It turned out that the big family in Taiping Town was Ma Benshan, who was nearly sixty years old and was the richest man in Taiping Town. Don't look at Luo Qingsong's young age, but he is already the head of the "Zhou Tian faction" at the age of sixteen. It is said that the Zhou Tian faction was established from the generation of Grandpa Luo Qingsong, and after that, the disciples were all over the world. Zhou Tianpai is not famous for its outstanding martial arts, but it aims to indulge in heroes all over the world. More than half of the people entered the Zhou Tian faction, all in order to meet more friends to walk the rivers and lakes, as long as you hold the Zhou Tian faction charm card "hold this green post, such as seeing the master", it is very easy to walk on the rivers and lakes. As a result, more and more people have joined the Zhou Tian faction, just to make things easier. Later, in order to win over the people in the rivers and lakes, Nian Qianyao bribed Luo Qingsong's father Luo Jiasheng and established the Blood Drop Gang, most of which also relied on the power of the Zhou Tian faction.

After Emperor Yongzheng, the rabbit died and the dog cooked, looking for an opportunity to kill Nian Qianyao, and destroyed the Blood Drop Gang by the way, but the widely distributed disciples of the Zhou Tian faction did not have the strength to annihilate them one by one. After Luo Qingsong succeeded to the head of the family, many disciples entered Beijing every year to pay tribute. Most of the big businessmen took refuge in the Zhou Tian faction, so that when they got there, as long as they took out the talismans, they would be entertained and taken care of by the disciples of the same faction, which saved a lot of trouble.

Ma Benshan of Taiping Town has been a member of the Zhou Tian faction in his grandfather's generation, and he is also an old man in the faction, so Luo Qingsong knows a little about him. Several people led Childe and his party to the largest village in the town and stopped. Ma Benshan himself stood at the door to greet the arrival of the head of the door.

As soon as he saw Luo Qingsong, Ma Benshan was about to bow to the master, but Luo Qingsong sat on the horse and accepted him three times, and then waved his hand and said lightly: "You get up." My brother and I came from Beijing, and we are tired these days, so we will stay at your house for a few days. You must treat my brother well, and don't make my face disgraced. makes people underestimate the Zhou Tianpai. ”

Old man Ma got up and said, "What did the head say?" When you come to Taiping Town, that is the boundary of the little old man, and the little old man can afford to hold up this face no matter how bad he is. Come on. Hurry up and ask the head and these friends to go to the East Wing to live, and let the kitchen prepare a table of noodles. ”

When Randie and Hongcui heard that there was wine and meat to eat, a bubble appeared on the corner of their mouths, and they almost drooled. In the past few days, not to mention wine and meat, I have never eaten enough flatbread. I finally arrived in Taiping Town, and finally had a place with wine and meat to receive me, and I was finally able to get over my addiction. Although Dark Xiang didn't like Luo Qingsong, she saw that Gongzi would not suffer so much. I reluctantly admit it.

In a moment, the kitchen prepared a rich table. Luo Qingsong saw that the food was well prepared and neatly prepared, and asked: "This is all over the ground in Shandong, and it is so poor that it clangs, and you are quite thorough here." ”

Ma Benshan invited Luo Qingsong to be the main seat, but Luo Qingsong let Gongzi sit down, and sat down next to Gongzi, and Dark Fragrance, Random Butterfly and Hongcui sat down. Someone else accompanied. Ma Benshan sat on the main seat and said: "Don't hide it from the master, the old man's son will marry his daughter-in-law tomorrow, so these things in the kitchen are ready-made." No hassle. ”

Luo Qingsong sighed and said, "I knew that your son would marry a daughter-in-law, but I don't have any greeting gifts here." When you enter the Beijing Division, I will give you a good gift. ”

Ma Benshan smiled: "The head of the house is here in person." It's already a great honor for the little old man, what kind of gift do you dare to ask for? He said. I toasted a glass of wine to my son, and then toasted a glass of wine to Luo Qingsong, and finally poured a glass myself. There was someone below who was waiting for the three of them.

Ma Benshan took the wine and said: "The head of the family has come from afar, let's drink this cup first to relieve fatigue." Shandong has suffered disasters in the past two years, which has made the head aggrieved. ”

Chaotic Butterfly Hongcui had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and hurriedly picked it up and raised her neck to drink. Only then did Luo Qingsong say politely: "I'm bothering you." ”

Ma Benshan was busy talking about where and where. A glass of wine was eaten, and several people started eating. After that, Ma Benshan was about to serve a second glass of wine, and suddenly, a subordinate hurriedly rushed in, regardless of whether there were guests or not, just said: "Master, it's not good, it's not good." ”

Ma Benshan put down the chopsticks and said angrily: "You have no rules, you didn't see any distinguished guests on it, just disturb something, there are no rules!" Usually just tell you what you do? ”

The man ignored this, and stammered, "No, a group of bandits just passed by the gate and fired arrows into the courtyard, and there was a letter on the arrows. The little one doesn't know what's going on, I'm afraid that the bandits will come to borrow food again. ”

"Oh?" Ma Benshan's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "Show me the letter." ”

The servant hurriedly handed the letter over. Ma Benshan looked down for a while, and was silent for a long time. Seeing this, Luo Qingsong said in his heart, my disciple of the Zhou Tian Sect, is there still a reason to be bullied? I couldn't help but be angry in my heart, and said loudly: "Where did the bandits come from, who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head?" Do you dare to have no heads? ”

The subordinates didn't dare to reply, but Ma Benshan got up and said, "The head doesn't know my situation here." Taiping Town is located in the old ravine, and has always been a four-regardless boundary. This group of bandits was originally from the Black Wind Cliff, and the leader was named Liu Sanbald. Liu San is very arrogant here, and the government doesn't care about him. In the past, I also gave Xiao Lao'er three points of thin noodles, and Xiao Lao'er was safe with them. But in the past two years, Shandong has been really poor and crazy, and there is a shortage of grain in the mountains, so they come to borrow three or two thousand catties of grain from time to time. Xiao Lao'er didn't say anything else, this little bit of food could still be taken out, so without saying a word, he sent a long-term worker to send it up the mountain. After all, the Black Wind Cliff is at the interface of Taiping Town, and the rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, and Liu Sanbald is not so unsympathetic, even the grass by the nest dares to move. Who would have thought that he really wanted to move, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 700 stones! Xiao Lao'er also has 700 stone grain, but it has also vacated the bottom of Xiao Lao'er's reservoir, and even next year's grain is gone, and next year he can only go to eat the rice of the porridge shed with those mud legs. Where does this make the little old man's face go? Besides, now the price of grain in Jinan has risen to 30 taels of silver per stone, and with a "borrowing", more than 20,000 silver will disappear out of thin air. Although the old man has some family business, he is not a cornucopia, where can he say that there is? With that, he let out a long sigh.

This first annoyed the butterfly, who was gnawing on the chicken legs, angrily threw the bones to the ground, got up and scolded: "Grandma is a bear, and she still borrows grain, why doesn't he borrow the head of Liu San's bald man?" Old man Ma, don't worry about it, Randie went up the mountain first to kill Liu Bald, and slaughtered him one hundred and eight holes, which can be regarded as a harm for the people. ”

Dark Xiang hurriedly pressed the butterfly to the table and reprimanded: "The owner of the son is here, what do you just say?" Sit down and eat your meal. ”

Luo Qingsong looked at Gongzi and said, "Brother, what do you say?" ”

Childe pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "If you want me to say, this grain must not be borrowed. Once borrowed, it will be a big loss to the old man's family, and in the future, the government will know about it, or it will be charged with "banditry", and at that time, it will really be a bankrupt matter. But if you don't borrow food, then Liu San is only afraid that he will be a difficult master, and if he gives an order, Old Man Ma's family business will be difficult to protect. ”

It's hard to do that. Although Ma Benshan didn't know who the son was, he saw that the head of the family was very respectful and close to the young man, and he couldn't help but be more humble, and asked: "According to what the son said, I have to report to the provincial capital?" ”

Childe nodded and said, "That's exactly what I meant. At this time, we had no other way but to let the government send troops to suppress the bandits. In this way, you send someone to send this letter to the provincial capital, and our side has temporarily appeased Liu San's bald son, so let's wait and see what happens. ”

At this time, Ma Benshan had no better way, so he did it by Childe's method. Ma Benshan has two sons, the eldest son is named Ma Jiyao, and the second son is named Ma Jiyuan. Ma Benshan handed over the matter to his eldest son, and instructed his family Ma Jiaju to squat at the door, in case the bandits came, so that they could be informed. On this side, he entertained the head and his son, and sat down in the Ma family compound.

Until the 22nd, there was no news from both the Black Wind Cliff and the government. Ma Benshan, who had been in a state of tension, relaxed at this time, got up without the chickens crowing, looked at the second son's happy hall, and went to the shed to watch the cooks slaughter fish, kill chickens, cook meat, and croquettes, come out of the stove shed overflowing with white mist, stand in the yard and smell the fragrance of meat, and saw Ma Jiaju coming in from outside covered in frost, and hurriedly beckoned and asked: "You come here!" ”

Ma Jiaju rubbed his frozen face, and ran over in a few steps to say, "Master, are people coming?" ”

Ma Benshan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Who?" The people of the Black Wind Cliffs? "He was afraid that the people of the Black Wind Cliff would arrive first, and then they would really go bankrupt.

Ma Jiaju said happily: "No, no, it's from the government, and the person who came seems to be a big official, saying that Ding Zhentai personally brought the troops here, and now he is waiting for you outside the door." ”

Ma Benshan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to Ma Jiaju: "Quick, go and invite the son and the head to come out, and we will meet this Ding Zhentai together." ”

Immediately, the family invited the son and the head. Ma Benshan led the way and led the son and the head to see Ding Zhentai.

There were three people standing next to the bolted horse stone at the gate, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing two open-air robes and black silk horse coats, and the stones under his feet were chatting with two relatives.

Ma Benshan saw that there were no soldiers around the compound, and his heart was tight, and he stiffened his head and said: "In Ma Benshan, please sit in the Ding Zhentai house." ”

Ding Shixiong jumped off his horse at this time, caught a glimpse of Gongzi and Luo Qingsong, and asked, "Who are these two people?" ”

Ma Benshan was about to answer, but Gongzi went up first, showing the jade pendant given by Qianlong, which was engraved with the four seal characters of "Changchun Layman". When Ding Shixiong saw this jade pendant, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "In Xia Ding Shixiong, who is currently working in Jinan, Shandong, is on the order of Liu Tongxun Liu, who is sent by Qin, to suppress the bandits of the Black Wind Cliff. I don't know who the adult is, and what should I call it next? ”

Childe said lightly: "You get up." I'm not an adult, and I don't have any official position, so you just have to call me Ai Gongzi. ”

Ding Shixiong was about to ask Gongzi how to deal with the gang of bandits in Black Wind Cliff, when he suddenly saw Ma Benshan's eyes wide staring at the north of the street, and he stammered for a long time before he stammered: "Jiaju, hurry, please sit in the house of a few masters!" Ma Jiaju's face was also as earthy, and he said to Ding Shixiong in a trembling voice: "Third Brother Jiang has arrived on the Black Wind Cliff!" (To be continued......)