Ling'er was frightened, and when she turned around, she saw a middle-aged man looking at her with a smile, Ling'er hugged her burden and shrunk her arms, and said vigilantly: "What are you doing?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I'm sorry, little brother, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Ling'er frowned, and looked this person up and down, this person didn't look like a bad person, he was dressed like a merchant, what did the merchant come to this place for? Seeing Ling'er's expression, the middle-aged man explained with a smile: "Little brother, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I just want to ask you for a favor, how about taking a step to speak?" ”

Ling'er looked around, the queue was quite long, and it was not her turn for a while, there were officers and soldiers everywhere, and I believed that this person didn't dare to do anything to herself, so she followed the middle-aged man to the side with a suspicious face.

The middle-aged man whispered while paying attention to the direction of the gate: "Little brother, in fact, my family was originally the hunter on this mountain, and as soon as the officers and soldiers came to seal the mountain, the life on the mountain was not good, so I went down the mountain to do business." ”

People in the mountains? Listening to his accent, it was indeed someone here, "Then what are you looking for me for?" ”

"That's the case, several of my neighbors asked me to help them bring some salt and grain back, but the officers and soldiers are strict, and I may be in trouble if I bring too much salt and grain alone, I see that you are empty-handed, little brother, so I want to ask you for a favor, of course, there will be a reward after entering the mountain."

Ling'er was a little surprised when she heard this, do the officers and soldiers even have to check the necessities such as salt and grain? How can those woodcutters and hunters on the mountain live? I wonder if this person's words are worth believing? Didn't he bring some contraband and wanted to find a scapegoat?

Ling'er was hesitating, and the middle-aged man said: "Little brother, don't worry, just a bag of grain, plus a small bag of salt, there is absolutely nothing else." If you don't believe it, you can take it apart and look at it immediately. The middle-aged man pointed to a few sacks piled up on the ground next to him, and an old man behind him brought a young man over to carry the sacks.

The old man looked at Ling'er, and came up in a few steps and whispered to the middle-aged man: "How do you find a little man?" You see that he is weak and can't help the wind, can he carry it? ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the old man, turned around and asked Ling'er with a smile, "Little brother, as long as you are willing to help." We can take you straight into the mountains. There is no need to register with the officers and soldiers, and there is still a remuneration after entering the mountain, what do you think? ”

Ling'er hesitated for a moment. I heard that he could take himself into the mountain without registering, he was a little tempted, after all, he was a daughter but wearing men's clothes, and when he entered the mountain gate later, he would probably have to search his body, and it would be difficult to explain if he was discovered. The point is that this place is too close to her own home, and she can't just cause trouble.

That's fine. Since this person is from the mountains, if he is credible after entering, ask him to help find the people from Liangjia Village, and if there is anything wrong, run back immediately, there are so many officers and soldiers here. It was expected that they would not dare to make it bad, so Ling'er nodded and agreed.

So, Ling'er followed the middle-aged man's wishes. Carrying a bag of grain, he picked up a bag of salt and followed the old man in line. The old man was a little surprised to see that Ling'er was thin and small, carrying a hundred-pound sack with a face that was not red and out of breath, he looked at the middle-aged man suspiciously, and the middle-aged man smiled and shook his head at him.

There were a total of seven people in their line, one carrying a sack, and the middle-aged man pulled four sacks with a cart, and slowly moved forward with the old man. When it was their turn, the old man immediately greeted them with a smile, talked to the officers and soldiers quite familiarly, and at the same time took out a bag of silver money from his sleeve and handed it over.

The officers and soldiers who collected the money took the money bag and flipped it, swept their eyes around the group a few times, and said with a straight face: "Little old man, you only transported grain into the mountains a few days ago, why did you come again?" ”

The old man hurriedly smiled and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, the official, the daughter of the little old man will get married in a few days, and relatives and friends will come. ”

"Daughter? Do you still have an unmarried daughter? Oh, little old man, you are so blessed! ”

The old man blushed slightly, and said embarrassedly: "Thank you for your good words." ”

"Okay, let's go and make a record, you guys, let's go!"

The old man hurriedly thanked him, hurriedly ran over to say a few words to the clerk, and Ling'er and the others entered the mountain gate smoothly. After walking into the woods and turning a few corners, the middle-aged man stopped and asked everyone to put down the food, and then each person was given fifty copper plates.

The others didn't ask, but after receiving the money, they dispersed, as if they had taken it for granted. Ling'er didn't plan to meddle in her own affairs, so she pretended to be happy and took the copper coin and left, and didn't take a few steps, when she heard the old man sigh in a low voice: "Alas, it's okay now, with this batch of grain, we don't have to look at the face of the surnamed Liang in the past two months." ”

The surname Liang? Ling'er stopped at his feet, and when he turned around, he saw that the two of them were standing in place after piling up the grain on the cart, as if they were waiting for someone? Ling'er rolled her eyes, returned and said with a smile: "Boss, do you want to help?" ”

The two were a little surprised, the old man looked Ling'er up and down suspiciously, and saw that his body was thin, and a set of patched linen clothes was empty on him, but the way he was carrying the sack was surprising, and he secretly thought that this young man was a spy sent by the government? He immediately straightened his face and said:

"No need, the reward has already been paid, what should you do?"

The middle-aged man secretly pulled the old man's sleeve and said with a smile: "The little brother is not like a person in the mountains, nor is he like a person who does rough work all year round, I don't know what is the so-called thing about entering the mountain this time?" ”

The middle-aged man's eyes fell on Ling'er's hand, Ling'er glanced at it, it was bad, he only remembered to change his clothes and paint his neck yellow, but he forgot his hands with fine skin and tender flesh, no wonder he could see it at a glance, so the originally prepared rhetoric would definitely not convince them.

Ling'er rolled her eyes and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, in fact, I won't tell you anything, I came into the mountain to look for people, and I saw that the officers and soldiers of the mountain gate were fierce and greedy, and I didn't want to increase right and wrong, so I specially went to the town to buy this coarse cloth clothes." ”

"Looking for someone?" The faces of the middle-aged man and the old man changed, and the middle-aged man said: "Little brother, this vast mountain has been sealed for five years, and everything that can be moved in the mountain has been moved, who else are you looking for?" ”

Ling'er smiled and said, "Uncle, didn't you move?" ”

The faces of the two were even more ugly, and the old man's eyes flashed slightly, and there was a trace of murderous intent in his eyes. Ling'er chuckled in her heart, it's too bad, could it be that the identities of these two people are different? She hurriedly took her leave.

"Stop!" The middle-aged man stopped her: "Little brother, I don't know many people in this vast mountain, for the sake of your help before, tell me, who are you looking for?" What is the last name? Where do you live? ”

The middle-aged man had already flashed in front of her to block the way as he spoke, and there was an old man with an unkind face behind him.

At this time, there seemed to be someone talking on the side mountain road, and Ling'er was overjoyed and glad that he had escaped. A group of more than a dozen people came to the front in a moment, the middle-aged man and the old man were overjoyed to see it, and the middle-aged man greeted him with a smile: "Big boss, you are here!" ”

Ling'er, who wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, glanced at those people, and suddenly couldn't walk under her feet, she looked at the big boss in surprise, that--wasn't that Chef Sun who hijacked the Yan family five years ago! (To be continued)