Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 9 Tall and Short

   When Li Xin ran all the way back to the hut at the foot of Beishan, the original wooden hut, which was a little crude but still warm, had disappeared, and only a sea of ​​fire remained.

   In this wooden house, there is still a lot of charcoal, so the burning is extraordinarily vigorous. The distance of four or five meters around is full of hot red light. In this winter, it is extraordinarily warm.

   Two big men in thick jackets, one tall and the other short, were holding torches and gesturing towards the burning wooden house.

Outside the fence of the hut, the charcoal seller was curled up on the ground, with some bruises on his face. It was obvious that he had a conflict with these two people. He was beaten by the two big men, and the little girl was lying on top of her grandfather. choked.

   At this time, the anger in Li Xinxin was no less than that of the burning wooden house.

   He was just an ordinary person who was afraid of power. He didn't plan to fight against the Pingnan Houfu. He just wanted to live in this world...

  Li Xin's face was ashen, he walked behind the two strong men holding torches, gritted his teeth and shouted: "What are you... doing!"

  Due to low productivity, every house is not easy to build. The crime of arson was very serious in ancient times. The so-called murder and arson shows that arson is second only to murder.

These two men, the taller is half a head taller than Li Xin, and the shorter one is just like Li Xin, but compared to the thin Li Xin, they are much stronger, no surprise, Li Xin is absolutely unable to beat them of.

The two men turned around in surprise, and only then saw the young man behind them. The two of them didn't panic, but threw the torch aside, the short man said with a smile, "Didn't you see, the house is burning. "

   Li Xin's face was flushed with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This house is owned by the owner. You all burned it so blatantly in broad daylight, aren't you afraid that the government will come and take you!"

  The taller man looked Li Xin up and down, and then asked, "You...is Li Xin?"

  Li Xin lowered his head and did not answer.

He doesn't know where the bottom line of these two people is. This small wooden house is at the foot of Beishan Mountain, and there is not half a family within a radius of ten miles. If these two people are really thieves who kill people and steal goods, they also have a charcoal seller and grandson. , are likely to die here.

Seeing that Li Xin did not answer, this tall man did not continue to ask questions, and said indifferently: "I want to let the little brother know that our two brothers are both police officers in the Jingzhao Mansion in the capital, because Your Majesty will ask you to do so in a few days. I came to Beishan for hunting, so there is a danger that my colleagues will come to clear some positions on Beishan. This wooden house is just at the foot of Beishan, and it is easy to hide assassins. After reporting it to the lord, the lord approved and ordered the two of me to burn down this wooden house."

   Having said that, the tall man took out a document from his arms and placed it in front of Li Xin. It was clearly covered with the vermilion seal of Jingzhao House.

   Li moved in confidence, and then he remembered that half a month ago, when those young people were "racing horses" on Desheng Street, they seemed to have mentioned that His Majesty was going to hunt in Beishan, and the location of their wooden house... just happened to be in Beishan.

   This person from Pingnan Houfu is really impeccable in his work.

   Now that things have gone on here, Li Xin feels more calm.

   Since these two are from the official family, at least it means that they will not casually kill people...?

   Li Xin took a few deep breaths, and after barely calming down, he pointed at the charcoal seller lying on the side, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Then what happened to my uncle?"

   In the past, when he called the Charcoal Seller, he always called him the old man, but now when talking to outsiders, he naturally had to call him a little closer, otherwise it would be unreasonable.

Another policeman waved his hand nonchalantly: "This old guy, he won't let us perform official duties, and even came over to push our brother. He should have been arrested and sent to the Jingzhao Mansion to be punished. Seeing that he is old, he will not be with him. He counts."

   This short man spoke very arrogantly, and when he was about to say more, the tall man gestured to him, indicating that he should stop talking.

Before leaving, the tall man glanced at Li Xin, then hesitated for a while, took out a piece of silver from his arms, handed it to Li Xin, and said solemnly: "Little Langjun, this is what Jingzhao Mansion paid to you. The official silver of yours is about seven or eight taels, and it is not a problem to go to the bank to exchange fourteen or five copper coins.

   Another short man stopped abruptly and looked at his companion with a face full of anger.

This piece of silver is indeed the compensation issued by Jing Zhaoyin, but where can this compensation really fall into the hands of the bitter master? In the short man's opinion, this piece of silver is their "travel expenses" for this trip. ".

   He was about to come to **** the silver ingot, and shouted while snatching: "Second brother, you are confused, where did the lord give any compensation?"

   This tall policeman stretched out his free left hand, held the hand his brother stretched out to grab the money, and whispered in his ear, "Brother Ge, do you want money or death?"

   This tall second brother's status is obviously higher. When he asked this, the short one was a little cowardly and quickly retracted his hand, but he was still a little unconvinced and glanced at the ingot of silver.

   The tall man sighed helplessly.

   "Your share, the brother will pay you back and pay for it himself."

  Li Xin stood where he was, and did not look at the official silver from the beginning to the end. He gave the two brothers a deep look, turned and ran to the charcoal seller to check the old man's injuries.

The tall man sighed lightly, bent down and put the silver ingot at Li Xin's feet, and said, "Little brother, this is the intention of burning down the house, and neither of us can do anything about it, as for the old man's body. The injury was caused by my brother accidentally, and the injury is not very serious. It is cold outside, little brother should hurry to find a place where he can stay and spend the evening. "

This tall "second brother" obviously knew something about Li Xin and Pingnan Hou's mansion. He lowered his voice and said, "Little brother will leave the capital as soon as he can leave the capital after a few days of rest. Brothers can also see that someone doesn't want you to stay here..."

   After that, the tall man pulled his brother and turned to leave the wooden house.

This big man, who can hold down that short man with a ferocious face, is obviously not a bad person. The reason why he is suddenly a lot more polite to Li Xin is because he knows a little bit about Li Xin's life experience and does not dare to completely offend him. to this little boy from the Li family who lived abroad.

You must know that the high-ranking Marquis of Pingnan is not in the capital, and he really offended the young man. If that man came back and recognized this son, then by virtue of the power of Marquis Pingnan, he would kill the two of them. , or easily.

   And the reason why he knew Li Xin's identity was because this short man was indeed a policeman from Jingzhao Mansion, and he was indeed a general of Ping Nanhou Mansion.

Watching the two big men go away, Li Xin's resentment went straight to the top of his head and had nowhere to vent. The young man took a few deep breaths, turned back and squatted in front of the charcoal-selling old man, his voice trembling slightly: "Old man, you are all right. Bar?"

   His voice trembled, not from fear, but from anger.

There are still a lot of bruises on the face of the charcoal seller. Because of the dark skin, it is not obvious. After the old man who was curled up on the ground was called a few times by Li Xin, he reluctantly opened his eyes and looked back. The roaring log cabin could not help but let out a groan.

   "The old man's house..."

   (end of this chapter)