But it was said that the Gaojia family's motorcade had been tossing all night, pretending to be clever and retreating from the enemy, and had no time to pay attention to others. After setting up the vigil, everyone rested. After reading at midnight, everyone woke up one after another until noon the next day, and then went outside to check.
Fortunately, last night was so chaotic that even though the people in the village woke up and saw the darkness outside full of people, no one dared to go out randomly, so no one died.
The three members of the family that caught fire also escaped, but their home was completely burned, which was quite pitiful. Yao'er thought that they had also suffered an unreasonable disaster, so he borrowed a servant from the Gao family to send them five taels.
Silver and five hundred coins. When Jia Huan came in, the money giver had just left. When he heard about it, he quickly ran to that house. He saw three small mud houses, one and a half of which were burned down. The old couple were fourteen and five hundred cents apart.
The 20-year-old grandson cried a lot and felt a little sad.
The servants of the Gao family hurriedly handed over the silver and copper coins, and the three of them immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
Jia Huan hurriedly called them up and said: "I just want to remind you. If any neighbors or relatives come to ask, just say that you got five hundred yuan. Don't tell anyone about the money, so as not to worry about it."
After hearing this, the old man was startled, but the old lady understood. She quickly thanked the young man and asked him his surname. Jia Huan waved his hand: "It's my senior brother who gave you the money. I just said this in vain."
That's all." He sighed again, "Fortunately, the spring plowing season has not yet come, and the year has just begun. You just have to live a good life." He turned and left. The servants of the Gao family hurriedly added the names of Jia Huan and Jarvis to Gao Jiarong.
The government gave all the instructions and listened to people's thanks for a long time before coming out.
This person didn't know that Jia Huan had performed a double act with Cheng Chi last night. He thought he had great magical powers. He ran all the way to catch up with Jia Huan and inquired with a smile: "Master Huan, where did you learn Taoism?"
The magical power is so powerful!”
Jia Huan said confidently: "I once met a god-man who taught me in a dream."
The servant was amazed and asked who the god was.
Jia Huan was too lazy to make it up, so he coaxed: "He didn't say, but it seems that Cong'er knows him."
The man became even more surprised: "Master Cong actually recognized the god in Master Huan's dream?"
Jia Huan didn't know how to explain it, so he just pretended to be mysterious and said: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked."
While passing by the farmyard, there was a very fragrant smell coming from inside. Jia Huan couldn't help but stretched his head to look into the courtyard. The two families had walked all the way. The Gao family had known that the third master Huan of Rongguo Mansion was a
The little Taotie smiled and said, "It looks like scones. How many can I buy for Third Master?" Jia Huan nodded repeatedly.
Not long after, the man came out with a few fragrant scones and handed them to Jia Huan, saying, "It's just a local game. The third master has never eaten anything good in the capital. I just want to taste it."
Jia Huan took over with a smile on his face and said: "Not everything in Beijing is delicious. We often put the cart before the horse when cooking in our house. Just like what my second sister-in-law said that time, a plate of eggplants requires a dozen chickens to go with it.
Why bother eating? The smell of eggplant is overshadowed by the taste of chicken. I like to eat like this, with real taste, without all the tricks." Then he picked up a scone and bit it.
After one bite, it was indeed sweet and crispy, and he was very happy to eat it.
Gao Ying and Yao'er discussed taking a rest here for a day, and it would not be too late to start their journey tomorrow. In the afternoon, everyone in Rongguo Mansion gathered together to analyze yesterday's chaos, but everyone did not speak and looked at each other.
With Gong Kun.
Gong Kun said: "Some of what happened yesterday is quite clear. Since Zhong Heng said he came to rob wealth, he came to rob wealth, not to kill. We can know from their actions when they evacuated.
This wave of bandits is not the same thing as the one that appeared at night. The first wave is ordinary bandits, probably the green forest minions that Zhong Heng was ordered to recruit on a nearby mountain recently. Zhong Heng's plan is to lead this group of people first.
Lai Jie said, in the middle of the fight, Zhao Ping led his people over to help us."
Jia Huan coughed, shook his head and asked, "How do you know this, sir?"
Gong Kun said: "I'm just thinking, if I were Zhong Heng and Zhao Ping, how could I get all these carts of stuff without killing my brothers. Note that as far as they are concerned, the first wave of bandits doesn't matter.
A few who die more, a few who die less, or even die at all will not have much benefit; those at night are the serious officers and soldiers, they are their brothers and comrades, and they cannot die casually - we also have serious veterans here.
Therefore, the charge of killing can only be left to ordinary bandits."
Yao'er nodded: "I understand what you mean. Zhao Ping pretended to lead people to help us, and gained our trust along the way. At night, he turned against us while we were unprepared."
Gong Kun said: "At that time, regardless of whether we had fewer people than them, even if there were more people, we would definitely be caught off guard. At most, we would have to run away in a hurry. After all, Zhong Heng is one of theirs. If we can coax those bandits to say, Zhao Ping
I asked Zhong Heng to cooperate with us in robbing us, and on the way to avenge the dead bandits in front of us. I'm afraid that the remaining bandits will be used as shields in front of us at night."
Xiaoxi said: "It's a pity that the plan didn't work. Zhao Ping was so greedy for profit that he deliberately used the power of many people to snatch the birthday gift."
Gong Kun smiled and shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Although Zhao Ping is good at martial arts, he is not as smart as Zhong Heng. If I guessed correctly, Zhong Heng later led the group of bandits here for a fight.
"
Everyone was stunned.
Gong Kun said: "Among these two leaders, it is obvious that Zhao Ping is superior to Zhong Heng. Regardless of his martial arts skills, Zhong Heng is superior to Zhao Ping in terms of brains. It is not surprising that Zhong Heng wants to take Zhao Ping's position. Who can
Are you willing to be oppressed by someone stupider than yourself? How could he do it for no reason? Unless Zhao Ping is dead." He smiled softly, "About what happened during the day yesterday, he didn't tell Zhao Ping everything.
Explain clearly. For example, those sixteen three-shot crossbows."
Jia Huan said "Oh": "What do I mean, even if there is no Western fire or gun, it is not difficult to shoot Zhao Ping to death with those small crossbows. How could he dare to rush up like a green head?"
Gong Kun continued: "Since Zhong Heng was sent to collect the bandits, when he later went to see Zhao Ping, he should have gone alone without bringing the bandits with him. Therefore, Zhao Ping did not know that at that time
What happened? There was no other person to prove it, so I just made it up as Zhong Heng said. Zhao Ping thought, there are many of them, and they are pretending to be serious officers and soldiers, so they are not weak in ability. If we only have ordinary people in our house,
The bodyguards, even with the soldiers of the Gao family, can escape unscathed with his ability. Also, since he is the leader, the people behind him have been staring at these birthday gifts for probably more than a day or two. If this is the case
He let us go without any reason, and it was difficult for him to explain when he returned, so he launched the night attack. On the other hand, Zhong Heng first came to negotiate with Mr. Cong about the future sale of stolen goods, and then deliberately fell out with Zhao Ping and left angrily.
He summoned the group of ordinary bandits he had subdued himself, no matter how early or late, and suddenly showed up when our two families were halfway through the fight. According to the habit that Yao'er revealed to him during the day, kill the king first to kill the bandits. If you can't protect everyone at that time
It is unknown that Zhao Ping has been shot by a small crossbow and turned into a hedgehog."
Liu Feng said with a smile: "He doesn't need to calculate the time. Last night was originally night, and this small village was crowded with so many people. He only needs to hide his bandits outside the village and send a clever henchman to pretend to watch the fun.
It's just an ordinary villager sneaking in. When Zhao Ping died, his confidant went out to deliver a message, and when did he come in from outside the village to recruit people's people. Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen? Only then did Zhao Ping die.
Here it comes. As the Third Major General often said, coincidence must be arranged by manpower."
Gong Kun nodded and said: "Yes, that's about it." Nai clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I've been busy all night, and the leader Zhong used our hands to move the blocking stone to get to the top. It can be seen that there are people above, and we used to
It's all a bit too smooth, so it needs to be taken advantage of once."
Yao'er said: "If it is true as Mr. said, this person is thoughtful and knows how to take advantage of the situation. It is not an injustice to let him take advantage of it once. Anyway, we have nothing to lose." Everyone agreed.
Jia Cong suddenly asked: "Yi Zhi, who do you think they are?"
Gong Kun crossed his hands and said: "Where can I guess? There are so many people asking for money these days. There are only two. One of them is not a person listed as a prince. I have no eyesight, and the princes will kill the three of you brothers.
Seeing it is very important, I want to take it in and become a military advisor. I won't put you in military disaster for a little money. Secondly, according to what Yao'er said, Zhong Heng went straight to him for the peace negotiation last night.
, he didn’t look at Gao Ying at all, and called him Mr. Jia. It can be seen that he not only knew that there was a fat man named Jia Cong in Rongguo Mansion, but also knew the name of Mr. Jarvis. Yaoer was not among the dignitaries in Beijing.
He has no reputation. He only relies on Mr. Su Zheng for support. He has some reputation among scribes. If you are knowledgeable, you will understand that he is not simple after meeting him once or twice. However, I am afraid that no one outside Beijing will know. Therefore, what follows them
I'm afraid the owner is from Beijing."
Xiaoxi smiled and said: "According to what Mr. Wang said, all the princes can also be eliminated. Those who are not interested in the position of prince will not cause the army to come out to rob, and those who are interested in the position of prince may accidentally injure the three young generals - at least they can make the saints
The person who heard a word or two is still young, and I will be my right-hand man when I ascend to Dabao. How can I let him die casually?"
Gong Kun nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes. In this case -" he suddenly laughed, "Third Master, if you have soldiers but are short of money, it seems that the first person to be suspicious is Huo Xuan."
Jia Cong shook his head: "No. Sometimes I believe in an intuition. Yesterday, I believed that Zhong Heng did not intend to take our lives. There was no reason, it was just intuition. Do you think Huo Xuan would spare my life if he had the chance to kill me?
What?"
Yao'er said: "Don't worry about guessing who is behind him. Anyway, if the two families have business to do in the future, they will know sooner or later."
Everyone just smiles and that's it.
Suddenly Gao Ying sent someone to invite Yao'er again. Yao'er hurriedly went to his small yard and saw Gao Ying with a sad face: "Mr. Jia, what are the origins of these thieves? I never thought that there is such a thing in Ping'an Prefecture.
As a mountain bandit with great martial arts skills, that Zhao Ping was not weak at all in a half-day battle with me, and even the generals of the imperial court were no more than that. It is a pity to die."
How could Yao'er tell him the truth? Even though he felt very sorry, he could only harden his heart and coax: "As the saying goes, tigers hide in the mountains and unicorns lie in the wilderness. Many masters hide themselves from the people. Since that leader is willing to negotiate peace with us
, In the future, Mr. Gao will not only impose excessive taxes, but also make a good living to support the people's livelihood. If he is determined to make progress, I am not afraid that he will not get ahead. At that time, it will not be too late for Brother Gao to recruit him as a general."
Gao Ying sighed: "I'll tell you the truth, Mr. Jia. In the past, I only thought of myself as a man of literary and military skills. It wasn't until I met the two of them that I realized that I was actually a bit arrogant in the past. Even the bandits in the grass have such abilities.
I'm afraid there are not many masters in the world. Look, those people obey orders very quickly and move very fast, and their elite soldiers are nothing more than that. These two leaders are both talented people."
Yao'er smiled and said: "Of course, there is a sky beyond the sky."
Gao Ying felt extremely sorry for Zhao Ping's death, so Yao'er coaxed him for half a day before coaxing him over. Yao'er was an honest man, and Gao Ying treated him sincerely, so it was still not a good feeling to be back in the courtyard for half a day.
The next day, everyone packed up their carriages and started to move forward. The grandson of the family who had suffered a fire brought a large bag of scones and stood waiting outside Jia Huan's yard early. When he saw him coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I heard that the noble man likes to eat this.
My grandmother borrowed a bag of buckwheat from a neighbor and made these overnight."
Jia Huan was overjoyed, took it over and said with a smile: "I thought I would leave early today, so I might not have any place to buy it! Thank you very much to you and your grandmother, you are so kind!"
The young man received his praise, his face turned red with embarrassment, and he lowered his head and said, "As long as the noble man likes it."
Jia Huan hurriedly held it in his arms: "I like it! This one is delicious and tight. I like it best."
The young man didn't know what to say anymore.
Jia Huannai casually asked him his name and age, and the young man said: "My surname is Shi. Because I was born on the day of the Beginning of Autumn, I am called Qiu Sheng. I will be fifteen next month."
Jia Huan nodded: "Come to Beijing to play when you have time."
Jia Cong glanced at the side and said: "It smells so good, give me one."
Jia Huan snorted, "No, you're so fat and you still only want to eat." He said "goodbye" to the young man, carefully carried the bundle behind his back, and got on the horse.
Shi Qiusheng and a group of children from the village followed him out of the village. Seeing that their convoy had disappeared from a distance, he reluctantly went back.
When the convoy rounded a hillside and the village behind was completely covered, Jia Huan shouted: "Stop, I'm going to put these cakes in the car at the back! They're so heavy and I'm exhausted!"