After a month of jolting on the carriage, Ling'er, brothers Zhong Gong and Zhong Long finally arrived in the capital.
On the way, Ji Cangyu sent a letter, telling Zhong Gong and Zhong Long to go back to Miaofeng Villa to do a few things first. Ling'er did not follow, but stayed alone in the capital to wait for everyone. In fact, she also has her own things to do.
After Zhong Gong and Zhong Long sent Ling'er outside the capital, he was driven away by Ling'er. Why only send it outside the city gate? Because it is not easy to enter the city now, you have to queue up. Ling'er didn't want to delay their return to the village to do business.
Ling'er straightened the luggage on her shoulders and looked at the long queue entering the city, feeling a little puzzled. Although she had not been to the capital for many years, the long queue to enter the city had changed too much. She couldn't help but ask a dusty uncle about it.
"I have to wait for a long time to enter and exit the city gate recently because thieves have been rampant recently and the inspections have been strict." After saying that, the uncle pointed to the place where the notice was posted next to the city gate.
Ling'er looked in the direction he pointed and saw several wanted notices posted there. Linger walked over curiously and looked at it seriously.
The notice on the far left was for a wanted flower-picking thief. Next to the notice was a portrait. Looking from left to right, Ling'er felt that this person had sinister features and was not a good person. The notice posted in the most eye-catching place in the middle is a wanted thief, and the picture on the notice is actually masked.
Ling'er thought to herself, "You can't see the face with your face covered. It's better not to draw anything." Thinking like this, Ling'er suddenly found that the person's eyebrows gave her a sense of familiarity, and she continued to look at it. If you look at it from the left, aren't these the facial features of the flower-picking thief? They are exactly the same. "It seems that they were written by the same person," Linger thought to himself.
Just as Ling'er's eyes were about to move to the right, he accidentally caught the words "Reward a Thousand Liang of Gold" on the list with his peripheral vision.
"Wow, thieves are so valuable now" Ling'er couldn't help but sigh.
She looked back at the wanted notice for the flower-picking thief. The reward was only a pitiful fifty taels of silver, and there were several others on the side with dozens of taels of reward. Only the middle one The bounty is as high as a thousand taels, which is still gold.
Ling'er couldn't help but read the article carefully: "There is a reward for capturing the evil thief in Qingfeng. The thief speaks with a capital accent, likes to wear Tsing Yi, and is of medium build. Whoever is captured will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, regardless of life or death."
The description of the list couldn't be simpler, only the bounty is not simple. However, it is not easy to describe who can capture this thief with just a few words. He is worthy of a reward of up to a thousand taels, right?
At this moment, a trace of The familiar fragrance floated into Ling'er's nose.
Linger was shocked and turned around impatiently. Seeing the person coming, she opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and was so surprised that she forgot her words for a moment.
"Miss Gan, long time no see." Qi Yang said with a smile.
"You" After a long time, Ling'er found his voice, "Why are you here?"
Qi Yang didn't expect that Ling'er would be so surprised when he saw him.He replied politely, "I am originally from the capital city."
"Really?" Ling'er then realized that Qi Yang did have a slight accent in the capital city. She had been paying attention to his pleasant voice before, Ling'er I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. She thought to herself, "Is it because of his accent that he felt very kind and wanted to get close to her?"
"Yes." Qi Yang responded, as if he glanced at her unintentionally. Ling'er just took a look at the list.
"You" Ling'er suddenly discovered something.
Qi Yang curled his lips in embarrassment when he saw Ling'er noticed what he was wearing.
Ling'er didn't say anything else. She was no longer unfamiliar with the thick robe in front of her.
"Girl is interested in these" Qi Yang looked at the wanted notice and asked with raised eyebrows.
"I'm just curious to see who caused the people to queue up to enter and leave the city in this hot day." Ling'er said angrily.
Hearing this, Qi Yang looked at the people lining up.
Some people were waving their sleeves to fan the wind, some were wiping the sweat from their foreheads, and some were anxious because they could not enter the city immediately.
Qi Yang couldn't help but sigh softly.
Ling'er noticed that under these new notices there were some old notices, most of which were also for the wanted Qingfeng thief. The obsolescence of the list tells the story of how long the evil thief Qingfeng has been at large. She couldn't help but blurt out, "This Qingfeng evil thief is a powerful character, but there will be retribution in the end due to the cycle of nature."
Qi Yang frowned slightly and asked, "The girl plans to act chivalrously and righteously."
< p>"Thieves like these should be punished by everyone. If I were to meet this girl, she would definitely eliminate harm for the people." Ling'er said firmly.Qi Yang glanced at Ling'er when he heard this, and said, "I really admire the girl's bravery and bravery. But"
"But what?" Ling'er asked with raised eyebrows, she had an intuition. It's definitely not a nice thing to say.
Qi Yang continued, "However, girls have to do what they can."
As expected, Ling'er glanced angrily at Qi Yang and walked directly to the back of the team entering the city. , ignore him no more.
In response, Qi Yang twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly. Just now he saw Ling'er here and couldn't help but stepped forward to say hello. As a result, Ling'er still didn't want to see him.
Ling'er stood at the back of the long queue, grabbed the bag on her shoulder, and secretly glanced in Qi Yang's direction.
Qi Yang turned around and walked slowly towards the city gate checkpoint.
"What is he?" Ling'er looked at Qi Yang in confusion.
A leader-looking officer and soldier saw Qi Yang and came over to greet him. He exchanged greetings with Qi Yang, then opened the door and led Qi Yang directly into the city.
"This" Ling'er felt unhappy and muttered in a low voice, "Why should he?"
The team moved very slowly, and by the time Ling'er reached Ling'er, the sun was already in the sky. , the temperature has also risen, and sweat is oozing out of Ling'er's forehead. She gently used a handkerchiefWiping it away, I felt even more indignant at Qi Yang's behavior.
It was at this moment that Ling'er discovered the reason for the slow progress of the team.
The officers and soldiers at the city gate checked the people's road signs or household registration cards one by one. After checking these, they also asked all the men entering and leaving the city to roll up their trouser legs for inspection.
Linger listened to the conversations of the inspecting officers and soldiers before roughly guessing the cause and effect of the matter. It turned out that the evil thief Qingfeng had injured his right leg recently, and the government wanted to use this to capture him.
Ling'er thought to himself, "If someone accidentally hurts his leg, he should be arrested as a thief."
Just as Ling'er was thinking this, he heard the leader The officers and soldiers shouted, "Catch the thief quickly!"
Ling'er hurriedly touched his sword, wanting to protect the people around him who didn't know martial arts from being accidentally injured by the evil thief Qingfeng.
Unexpectedly, the man who was found to have a leg injury was immediately tied up and taken away by the officers and soldiers. He was completely powerless. No matter how Ling'er looked at him, he didn't think he would be a Qingfeng evil thief
The officers and soldiers dragged the person away regardless of the person's "unjust accusation".
"He is innocent" Ling'er hurriedly stepped forward to defend him, "He doesn't know Kung Fu, how can he be a Qingfeng villain?"
Ling'er said this came out, it did not stop the arresting officers and soldiers, but it caused the surrounding people to look askance. Although they didn't say anything, Ling'er could feel their unfriendly gazes, filled with confusion, disapproval, and even anger. Ling'er felt a little aggrieved. She just wanted to plead grievances for the man. How could she know that she would suffer inexplicable hostility from everyone?
On the other hand, an officer and soldier on the side said, "Is he the evil thief Qingfeng? Take him back for questioning." You'll know after one call."
Ling'er was worried about the punishment the innocent man would receive to extract a confession. She wanted to say something for him, but the old woman behind her grabbed her clothes.
The old woman whispered in Ling'er's ear, "Little girl, stop minding your own business. It's too common for the government to arrest people randomly." Seeing Ling'er's worried look, the old woman continued, "Since Someone will seek justice for them."
"Is it true?" Ling'er asked doubtfully.
"Yes." The old woman said, "From what the girl said just now, she should be from other places."
Ling'er nodded, she was a little curious about the old woman. From her words, I guessed that she was from out of town. However, she had no chance to ask because the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate had already asked her for directions.