Harue Kagetsu: Chapter 36

In the Shen family in Shangyang County, in front of the two splendid oil-black gates, there is still a happy banner that was not removed from the birthday banquet the day before yesterday.

This afternoon, a group of people entered the county with a car, and inquired about the location of the Shen family.

Passers-by saw dozens of men following outside the car, all of them bunt and aggressive, as if they were about to provoke trouble, because the Shen family was usually unpopular in the local area, and after pointing the way, they followed and followed to watch the excitement.

The group quickly found before the gate of the Shen family. A middle-aged woman who looked like a leader came out of the car. The woman froze her face, stood still, said nothing, pointed at the two gates, and said "hit", when even a few men came forward with stone locks, and greeted the gates without saying a word. go up. The voice alarmed the doorman inside, and hurriedly opened the door. When he saw this, he was shocked. He came to stop it, but how could he stop it? Seeing that the door was about to be smashed, he hurriedly turned around and ran in to report.

Although the three brothers of the Shen family have separated, they all live together in this big mansion left by their ancestors.

Shen Da and Shen Er and his wife, Shen San and Liu's husband and wife, the three families are calculating the account of the old mother's birthday in the account room. Due to the uneven distribution, the faces of the brothers are a little unsightly, and the sister-in-law is complaining to each other. A group of shy people slammed the door, immediately dropped the ledger, called a dozen servants, and rushed to the door angrily. There were two large cracked holes in the door panel.

In front of the door, people from the county were full of onlookers who came to hear the wind, pointing at their own houses, all looking at them with a look of schadenfreude.

The three Shen brothers were shocked and angry, and immediately sent people to report to the official, and they brought their slaves forward and shouted angrily to stop them.

The master was alerted, and he thought that the other party would at least stop first, but these people appeared out of nowhere, but they didn't follow the rules at all, and they didn't want to give up until the door was broken. A group of people stepped forward and pushed and shoved to block, while others continued to smash the door.

Amid the endless ping-pong-pong sound, and the cheering cheers of the onlookers, the two gates collapsed and the planks shattered in a few seconds.

"Go back!"

When the woman saw that the gate was torn down, Fang said lightly and turned around to board the car.

A group of people responded in unison and followed.

Although the Shen family barely ranks among the lowest-ranked local nobility, but they go out on weekdays, and they are also respectable people. Just the other day, they celebrated their old mother's birthday. The door was full of guests, and the scenery was very beautiful. , how can you be willing to give up?

Shen San took the slave, **** a stick, and rushed up to stop him.

I don't think that group of people came prepared.

A person who looked like a manager drank, and everyone rushed to the side of the car, and actually pulled out dozens of big knives from the car and distributed them, one for each person.

The imperial court strictly forbids people to hide knives privately, even the Shen family did not dare to hold knives openly, but only a few were hidden.

How did you think that this group of people who came to the door unreasonably and smashed them dared to openly hold a knife?

Seeing the light of the sword glittering under the sun, those people were all fierce, and Shen Sanyi was timid and did not dare to go up again. He could only stop and watch the group of people go away.

Several brothers discussed it quickly, Shen Da suppressed his anger, and while sending someone to the government to urge him, he asked the two brothers to lead them and followed them, so that no one could get away.

The local magistrate had to report that a group of people openly came to the door with knives and smashed the door of the Shen family. Because they had contacts with the Shen family, they went to the birthday banquet just the day before. They rushed all the way, and finally stopped the group of people on the way to Jingkou.

Seeing the arrival of the magistrate, the Shen brothers were very bold, so they rushed forward angrily and recounted what happened.

The county magistrate was furious and ordered people to set up roadblocks. He stepped forward, pointed at the car, and shouted sharply: "Who are you, why don't you come down to meet me? In broad daylight, how dare you openly attack with a knife and break the door of someone's house for no reason? What you need to know is the crime of hiding swords, and this officer can put you in jail and ask about the crime of conspiracy!"

"And let him know who we are."

The doors and windows of the carriage did not move at all, except for the woman's voice.

The steward should have turned around and came to the magistrate's face. He only said a few words. The magistrate's expression changed and he stayed there. Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! Since his Shen family did such a thing first, not to mention breaking the gate, it is a matter of course to tear down the house! Xiaguan didn't know it at first, and was deceived. There are other important things in Xiaguan Yamen. , retire first."

After the county magistrate finished speaking, he immediately ordered people to remove the roadblocks, brought the yamen with him, turned around and left in a hurry.

Shen Er and Shen San saw the magistrate's condescension before and after, and in the blink of an eye, he left here to go, and hurried up to stop him.

With a cold face, the county magistrate said coldly, "Do you know who you have offended? These people are here on the orders of Mrs. Gao's daughter, Mrs. Li Mu! After he finished speaking, he left the two of them and walked away.

Shen Er was still a little confused, but Shen San's face turned into the color of pig liver.

Although it was late autumn, there was a layer of sweat on his forehead.

Seeing that he was abnormal, Shen Er immediately asked. Only then did Shen San hesitate to tell the story of the encounter with Shen and Gao's daughter in front of the pawnshop in Jingkou Town a few days ago.

Shen Er suddenly realized, stomped his feet hard, and said bitterly: "You idiot! Since Amei has such a good relationship with Gao's daughter, she asked someone to bring clothes to her mother, how can she act like this?"

Shen San lowered his head in dejection and said nothing.

"You idiot! Not enough to succeed, but more than enough to lose!"

Not to mention that Shen Er scolded his brother, suppressed his annoyance, and rushed back to Shen's house to find Shen Da to discuss countermeasures. At this moment, Aju has returned from Jingkou.

The Jiang family was in such a commotion, and the Shen family and a pair of children were temporarily taken over to the Li family at this moment. Mrs. Lu and some women in the neighborhood who were friends with each other on weekdays were comforting Mrs. Shen in the house. Some people scolded the Shen brothers for being black-hearted and heartless, and some accompanied the Shen family to wipe away tears.

Luoshen and A Ting were playing with their two children.

Aju called out Luoshen, and quietly told the story of how the person who had just led the manor broke the door of the Shen family, and finally sighed: "The poor and lowly couples are sad, I only saw it today. It's the Shen family and you. Destined to be able to get the little lady to help me like this."

Luo Shen pursed his lips: "Look, those shameless people will still come here. When they come, let them know what it means to bully others!"

…

Outside the Jiang's house, Jiang Tao had already heard the news and rushed back, and soon, Sun Fangzhi and others also came, and upon seeing this, they were all furious.

Sun Fang shouted angrily, turned around and left.

Shopkeepers, workers, fathers, sons, and brothers in the nearby shops and families around the Temple of the City God responded to every call. Those who took sticks took sticks, and those who carried kitchen knives gathered hundreds of people in a blink of an eye.

Everyone was indignant and went in the direction of Shangyang County.

Jiang Tao hurriedly stopped him. However, with the turbulent crowd, how could he be able to stop it with his own strength? Seeing a large group of people rushing towards the town entrance, they were afraid that things would get out of hand, so they hurriedly called people to find Li Mu. I was in a hurry when I suddenly saw someone coming on horseback from a distance, and in a blink of an eye, it was Li Mu and Guo Zhan, who was relieved and rushed up to quickly talk about the matter.

Li Mu rushed up, stopped at the entrance of the town with Guo Zhan, and drank. When everyone saw him coming, they stopped, and the noise gradually stopped.

As Sun Fangyi walked towards him, he said loudly: "Jingchen, you came just in time! Brother Jiang is tolerable to be bullied like this, but it is unbearable! Let's go over here and tear down the Shen family! Call me back and see the Shen brothers take half a step towards Jingkou, and I will definitely break his legs!"

…

The Shen brothers and Jiang Tao have always had bad relations, and they are not allowed to visit their mother. Li Mu has always known about this.

But for this kind of household chores, he is an outsider, and it is inconvenient to extend his hand at will. Moreover, Jiang Tao and Shen's wife have always been forbearance, and they do not want to make things bigger. Therefore, in the past few years, they have been in peace with each other, and it has been like this.

Today, things have reached such a level, which is somewhat unexpected.

Li Muwang said to Sun Fangzhi and others: "Thanks to all of you for your righteous actions, Li Muxian expressed his thanks on behalf of the second brother Jiang. But this matter is still the family affairs of the second brother Jiang, and it is not appropriate to recruit teachers and move the crowd like this. If you can trust me, leave this matter to me. I will definitely ask the Shen brothers to come to the door to make amends and not fall into the prestige of my Jingkou! What do you all think?"

Jiang Tao also caught up.

"Jiang is not talented, and I am very grateful for the help of all my friends and neighbors! I urge you to listen to the words of the ministers, stay calm, and don't let this matter cause trouble again. Jiang is very grateful!"

He said, bowing to the opposite side again and again.

The reason why everyone was so angry was not only because they sympathized with the experience of Jiang Tao and his wife, but also felt a sense of humiliation when they were beaten on the head by outsiders.

Li Mu has a reputation in Beijing. What he has to do has never been missed.

Since he came forward to speak like this, everyone would naturally not be disobedient, so they all took away the sticks and kitchen knives, and the scolding and scolding gradually dispersed.

Li Mu called Jiang Tao, Guo Zhan and others, and was about to discuss what to do when he heard a commotion behind him.

"His grandma's! The Shen brothers are shameless! They dare to go to Jingkou!"

Someone yelled. Everyone gathered together again, and the sticks and kitchen knives that were put down were raised again.

Li Mu turned his head and saw a group of horses hurriedly approaching the town. The leader was Shen's eldest brother, Shen Da.

Li Muli and the middle of the road watched those people enter the town with cold eyes.

If the Shen family really didn't know what to do and angered him, in such a chaotic world, destroying a few households like this would be like destroying ants to him.

Shen Da was not used to riding horses, but at this moment, in order to rush on the road, he got on the horse's back and rode profusely. He finally arrived at Jingkou Town. From a distance, he saw a large group of people blocking the front. All of them were glaring at him. Li Mu, who was crowded in the middle of the road, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly dismounted, took his brother, and hurried to the front, without wiping his sweat, he bowed and said: "General Li is above, I will be worshipped by a certain Shen! Dare to ask General Li, Is the madam here? Can you invite Shen to visit him?"

The people in Jingkou were arguing at first, but when they suddenly saw the respectful appearance of the Shen brothers, they looked at each other, and the surroundings gradually became quiet.

Li Mu's eyes flashed a dark light that was not easy to detect.

Squinting his eyes, he said lightly, "What's the matter with her?"