Ma Laizi looked at the money on the table and fell into a great tangle in his heart. In order to marry Bai Qiaoqiao, Ma Laizi specially chose to come to Bai's wine shop to have a drink when Bai Qiaoqiao was present. After drinking, he said that he
He had a deep relationship with Zhangjiazhai. When he arrived at Zhangjiazhai, he was treated as a guest.
Zhangjiazhai, one of the three major horse bandits in Longyou.
In the border areas, there were wars from time to time, and mutual trade was often closed. However, the people of the Tang Dynasty needed cattle and horse skins, and the Turks also lacked oil, rice, sugar and tea, so the trade between the people was often forbidden. The so-called horse bandits were doing this smuggling.
People who do business. They are different from ordinary merchants. When smuggling in border areas, they need to have a certain amount of force to protect the caravan. Usually, these people who protect the caravan are wearing armor and scimitars, carrying bows and arrows, and are similar to ordinary
There is no difference between the Turkic cavalry. Under normal circumstances, they will not take the initiative to attack other people, but some of them like to do some gangsterism. This is the origin of the word "bandit". Not all horses
Bandits are all bandits, but who can tell? And many times, they also like to be called bandits, because only in this way can people be afraid and not dare to rob their goods easily.
Zhangjiazhai is a group of horse bandits who are not bandits. They have made a name for themselves in Longyou for more than 20 years. According to legend, they fled from Lingzhou during the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty. They settled down and took root in the grasslands.
, and took in many refugees, gradually forming its current scale. Zhangjiazhai did not take the initiative to plunder others, but one year, a Turkic tribe coveted the wealth of Zhangjiazhai, and raised an army to attack, and the entire army of 500 cavalry was wiped out, establishing the foundation of the country in one fell swoop.
The prestige of Zhangjiazhai in Longyou has increased. Because Zhangjiazhai is located between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, it is considered a no-nonsense area. For so many years, the Tang Dynasty has not sent troops to levy the troops. Moreover, for this kind of folk
The government also turned a blind eye to trade, and the business in Zhangjiazhai was going smoothly.
Bai Qiaoqiao didn't know this information. She just remembered that Ma Laizi said that he knew people from Zhangjiazhai. She wanted to use the money to hire horse bandits to rescue Li Mu. Ma Laizi said those words just to set off herself.
He is powerful and just wants to marry Bai Qiaoqiao. In fact, he is not a guest of Zhangjiazhai. He has only done business with Zhangjiazhai a few times and knows a steward of Zhangjiazhai.
Now that Bai Qiaoqiao came to him with money, Ma Laizi was really in a dilemma. He refused, he couldn't bear to part with the five taels of silver. You must know that he broke his teeth before giving Bai Naoer five taels of silver as a gift. This was very important to him.
It was not a small amount. But after accepting this money, he really had no confidence that he could help Bai Qiaoqiao get the thing done. Just as he was hesitating, his assistant broke in. Ma Laizi frowned and looked over.
He glanced at Bai Qiaoqiao and whispered a few words into Ma Laizi's ear.
Ma Laizi looked happy, stretched out his hand and put the five taels of silver on the table into his sleeves without leaving any trace, coughed slightly, and said: "I can help you with this matter. But speaking of the matter ahead, I can only help you hold a hand.
Whether the line can really be completed or not, you have to say for yourself."
Bai Qiaoqiao nodded and said: "Just pull the strings, I will say it myself."
"Yeah." Ma Laizi sighed and said: "That's you. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't care about this trivial matter. To tell you the truth, the eldest lady of Zhangjiazhai will rest at my house at this time. I will take care of you."
Go ahead and tell her yourself."
In fact, he had just learned the news. Originally, the person who came to deliver the goods from Zhangjiazhai was the steward he knew, but this time because the eldest lady of the Zhang family wanted to buy rouge, the steward came instead, and the little boy didn't dare
He was negligent, so he barged in to inform him. When Ma Laizi told him, it was as if it was normal for the eldest daughter of the Zhang family to live in his house. It was God who saved his face.
Ma Laizi brought Bai Qiaoqiao to the back house. His mother-in-law saw this in the dark. Ma Laizi took Bai Qiaoqiao home and was about to have a seizure. Ma Laizi quickly handed over the money in his sleeve and explained briefly.
For some reason, when his mother-in-law saw the money, she lost all her anger and welcomed Bai Qiaoqiao in with a smile on her face.
"Miss Zhang, why don't you rest? I have a sister here who wants to discuss a business with you." Bai Qiaoqiao only said to Ma Laizi that she wanted him to help introduce her, but did not tell him what the reason was. Ma Laizi
She only said this because she wanted to do business.
In the room, the 'Miss Zhang' in Ma Laizi's mouth was about to blow the wax when she heard Ma Laizi's voice and said, "Then please come in."
"Hey!" Ma Laizi responded and reached out to push the door open, but he didn't go in. Instead, he let Bai Qiaoqiao go in. Then he closed the door and waited at the door.
Bai Qiaoqiao entered the room and saw a heroic woman standing in front of her. She was wearing a riding suit and had a hair style like that of a Hu woman, but she did have a standard Tang face. Hu and Han both
This style is combined into her, making her unforgettable.
Is this the eldest lady of the Zhang family? She is so enviable. If I could be like her, I could save my husband!
Bai Qiaoqiao thought to herself, and knelt down. Miss Zhang was startled, and quickly helped Bai Qiaoqiao up, saying: "Sister, what are you doing? Even if you ask me for something, please tell me
That’s it, why are you kneeling down?”
Bai Qiaoqiao took the money bag out of her arms, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Sister, please save my husband's life."
"ah?"
Miss Zhang was a little confused. When she opened the purse, she was quite surprised. When she glanced over, she saw that there were at least fifty or sixty taels of silver. Who on earth were she trying to save? It was such a big deal! She put the purse on the table.
He helped Bai Qiaoqiao sit down and said, "Don't cry. My name is Zhang Tianai. I am probably older than you. You can call me sister... that's fine. You want me to save your husband."
Then tell me, what happened to your husband? What kind of difficulties have he encountered? How can I save him?"
"Sister Tian'ai, it's like this..." Bai Qiaoqiao told the story again. The more Zhang Tianai listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. When Bai Qiaoqiao finished speaking, Zhang Tianai pushed the money bag forward and said: "Sister
, it’s not that I don’t help you, it’s just that I can’t help you with this matter. Although my Zhangjiazhai once repelled the Turkic invasion, it was the Turks who came to attack the stronghold. With the help of defense and the unity of the whole stronghold,
, just repelled the Turks. This time I came to deliver the goods, and I only brought fifty people. There is no chance of winning with these fifty against five hundred. Now it is too late to go back and gather the people, so I may not be able to help with this matter.
you."
"Sister! I beg you!" As she said that, Bai Qiaoqiao was about to kneel down again. Zhang Tianai quickly held her arm and said helplessly: "Okay! That's it. Let's go over and see what's going on. If we can save it, I'll
I must save him, if there is no chance...Sister, I can't let the brothers in the village die in vain, don't blame me when the time comes."
Bai Qiaoqiao was overjoyed, and quickly picked up the money bag and stuffed it into Zhang Tianai's arms: "Thank you, sister, take the money."
"Just keep the money." Zhang Tianai pushed the money back, turned around and took his scimitar and bow and arrow, and said: "You ride with me, and when the matter is done, it won't be too late for you to give me the money again!"