The Song Dynasty implemented the salt system, and put the production, transportation and marketing of salt under its direct control. Due to the high quality and inferior price of official salt, the use of salt by unscrupulous officials to make profits, and the artificial division of salt sales areas, resulting in a shortage of salt, the phenomenon of private salt has arisen.

The so-called illegal salt is the illegal sale of salt by lawbreakers in order to make high profits. Reckless thugs and smuggler salt dealers formed gangs to sell illicit salt together, and they formed a "salt gang".

The salt gang is generally armed to sell illicit salt, and when they encounter the government's investigation, they will confront the government and even fight against it, and even kill people and rebel against officials, and these people are also called "salt lords".

The gang of bandits gathered in Zhishan is the salt lord who is active on Quang Nam Road, and on weekdays he mainly sells illicit salt for a living, and in addition to selling illicit salt, he sometimes also does some robbery, kidnapping tickets and extortion.

Even the big leader of the mountain bandits is named Zhang Bu, and there is a nickname on the rivers and lakes, which is called "turning over the mountain", and it is said that it is called this bandit because of trekking through mountains and wading through water.

Even the second leader of the mountain bandits is named Zhu Ming. Young men in the Song Dynasty liked to wear hairpins, but generally speaking, they wore one or two, while Zhu Ming liked to wear five hairpins, and his face was frighteningly white, so he was called "Bai Wulang" or "Five Flower Lang".

"Stop!" "Over the mountain" Zhang Bu saw that everyone was in their hearts and wanted to punch and kick Li Sanjian, so he opened his mouth and drank the bandits.

"Who is he? Why did you tie him up? Zhang Bu glanced at Li Sanjian, who was forced to calm down, and asked.

"Who knows who he is?" A bandit replied angrily: "The little one only knows that he is a chatterbox, sour vinegar, and there is nonsense on the road, he is a fly, buzzing, and the annoying brothers want to eat him alive... ”

Zhang Bu glared at the bandit, turned his head and asked Li Sanjian, "Who are you?" ”

Zhang Bu was really depressed in his heart, he didn't even figure out the person, he was tied up, if this person has anything to do with the Lingnan officials, then it will be a big deal.

After all, they are smuggler salt dealers, and their main business is to sell illicit salt, and after the salt dealers come on weekdays, it is fair and reasonable to trade with the surrounding people, and at the same time, try not to provoke the government, so as not to provoke the fire.

There are also people in the gang who occasionally engage in extortion and kidnapping, which is also for ordinary rich families or ordinary people with solid families, and rarely targets people in the government, and this is also their way of survival.

Especially the second master, people look like a white impermanence, but they always think that they are suave, and they like to tie up some beautiful little ladies up the mountain as Mrs. Zhai, and let them go down the mountain when they have played enough.

"It doesn't matter who I am." Hearing this, Li Sanjian pointed to Cai Rongxue, who was worried on the side, and replied, "You can't afford to mess with her." ”

Li Sanjian can only do this, he can only expose Cai Rongxue's identity, so as to make the kidnappers have some scruples, so as to temporarily ensure her safety, or protect her innocence, so as not to be tarnished by thieves.

As for exposing Cai Rongxue's identity, so that the thieves think that strange goods can live, and Cai Rongxue is even more difficult to get out of danger, Li Sanjian can only take one step at a time.

Li Sanjian and Cai Rongxue's only hope at this time is that Cai Rongxue's maid Xiaoqin, who has slipped through the net, can notify the Guizhou government in time, so as to send troops to rescue.

"Who is she? Why mask-covered? Zhang Bu asked.

Li Sanjian ignored Cai Rongxue's desperate shaking his head at himself, and after thinking about it, he replied: "She is the daughter of an important minister of the imperial court, and the nephew of the current prime minister. ”

So far, Li Sanjian doesn't know what Cai Rongxue's adoptive father is and what his surname is, so he doesn't know Cai Jing's official position. However, Cai Rongxue mentioned to Li Sanjian that his uncle Cai Bian was the Shangshu Zuocheng of the imperial court.

It is said that the relationship between Li Sanjian and Cai Rongxue has not reached the point where Li Sanjian needs to sacrifice his life, it is just a few chance encounters, but at the critical moment, it is a man's instinct to stand up and protect women, isn't it?

Cai Rongxue was immediately angry when she heard this, she had seen something stupid, she had never seen such a stupid person, if the daughter of a wealthy family was usually tied up on the mountain, maybe give some money, and the kidnappers would release her, but Li Sanjian exposed Cai Rongxue's something, then the kidnappers would inevitably think that the strange goods were habitable, and they would inevitably have to make many more demands, and they might even kill people...

Cai Rongxue was in a hurry, but she didn't think that Li Sanjian was trying to ensure her safety temporarily.

Zhang Bu and the others were taken aback when they heard this, they looked at each other, and they couldn't make a sound.

Zhang Bu was so angry that he almost fainted, thinking that this is the end, they bastards actually tied up tickets on the way back from selling salt, and they tied up tickets, and they actually tied up the daughter of the court ruler? In this way, a catastrophe will surely befall you.

Other ordinary wealthy businessmen, and even ordinary officials, are better, but can Da Song Zaizhi be able to joke? If you provoke him, what good fruit can you eat?

Under the anger of the prime minister, he will inevitably issue a strict order, ordering the Lingnan government to handle it strictly and supervise it, and the Lingnan government will dare not send troops to suppress bandits? In this way, something is wrong for them.

"Straight thief, really fake?" Even the thief Kou Er's "Wuhua Lang" Zhu Ming was suspicious, and asked Li Sanjian viciously: "Tell the truth quickly, who is this woman?" If there is half a lie, grandpa will hang you on a tree and be blown to death by the mountain wind. ”

Not only Zhu Ming was skeptical, but so was Zhang Bu and others, not to mention the imperial court, even ordinary Lingnan local officials, they had rarely seen them, or they had never met them at all. Jiujiu Chinese

At this time, he went out of the mountain to tie up the ticket, and tied it to the nephew of the Song court? Still in such a remote place in Lingnan? What did she do in Lingnan?

But some careful people found that Cai Rongxue's appearance should indeed be from a rich and noble family, and she is the daughter of a large family.

Maybe it's the daughter of an ordinary big family, right? Zhang Bu thought about it with luck.

"Believe it or not." Li Sanjian shook his head and said: "Don't know that you regret it when the catastrophe comes, then it will be too late to regret!" ”

"Hey, little lady Cai, what are the credentials?" Li Sanjian then said to Cai Rongxue.

"Here you go..." Cai Rongxue took out a token and handed it to Li Sanjian.

At this time, Cai Rongxue had to follow Li Sanjian's words, otherwise the thieves would think that Li Sanjian was lying, then Li Sanjian's fate could be imagined, maybe he was really hung up on a tree and dried alive as a dried corpse...

"Hah... Li Sanjian took the glittering token and shook it in his hand a few times, then erected the token in front of the bandits and said: "This is a pass token, and it can't be held unless it's the house of the ruler, how about it?" Am I telling a lie? ”

In fact, this token is generally a piece of the important ministers of the imperial court as long as they go out on business, but Li San forgives these thieves and can't distinguish them.

When all the bandits heard this, their eyes widened, staring at this token, looking at each other, and no one spoke.

"Second brother, it's it... Surely that's right, isn't what this person said true? Although Zhang Bu couldn't tell whether this golden token came from the Prime Minister's Mansion or not, Zhang Bu had seen many important ministers of the imperial court who traveled with this token when he was selling salt in the past.

"This..." Zhu Ming also believed seventy or eighty percent at this time, but he was really unwilling.

Zhu Ming likes women, and he must be accompanied by beauties when he sleeps every day, how can those vulgar fans compare with Cai Rongxue in the past? It's a world of difference, and Cai Rongxue can't deserve a finger.

Although Cai Rongxue is still veiled in the tulle until now, Zhu Ming's glimmer of light revealed from the tulle can also be glimpsed into a single or two, and Cai Rongxue's fairy-like face can also be glimpsed.

What's more, her face can be covered with tulle, but how can her graceful figure be covered? From the small hands she occasionally showed like jade, you can also know her whole body...

is the so-called peek at a glimpse of the whole leopard, Zhu Ming's heart is itchy, he can't help it, he can't wait to immediately hold Cai Rongxue into the curtain and ravage it wantonly.

So Zhu Ming said to Zhang Bu: "Big brother, you need to think twice about this matter, so let the brother ask again." ”

After Zhu Ming finished speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Bu to answer, so he turned his head to Cai Rongxue and said, "Take off the cloth and let me see who you are?" ”

If Cai Rongxue is really as beautiful as a fairy, then Zhu Ming will be desperate, it's a big deal to hide in the mountains and forests, even if this woman is really the daughter of an important minister of the imperial court, they can't help themselves. If Cai Rongxue looks average, then she is the daughter of an important minister of the court and let go of the matter, Zhu Ming secretly calculated in his heart.

Cai Rongxue was shocked when she heard this, closed her lips tightly, and her body involuntarily shrank behind Li Sanjian.

"Hurry up and take it off, or grandpa will take off your clothes with you." Zhu Ming took a step forward with his knife in his hand and said viciously.

Zhu Ming stretched out his hand to touch Cai Rongxue's veil as soon as he spoke.

Li Sanjian, who was between the two, wanted to stop him, but he was pushed to the ground and forced by two sharp blades, and he couldn't stop Zhu Ming at all.

Cai Rongxue saw a white scary face getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel extremely disgusted in her heart, so she suddenly turned her head to look at Li Sanjian and said softly: "You are the first man in your life to see my face." ”

Cai Rongxue then slowly pulled down the veil, revealing only half of her face.

But this half of his face shocked Li Sanjian so much that he couldn't speak for a long time.

This is a very delicate goose egg face, thin cheeks appear more slender, a pair of green willow eyebrows under a smooth forehead, the eyebrows are extremely long, slightly drooping at the tail, bright eyebrows like two curved crescents, the straight tip of the nose is slightly upturned, the upper lip is very thin, but the lower lip is rich and fleshy, and the teeth are white and firm like braided shells.

This woman is not only very beautiful, as beautiful as a fairy, but also reveals a gentle and virtuous atmosphere, but the eyebrows vaguely reveal a trace of melancholy.

Even the beautiful and lovely Li Qingzhao is slightly inferior to her, and her appearance is not as good as Cai Rongxue.