Chapter 499
Knowing that there were bandits blocking the road and robbing, even if it would not hurt lives, no one was willing to come up to give away money. Sangyu's two classmates had no objection to the proposal to stay in the farmhouse temporarily and were willing to wait until the sky cleared before rushing.
This stop lasted for four or five days, until the seventh day when the muddy road was dry, the group packed up their things and set off on the road. When they reached the territory where bandits might be infested, Zheng Lin was vigilant and paid attention to movements from all directions.
When Sang Lin, who was driving the carriage, saw him like this, he smiled and said: Alin, don’t be so nervous. The old man said that those people only went down the mountain when it rained.
Liu was timid and said: Be careful, just wait until this road passes.
Sang Lin was about to laugh at her for being timid, but suddenly more than a dozen burly men holding machetes jumped out of the ground. He was so scared that he suddenly pulled the reins and stopped the carriage.
Second brother, what's wrong? What happened? Sang Yu, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't see the situation outside. Under inertia, he almost hit the car door.
Sang Lin, who was frightened, didn't hear his brother's question. He looked at the machete that emitted a white light in the sun and asked tremblingly: Ah Lin, what should I do?
Didn’t it mean that it would come out on rainy days? Why did this sunny day come out? Isn’t it a group of people?
Liu's face was also bloodless, and his whole body was tightly pressed against Sang Lin, clenching his arms tightly.
Behind the Sang family's carriage was followed by the carriage of Sang Yu's two classmates. The two had good conditions at home, using the carriage and the coachman at home. They asked the same question as Sang Yu in the carriage, but the sight of the two coachmen was blocked and they didn't know what was happening ahead.
Just as they were about to get off the car, Zheng Lin said sternly: There are bandits, all stay in the carriage, don’t come out!
This shout almost scared several people. You should know that the other two juren only brought one book boy, and there were only six coachmen in total. Although they all had hands and feet, they were all ordinary people who did not know how to fist and foot.
Just from the number of people, once the bandits are robbed by force, they will only be beaten.
The old master, a gulf in the carriage blocked the road, the juren's book boy was very timid, and he cried and asked his master what to do.
It was the first time that Juren encountered such a dangerous situation. He was a little bloody and said to Shutong: Let’s just listen to Brother Zheng and don’t go out first. If it really doesn’t work, I can only go out and fight with them.
The situation of falling in the last carriage was not much better. The owner of the carriage even asked Shutong to divide the silver and wealth he brought into two, ready to hand over it for peace at any time.
Sang Lin was not at ease with Zheng Lin to resist so many bandits alone. He persuaded Liu into the carriage, and stopped Sang Yu who was about to come out. He found a three-foot-long stick for self-defense, jumped out of the carriage and said to Zheng Lin: A Lin, I'll help you!
Zheng Lin's face darkened and he shouted: No need, you go in quickly.
Sang Lin didn't mind Zheng Lin's attitude and said hurriedly: How can you succeed alone? I also have the strength to beat one by one.
How could he hide in the carriage if he was afraid of death? If A Lin had something, how could he explain to Xiao Ye when he went back!
Seeing that he didn't listen, Zheng Lin couldn't do so, so he had to ride a horse to stand in front of Sang Lin, not giving him the chance to face the bandits.
At this time, he was riding a tall horse, holding a shiny black whip in his hand, looking down at the ready-to-move bandits, with a cold tone: Get out of the way!
The bandit in the lead was stunned at first, then laughed out loud, showing disdain: Hey, you are very brave, you dare to challenge me, don't you know who I am?
Zheng Lin also smiled at the corner of his mouth: I don’t know who you are, and I’m not interested in knowing! I’ll say it again, get out of the way!
The bandit leader spat, forked his waist and said with his mighty power: I won’t let you go. If you have a genital, you will break through us today, otherwise you will take out the money honestly and I can let you go!
The little brothers behind him also waved the machete in their hands: Haha, boss, this is a fool. We have seen many such people, and we don’t know how they died in the end.
Hehe, Erlangzi is so good. He beat him up and you will know that he kneels down and begs for mercy.
Then we will have fun with him later.
A group of people unscrupulously mocked Zheng Lin and did not take him seriously at all.
Seeing that they were ignorant of their appearance, Zheng Lin was too lazy to talk nonsense to them, so he rushed forward. Before the bandits in charge came to react, he whipped his exposed neck accurately and accurately.
Ah—The bandit covered his neck and screamed. When he felt his palms wet, he took them away and saw that his hands were covered with blood.
Zheng Lin's whip seemed ordinary, but in fact it was integrated with fine iron, which was another weapon of his. This whip only used three points of force, but it was enough for the bandits to bear it.
The bandit leader did not realize Zheng Lin's terror, and just thought he was careless and unprepared. He waved his hand to the minions behind him, gritted his teeth and said: Brothers, follow me, who would chop off his right hand today and give him half of the money he robbed.
As he said that, he took the lead in waving the machete and rushed towards Zheng Lin. However, his target was not Zheng Lin, but the horse under Zheng Lin's seat.
Brothers, come on! Such a generous reward made the minions who were almost beaten back by a whip rushed up one by one like chicken blood.
Humph, overestimate one's ability!
This movement made Zheng Lin see that the bandits had a tough physique and did not understand martial arts at all.
So he even stopped the horse and swung the whip to hedge the bandits who came over with a whip and whipped them hard, accurately hitting their necks or foreheads, and whipping them blood.
Soon, screams, begging for mercy, and cursing sounds were heard everywhere. After a while, none of the nearly twenty bandits were standing, and the scary machetes were scattered all over the ground, and even Zheng Lin's clothes were not touched.
Sang Lin, holding a wooden stick in his hand and preparing to beat people at any time, looked at this scene in amazement. For the first time, he had such a deep understanding of Zheng Lin's skills. He was once again glad that his mother had the foresight and found her brother-in-law (brother-in-law). Otherwise, it would be unknown whether she could successfully walk to the capital.
Not only did Sang Lin think so, Sang Yu and Liu in the carriage were also particularly grateful.
Zheng Lin turned over and dismounted, pulled out his sword from the skin on the horse's back, and pointed the tip of the sword directly at the bandit leader: "Which mountain do you belong to?"
A hero, keep people under the sword, keep people under the sword! The bandit leader knows some superficial skills in fisting and kicking. When he meets Zheng Lin, a real master, he can only admit defeat.
At this time, the bandit leader was pointed at the tip of the sword. The bandit leader was so scared that he was afraid that he would poke a blood hole in his throat if he accidentally said: I said, we are in the city, and we have been short of money recently. I heard that the government will not care about the road blocking the road here, so I said
This is the first time these people have taken action. How could they expect that they are too lucky and kicked the iron plate directly?
After hearing the bandit leader's words, Sang Lin came over and poked him with a wooden stick: It's really from another place, he's so brave!
Zheng Lin sneered: Idiot!
When he was ridiculed in person, the bandit leader dared not speak out, and begged for mercy with a sad face: Hero, hero, please have a lot of them. If you spare me this time, I will never do such a thing again.
Zheng Lin sneered again and ordered Sang Lin: Go and get the rope.
If these people robbed the truly unarmed people this time, they would not only not stop, but instead become more unscrupulous. If they let go of it this time, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would not continue to rob here.
Sang Lin guessed Zheng Lin's plan and hurriedly went to the carriage to get the rope. However, the rope they brought was for tying bedding and luggage, so they only had three or five short ropes. So he went to the two carriages behind to borrow. It happened that the two carriage owners were afraid that the carriage would fail on the road, so they specially prepared a lot of ropes, which came in handy.
Zheng Lin ignored the gangsters' begging and tied everyone together like a grasshopper, and tied them to a big tree three times left and three times right, which eliminated their idea of escaping the rope.
I went to the city to call people, and you were waiting here. Zheng Lin told Sang Lin and others, then turned over and headed straight for the city.
This place is not far from the mansion city, and it will arrive in half an hour when riding a fast horse. Zheng Lin went straight to the government office and told the matter of catching the bandits, asking the yamen to send someone to take the bandits back.
The people in the yamen immediately reported the matter and soon passed it to the prefect. For the prefect, it was a merit from heaven. He immediately dispatched people to let them take the people back with Zheng Lin.
In this way, the bandits who blocked the road and robbed money were not robbed for a penny and went to prison for food. However, these people did not hurt their lives, and they failed to succeed in the first crime. Even if they were jail, they couldn't take long and they came out in about two or three years.
For them, it is not necessarily a bad thing.
Afterwards, Sang Yu's two classmates thanked Zheng Lin again and again. They didn't carry any valuable items on them, so they wanted to use silver to express their gratitude, but Zheng Lin refused.
The two of them felt that Zheng Lin was of great character, so they returned this gratitude to Sang Yu, and each revealed the matters related to the Spring Examination to him.
Some Master Zhao once mentioned that Sang Yu was still grateful. After all, they were also competitive and could talk to him without reservation. It can be seen that they are all broad-minded people who can have deep friendships.
It was winter in a blink of an eye, and the weather became colder and I didn't want to stretch out my hands.
On this day, Sang Ye rarely made some snacks when she had time. She left it for her own food, and gave some to the Sang family and Yue Niang, and prepared to pack the rest and share it with several families in the village with good relationships.
An old woman with a gaze walked in and smiled at Sang Ye: Madam Sang, the old woman congratulates you!
Sang Ye asked for no reason: This aunt, who are you?
The woman waved her handkerchief and giggled: Madam Sang, I am from Gejia Village, and people call me Ge Matchmaker.
Sang Ye frowned and asked politely: I wonder what you said about congratulations, where does this joy come from?
Matchmaker Ge did not go around the corner and explained his purpose: Madam Sang, someone took a fancy to your sister-in-law and asked the old woman to come to the house to say goodbye. The old woman felt that the two were just a match, so she came to the house. You said this was a happy one?
Mang Ye's face was slightly cold: If there was nothing in the eight characters, it would not be a joy. If it was passed outside, it would damage my sister-in-law's reputation.
Mrs. Ge's smile stiffened for a moment, and he slapped his mouth and said with a smile: It's the old woman who can't speak, please don't blame Mrs. Sang.
The mulberry leaves did not make a sound, and continued to organize the remaining snacks and pack them one by one with clean oil paper.
Matchmaker Ge didn't feel embarrassed and lobbed in a tone of thinking about Chunxiang: Madam Sang, your sister-in-law is still young, and you can't be so lonely. When you get old, you don't even have a companion by your side, right?
Sang Ye didn't want to pay attention to her and said perfunctorily: You have to talk to my sister-in-law about this matter, I can't be the winner of her.
If this matchmaker is reliable, she would not be able to listen patiently and let Chunxiang make his own decisions. This woman would be better, and she would congratulate her first, as if Chunxiang could ask them for someone to be grateful.
Can this matchmaker be good at despising Chunxiang like this? What kind of good people can you say?
I don’t know if it’s because of the lack of eyes or pretending not to see Sang Ye’s coldness, Mrs. Ge continued to worry: Mrs. Sang, everyone says that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. If you put on the eldest sister-in-law’s fortune, can you be your sister-in-law’s master?
When Sang Ye heard this, he was almost certain that Mrs. Ge was not kind-hearted and said with a cold face: First, my mother-in-law is still here, and it is not my sister-in-law's turn to be the decision for my sister-in-law! Second, even if I can be the decision, it depends on my sister-in-law's meaning. It is reasonable and you shouldn't tell me about this.
After saying that, she put the wrapped snacks into the basket and said to Mrs. Ge: I'm going out. There is no one else at home, so it's not convenient to keep you. Please go out.
No matter how stupid Ge Po Zi was, she knew that Sang Ye was annoyed, but she didn't know where to make her unhappy. Thinking of the generous rewards from that family, she felt anxious and reached out to stop Sang Ye who was about to go out: Madam Sang, are you willing to stay in your family for the rest of your life? If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your son and daughter. If there is an abandoned aunt, can they have a good reputation?
These words were too much. Sang Ye's face turned completely cold. He stared at the matchmaker Ge and said: "The reputation of my son and daughter? My son and daughter's reputation have nothing to do with you. Can you worry about it?" Also, go back and tell the man that my sister-in-law is divorced, either she was abandoned. My Zheng family is willing to raise a daughter who returns home, so they don't need them to use rats to meddle in other people's business!
After saying that, he didn't go to see Mrs. Ge's disbelief expression, and took out a big stick and drove him away: Go quickly, leave quickly before I send it, otherwise I won't recognize anyone.
It was the first time that someone was chasing out with a stick. Mrs. Ge's face became so angry: Mrs. Sang, don't be ungrateful, the old woman is wholeheartedly thinking about you. What do you think of raising a sister-in-law who no one wants?
Chapter completed!