Chapter 1009: Mad Monk
Tie Long couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't know how powerful the mad monk's martial arts were, but the mad monk's reputation in the rivers and lakes was definitely much louder than their iron fork gate. The iron fork gate is just stealing chickens and dogs to do some indiscriminate and costless business, in fact, he is very looked down upon on the road, and his father's martial arts are not first-class, how can he be compared with the senior monk of Shaolin Temple, although this senior monk has been removed from Shaolin.
Tielong asked nervously, "The mad monk also came to buy food?"
"Yes, this crazy monk seems to be ready to return to the vulgar, I don't know where to find a girl, ready to marry someone. The girl was very strange, and he had to prepare ten bags of grain before he would pass through the door, and the mad monk came here to call the door. As a result, the shopkeeper Li said that there was really no food at home, and the mad monk didn't believe it, so he went over the wall, and soon came out, and left without looking back, as if he had a big green bag swollen on his forehead, and he didn't know if he fell by himself or was beaten by others, and no one dared to ask him. ”
Tie Long was taken aback again, and said: "The mad monk climbed over the wall and went in and couldn't get any benefits? This shopkeeper Li actually has a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in his home, and even the mad monk can't help it." ”
"I don't think so, this mad monk's madness is rising, and no one knows it, I don't know why he left so well-behaved this time. ”
Tielong stepped forward to knock on the door again and said good things, but the gatehouse just didn't open, and at this time, a few more people from the rivers and lakes, as well as ordinary businessmen and farmers, were all in a hurry outside. Some dragged their children to the door and knelt and begged, and some scolded both soft and hard, but no matter which trick was used, the people inside only said that there was no rice, and it was useless to guard, and they turned a deaf ear to those who cried and scolded, and those who said good words and begged ignored them. Seeing that this scene was wrong, Tielong immediately turned back to his house in a carriage.
He told his mother what had happened, and at this time the Lord of the Iron Alliance had crawled out of the wooden bathtub and was changing his clothes, and he had vaguely heard the sound of talking outside, so he asked the maid to ask what was going on, and he quickly got an answer. It is said that the passage is blocked, and the villagers have begun to mess up, some are grabbing food, some are fighting each other, and the streets are full of people fighting, and no one comes out to care.
At this time, the Iron Lady went out to deploy defenses and returned, and when she saw that her husband had gotten up and was about to go in and tell him about it, her son rushed back. After hearing her son say that she didn't buy grain, the Iron Lady's face changed, and she hurriedly entered the house and said to her husband: "Master, the grain on our farm can't last for a few days, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, I knew that I should have put down the grain first." Tielong just went to the rice store to buy rice, but he didn't buy it, and the shopkeeper Li also said that there was no rice, and it was useless for anyone to come, and even the mad monk of Shaolin went over the wall and quickly came out again, and he didn't know what the reason was. ”
The iron master sat down on the chair with a gloomy face, and the maid helped him rub his hair, and after drying it, he braided it in a bun, and he said in a deep voice: "Whether it is true or not, we must find a way." Shopkeeper Li has a few high-ranking people in his family, and he is now the target of everyone, everyone's eyes are on him, and in fact, if his rice shop happens to make do with nearly two times, the grain in front of him may really be sold out, so he may not be telling a lie, we can't hang him from a tree. You call a few disciples and tell them to get to the bottom of all the people in the city who may have food at once, and we must do it before anyone else does it. There is no royal law in this disaster shelter village, whoever has a hard fist is the overlord. ”
The Iron Lady hurriedly agreed, and immediately sent someone to call the three apprentices of the Iron Gate Master, and immediately dispatched them, so that they could each take someone to search all the houses with food in Bihu Village to determine whether there was really food or not, and what the prevention ability was, so as to start quickly, and this matter should be done immediately. The three disciples took the order and left in a hurry.
The maid also set up the head of the iron gate, he stood up and said: "Shopkeeper Li opened the rice shop, he can't say that he was still selling rice before the passage collapsed, but after that, he didn't sell anything at all, that doesn't make sense." So I went to visit him and see if I could get a few bags of rice from him. ”
After that, the Lord of the Iron Alliance hurriedly changed his clothes and came out, he took his two sons, and came straight to Mihang in a carriage.
Mi Xing had more people than when Tielong came before, and the scene was already a little out of control. Because some ordinary people eat one meal and buy one meal, sometimes they have to eat two or three meals at a time, and they don't have money to buy a lot of food at once, they all work hard to earn some hard-earned money, and they can only buy food when they have more money.
And now that the rice store does not sell rice, their food crisis immediately appeared, and there were only wild vegetables left at home, how not to make them feel hopeless. It's fine if these people are alone, but there are many people who drag their families with their families, and if there is no food, then they will really wait and starve to death.
The Iron Master did not stop at the door, but went straight to the back wall. It is located in a remote alley, opposite the granary of the rice store. Because the shopkeeper Li of Mihang has a good relationship with the owner of the iron window door, the owner of the iron door once visited the shopkeeper Li's house, so he knows where their warehouse is. He was originally engaged in trading without capital, so if the other party insisted on refusing to sell, he would only take it by force.
The iron boss asked his eldest son to answer outside, and the second son entered with him over the wall. Because the eldest son has to be honest, the second son Tiehu is more like himself, he can do it, and he is ruthless. The two of them came in, the courtyard was quiet, and the granary looked strange in the moonlight, like a giant beast squatting on the ground. There are more than 10 granaries here, which are responsible for the main food supply of the village.
The iron master didn't believe that there was no food inside, so the two of them came to the door of the granary and looked around. was about to break into the door, but at this moment, a cold snort came from behind him: "Iron Master, you are a thief for uninvited, what are you doing?"
The Iron Master was taken aback, and he didn't even realize that this person was behind him. Immediately turned around, only to see a shriveled old lady under the moonlight, holding a dragon-headed cane, looking at him with a cold face. The moonlight is good, and I can see it more clearly, so the iron boss recognized it at a glance, and this person was the old lady of the shopkeeper of Mi Xingmi. I used to meet when I was eating, this old lady doesn't like to talk very much, giving people a deep feeling of yin, but the occasional glance in her eyes will make people shiver.
The iron master was a little embarrassed, smiled and said, "I'm sorry old lady, my family's grain is almost exhausted, I sent my eldest son to buy it, and you don't sell it." So I had to come in by myself, don't worry, I will leave double the money, and I won't steal it. It's all friends, give face. ”
Mrs. Li said coldly: "Let me tell you, the rice in our rice shop is almost sold out. The ships carrying rice were about to come in, but the passage collapsed, so the convoy carrying grain could not come in, and the grain could not be brought in. Most of the rice in the rice row was bought by those who knew about the collapse in advance. There is not much left, and we have to feed our whole family, so there is really no food to sell, if you don't believe that you can open the granary yourself, if you have food, you can just go and get it. ”
The iron master stared at the old lady, nodded and said, "Since the old man said so, then we are offended." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at his son, Nunu, and motioned for him to check. And he stared at the old lady, lest the old lady suddenly attack when they were moving. I don't know how this old lady's martial arts are, but you must be very careful, don't look at her as a shriveled old lady, maybe she can't hide it.
The second son quickly inspected the dozen or so granaries one by one, came back and shook his head at his father and said, "It's all empty, and there is not a grain of grain." ”
The iron master was taken aback, because the courtyard of the rice house was not large, and the granary behind him took up most of it, and in front of it was the yard of the house, if there was no grain in the granary, it was impossible for the house and the shop to have more grain. But he still cautiously asked his son to go to the shop to have a look, the back door of the shop was open, and the old lady seemed to have specially set up preparations.
So Tiehu quickly came to the door of the shop, and saw a few guys in the shop, sitting there and looking at him coldly, but he didn't stop it. So I quickly turned around the shop, and sure enough, I couldn't find any food. When he came out, he shook his head at his father.
The iron master's face changed, because the news of the collapse of the water transport channel was only known at night. After the collapse, people soon came to buy rice, and after buying rice, they stopped selling it, and after that, the rice shop of the rice shopkeeper has been guarded by the people who buy rice, and it is impossible to transfer the grain out. It is also impossible for the rice bank to dig a cellar to hide the grain, because the grain must be ventilated. There's no need to hide in the basement, it'll get moldy.
In the past, there was never a shortage of food in the villages, and there was no problem of hoarding. This neighborhood is a land of fish and rice that produces grain, so there is no need to worry about food. But I didn't expect that they were now an isolated island, and the food could not be transported in, and the food at home was almost exhausted. God doesn't have long eyes.
The iron boss knew that Shopkeeper Li was not deceiving, and there was really no food, which was the same as he expected before. He grinned awkwardly and said, "Offended, farewell." ”
Say, take your son and go out. Unexpectedly, a black shadow blocked their way, but it was Mrs. Li. Holding the dragon-headed cane in his hand, he looked coldly at the iron master, and said: "Let's just go, you can't be so unruly." Do you really think that there is no one in our Li family?"
The iron master smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm really sorry, old lady. Another day, I will bring my dog to the door to apologize. ”
"There's no need to apologize, since I'm here today, I have to teach you a lesson. Lest you really think that there is no one in the Li family. ”
Let's say, Mrs. Li didn't see any movement, and she swooped in front of the iron master, and the dragon's head crutch smashed head-on. The iron master was taken aback, and the three forks in his hand were raised to the sky, and when there was a loud bang, it was hard, but the shock made the iron master's hands numb. I was shocked in my heart, this old lady's martial arts were so good, and her strength was extremely great, and this time she was no worse than those young and strong men.