However, it was said that the convoy of the two Gao Jia families tossed for a night, and they retreated from the enemy pretending to be a ghost, and they had no time to deal with others, so they all rested after setting up the vigil. It wasn't until noon the next day that everyone woke up one after another and went outside to check. Fortunately, last night was too chaotic, although the people in the village woke up and saw that it was all dark outside, and no one dared to go out indiscriminately, so no one died.

The family of three that caught fire also escaped, but the house was burned to the ground, which was quite pitiful. Mi'er thought that they had also suffered an unwarranted disaster, so he borrowed the descendants of the Gao family to send them five taels of silver and five hundred coins. When Jia Huan entered the door, the person who delivered the money had just left, and when he heard about it, he hurriedly followed to the house. I saw that one and a half of three small earthen houses had burned down, and the old couple and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old grandson were crying and crying, a little sad.

The subordinates of the Gao family hurriedly explained the silver and copper coins, and the three of them immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

Jia Huan hurriedly shouted to them to get up and said, "I only remind you of one sentence. If a neighbor or relative comes to inquire and only says that he has received five hundred yuan, then the money should not be sued to others, so as not to be troubled. ”

The old man was stunned when he heard this, but the old lady understood, hurriedly thanked the little brother, and asked him for his surname. Jia Huan waved his hand: "It was my senior brother who gave you the money, I just gave you a word of advice." He sighed again, "Fortunately, the spring plowing season has not yet arrived, and the year has only begun, so you can live a good life." He turned around and walked away. The subordinates of the Gao family were busy explaining the two names of Jia Huan and Jarvis and the Gao family Rongguo Mansion together, and listened to the people's thanks for a long time before they came out.

This person didn't know that Jia Huan sang a double reed with Cheng Chi last night, and when he had great powers, he trotted all the way to catch up with Jia Huan, and asked with a smile: "Third Master Huan, where did you learn the Tao, it's so powerful!" ”

Jia Huan said: "Once upon a time, I met a god-man in a dream. ”

The man was amazed, and asked who the man of God was.

Jia Huan was too lazy to make it up, so he coaxed people: "He didn't say it, but Cong'er seems to know." ”

The man became more and more surprised: "Third Master Cong actually recognizes the god man in the dream of Third Master Huan?" ”

Jia Huan didn't know how to explain it, so he just made a fool of himself and said: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." ”

Passing by the small courtyard of the farmhouse for a while, there was a very fragrant smell from inside, and Jia Huan couldn't help but stretch out his head to look in the courtyard. The two families walked all the way, and the Gao family knew that the third master of Rongguo Mansion was a glutton, so he smiled and said: "It seems to be scones, how many shall I buy for the third master?" Jia Huan nodded repeatedly.

After a while, the man came out with a few fragrant scones and handed them to Jia Huandao: "It's just a country food, the third master hasn't eaten anything good in the capital, just a fresh taste." ”

Jia Huan took it with a smile on his face and said, "Not necessarily everything in Beijing is delicious." We often put the cart before the horse. Just like the second sister-in-law said that time, a plate of eggplant poured more than a dozen chickens to match it, so what kind of strength to eat, the aroma of eggplant made the taste of chicken overcome. I just love it, it tastes like this, and it doesn't have so many tricks. So he picked up a scone and took a bite, and it was sweet and crispy, and he ate it deliciously.

Gao Ying and Mi'er discussed that they would rest here for a day first, and it would not be too late for Ming'er to hurry. In the afternoon, all the people in Rongguo Mansion gathered in one place to analyze yesterday's turmoil, but everyone didn't speak and looked at Gong Kun.

Gong Kunnai said: "Some of yesterday's events have become quite clear. Since Zhong Heng said that he came to rob money, that is to rob money, not to kill him. As you can tell from their actions when they evacuated, the first wave of bandits was not the same thing as the night wave. The first wave is an ordinary bandit, which is about the green forest that Zhong Heng has recently been ordered to collect on the mountain near the left. Zhong Heng's plan was to take the lead in leading this group of people to rob the road, and halfway through the fight, Zhao Ping led people over to help us. ”

Jia Huan coughed, shook his head and asked, "How does Mr. know?" ”

Gong Kun said: "I just think, if I am Zhong Heng and Zhao Ping, how can I get all these cars of things without killing my own brothers." You must know that for them, it doesn't matter if the first wave of bandits dies, a few more deaths, a few fewer deaths, or even a few deaths; The group of officers and soldiers in the evening are serious officers and soldiers, their brothers and comrades, and they can't die casually - there are serious veterans on our side. Therefore, the matter of rushing and killing can only be handed over to ordinary bandits. ”

Mi'er nodded: "I understand what Mr. means." Zhao Ping pretended to lead people to help us, and by the way, he won our trust, and at night, he turned his face while we were defenseless. ”

Gong Kun said: "At that time, regardless of the fact that there were fewer of us than them, even if there were more people, we would definitely be caught off guard, at most we would have fled in a hurry. Zhong Heng is their person, if you coax the group of thieves to say, Zhao Ping found Zhong Heng to cooperate in robbing us, and avenge the dead thieves in front of him by the way, I am afraid that at night the remaining bandits will be in front of them as a shield. ”

Xiaoxi said: "It's a pity that the plan didn't work, Zhao Pingli wanted to be consumed, and he intended to snatch the birthday gift by relying on the strength of the crowd." ”

Gong Kunxiao shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. Although Zhao Ping's martial arts are good, he is not as shrewd as Zhong Heng. If I guessed correctly, Zhong Heng later led the group of bandits over, and they came to fight. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Gong Kun said: "Among these two leaders, it is obvious that Zhao Ping's status is above Zhong Heng. Regardless of the martial arts, in terms of mind alone, Zhong Heng is above Zhao Ping. It's not surprising that Zhong Heng wants to seek Zhao Ping's position, who wants to be pressed by someone who is stupider than himself? It's just that for no reason, how did he get it? Unless Zhao Ping is dead. He smiled lightly, "About yesterday's daytime, he didn't explain everything to Zhao Ping. For example, the sixteen small crossbows that fire in three bursts. ”

Jia Huan said "oh": "I said, even if there is no Western fire. guns, it's not difficult to shoot Zhao Ping with those small crossbows alone, how dare he break up like a stunned head. ”

Gong Kun continued: "Since Zhong Heng was sent to collect the bandits, when he went to see Zhao Ping later, he should have gone alone and did not bring the thieves' manpower. Therefore, Zhao Ping didn't know what happened at that time - there was no other person to corroborate it, just follow Zhong Heng's arrangement. Zhao Ping thought that there were many of them, and they were serious officers and soldiers pretending, and their skills were not weak. If we only have ordinary dart masters in our house, even if we add those soldiers of the Gao family, we can get out of the house according to his ability. In addition, since he is the leader, the people behind him have been staring at these birthday gifts for about a day or two. If he just let us go for no reason, it would be difficult for him to explain when he went back, so there was a night attack. On the other hand, Zhong Heng first came to negotiate with Third Master Cong about the future business of selling stolen goods, and then deliberately turned his face with Zhao Ping and left in a negative mood, greeting the group of ordinary thieves he subdued. According to the habit of showing him during the day, the thief kills the king first, and it is unknown whether Zhao Ping has been shot into a hedgehog by a small crossbow at that time. ”

Liu Feng said with a smile: "He doesn't have to count the time, last night was night, and there were so many people crowded in this small village, he just needs to hide his bandit outside the village, and send a clever henchman to sneak in pretending to be an ordinary villager who likes to watch the excitement." When Zhao Ping died, the henchman went out to deliver a letter, and when did he come in from outside the village to collect other people's manpower. Otherwise, where is such a coincidence? Zhao Ping just took his breath and he came. As the third major general often said, the coincidence must be arranged by manpower. ”

Gong Kun nodded and said, "Yes, that's about it." Nai clapped his hands and smiled, "I've been busy all night, and the co-author is the leader of the people who borrowed our hands to remove the roadblock stone." It can be seen that there are people on the people, we have been too smooth in the past, and we have to let people use it once. ”

Mi'er said: "If it is really as Mr. said, this person is thoughtful, and he knows that if he takes advantage of the situation, it is not a grievance to let him use it once." We have nothing to lose. And they all said yes.

Jia Cong suddenly asked, "Yizhi, who do you guess they are?" ”

Gong Kun crossed his hands and said, "Where can I guess?" There are more people asking for money these days. There are only two. First, it is not the person who is listed as the prince. The swords and guns have no eyes, and the princes regard the three of your brothers as very important, and they all want to accept them as military advisors, and they will not put you in the war for a little money. Second, according to what Mi'er said, Zhong Heng went straight to him last night to discuss peace, he didn't look at Gao Ying at all, and called him Mr. Jia when he opened his mouth. It can be seen that he not only knows that there is a little fat man named Jia Cong in Rongguo Mansion, but also knows the name of Mr. Jarvis. Mi'er has no reputation among the nobles in Beijing, but only relies on Mr. Su Zheng to rely on him, and has some reputation among the scribes. If you know the goods, you should understand that he is not simple after meeting him once or twice. However, I am afraid that no one will know. Therefore, the owner behind them is only afraid that it is in the capital. ”

Xiaoxi smiled: "According to Mr. 's words, the princes can also be removed." Those who have no intention of the position of the prince will not let the army come out to rob, and those who have the position of the prince of heart may also accidentally injure the three young generals - at least he is a person who can make the saint listen to a sentence or two, he is still young, and he will be the right-hand man of the great treasure in the future, how can he let him die casually? ”

Gong Kun nodded again and again: "Not bad, not bad." In this way-" he suddenly laughed, "Third Master, there are soldiers in his hands and he is short of money, as if the first suspicious person is Huo Xuan." ”

Jia Cong shook his head: "No." Sometimes I trust a gut feeling. Yesterday, I believed that Zhong Heng had no intention of taking our lives, there was no reason, it was just intuition. Do you think Huo Xuan has a chance to kill me by the way, and I will spare my life? ”

Mi'er said: "Don't be in a hurry to guess who is behind him." Heng Zhi two will do business in the future, and sooner or later they will know. ”

Everyone laughed and stopped.

For a while, Gao Ying sent someone to invite him. Mi'er hurried over to his small courtyard, but saw Gao Ying's sad face: "Mr. Jia, what do you think of the origin of these thieves?" I never thought that there was such a strong bandit in my Ping'an Prefecture, that Zhao Ping was not weak when he fought with me for half a day, even if he was a court general, it was a pity to die. ”

How can you tell him the truth? Although he was very reluctant to go, he had to harden his heart and coax: "As the saying goes, tigers are hidden in the mountains, and unicorns lie in the wilderness." Many high-ranking people are hidden from the people. Since the leader is willing to negotiate peace with us, in addition to paying taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and supporting the people's livelihood in the future, if he is motivated, he is not afraid that he will not get ahead. At that time, it was not too late for the senior brother to recruit him again. ”

Gao Ying sighed: "Don't hide it from Mr. Jia." Su Ri I only thought of myself as a Wen Taowu strategy, and it wasn't until I met the two of them that I knew that I was really arrogant in the past. Even the reckless thieves have such skills, but I am afraid that there are not many masters in the world. You see, those men are extremely obedient and act very quickly, and the elite soldiers are no more than that. These two leaders are talents. ”

Mi'er smiled: "This is natural, there is a sky outside the sky." ”

Gao Ying was very sorry for Zhao Ping's death, and he coaxed him for a long time before coaxing him. Mi'er is an honest man, Gao Ying treats him honestly, and it is still not a taste to go back to the yard for half a day.

The next day, everyone straightened up the carriage and marched forward, and the little grandson of the family who was on fire stood outside Jia Huan's yard early with a big bag of scones, and when he came out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I heard that the noble man likes to eat this, so my grandmother specially asked a neighbor to borrow a bag of buckwheat and made these overnight." ”

Jia Huan was overjoyed, took it and said with a smile: "I still think I'll leave early today, I'm afraid I won't have a place to buy it!" Thank you and your grandmother, you are so good! ”

The young man received his praise, his face flushed with shame, and he lowered his head and said, "If you like it, it's good." ”

Jia Huan hurriedly held it in his arms: "I like it!" This delicious tight, I like it the most. ”

The boy became more and more at a loss for what to say.

Jia Huanai casually asked his name and age, and the young man said: "My surname is Shi, because I was born on the day of the beginning of autumn, I am called Qiusheng, and I see that I will be fifteen next month." ”

Jia Huan nodded: "I have time to come to Beijing to play." ”

Jia Cong glanced at the side: "It smells so fragrant, share one with me." ”

Jia Huan snorted: "Don't give it, you're so fat that you just want to eat." He said "goodbye" to the young man, carefully carried the burden behind his back, and turned over on his horse.

That Shi Qiusheng and a group of children of all ages in the village followed them out of the village, and saw that their convoy was gone, so they reluctantly went back.

When the convoy had bypassed a hillside and the village behind it was completely covered, Jia Huan shouted: "Stop, I'm going to put these cakes in the car behind!" It's so heavy, I'm tired! ”

The crowd laughed. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 116 of the main text.

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