Chapter 700 Bandit 1

Jing Xiang sat in front of the desk, and bursts of cicadas were heard in his ears. A big locust tree grew on the open space outside the window, with the main trunk as thick as a pair of people hugging each other. The unfolded tree crown was like a pavilion cover, covering the scorching sun and pouring coolness. There were more than ten documents on the tables in front of Jing Xiang, all of which were sealed with red paint, indicating that the content was 100,000,000, but at this time, his mind was complicated, a few days ago.

A series of encounters after writing the book reappeared in front of him like a movie: the excitement when he wrote a letter to ask for the war from Beijing overnight, the expectation when he was waiting for the reply at home, but he was shocked by the imperial edict to Xuzhou, and the depression and confusion on the way from Bianliang to Xuzhou. Finally, Jingxiang stood up and came to the big locust tree in the courtyard, sighed in a deep voice: "How is human affairs? The destiny of heaven?" His eyes were full of confusion.

Shang Jinzhong gasped violently, and the blood vessels on his forehead seemed to burst open in the next moment. A belt was deeply embedded in his right shoulder. Beside him, a donkey was also exerting force, pulling the wooden plow behind him. The iron-wrapped plowshare separated the wet and soft soil like waves. Lian Niang skillfully held the plow, leaving a straight furrow behind them.

"Mr., take a break, take a little tea and continue to do it!" Lian Niang whispered. Her voice was a little low and hoarse, but it had a special charm with its local local sound. Shang Jinzhong stopped, looked at the remaining fields, and smiled and said, "No need to rest. If Lian Niang, if you are tired, let Da Lang help you with the plow. As the solar term is still there, you will soon finish these pieces of land, and then go to renovate the slope, plant some miscellaneous grains, and subsidize them!"

Lian Niang smiled and said, "I'm holding the plow behind me. What's the tiring thing? But I see that the donkey is already unable to eat anymore. Even if you are not tired, you have to let it rest!"

When Shang Jinzhong heard this, he found that the donkey had sweated like pulp and his legs were trembling. He had to untied the donkey, led it to the shade of the tree, let it eat grass and rest, and then took some beans for it to eat. At this time, the older child next to him hurriedly brought tea. Shang Jinzhong took it and took a big sip, but felt a slight bitter liquid slid across his throat, and immediately liquor came out of his mouth, and he couldn't say anything. He wiped the water traces beside his mouth and handed the wooden bowl to the child next to him: "Another bowl."

Shang Jinzhong drank three bowls of tea, walked to the donkey, reached out to touch the donkey's back, and found that the donkey had lost a lot after the busy farming work these days. He couldn't help but sigh: "This farming is really a big livestock. If there are two oxen at this moment, there are land and water here, and it will be a good family business!"

Shang Jinzhong was sighing, and suddenly there were shouts in his ears. He turned around and looked at the sounds. The child who was staying at home was running quickly, shouting while running: "Father, father, there is a group of strong people coming to the house. It's so scary. Go back and take a look!"

"Well, strong man?" Shang Jinzhong's brows immediately frowned. It turned out that he helped Lian Niang chop firewood that day, because he saw that her son was young and her mother was weak and had no one to rely on. Later, Lian Niang also helped him cook some food and sew clothes. After a long time, the two lived together. Shang Jinzhong was already tired of the days of killing and falling in troubled times. At this time, he finally settled down and naturally cherished it. This place was very remote, and it was common for no one to pass by for ten days and half a month. Today, someone suddenly passed by, which made Shang Jinzhong's already relaxed heart tense up again, and he asked quickly: "Xiaolang, how many of them are there, what are they dressing?"

The child was only seven or eight years old and grew up in the mountains again. He had few people in contact with him, not as precocious as the children in the city. After talking for a while, he didn't understand. Shang Jinzhong finally had to shake his head and sigh, "Let me go back and take a look!"

While speaking, Shang Jinzhong put on his clothes that were thrown aside, picked up the bow, arrow, and swords placed under the tree. There were many birds and beasts in the mountains. Even if they went out to farm, the mountain people often had to bring some protective equipment and walked towards the home. However, their hands tightened. When they looked back, they were pulled by Lian Niang. The woman looked at Shang Jinzhong with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of fear, and she cried: "Mr., don't go, anyway, they are passing by. The house is broken at most, we will build it again after we go back. If you have something to do, what should we do?" At this point, Lian Niang couldn't suppress her feelings and cried bitterly. Although the child next to her didn't know the whole story, she saw that her mother cried, she also started crying.

Shang Jinzhong hugged Lian Niang into his arms and patted the other person's back comfortably. Lian Niang's crying slowly stopped. Shang Jinzhong slowly pushed Lian Niang away and smiled and said, "I'm just going to see what happened. If I were really a robber, I would come back quietly. Besides, with this bow and a knife, even seven or eight ordinary men would not hurt me!"

Seeing this, Lian Niang knew that she could not stop Shang Jinzhong, so she had to slowly let go of her hand and said reluctantly: "Then you must be careful."

Shang Jinzhong nodded and turned around to walk towards the house. Lian Niang gritted her teeth, and after a moment of hesitation, she still reached out to call the two children and then walked towards the house.

The field was only three or four miles away from the merchant, and after two turns, Shang Jinzhong was still more than a hundred steps away from his destination and walked down the mountain path and walked through the bushes. After a while, he climbed to the half slope, chose a safe place, poked his head out, and looked at his house down.

I saw dozens of big men squatting or sitting in the yard of the merchants, their clothes were of different colors, but they were all wrapped in green cloth and were drinking water and resting in a mess. There were thirty or fifty livestock on both sides of the road, carrying large and small cages on their backs, which looked like travelers. Maybe they could buy some salt from them if they went down to see it. However, in this rarely visited mountain, whether to travel or strong men, it was a matter of thought. Thinking of this, Shang Jinzhong couldn't help but hesitate.

While Shang Jinzhong was hesitating, suddenly there was a sound in the bushes beside him. A man in green came out, and he was wearing a belt in his hand. It was obvious that this person had just defecated in the bushes. Shang Jinzhong sneaked over but did not notice it. He was just right now. Shang Jinzhong was about to hesitate to go forward to subdue the other party or turn around to escape, but the man in green looked happy on his face and said in surprise: "Isn't this Shang Du Head? Why are you dressing like this? Hiding here!"

Shang Jinzhong was stunned. Seeing that the person who came had a little familiar face, but could not tell his name. While he was hesitating, the man in green had already tied his belt, stepped forward and sang a fat promise, and smiled and said, "I don't recognize the villain anymore. A certain surnamed Gaoming Scenic Spot was a man named Lu. When he was having a meal under the command of General Lu Shizhou, he had been a robe with Shangdu Head for a few days. Why can't he recognize him today!"

After he reminded him, Shang Jinzhong gradually remembered that Gao Sheng was a flag head in the Chu army. He had worked with him several times. He quickly patted his head and smiled: "Our pig brain can't even remember the eldest brother of the Gao family for a while. He should really beat him."

Gao Sheng was a generous man. He stepped forward and grabbed Shang Jinzhong's arm and smiled and said, "It's normal not to recognize him. After the defeat of the Grand Commander, everyone scattered all over the past few years. No one has suffered all the hardships in the past few years, as if he had lived for several lifetimes. Not to mention Shang Dutou, even our parents are afraid that they will not recognize me Gao Sheng at this time. Come on, I will meet you here today. Come on, I will have a chance to meet you here. Come on, I will drink a few drinks and tell you about my experience after the farewell!" Gao Sheng pulled Shang Jinzhong down the hillside and asked, "But I don't know what kind of livelihood Dutou has been doing these days!"

Shang Jinzhong was hesitating whether to follow Gao Sheng to go down the mountain. After all, although he had been with this person back then, he was just a match. If the other party turned against him, he would be dead. He hesitated in his heart, but his feet stopped. Gao Sheng could not pull Shang Jinzhong. He looked back and looked up and down. He immediately realized and smiled: "It turns out that he is also doing this lack of capital business, but he doesn't have to choose too many places. The mountain road is so remote that even ten days and half a month may not be a merchant. I'm afraid he can't drink the northwest wind!"

When Shang Jinzhong heard this, he understood that the other party saw him holding a knife and hiding on the hillside sneakily, and misunderstood that he was a thief. He was not willing to be misunderstood, nor could he explain, so he hesitated. Gao Sheng saw it and thought that Shang Jinzhong had discovered the hidden things by himself. He became embarrassed and hurriedly laughed loudly: "What's the matter? We good men, with all our strength, make a living by one sword and a single shot, are more than being bullied by several minor officials. A year-round, the wives and the cubs can only eat half full of wild vegetables! It's not to be hiding Dutou, our family is also with you, and they are also doing this business without capital. A certain family introduces a few good brothers for Dutou, and everyone is doing this business together!"

While speaking, Gao Sheng pulled Shang Jinzhong off the hillside and came to the crowd below. The big men who were still resting suddenly saw a stranger coming, and they all drew their swords and stood up, all of them with fierce eyes. Gao Sheng hurriedly explained it. It seemed that he was really popular, and he laughed or scolded, and soon he pulled Shang Jinzhong into the house. Shang Jinzhong's eyes swept over the livestock and the big men, and saw that the cages on the backs of the livestock were quite heavy, and they didn't know what they were carrying. Although the big men were dressed in a mess, many of them had scars on their faces, and they didn't look like ordinary people.

"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper! I will meet you!" Gao Sheng was quite loud and shouted loudly in the yard. He pushed open the door and bowed to the man in the first floor of the house, introducing Shang Jinzhong behind him, saying, "This is the head of Shangdu. He was in the army with me in the past, and the firearms were particularly familiar. Let him join the group!"
Chapter completed!