Chapter 8: The Wandering Foreigner

Fan Xi immediately struggled to stop Xiao Tianjian, but was immediately forced by two soldiers of the Xingtian Army with knives and rushed to the side, and Xiao Tianjian was even more convinced that there must be an important person in this car, he did not have a good impression of the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, although these people were the richest people in the Ming Dynasty, but they did not bear much obligation to the country, by colluding with the government, plus the protection of the bureaucracy, not to mention not paying taxes, taking advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, amassing huge sums of money to hoard goods, and harming the people, so from any point of view, He robbed these businessmen, there was no moral wrong, and he would not have the slightest burden of conscience.

When Xiao Tianjian strode towards the van, suddenly a squatting person on the side of the car stood up, blocked Xiao Tianjian's way, and said to Xiao Tianjian in stiff Chinese: "Don't offend my young lady!" You can't get close to this car! ”

Xiao Tianjian looked at the person who blocked his way, and his eyes widened suddenly, the man standing in front of him was very tall, his own figure was already very unusual in this era, except for the heirs of generations of aristocratic families because of adequate nutrition, there would occasionally be a big man like him, it was difficult for ordinary people to grow as tall and strong as him, and the person in front of him was actually taller than him, about one meter eighty-five, Standing towards that makes ordinary people feel depressed.

The figure is okay, a big man is nothing, the main reason for Xiao Tianjian's surprise is the problem of this man's race, the tall guy in front of him actually has brown hair and blue eyes, at a glance, he knows that it is a hundred people from Europe, and he is also wearing a Western sword at his waist, as soon as he saw this foreigner, several soldiers immediately rushed over, and forced this foreign devil with knives and guns, for fear that this violence would hurt Xiao Tianjian, someone immediately went up and took the sword from his waist, forcing him to retreat, Liu Bao even went up and knocked the foreigner to the ground with a knife handle.

Xiao Tianjian hurriedly stopped everyone, not letting everyone hurt this foreigner, but his brain was a little dizzy, today this thing is really strange, to say that in this era, although European countries have established east-west routes, the Portuguese should have deceived Macao, and Western missionaries have begun to infiltrate China, but in his memory, the Europeans' activity area should also be limited to the coastal area or in big cities like Nanjing and Beijing. I can still see a foreign devil like this!

It's the size of the world! He met everything today, and the subordinates of the Xingtian Army had never seen such a foreigner, so they all cast curious glances at this foreigner.

"Yo? There's a foreigner here! Hehe! It's weird! Let me ask you, who are you and why are you in this place? Truth be told, I don't hurt you! Xiao Tianjian asked people to step back, walked up to this foreigner and asked him.

The foreigner rubbed his shoulder, which was knocked by Liu Bao, and protested loudly: "I want to protest, you are barbarians!" You are immoral to do this! ”

Xiao Tianjian was happy, squatted down and said to the foreigner: "Yes, we are indeed barbaric, but you foreigners are no better, are there no robbers in your country?" What about you? Isn't it the pursuit of interests that led to our coming to China? Tell me, how did you get here? ”

Seeing that Xiao Tianjian, the leader of the robbers, was quite polite to him, but seemed very curious about him, the foreigner stood up and replied to Xiao Tianjian in still a little jerky Chinese: "My name is Juan. Cleo, a Portuguese, that is, the Francis, I used to be a soldier, and later became a servant of Father Boman, and followed the priest to your kingdom to spread the great doctrine of God, and I also gave a Chinese name, called Gao Su, but unfortunately Father Boman unfortunately contracted an illness and went to heaven, so I was left here alone, if it weren't for Liang, I was afraid that I would have starved to death, so this time I followed Miss Liang to Nanjing, and then returned to my country, And my duty is to protect Miss Liang now, I can't let you endanger Miss Liang! ”

And Liang Xi, who was being guarded on the side, heard the identity of the person in the car when he heard this foreign devil speak freely, blew his beard angrily and stared, and sighed again and again, but there was no way but to stare dryly.

After Xiao Tianjian listened, he immediately laughed, it turned out that this guy was a foreign vagabond, he must have the idea of panning for gold in a foreign land, and he wandered all the way to China with a priest, but he didn't expect the priest to be unlucky and died in China, this guy lost his livelihood and couldn't get in, fortunately he got the favor of the Liang family, let him follow the caravan to Nanjing, and by the way, protect the young lady of the Liang family, this is a treasure, since it has been encountered, it can't be let go, so he smiled very brightly, instructed Liu Bao behind him: "This guy is very good, very principled, and very loyal to his work, not bad!" Take him down and follow me in the future! ”

Liu Bao was also very curious about this foreign devil, so he waved a few people in his hand and immediately put this Juan. Cleo tied up and dragged aside.

"What do you want? You can't catch me! ……”

"Shut up! If you shout again, do you believe that Lao Tzu beat you up? Liu Bao loudly threatened this guy.

Juan. Although Clio was very brave, he was not stupid, and he knew that he could not fight against this gang of robbers on his own, so he had to keep his mouth shut, but he resolutely refused to kneel down according to Liu Bao's request.

Xiao Tianjian ignored this Juan for the time being. Cleo, thought for a while, and showed a wicked smile on his face, this Liang family seems to be indeed a wealthy lord, and the goods that are transported casually are worth thousands of gold, so his family's family background seems to be quite strong, such a fat sheep is placed in front of him, how can there be a reason to let it go?

And Li Lingfeng walked over quickly at this time, and came to Xiao Tianjian's side and whispered to Xiao Tianjian: "Big boss, this Liang family is a famous businessman in Shanxi, who does almost everything in salt, grain, ironware, cloth, and tea. ”

After Xiao Tianjian heard this, not only was he not afraid, but he strengthened his confidence even more, and sneered: "Then according to what you say, this should be a fat sheep?" ”

Li Lingfeng paused for a moment, looked at Xiao Tianjian's expression, and immediately understood Xiao Tianjian's thoughts, and then thought about it, Xiao Tianjian even dared to rebel against the imperial court, so what else would make him afraid? Xiao Tianjian's gall fat This Xingtian Army doesn't know, dare to face the officers and soldiers who shook He Renlong with a small number of troops, and dare to think that when there is absolutely no advantage in troops, he will not take Gao Yingxiang in his eyes, so what else can scare him?

Although the Liang family is rich and may still be very powerful, can this scare Xiao Tianjian? It seemed that it was unlikely, and Li Lingfeng immediately understood what Xiao Tianjian wanted to do, so he gritted his teeth and replied with a bold smile: "It's a big fat sheep!" ”

"Hehe, then there's nothing to be polite about!" Xiao Tianjian stretched out his hand and patted Li Lingfeng's shoulder, turned his head and came to the front of Liang Xi, and said with a sneer: "Originally, I didn't want to tie up any meat tickets, but you can't blame me for this matter today, it was you who annoyed Lao Tzu, since it is your young lady in the car, I think I must be very favored!" Good! Then Xiao is welcome, you go back and tell your master, let him wait for the news, and I will inform him of how much ransom I want when I go back, so that he can get ready! ”

Liang Xi's face suddenly turned pale, and he knelt down for Xiao Tianjian with a plop, kowtowed heavily: "The good man in charge, raise your noble hand!" You can do whatever you want, our Liang family has a shop in Jiezhou, no matter how much money you want, I will immediately send someone to Jiezhou to get it, and my master will be a young lady...... No! Please be a good man, you must raise your noble hand, let go of my young lady, how much silver do you want, you can just say it! ”

Xiao Tianjian paused for a moment, according to what Liang Xi said, he is just a housekeeper, how can he offer such high conditions, and his words seem to be unfinished, their master is a young lady...... A what? Is it a single seedling? Yo ho! Looks like this time it's shit luck again! This fat sheep is not ordinary fat, if the family surnamed Liang has ten or eight daughters, then just tie one back, it may not be too valuable, if there is only such a single seedling, it will be worth a lot!

"Don't talk nonsense, how can Lao Tzu wait here for you to get the silver! If your words don't count, instead of taking silver, you bring a lot of officers and soldiers, then I won't be very unlucky? Hugh wants to say more, I will stay with your young lady, you can rest assured, we have our rules, we will never insult your young lady, you go back and wait for news! Come on, please get off the bus! Come with us! "Xiao Tianjian's play is getting more and more similar, even he believes in himself, he is a Jiangyang thief.

Hearing Xiao Tianjian's order, Liu Bao immediately rushed to the side of the car with a few people, and pulled down the curtain of the car, and wanted to go up and drag Miss Liang from the car, but suddenly several people showed surprise on their faces, and they stopped their actions one after another, and shouted to Xiao Tianjian: "Master, come and take a look!" ”

Xiao Tianjian also felt that something was wrong, so he walked to the side of the car in three steps and two steps, leaned over and looked into the car, but suddenly as if he had been hit by a bullet, his body suddenly stiffened, and he also showed surprise.