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Thirty Years of Sinful Debt

During the Song Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, making people's lives unbearable

By Sona mohammadiePublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Thirty Years of Sinful Debt
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During the Song Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, making people's lives unbearable, which led to the rise of mountain bandits in the area of Juhu Mountain, who took over the mountain in groups and robbed the passing merchants and nearby villages. The evil-doing Zhang Arm naturally became the government's most wanted criminal, but Zhang Arm is a strong martial artist and very cunning, time and again escaping from the battlefield, simply did not put the government in the eye.

To appease the people, the government immediately transferred a young and talented Tie Sheriff from all over the country to take up his post. Although he was just in his early thirties, he had already made a name for himself, and his reputation had risen to the point that the criminals were frightened of him.

As soon as he took office, the head constable Tie went out of his way to visit around, and gradually figured out the details of Zhang Arm. One dark and windy night, the head constable led all the constables to concentrate their forces to surround Zhang Arm and hit Zhang Arm by surprise. Zhang Arm even hit several arrows wounded and fled, the head constable and others chased.

Chased to the foot of a hill, Zhang Arm suddenly broke into a home, Tie Shou Tou and others dare not act rashly, lurking outside the courtyard to wait and see what happens.

The male owner of the house found movement, got up to hold the light, saw the blood-covered Zhang Arm, scared out of breath, and shouted. The angry Zhang Arm immediately raised his knife and slashed at him, and the man fell in response. The mistress Wang Meixiang choked with a loud alarm, huddled in the corner of the bed shivering ......

The head of the iron catcher found that the situation is not good, panicked, with people, rushed into the house. Seeing no way to escape, Zhang's arm suddenly found the bed sleeping a baby less than a year old, in a hurry to pick up the baby threatened: "Let me go, or I will die with him ......" said the right hand has been placed on the baby's neck.

Tie Sheriff involuntarily backward, to make a way, anxiously said: "You put down the baby first, I promise to let you go." Zhang's arm up to the sky laughing: "The words of the government can be trusted? If I find someone following me halfway, I will never be soft ......" said staggering and disappearing in the pale night.

Tie Sheriff's head of the child to shoot any failure, had to watch and let him go. The mistress Wang Meixiang hugged her husband and cried out, shouting: "Save my child ......"

While comforting Wang Meixiang, Sheriff Tie sent a well-trained Sun constable to quietly follow Zhang Arm.

The next day at noon, the head of the iron still no Sun constable to report to the court, they went up the mountain to look, just up the mountain soon found in an abandoned trap Sun constable in disarray. It turns out that the Sun Sheriff just followed yesterday night shortly after accidentally falling into a trap, breaking a bone, and being trapped out. The trap was originally laid by hunters when hunting, and now really bad things.

Sheriff Tie let out a long sigh and said: "Now the clues are broken, to find the Zhang arm again is more than heaven."

Tie Sheriff immediately mobilized all the constables of the magistrate's office to seal the city search, several months down the end no Zhang Arm's figure. And that Wang Meixiang is looking for the child is eager to ask every person, but also did not inquire into half of the useful news to.

For months, Zhang Arm's case has been plagued by the head constable, so he could not sleep at night. Wang Meixiang and three head to come to the Yamen to children. Tie Sheriff was forced to be anxious, suddenly learned that Zhang Arm still has a wife and children in the city, a bite, Zhang Arm's wife and children as hostages caught in the jail, if Zhang Arm one day does not surrender, it will be more of their wives and children one day, expected Zhang Arm then ruthless, should not leave their wives and children regardless of it.

However, a full three years passed, and Zhang Arm never came to the court to surrender. Whenever you see his innocent wife and children in prison suffering, the head of the iron can not bear it, but once you think of Zhang Arm's heinous crimes, they are determined: If you do not come to surrender, I will imprison your wife and children for life ......

Perhaps three years have not found their children, Wang Meixiang's tears dried up, has seen through the red world, discouraged she cut her hair as a nun, and never asked about the world. However, this heavy burden has never been removed from the shoulders of the iron sheriff.

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