Chapter 2 Carrots and Sticks
When the group had left the Fengxiang realm at night, they came to a small leeward col on the side of the mountain, and after seeing that it was already dark, Xiao Tianjian, who was the leader, raised his hand to stop his gang and ordered: "Rest here tonight, and talk about where to go tomorrow!" ”
After hearing this, the group of people, who were already tired to death, immediately lay on the ground on all fours, and the black-faced man walked to Xiao Tianjian's side, stretched out his hand to take the reins of the horse, pulled the horse to a place where there was still a little grass, and loosely tied the reins to a dead tree that had been skinned, so that the horse could lower his head and gnaw on the small amount of grass that had just returned to green on the ground.
At this time, another young man with a short dun dun came to Tietou's side, looked at the horse, and said to Tietou: "Brother Tietou, this horse is tired of that dead thing today, if you don't give it some fine food, it may be wasted!" Gotta give it some concentrate to eat! ”
"Master Jin, feed some of the beans we left behind to the horses!" Tietou, who had not spoken much, first looked at the young man, then at the war horse, and after hesitating for a moment, he turned his head and said angrily to a middle-aged man in the crowd.
The middle-aged man known as Master Jin agreed, but first turned his head to look at Xiao Tianjian, as if he was waiting for Xiao Tianjian to speak.
After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian nodded to this Jin Fuzi and said, "You just do what the iron head says!" Take out some soybeans and give them to the horse! ”
After Xiao Tianjian's reply, Jin Fuzi hurriedly picked up some beans from a cloth bag he carried with him and sent them to Tietou, who took the soybeans and fed them to the hungry war horse, the war horse only used one bite and rattled the beans down, and stretched out his head to look for them in Tietou's hand, wanting to see if there were any beans, Tietou saw that the war horse was very hungry, so he went on to say to Jin Fuzi: "Hold two more handfuls, such a little is not enough for this beast to eat!" ”
Master Jin hurriedly turned back, took some soybeans and handed them to Tietou, and then sat down and took out some black and thick cakes from the blanket and distributed them to these people, of course, he couldn't carry so many things himself, and there were two thin teenagers who shared these things for him.
Everyone watched the big handful of beans being eaten by the horse, and some people swallowed a mouthful of spit and shook their heads slightly, it seemed to be a pity, and the good things in the heart were so ruined by the beasts! The fact that the man was not yet full of food and had to feed the beast was obviously a little incomprehensible, but no one dared to raise any objections.
Xiao Tianjian looked at these people around him, and the corners of his mouth showed a slight sneer of disdain: "Don't pity this bean, this horse will be of great use to us in the future!" Feng Gouzi, you have also warmed up the silver you got today, you can hand it over to me now! ”
A lean man with a black mole on the side of his mouth immediately tensed up after hearing this, and a panicked look flashed in his eyes, but he immediately forced a calm look and spread out his hands and smiled: "What do you mean by holding the plate?" Where do we have any silver? Today, I searched for that official errand, but the big guy is looking at it! It's Zhao Erdonkey! ”
Zhao Erdonkey looked at Xiao Tianjian, who was staring at Feng Gouzi, suspiciously, and nodded to testify: "Zhangpan, today is the dead official I searched with Feng Gouzi, I didn't see him take anything!" ”
Xiao Tianjian stood up with a sneer, strode to the thin Feng Gouzi, his height of 1.80 meters looked unusually tall in front of Feng Gouzi's figure of less than 1.6 meters, he stretched out his big hand, and picked up Feng Gouzi like a monkey, twisted Feng Gouzi's arm behind him with one hand, and did not allow Feng Gouzi to struggle a little, and then reached out in his arms for a while, and when he took it out again, he opened his palm and saw a piece of silver bills weighing five taels.
When everyone stretched out their heads to see the silver coin in Xiao Tianjian's hand, Feng Gouzi's face turned pale and his lips trembled, and when Xiao Tianjian let go, he immediately knelt down in front of Xiao Tianjian, kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged: "Spare your life!" It's all my greed, it's all my fault, when I searched for that person today, I touched this piece of silver, so I became greedy and hid it privately! Don't drive me away! I'm begging for a plate! ”
Xiao Tianjian took this piece of silver and weighed it in his hand, then threw it to the Jin master, and said to these people: "When I accepted you, I told you that Lao Tzu will not treat you badly, and will never allow anyone to hide the things seized together behind my back!"
The things we grabbed belong to the big guys, and no one can only care about themselves and everyone! But you Feng Gouzi still did it today!
Today I won't talk about how to deal with you, let the big guy talk about what to do with you! After saying that, Xiao Tianjian glanced at the surrounding men.
After Zhao Erdonkey heard this, he stood up and kicked this Feng Gouzi on the heel, and scolded: "Okay! Feng Gouzi! If you really hid something privately today, you actually asked Lao Tzu to give you a guarantee, and you want to harm Lao Tzu? Hold the plate, I think it's better to pull this guy away, and let him live or die! This guy used to be a thief, and it's a curse to keep him! ”
Feng Gouzi was scared even if he was scared to pee this time, he knew better than anyone else in this world, if he was driven away at this time, he would be alone, he would not be able to go far, he would either be killed and eaten meat, or starved to death, fortunately Xiao Tianjian took him in, otherwise, he estimated that he would have starved to death by this time, so the frightened Feng Gouzi threw himself in front of Xiao Tianjian with a handful of snot and tears, and wailed.
"Hold the plate! It's all my fault, it's my cheapness, it's me damned, you will spare me a lot this time! I won't dare next time! I'm damned, I'm damned, brothers, for the sake of how long we've been together, please don't let me go! Please, my grandfathers, for the sake of everyone's fellow villagers, spare me this time! I won't dare again! Feng Gouzi cried and begged everyone while pumping his mouth hard.
Everyone's eyes showed a trace of unbearability, a shorter man walked over, kicked Feng Gouzi with his foot first, spat at his face, and then cautiously walked over to Xiao Tianjian with a smile and persuaded him: "Hold the plate!" This thing is not right with this guy, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he was driven away, but let's just do it now, in my opinion, just whip him a few times, after all, this guy is also a first offense, teach him a lesson, as long as he doesn't commit it again in the future, forget it, if he dares to make a mistake in the future, it's not too late to drive him away! The big guy said yes! ”
As soon as the man's voice fell, two or three more people echoed it.
Xiao Tianjian saw that someone stood up to intercede for this Feng Gouzi, so he turned his head and glared at Feng Gouzi again: "I hate greed for ink the most in my life, the reason why this world has reached such a point is because of the corruption of being an official, but you saw this little money, so you became greedy, if someone took money to buy you, would you sell our brother?" ”
The frightened Feng Gouzi hurriedly kowtowed and shouted, "The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare!" The palm of the plate has the grace of life for us, how dare the little one do such an ungrateful thing! This small mistake will never be made again! If I do it again, the palm of the plate will directly chop off my claws, so that I will not die well! ”
Xiao Tianjian saw that Feng Gouzi was remorseful, so he nodded slightly and said: "Since this is the case, then I can not drive you away this time, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is unforgivable, Zhao Er Donkey, take a whip and whip him ten lashes, let him remember today's incident, if anyone dares to carry the seized things behind my private collection in the future, Lao Tzu will never be polite again!" ”
Zhao Erdonkey agreed, invited the whip, picked it up and whipped Feng Gouzi, the whip made a swishing sound in the air, and the whip made a snapping sound on the flesh, Feng Gouzi couldn't stop humming, but he also had to thank Xiao Tianjian, Zhao Erdonkey was afraid that Xiao Tianjian would say that he was favoritistic, so he didn't dare to keep his hand, he didn't dare to start too lightly, and soon finished the ten whips, and then saw that the raging clothes on Feng Gouzi's back were even more tattered, revealing the craggy ribs, and leaving several whip marks on his back.
Everyone shuddered, standing around and not daring to make a sound, they now know more about the temper of the palm in front of them, he is definitely a decisive person, so they all secretly warned themselves, but don't be like this Feng Gouzi, touch his taboo, otherwise, maybe it will be worse than Feng Gouzi!
Xiao Tianjian beckoned to one of his subordinates and shouted, "Yang Mantun, you can find some herbs!" ”
The Yang Mantun who was called was scurrying around like a rabbit, and quickly found a handful of herbs by the edge of the forest by the moonlight and handed it to Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian took the herbs and walked to Feng Gouzi, who was trembling, and squatted down, Feng Gouzi shrank his neck in fright, wanting to dodge, but he didn't dare a little.
Xiao Tianjian glared at him and said, "Don't move, it's over after the fight!" Since Lao Tzu didn't drive you away, then you are still my brother! Don't move! ”
After saying that, he first poured the water in the bamboo tube on Feng Ergou's wound and cleaned his whiplash, then he put the herbs in his mouth and chewed them in a big gulp, the bitter grass juice made Xiao Tianjian frown bitterly, but he still insisted on stuffing all the herbs into his mouth and chewing them all.
"Poof!" With a bang, Xiao Tianjian spit the herbs in his hand, and then smeared them little by little on the whip marks on Feng Gouzi's back.
Feng Gouzi immediately felt a cool feeling coming from the wound on his back, the hot pain was slightly reduced, Feng Gouzi suddenly felt very moved in his heart, since he escaped from the village, in addition to surviving by petty theft along the way, he was either despised or chased and beaten all day long, no one treated him as a human being at all, and today he committed his old problem again, and he hid silver under the itchy hand, and was whipped like this! To be honest, he did resent this big man Li just now, but he didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to beat him, but he personally healed him, which made him regain the feeling of being a man, feeling the coolness on his back, Feng Gouzi had mixed feelings in his heart, and suddenly had a kind of remorse for his behavior, feeling that he was really ashamed, this feeling had not been felt for a long time, and suddenly Feng Gouzi couldn't help but cry like rain, and suddenly he fell to the ground and cried.
"Okay, old man, didn't you just get a few lashes? Don't cry like a! Let's all go to sleep! According to my original arrangement, take turns to be on duty, if anyone falls asleep while on duty, be careful if I find out! Xiao Tianjian clapped his hands, rubbed off the remaining herbs on his hands, and asked Master Jin to bring a piece of clothing he got today and put it on Feng Gouzi's body.
Everyone agreed one after another, and found a place around to lie down, leaving Feng Gouzi alone and choking, and one person consciously sat on the forest edge sentry, so as not to let anyone break into their camp, and at the same time, when the wild wolves in the mountains dragged them to sleep in the middle of the night, they dragged away one or two people!
After Tietou took care of the war horse, he also got some herbs for the war horse to apply to the wound on the leg, and wrapped the wounded leg of the war horse with strips of cloth, and then sent a bamboo tube filled with water to Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian rinsed his mouth, and finally relieved the bitterness of the herbs in his mouth, nodded to the iron head, leaned against a tree, and closed his eyes.
The bitter taste in his mouth made Xiao Tianjian very uncomfortable, and it was very cold at night, their clothes were in tatters, even if they were lying down, he still didn't feel a little sleepy, the reason why he wanted to rectify this Feng Gouzi today was to stand up in front of everyone, and let everyone know that his orders were not to be violated, to deal with these rough men, if you want them to be obedient and obedient, it will not work without some means, but things can't be done, after all, he is just like this at the moment, and blind pressure is likely to backfire, plays the opposite role, so today he beats and strokes Feng Gouzi, which is a carrot and stick strategy, to let these people know that he treats them as brothers, and at the moment, the effect is quite good.
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