Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 33
Wang Ping'an was put into a sack, and his panic was beyond words. He had never encountered such a thing in modern times. This was the first time in the Tang Dynasty. He had no experience to look for. He had no choice but to ask for good words in the sack. It's a loss right now, it would be too unwise to pretend to be tough at this time, and it would be easy to get stuck.

He said: "Two heroes, Xiaosheng really has no money, just passing by, it's useless for you to tie me up, I have neither wealth nor color, you won't get any benefits from robbing me!"

A strong man carried him on his back, patted his butt through the sack, and said with a smile, "Whoever said that someone who took a stick in the middle of the night must be a robber, and he must tie your ticket? We are horse farmers, serious People, not robbers!"

"I'm not a robber, why are you covering me with a sack?" Wang Ping'an was aggrieved, wanting to struggle, but also afraid of suffering immediate losses.

Another strong man said: "Send him back first, don't hurt him, otherwise it will be difficult to talk in the yamen, I will wait here to see if anyone comes looking for anyone."

With a hum, the big man with Wang Pingan on his back strode away and trotted all the way. No matter how much Wang Pingan asked him on the way, he didn't answer!
After bumping for a while, the strong man stopped, and it seemed that he had come to a place where there were people. Wang Pingan couldn't see through the sack, but he heard many people talking, and the voices were all men.Wang Pingan groaned in his heart, this time he came to the robber's den, terribly, terribly!

Someone asked: "He Laosan, why did you bring this one back after lying in ambush for a long time? Could it be that people from Wuli Village didn't come to look for it and let these people stay in our village?"

The strong man with Wang Ping'an on his back said: "Where do I go to know what the people in Wuli Village are thinking? It's not even midnight yet. I guess we didn't expect us to detain them!" He put down the sack and released Wang Ping'an.

Wang Pingan only felt the fire was dazzling in front of his eyes. After getting used to it, he opened his eyes and saw that he was in a large courtyard, opposite and directly in front of him was a vast hall, which looked like an ancestral hall.Two teams of strong men stood neatly in the courtyard, holding torches in their hands, with straight backs. From their standing postures, they seemed to be well-trained and had the temperament of army soldiers, but not bandits. robber.

"Ping An, Ping An, why have you been arrested!" Suddenly someone yelled.

Wang Pingan was taken aback, isn't this the voice of his father!He looked into the ancestral hall and saw several rows of memorial tablets in the hall, a big man was sitting under the side of the memorial table, and beside the big man was his father Wang Youcai, and beside Wang Youcai were five or six people squatting. It is a villager in Wuli Village.Not far behind them stood five or six strong men, all tall and straight, like nails.

Before Wang Ping'an could answer, the burly man in the hall said, "Where did Mr. Wang come from? How could he say that he was arrested, and he was also arrested? We released Mazhuang as a place for the imperial court to recuperate soldiers. Abide by the law and never arrest people randomly! Master Wang comes to us, we are staying guests, and this young master comes here, we use invitation!"

How could Wang Youcai be in the mood to reason with a big man, he stood up and said, "Son, why did you come here? There is something at home, you should go home quickly!" With a push of his big hand, Wang Youcai was pushed back into the chair.

The strong man named He Laosan pushed Wang Ping'an and pushed him into the hall.Wang Ping'an was pushed into the house, and he was very surprised. It turned out that this was not a den of robbers, but some kind of recuperation center for government soldiers?How did my father mess with someone in the army? What's going on?

He came behind Wang Youcai, held his father's hand, and said, "Father, what's the matter, our family didn't pay all the taxes?"

Wang Youcai held his son's hand tightly, shook his head and smiled wryly: "If this matter is not resolved today, then I really won't be able to pay taxes in the future!"

The big man snorted and said: "Master Wang was joking, we don't want to occupy the entire river, why do you say it so miserable, as if we are bullying you!"

Wang Youcai thought to himself: "Isn't it just bullying? Detain me and arrest my son. Isn't it bullying? Could it be that I can't serve others?"

The big man in the hall picked up two pieces of paper from the coffee table, shook them, and said, "Do you want to press your fingerprints on this contract? If you don't want to, you can let your son press it. Well, this is your little son? She looks handsome, but her body is a bit thinner!"

Wang Youcai shook his head like a rattle, and said repeatedly: "The old man can't press this fingerprint. Your contract will cut off the livelihood of our whole village. How can I agree? I won't press my fingerprint, I won't press it!"

Some of the big men who guarded them shouted angrily: "Don't toast and eat fine wine. Now I just want to share some river water with you. If you get it in the Yamen, you will even share your field!"

Don't look at Wang Youcai who is usually a nice gentleman and easy to talk to, but when he encounters major problems, he is not weak at all, no matter how the big men shout and threaten, he just doesn't nod and agree.Wang Pingan couldn't figure out what was going on, and couldn't speak out to help his father.

While yelling, suddenly a young servant ran into the back hall, and said a few words in the ear of the big man in the hall, the big man's expression changed, he stood up and said: "Master Wang, think about it carefully, if you can't figure it out , then let's go to the city to see the officials tomorrow!" As he spoke, he strode into the back hall with a hurried expression, not knowing what to do.

Only then did Wang Pingan ask his father in a low voice, who is this person, and what happened to make such a fuss that he would meet an official?Wang Youcai talked to him a few words, and then Wang Pingan understood.

It turns out that Fangma Village is different from Wuli Village. Wuli Village is a place where ordinary people live together, while Fangma Village is a place for retired troops to recuperate. They are half-cultivated and half-soldiered. So far, they are still providing the imperial court with a source of soldiers. .

The old owner of Fangma Village was named Boss Qi. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he rebelled with Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty. He was a fierce soldier in the army at that time.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the original soldiers were more or less allocated some land. The field allocated by Boss Qi and his soldiers is just outside Xuzhou City. It is the most fertile land, located in the upper reaches of the Xiaoxigou River.The name of Fangmazhuang is taken from the meaning of disarming and returning to the fields, and the horse Fangnanshan.

The Xiaoxigou River is a tributary of the Yellow River. It is not too big, and the water volume is not too much. Fangmazhuang is upstream, and Wuli Village is located downstream of the river.For farmers who make a living by farming, water is life. Without water, crops cannot be irrigated, there will be no harvest, and there will be no food to eat. Therefore, the river water in Xiaoxigou is a very important production resource.

During the day today, Wang Pingan saw a doctor for Wang Fusheng, and he once said that he should not drink the river water. Wang Youcai took it seriously. He felt that the water level of the river had indeed dropped a lot these days, so he led the villagers along the river, thinking Find out why.

As a result, I found Fangmazhuang all the way, and found that the people in the village had opened a fork in the river, dug a new small river, and diverted a lot of river water, which caused the amount of water downstream to decrease!Wang Youcai quit immediately. When Fangma Village was first established, it had signed a contract with Wuli Village, specifically talking about the river water problem. The river is bifurcated without authorization, so as not to cause insufficient water in the downstream river and affect the harvest.

But this year, the old villa owner Qi Boss didn't care about his affairs, and his son Qi Huan became the new villa owner, and he forked the river without talking to Wang Youcai.Wang Youcai came to him to reason, but he actually withheld Wang Youcai and insisted that he sign a new contract, expressly agreeing in writing to redistribute the river water!How could Wang Youcai agree to this kind of thing, this is a big issue related to future life, there is absolutely no discussion!
Wang Ping'an's head was two big, and the pain was severe. He whispered: "Father, they are soldiers in the government. There are naturally people in the government. We are afraid that we will suffer losses in the lawsuit!"

Wang Youcai sighed: "That's why, my son, you must pass the imperial examination in the future, don't let your father suffer from such a useless attitude at such a young age!"

　
(End of this chapter)