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Chapter 11 Take turns staring

"Why do you have to be afraid of being like this? Just peeling your nails, not your head!"

Xiang Zhuang's voice was not loud, but it was obviously provocative. The eyes of Feng Zhong looked at Feng Zhong as much as it was. Even though Feng Zhonggui was the chief of the Daqin Pavilion who was responsible for rural security, he had seen many brave and fierce rogues before. He couldn't help but feel furious by Xiang Zhuang's fierce eyes, and his body, which had already taken a step back, couldn't help but lean back a little.

"What do you want to do?" A pavilion soldier jumped out to save the master. While pretending to stop Xiangzhuang with his body, he shouted loudly: "Your surname is Xiang, do you know what the serious crime is to beat the pavilion chief?"

"I don't know." Xiang Zhuang's answer surprised the pavilion, and what surprised the pavilion even more was that Xiang Zhuang immediately added, saying: "But I know what the crime of killing a pavilion chief is, one life is exchanged for another! If you can't catch it, you don't even need to exchange your life!"

Hearing this, the pavilion's face turned pale a little, and Feng Zhong himself was even more heartbroken. While holding the hilt of the sword tightly, he pretended to be cold and asked, "Young Master Xiang, what do you mean?"

"Nothing interesting." Xiang Zhuang refused to answer, and immediately changed the topic: "The surname is Feng. There is something you seem to want to give our Xiang brothers an explanation. The night before yesterday, you took someone to our house to search, but didn't find anything, and even scared our third uncle to death. What are you going to say?"

"I am acting in accordance with the law, holding a two-foot version." Feng Zhong explained, and immediately forgot his suspicion that Xiang Bo’s wife happened to be sick, and said, "As for your uncle, she is already sick, what does it have to do with me?"

"My mother was almost cured the night before yesterday. When you were scared, she became seriously ill!" Xiang You grabbed the conversation and insisted that Feng Zhong had caused his mother's condition to worsen - this was not wronged Feng Zhong, but to put it mildly, because Xiang You's mother's illness was actually scared by the people brought by Feng Zhong.

"It's not my business, I'm doing it according to the law." Feng Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't agree, you can go to the county to sue me and let the county punish me."

"You are protecting each other, and you know that we can't sue you, so you speak so generously." Xiang You used a new term learned from Xiang Kang.

"What do you want?" Feng Zhong asked vigilantly.

"I don't want to do anything." Xiang Zhuang sneered, changed his expression, and said sarcastically: "The night is dark, the wind is high, the lights are dark, the wilderness, and you are alone in the room, etc., please take care of yourself, Chief Feng."

"Our brotherhood always remembers your kindness, Chief Feng Ting." Xiang You took the conversation and said even more sarcastically: "I will also burn incense and pray day and night, pray for the blessing of the ghosts and gods in heaven and earth, so that Chief Feng Ting, you will live a hundred years, and be blessed and long-lasting."

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You said good auspicious words, but these words made Feng Zhong's scalp numb and his heart beat faster. Several pavilions next to him also heard something wrong and hurriedly asked: "Sir Xiang, what do you mean by what you mean? Want to threaten our pavilion chief?"

"Whatever you understand." Xiang Zhuang replied sneered, but his eyes were staring at Feng Zhong and he used the method that Xiang Kang taught him to deliberately stare at Feng Zhong's nose bridge, making Feng Zhong feel that he had been looking in his eyes.

Unable to resist Xiang Zhuang's sharp gaze, Feng Zhong's eyes were a little fluttering, and he said with a thorn in his mouth: "Young Master Xiang, I will say it again. I went to your house to search the night before yesterday. I am handling the case according to law. If you are not convinced, you can go to the county to sue me. But if you dare to do anything, the court code may have a way to cure your crime."

Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You sneered and did not speak, but there was no new move. Feng Zhong waited for a long time without a reply, so he turned around and walked into the pavilion and shouted, "Come in! They love playing chess here, let them play and see when they can play!"

Several pavilions agreed to follow Feng Zhong to the pavilion, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You exchanged glances with each other and sat on the ground again to continue playing chess. Feng Zhong couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw it in the pavilion, knowing that the Xiang brothers clearly wanted to entangle him and forced him to give them an explanation about what happened the night before yesterday, otherwise he would never give up.

Everything has two sides. Although the Qin law is strict and after unifying the world, the remnants of the six countries who were forced to assimilate are generally unacceptable and tolerated, this greatly restricts the hands and feet of the grassroots officials of the Qin Dynasty. There is no legal basis or reason. Feng Zhong, let alone arresting Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You, could not even drive them away from the gate of the Tingshe - because there is no Qin Fadi that is not allowed to stay in front of the Tingshe.

As for taking action directly, you can't even think about it. There is a pavilion chief named Liu in Pei County, Sishui County. He accidentally injured a friend who drove a car for him in the future while joking. He was imprisoned in prison for more than a year and was hit by hundreds of sticks. Feng Zhong, who had heard of this lesson, certainly did not want to repeat the same mistake.

So there is no way. Even though he knew that the Xiang brothers were uneasy in front of the door, and they might even be unfavorable to him at any time, Feng Zhong could not think of any trick to get rid of the Xiang brothers' entanglement. He could only hide in the pavilion and temporarily force the edge, wanting to wait until the Xiang brothers quit and leave by themselves, and then find a way to find the place back.

Maybe he was really bored. Just after noon, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You, who had played chess all morning in front of the Tingshe Gate, really left by themselves. After the news was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong, who had been nervous for a morning, immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The Tingsman who came to report the message said, "Two destitute guys, really couldn't hold on. They left by themselves just one morning. I thought they could stay until dark. Okay, it seems that this matter is over."

"Prince Pavilion, this matter is not over yet." The Tingshu said with a frown: "Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You, the two dilapidated guys, have left, but their cousins ​​Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui came with them, squatting under the tree opposite the gate of our Pavilion House, and they were still playing chess there."

"What?!"

Feng Zhong was very surprised and hurried to the Tingshe Gate and looked at it. As the soldiers of the newsroom said, although Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You, among the Xiang family's children, had disappeared, Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui, changed shifts and squatted under the tree opposite the gate, where they were playing chess in a hot manner. Feng Zhong felt even more panicked when he saw it and said to himself: "Oh no, it seems that these tragic children are determined to cause trouble for me. If you are watching me, what do they want to do?"

"Prince Pavilion, these destitute children seem to be watching you closely, what should I do?" The pavilion next to him also saw something wrong and asked, "Do you want to find a reason to arrest these two decent goods and give them some color?"

"What reason?" Feng Zhong asked, "They didn't break the law, what reason should we use to arrest them?"

The pavilion was speechless, while the other disciples and pavilions who followed were talking and asked for helping Feng Zhong get people. One of the diners who often made meals at the Feng family said, "The head of the pavilion, there is no reason. He said he wanted to ask about the case the night before yesterday, arrest them first and put them in the pavilion house, and see if they dare to make trouble."

Feng Zhong was a little moved and wanted to take down the Xiang brothers first on the grounds of investigating the case. However, when the words came to his mouth, Feng Zhong gave up the idea, because Feng Zhong suddenly remembered a fatal matter - the Xiang family now has two murderers who are on the run and have not been arrested yet. Even if they may not dare to come back, who can guarantee that the Xiang family will not have a third murderer again?!

At this time, the situation changed again. Xiang Han and Xiang, among the children of the Xiang family, had brought a yellow dog from there, tied it with a rope and led it to the gate of Tingtingshe in Shiling. They also deliberately shouted that they would kill to improve the food and attract the attention of everyone in Tingshe and passers-by. Then, in front of Feng Zhong and Tingshe, Xiang Guan, who had previously squatted on the opposite side to play chess, pulled out his sword at his waist, shouted a loud sword, and cut off the unlucky yellow dog's head, and the blood was immediately spread all over the floor.

"Good swordsmanship! Look at me!"

Xiang Han shouted loudly, grabbed the headless dog corpse and threw it into the air, and suddenly drew his sword and slashed it in the air, cutting the headless dog corpse in half. His movements were so sharp that Xiang Sui and Xiang were cheering loudly, and their malicious smiles and gazes were all aimed at Feng Zhong who was standing in the gate of the Pavilion and watching the fun!

"Drag it back and pluck the hair and remove the skin, put it in the pot and cook it, and wait for us to go back to drink and eat meat in the evening!" Xiang Guan shouted loudly, and then deliberately asked Xiang Han: "Have you agreed, who will come here to guard the night?"

"I've agreed early." Xiang Han agreed louder and said, "Xiang Sheng and Xiang Kang in the first half of the night, Xiang Yang and I! Xiang Ta and the others are still young, so I won't let them come!"

Hearing this, the Tingshe door was very quiet, and Feng Zhongze was pale. Only then did he realize that the Xiang brothers had already arranged shifts and were about to take turns to stare at him, and then just wait for him to go out alone, or reveal any flaws, and he would take revenge - although it was possible that he would not do anything.

Xiang Han and Xiang, who were not illegal to kill dogs in public, left with the bloody dog ​​corpse. Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui sat back under the tree and continued to play with them. Xiang Guan also deliberately inserted the sword stained with blood on the mud beside them. As a result, seeing this in the pavilion, Feng Zhong's heartbeat was of course faster. He regretted guilty of the Xiang brothers, and was even more afraid that the Xiang brothers, whose two uncles were both outlaws, suddenly went crazy and rushed into the door to settle the score with him.

While waiting almost tormentedly, the sky gradually became dark. When the dinner in the Pavilion House was finished, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Kang, the children of the Xiang family, came to the door of the Pavilion House with a jar of wine, and changed Xiang Guan and Xiang Sui who had been guarding for an afternoon to go back to rest and have dinner. The Pavilion reported the news to Feng Zhong. Feng Zhong was inevitably confused when he heard this and didn't know what to do. However, at this moment, another Pavilion House came to report and said, "Ting Chief, the Xiang family named Xiang Kang knocked on the door and said that he was asking you to go out and talk."

"Damn it! Little man, dare to bully him!" A guest couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked up the weapons in the pavilion and said, "People, do it, first catch the two little man guarding outside, and then catch all the remaining debris in the Xiang family, and ask them what they were going to do!"

Feng Zhong hesitated a little and almost wanted to adopt the offer of this disciple. However, after analyzing the chances of winning directly, Feng Zhong was surprised to find that he was not sure - the thinner Xiang Kang was difficult to deal with, but Xiang Sheng, who was tall and powerful, was not a good person. If he fought his life, there was absolutely no one on his side who could be his opponent.

"Prince, the man named Xiang Kang knocked on the door again, saying that he was asking you to go out and talk, and said that he had no ill intentions, just wanted to say a few heart-to-heart words to you, hoping that you can listen to it."

Another pavilion soldier came to report that Xiang Kang insisted on meeting. Feng Zhong hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't help but feel curious. He gritted his teeth and said, "Go away, go out and see what that little man said."

A dozen pavilions and Feng family guests agreed, and quickly took their weapons and lifted oil lamps. They followed Feng Zhong to the front of the pavilion door. When they opened the pavilion door, they shouted loudly and rushed out. Feng Zhongze stood in a relatively back position. As soon as the door opened, they paid attention to the movements around them, fearing that other Xiang family members would suddenly come out of the darkness.

Only Xiang Kang stood in front of the door with the already Kaifeng wine jar. Seeing a large group of people surrounding Feng Zhong and rushing out of the pavilion gate, Xiang Kang not only showed a rather contemptuous smile, and lit up the wine jar in his hand and said, "Don't panic, don't be afraid, I'm here to drink with Chief Feng."

After seeing Xiang Sheng, who was tall and tall, standing under the tree opposite, he looked vigilantly, and after confirming that there were no one else nearby, Feng Zhong then asked Xiang Kang with a angrily voice: "What are you looking for me?"

"I want to have a bowl with Chief Feng." Xiang Kang showed up in the wine jar again and said with a smile: "I'll say a few words by the way."

"I'll save you wine. If you have anything to say, say it!" Feng Zhong said, holding the hilt of the sword tightly.

"Master Feng Ting, how much is the salary for a month?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile.

"What are you asking about this?" Feng Zhong asked vigilantly.

"If I remember correctly, it seems that the county will give you eight hu of grain to the pavilion chief in one month, right?" Xiang Kang also asked without answering a question, saying: "In addition to Lumi, if there is a surplus of taxes, if there is a surplus in the local area, you, Chief Feng, will you, give me some more, right?"

"Yes, why are you asking this?" Feng Zhong answered and asked back.

"There is not much money or food." Xiang Kang asked indecently and said with a smile: "Although it is enough to raise a family, it is relatively abundant. However, you have a wide range of friends and many diners in your family. This amount of money or food may also make you stretched from time to time, right?"

"What do you want to say?" Feng Zhong became more and more confused as he heard it, and shouted: "If you have something to say, there is no need to beat around the bush!"

"Chief Feng, I want to ask you, is it worth it for this little money and food?" Xiang Kang smiled even more affectionately.

"What is worth it? What do you want to say?" Feng Zhong asked angrily.

"What do I say is worth it? Are you not sure, Master, you still know?" Xiang Kang finally saw the picture and said with a smile: "What else can you have besides your most precious thing?"
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