Volume 1 The Ancient World: The Death of Jiu Niang
Be prepared, because the bandits of the Broadsword Gang should be coming soon.
The Broadsword Gang, as the name suggests. The gang leader is said to be a lay disciple of the Blood Sword Sect, a first-class sect in the Qi Kingdom.
It is said that his cultivation has touched the threshold of the late stage of the third-order mastering realm, which is far from being comparable to Yan Zhi's old bones.
Feeling qi, nourishing instruments, controlling things, and becoming one, except for the breaking and soaring that can increase longevity. In the secular world, the realm of controlling things is already a figure with a head and a face among the millions of people in the county.
On June 20, the sky was overcast and muggy. It was less than noon, and Yan Zhi had already led people to wait outside the town.
When the meal was approaching, everyone was already waiting a little anxiously, and the stuffiness in the air and the pressure of the leaves all bowed their heads.
The sound of horses' hooves finally sounded at the end of the road, and from a distance, you could see more than 30 people from the Broadsword Gang, and they were moving forward leisurely. As in previous years, more than a dozen empty carriages were driven.
There are more than 1,000 households in Gua Town, with a population of nearly 5,000, and the per capita payment is one silver coin, a batch of coarse cloth, and five buckets of grain. It accounts for about 30% of the family's annual income.
Look at the person in charge, everyone has a fat head and big ears, wears gold and silver, has a big belly, and laughs with a simple and cute attitude. "Hahaha, Mayor Yan, the little one is bothering again"
"The silver master is polite, the big knife gang protects the party, and I should be grateful. Yan Zhi greeted him with a smile, "The banquet has been prepared, and the inventory and loading will begin in the afternoon." ”
"Good to say, good to say, hahaha......"
It seems that the more you laugh, the more kind you become.
The banquet is divided into eight cold and eight hot, starting with cold mixed beef, red stewed elbow in the center, and a large carp in commercial water to finish. Accompanied by Gua Town sorghum wine, the food is enjoyed by the guests and the hosts.
"I heard that a wave of rogues has attacked Gua Town recently?" Chief Silver picked up a bowl of wine.
"Alas, I don't know where the rogues came from, they dared to spread wild in the territory of your gang, and the old man used the crowded talismans to keep it. ”
The silver director also sighed, "Recently, there has been a shortage of horses in the gang, and after getting the news, it has been slow to come."
"I captured 30 horses," Yan Zhi said with a joke.
"Mayor Yan, how about a 50 silver coin?"
How is 50 silver different from robbery?
Yan Zhi replied, "If you are in a hurry, you don't need money."
"Rules, rules still need to be done, otherwise my helper will know and won't chop me, hahaha"
There's a lot of wine and food over there, and you have to start work.
Since the morning, Cheng and a few friends have helped the villagers to move the grain and cloth from the warehouse and register them one by one.
"I don't fucking understand, do I have to ask the townspeople to go from house to house and bring their families to offer in the hot weather?" Ergou complained.
"Enwei and give," the pillar continued, wiping a handful of sweat.
"That'...... I didn't see you," Mu Tao asked cautiously.
"Let us live, for them is a gift to us," the pillar replied in a deep voice.
"I don't understand anything else, I can help you resist more food from the warehouse, and you don't waste time thinking about it," the stone head poked out from under a bag of grain, and said angrily.
"Continue," Cheng said lightly, looking at the sweaty, frustrated and tired crowd, and said nothing.
In the afternoon, it was the most sultry, and the silver master was in the pergola that had been set up, and there was an ice charm next to the seat, slowly exuding cold air, driving the stuffiness out of the pavilion.
Outside the pavilion, there was already a line of people, silent people.
Under the scorching sun, they were silently sweating, men carrying food, women holding cloths, and old men holding children, paralyzed and carried out and placed in another pergola in the open space.
"The old rule, queue up to pay for the goods, keep the seal of the paid, hurry up if you don't come, and you will lose your head when you will be found out!" ”
"Director Yin laughed, the rules must be followed" Yan Zhi didn't have a shelf. He is about to fall into the ground, where can he dare to offend such a villain.
In general, you carry me, I carry you, the atmosphere in the gazebo is wonderful.
When the girl lined up to hand over the food, the silver master's eyes lit up, "Does this girl have a marriage match?"
The butcher got up suddenly, and Yan Zhi pulled him, "Cough, Xin'er has already been promised to the sugar family." The sugar family has been supplying the nobles in the city. ”
"Oh, now that you've been married, forget it. ”
This old pervert gave up so happily, obviously under the guise of using the young gang leader!
The second dog gritted his teeth in the distance.
And when the payment of the goods was in the evening, the feast began again. As usual, they will rest for the night.
Over there, the silver master drank up, pulling the scribe who accompanied the wine, and his eyebrows danced.
After being full of wine and food, Yan Zhi withdrew.
The scribe was careful to accompany him.
Led more than 30 members of the Broadsword Gang to the backyard.
There were twelve widows of good standing.
They came voluntarily, and the town of Kuah raised them, paying their family's goods for their children to go to school.
The rough yin smile of the men of the Broadsword Gang came from the backyard. By the campfire, Cheng Yingjian stood in the dark, the firelight reflected half of his face, he pouted, his expression was indifferent, and his eyes looked directly at the courtyard wall.
Ergou slammed the thick bowl in his hand to the ground, "C his grandmother!
There was sadness on the face of the pillar, "When will it come to an end?", the stone eyes showed anger and did not say a word, and Mu Tao secretly wept.
It was night, and the butchers, blacksmiths, carpenters, pharmacists, and Yan Zhi of Gua Town had not slept.
On the second day, in the early morning, the Broadsword Gang drove away refreshed with a full carriage.
Leaving a lot of chicken feathers in Gua Town.
The women came out of the backyard, their hair disheveled, even though they had been combed. Some women have red marks on their necks.
Standing in the courtyard were men with heads and faces in Guah Town and a group of teenagers, who bowed to the women!
"Don't make it so heavy, the old lady is dead, and she is hungry and thirsty, and the animals of the Big Knife Gang are also the same goods. A woman said with a big grin.
"That's it, a few breaths one by one will be soft, I can't do it, and I'm angry with the old lady" A woman lifted her arm, revealing bruises.
Then the other women began to talk to them, awkwardly comforting them.
"Why is there one missing?" said Cheng softly.
"Do you mean Jiuniang? She was born beautiful, and her breasts are big, and about 20 people went to her last night, maybe tired."
The butcher and Yan Sik glanced at each other and ran towards the room with the door closed, and the others realized that something was wrong and followed.
I saw the butcher standing at the door, his beard and hair all open, his round eyes staring, and yelling at the teenagers, "Get out!"
The second dog shrank his head, pulled Cheng, and shouted the stone pillar Mu Tao, but he didn't look back.
Cheng didn't move, he watched as the mayor took out the body of Jiu Niang from the inside, she was covered with the mayor's black robe, her legs were bare, blood stains were left on her ankles, dark red mixed with some white thick liquid, just like the bonfire that was about to be extinguished last night and the ashes that burned out.
Jiu Niang's face was already pale, her mouth was drooling, her eyes were open, her eyes were wide open, and she couldn't forget the prominent eyeballs for the rest of her life, like a silent shout, it seemed to be in the yin laughter of the group of big knife gangs!
Cheng clenched his fists and looked at her dead face.
Yan Zhi hugged Jiu Niang's corpse, looking at the sky speechless, old tears were rampant!
The butcher yelled at them again, "Get out!"
Ergou finally pulled Cheng away.
Jiuniang was buried quietly. No one knows what she was thinking in the end, or what kind of despair she went through.
But it doesn't matter, may your soul go slowly. For the first time, Cheng felt so hungry for power.