The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Inspector Liang and clerk Xia were preparing for a life-and-death fight. After all, the three thieves were carrying knives, and if they were to chop them, they might really be injured.

No one wanted to be injured, so everyone looked ahead with full vigilance.

Patrol Inspector Liang shouted again, "You daring thief, put down your weapons and surrender!"

If it weren't for the need to find out who they were, Inspector Liang would have had his archers shoot them long ago.

Although his subordinates' martial arts skills were not very good, they had the advantage of numbers.

They won an overwhelming victory.

At this time, one of the thieves shouted: "Put down our weapons, don't shoot us. We are just refugees, we are not bad people."

People who say they are not bad people are often bad people, and everyone can't help but become more vigilant.

Inspector Liang continued to shout, "Throw the machete over here and squat down with your hands on your head."

No matter whether he is a bad guy or a good guy, just throw out the big knife.

One of the yamen runners added, "Throw out the daggers on your body as well."

A dagger fell from one of the thieves, so maybe the other two thieves also had daggers.

The bailiff stepped forward, handed the dagger to Xia Dianli, and said, "Boss, this is the dagger that fell from one of the thieves. I suspect another thief has it too."

With this action, the remaining yamen runners couldn't help but look at the yamen runner who took out the dagger: at such a dangerous moment of running away, this brother actually didn't forget to pick up the dagger.

The yamen runners expressed their incomprehension as to what kind of action this was.

The yamen runner who picked up the dagger said innocently, "I happened to step on the dagger while running, so I picked it up."

Just bend down and you can pick up the dagger.

The time of the yamen runners is very cheap, and they will not be like the two county magistrates who would not pick up the lost copper coins.

Everyone:......

Now is not the time to talk about this, everyone's attention quickly shifted to the three thieves.

Xia Dianli looked at the dagger. It was so shiny silver and it didn't look like it belonged to the three thieves in front of him.

What did they say just now? A refugee? If that's their identity, they might be stealing something from a wealthy family.

Xia Dianli and Liang Xunjian couldn't help but look at each other, and they could see what the other was thinking.

After a while, three "clang" sounds were heard, and three big knives were thrown out.

Inspector Liang continued, "Throw out any weapons you have. If we find you still have weapons, we'll kill you without mercy!"

Then they heard another "clang" sound, and everyone looked over and found that it was an identical dagger.

After waiting for a while, I didn't hear the "clang" sound again.

One of the thieves also shouted: "Sir, we only have two daggers and no other weapons."

Xia Dianli asked his three younger brothers to go over and pick up the sword and dagger.

The three little brothers were scared to death, but they had to do it.

Just now I could take advantage of the chaos to run away because there were so many people around, but now I have a big boss right in front of me and I can’t run away. I can only walk forward in fear.

It was not until the moment I got the machete and dagger that I finally breathed a sigh of relief after everything went smoothly and safely.

This action made Xia Dianli so angry that he wanted to kick the person.

There are so many archers and brothers behind him, even the guards that Lord Sun used to fight bandits are here. I really don’t understand what these little brothers are afraid of?

It's bad enough that he's lazy and cowardly and does nothing at ordinary times, but at the critical moment, he loses face for him. It really makes the boss angry!

Inspector Liang saw that the three thieves had thrown out their weapons and were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, so he was about to move forward to capture them.

Sun Heitan suddenly said, "Master Liang, have the three thieves squat separately, not together. Otherwise, they might cheat."

Because Sun Shan has a very high sense of crisis, the Sun family guards also have a high sense of crisis.

Although the moonlight was very bright, it was still night. Sun Heitan saw three thieves squatting together, and it was unclear what they were planning.

Sun Heitan added, "Lord Liang, the three bandits surrendered too quickly. I'm worried. I feel like they're using the 'Thirty-Six Stratagems' to inflict self-torture. They're pretending to surrender, luring us over, and then taking advantage of the opportunity to do something and finally escape."

When it comes to reading and writing, Sun Heitan is the smartest among the Sun family guards.

Look, even the "Thirty-Six Strategies" are involved.

The three strong men on the opposite side were so angry that they vomited blood after hearing what Sun Heitan said.

If they knew these tricks, they wouldn't be facing the situation of being exiled to slave labor.

Is this person sick? He thinks too much. He really thinks there are so many conspiracy theories in the world.

When Inspector Liang heard this, he thought it made perfect sense. To be on the safe side, it would be better to have them squat separately.

So he shouted loudly: "Three thieves, listen carefully, one squat to the east, one squat to the west, and the last squat where you are."

The three strong men were already anxious and irritable, and they instantly became furious after hearing so many demands from Inspector Liang.

Thief B whispered angrily, "Brother, we won't squat. This is too insulting. We might as well just kill him. Eighteen years later, he'll be a hero again!"

Thief C also felt insulted and said regretfully, "If I had known I wouldn't have thrown away my sword and dagger. I would have fought to the death with the officer."

The eldest thief, Thief A, remained calm and said in a low voice, "Second brother, third brother, don't act rashly. Kill them? How do you kill them?"

God wants to kill me!

Rows of yamen runners, rows of archers, and rows of neatly dressed strong men, how can they break out of the siege?

I'm afraid if I had taken a step forward, I would have gone to hell.

Thief A gnashed his teeth and said with conviction, "Second brother, third brother, as long as we are in the wild, we have a chance to escape. Be patient, you must be patient! Remember!"

The three thieves wanted to survive, so they had to do as Inspector Liang asked.

The two walked a distance to the east and west respectively, and finally squatted down.

Seeing this, Xia Dianli said with relief, "Master Liang, can you go up and arrest them?"

The distance between us is so far, even if we conspire, there is no chance for us to be together, so we should be safe.

If we were to catch a thief in the past, there would be no need to be so complicated; we would just rush up directly.

Of course, there were not many thieves in Yuanlu County who were armed with knives and who could injure yamen runners, so they had no experience and were therefore very embarrassed to deal with it this time.

Inspector Liang nodded and said, "Go up and arrest him."

So three yamen runners were in front, three Sun family guards were behind, and three archers were one step further back.

One rushed, the other ran, and they caught the three thieves.

Afterwards, he used a hemp rope that he didn't know where he came from to tie up the three thieves.

Finally, the three thieves were caught without any danger.

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Inspector Liang said to Sun Shan, "Sir, the three thieves are already in custody."

Then he asked, "Will the city gates be open tonight? Many people are still stranded in the city."

Sun Shan quickly asked, "Are any of the people injured?"

Put the thieves aside, the people are the most important.

As for the injured yamen runners, let them be injured, they are injured anyway.

Inspector Liang said thankfully, "Sir, the people ran fast and were not injured."

When it comes to running away, no matter whether it is the common people or the officials, Yuanlu is second to none and no one dares to claim to be first!