Li Gan rode a horse, holding the reins in one hand and a long bow in the other, and came to Huo Jin and Shi Bao. He jumped off the horse with a dash of his legs. Li Gan was sent by Shi Bao to monitor the merchants who had escaped. How dare he
All those who were left behind were shot dead. I don’t know how many Li Gan killed, but there were quite a few arrows in the quiver.
Seeing Li Gan's face flushed, Hawking asked: "How is it? Can everything be solved?"
Li Gan nodded, put the bow and arrow away, shook the dust off his clothes, and wiped his sweat.
Shi Bao held out his thumb: "Amazing! Now I really believe that the Li family's archery skills are the best in the world. Look at this clean body. After killing so many people, there is only a little dust on it."
Li Gan was a little embarrassed, lowered his head and just smiled, but he was very happy in his heart.
Sang Yuji understood the words of these people. Just as Liu Hong said, they had already prepared, hiding, showing their faces, and ambush. Although he didn't know who the young man who came with the bow and arrow was at the end, it sounded like
It must have a lot of background. I swallowed hard and didn't dare to look at Hawking again.
Shi Bao turned around and said, "Mr. Sang, did you understand what I said? If you do, go back quickly. If it's too late, Liu Hong might get suspicious."
Su Ren stayed up all the time, and sat in the yard with Han Qing to admire the moon. Today was the first day of the new year, and there was not even a shadow of the moon in the sky. A few dark clouds passed over the treetops, blocking the skylight, leaving only
It was a dark hole. The northwest wind was very strong, blowing on the face and making people feel excited all over. Huang Shisan put a quilt on Su Ren, and Su Ren quickly reached out and wrapped the quilt tightly.
The filling in the quilts of the Han Dynasty was not cotton, but kapok. There is a big difference between the kapok tree and cotton, and the things used to fill the quilts are also different. Cotton quilts are filled with cotton batting, while kapok uses bark and tree trunks.
The fibers of kapok are not as long as cotton, so it always feels like it pricks the skin when covered with it. Even so, Su Ren has not found a substitute because cotton has not been introduced yet.
He poured himself another glass of wine, drank it, and shuddered: "Today is a nice day."
Han Qing raised his head and took a look. He couldn't see anything in the black hole. He smiled and said: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. It's still cloudy. How did you tell that it's good weather?"
"As the saying goes, the dark moon kills people, the night winds are high, and the sky is full of fire. There are many things you can do at this time."
Han Qing was stunned: "Who do you want to kill, sir?"
"No one will be killed! Although those people from Huainan came to us, they didn't buy anything. The goods they brought were shipped back intact. What a pity!"
"Ah! Sir, you still sent someone?"
Su Rendao: "Don't dare to say this nonsense. I am a court official, and this Jiangsu is also my place. The merchants who come to Jiangsu are killed and expropriated in our territory. Who else will dare to come in the future?"
"In our place?" Han Qing frowned: "Sir, are you planning to take action at the Huainan border?"
Su Ren glanced at Han Qing: "Why do you always blame yourself for bad things? They said it has nothing to do with us, so it has nothing to do with us. It was they who met bandits on the way back to Huainan and were robbed by bandits.
,Do you understand?"
"Sir, I'm afraid this trick of deceiving others won't be able to deceive anyone."
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "Mr. Han still didn't hear clearly. Let me say it again, this matter has nothing to do with us. It was a Huainan merchant who met the bandits. If you don't believe it, you can ask those people when you get to Huainan.
Merchant."
Han Qing gave a helpless smile: "Okay, even if it is a bandit, in the Huainan territory, which bandit dares to rob the Prince of Huainan?"
"What's so great about the Prince of Huainan? Since he can be a bandit, what is there to worry about? The Prince of Huainan might not dare to rob him. Who can a mere Prince of Huainan scare?" Su Ren winked at Han Qing twice: "It is said that
There is a group of bandits in Qingfeng Mountain on the border of Huainan. They specialize in robbing wealthy merchants and passers-by. Now that Huainan merchants are carrying so many things through the market, how can they let the bandits off?"
"Wolf?"
"Sir, do you also know?"
Han Qing nodded: "This Canglang is very unusual. It is said that he was an officer before. For some unknown reason, he led a group of people to roam the mountains and became bandits. However, this person has a special characteristic. He specializes in robbing merchants and officials who pass by.
The common people have done nothing wrong in Qiu, and the people near Qingfeng Mountain love him so much, even more than the local government office. If there is a dispute, he does not go to the government office, but instead goes to Qingfeng Mountain to find Canglang to resolve, which is also a strange thing in Huainan Kingdom. "
"Oh? So, this person is still a vigilante?"
"That's right! But no matter he is a bandit or a bandit, he is always a bandit. Sir, it is better not to get too close to this person. It is said that this person is ruthless and resourceful. In just half a year, he unified the large and small villages in the Qingfeng Mountain area and became Qingfeng Mountain.
As a tyrant, the King of Huainan once sent troops to eliminate it, but was forced to retreat by Cang Lang, which made Qingfeng Mountain famous in the hearts of the local people."
"The King of Huainan doesn't even use such a talent. It seems that the King of Huainan is a bit blind."
"That's not true, it's not that King Huainan doesn't use it, it's just that Canglang doesn't take King Huainan seriously."
"Hahaha, he is still discerning."
Han Qing said: "Sir, are you thinking of subduing the wolf?"
"you guess?"
The two were asking and answering questions, and were chatting happily. Suddenly, someone called Mas. Manniu hurried in and nodded to Su Ren: "We're back! A total of forty-three cars have been pulled back."
Su Ren was overjoyed, shrugged and took off the quilt, striding out the door. In front of a temporary warehouse not far away, the lights were bright, and dozens of soldiers were unloading trucks. Looking at the postures of those people, it was clear that the trucks were all loaded with high-quality goods.
There are several large wooden boxes that require seven or eight people to lift.
Huo Jin rode up to Su Ren with a smile on his face: "How about brother? I brought them all back when I said they would. There are a total of forty-three carts, five hundred gold, no copper coins, and a lot of high-quality goods.
I calculated that it should be as much as eight hundred gold. This time we made a fortune!"
Su Ren smiled and said, "Have all the people who went come back?"
"Brother, don't worry, we didn't put in much effort. That Liu Hong is just a coward. He abandoned the other merchants and ran away after a little scare. Without Liu Hong, how can the remaining merchants be our opponents?"
"Okay, okay, you have worked hard this time. Tell your Erya to prepare some wine and food so that the brothers can have a good meal."
"Okay!" Hawking agreed, got on his horse and headed towards the kitchen.
Huo Jin left, and Shi Bao limped over with the support of Li Gan. Su Ren said: "Stop pretending, if you continue to pretend, I will let Lao Huang really cripple you."
Shi Bao straightened up quickly: "Sir, you really have a clever plan. Those people really left from Qingfeng Mountain. It's just that Canglang drove back the people we sent. I guess that guy doesn't want to join forces with us."
"If we don't unite, we won't unite. Since he won't listen to us, we can feel at ease letting him take the blame." Su Ren patted Shi Bao on the shoulder: "Is what you are asked to do appropriate?"
"Don't worry, sir, everything went smoothly. That guy is a man who cares about money rather than his life, so he didn't waste much effort."
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "That's what the Sang family is like. They still put on airs and don't see me in Luoyi. Their children and grandchildren are really useless. No wonder..., go down and rest." Su Ren stopped before he could finish his words.
mouth.
Han Qing glanced at Su Ren: "Why don't you say anything, sir?"
"say what?"
"Sang family! Sir, you haven't finished what you said."
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, you have been with me for half the night, why don't you go back and rest? They are all back, I want to go to bed."
Before Han Qing could say goodbye, Su Ren turned around and walked into the house. Han Qing was left standing on the roadside, looking at Su Ren's back, thinking about something on his mind.
Sang Yuji couldn't sleep. He lay down for a while, sat up for a while, and then simply opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the dark night outside. Everyone ran away, and their belongings were also taken away. There were people on the road.
He was left with a carriage. The guards he hired at a high price all ran away when Shi Bao threatened him for the first time. Fortunately, the driver was his slave, otherwise he would have had to drive it himself at this time.
Sang Yuji really felt sorry for his money. It was all his savings over the years. Once someone took it away, it was like a big piece of flesh was cut off from him, and it hurt directly to his heart.
"Hey!" Sang Yuji sighed, feeling extremely aggrieved, but unable to do anything. As a merchant, he has too little status in this world. They belong to the bottom of the four peoples, and everyone wants to cut their flesh from them. If you don't curry favor,
Those who are powerful will be swallowed up sooner or later. But this time he was fawning over the wrong person.
"Hurry up, when can you go home?" Sang Yuji urged the driver to speed up.
The driver quickly raised his whip and slapped the horse hard on the back.
"How far is it from Shu County? This is the boundary of Qingfeng Mountain. That wolf will appear at any time."
The driver looked around and said, "Back to my master, there is Shuxian in another five miles. We can get there in half an hour at most, and we can enter Shuxian before dawn at the latest."
Sang Yuji said no more, put down the car curtain, and sat in the car thinking about things. He drove himself to a dead end, with a cliff behind him and an abyss in front of him. No matter whether he went forward or backward, there would be no good end. Fortunately, the front
There is a single-plank bridge over the abyss. One foot has already stepped on it, so we can only move forward, and we must be careful. If we are not careful, our bones will be gone.
There is a poem in "The Book of Songs? Guofeng" that talks about people's hatred of big rats, called "Shuo Rat". Later generations thought that the people were dissatisfied with the exploiting class' oppression of them, but in fact it was about rats stealing food.
Grain and rice are something that the people hate. This giant rat not only destroys people's lives, but also destroys the people's hard work of collecting goods. It is really everyone who wants to kill him.
Rats and rats, they have no food for me! I am not willing to take care of my three-year-old daughter. She is about to die, she is suitable for that paradise. Paradise, paradise, love is mine?
The big rat, the big rat, has no food for me! A three-year-old girl, I am not willing to be kind. The daughter who is about to die is suitable for the happy country. If the happy country is happy, will my love be straight?
Big rats, big rats, no food for my seedlings! A three-year-old girl, I am not willing to work. The daughter who is about to die is suitable for this happy suburb. Who will be given the eternal name of this happy suburb? (To be continued)