Chapter 1036: Strange Man

What embarrassed Bai Cunxiao was that their people surrounded the Jade Temple, and they had already turned the Jade Temple over and over three times to find it, but they still didn't find that Tang Zhangwei and Hu Duoduo.

Where is that Tang Zhangwei? This made Tang Zhaozong, Xue Xiaose, and even Queen He puzzled, and that Tang Zhaozong said: "General Bai Cunxiao, why are you going to my Jade Temple to find someone, you are too strange to find someone!" ”

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Bai Cunxiao smiled, and he said: "Let's help the emperor clean this jasper temple, it would be bad if termites appeared in this Dahong Mountain." ”

Tang Zhaozong said: "I don't think there are termites here. ”

Bai Cunxiao smiled and said, "That's good! ”

。 He said that it was okay, he had a friendship with Bai Cunxiao, he had treated his serious illness, and he went almost every night for a while, because there were many suspects, and he was afraid that someone would pretend to be an expert and be injured by a hidden weapon, so he begged his old man to heal the trouble, so every time he went to two or three watches, no matter how late the night was, he was not afraid of not having food, the snow was fine, he would play tricks, tell me to close my eyes, put my head in my hand, and shout open, and people came here, I didn't know how to come. Bai Cunxiao was cooking bacon, wanting to entertain guests tomorrow, but he was in the inner room, and he didn't know that the two of us were outside, and he was startled. When I say this, the teacher may not believe it. It's not surprising to see that my shoes and socks aren't wet. When you came, there must have been a very high pile of snow at the door, did you see any footprints? To tell you the truth, before you arrived, the gentleman already knew that he was drunk, and no one was allowed to be alarmed, and said that one of the people who came behind him was injured by a block of snow, and that was the retribution of his mean and bitter people, and he did not even give medicine. The villain didn't dare to be presumptuous, these words were all told by the gentleman. Mr. has always said that he sleeps and sleeps, and it is not easy to wake up when he sleeps. Before you knocked on the door, he was still awake and asked me to tell the teachers that the weather is very cold tonight, and it is easy to attract wind under the holes. Although he wants to accept me as an apprentice, one has not yet kowtowed to the master, and only learns a little bit of medicine, which is never enough, and the other is that I can't play tricks on this big snow, how can I chase you to heal you? ”

When he spoke, another martial artist, Huoyun Dart Lu Chong, also followed, listening to what Lin Yan said was a lot bizarre, knowing that it was not true, and carefully checking the spirit, but it was a serious book, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became, and secretly thought: Liu Yuan's colleagues are either famous martial artists, or experts in the rivers and lakes, although the master's martial arts are poor, he is quite expert, and he can't be deceived by ordinary guns and fists, so he used to do those; The Japanese are also unusual. For the sake of the master Lixian corporal, although there are many concubines in the family, none of them are forcibly robbed, in addition to the heavy interest on the annual purchase of green accounts, the subordinates used are inevitably overpowered, and there is no big evil, so even the famous martial artist Luo Tianbiao who has been in the family for many years has been invited. If he does not speculate, he sees that the other party is well defended, and he should retreat from the difficulty, and he extorts a lot of money on the grounds of medical treatment, either staying for many days and not going, or saying that he will leave, and now he is saying these strange words, and he knows all the false intentions of both the enemy and us, and also uses the words to warn. According to what he said, the other party's secret weapon must be powerful, but after thinking about it, there are famous people in the green forest who are dressed like the three of them in the day, and none of them are like them. Although there are a few young heroes in the eastern Sichuan area, their families are quite wealthy, and they are not like this. The master has been an official for many years and is quite famous, Lu Chong suspects that the old man has an enemy in Jiangnan and seeks revenge. The master's momentum, the other party will not be unaware, and if he dares to come, he will not be easy to provoke. is sending Lin Yan away, whispering and plotting, he feels that Zhen Buyi must be a very capable character in the rivers and lakes, listening to Fang Cai's tone, maybe it is still good, if you can ask the other party's details, it will be fine. Helplessly, this person is lonely and widowed, unable to get close, he looks suspicious on weekdays, and when he mentions it slightly, he is stopped by his old club, and it is rare to see each other, and he has never talked. If he wakes up, he will be bored. It is intended that a man will wait by him, and when he wakes up, he will ask for advice, first greet him, and then probe his breath.

Lu Chong just remembered that there were two young heroes, who were a brother and a sister, and before he could speak, Wei Youji suddenly walked by, wanting to go to everyone's house to inquire about the whereabouts of the three people. Lu and Yang, knowing that although the master's father and son are the richest local gentry, after all, they are scholars, although they are absurd and luxurious, they enjoy themselves, but they have an excellent reputation, and other local tyrants and bullies rely on their wealth to be lawless and willful. The place is big, and the natives in a radius of two or three hundred miles inside and outside the mountain are all his tenants, so in such a snowy and cold day, knocking on the door in the middle of the night, there will be more harassment, and its potential cannot go all the way, so it must start separately. I can still be obedient with these apprentices, the class of slaves is used to enjoying it, and it is inevitable to resent in their hearts, especially those thugs on the grain cabinet and the grain difference hired privately by the Liu family and the master, have always been rampant, and the local tenants have grudges, the snow is deep and the road is slippery, the errand is very hard, it is inevitable to vent their grievances on these bitter people, the three young men and women are like their homes, according to what they do in the day, one is unfortunate, people can't find it, and they have to cause trouble, and a few who have the ability to protect the small owner, can not all leave. Perennial courtesy offerings, just in the first encounter, will suffer a loss, how to explain, knowing that the omen is not good, but also embarrassed to dissuade.

Lu Chong was more straightforward and quick-spoken, as soon as he heard the news from the people on the street, saying that Master Yuan would pass on a strict order when he arrived at home, because the place was too big, not only did he call all the people who had slept on the counter, but also gathered dozens of strong young men in this town, and there were more than 200 people in the cabinet, and they took lanterns and torches, and prepared to go to the mountains and outside the mountains to check the traces of the three young men and women, just waiting for the second minister's order, and immediately got up. Wei Youji saw that Tang Zhangwei's injury was not light, and he was willing to work so hard, and praised him repeatedly, so he ordered to set off separately. Lu Chong hurriedly shouted: "Please slow down!" "Get out first. Seeing that the snow outside had become much smaller, and the people had gathered two or three hundred, and the streets were brightly lit, I felt that this kind of behavior was only more likely to cause misunderstanding, and secretly complained, and I couldn't think of it, so I had to proclaim to the crowd loudly: "The person who came is a guest, the three friends are passing by the local area, we are really for the old lady is seriously ill, and it must be the watermelon. With such heavy snowfall, it is expected that the three of them will not go far, and they will stay at the house near the left. When he went to see them, he must consult with each other in good words, and let him choose whatever the land, gold, and silver are. If he is rude in order to be rude in the day, he insists on not letting it, and he can't be a little reluctant, while telling the filial piety of the two ministers, and ordering someone to report the news quickly, and we accompany the two ministers to discuss, and never have any more reckless actions. In such a snowy and cold day, you have to work to find these three distant guests, and you have a heavy reward, that is, the person who pounces on the air, and the Ming Dynasty also has wine and meat to reward, and I will say to the master in the next year, give more rewards. It's only before we get there that we offend people, and the second minister won't agree. ”

When he said that, a section of the snow had been swept out of the street, and there were many local people who were shouting in the cold, and they were cleaning up with weak energy. On the opposite side stood three hundred strong men, all of whom had food on the counter, all dressed in heavy cotton, wearing hoods, holding knives and sticks and tools to open the way, and a dozen of them were better dressed, and most of them were dressed in the same color. Some of the strong men who shouted improvised were thin and shabby in their clothes, and there were twenty or thirty men with nails and brooms, who were simply unclothed, and they shouted from their sleep, shivering with cold in the snow and cold wind. There is no order in this group of people, and here they speak loudly, and they follow; The day is full of heads, shouting one after another, as if they are going to fight with people.

For the sake of his friend's affection, he repeatedly persuaded him, because he was upright and well-behaved, although he had skills, he refused to go along with the thieves, and his family was too poor, so he agreed. After arriving, I saw that Liu's father and son were much more clever than other local tyrants and gentry, and there were no such things as relying on power to occupy and rob and rob, even if the land property increased at any time, they were all bought and sold publicly, out of their own volition. In order to urge the ancestors to collect the arrears, although they were tyrannical, when they sold the green, the peasants were voluntary, not only did they not force them, but at the end of each year, they also used the public gathering to send people to know the benefits and disadvantages, persuade people to be diligent and thrifty, and borrow money specifically for emergency relief, and it is best not to borrow, and what they said is all reasonable and good. First also felt that the master was really reasonable, and lived for more than a year, secretly visited, the local production is very much, when the grain is cheap, the master will be sold by the warehouse, to the time of the green and yellow, but with a heavy price to buy, so the grain is cheap and the farmer and the grain is relatively cyclical, on this back and forth, the richer the master, the poorer the natives, the sale of green money is actually every year must be borrowed, on the surface the interest is not very heavy, but under the control of the grain cabinet, the farmer rice is sold at a low price, the famine, the account has not been paid off, the price of grain is expensive again, a careful calculation, In less than half a year, it reached more than two or three times, and the more the weather encountered the flood and drought, the heavier the profits, and then it suddenly dawned on me: the rich bully the poor, the expensive oppress the cheap, and the profit is exploited, which is a certain reason, and they do not need to do evil on the surface, they have sucked up the fat of tens of millions of people, and provided for his family, together with his epigenetic relatives and minions. Not only do I take what I get for granted, I have no shame in my heart, but even those many people who have been killed, only complain about the heavens, blame themselves for their bad fate, have nothing to do with each other, occasionally get a little favor, or cheap, never think about the cause of such painful circumstances, thousands of years have been extended to the present and do not know how to extricate themselves, but the rich and noble people think that my rich life and life, most of them are also the original profit, at least it is also my mind and talent, not stealing or robbing, I have a blessed life, enjoy the should, no one can think of him full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, It is impossible to resist the sins it has done, and the invisible heavy profit exploitation, the weak country and the harm to the people, it is already an endless disaster, and then you have to work a little bit of a scheming, relying on the power to bully others, and it is even more powerful and poisonous to the extreme. Like Liu's father and son, the surface is elegant and generous, and he will never bully the villagers for no reason, that is, he is urging rent and forcing debts, and he is also borrowing to repay, which is not considered evil, not to mention that all the subordinates in charge of the grain cabinet are too fierce, the master is in charge of the mountains and forests, and the poetry and wine are lovely, this kind of mundane thing is not asked, and it has nothing to do with him, but he doesn't know that every rich and noble family is prosperous, and there must be millions of people's crying and lamentation, but the Liu family father and son do it skillfully, and there are many signboards of high-ranking officials and gentlemen, celebrities and gentlemen. People with a bit of prestige and those who are self-righteous and elegant reading seeds are befriended separately. These honest and loyal, ignorant peasants have nowhere to complain, they can't say anything, and it is difficult to say the truth, and no one knows that even people like themselves who understand more have been deceived by his eight-character mantra of being a virtuous corporal, rich and righteous, thinking that they are different from ordinary vulgar eunuchs and snobbish tyrants, and they are willing to serve, and never thought that his small favors for dealing with bitter people on weekdays could not make up for his natural and invisible evils, not to mention that there are many evil in the heart. I had no choice but to get on the thief ship, forced by my friends' personal feelings, and received a lot of generous gifts from others, so I left, my friends couldn't say anything on their faces, and they always planned to encounter something, so they got away after a little explanation, so as not to be blamed by those old heroes, saying that they only cared about their personal feelings, and were minions for such likes and dislikes of rich people, which was too worthless.

First suspect that Zhen Buyi is a one-legged robber who is good at practicing medicine, he came to see two or three times, every time he comes to practice medicine, he must be secretly on guard, and then he realized that in addition to his peculiar temperament, he did not show any other traces, as if he used the psychology of the rich and noble, and asked for money in a clear way, and the medicine used was surprisingly expensive, and he never forced it, and the medicine was more true, and the hand was in addition to the disease, and the master was the same as his living immortals, and he was not allowed to be contemptuous, that is, if something happened in the future, there was something to say. Just put down my heart, I can't remember the idea of returning the love, this happened suddenly, it is expected that the person is three good hands in the rivers and lakes, otherwise the owner has just been seriously ill, in the middle of winter wind and snow, the doctor said that it must be watermelon, less than three days someone took watermelon over, and also ate one in public, how can there be such a clever way in the world? Therefore, it is extremely cautious. Later, I saw that the people on the grain cabinet were too swaggering, and thought: It's all rice buckets, there are many people who are useless, and it is not small to cause trouble, such a big move, the other party must have known that Tang Zhangwei suffered a big snow block, which is a signal, most of them are in the dark, they have a misunderstanding in their lives, and things are more difficult to do. I thought about it and planned to put the greeting in front. As he was talking, he suddenly heard someone sneering again, and when he looked closely, he seemed to be behind those people opposite. At this time, Wei Youji had already followed, and although the noise of the crowd was much better, they were still so close to each other, and they couldn't see who made it. When he finished speaking, he seemed to hear someone say: "When they offend others, it doesn't hurt to be reckless." ”

Lu and Yang heard that the voice of the queen seemed to be in the shadow on the left, and there were also eight or nine natives who were clearing the snow and opening the way, and when they looked at each other, they asked Wei Youji to still sit on the sleigh and took the original people to the west to search. The two of them first went to the southeast mountain pass to check separately, and if there was no trace, they rushed back to find it. Suddenly, I heard a shout from inside the door: "That place is unacceptable, watch out for poisonous snakes to bite you!" "When I asked, it was Zhen Buyi who was talking drunk, and he was already asleep. Wei Youji is quite smart, and he is also suspicious of Zhen Buyi, so he didn't respond to a few calls, knowing that he had a strange temperament, and he was eager to find his sweetheart, so he hurried out. Lin Yanyuan was Wei Youji's book, and he suddenly wanted to follow. Wei Youji said that he was young and useless, and he was afraid that Zhenbu Yi would wake up and ask for someone, so he would not let him go with him. There were more than 200 people present, only the first two martial artists saw that the omen was not good, and they were vigilant in their hearts, and the rest were either elated and wanted to be greedy, or they were afraid of cold and difficult, and they were resentful.

Lu Chong had already ordered his right-hand man Xiao Leopard Yu Tong to rush back, and secretly told the leader martial artist Luo Tianbiao to be secretly on guard, and quickly sent a few powerful colleagues to help. The people were also assigned to stop, and they were divided into five roads, and they went to the homes of the natives inside and outside the mountain to check the past.

Wei Youji was still strong, and when he walked not far away, he felt that the snow was pine, one foot high, one foot low, and it was very difficult to walk, such as waiting for the villagers to open the road to advance, walking too slowly, and he was not used to stepping in the snow, so he had to sit on a sled, and a few small martial artists protected his peers, took a lantern torch, and galloped towards the southeast mountain pass. Walked a mile or two, together with more than a dozen tenants, said that they had never seen these three people walk, and some of them did not know each other, so they remembered that this mountain road led to their father's summer resort, there were not many people along the way, and there were still some old servants and a few relatives who received the land, and they did not pay rent, and the people of the whole mountain, only these more than 20 people were rich, and the poor people from outside never looked down on them. The second martial artist of Fang Cai once dissuaded, he must have despised his limited skills, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble for his sweetheart, knowing that the person who came would not come here, he deliberately branched it out, and he couldn't help but be angry.

Just as he was about to turn around and change his route, he suddenly saw two grain men and the same person rushing to the snow with torches. He stopped and asked, "Before dusk, someone was ordered to inquire about the whereabouts of the three men, and they inquired everywhere. Before the arrival of the husband at night, there was only one person who was beaten in the hotel, was a little injured, was scolded by the minister, did not dare to speak, recuperated in the wing of the Yuan family, suddenly remembered the horseback riding boy who took the watermelon first, had sent a lot of food to the girl Chen, and then left, the two sides seemed to know each other, and also saw the horse for him, came back and encountered a quarrel between the two sides, the three of them together, knocked our people down and fled, and the suspicion was still in the people. went to inquire, the factory head refused to say at first, and then coaxed and frightened, Fang said that the three people did not know their names, but they liked to help the poor the most. Whoever runs out of food, as long as he is not lazy, he is willing to borrow it. A female benefactor in the heart is better, at most once a month in the past, the dress is different, the poor people in that area, are grateful to her, originally and the horse rider said good, the snow is heavy, then live in the Chen family, and then the woman suddenly came to send a letter, saying that in the hotel trouble, I am afraid that they will be affected, has changed the place and other words. Later, he asked again, the bitter people in front of the mountain and behind the mountain, even those who had never seen it, regarded the two brothers and sisters as lucky stars, and there were more than 100 people who owed them money to sell this year, and his brothers and sisters paid it back. asked a few places, but he refused to tell the truth more than the Chen family. Before he went to a house, he threatened with words, saying that we had no ill will towards the three of him, but the watermelon relationship was important, and we had to find and buy these three people. After saying that, he walked out, Fang was inquiring from house to house, one on a horse suddenly came over, scolded the person who went, and asked the old lady to take 10,000 taels of silver out to do good deeds, and free of rent for one year, and then give the watermelon, otherwise, he has already sent the watermelon to a friend, and the mountains are infected with fever and plague, to take it for treatment, not someone sent a letter, has already been used, now for the sake of the people, the watermelon can be sold, the price asked, but there is no negotiation, no reason and do not embarrass us, such as its power bully, harassment everywhere, they will never let go, He also said a lot of rude and cruel words. The people who went were indignant, and they wanted to do it, but our people chased after them, saying that they were ordered by the prime minister and the two teachers not to be offended, and asked him where he lived, and if he could meet with the second minister to discuss, or make an appointment to meet at the place. He laughed and said, "My Baitong family lives in Minshan, and I am not afraid of people. This watermelon was originally intended to be used to save people, but unfortunately I didn't know it beforehand, so I lost one. There are too many people suffering from the heat plague, and they are all poor, and a few more watermelons are not enough. Fortunately, someone helped, and the difference was money, and I exchanged it with your host. He lived an extra year or two, and we could use his money to save a lot of miserable people, but we also killed two birds with one stone. The matter will be stopped tomorrow at noon, and we will think of another way to save people, and he will not want to be cured. Originally, we didn't even discuss this, but someone persuaded us to agree. If we do not see your master, we are afraid of him. Write back quickly, saying, My brother, I will meet him in his garden at about midnight tonight, and if there is any purpose for him, listen to him, and if it is fair dealing, it is better to call your three new teachers to come forward, lest we have a bad temper and speak stiffly, and keep the watermelon for our own food, and we will not be cured of our sickness. After saying that, he turned around and walked away. Followed by two more people, one of whom was Chen Bing, an apprentice of Teacher Lu, who said that this friend would arrive tonight and was not allowed to follow. Wait for people to go away, and then point us to look forward. All the roads were mountainous, and in the new snow, there were only a very thin footprints, and after he pointed out and looked closely, he could not see much. So send the letter separately, please go home and wait for the second minister, and say that these three are all swordsmen, and their skills are not under your martial artists, so they can't deal with it with common sense, the more humble they are to him, the better, and they should be more careful when they meet and talk, and the watermelon is still secondary. ”

Wei Youji is also quite alert, although his heart loves the girl, when he hears the other party's good martial arts, which is completely similar to the light skill of stepping on the snow and flying on the grass without a trace on weekdays, he can't help but be shocked, he has long wanted to make friends with this kind of stranger, not to mention that there is a beloved person, he has finally not relied on the situation beforehand, and the words of the second martial artist are also good, and he is busy and orders to return quickly, preparing a feast to entertain guests, in case someone on the other party is snooping, and he is obedient all the way. As soon as he walked through the corner of the mountain, someone suddenly made two urgent reports, saying: "The second martial artist and several companions who went later were all injured, and one was seriously injured and disabled. Teacher Lu ordered someone to come and ask Xianggong to be careful at any time, hurry back to the village, and talk about meeting when he has something to say. Mr. Zhen has left, and he can't go to the tavern again. When he said that, Luo Tianbiao, the head martial artist, had already brought people to protect him, hugged him before and after, and walked towards the village.

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