Chapter 39, Korean Night Visit

The moon stars are rare, and the autumn is cool.

Zu Zhao's door was suddenly knocked quickly, and the sound of "Ding Du Du" seemed very dry. There is a fire shadow shaking outside the door, and there are sporadic voices in the distance. In the room, Zu Zhao jumped up and quickly recovered from his sleep. He didn't have time to wear clothes and ran to the small hall and asked outside the door.

A servant's voice came from outside the door: "Son, a wild man came from the back door, clamoring to see you."

Zhu Zhao opened the crack in the door and asked doubtfully, "Wild man? What time is it now, at this time?

He glanced at the sky outside the house, which was the late night of the three poles on the moon.

The servant shook his head helplessly and said, "The wild man must be crazy, but someone who takes care of the horse farm seems to know this wild man, so let the villain come and invite the old man over."

Zu Zhao frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "Do you know?"

He didn't think much about it. He asked the servant to approve a dress first.

Out of his residence, Zu Zhao followed his servants to the backyard. There was not much movement in the other yards along the way, especially the place where his grandfather and several elders lived. At a glance, he was still immersed in darkness. It was not until I passed the moon gate in the backyard that I could see many children on duty at night, most of them holding torches, coming and going.

The main door of the backyard is not opened, but a small side door is open. On a porch near the side door, seven or eight children were gathered together, as if they were talking about something. Someone saw Zu Zhao coming and rushed to the crowd to inform them. The seven or eight children immediately turned around and dispersed, and behind them was another figure sitting on the fence on the porch. Not only that, not only that, there was a sack on the other side of the fence. The sack occasionally struggled, and there was a dull sound. Obviously, there was a living thing in it.

Zuzuo approached, and the children quickly saluted and said hello. He quickly saw the figure sitting on the edge of the fence and couldn't help but be surprised. This person was none other than Han Dang.

"Brother Han? Why are you here so late!"

"I'm really sorry. I visited rashly and didn't choose a good time. I hope I didn't disturb my ancestors." Han Dang stood up. Although there was an apology in his words, his face and tone were very cheerful.

"If you don't bother me, this is too out of the way. Brother Han must have something to do with his visit so late. Inside the sack..." Zu Zhao didn't have any nonsense. He knew that there should have been any twists when dealing with Han Dang, so he came straight to the point and pointed to the sack that was still shaking behind the fence and asked.

Han Dang smiled and said nothing more. He jumped over the fence and came to the sack and easily lifted it up. The sack struggled more violently in mid-air, and the sound from it was clearer.

The children of the ancestors all stared at the sack and guessed what was in it.

At this time, some children came to the corridor of the front yard, which were Zu Ji, Zu Zhan and several young uncles.

Han Dang carried the sack and strode across the fence, and then fell heavily on the ground in front of everyone. There was a dull scream in the sack, and soon there was no movement. Han Dang squatted down, untied the rope at the mouth of the sack, lifted the sack, revealing a short figure.

Zu Zhao and the crowd came forward and looked at it with the firelight. The man in the sack has broken his head. After Han Dang's fall just now, he is even more unconscious. His face was bloody and blurred, and he really couldn't recognize who this person was, but in the case of his familiar contacts, this person should not be an acquaintance.

"Brother Han, this man... what kind of person is this?" Zu Ji, who had just arrived, asked with a doubtful face and a little worried. Looking at Han Dang put a half-dead person in a sack, and in the middle of the night, I'm afraid that any normal person will feel nervous.

"This person's name is Wang Zheng, and he is the best friends with Deng Mao. I heard that there was an accident in Zu Gongzizhuang, which was related to Deng Mao. Han didn't have much to contribute, so he made a special trip back to Lingzhi yesterday to find Wang Zheng to track down Deng Mao's whereabouts. Han Dang said slowly that his face had not changed much.

Although everyone knows that Han Dang still has the following, no one can help but change color when they hear this.

Even if Wang Zheng usually has the best relationship with Deng Mao, he can't conclude that he is related to the horse robbery case, so he arrests people rashly, doesn't that means that he kidnapped the horse?

Even Zu Zhao himself was very surprised. In his opinion, Han Dang would not be so impulsive and reckless.

"I was only going to ask him a few words. It would be great if I could know Deng Mao's whereabouts. But I didn't expect that Wang Zheng was a thief and dared to plot on me. As soon as he took action, I knew that it must have something to do with this matter. Then he was arrested and tortured. The thief said everything. Han Dang's tone became more and more serious.

"What? Is this person really related to the robbery of the horse? An elder asked.

"Not bad. This thief has been recruited. If you have any doubts, you can check with him. Han Dang nodded and said.

"Brother Han, why didn't you escort this thief to the official office?" Zu Ji asked doubtfully.

Han Dang's face changed slightly. He laughed twice and did not answer.

Zu Zhao pulled Zu Ji's cuff and motioned him not to ask what he shouldn't ask. Of course, he knew Han Dang's intention. Whether Han Dang was grateful because he learned that he entrusted Uncle Hong to help his family, or just talked about the righteousness of the world and was willing to do his best to help. This was a matter between Han Dang and his ancestors and had nothing to do with the government. Taking a step back, Han Dang is being arrested by the branch county government. How can he throw himself into the net?

"Brother Han really helped me a big favor this time. You might as well sit in the room first. It's so cold. Drink a cup of hot tea to dispel the cold. Since the thief Wang Zheng is unconscious, he should first be escorted to the woodshed for retrial. Zu Zhao took out the demeanor of the eldest son and said to Han Dang with gratitude and enthusiasm.

"So, Han is not polite." Han Dang did not refuse and readily agreed.

"Aji, take this man to the horse room. I'm very optimistic." Zu Zhao ordered.

"Yes, don't worry, big son." Zu Ji quickly agreed.

Subsequently, Zu Zhao, Zu Zhan and several elders led Han Dang to a side hall in the middle hall and ordered his servants to prepare tea.

After Han Dang took a few sips of hot tea, Zu Zhao asked, "Brother Han, where did you hear about Deng Mao?"

Now that the horse robbery case has been circulating in the county, coupled with the big actions of Zujiazhuang for several consecutive days, it is not difficult for Han Dang to find out about this matter. However, in order not to scare the clues about Deng Mao, he has always kept a low profile and has not even officially reported this matter to the county government. How did Han Dang know?

Han Dang put down the teacup and breathed a sigh of relief. He said without concealing, "To be honest, since he heard that there was an accident in Mr. Zu's family, Han secretly returned to inquire about the details of the matter. Just the night before yesterday, I happened to meet the Abao brothers in your mansion in Xili Town. It was because of the Abao brothers that Han learned about this.

Abao is one of the sons of the ancestral family who participated in the Xihe Bridge drill. Although he does not insist on going every day, he also participates intermittently, so he knows Han Dang.

Zu Zhao slowly nod his head and said with emotion, "Brother Han actually made a special trip to return to Lingzhi for this matter. I am very grateful to you for this." He could see that in order to help Zujiazhuang investigate the case of horse robbery, Han Dang did not return home on the way in the past few days when he ventured back to his hometown. He really had the demeanor of "Dayu ruled the water and did not enter the house".

Han said face to face, "It's too outrageous for Mr. Zu to say such a thing. First, this matter was originally to eliminate violence and peace, and secondly, Mr. Han admired the ancestor as a man, which is reasonable and incumbent.

Everyone was very moved when they heard Han Dang's words.

Zu Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, then I will accept Brother Han's words."

At this time, Zu Zhan beside him was thoughtful and did not forget to turn the topic back to the serious matter. He maintained his etiquette and asked, "Han Yishi, what is the relationship between Wang Zheng and Deng Mao? After listening to what Han Yishi said, it can be seen that Wang Zheng and Deng Mao should have something to do with the horse robbery case. I don't know if there is any mystery behind the horse robbery case?

These words can be said to be the most concerned thing of the ancestors in the past few days. Not only that, but I'm afraid that even the county governments of the two places are the same.

Han Dang said calmly, "Yesterday evening, Han learned about Wang Zheng's whereabouts from several local friends, so he quickly found Wang Zheng at a market outside the county. I just wanted to ask him about Deng Mao's whereabouts, but I didn't know that he hadn't asked three or two words. This was actually pulling out a hidden dagger to hurt me when I was unprepared. I don't pay attention to this kind of rat three-legged cat kung fu. After subduing the thief, I forced him to question him. Wang Zheng was still stubborn at first, but after all, he couldn't stand being beaten.