Xie Ming

Chapter 1: Xiao Lang kidnaps his wife
March 17, the 17th year of Chongzhen, at 3 p.m.

Beijing City, Dongcheng Bingmasi Yamen.

"I want to sue Liu Mazi!"

"He took advantage of my unpreparedness and used his wife to seduce me with evil intentions!"

"The act of offering one's wife is appalling and unbearable to watch!"

"This shameless bastard actually tried to ruin my reputation!"

"Extremely abominable!"

"I hope Commander Liu can handle this quickly!"

Inside the yamen, a young man stood upright in front of the hall, shouting loudly.

At this moment, all the clerks and servants in the Bingmasi Yamen were dumbfounded.

Judging from the appearance, this young man has a slender figure and is about twenty years old.

He was dressed in a green shirt and had a sword on his waist. He looked as fair as jade, and his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes showed his heroic demeanor!
"Xiao Jingchuan, you..."

"Even if you rely on your status as the adopted son of Duke Chengguo (Zhu Chunchen), you are nothing more than a guerrilla general of the left camp of the Shenji Camp!"

"The rebel Li Zicheng is about to attack the city. You have a military post, but instead of going to the battlefield to defend against the enemy, you come here to make trouble and even bring a complaint against me. What do you want to do?!"

After he finished speaking, Liu Tan, the commander of the East City Army, turned pale with anger and glared at Xiao Jingchuan, who was dressed in blue in the hall.

Behind Xiao Jingchuan, there were four personal soldiers following him, all wearing swords and light armor, staring at the hall with ferocious looks.

Beside Xiao Lang, there was a petite and beautiful woman lying on the ground, covering her face and sobbing.

She lowered her head, so her beauty could not be seen, but just looking at her enchanting figure was enough to make one's heart flutter.

"doing what?"

"I just can't bear the dirty deeds of your Liu family's Liu Mazi, so I come to file a complaint with the authorities!"

As Xiao Jingchuan was speaking, a middle-aged man with a pockmarked face ran in outside the government office, panting and limping.

He was dressed in fancy clothes, dressed like a clerk, and was none other than the Liu Mazi, Liu Jichang, mentioned by Xiao Jingchuan.

"Cousin, cousin."

Liu Jichang had just arrived at the front of the hall and hadn't started to speak when he tripped in panic and fell in front of everyone, causing a burst of laughter.

"Hey, Jichang, you, hurry up!"

"Stop laughing! Silence, silence!"

Commander Liu Tan was really disgusted to see his relative making a fool of himself in front of the hall, but when he saw the yamen runners and Xiao Jingchuan and his gang laughing together, he became angry again, so he banged the gavel to calm the situation.

"Ouch, it hurts so much."

"Tang, oh, see Commander Liu."

"This Xiao Jingchuan is slandering me!"

"A quarter of an hour ago, this scoundrel led his troops into my house and, without further ado, abducted my beloved wife."

"I have been chasing him with my servants all the way, but I never thought he would come to the government office and file a complaint first, turning the tables!"

Liu Jichang was fat and had been exhausted from chasing for a long time. At this point, he was out of breath and could not continue speaking. He was so anxious that veins on his head were bulging. He stretched out his hand in vain and pointed at Xiao Jingchuan in the hall viciously.

"Hey! Liu Mazi, it's obvious that you wanted to offer your wife to me for my enjoyment, hoping that I would speak to the Duke to help you find a job. What? You don't admit it now?"

"It's too late!"

"Commander Liu, are you going to arrest this pockmarked Liu or not?"

"If you don't punish him, when I walk out of this government office, everyone in the capital will know how your Liu family treats guests tomorrow!"

"What a noble family, they secretly entertain nobles by offering their wives. Wow, they are really extravagant!"

"I want to see how your Liu family will survive in the capital, and whether you Liu family members will still have dignity to live!"

Xiao Jingchuan's words were cold and sarcastic, but they also contained a stronger hint of threat.

"You!" Commander Liu Tan was so angry that he trembled all over after hearing this.

"Xiao Jingchuan, our Ming Dynasty has always controlled the military with the civil. Although I am only a sixth-rank official, you'd better not be too arrogant!"

"I know that Duke Chengguo (Zhu Chunchen) has recently been appointed to take charge of all matters at home and abroad during the war, and he is highly valued by the emperor."

"It is said that if one person succeeds, his whole family will benefit. If you, Mr. Xiao, follow the right person, your worth will naturally increase by two times."

"But you'd better understand that our Liu family is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by anyone!"

"Although I have never had the honor of working with General Xiao before, I have never heard that the general is such a rude and unreasonable person!"

"Today, I have learned a lesson!"

"General, I advise you to think twice!"

Liu Tan gnashed his teeth, his eyes filled with hatred, but he was still rational. He was afraid that things would get out of control, so he left some room for maneuver in his words and actions.

But Xiao Jingchuan was not grateful for this and was determined to punish Liu Mazi.

"Don't say that it's useless!"

"Liu Mazi is immoral and has brought disgrace upon the family. Are you going to do it or not?"

Seeing Xiao Jingchuan's aggressive posture, Liu Tan's eyes widened with anger and he jumped up from his chair, but because the other party had the support of Duke Cheng, he paused for a long time. Finally, he slammed the gavel, held his breath, and prepared to prosecute his family members.

"Liu Jichang, you are a bad person, you have ruined the reputation of your family, and you even tried to bribe Xiao Jingchuan with your beauty. Do you know your crime?"

"Someone, come! Drag him away, give him twenty strokes of the cane, and throw him out!"

Hearing that his cousin had done such a thing and was now being punished, Liu Mazi looked aggrieved and wanted to argue, but Xiao Jingchuan at the side spoke up to stop him!
"Wait!"

"What else do you want?" Commander Liu asked unhappily.

"In addition to what happened just now, Liu Mazi is also guilty of murder!" As soon as Xiao Jingchuan said this, there was an uproar in the lobby of the yamen.

"Two days ago, Commander Liu, your cousin Liu Jichang, openly abducted a woman in the street. After bringing her back to his house, he abused her in every way and raped Sun Wang, causing her to commit suicide!"

"Her husband, Sun Dayong, could not bear the humiliation and filed a complaint with your government, but he was falsely accused of seducing Liu Mazi for money. He was filled with grief and anger, and left and drowned himself in the lake!"

"Commander Liu, it's only been two days since the incident. You can't forget it, right?"

Xiao Jingchuan directed and acted in this farce himself, and now he has finally set things right and gotten to the point!
"General Xiao, I was wondering why you were acting like this. Sure enough, you came here for that matter!"

Liu Tan, the commander of the military department, suddenly understood and continued in a sinister tone.

"So what?!"

"I'm asking you one last time, are you going to do it or not?"

Xiao Jingchuan took advantage of the situation to continue talking.

"Come here, Liu Jichang has finished beating me with the stick and is now in prison for trial!"

At this moment, the commander Liu Tan was already speaking word by word.

Even though he was furious now, he still didn't dare to offend Xiao Jingchuan easily. He held a grudge in his heart and secretly vowed to find a chance for revenge in the future, but for now he could only swallow his anger.

At this point, the wife-kidnapping farce was over.

After a while, Xiao Jingchuan walked out of the East City Bingmasi Yamen in high spirits.

Unexpectedly, the gate of the yamen was already filled with neighbors who came to express their gratitude.

The Liu family was not a simple family. They were related by marriage to the family of Zhou Kui, the Earl of Jiading, and Zhou Kui was the father-in-law of the emperor. Therefore, the Liu family relied on this relationship and were used to bullying the people in the village.

Especially that Liu Mazi, who was greedy and lustful, and had done many things to bully men and women. The girls and young wives in the neighborhood had suffered a lot from him.

Now, seeing Liu Mazi being brought to justice, how could the people gathered in front of the yamen not be excited? Seeing Xiao Jingchuan coming out, a few old women led the way and they immediately knelt down, praising Xiao Lang's righteous act!
"Hey, what are you doing? Get up!"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jingchuan couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly took two steps forward and helped up the first few elders, including the old man Sun, the original owner of the Sun family tragedy.

At present, although the Sun family's unjust case will be cleared soon thanks to Xiao Jingchuan's background, Sun Dayong and his wife will never come back, leaving old man Sun alone.

Old man Sun was grateful for Xiao Lang's kindness, but he was also saddened by the unjust death of his grandson Dayong. He could hardly control his emotions for a moment, and cried bitterly to the sky, which made all the onlookers feel sad.

"Dad, it's over. Dayong can rest in peace now!"

At this time, the person who spoke was named Li Huchen. He was a small captain in the Three Thousand Camp in Beijing, commanding 200 cavalrymen.

Li Huchen was a lonely man since childhood. Ten years ago, there was a drought in his hometown, and there were starving people everywhere. All his family members died, and he was the only one who made his way to the capital.

This old man Sun had once been kind enough to feed him, so this time, Li Huchen asked someone to ask Xiao Jingchuan for help. However, he had never expected that Xiao Jingchuan would be so decisive and accomplish the matter to this extent on the same day.

"General Xiao, I am grateful for your personal help this time. In the future, if you need me, Li Huchen, please feel free to send me there!"

After Li Huchen comforted Old Man Sun, he turned to Xiao Jingchuan, clasped his fists heavily, knelt on one knee, and saluted solemnly.

"Hey, General Li, please get up, please get up!"

Seeing this, Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly helped Li Huchen up and took the opportunity to grab the other's hands.

"Brother Li, I heard early this morning that General Wu Linzheng, who is stationed at Xizhimen, has a capable general under his command. He is extremely brave and loyal. Today, I see that his reputation is indeed well-deserved!"

"The person I, Xiao Jingchuan, admire the most is a hero like you, Brother Li!"

"Although we are meeting for the first time today, I feel like we are old friends right away!"

"Brother Li, you are older. If you don't mind, we can call each other brothers in the future. How about that?"

Xiao Jingchuan's words were somewhat abrupt, and Li Huchen was completely confused.

"Ah? Oh, good! I'm trying to reach your goal!" Li Huchen replied hurriedly.

"Ha ha, alright!"

"Eh? By the way, Brother Li, can you be stationed in front of the Xizhimen city gate tomorrow?"

Xiao Jingchuan changed the subject.

"Ah! Yes!" Li Huchen continued to answer blankly.

"Well, then, tomorrow!"

"I will go find you tomorrow. I really have something to ask you!"

Having said that, without waiting for the other party to reply, Xiao Jingchuan suddenly turned around, led his personal soldiers and mounted their horses.

Li Huchen looked at him in surprise.

"Brother Li, see you tomorrow!"

After he finished speaking, Xiao Jingchuan bowed, then grabbed the reins and without any delay, he squeezed the horse's belly and galloped out with his companions. In a flash, he disappeared in the crowd at the corner of the street.

"This"

"With his background, what could he possibly ask of me?"

Li Huchen stood there in a daze, talking to himself.

Gangqi's words of gratitude were indeed sincere, but he did not expect that Xiao Lang would act so unexpectedly.

"Haha, what a guy who doesn't play by the rules!"

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