Chapter 26: Dividing the Spoils
Gao Yuan said to Zhou Nan: "It's better to stay, they are all poor, and there is nowhere to go back." Zhou Nan nodded and said to these craftsmen, "Everyone, please get up." We are the hunters of Gaojiazhai, not heroes, just because these thieves broke into my cottage yesterday, killed my neighbors, robbed me of food and property, and established the world as a husband, how can we be bullied like this? Therefore, follow the trail of thieves and take revenge here. If you don't dislike it, you can go to Gaojiazhai to settle down and make a living with your skills. After Zhou Nan finished speaking, these kneeling craftsmen kowtowed to Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan again, thanked the two for taking them in, and then got up from the ground, stood together with their hands down, and waited for the two to arrange. Zhou Nan asked Zhou Fu to find pen and paper, called these craftsmen, asked each person's name, place of origin, and skills, and registered them one by one. These craftsmen are all Song people, originally accompanied by escorting military funds to the military camp, but when they went back, they encountered bandits, and were all caught, including blacksmiths, carpenters, tanners, etc., they were originally craftsmen of the Cizhou Capital Academy, and naturally they were all swordsmen, repairing bows and crossbows, and sewing armor. When they arrived at this thief's cottage, the thieves saw that they were not vicious people, but just called them like slaves. If you return to Cizhou, you will definitely be under the management because of the overdue judgment. Seeing that Gao Yuan and the others are not bad people, it is better to follow Gao Yuan and the others to Gaojiazhai, and they also have a free body, and they can eat with their skills.
Gao Fu registered these craftsmen and gave the list to Zhou Nan. After Zhou Nan dealt with these craftsmen, he had time to rest for Gao Yuan, Zuo Xiaosi and others. Before Zhu Gui returned to the cottage, Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan and a group of hunters had already controlled all the thieves in the cottage. Just now, in the martial arts arena, all the bandits who hurt people's lives have been shot, and the remaining bandits are no longer a problem.
Now the hunters of Gaojiazhai surrounded Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan to come to the Juyi Hall, and asked Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan to sit down, and all the hunters also sat down, and the new craftsmen who joined the cottage under the command of Zhou Fu reorganized some fruits, vegetables and meat from the back kitchen, and served them steaming, with rice and vegetables, as well as hot soup, and a few tables full of fragrant fragrance. Only then did everyone feel the hunger in their stomachs, Gao Yuan flicked his arm, and with a greeting, the hunters of the Gaojiazhai Family Protection Society gobbled up the food around the table.
Although Zhou Fumei and several other women were captured by bandits, they were only bumpy along the way, but they were not bullied. This is already a blessing. Several women were robbed by the bandits, thinking that it would be difficult to escape the clutches of the devil, who knew that they entered the cottage door and were surrounded by people with the bandits, and in the panic, they were pleasantly surprised to find that it was Zhou Fu and Gao Shouzhong, and they were naturally overjoyed. The woman's family loves beauty and doesn't care about eating, so she was about to go to the back to clean up and freshen up, but was stopped by Zhou Nan. It turned out that Zhou Nan was careful, and he had already found that there was no Gao Yun in the woman that Zhu Gui snatched back, and now that the matter was dealt with, he called Zhou Fu's sister at this time and asked why Gao Yun didn't see it, Zhou Fu's sister and several women were familiar with Gao Yun on weekdays, and they had been following the thieves from the village, and now Zhou Nan suddenly asked Gao Yun why she didn't see it, and Zhou Fu's sister said strangely: "When the slave family was robbed by the bandits, there was no sister Yun'er; I've been waiting for a few people. At this time, Zuo Xiaosi also came over and said to Zhou Nan: "Brother Gao, Brother Zhou, the four of us chased Zhu Gui all the way, and I never saw Miss Gao along the way, and the women who were arrested in the village were all here, and there was never one missing." Gao Yuan's brows furrowed, and Zhou Nan also lowered his head and pondered, if Zuo Xiaosi didn't see Gao Yun along the way, then there was only one reason, Gao Yun must still be in the cottage. It seems that the only way to do this is to go back to the stockade and look for it. Zhou Nan told Gao Yuan what he thought, and comforted Gao Yuan: "Sister Yun'er must be hiding in the cottage, big brother, don't worry." When we go back, Sister Yun'er will already be waiting at home. Gao Yuan had to nod.
At this time, there was a chaos outside the martial arts arena, and a group of people came in, men, women, and children, carrying blue baskets in their hands, and all kinds of food in the baskets. It turned out to be the local Orion Mountain people who had just been released home, and they were originally the mountain people of Crouching Tiger Mountain, but they were enslaved by the bandits here. was rescued by Zhou Nan and them today. After returning home, Du Dao was not a mountain bandit this time, but a person from Gaojiazhai on the other side of the adjacent mountain. The mountain people of Wohu Mountain have been harmed by Li Neng and Zhu Gui for more than half a year, and they are miserable, and now they know that the hunters of Gaojiazhai have killed all these bandits.
After saying goodbye, Zhou Nan asked the person in charge of the Crouching Tiger Mountain cottage, and an old man about sixty years old stood up and said: "The little old man's surname is Han, how old is the idiot, and the things in the village are raised by everyone, and I often come forward to accept it." I don't know what the hero commands? ”
Zhou Nandao: "Don't dare." This gang of thieves has plagued the cottage for many years, and all families must have been harmed? ”
The old man Han nodded again and again, and said: "These people, where do you treat me and others as people, if you want anything, you can go to the house to rob it, and each family will send someone to serve them, if one is not pleasing to the eye, it will be beaten and scolded, and it will be disabled at worst." ”
Zhou Nan nodded and continued: "I have discussed with Brother Gao, since they are all suffering people, the bandits have been removed, and please wait a while, wait for us to eat, and go to this thief warehouse to check, everything in this library, you and I take half of each of the two cottages, how about it?" ”
That old man Han said again and again: "How can this be done? The cottage built by the heroes, and the property was taken away by the heroes. It is a great kindness for heroes to rescue us. ”
Gao Yuan said: "Han Lao'er, it's so unpleasant, I'm waiting to go up the mountain to hunt, or I have a share in it, so excuse me, but why?" ”
Mr. Han just excused himself and refused to accept it. Seeing Zhou Nan's sincere words, Mr. Han said to Zhou Nan: "Since the heroes are so righteous, I have thanked the heroes on behalf of the families in Wohu Mountain." But there is one thing, and I must depend on me: I will only take some food and clothing, and nothing else! ”
Zhou Nan saw that Uncle Han was resolute, so he had to agree. Invite Uncle Han to sit aside, and Zhou Nan, Gao Yuan and others sit down to eat. After eating, he and Gao Yuan asked Mr. Han to bring a few people from the stockade and rush to the bandit warehouse together.
Although Li Neng and Zhu Gui are newcomers, they have robbed a lot of things. In the last courtyard, next to the mountain wall, a large cave was dug to store the looted belongings. This cave was discovered by Zhou Fu after looking for a long time. When they entered the cave, they filled the cave with grain, cloth, skins, weapons, gold and silver. Uncle Han was unmoved, and only agreed to take some leather goods, cloth, grain, etc., to cope with the winter. Zhou Nan couldn't, so he instructed Zhou Fu to call someone to divide half of the furs, cloth, and grain in the cave and give it to Han Laozhang, who sent someone to move it away and go back to distribute it to each household.
After moving, Mr. Han thanked him again and again, and bowed down to Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan again and again to thank him. It was getting late, and Mr. Han asked Zhou Nan, Gao Yuan and others to stay in the village for one night and leave tomorrow. I made an appointment to meet tomorrow, and then I took someone back.
A group of hunters in Gaojiazhai circled around these weapons and food in the cave, smiling happily, and Gao Yuan shouted: "Don't look at it, let you all move away tomorrow." The hunters came out of the cave, and Zhou Nan asked Zhou Fu to reseal the cave door. and they did not send any men to guard them, but they all went back to the front.