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Shen Mingwen howled on the road, and passers-by didn't know that they thought it was robbing the population, and when they could clearly distinguish Shen Mingwen's broken voice, they quickly dispelled this idea.

In order to avoid trouble, Shen Xi simply stuffed a rag into Shen Mingwen's mouth, and it was quiet all of a sudden.

Two wagons when they came, and three when they returned.

Ma Jiu wanted to stay and lead people to grab the land and couldn't go back to Tingzhou, but he arranged four chariot and horse gang brothers to help guard Shen Mingwen along the way, and at the same time escorted back some accounts from the Fuzhou branch of the Chamber of Commerce, and the most important thing was to take care of and protect Shen Xi, the little master of the Chamber of Commerce.

On August 23, they set off from Fuzhou City, walked all the way for half a month, and still arrived at Tingzhou Mansion City first, and only returned to Ninghua after arriving at the land.

Before leaving, Shen Xi wrote a special letter to inform him of the approximate return date.

Along the official road, every place along the way, Shen Mingwen had to be lifted out of the carriage before entering the inn to stay, and the people in the inn were often a little surprised, and they needed to explain patiently, and the boss and the guys would breathe a sigh of relief.

Occasionally, when he met someone from the Inspection Department, Shen Xi had to spend a lot of time, which was very torturous.

To say that Shen Mingwen is really stupid, no matter how much he resists along the way, he does not classify Shen Xi, Shen Mingtang and others as "kidnappers", but just constantly uses his identity as "Shen's brother" to teach and intimidate. But he obviously forgot that even if "the eldest brother is the father", but the old lady is alive, and the old lady Li is so strong, how can his brother not listen to the old lady and listen to him instead?

After four days, the group hurried to arrive at Anxi County, Quanzhou, and finally found an inn to live in the city, only to find that there were many businessmen gathered in the small county town, and it seemed that the road in front was impassable. After asking in detail, I learned that the border of Quanzhou was ravaged by Japanese bandits, and villages in Nan'an, Tong'an and other counties were slaughtered. Shang Jia did not dare to continue to move forward, and the official road to Zhangzhou had been interrupted for more than ten days.

When Shen Mingwen heard this, he shouted: "Look, I just said I can't go back, right?" This is God not letting us return to our hometown, hurry back to Fuzhou City! ”

It's also a hassle to go out with a neuropath!

Shen Xi asked a few chariots and horses to help the brothers carry Shen Mingwen to the inn room. Because almost all the single rooms were full, the group could only temporarily squeeze into the large bunk, which did not even have windows.

Nowadays, the rooms are in short supply, and there are also relatively high-status people living in the connecting shops, including some Xiucai who have just finished the township examination and are on their way back to their hometowns.

Because there are relatively many people on Shen Xi's side. Seven people happened to charter a bunk room with a candidate named Li Qu. Li Qu is also a Xiucai who went to the provincial capital to catch the exam, a native of Longxi, Zhangzhou Prefecture, about 20 years old, with two sixteen or seventeen-year-old servants by his side, so that ten people on both sides are just crammed into a bunk room.

Shen Xi told him that he and Shen Mingwen were also township test talents, and the relationship between the two sides immediately improved a lot.

After Li Qu knew that Shen Xi was from Tingzhou Mansion, he sighed with emotion: "You guys are much farther away than our Longxi. It's also bad luck, and I didn't do well in the township exam. Now that even the way back to his hometown is blocked, if this is delayed, the family will definitely think that something has happened and worry about death. ”

Shen Xi nodded and said, "That's right, what are Brother Li's plans?" ”

Li Qu waved his hand and said, "What can I do?" I'm going to go north around Yeonpyeongfu and Daejeon around Zhangping, although the road is difficult, but it's better than staying here and waiting. The officers and soldiers also did not know when they would be able to deal with the roaming pirates. ”

Shen Xi calculated the time, if he returned to Fuzhou and set off again, it was really better to take the road of Yanping Mansion.

Wait until you get to Daejeon. Whether it is to take Yong'an or take a detour to Zhangping, Longyan and Shanghang, it is easy to walk. If you walk with Li Qu, you can be a companion and take care of each other on the road.

Shen Xi said his thoughts, and Li Qu said with a smile: "It's an honor to be able to go with Shen Gongzi." ”

When Li Qu said this. I deliberately looked at the four chariot and horse gang brothers brought by Shen Xi, which means that we have three masters and servants, and we have to walk through the mountains before we can get on the road. You must know that Li Qu's two little guys are both scholars, and they don't have the strength to pick and carry them, let alone fight with them if they encounter bandits.

One on both sides totals. The next day, they went north together.

There were four carriages in total, and after walking north for half a day, the road began to become rough and difficult.

Because it is a mountain road, many sections are not conducive to the passage of carriages, so you can only go down and walk, some narrow and steep sections, Shen Xi also has to get off the horse and push the cart, or find something to pad the wheels, only Shen Mingwen can be like the uncle, leisurely in the carriage.

Even so, after two days of walking north, it was inevitable that something very disgusting would occur.

Lost!

There were ten people on both sides, and they had never walked this road, but they had just asked for directions on the road. The villagers said that walking along the mountain road, there is an official road to Datian County, Yanping Prefecture after a few hills, but it turns out that the mountains are lofty all the way down.

In this place in Lingnan, there is a lot of miasma, and it is necessary to walk on a sunny day, so after two days, people are sleepy and tired, and they don't know where they are.

Li Qu looked at the winding road in front of him, and his face was full of embarrassment: "It is said that you can see the official road after walking for one day, but we have walked for more than two days, why can't we see a slightly wider road?" And we're not heading north, but we're always heading up the mountains to the east, so we won't go down and have no road, right? ”

Shen Xi looked at the unfamiliar environment around him, and he also felt a sense of powerlessness for a while.

Surrounded by mountains, as if in a primeval jungle, even if you find a relatively high peak, you can't tell the direction, you can only see one mountain after another, and the surrounding area is desolate, not to mention roads, not even a piece of farmland.

Originally, with the help of the sun, even if you get lost, you can roughly identify the direction, but the next day it was a light rain, and not only did the mountain road become more and more difficult to walk, but it was also difficult to judge the direction.

Although Shen Xi can judge the direction through some simple skills, such as Shanyin or Shanyang, the sparseness of the forest, etc., but there is no compass, the direction of walking can only be judged, and he can't leave the road to go to the barren mountains and mountains.

On the evening of the second day of the ninth lunar month, it was the fifth day of walking north from Anxi County, Quanzhou, and the group couldn't stand it at all, so they found a relatively flat place to settle down on the side of the road and simply ate some dry food. The man got into the carriage and rested against the carriage to shelter himself from the rain.

Shen Xi lay down, and just as he was sleeping in a daze, he suddenly heard a noise. It was as if horses were coming this way.

It's not an official road, it's a mountain road, how could a horse come to such a place?

"What man, but a thief?"

There was already a clamor outside, and Shen Xi climbed from the carriage to the frame. I saw a lot of torches in the distance, like officers and soldiers on patrol.

Li Qu was so frightened that he hurriedly got out of the car and stepped forward to salute: "We are not bandits, but scholars from the past. ”

Who knew that the man who rode the horse at the head of those people sneered: "It's not the best, but we are bandits." Come on, unload their horses......"

Shen Xi has a feeling that the house leak is raining overnight, and fortunately, the other party is the accent of the Fujian generation, otherwise Shen Xi can only be treated as a group of widows who are the uninvited guests who suddenly visit.

A group of people came up, holding knives and guns and shouting and scolding. Drive people aside to get drenched in the rain.

It was very dark, and these bandits were not carrying a lot of torches, Shen Xi couldn't figure out the situation for a while, and he didn't seem to be very interested in the carriage, so he just unloaded the horses of the four horses and led the horses away, but the baggage and boxes in the carriage were all opened, and these thieves couldn't look at the account books or something, and the clothes and soft clothes were looted by these bandits.

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There are thirty or forty bandits, not to mention, who follow the principle of robbing money and not robbing people. When you're done grabbing, you're leaving.

At this time, a younger man came up from behind and asked, "People just leave it alone?" Do you want them to hide something of value on them? ”

The older man said coldly: "Let's come out to do business, the most important thing is to be a person and leave a line, you look at these people." He is not a trader, so what can he hide? ”

"Well, they had a ledger in their carriage, and they didn't know what was written. I heard that the merchants on the ground in Tingzhou use a thing called a silver ticket, and that thing is worth dozens of dollars. What's so strange about hiding on your body? ”

As he spoke, the young man had already led his hands to Shen Xi.

Li Qu hurriedly said: "This brother, we are not from the ground in Tingzhou, and we don't have a silver ticket. ”

The young bandit said, "That's not for sure. Search! ”

At the sound of the order, someone immediately groped for Li Qu and the others, and finally took out a few money bags, which contained copper plates and scattered silver, which added up to only two or three taels. The elder bandit leader over there saw that the situation was a little deadlocked, and walked over and grabbed the young bandit's arm: "You have to spare people and spare people!" ”

"Third uncle, my father often says, you are old, some things should not be too merciful, what we are doing is a head-killing business, if these people are officers and soldiers, what do you think will happen to us? If we can't feed the people in the stockade, who will die for us? ”

The old man shouted: "When people are outside, they must not show their bottoms!" ”

The young bandit sneered: "I call you the third uncle, what kind of revelation is it?" ”

Shen Xi didn't expect that these thieves came out to rob, and he had a dispute.

In the end, it was the young bandit who insisted even more, ignoring the older bandit leader's stopping, and searched all the remaining people, leaving only Shen Xi standing there.

The "third uncle" was a little annoyed: "Let's go, don't go, if someone escapes and reports the news, it's too late for me to leave." ”

The young man said with a smile: "What kind of place is this, a big mountain valley, from here, you have to walk more than ten miles recently, and if you find the officers and soldiers, you have to walk thirty or forty miles." Afraid of what? ”

When Shen Xi heard this, his heart was steady, it turned out that after walking the mountain road for the past few days, it seemed that he was about to come to an end, and there were still more than ten miles to leave this lofty mountain. Shen Xi said: "This big brother, dare to ask, what should I do next?" Do you follow the road, or do you follow the side path? ”

When the young man heard this, his heart was on fire: "Ah, I'm going to rob you now, but you came to me to ask for directions?" Could it be that you can't eat the heart of a bear and the leopard guts? ”

Shen Xi hurriedly took out all the things that could be taken out in his arms and handed them forward: "That's all, you can take a look." ”

The young man asked people to bring the torch over, grabbed the things handed by Shen Xi and took a look, and suddenly opened his mouth wide, and the thieves next to him were also stunned.

There are seven or eight small silver bills weighing two taels alone, as well as scattered silver and copper plates, which add up to more than twenty taels, and more importantly, there are several small silver bills in Shen Xi's arms, which add up to forty or fifty taels of silver.

"I can't see it." A bunch of people surrounded Shen Xi, "What else is hidden on your body, say!" ”

Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Several, we are just scholars who went to the provincial capital to catch the exam, this is the entanglement we brought on the road, that's all, I don't believe you search." ”

The young man said in a cold voice: "That is not perhaps, the scholar is the most cunning on weekdays, maybe before we come, hide the valuable things in some corner, and then take them out when we leave." Brothers, search the surroundings carefully. ”

Shen Xi was very helpless.

At this moment, there was a person who was not afraid of big things and shouted: "Okay, you Qilang, you actually hide so much silver, I just want to drink a glass of wine, you are so picky, what a fucking white-eyed wolf!" ”

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