Since they knew that this group of people was not bandits, everyone had a little slack in their hearts, and this group of people did not pay attention to the caravan when they passed first, and people's vigilance was lower, and when the young master of the Zhang family and the singing woman took the meat and hemp to perform an old-fashioned story of "talented and beautiful" in public, it was even more important that the little vigilance that people originally retained was also thrown to the country of Claw, who knew that the boy brother looked admiring and suddenly made such a poisonous hand, and they were all stunned for a while. In the face of the sudden and drastic changes, the people present were not prepared at all, several people killed people on the spot, the warehouse guy who was responsible for the safe dispatch of the entire caravan lost his life, and the chief steward closed his eyes and lay on the ground with a trembling long arrow stuck in his chest, and the life and death were unknown, and people reacted to what had happened. The whole team immediately panicked, some people cried and shouted to their mothers to hug their heads and run away, some people grabbed knives and guns from the pack with red eyes and tried their best, and some people stood on the ground trembling all over...... But at this time, the bandits have already forced up with knives and guns, where is there a way to escape? Although there are also people like Zhao Shishi who are not afraid of death among the packmen, but first, things started in a hurry, and secondly, people were not in harmony and were alone, surrounded by two or three bandits, and one was stabbed in the thigh, and then someone slashed him in the waist, covered the wound and fell to the ground......

The young master of the Zhang family snatched the waist knife from a fellow's hand, slashed at the guy's shoulder with a knife, and roared in his mouth: "Whoever dares to move, this is an example!" Reaching out and grabbing a shivering merchant, he slashed it down from his chest to his ribs, and the merchant fell to the ground with a howl, and the bloody tender flesh jumped suddenly.

"Whoever dares to move again, this is what will happen to him!"

The merchant still breathed, his legs and feet rolled on the ground in pain, his mouth whined and screamed hoarsely, and the blood from the wound soaked the floating soil on the road with a large dark red......

The packmen and merchants who had seen such a bloody and violent scene, the mournful howl of the merchants when they were dying was terrifying, and all of them were frightened and hesitated, and then they heard two small swishing sounds, and saw the two fastest packers one fell by the edge of the woods, and the other staggered two steps in the river with his chest clutched, and fell down as soon as his legs were weak...... Then he turned his face and saw twenty or thirty people running from behind the hill with a guy in their hands, and one of the two immediately wrapped the caravan tightly in the middle. A group of packmen and merchants suddenly gave up the delusion of escape, and a thought came to everyone's minds at the same time: it's over......

The young master of the Zhang family shook off the sticky blood on the knife on his waist, glanced at the merchant who was still twitching in a pool of blood, pursed his mouth and shook his head to smash the knife to the ground, spat at the deputy steward, and scolded: "The one who made the skin, you are going to hurry with such a broken knife?" I don't know how to sharpen the knife? ”

The deputy steward was shocked, stunned and frightened, his legs trembled like chaff, and the corners of his mouth twitched several times, but he couldn't reply to his words.

The young master of the Zhang family didn't pay attention to him anymore, took two steps forward, helped the Yuanyou crown on his head, and dusted off the fine silk robe full of red bloodstains, and said to the singing woman: "Quzhou Zhang Si, I have seen the nine ladies of Qingwa Village. ”

As soon as his words fell, someone took a breath when he was surrounded by bandits and squatted in a pile of packmen and merchants. No one expected that the singing woman that the caravan met in the mountain wine shop would also be a bandit; is not only a bandit, but also a big bandit with a reward from the government - no matter who it is, as long as he can catch the big bandit and break through the four leading wasps Zhao Jiuniang, whether he lives or dies, he will be rewarded with fifteen dollars. On the contrary, it was this ruthless Quzhou Zhang Si, but no one had much impression.

Zhao Jiuniang returned the salute and said lightly: "Master Zhang Zhai is polite. I'm now a bereaved dog, where do I dare to be the owner of the village. ”

"What did the Nine Ladies say?" Zhang Si said solemnly, "Our brother has only heard about Uncle Chuang. Saying that, he sighed, shook his head and said, "Master Chuang has always been cautious, but he was pecked by a goose, and he fell into the hands of the official army, and let people touch the inside and outside of the village and break the mountain gate?" After a huge foundation, he was burned to the ground by the officials and soldiers in a blink of an eye, and he himself fell into a different place...... It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't. ”

Zhao Jiuniang hung her head and didn't say anything, and only sighed for a long time, and said leisurely: "Since you have eaten this mouthful, you should know that there is a ...... this day."

Zhang Si was stunned, and opened his mouth for a long time before he smiled and said, "Jiu Niangzi said that she was laughing." Let's ......"

Before he could finish his words, the deputy steward, who had been cowering beside him, suddenly jumped up, pointed at him and shouted, "Living Zhang! You're a living person! ”

Zhang Si turned his head to glance at him and said, "I can't see that you have some insight." Yes, I'm the living Zhang. As he spoke, he smiled with a mouthful of white teeth, "Since you know my name, you should know my rules as well." With a gesture of his hand, he called one of the two men with the bow and asked, "What is the situation?" The bandit said, "One brother died, three were wounded, and one wounded in the waist, I am afraid that I will not be able to survive." The living man didn't frown, nodded and said, "Give him a ride." He glanced at the packman and merchant again, "Go and pick ten people, and let them accompany the two good brothers on the road." The don't move the ones in long robes, all fat sheep, and they were seized and questioned carefully, and they were asked to bring letters to their houses, and they were told that they should be ransomed with gold. ”

"There's another thing, the things they bring are all hard goods, it's not easy to sell, do you also let the warehouse redeem them?"

The living man Zhang Haha smiled, pointed at Zhao Jiuniang and said: "We got hard goods in front of us, and we can't swallow it and are reluctant to spit it out, that's because we have no way, and now Jiuniang is here, so naturally there is a way to do it properly for us......"

Zhao Jiuniang's face changed a few times in succession, and then she said cautiously with a smile: "Fourth Brother Zhang, this time the village was broken and the master had an accident, I finally escaped, I am already a disheartened and lazy person, and I have no intention of taking this road again." If the fourth brother takes pity on me, a person who has died several times, please raise your hand and let me go......"

The living person stared at her for a long time with squinted eyes, and then suddenly smiled and said, "Go?" Where else can you go? My good nine ladies, although the world is big, where can we stand? Although Uncle Chuang is gone, isn't I, Zhang Si, coming? You can follow me in the future. Don't worry, with me Zhang Si to eat, you won't be hungry. He smiled and wanted to say two cruel words to dispel Zhao Jiuniang's thoughts, but suddenly heard someone shout: "Fourth master, come quickly!" We've got a big guy! The big proprietor of Shangjing 'Yongshengchang' is also here! ”

"Really? You dare to coax me every day, be careful that I cut you to pieces! ”

"It's true, Dog Day still has the seal of Yongshengchang on his body!" Saying that, the two bandits had already pulled Yuan Lan out of the crowd.

"Seal? Still prosperous? Are you fucking literate? Scolding in his mouth, the living person Zhang was also excited, rubbed his hands and walked over, don't go and turned back to Zhao Jiuniang and said, "Jiu Niangzi, you think carefully about my words, see if it is so reasonable." You have to stay, and I will offer you like a bodhisattva......"

The two bandits had already pulled Yuan Lan out of the pile of people and pushed him in front of the living man. The living man Zhang first took the seal letter and examined it, he didn't know any of the words that twisted and turned, and threw it to the little boss next to him, and then took a small bag, untied the buckle and poured it in the palm of his hand, and immediately had a few more crystal clear pearls on his palm. Looking at the rare objects that shone brightly, three or four bandits around them grunted and spat together. The living man opened a bead, squinted his eyes and gestured to the sun, smacked his lips and received the pearls into the bag, looked at Yuan Lan up and down, and asked, "The big proprietor of Yongshengchang?" ”

Yuan Lan had already recovered from the shock just now. He is a person who has seen the world, and he has some experience, in the face of the vicious bandit leader, he was quite calm, shook his arms to make his body stand straight, and then said calmly: "I am Yuan Lan, the big owner of Yongshengchang." Zhang Zhai master, right? If you go out thousands of miles and only seek wealth, why do you want to commit murder? The mountain does not turn to the water, the water does not turn to the road, today the owner of Zhang Zhai let us have a way to live, he will have difficulties in the future, and Yuan will not stand idly by. ”

"Well said!" The living man laughed and said, "This has some meaning. However, I'm afraid that my brothers and I will really suffer, but Yuan Dadong's family is far away in Shangjing Plain Mansion, which is thousands of miles away, and the distant water can't save the near fire. ”

Yuan Lan said with a smile: "What Master Zhang Zhai said is indeed reasonable. But I also have an idea - although the Yuan family says that they have been in business for generations, they also know a few acquaintances who work in the government, so it is better to take a sum of money out and give it to the owner of the village, and then re-establish a clean document for the brothers in the government for everyone, and then the owner of the village will use the money to find a place to buy a Zhuangzi, so as to settle your brothers...... If the owner of the village can't trust me, I can swear in public here. ”

The living man stroked his chin and was still thinking, and the leader next to him was already impatiently saying, "Swear to have a fart!" Make us a clean letter in the government? I'm afraid I want it to be more convenient for the government to arrest people! ”

Yuan Lan spread his hands and said to the living Zhang: "Since the brother of the owner of Zhang Zhai can't believe me, then even if Yuan didn't say it." I am in your hands, and I have nothing to say. I'll just ask Master Zhang Zhai one thing - I fall into your hands, can you take the money to redeem me......" As he spoke, his eyes swept among the packmen and merchants surrounded by bandits, and he ignored those who were staring at him, and asked, "How much does it cost me and my two retinues?" ”

The living man Zhang pondered for a long time before he said, "One thousand taels of gold." ”

"Okay, just a thousand taels of gold." Yuan Lan didn't even pay back the price and said, "It's just that a thousand taels of gold is not a small amount, even if there is my handwritten letter, my family may not be willing to believe it; Besides, a thousand taels of gold can't be collected for a while, and if it is exchanged for silver ingots or copper coins, such a large sum of money is afraid that there will be a mistake on the road......" He thought for a moment, then pointed to one of his attendants and said, "You can let him take my letters and seals to the nearby state capitals, and first borrow them from the various businesses that have dealings with Yongshengchang." ”

The living man Zhang sneered: "I thought that Yuan Dadong's family ran such a big business, and he should be happy to talk and do things, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." My brothers are illiterate, what should I do if you have a word in your letters? You just write letters, I'll find my brothers to deliver them, believe them or not, if they don't take you seriously, I naturally won't have two mouths for idle food. He looked left and right, and called the deputy steward of the caravan, "Do you have a pen and paper?" Yuan Dadong's family had to write letters. Find it! He also said to Yuan Lan, "You can write down everything here and tell them that not only you have been kidnapped by me, but also these people, everyone has to take money to ransom them." And also! If you don't see the money for sixty days, you don't use it. When he raised his head, he saw that except for a few men guarding the packmen and merchants, everyone else was still churning between the packers with red faces, and their waists were stuffed with bulging pockets, and they immediately scolded, "Whoever made your mother, why don't you hurry up and pick up things and leave?" Don't look at what kind of place this is? Hurry up and clean up! ”

When the living man roared, some bandits hesitated to come and pick up the packer to lead the horses, and some people took two steps, and when they turned around and saw that the others were still churning, they went back and continued to look for their own money. At this time, even the people who came to do the business left the packmen and horses and ignored them. The living man shouted a few times, but few people listened, and the three masters waved the horsewhip and crackled, and no one took him seriously. The living man kicked away a packer who was in the way, cursed and cursed, and took a step to teach the bastards a lesson.

He had barely taken two steps when he heard someone shouting, "Great Chief, be careful!" "Oops! This thought will flash in his mind, and he hurriedly jumped to the side, and his right leg suddenly kicked backwards - this trick tiger tail has saved his life several times, and no matter how good the hero is, he must let him kick first, otherwise it will be a broken bone and tendon, but this tried and tested life-saving stunt fell short today, and before his leg was lifted up to make a force, he felt that his neck was tight, and an arm had wrapped around his neck. He grabbed the arm with both hands and forced, thinking that the man couldn't hold himself, who knew that the arm was only slightly loosened, and then tightened, but he didn't catch his breath, and when he landed, he felt that his chest was empty, and his face was swollen and numb, as if all the blood in his body was rushing to his head, and even his eyes were a little blurred. In a trance, he caught a glimpse of the second master of the cottage dancing with a knife flower and rushing up from the side, fluffy and a few sounds, and his face was thrown out with blood on his face; Two henchmen came over with knives to help, but before they could take a step, they were stopped by three or four deadly packmen, and they were dragged to the ground by several pairs of hands. But fortunately, there is this busyness, and not far away, the three masters have already opened their bows and arrows to target the person who captured them; The brothers also woke up from their initial astonishment, and threw down their belongings to form a circle around the place, but they did not dare to press too hard for fear of hurting their lives, but slowly hugged them with their swords and guns.

"Let go of our boss!"

The man was obedient, and before the third master's voice fell, the arm was relieved, and the living man Zhang Gang, who was almost suffocated, wanted to break away, and felt a cool breath against his jaw and gently pulled, and in an instant, the cold breath soaked in from the neck, from the top of the head to the whole body, and then I heard the person behind him say: "You dare to move again?" ”