Han official!

Chapter 7 Soup

Guo Jie?

Guo Jie from Chen County!

Zhang Qian suddenly understood: "No wonder this man was able to fight a tiger with his bare hands. He is Guo Jie, the heroic hero of Chen County. Tu means tiger. How could this tiger, Tu, relying on the prestige of the Yangdi Yuan clan, threaten Guo Jie? He is simply courting death!"

"happy!"

Wei Guang looked at Guo Jie, who had suddenly attacked and killed someone. The depression in his chest was swept away, leaving only a hearty joy. "Haha, I've heard that there's a hero named Guo Jie in Chen County who values loyalty and integrity and won't tolerate insults. How dare Yuantu grab Guo Jie's head? He deserves to be beheaded."

His attitude towards Guo Jie had changed significantly, and he now addressed him respectfully as "Mr. Guo".

Wei Guang was deeply impressed by Guo Jie's act of killing his enemy with his own hands.

"Shuzi!"

With tears streaming down his face, the Treasure Master shouted, "My dear fellows, kill Guo Jie who attacked the guard. All the money and coins awarded by the court shall be given to the man who cut off Guo Jie's head. The two tigers in front of the gate shall also be given as rewards."

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

When the guards at the gate and the executioners heard about the generous reward, their eyes lit up red. They shot the arrows and crossbow bolts in their hands. The white feathers trembled and flew rapidly towards Guo Jie who was standing under the eaves in front of the gate.

Due to his experience fighting a tiger with his bare hands and the reputation of Guo Jie from Chen County, the guards and executioners did not dare to step forward and could only shoot at him with their bows and crossbows.

Guo Jie had long been on guard against the arrows shot by the guards. The moment he released the bowstring, he quickly hid behind a thick pillar supporting the extraordinary house.

"Oh!"

After a dull thud, the arrows were knocked away one after another, but the crossbow arrows shot from the yellow-shouldered crossbow penetrated deeply into the cylinder.

Guo Jie's eyes widened. "If they were to be shot by the Yellow Shoulder Crossbow, even if they were wearing red ribbon fish scale armor, they would be pierced through instantly. What a treacherous Yuantu!"

He saw with his own eyes that Cangshoufu led several executioners armed with yellow-shoulder crossbows out of the back window. Once the fighting started, the yellow-shoulder crossbows shot out from the back window of the extraordinary house.

Guo Jie felt a chill just thinking about it.

The current situation remains critical.

The front window of the extraordinary house is narrow, and the only entrance and exit is empty. Anyone who dares to rush in through the gate will be shot by the guards and the executioners.

Guo Jie looked at Zhang Qian and Wei Guang beside him, and saw that they also looked anxious. He didn't know what to do.

rush out?
They will only be shot through the body by crossbows.

Continue hiding?

The cylinder could not bear the weight of the yellow-shouldered crossbow and would be shot to pieces sooner or later, leaving no place to hide.

"stop!"

A carriage appeared on Gao Street, with an official sitting in it. He shouted, "Who is the chief of this capital? Who ordered you to use the yellow-shoulder crossbow without permission?"

Guo Jie felt relieved, knowing that he would not be shot to death by arrows.

Cang Sefu was still unwilling to give up, but when he saw the official riding in the carriage, he could only grit his teeth and throw away the yellow-shoulder crossbow to a executioner next to him.

The carriage was exposed on all sides, with a central pillar supporting an umbrella-shaped canopy. Screens were added on both sides of the carriage to block the mud. The color of the umbrella-shaped canopy was soapy, indicating that the owner of the carriage was an official with a salary of more than 300 stones.

Those above 2,000 shi wear a right-handed horse, those above 1,000 shi wear a white silk robe, those above 300 shi wear a white cloth robe, and those below 200 shi wear a white cloth robe. All of them have a robe with four-sided poles.

The carriage stopped at the door of the extraordinary house, and everyone was able to see the official's appearance clearly.

The official was a thin, young man, wearing a bamboo Liu hat and a simple linen jacket. A two-foot-long sword hung from his waist. Without his official seal, it was hard to tell what rank he held. His eyes, however, were the most striking feature. They were incredibly sharp, piercing, as if they could see through a person's thoughts at a glance.

It is so sharp that people dare not look directly at it.

Like an eagle eye.

Cangshoufu rushed over crying and said, "I hope so."

The word "take charge" was not uttered.

Guo Jie spoke first, "My surname is Guo, my name is Jie, and I am from Chen County. Today, I happened to encounter a fierce tiger in the lion's enclosure. I killed two tigers together with Zhang Qian and Wei Guang. But Yuan Tu, the head of the Gaojie Duting, tried to take the tiger away."

When Wei Guang heard Guo Jie mention his name, he straightened his back and thought to himself that Guo Jie was a kind person.

Guo Jie waited until the official had glanced at the tiger's corpse before continuing, "Unexpectedly, Yuan Tu couldn't use his identity as the Yangdi Yuan clan to subdue the three of us. He simply robbed us, dragging the tiger away in front of everyone on both sides of Gao Street. An official of the imperial court is acting like a gang of robbers. We had no choice but to protect our property."

According to the "Law on Robbers", gangs of thieves and fugitives who joined gangs of thieves, if they tied up guards and robbed them, would all be crucified.

Crucifixion, a form of torture that involves dismembering the body.

Guo Jie was betting that this sharp-eyed official was not Dou Ying's man. The power struggle throughout the Western Han Dynasty was always a struggle between relatives of the emperor and imperial power, and the current one involved the struggle between Huang-Lao and Confucianism.

As long as the official is not Dou Ying's subordinate, he will convert Guo Jie's murder of the village chief into the murder of a group of bandits.

Not only will he be innocent, but he will also be rewarded by the court.

In addition, there was one last way out. He was the heroic hero Guo Jie. Even if he had not reached the peak of fame more than ten years later, Dou Ying's people would not dare to kill him without authorization, and would most likely imprison him in Chang'an Prison.

Zhang Qian and Wei Guang will definitely find a way to redeem the person. The knights-errant in Chen County can squeeze enough money to redeem the person.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Cangshoufu's face flushed with anger: "Don't listen to his slanderous words, superiors. It's clear that he killed the captain on purpose."

The official waved his hand impatiently, not wanting to hear Cangshoufu's argument. He frowned and said, "I've also heard that Chen County's Guo Jie is known for his loyalty and trustworthiness. For the sake of loyalty and trustworthiness, he was willing to let go of the enemy who murdered his nephew. Whether he killed a group of bandits or deliberately killed an official, that will be determined later."

The two words "Guo Jie" carry some weight.

The reputation for trustworthiness that he had cultivated in the past was the basis for Guo Jie to take this risky gamble.

When several young men from Wuling heard that the knight who fought the tiger with his bare hands was the heroic hero Guo Jie, they were extremely upset and regretted it to the core. How much better it would have been if they had not taken into account that Yuan Tu was Dou Ying's guest!
Perhaps, at this time, he had already recruited the hero Guo Jie as his guest.

The official looked around and his eyes fell on several young men from Wuling. He asked, "Did Guo Jie fight the tiger?"

Several young men from Wuling nodded hurriedly.

"Zhang Qian and Wei Guang killed a tiger together, but Guo Jie killed the tiger alone."

"Still fighting with bare hands!"

Ben?
The official sighed inwardly, thinking of this brave man who fought a tiger with his bare hands. He then continued to ask, "When Guo Jie attacked, was the property in the hands of the guard? Well, did the guard hold the tiger that should have belonged to Guo Jie?"

Several young men from Wuling continued to nod.

"At that time, the rabbit grabbed the tails of the two tigers and prepared to drag them away."

"Before dragging the tiger away, the rabbit uttered many threatening words."

"A bunch of bandits! The wild rabbit, coveting the tiger's gains, is just the way to become a bandit."

"I already know the true situation, but this case is not within my jurisdiction."

The official explained his identity: "Come with me to the official temple of the Chang'an Wei. This case needs to be handed over to the Chang'an Wei. I am Zhang Tang, the Maoling Wei."

(End of this chapter)