Chapter 2 Loyalty
Chapter 2 Loyalty
"boom!"
A bloody head was thrown out of the wall.
Inside Shunyi Dongda Temple, a heroic voice was heard, "If you dare to mess with me again, this lackey of the yamen runner will be your example."
The dozen or so yamen runners lying in ambush outside the mountain gate looked at each other in dismay.
Xie Tou, the best martial artist from the fast squad, climbed over the back wall to attack the kidnappers, but ended up like this. Although the remaining yamen runners all had martial arts skills, none of them dared to step forward.
The old constable, Lao Liu, had a cramp in his calf and a trembling voice. "Good, good man, the farmhand has gone to get the money for you."
"But Master Wen is an honest official. He really doesn't have that much gold. I'm looking for Mr. Zhang in the city to see if he can get you some more silver..."
"Don't talk to me about this!"
"Within half an hour, I'll give you a fast horse and two hundred taels of gold ingots. If you can't get them, you'll kill this girl."
"In less than an hour, I will kill this old woman."
"If you don't deliver it in an hour and a half, then your Master Wen will have to collect the body!"
"Hehe, this dog official's precious daughter is so pretty, but she's going to die in half an hour. What a pity."
The sound of cloth tearing was heard from inside the mountain gate, followed by a woman's scream.
"How dare you offend my lady, you bastard! I can't stand it anymore!"
A figure from the back row of the detective team suddenly jumped out, kicked the wooden door open, and rushed in with a oxtail knife in hand.
"Xiao Shao, come back, it's too dangerous——"
The detectives were in a state of panic. It didn't matter if Shao Quanzhong died in the hands of the bandits, but if the kidnappers killed him and Master Wen was injured, everyone would be held responsible.
All that was heard was a series of weapons clashing sounds inside the mountain gate, and suddenly a big man let out a "Hey" sound, which sounded quite painful, followed by the girl's cheering voice.
The detectives broke into the room together and saw the short Shao Quanzhong standing in front of the incense burner with an oxtail knife in his hand, blood dripping from the tip of the knife to the ground.
A shirtless man with a full beard was squatting next to him, and a machete fell on the ground next to him.
The big man's calf was covered in blood and he was unable to move. He was using a strip of cloth from his pants to bandage himself.
Shao Quanzhong put his left hand on his waist, pointed at the big man with pride, and said, "Tie him up!"
He turned around and ran to the side, raised his knife and slashed, and the ropes tied to the hands of the three hostages fell off one after another.
Shao Quanzhong threw away the oxtail knife with a clang, and helped County Magistrate Wen up like a servile person, nodding and bowing, "Master, I am sorry to be late and frightened you."
Master Wen, who was a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, was still able to keep his composure. He shook his wrinkled official robe and said, "Quanzhong, you are very good. You are indeed a loyal servant. It is worth it for me to promote you from a jailer to a fast guard. Such loyalty and courage are rare.
This fierce bandit Tian Xingzhe is a wanted criminal with a reward of 2,000 taels offered by Shuntian Prefecture. Quanzhong, go to the master first to collect the reward. I will transfer you to my side as my personal attendant later."
Shao Quanzhong kowtowed on one leg, "Thank you for the reward, sir."
Turning back, he already regarded himself as a long-time attendant, "Old Liu, lead your men to put Skywalker in the death row, and wait for the people from Shuntian Prefecture to come and examine him, and then execute him in the autumn."
"Old Yu, gather up the master's personal soldiers and Xie Tou, and go to the master to collect the pension according to the rules."
"Xiao Wang, why don't you quickly help the master back to the yamen to calm him down?" He was a fast-track yamen runner with everyone else just now, and in the blink of an eye he was promoted to the master's personal attendant.
The yamen runners looked at Shao Quanzhong's smug face and felt secretly sorry in their hearts. Skywalker was so famous, why didn't he kill the guy with a single blow?
On the surface, he kept agreeing, and was quick and nimble, trying his best to perform in front of the master. Old Liu led two people to tie up the bandit, and kicked him twice in anger.
Skywalker was not afraid, "I accidentally failed today, but in 18 years, I will be a hero again."
He was limping away as he was escorted by several yamen runners.
Miss Wenxiu, whose sleeve was torn by the bandits, showed her snow-white arm. She looked at the servant Shao Quanzhong curiously, "How can a pretty little girl like you beat Tianxingzhe, a famous martial arts master?"
"My dear lady, I am a loyal person. I only wanted to repay the master's kindness. I didn't think too much. I just dared to risk my life."
"If the monk king hadn't transferred most of the master's personal soldiers to fight the foreigners, there would be no chance for me, a yamen runner, to repay my kindness with all my might, right?"
County Magistrate Wen nodded with satisfaction. Shao Quanzhong knew how to be grateful. He was willing to fight for his master and was thoughtful in arranging things. It was really good.
But this boy has a handsome face and a sweet mouth. He is my personal attendant and he always roams around the house. I hope he doesn't hook up with Wenxiu. That's absolutely not allowed.
The matter of being a long-time attendant had to be put on hold. At most, the guards would come back in two days and he could be transferred to be the head of the guards. His martial arts skills were also good enough...
The yamen runners escorted Master Wen and his family of three back to the county yamen to calm them down. When Old Liu walked out of the county yamen, he ran into Shao Quanzhong and his idiot brother coming out of the legal advisor's room.
Shao Quanzhong's sworn brother had an elegant name, Zhang Siwen. He was tall and strong. He was carrying two thousand taels of silver in his arms, weighing more than 120 kilograms, but he still walked lightly.
"Zhang Ershazi, your brother has made a fortune this time, and you may have enough to eat every day in the future."
Zhang Siwen giggled and followed behind Shao Quanzhong without saying a word. Shao Quanzhong was not happy with this. "My brother and I came to Shunyi County together to beg for food. We are close friends. Old Liu, if you dare to call him that, don't blame me for breaking off all ties with you."
Old Liu touched his shiny shaved forehead and curled his lips, "Humph, you are a toady, now that you have the support of the master, you have become so powerful in the blink of an eye."
Mumbling away.
As night fell, smoke rose from cooking fires everywhere in the small county of Shunyi. The fierce gangster Tianxingzhe, who was imprisoned in the death row, was handcuffed and shackled, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
There was a musty smell in the death cell. No one had been imprisoned there for a long time, and no one brought food to this gangster who was about to be executed.
The jailers all knew that he was an expert in martial arts, and they really wanted to starve him for a few meals to prevent him from causing any trouble that was out of control.
Skywalker had a strange smile on his face and listened to his rumbling stomach, not taking it seriously.
As the night deepened, Skywalker groped in the darkness, slowly moving his hands. With his shackled hands, he carefully lifted the bricks on the ground one by one and gently placed them aside.
When a dry wooden board was exposed, Skywalker called out with force, and a hole suddenly appeared in the death cell.
Skywalker's burly body slowly sank into the cave. With the slight sound of shackles, he slowly crawled along the narrow cave. After a while, he saw light in front and heard the long chirping of cicadas and frogs.
Skywalker stuck half of his head out. This was the side wall of a well in the alley next to the county government office.
A rope hung in front of him. Skywalker struggled to wrap the rope around his waist, pulled the rope, and when the rope became tight, Skywalker was slowly lifted up.
A powerful big hand pulled Skywalker out of the well, and under the starlight, a gentle and honest face appeared.
(End of this chapter)