Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 143 Accomplices

Song Ying was startled and turned his head suddenly. He was relieved when he saw that it was Yuan Qing. Then he asked curiously, "Aren't you studying in the academy? Why are you here?"

Even if he is on vacation, he should go back to Wutong Village.

"The accomplice of the three fugitives has been found. It's Magistrate Hu."

"What? Magistrate Hu?!" Song Ying was so shocked that her mouth could not close. Soon, cold sweat broke out on her back. At first, she had wanted to go to the county government to report to the authorities.

If they really did that, I'm afraid the grass would have sprouted on the graves of the three of them!

Not only the three of them, but also Zhao Xiaocui and the others, and even the entire Xinghua Village, may be in danger.

Luo Yanxing and others gathered together after hearing the noise, and they couldn't believe what he said.

"These three people are from Ping'e County, which is so far away from our Qingshui County. How could Magistrate Hu be their accomplice?"

Thinking of the three men who had wiped out the entire family of the Ping'e County Magistrate, Song Ying couldn't help but speculate: "Could it be that Magistrate Hu had a grudge against the Ping'e County Magistrate and hired these three men to wipe out the entire family of the Ping'e County Magistrate?"

As both were county magistrates, perhaps they had had some interactions before.

"It's still unclear what the specific reason is, but there is solid evidence that Magistrate Hu is an accomplice of Wu Guangyao and the other two." Yuan Qing looked at Song Ying and said, "Didn't you see that Tang Tingbin coming out of Zhichun Bookstore?

The owner behind Zhichun Bookstore is Magistrate Hu. Tang Tingbin ventured into East Street just to contact Magistrate Hu through Zhichun Bookstore.

Qingshui County is just a small county town, and there are not many wealthy families. Not only wealthy families but also yamen runners and clerks live in East Street.

The poor people of West Street did not care who was on the wanted list, but some of the yamen runners and clerks who handled the matter knew clearly.

"That's still not right. Since their accomplice is Magistrate Hu, why put up their wanted posters? It's so dangerous."

Although the poor people in West Street rarely paid attention to the wanted posters on the Shenming Pavilion, some village heads and neighborhood heads still needed to go to the Shenming Pavilion occasionally to check summer taxes, various corvee labor and the like.

And it’s not like those gentry and scholars would never go to West Street. What if someone who saw the wanted poster met the three of them on West Street, wouldn’t they be exposed?

"This is also God's will. The wanted order was requested by higher-ups, and Magistrate Hu had no choice but to post it.

However, under his overt and covert instructions, the yamen runners and clerks were happy to be lazy, and those unimportant wanted posters had not been replaced for a long time. The ones for the three people were already in tatters and nothing could be seen.

The heavy rains over the past few days have washed away all the notices and wanted posters. After the new posters came out, Magistrate Hu had no time to have anyone secretly destroy them before you saw them. "

Song Ying: “…”

It seems that God is really going to kill those three people! They have done so many evil things, and they will be punished sooner or later!

After thinking for a while, she asked again: "Then did you ask them why they followed the four of us? Their accomplice is Magistrate Hu, so he shouldn't be short of money, right?"

Since they were not short of money, they naturally had no intention of robbing them of their money, nor did they want to kidnap them and sell them for money. Song Ying really didn't understand what was so special about these country kids that was worthy of those three people's concern for them.

"No, they were short of money. When they first arrived in Qingshui County, they went to Magistrate Hu's home and wanted to hide there, but Magistrate Hu refused.

They prepared carriages, horses and money for them, saying that they would be sent to a safer place. However, after they left the city and reached a deserted place, they wanted to kill them to silence them.

Tang Tingbin was more careful and did not touch the food prepared for them in the carriage. This is how they escaped the disaster and killed the confidant of the man who wanted to kill County Magistrate Hu.

The three men bore a grudge against Magistrate Hu, so they turned around and went back to Qingshui County, threatening that even if they died, they would take Magistrate Hu with them.

Although they spoke arrogantly, they did not dare to ask Magistrate Hu for money again. Even the silver given to them at the beginning, except for copper coins and small change, they did not dare to use silver ingots, for fear that Magistrate Hu would use them to track down their whereabouts.

Therefore, they don’t have much money left, and seeing that your backpack is quite heavy, they guessed that it was money, so they followed you.”

Song Ying and others were stunned. This was much more exciting than the story told by the village chief.

Those three were really bold. Magistrate Hu wanted to kill them to silence them, but they still dared to return to Qingshui County and were still in contact with Magistrate Hu!

The evidence that Magistrate Hu had in their hands was quite big!

Yuan Qing took out a handful of silver coins and said, "This is 15 taels of silver. This is the reward that Wu Tixue gave you three for reporting the case to the authorities."

"15 taels!"

Everyone was shocked, and then they looked at Song Ying and the other two with envy. They had worked hard for nearly half a year picking herbs, and Song Ying, who had saved the most money, only had a little over two taels of silver.

I thought it was a big deal, I went to report it to the authorities and they gave me 15 taels directly!

Even if it is divided among three people, each person can get 5 taels, which is probably more than the money earned from picking herbs in a year!

Song Ying did not expect such an unexpected surprise. Not only did he not have to worry about meeting those three people when entering the city, he also made a fortune!

She happily took the silver and took out another ounce and handed it to Yuan Qing. "This time, thanks to you for taking us to find Wu Tixue, otherwise, we would have gone to the county government office anyway. You should get some of the reward."

Yuan Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have already received the best reward."

"The best bounty?"

"Wu Tixue has accepted me as his disciple. He will be my master from now on." Yuan Qing's eyes and eyebrows were filled with joy. "I should be the one to thank you. If I hadn't had the opportunity to go to the Tixue Dao Yamen last time, the Grand Master would have forgotten me long ago."

Becoming a disciple of a grandmaster is worth more than just a bounty of 15 taels of silver!

"Wow! Congratulations!" Song Ying was very happy for him and felt that Yuan Qing's luck had really turned. Not only did he get what he wanted and enter the academy to study, but he also had a fourth-rank official as his teacher!

Wu Tixue was a Jinshi (Jinshi) graduate. With his guidance, it would be easy for Yuan Qing to pass the examination for the title of scholar!

She smiled and took the silver: "Then I won't share it with you. Your bounty is so good that it makes people jealous!"

"Okay, I won't say any more to you. I have to go home quickly and tell my grandma the good news."

"Yeah, yeah, go ahead."

After seeing Yuan Qing off, Song Ying looked at Luo Yanxing and Xiaoxiang: "Although it was the three of us who risked our lives to report to the police, Sister Xiaocui and the others helped me cover up in the village and also helped us collect a lot of firewood. We should share some of the bounty with them."

"No, no!" Although she was jealous, Zhao Xiaocui still said, "This bounty was given to you by Wu Tixue, and it was you who risked your life to enter the city. How can we share the money?"

Everyone was in a panic at that time, and it took a lot of courage to go into the city to report to the police; moreover, the accomplice of the three fugitives turned out to be Magistrate Hu, which made the risk even greater.

Zhao Xiaocui felt that she would feel guilty if she took the money.

Erni also said, "Now that the three fugitives have been captured, we can safely go into the city to sell herbs. We are already very satisfied."