"Look at it yourself."

Xu Yongning unceremoniously pushed Zhang Mao's hand away and hugged all the money together, "Brother Qin Chuan, I remember you are the same bets as me. Come on, come on, give me a small deal today. By the way, who else has made a erotic bet? Come and share the money."

Only a few people in the crowd responded and came over.

The other people and others all made a bet that had nothing to do with eroticism. After seeing the woman sitting in the courtyard, they were all silent.

The woman sat on the ground and felt pain. She had makeup on her face. She looked thin and beautiful, but she had her hair disheveled, destroying the last bit of beauty.

OK, these are still normal.

However, from the shoulders to the hands, two white arms were exposed outside without any restraint. Starting from the armpits, an old sheet was wrapped from behind to block the spring light, and only a knot was tied on the chest.

The two feet exposed downwards also do not have shoes.

Needless to say, this outfit and his scattered hair, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the room was full of spring just now, and a few people led by Xu Yongning won the bet.

"Back back, I told you to back back, do you hear?" A hoarse voice came from the room.

The officer and soldier who kicked open the door didn't think it was strange. He didn't see his team leader Xiaoqi's expression slightly changed. The others stopped and held a knife and wanted to break into the house.

Fortunately, he was pulled by someone else. After whispering a few words to him, he stopped and slowly retreated with the others.

"Hey, it's interesting." Some of the young princes who were watching from a distance in the elegant room broke the silence caused by the gambling game just now and spoke again.

“How interesting?”

"Looking at the movement, the house was supposed to be a man and a woman." The first person to speak continued, "Now this woman has been kicked out, and someone ordered the officers and soldiers to retreat. It seems that the man was taken as a hostage by a thief. The reason why it is interesting is that if this hostage is an ordinary person, how could the officers and soldiers be so obedient and retreat obediently?"

"It's extreme, it's extreme. If the hostage is an ordinary citizen, how could the officers and soldiers care about his life or death? They must have rushed in to arrest the thieves. People who can also know the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Five City Military and Ma Si seem to be quite small." Someone echoed.

"Hehe, I really want to see which young master this hostage is, or is it the descendant of the warrior like us?" Someone was curious.

"Mr. Xu Xiaogong, since ancient times, bandits have taken hostages, and the government has never cared about the hostages and even took them down, so as not to cause greater trouble after being learned by the criminals. I think the same is true for my rulings. Why are the officers and soldiers today being held back because of hostages?"

Zhou Qinchuan asked Xu Yongning in confusion.

After hearing that the thief took people as hostages, Zhou Qinchuan was a little worried that Geng Biao would take off the line. As far as he knew, China has always treated this matter since ancient times, requiring officers and soldiers to take down the criminals regardless of the hostages.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Qiao Xuan's son died at the hands of a robber. Cao Cao even used this as an example to issue a decree prohibiting the redemption of hostages in such incidents, so as not to make the traitor succeed.

This decree has been continued in all subsequent dynasties.

In the Tang Dynasty's laws, even specially set up charges of avoiding qualities, meaning that arresting personnel must not retreat because of concern for the safety of hostages. If there are arresting personnel who avoid retreating due to the safety of hostages during the arrest, they will be sentenced to a prison sentence of "two years of imprisonment".

Only those who are held hostages whose parents, grandparents, uncles, uncles, sisters, grandparents and other close relatives can be exempted from being sentenced to two years of imprisonment without having to participate in the arrest in person.

The Ming Dynasty claimed to restore the style of Han and Tang dynasties, and I guess it was the same for the hostages. This was Zhou Qinchuan's idea and the reason why he was worried that Geng Biao would take off the line.

If this law is strictly enforced, the officers and soldiers will definitely ignore the hostages and try their best to take down the thief.

But the sword is eyeless, and the thief has to do a good job. In this way, the life of the captured person is worrying. If he dies here like this, it will be a big and small trouble. It would be better to expose his truth and let the Censor and the Zhang family deal with him.

But looking at the officers and soldiers in the yard, and listening to the discussions of the young princes around him, it was obvious that there was something different from what Zhou Qinchuan knew. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to care about the hostages at all, so Zhou Qinchuan had to ask Xu Yongning for advice nearby.

Xu Yongning won a small amount of pocket money and was in a good mood. He smiled and said with a smile:

"What Qin Chuan said is true. The laws and regulations of this dynasty have indeed inherited the behavior of inheriting the Han and Tang Dynasties and not tolerating the act of tyranny. However, after the Renxuan dynasties, the court emphasized the word "filial piety and brotherhood". If the hostages are killed, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with filial piety and brotherhood. Therefore, officers, soldiers and relatives often decide how to act according to the situation on the scene.

If relatives are willing to use money to redeem people from criminals, most officers and soldiers will not stop them, but the wanted robbers are inevitable afterwards."

So that's it. It seems that this is the result of the game between national law and human relationships. How the officers and soldiers will act is closely related to the identity of the person being hijacked.

If the hostage is a commoner, he has no scruples and takes action when it is time to take action, and he doesn't care even if the hostage dies.

If a person with status, especially those princes and nobles, officers and soldiers would have to act cautiously, such as this is the case now.

Otherwise, the young princes would not have determined that the identity of the hijacked person was not simple based on the performance of the officers and soldiers.

It seems that Geng Biao has not played with it. Zhou Qinchuan no longer worried about the safety of the man's life. He continued to watch the show with the others with great interest.

The dark shadows at the door became thicker and thicker, and two figures finally walked out of the room and appeared in front of everyone.

The covered thief hid behind the hostage, only half of his face and one hand were exposed, and a sharp knife in his hand pressed against the hostage's neck.

As the young princes expected, the hostage was indeed a man, with his hair disheveled, naked upper body, and only wearing a pair of calf shorts, which further confirmed the victory of Xu Yongning and a few others in this gambling game.

But after seeing the hostage's true face, the atmosphere in the elegant room of the teahouse suddenly became strange. No one made a sound in the bet game just now, no one made a sound.

There were only a few people who secretly looked at Zhang Mao, including Zhou Qinchuan.

But seeing Zhang Mao's teeth clattering, one hand placed on the table clenched into a fist, and the blue veins were exposed, it was obviously trying hard to suppress his anger.

The masked thief gently pressed the sharp knife down, and the skin on the hostage's neck was pressed out of a small pit, "Hehe, I didn't expect to catch a big fish at will. It's so honorable. Let's talk about it, what kind of big man is this person in my hand?"
Chapter completed!