Chapter 157 kill two birds with one stone
Zhang Sheng left Shanglinyuan casually, and the news that he made a big fuss in Shanglinyuan today was already spreading the whole city of Beijing before he arrived in the village.
All parties told their spies at the same time to see where Zhang Sheng was going next. They were all very curious at this time.
At this time, Zhang Sheng had just arrived at that village. At this time, the people in the entire village had been gathered by the minor official in Shanglinyuan.
Zhang Sheng looked at the fear in the eyes of the people in front of him, and at this moment he felt a little strange, because only he knew that the people in front of him did not take any jade pendants.
But he soon adjusted. After all, he was not in charge of the army. He had long passed the time for a woman to be kind. Now his own safety is the most important thing.
"I won't say anything extra. Who picked up my jade pendant that day? Now I'll take it out and reward 100 taels of silver." Zhang Sheng said
The villagers were happy when they heard this, but then their faces changed drastically because they didn't pick up any jade pendants.
But listening to the meaning of the noble man in front of me, it seemed like he was sure that the person in their village picked up the jade pendant.
So at this time they looked at the others around them, but everyone's eyes were full of fear and nothing else was abnormal.
Zhang Sheng looked at no one in front of him and continued, "Hmph, it seems that some people don't cry until they see the coffin."
"Okay, that book will say something different. On the day of spring hunting, someone in your village broke into Shanglinyuan without authorization." Zhang Sheng said
"What? This is impossible. Have you made a mistake by noble man?" the village chief said tremblingly.
After saying that, the village chief regretted it. After all, this is a noble person that the officials of Shanglinyuan dare not offend, so he hurriedly knelt down and bowed his head.
"Seeing you like this, I guess you are the village chief? Since I have come, I have naturally found out."
"I will say it again. As long as I hand over the jade pendant and reward 100 taels of silver, I will keep my word. This is your last chance."
"If not, then I don't need to say anything about your business with Shanglin Yuan, you know what the crime is."
"This general's patience is limited. In the last quarter of an hour, who went to Shanglinyuan that day and handed over the jade pendant." Zhang Sheng said
At this time, the village chief suddenly changed his face when he heard this. He said to the villagers whose face changed drastically, "Which family came from that day? Come out quickly. Do you want to kill the whole village?"
Zhang Sheng watched from the side and didn't speak, because he said for a quarter of an hour, and that was a quarter of an hour. This was also his last chance to survive for the villagers.
If no one has stood up yet, then he can only take ruthless action. After all, that matter must not be revealed.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar. Wang Yue arrived with five hundred cavalrymen. As early as when Zhang Sheng set out, he had already informed Wang Yue to bring troops.
When the villagers saw the arrival of the brigade of people, they were immediately frightened, and some timids were already fainted.
At this time, the village chief shouted again, "I beg you, who was going that day? Come out quickly." After that, he knelt down.
When the village chief knelt down, the villagers quickly knelt down, but Zhang Sheng saw this, he ignored them.
Instead, he ordered Wang Yue who had walked up to him, "If no one stood up in half an hour, they would arrest all these people and send them to Shuntian Mansion."
"It's the Lord" Wang Yue finished speaking, and made a gesture to the soldiers he brought, and saw that the soldiers quickly surrounded the villagers.
As time passed by little by little, Zhang Sheng became a little impatient, so he said, "It seems that no one has stood up, so let's arrest them all."
After hearing this, Wang Yue had to instruct someone to take action, and at this moment, a girl who was looking at her fifteen or sixteen years old came out behind the villagers.
"You, stop. It was the forest I went to that day, but I had never seen any jade pendant." The girl said with a pale face.
When Zhang Sheng saw that a girl was standing up, he felt very surprised. His first reaction was that he didn't believe it.
After all, the man ran very fast that day. Although he was not familiar with the terrain, he never believed that he would lose to a girl who might not even look like a girl.
"Hahaha, what did you say? Did you go there that day? I said your village is really interesting?"
"Are men dead? Is it necessary for a woman to stand out for you?" Zhang Sheng said
"Yueya, what are you talking nonsense, come back quickly." The village chief said anxiously.
"Grandpa Village Chief, please don't say it. I did go there that day. I can't implicate everyone. One person does things and one person does it. If you want to fight or kill it, just listen to the emperor." After saying that, he closed his eyes and said
"Okay, Yueya, right? I will not care whether it is you or not. Since you have stood up, let's just treat it as you."
"Although my jade pendant is not worth much, you probably can't afford it in your life. I don't care who you are for."
"Since you want to be a hero, then I will fulfill your wishes. My mansion is newly built. It is a time when people are short of people. Just go back to my mansion with me." Zhang Sheng said
"What, what? You, don't you kill me?" Yueya opened her eyes and said in surprise.
"Why did I kill you? Can I get my jade pendant back if I kill you? Since you said you took it, then just treat it as you took it."
"If you come back with me, I will carry you as a concubine. The jade pendant will be regarded as a betrothal gift from me, hahaha." Zhang Sheng said
"Ah? What? You." Yueya was so surprised that she couldn't speak because it surprised her so much.
I thought I would die this time, but who would have thought that I would be attracted by the man in front of me and wanted to take him as my concubine.
In fact, it was not only him, but everyone present was stunned. Unexpectedly, things would develop to this point. However, when Wang Yue and the others looked at the girl carefully, they understood what was going on.
The villagers were excited at this time. It was originally a huge disaster, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a good thing.
If Yueya really becomes the concubine of this noble man, then their Yangjia Village will no longer have to be afraid of Shanglinyuan.
However, in the crowd at this time, there was one person's face that looked extremely ugly. His eyes were full of anger, and he wanted to tear Zhang Sheng to pieces.
Zhang Shengruo looked at him with some feeling, smiled happily, and said to himself, "You still can't help it. Since you can't help it, you can't blame me!"
At this time, Yueya finally came to her senses and saw her say, "You, do you really want to take me as your concubine? Is it really the matter of that jade pendant?"
Chapter completed!