously.
Luo Youdu took the little girl and walked out of the house.
"Let's go to Kaifeng Prefecture!"
Luo Xiaodu walked behind the little girl.
Zhang Jin and other yamen runners were walking behind with more than ten servants.
After crossing a street, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a man and a horse stopped in front of Luo Youdu.
The dark and sturdy warhorse carried a burly and vicious man.
The villain was not tall, only five feet tall, but he was extremely sturdy and full of flesh.
When the villain appeared, Luo Youdu clearly felt his palms trembling slightly.
The little girl involuntarily shrank behind him.
There is no doubt that the person who came was the Right Guard General Wang Jixun.
The Right Guard General Wang Jixun sat high on his horse, showing no intention of getting off. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you Kaifeng officials so bored that you are now meddling in my family affairs?"
Luo Youdu was surprised and said, "So General Wang's family affairs include bullying disaster victims? This really broadens my horizons!"
"Really?" Wang Jixun widened his eyes and looked fiercely at the subdued servant.
He already had a ferocious look on his face, and now he looked even more vicious than a hyena.
After a while, Wang Jixun said, "This is because I am not strict with my subordinates. These bastards are causing trouble for me all day long. I will give them twenty lashes later. I will take them away after I have explained to you in Kaifeng Prefecture!"
Luo Youdu chuckled and said, "Is General Wang in charge of my Kaifeng Prefecture now? I wonder if the general had his meal before he left?"
Wang Jixun's face instantly darkened. How could he not hear that this was a reference to his earlier statement "you've got nothing to do", except that the other person had a higher level of education.
The hand holding the horse whip kept tightening, and Wang Jixun said grimly: "It seems that you don't want to give face to this general !"
Luo Youdu still said calmly: "General Wang's face is not as valuable as you think."
