Chapter 26 Forced Borrowing of Grain
When Li Hanlu left, there were still tens of thousands of tribesmen here, but at this moment, there were less than a thousand left, which made her feel very surprised.
Running into the leader's tent, Li Hanlu saw Li Tagu's majestic back, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Father, I'm back." ”
Li Tagu turned around suddenly, and saw his baby daughter standing in front of him, his eyes were full of excitement: "Hanlu, you are finally back, what?" Hurt. ”
The wound on his arm was not very serious, but Li Tagu was extremely distressed, after all, Li Hanlu was her only daughter, the pearl of his palm, and he didn't want to see his daughter hurt in any way.
As for the assassination of An Lushan, Li Tagu didn't know that it was Li Hanlu who secretly took the dead man to carry it out, Li Tagu was angry and anxious about this, he wanted to reprimand Li Hanlu well, but seeing that his daughter had come back and was still injured, the words of his lesson came to his mouth and swallowed it back, and there was only love in his eyes.
Li Hanlu didn't care about the wounds on his body, and frowned: "Father, why are there less than a thousand people left in the tribe, where are the others?" ”
Li Tagu sighed: "Hanlu, you should see on your next trip to the south that the north road of the Tang River has also suffered a snowstorm, the grain harvest has been greatly reduced, the price of rice and millet has increased several times, whether you rob or buy, you can't get enough food, and An Lushan, the dog thief, is not easy to deal with!" As a father, he had no choice but to let the tribe move westward to the upper reaches of the Sanggan River. ”
Li Hanlu was suddenly excited, he knew that his father stayed here just to wait for her, but she almost couldn't come back, if it wasn't for Li An to save her twice, she would have died a long time ago.
"Father, where are the people who plundered from Yingzhou a few days ago?"
Li Hanlu thought of Li An, and suddenly thought of the people who were plundered in White Wolf Village.
Li Tagu smiled indifferently: "There are only a few dozen people, I just ordered them to be divided among the two thousand commanders of the tribe." ”
Li Hanlu was stunned: "Father, I want all these people." After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the big tent.
"Cold dew, cold dew ......"
The wooden fence enclosed a makeshift cage where dozens of people from White Wolf Village were held.
Outside the fence, two burly commanders of the Xi tribe were arguing fiercely, and Li Tagu distributed these plundered people to them, but only said one and a half, but did not say who each person was assigned to, and these two commanders liked to pick the one they were most satisfied with, so conflict was inevitable.
Li Hanlu strode towards the two of them and said coldly: "Listen, these people will be my subordinates in the future, you can go." ”
"County Lord, the leader has just ......"
"Smack......
Li Hanlu was stunned, and the horsewhip in his hand was heavily whipped on the neck of a thousand-commander, making the thousand-commander's neck have an extra whip mark oozing blood.
"Don't get out of here yet."
The two commanders bowed their heads and walked away.
The corner of the beaten commander's mouth smiled faintly, and he was quite proud in his heart, after all, he was the first beauty in the Nu Division, and he rarely talked to people, but at this moment, he actually whipped him with a whip, although the wound was very painful, but it was also very refreshing.
Li Hanlu glanced outside the fence and explained a few words in Mi Niang's ear.
More than ten days later, Li An and his entourage of nearly 50 people arrived at the mountain road in the north of Changping County.
Li Fei Shouyu looked at Li An and said softly: "It's okay, we are moving too slowly all the way, and there is not much food left, it seems that we must take a rest." ”
Li An nodded lightly: "There should be no shortage of prey in the nearby mountains, let the brothers scatter to hunt, prepare enough food, and continue on the road." ”
"Owner of the village, there is a team of people in front of you, and they are approaching."
Zhang Erniu hurried over.
Ang Lee immediately decided: "Let the brothers hide." ”
The crowd quickly went into the dense forest on both sides of the mountain road and hid and watched the situation outside closely.
Soon, a team of more than fifty people came into everyone's sight, in front of this team were ten ostentatious cavalry, behind was a carriage and more than a dozen baggage carts, the carriage was richly decorated, surrounded by several well-dressed maidens, the baggage carts were loaded with silk and food, and there were more than ten guards on each side.
This kind of scene looks like a noble person traveling, Ang Lee and Li Fei Shouyu glanced at each other and nodded tacitly.
Li An looked at Kunxiong and Feiyu behind him, and said softly: "The ten cavalrymen at the front, two of us and four of Shouyu, remember, only shoot down the dough, not hurt people." ”
Li Kunxiong was stunned: "Big brother, are we going to be thieves?" ”
Li An immediately glared at Li Kunxiong, and said lightly: "What kind of thief, we are short of food now, borrow some first, and have the opportunity to return double in the future." ”
Seeing this, Li Kunxiong glanced at Li Feiyu and nodded slightly, and Li Fei Shouyu also whispered a few words in Zhang Erniu's ear.
The ten cavalrymen at the front of the line, riding tall horses, looked imposing, and did not notice the arrows that had been aimed at them.
"Whoosh ......"
Four sharp arrows roared out at the same time, shooting down the pockets of the four cavalrymen in the front, and before they could react, the follow-up arrows continued to shoot, shooting down all the remaining six people's pockets.
"There are bandits, there are bandits......"
Ten cavalrymen were frightened, jumped off the war horse with their heads in their hands, and the guards in the rear nervously pulled out the horizontal knives at their waists, and looked around in horror.
The curtain of the carriage was gently opened, and a young lady looked outside, and then quickly lowered the curtain: "Auntie, there are a lot of thieves outside." ”
The middle-aged woman in the carriage had a panicked look in her eyes, and said to herself: "The Changping County Commander said that there are no bandits in this area, how can bandits suddenly appear?" ”
"Ah Niang, the bandits didn't hurt anyone, they must be trying to make money."
When she opened the curtain just now, she could see that this group of 'bandits' had no intention of hurting people's lives.
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands on her undulating chest, and said softly: "Yue'er, tell them quickly, take your belongings at will, don't hurt people's lives." ”
Xiao Niang nodded lightly, lifted the curtain and walked out, and at this time, Li An and the others also appeared.
Although there were thirty guards in this team, they had already been frightened by the momentum of Li An and the others, they held weapons in their hands, but they did not dare to step forward to fight, and the two sides were deadlocked.
After the little lady walked out, she was also startled when she saw the momentum of Li An and the others, and hurriedly lowered her head and said timidly: "Take whatever you want, don't hurt anyone." ”
Li An looked at this little lady, and smiled indifferently at the corner of her mouth, this little lady looks quite fair, and her appearance is not bad, she looks very comfortable.
"You little lady, but quite arrogant, just came to borrow some food, not to block the road and rob, the borrowed food will be doubled in the future, just now I have offended, and I hope to forgive my sins."
Li Anzhen bowed and was quite humble.
When the little lady heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, and the guards and others around her were all confused, and even the middle-aged woman in the carriage walked out in shock.
None of them expected that the development of events would be so dramatic, and that the 'bandits' suddenly came out, not to rob the property, but to borrow food, and moreover, promised to pay back double.
But if it is really borrowing food, why use force? What is the difference between forcibly borrowing grain and robbing it, they don't know each other, and how can they return it double.
The middle-aged woman, with the support of Xiaoniang, stepped out of the carriage and looked at Li An: "Pingshui meets is fate, what Shaolang wants, just take it, and there is no need to return it." ”
The other party has strong force and completely grasps the initiative, even if it is polite, the middle-aged woman is terrified.
Li An and Li Fei Shouyu glanced at each other and shouted: "Erniu, let the brothers take five days of dry food, and the rest of the belongings are not allowed to be touched." ”
When Zhang Erniu heard this, he immediately took more than a dozen brothers to take the food they needed on a baggage cart full of food.
Li An looked at the middle-aged woman and said softly, "Madam, where are you going?" The north is the world of the Tibetan people, and the road will become more and more unsafe. ”
"Thank you Shaolang for your concern, the old man is going to visit his grandmother in Danzhou, and there are still a day or two away."
Li An nodded: "Madame can leave the address, and in the future, I can come to pay off the debt." ”
"Shaolang, this is really not needed."
The middle-aged woman was a little nervous, but the little lady next to her felt more and more that Ang Lee was not like a bad person.
"You're so strange, what the hell is the way to get from?"
The little lady couldn't suppress the curiosity in her heart and asked softly.
And when she smiled unconsciously, she showed white teeth and large pink gums, which made her look not so beautiful, but it was also distinctive, after all, she was a young lady, but in another twenty years, this exposed gum would become the Achilles heel that affected her appearance.
Li An felt that this 'gum girl' was quite sweet, and when she didn't smile, she could be regarded as a beauty, so her heart moved, and she quipped: "You little lady, you look handsome, it's better to follow, so that you can slowly know where we come from." ”
"Auntie." The little lady was a little nervous and a little shy, and hugged the middle-aged woman's arm tightly.
Li An smiled indifferently, and saw that Zhang Erniu had already taken enough food, so he bowed his head and said, "Madam, I will see you again if you are fated, and it is time to say goodbye." ”
"Shaolang walks slowly." The middle-aged woman replied and signaled the team to prepare for the road.
After helping the middle-aged woman to board the carriage, Xiao Niang glanced back at Li An, and Li An boldly waved his hand to Xiao Niang, and then rode away.
The little lady smiled unconsciously, revealing her pink gums, she thought Li An was very interesting and could talk.