Qi Qitao and the others nodded yes again and again. Liu Pei turned his head and asked the person who reported the news, and said, "How do you know that the person who came is Yang Qianhu?" Do you know him? ”

The man nodded and said, "Yes." Everyone lives in Jimo County, an official as big as Yang Qianhu, where would he not know! ”

Liu Pei then asked, "How many men did he bring?" ”

The man said: "Eleven family members, plus Yang Qianhu, a total of twelve horsebackers. There was another group of infantry who didn't count carefully, so I ran over to deliver the letter. I estimated that there were about fifty or sixty people. ”

At this time, Liu Pei had already heard a commotion from the village. It was the soldiers who finally arrived on the ground and began to celebrate and laugh. Liu Pei has always been unable to understand Yang Qianhu's intention, but he instinctively feels that it should not be a good thing. So he said to his men: "All the musketeers are in the camp and are on standby. I don't shout at you not to come out! Qi Qitao, can you go and see if Uncle Qi has passed? By the way, what is Yang Qianhu doing? ”

Qi Qitao agreed and ran over. The musketeers all stood up and lined up into the barracks. Wu Yizhou and Liu Jiang stood behind Liu Pei.

Seeing that the firecrackers had all entered the camp, Liu Jiang asked in a low voice, "Family Master, what do you think Yang Qianhu suddenly rushed to us for?" ”

Liu Pei shook his head and said, "I don't know either." But it doesn't feel good. ”

Wang Chuanhao hesitated for a moment and said, "I think he should be in it for money." ”

Liu Pei stared at Wang Chuanhao and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Wang Chuanhao clicked his mouth and said, "Why else can these officials be?" If it weren't for the money, he might have traveled dozens of miles to come to us? It must be that the head of the family has recently bought land and recruited displaced people, and it has fallen into his eyes. So he brought people to think of knocking on a stroke. ”

When everyone heard Wang Chuanhao say this, they all nodded and felt that it made sense. Liu Jiang was immediately annoyed, because he was kicked out of his house and became a beggar, and the government contributed the most, so he hated the officials and lords! At that moment, he said fiercely: "Master of the family, what should I do? Anyway, there are a lot of us, so why don't we just do him! ”

Liu Pei shook his head and said, "No." He is an official, unlike those who are outside the villain, and it is okay to kill him. It's a lot of trouble to kill the official! Let's take a look first. If only a few hundred taels of silver could send him away, forget it. ”

Liu Jiang frowned and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to satisfy his appetite!" ”

While everyone was talking, a horse team with dozens of infantry had slowly walked towards the camp. Uncle Qi and Qi Tao followed beside them. Qi Qitao quietly shook his head to everyone, indicating that he hadn't inquired clearly.

The horse team slowly approached, and Yang Jingfa, who was riding on the horse, directly stared at Liu Pei. Because Liu Pei is so different from the people around her! First of all, he was very tall and strong. Well-nourished modern people were at least half a head taller than the undernourished Ming Dynasty people in height. The second is Wu Yizhou's position, which obviously embraces him in the center.

The two of them quickly glanced at each other, and Liu Pei had already determined that Yang Qianhu was not good; Yang Jingfa also determined that Liu Pei in front of him was not a good stubble. Yang Qianhu sat firmly on the horse and didn't mean to get off the horse, and said, "You are Liu Pei, right?" You are also a military household, why didn't you kneel when you saw Shangguan! ”

Liu Pei's stomach bulged with anger at this sentence. Liu Pei is a modern person, how can he be willing to kowtow! But there is no way, now that it is in the Ming Dynasty, the lower officials have to kowtow to see the upper officials! And it is the so-called official level that crushes people to death, not to mention that Liu Pei doesn't want to fall out with him now. So Liu Pei endured this tone and knelt down and said: "Under the command of Qianhu, Xiaoqi Liu Pei will see the adult." Seeing Liu Pei kneeling, Liu Jiang and several people could only kneel down and kowtow.

Liu Pei knelt on the ground and waited for a while, and saw that he didn't wait for Yang Qianhu to let him stand up, so he stood up by himself. Several people next to him also stood up directly. This is a big taboo in officialdom! This shows dissatisfaction with Shangguan! Of course, it is also a taboo in officialdom for Yang Jingfa not to speak and let Liu Pei get up.

Yang Jingfa originally wanted to give Liu Pei a dismount and let Liu Pei kneel on the ground for a longer time. But when he saw that he had already stood up, he was very unhappy. He didn't say anything, but shook the whip slightly. The family next to him understood and immediately shouted: "The adults haven't said to let you stand up, why did you stand up?" Do you still know the rules? ”

Liu Pei squinted at the family and said, "Since you have already visited the adult, why can't you stand up?" ”

The family raised his hand and pointed at Liu Pei and said, "You ......"

At this time, Yang Jingzhen waved the horsewhip in his hand and said, "Forget it!" It doesn't matter the little things. After saying that, Yang Jingfa jumped off the horse, and all the family members also dismounted. Yang Jingfa took a few steps forward, looked Liu Pei up and down and said, "It seems that he is still a good man!" Growing tall, at first glance, it is very strong! Are you interested in being my housekeeper? ”

Liu Pei bowed down and said: "Lord Qiyu, I am used to it in the lower field, but I am afraid that I will not be restrained, and I am afraid that I will not be able to be an adult's family." The adults are kind enough to get it! ”

Yang Jingfa lost a smile on his face when he heard this, and said, "You don't want to be a housekeeper." So how about going to the place to fight soldiers? ”

Liu Pei said: "Thank you for your kindness! It's just that there are a lot of people in this village who have a hard time, so it's better for adults to recruit them into the guardhouse! ”

Yang Jingfa's small abacus is very fine. If Liu Pei agrees to be his housekeeper, then everything will be said! Liu Pei's family wealth is naturally not moving, but in the future, the overseas wealth will belong to him. If Liu Pei enters the guard, he will also have a thousand ways to pinch Liu Pei. However, it was not surprising that he was rejected. The man with a net worth of hundreds, thousands, would go to the guard post and serve as a soldier. What's more, Liu Pei, who has a net worth of tens of thousands of taels! Wouldn't that be a brain break!

Although he was mentally prepared, Yang Jingfa extended an olive branch twice and was rejected by Liu Pei without hesitation, which made Yang Jingfa feel very faceless. He tapped his right leg with his horsewhip and said, "It seems that you don't look down on the path that the official has shown you." Even if you don't say much, the official won't say much to you. Let me ask you, I heard that you have recently caught up with overseas people, bought a lot of overseas goods, and made a fortune, right? ”

After hearing this, Liu Pei was sure that Yang Jingfa was indeed here to blackmail. And Liu Pei didn't mean to deny it. Everyone has seen this matter, and it can't be hidden. So Liu Pei said simply: "Lord Qiyu, there is indeed such a thing. However, those people are not overseas people, but the relatives of the villain, who just live overseas, and they are all Han Chinese. ”

Yang Jingfa raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, clan relatives? It's hard to say right now! Who knows if there are any pirates among them? ”