Chapter 53: Stealing Food
The full moon hangs high on the autumn night, casting a clear glow, even if it is not lit up.
Under the corridor, a lantern swayed gently in the breeze, and a figure could be faintly seen leaning against the corridor.
The first man made a gesture, and the others stopped, hiding in the doorway, and then the first man stepped into the courtyard, and when the man under the porch saw someone coming in, he raised the lantern to show his face.
This is a young face, only in his early thirties, and his gestures are very calm, giving people a sense of trust and making people feel down-to-earth.
The person who came over arched his hand and said in a low voice, "Thank you Brother Yang for your help." ”
The person who came was a wealthy family in the city, surnamed Yang, and his family was a salt merchant, and he had some background, so for such a person, whether a disaster occurred or not did not have much impact on him. As a salt merchant, of course, it is not a problem to be rich, he is not a matter of doing anything, and others dare not say anything about him. Who knew that Qing Bo wanted to try his luck and come here to find Yang Yanshang and ask him to donate some materials, but he really donated two thousand taels of silver, and was willing to go out to build a bridge so that Qing Bo could contact the grain merchant to buy food, which is tantamount to a great news and favor. The two became familiar with each other after going back and forth, and they became year-end friends.
This time, what they have to do is definitely not possible without Yang Yanshang, Qing Bo came over next morning to talk about the difficulties they are currently encountering, but he didn't expect that Yang Yanshang was willing to help each other, so they would come in the evening.
"I also admire Miss Jiang for having a heart for the world at a young age and a heart that is willing to help others. Although Yang is not talented, he is also willing to do what he can for the common people in the world. Yang Yanshang made a gesture and looked in the direction where Jiang Quinoa and the others were hiding.
At this time, those who were still hiding fell behind, and a few people came out. It was not polite, a few people saluted, and followed Yang Yanshang to the house.
When he arrived at the place, Yang Yanshang arched his hand and said: "This is it, and there is a granary across the wall." The rest is up to you. ”
As soon as Yang Yanshang left, Zhao Liang tore off the cloth covering his mouth, patted a short man next to him, and motioned him to step forward.
Zhao Liang knows a lot of people from the three sects, and tonight they are going to steal grain from the granary, not to mention how much risk this takes, just say that if you are caught, you will be hacked to death on the spot, and no one will avenge your grievances. At that time, Jiang Quinoa and their idea came out just to prepare a few of them to come over to see if they could steal some food, but Zhao Liang said that although some people he knew were three-minded and ninth-rate, they were also very righteous and chivalrous, so he tentatively asked them if they were willing to wade into this troubled water, and it turned out that there were really two people who were willing to come over to help. These people have been in it all year round, and they all have one or two skills. Like the ladder just now, if they hadn't been prepared, Jiang Quinoa would have had to work hard to climb over the wall, not to mention that there was a very fierce dog in the front yard after they came in.
The short man stepped forward and probed carefully, took out a tool in his hand, and quickly took down a brick, and an hour passed before the wall was pulled out for a passage for a man to walk through. The man cautiously went over to inspect it, then waved his hand, and Jiang Quinoa and the others slowly followed.
This was the innermost part of the north corner of the granary, with grain blocking it in front, leaving an arm's width of space just enough for them to stand in.
Zhao Liang looked at Qingbo and Jiang Quinoa with some admiration, when they brought food over, if Jiang Quinoa hadn't reminded them not to leave a gap too close to the wall, he wouldn't have thought of it at all, and he didn't know that it would be used at this time.
"Do you want to move now?" Zhao Liang asked in a low voice.
Jiang Quinoa climbed on top of the grain and saw that the entire granary was now empty, and only the pile of grain in front of them was left, which was still the grain she had donated at the beginning. No wonder the county magistrate didn't let her transport the grain, if the grain was gone, the granary would be really empty, what would he do to deal with his superiors and what would Shi Mibo's good reputation be?
"Move!" As soon as Jiang Quinoa spoke, these people were not polite, they started to move from the nearest place, and gently moved over, a lot of cloth was tied under their feet, and the sound of walking was very small, and if they didn't listen carefully, they couldn't hear it at all.
Jiang Quinoa lay on top of the grain, staring at the door tightly, for fear that someone would come in.
After moving six bags of grain, Qingbo came over and pushed Jiang Quinoa, and then she gently climbed down from the grain, and lightly followed Qingbo and prepared to go out.
"Bang dang" Suddenly a subtle sound came, like the sound of tiles colliding, Jiang Qu stopped curiously and looked at it privately, but Qingbo didn't stop as if he didn't hear it.
"Miss, come here, it'll be blocked later." Seeing that she didn't move, Qingbo urged.
Jiang Quinoa looked around and didn't see anything unusual, but when he heard it wrong, he hurriedly got out, and when the short and thin man filled the hole again, he couldn't see anything even if he looked closer, and a group of people breathed a sigh of relief, carrying the food and walking out.
Jiang Quinoa was too thin to carry food at all, so he could only follow Qingbo behind him to help him drag the grain bag.
The group walked cautiously, even more carefully than when they came, seeing that there was a city gate in front of them, they were greatly relieved, and they were about to rush back directly, but suddenly five or six people wearing night clothes rushed out of the shadows on both sides of the road.
"People can go, food stays."
When someone rushed out, Qing Bo had a bad premonition, patted Jiang Quinoa, pushed her back, and then took two steps forward and said, "Which road is the strong man from?" We also worked hard to get such a little food tonight, which is also for life-saving, and I ask the strong man to raise his noble hand and let us go this time. ”
"Since you know that this food is for life, you should not steal it at will. I forgive you this time, as long as you leave the food behind, I will not hold you responsible. But if you're still going to dwell, then don't blame me for being rude. Although the voice carried the young man's emphasis, the murderous aura in it was not weak, and even Qing Bo felt chills in his heart when he heard it.
"What if I say that the grain itself is ours?" Jiang Quinoa looked at these people in front of him, he had been entangled for so long, they were only theorizing and not doing indiscriminately, Jiang Quinoa felt that he might be able to reason with them.
"What do you mean?" The boy was intrigued.