Two hundred and fifty-eight, the height of the poor mountain ends
Jiangzhou is not like the prefectures and counties in the north of Dayao, which are vast and sparsely populated places, but there are also many rolling mountains. Wherever there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, there are three or five bandits squatting to guard the wealthy scholars who come to visit the mountains.
, happened to be kidnapped by Xiangzhong and sent a letter to his family asking for money to redeem him. The police officers also had a headache. Everyone knew that those bandits were actually poor people who lived in shabby households and abandoned their thatched huts.
Wouldn't life still be the same if we moved to a mountain top? If the news leaks out and the troops are raised to suppress the enemy, there is a high probability that they will be in vain.
Over time, the police officers became lazy. Even if they received the message that someone reported to the police, if they were not officials, the family members of the kidnapped persons would have no choice but to take out the money and hand it over to the person with one hand.
Generally speaking, the reason why everything has been peaceful on the mountain and down the mountain these years is because it has become a tacit understanding that both sides secretly recognize. Although there are many people who are kidnapped, most of them are "invited" to eat and drink well after being "invited" to the mountain.
, as soon as the money was received, someone was sent down the mountain safely, so that there was a Jiangzhou gentry who was kidnapped three times. He had never had any proud poems in his life, but he was a well-known gourmet in Jiangzhou Shilin.
Not only did he not feel any resentment towards those who cut the path, but he actually praised the delicacies and wild vegetables from the mountains to his friends and family as they were more precious than the delicacies at home.
When this man was kidnapped from the same mountain for the fourth time, the mountain king on that mountain couldn't sit still. While personally untying the Jiangzhou gentry, he also said that this time we would redeem him with money.
This is a discount. The boss of yours truly feels a little sorry for coming to patronize our business without capital.
Who would have thought that the kidnapped man's words were even more shocking. He waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter how much money you need to redeem people. There are some rare foods on the mountain. Even if you come up, there is only home-brewed earthenware on the mountain. He also brought a few jars of old wine."
Come here and get drunk with the boss.
This story spread a lot among the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangzhou. The news spread to the government and reached the ears of the governor. If there is such a rampant mountain king in the territory under the jurisdiction of the good guy, isn't he being beaten by the governor of Jiangzhou?
Face? So the policemen in Jiangzhou became violent and took the mountain king and dozens of unsuspecting minions back to the government office for questioning. Some of the officers who went to take him away said that they had
After discovering the location of the cottage, the young man almost effortlessly stormed in. In the only large and bright room inside, the mountain king and the gentleman had already crawled under the table with wine jars in their arms and were soundly asleep.
Although the Jiangzhou gentry and glutton was a man of temperament, he tried his best to vouch for the mountain king, saying that he had the spirit of a knight-errant in ancient times, and he was never tortured or humiliated on the mountain. The two of them spent the whole day
They had fun with mountain delicacies and wild vegetables and drank wine. However, Yao's laws were ruthless, and occupying a mountain as king was a serious crime that required beheading. The mountain king, who was very sympathetic to the gentry, wrote down the recipes of the mountain dishes before he went to the execution platform.
With this food list and the stories about the mountains, the originally unknown gentry in Jiangzhou Shilin suddenly became famous.
However, there are only a few people who are as big-minded as the old gluttonous gentry. Most of them are tied up to the mountain and even if they are treated with courtesy, they can't sit still all day long, just waiting for the money to redeem themselves.
If the people on the mountain refuse to release the money and refuse to let them go, they will be regarded as breaking the rules by the neighboring mountains. If the government sends troops to suppress it, the first person to be pushed out to abandon the soldiers and save the carriage will be from this mountain. If this is the case,
If a kidnapper refuses to hand over the money, he will file a lawsuit with the government. That family's house will receive the kidnapped person's ears, nose, and lips within a few days. If the money is not delivered after another three days, then next time
What was sent there was the human head.
Wei Changpan stared at the crackling firewood in front of him and remembered the story. The final outcome was that the old gluttonous gentry secured one of the top positions in Jiangzhou Shilin with his share of the meal list and his righteous deed of defending his friends.
1. The body of the Mountain King whose head was displayed to the public was still separated and buried in a mass grave outside Wuhang City, where the bones were eaten by owls and wild dogs. No one burned a pile of yellow paper for him during the Qingming Festival.
Probably because he was on the top of the mountain where the mountain king once occupied, so he thought of these things? He shook his head to get rid of these chaotic thoughts, stuffed two firewood into the fire, stoked the fire more, and put his hand up
bake.
At night after autumn, the cold on the mountain became more and more serious. Even if Chen Shi, Wei Changpan and the dozen or so disciples of Yanyulou had money, they could not buy fur coats to keep out the cold, so they had to rely on the fire to keep warm. As for eating, relying on the mountains to eat was something Wei Changpan had been doing since he was a child.
What's more, now that he has the physique of a warrior, hunting wild animals and digging up vegetables is a piece of cake.
Ever since the last time he got into trouble with the Yanyulou disciples over the gold ingots in the cart at Songfeng Mountain, Wei Changpan had been feeling that the existing estrangement was gradually getting deeper, even though he and Chen Twelve were still friendly towards each other.
I was very respectful, but I felt like I was getting further and further away from them.
He saw all these changes, and he once mentioned these changes to the children of Yanyulou to Chen Shi, but the latter did not take it seriously, as if he had expected it:
"If you want to share wealth, wealth, fortunes, and hardships with old members like Yu Cheng from Yanyu Tower, you must be prepared to be stabbed in the back at any time, be prepared to withdraw, and work with this group of people to achieve great things.
..."
"Brother Wei, why are you bored here alone?"
The scar-faced man took the wine gourd and sat down next to Wei Changpan's fire. He first raised the wine gourd and drank two sips for himself. The two were silent for a while, and then the scar-faced man threw the wine gourd and gritted his teeth.
He opened his mouth and said, "The team that robbed Songfeng Mountain that time was because our brothers from Yanyu Tower disrespected you and Mr. Chen. According to the rules of Yanyu Tower, you should receive the punishment of self-discrimination..."
"Today is different from the past. Now is not the time to talk about these rigid rules." He thought for a while and then said, "Who can see so much gold and not be moved..."
"Master Chen is not moved, and neither are you. We, the brothers from Yanyu Tower, can't move their legs when they see the gold. This is our fault, and there is nothing to argue with." Dao, the leader of the disciples of Yanyu Tower,
The scar-faced man took out the small sword from his arms and held it in front of Wei Changpan with both hands, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to take our brother's finger today. The right should be kept with you. You can take it when you want. If any of you are unwilling then,
If you don’t want to, I will chop him down first without your instructions!”
When he said this, he never lowered his voice, so the disciples of Yanyu Tower not far away also listened. The change of expressions for a moment was really wonderful. The man with the scar face was the leader among them. He used to be in Yanyu Tower in the past.
He is also a first-class disciple, loyal to the former building master Yu Cheng and Yanyu Building, but now he speaks on the side of an outsider. You can imagine how they feel.
"To be honest, those gold... I was moved when I saw it." Wei Changpan patted the man's arm and whispered, "But then I thought about what would happen if all the gold was in my hands, and I couldn't go to Wuhang City.
If you buy a property on the most prosperous street, you won’t be able to eat and drink in the best restaurants in Jiangzhou. The gold you can’t use is no different from a random piece of dirt on the roadside..."
He was telling the truth. When he saw the gold in the big cart in Songfeng Mountain, he once picked it up and ran away. He ran to an empty house of his own and counted the gold alone. He was used to it.
People who live in poverty know the weight of this gold. It is more than enough to buy the Qingshan town where he grew up, not to mention allowing the relatives he cares about to live a comfortable and happy life...
Songfeng Mountain must have noticed something was wrong at this time. If they moved faster, Chen Shi estimated that someone would be on the scene in at most two days. Although the bodies of those Songfeng Mountain disciples were poured with kerosene and burned along with the carts,
It's a pile of coke, but it's not really difficult to identify it.
Chen Shi is not so confident that he can destroy all the clues with a mere fire. Songfeng Mountain Gao Xu is an opponent who needs to be extremely vigilant to deal with. How can such a heroic figure destroy these sixteen people in Songfeng Mountain?
The death of a disciple was hastily blamed on a group of audacious bandits? The cover-up they made earlier was just to delay the situation for a while. The slower Songfeng Mountain's response was, the more they could do.
"If we come back alive, we will dig out all the buried gold and divide it." Wei Changpan reluctantly joked, "Anyway, you and I will be great contributors by then, so it won't be a big deal if we go back and divide the gold privately.
If it’s a big deal, I’ll tell your landlord when the time comes and I’ll probably..."
Presumably he will also be accepted? After all, he was once...
He was telling the truth. When he saw the gold in the big cart in Songfeng Mountain, he once picked it up and ran away. He ran to an empty house of his own and counted the gold alone. He was used to it.
People who live in poverty know the weight of this gold. It is more than enough to buy the Qingshan town where he grew up, not to mention allowing the relatives he cares about to live a comfortable and happy life...
Songfeng Mountain must have noticed something was wrong at this time. If they moved faster, Chen Shi estimated that someone would be on the scene in at most two days. Although the bodies of those Songfeng Mountain disciples were poured with kerosene and burned along with the carts,
It's a pile of coke, but it's not really difficult to identify it.
Chen Shi is not so confident that he can destroy all the clues with a mere fire. Songfeng Mountain Gao Xu is an opponent who needs to be extremely vigilant to deal with. How can such a heroic figure destroy these sixteen people in Songfeng Mountain?
The death of a disciple was hastily blamed on a group of audacious bandits? The cover-up they made earlier was just to delay the situation for a while. The slower Songfeng Mountain's response was, the more they could do.