I inquired about the fact that there has been a nest of bandits in the past few years, and the government has not beaten it down several times, but these bandits only ask passing businesses to collect tolls, but they do not rob the poor people nearby, and some large families have been kidnapped, and they can send back the ransom, so the people do not hate this bandit so much.

Song Ba went out for a walk that day, wanting to have fun around and see what it felt like to be in the snow where no one was, look, let's have a convulsion.

This convulsion, hearing the rustling sound behind him, before he could turn his head, he made people cover his mouth from behind, and when he woke up, he was in a cave, lighting a few fires.

As soon as he woke up, he coughed violently, and said, what kind of firewood is this, so choking?

The great joy of listening to the people around him, I don't know where it came from.

In fact, Song Ba woke up and knew that it was not good, he was tied up, he didn't dare to sign up, he would definitely fall to the ground if he reported, the people of the Guogong Mansion, the bandits didn't hurt people and kill people, did they wait for the government to end their nest?

Then he opened his eyes and looked around, Song Ba was so frightened that he trembled, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting that the uncle spared his life and asked him to give him the silver.

The robber took a jade pendant that he had searched from him, and Song Ba thought to himself: Fortunately, before he came, he was afraid that the road would be unsafe, so he didn't dare to bring anything valuable, so he brought a jade pendant that he bought with Brother De when he was young, which was not worth much silver.

Song Ba knelt down and peeked at it, the sitting bandit was wearing a cotton jacket, a belt around his waist, and a horse boot on his feet, looking at him as a Han person, not a Tartar, the people in Beijing called the nomads in Liaodong Tartar, and the people in Xichang Mansion called the Hu people, he relaxed a little, as long as it was not a Tartar, I heard that the people over there eat raw meat.

Then Song Ba took the initiative to confess, his surname was Li, and his family was in business, but he came for the first time, and the explanation was fresh and embarrassing because he had a dispute with someone in the Qinglou, and the person who was injured was an official at home, so he was sent out by his old father.

The people around listened to it haha, because Song Ba didn't look like a serious businessman, an old man who was used to eating and drinking, and it was right to listen to him explain it like this.

The bandit leader asked him to get up, and asked people to give him a seat, Song Ba sat down and said that he was hungry, can he give him something to eat, which caused laughter.

Someone brought a bowl of meat, Song Ba didn't care, he took it and ate it, and said that the taste was not right, there was less seasoning, and some people stopped doing it, and said: "Some of them are good to eat, what do you pick?"

"You don't know this, I brought a new thing this time, that cooking, hey! It's this cold day, eat a bowl, heh! It's hotter than drinking a burning knife, you don't have to be afraid of the cold all winter, you must not have eaten." ”

The person who just spoke was a cook, and when he heard it, he was curious, so he asked, and Song Ba opened the chili pepper white, dancing with his hands, and looked like an old man.

Several people listened with relish, and some people muttered, saying that the car had been robbed, and the bandit leader glanced sideways, and the man was silent.

After eating, Song Ba burped, stood up and straightened his stomach, and said: "You can make a price, let my family's followers send silver, otherwise you will ask for more, I ask you to escort me to Zha Thorn Erwei, and escort me to this when I come back, I will never go out next time." ”

The bandit leader didn't speak, glanced at the person next to him, and then said, "You rest here for a few days, and then you can talk later." ”

Song Ba was anxious, he was afraid that his guards would report to the official, if he knew his details, it would be over, but his face was not obvious, he just said with a sad face: "Rest this? It's too much, isn't it? Not to mention dirty, not even a woman ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by a person and reprimanded: "That's so much nonsense, just listen to it." ”

Song Ba got up, gave the man a bow, and nodded his head. Then someone took him out.

The bandit asked a person next to him, thin, with a mustache like a rat's tail, who looked upright and dressed well.

The man said, "Wait and see, I heard the water column say that the people who are following this man do not look like ordinary guards, and act like they are trained. ”

The bandit nodded, but said again: "Some big families spend money to invite people with good skills, just like the Jiang family, but the Jiang family is also bold, give money and leave, never look for trouble, he said that it is the Li family, and there are many people surnamed Li, but we have not been here for a few years, don't make trouble, watch for a few days, and release people if you ask for silver." ”

Song Ba followed the man out, and when he saw that it was dark, he was taken to a small cave, and after entering, the man said: "Just stay here, I'll say okay first, but no one is looking at you, if you run away and freeze to death outside, it's your own business." ”

Song Ba hurriedly That's yes, and after the person left, he collapsed on a simple earthen kang and slammed his head, go out today, Song Guard wants to follow, and he also sent people away, this time it's good, play big.

Early the next morning, Song Ba woke up and hurried out, it was white outside, and he heard a dog barking, he walked there curiously, and saw three big dogs, five or six small dogs, chasing and playing in the snow.

The bandit leader also came over, Song Ba said hello with a hippie smile, and then said: "Uncle, can you sell this puppy? sell me one, I have a nephew, who has not been in good health since he was a child, I want to take it back to him, and it is good to have a puppy to play with." ”

Hearing Song Ba say this, he looked at him strangely, thinking that this person was so strange, people were so frightened that they cried and wiped their tears, or just sat still, he was good, and he was still thinking about buying a dog?

Song Ba really wanted to give his cousin's family harmony, thinking that Brother De was worried about this son, he said that he would be fine if he was six or seven years old, and he would not get sick, and now he is also old, it would be good if he gave him a puppy, this dog looks like a good dog, like a wolf.

No one replied, Song Ba said it himself, long-winded, but he could see that it was a true outpouring, not a blind fabrication, which made the bandit head a little moved, remembering his younger brother who died early, before he was six years old, he was gone.

Song Ba didn't ask much else, so he circled around the dog, this kind of dog was not many in Beijing, and it was rare to see it, and the most important thing was that he didn't know what to do, so he simply pretended to be stupid, and asked in anticipation later: Let me go back? When he got the answer and waited, he hung his head.

In the evening, the bandit leader called Song Ba, drank with him, and asked, "You just ran to Liaodong and went to Zhaerwei, can you sell the goods?"

Song Ba took a sip of wine, spicy his throat, and said: "This wine is strong enough, there is my Li family's shop there, don't be afraid, anyway, I just deliver the goods, and then I will bring some goods back, I don't understand anything else, I don't care, I won't go out next time, it's too scary." ”

After finishing speaking, he ate a mouthful of meat and asked: "I said, uncle, you just do this, what can you do when you get old? In general, you must have a home, like me, I can't make a product, but I have sons, four, I'm forty years old, what are you going to run? It's not a trouble this time, I stayed in Beijing to eat and drink spicy, the big winter suffered from this sin, I didn't see a few people along the way, who went out to do business at this time, just my back, no, let you be caught, but, this is also fate, I'm a good person to make friends, I know, don't mention it in the future, just this time, you say how much, how much I give, as long as you leave me something to eat, you can let me go to Zha Thorn Erwei, and when I get there, there will be silver. ”

The bandits and the people around them took a look, but Song Badang didn't see it, and continued to drink and eat meat.