Chapter 28: The Old Rules
"Who? Who eats human flesh? ”
Xu Shiyang suddenly calmed down from his almost crazy rage, but the tone of the question became more and more cold.
"Who in the Xu family eats people?"
"Young master, young master, no one in our family eats people, don't listen to him talk nonsense......." Old man Hu hurriedly explained: "Those who eat people are all thieves and ......, and they are all heroes on the mountain, and they have nothing to do with our Xu family." ”
"Hehe, Old Man Hu, you don't have to be ashamed to say this, your Xu family doesn't eat human flesh, but what's the difference between forcing people to death a little bit and eating them directly? It's all a death anyway. ”
I didn't see it, this big man is quite good at arguing with words.
"Moreover, these vegetables were voluntarily sold to us by their father and mother, and they were not robbed, which is much better than you robbing the homeless!"
"Shopkeeper Zheng, you can say a few words!"
Hu Lanshan was frightened by Xu Shiyang's face, and he clearly remembered that when he sent himself to deliver something to the Tartars that day, the expression of the castle lord was exactly the same as today.
That night, the Tartars threw their heads away.
That's right, this shopkeeper Zheng is a ruthless person, but no matter how ruthless he is, he can be more ruthless than a tartar?
"Old man Hu, what are you afraid of?" The shopkeeper Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't use your stupid son as a vegetable." ”
'I'm not afraid of you!' ’
Old man Hu glanced at Xu Shiyang in horror, and the face of the little castle lord reminded him more and more of the scene when he killed the Tartars in 15 Tun that day.
Hu Lanshan felt that Shopkeeper Zheng should not be able to walk out of the gate of Xujiawu Fort alive.
"Then again, this little castle master, do you really want to buy these vegetable people?"
I don't know that the death date is approaching, and the shopkeeper Zheng seems to like to provoke Xu Shiyang very much.
"The little castle lord wants to try it? I really have a vision, let me tell you, this vegetable is to eat chicks around 10 years old, the meat is tender, and it is not easy to cook, and it is better than beef...... when it is done. ”
"You like to eat people?" Xu Shiyang asked.
"Of course, the little castle master hasn't tasted it, has he? I'll tell you ....... ”
"Don't talk nonsense, sell it to me, at what price?"
"Really?" The shopkeeper Zheng asked in surprise: "Can you eat?" ”
"Do you know what people call me?" Xu Shiyang smiled coldly and said, "'Juzhou Young Tiger'." I 'eat' no less than you. ”
This shopkeeper Zheng is right about one thing, for those poor people who are about to die, being squeezed to death by the lord of the dock fort is not much different from being directly killed by bandits to eat meat, in fact, it is all death.
If you think about it this way, there are really a lot of people who Xu Shiyang has "eaten".
"'Tiger'?"
The shopkeeper Zheng was taken aback by this nickname, calling this nickname in the Xu family, it should not be a simple second ancestor, but someone with some ability, right?
"The villain is the third shopkeeper under the head of the Luo Dao of Fulai Mountain, and the person who gave him the nickname White-faced Langjun Zheng Tianshou, dare to ask the name of the little castle master?"
"You don't have to know, just say the price."
Xu Shiyang is not in the mood to play the tricks of a hero with this kind of person.
Zheng Tianshou put away his contemptuous thoughts and replied seriously: "I have a total of 32 vegetable people here, all of whom are children in their early 10s, and each can produce more than 10 catties of meat." ”
"I'm here to sell the vegetable man for some salt, but the owner of the small castle is from the Xu family, so there is no need to be so troublesome, a vegetable man has 10 catties of salt, how about it?"
In the mountains, eating salt is always a big problem, which is one of the important reasons why the bandits are willing to reach a tacit understanding of mutual non-aggression with local wealthy families like the Xu family, who have connections in the south.
"You're going to eat salt and buy it yourself." Xu Shiyang turned his head to Hu Lanshan and said, "Give him silver." ”
"Young master, do you really want to buy it?"
"Give him money and buy it!"
"Haha, refreshing!" Zheng Tianshou laughed and said, "It is worthy of being the young tiger of Master Xu's family!" Joyfully! In your spare time, please go to Fulai Mountain to talk about it, and give a pair of little ladies to the owner of the small castle, whether it is to eat or play, it is guaranteed to be a good product! ”
"Floating Mountain, huh?" Xu Shiyang grinned: "No problem, I'll go soon, rest assured, soon." ”
……
Xu Er took a group of colorless children and walked towards Xu Shiyang's temporary residence.
Xu Shiyang put his hands behind his back and slowly walked at the end of the line.
"Old Hu."
"Young Master......."
Hu Lanshan secretly screamed bitterly, he didn't want to talk to Xu Shiyang at all now, for fear of sending himself out to paralyze the enemy again.
But there is no way, Xu Shiyang called him, and it is even more impossible if he does not respond.
"Why are there vegetable sellers in the Xu family's market? Living vegetable people dare to sell it, but is there anyone who sells dead human flesh? Xu Shiyang asked in an unkind tone: "Also, who in the Xu family has ever eaten human flesh?" ”
"Young master, you really misunderstood, our family really doesn't have a cannibalistic ......."
Xu Shiyang really thought about it just now.
It is true that the people of Wubao do not eat people, but many of the mountain kings whose production level is even lower than that of Wubao have even regarded human flesh as their main source of meat.
This Zheng Tianshou Zheng shopkeeper, who came to the market today, is actually to sell the vegetable man to other bandits, in exchange for the materials that the Xu family can use, and then go to the Xu family's shop to exchange for precious salt - in the absence of hard currency and unwilling to exchange grain for salt, he can only adopt this stupid method, and sometimes he even needs to pour his hands several times to exchange for the materials he needs.
After Old Man Hu told Xu Shiyang these reasons, he was also relieved - cannibalism is a crime that directly penetrates the bottom line, and it is completely unforgivable.
If someone in the Xu family really eats people, no matter what the reason is, no matter who he is, Xu Shiyang will definitely eliminate him.
Since the Xu family does not have ogres, the sin is a little lighter.
It's just a little lighter, though.
"In the past, the connection between the family and bandits was much deeper than I imagined."
"Young master, these are all old rules, although I don't say it on the surface, but the eldest master and the second master also know it."
Of course they know that the place where Zheng Tianshou sells people is the "high-end goods" area of the market, and not far from the Xu family's salt shop, it would be strange if the old men didn't know.
It's just that they clearly acquiesce in this crime against humanity.
"Young master, how can you tell the eldest master and the second master about this today?" Old man Hu secretly glanced at Xu Shiyang, and asked cautiously: "That shopkeeper Zheng is a person from the head of Luo Dao in Fulai Mountain, you ...... like this, this is actually a break ...... the previous rules." ”
Xu Shiyang grabbed Old Man Hu's collar and said coldly, "Do you know why I didn't like you before?" ”
Hu Lanshan was frightened by his eyes, he didn't dare to say a word, just shook his head desperately.
"Because I hate your attitude of treating people like no other! Don't tell Lao Tzu any 'old rules' in the future, those are all before! Now Lao Tzu has the final say in everything, and the previous rules are not good! ”