Chapter 58

Birds die for food, and people die for money.

The four brothers did not listen to their mother's advice, and hid in the basement where the gold and silver treasures were stacked, thinking that the bandits would not find this place, and that they were more sure to stay by the gold and silver treasures than anywhere else.

The group of bandits who had vented their beast-lust in the wing room, came out with their pants on their heads, all excited, like this, they had a big ticket with good fortune and silver, they hadn't done it for a long time.

Bandit No. 100 did not search the room, but took bricks one by one and began to knock on the floor everywhere, knocking one by one, not an inch was dropped.

When the four brothers heard the sound of a clatter coming from overhead, they were in despair.

"This is it, dig it for me!"

The four brothers of the Tang family died, they fell into the hands of bandits, like playthings, the young master of the Tang family, who was beautiful on weekdays, spent money like dirt and was arrogant, how could they never have thought that they would die so miserably.

The bandits threw the four brothers to the ground, ignoring their pleas for mercy, "Brothers, smash me, smash as much as you want!" The bandit leader ordered.

The bandit lifted the boxes of silver in the basement, and the whole basement seemed to be much brighter, and a piece of silver was very good in the hands of the bandits, and it was very powerful, and one after another flew towards the four brothers, and the silver smashed into the clothes with a dull sound, and smashed on the head to bloom a bloody flower.

The sound of the crackling of silver overshadowed the screams of the four brothers of the Tang family, their faces were smashed and deformed, and after a while, the silver was piled up, burying the four brothers of the Tang family, only to see the silver and no one, and dark red blood seeped out from the cracks.

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When Huang Meng arrived, the bandits had just tied boxes of silver to their horses and were about to return to Xishan.

Chu Ming took the lead in rushing forward with more than fifty strong men, these were all the subordinates in Wu Sange's dart game, all of them were veterans who had retreated from the battlefield, if they were not as good as those bandits in terms of strength, but in terms of killing, how could the bandits compare to them?

They will not waste every knife they draw, the skills they have practiced on the battlefield are all killing skills, and if they can't kill the enemy with one knife, they may be killed by the enemy, so they must kill them with one knife as much as possible.

The bandits saw these men wearing fast hunting clothes, their faces were very disdainful, in their opinion, the so-called fast hunting is just a cowardice recruited by the people, and they are not vulnerable at all, otherwise this group of bandits would not dare to be so arrogant in Yangzhou City.

They were wrong, but they didn't regret it, and the bright knife slashed through their throats, blood gushed out, and some even had a head cut off.

Tang Xiaoshi saw Chu Ming's murderous appearance, and felt in a trance that he didn't know Chu Ming, a man with a black belly and a little warmth on weekdays, it turned out that he would really become another person on the battlefield, his eyes were fierce and decisive, and every knife was very decisive.

Tang Xiaoshi was thinking, when she killed someone, was she also another self?

Man is a combination of angels and demons.

The bandits found that they couldn't beat the "fast catcher" that Chu Ming was carrying, and they were about to escape on horseback, but they found that the horses were already full of boxes of silver, so they had to run away, and they didn't expect that there was a group of fast catchers outside the Tang Mansion.

Most of the hundred and tenth bandits were killed by the men led by Chu Ming, and the remaining more than ten were captured alive by Huang Meng, Huang Meng was born as a scholar after all, and he was not as decisive and decisive as Chu Ming, so he still kept the lives of the more than ten bandits.

Who knew that Tang Xiaoshi took a knife from the hand of the man next to him, and without saying a word, he killed the more than ten bandits who were tied up, all of them wiped their throats with a knife, clean and neat.

Huang Meng obviously disagreed with Tang Xiaoshi's approach, and said: "Why did the princess rush to kill everything? Wouldn't it be good to leave them alive? ”

Tang Xiaoshi said: "Not to mention how many people they have harmed, how many things they have done that hurt heaven and reason, in today's situation, the Tang Mansion will be destroyed, and in a few days, the Zhongzhou Assassin will come down to investigate, and one more living mouth will have one more mouth, in this case, Huang Xianling thinks that their lives can be saved?" ”

Huang Meng was silent.

The bandits went down the mountain to slaughter the Tang family, such a murder case could not bypass the assassination history, and even alarmed Chang'an. Tang Xiaoshi and they have always appeared as a catcher, and they can pat their butts and leave after they are done, but Huang Meng is different, this time he can't pat his ass and leave the leader of the famous name of the bandits.

Tang Xiaoshi is right, and he is right, there are still a few days before the assassin can come down, and the butt that should be wiped clean during this time can be wiped clean, but as long as there is a bandit to do the living, this bandit will become an occasional bomb, in case the assassin asks something from the bandit's mouth, all the packaging will be torn apart little by little.

Huang Meng didn't dare to take risks, and he couldn't take risks, success was a credit, and failure was a heinous crime, now is not the time to take risks.

The more than ten catchers brought by Huang Meng, Tang Xiaoshi threw them a heavy burden, and the silver in it was worth their ten years' salary, they silently picked up their own silver, only said a word of thanks, and did not say a word.

These have been in the county government for so many years, understand the rules of the road, know what kind of silver can be spent with peace of mind, and what kind of silver will not be spent if they get it. As long as they keep their mouths in check, the money in their baggage, they can spend it with peace of mind.

If you are greedy and can't keep your mouth shut, not only will your life be lost, but the children in your family will also suffer.

Then, Tang Xiaoshi said to Huang Meng: "Huang County Order, offended!" ”

said that it was too late, but I saw Tang Xiaoshi swinging a knife, and quickly made several cuts on Huang Meng's back, legs, and arms, only hurting the flesh and muscles, but the blood oozing out made Huang Meng look seriously injured.

Huang Meng was stunned at first, then calmly thought for a moment, and arched his hand: "Princess Xie is complete!" The rest of the catchers also cut several wounds on their bodies.

Tang Xiaoshi saw the woman with gray hair in a corner of the Tang Mansion, her sons were dead, but she escaped.

But she was crazy, she panicked when she saw people, and all she could say was "Don't kill my son, don't kill my son......"

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The next day, the story of the Tang Mansion being slaughtered by bandits spread all over the city, becoming the hottest after-dinner conversation among the small people in the market, and I heard that the Tang family was killed by the bandits, leaving only a crazy old lady with more than ten ignorant children.

The casino sighed that there were a few less gentlemen who gave money, the girl who had been favored by the young master of the Tang family wiped a few tears in the flower building, and the big man who sold pork regretted that he could no longer see the group of mothers-in-law in the Tang Mansion twisting their butts and swaggering through the market, and the clever vendor was happy that he could finally set up a stall on the street in front of the Tang Mansion......

Other than that, no one seems to realize that it was more than twenty lives killed by the bandits.

Another hot topic is the more than 100 bandit heads hanging at the gate of Yangzhou City, and you can smell blood from a distance without approaching.

The people are praising the bravery and fearlessness of Huang County Ling in Guangling County, and finally killed the bandits who have been plagued for a long time, and the people no longer have to worry about the bandits suddenly attacking the city at night.

No one questioned Huang Meng, but they watched Huang Xianling walk down the street with injuries all over his body, his hands, legs and back were all bloody, what a man!

did such a good thing for the people, and Huang Meng became a hero in the mouths of the people.

Therefore, everyone only said that the bandits robbed the Tang family, and Huangxian ordered the bandits to be exterminated, and no one knew the details.

Of course, discussing these hot topics is the gossip of the well-fed idlers, and for the tenants who don't have enough to eat, the cold winter days are the hardest, and they are not in the mood to pay attention to the bad things of the rich and noble.

Niu Dalang is a tenant of the Tang family, an honest farmer, although the mother-in-law he married is ugly, but his hands and feet are nimble, but such a diligent couple can't eat a few full meals all year round, because the Tang family has to harvest eighty percent of the grain produced.

If there is a bumper harvest, there are two percent of the grain left, dig some wild vegetables, save some food, and barely survive a year.

Who knew that Niu Dalang was sick this year, and his mother-in-law sold a jar of rice in order to treat him...... Now there are two months left before spring, but the rice jar at home has long been empty, and now it is cold and windy outside, and if you want to satisfy your hunger, you can only peel the bark to eat. Adults can get through, but children can't.

"Or buy me in a kiln, it's better than starving to death as a family."

"You're so ugly, can the kiln want you?"

"Otherwise, just ...... the big girl Sell it, or the big man won't survive this winter......" the woman choked, and the boy she was holding in her arms had a big head and a thin body.

"Daddy, don't sell the big girl, don't sell the big girl, the big girl is obedient......" A girl with yellow hair pulled Niu Dalang's clothes and said.

"Big girl, don't blame your mother for being cruel...... woman cried.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Niu Dalang opened the door and saw a middle-aged man with a book standing at the door, kind and kind.

The middle-aged man introduced: "I am the housekeeper of the Zhang family in Guangling County, and now that the Tang family's fields have been bought by the Zhang family, are you willing to be a tenant of the Zhang family?" ”

Niu Dalang didn't answer, he had to watch his children starve to death after working hard all year long, Niu Dalang didn't want to farm anymore, he was a dead person, why bother to plough cattle for others!

Seeing that Niu Dalang didn't answer, the housekeeper continued: "The Zhang family only harvests 20% of grain every year. ”

Niu Dalang's eyes lit up all of a sudden, two percent of the grain? Only 20% of the grain? Did he hear him right? How else can there be such a good thing? Could it be that this Zhang family is a living Bodhisattva?

"Do you only harvest 20 percent of the grain or keep only 20 percent of the grain?" Niu Dalang asked, one word is different.

"Only two percent will be harvested, and you will keep eighty percent." The housekeeper affirmed, "If you want, just put a handprint on it, this is just a letter of intent, and the specific procedures have to go to the county government." ”

Niu Dalang pressed his handprint without hesitation, thinking that with such a good employer, as long as he survived this winter, he would never have to go hungry again in the coming year.

What surprised Niu Dalang even more was that the housekeeper actually took out a silver ingot from his cuff and stuffed it into Niu Dalang's hand, and said: "My master said, you can't starve the child, you just take the silver and survive this winter." ”

"How does this work?"

"You don't have to excuse yourself, this is a little bit of my lord's heart, as for repaying the money, you can use the surplus grain as collateral in the coming year." The butler laughed.

Niu Dalang knew his own situation, if he resigned, the big man would really be starved to death, and he couldn't help but burst into tears, choked up and asked, "I don't know your lord's name?" ”

"Zhang Yuan."

The housekeeper is gone, he has a heavy task today, he has to go through more than three hundred tenants in this area, this is not an easy task.

I heard that the princess is still buying land, so tomorrow she will find more tenants to sign the agreement.

More than ten days later, Tang Xiaoshi snatched back the silver, either to buy land, or to buy food and porridge, or to send it to poor tenants' homes, and to set up an orphanage, and spent not a penny, and also put the silver she brought over.