Chapter 161: The Ruins of the Zheng Family
After the first scream came out, Mo said that he had just woken up, and all the people who were asleep reacted, and hurriedly grabbed the weapons around him, but the old man stared at that side with all his attention, only to see Zhou Qingyun shoot an arrow, another arrow with a bow, almost no pause, another shot, and the second scream!
I could hear the sound of something landing, and I could hear the chaotic and hurried footsteps in the distance, leaving only the noise of everyone in the courtyard being awakened.
Several leaders of the Wei family's convoy are staring at the opposite side, and only now do they understand the confidence of these more than 20 people, not only looking at the powerful spears, but also such an accurate bow, it is one thing to fight in close arms on the battlefield, and it is another thing to shoot the bow and arrow accurately, if the defense is ten percent, the knife and gun make it so that people can guard against fifty percent at most, but this bow and arrow shoot accurately, and can shoot the bow and kill people anytime and anywhere, then it is necessary to guard against eighty, the knife and gun You can run quickly with your legs and feet, but how can a person run the bow and arrow within fifty steps.
Some people squinted at Zhu Da lying in the car, this kid is afraid that not only is his business calculations fine, but his martial arts skills will not be bad, although he didn't see him do it, but these 20 or so people are obviously headed by him, not to mention that when he came, this person's posture on horseback was not the posture of the people, it was clearly the appearance of a cavalry.
Wei Daibei put on a piece of clothing and walked out of the house, this is the benefit of a large-scale caravan, many things do not have to be done by him, Wei Daibei went straight to a middle-aged man, while looking at Zhu Da, he asked in a low voice: "Or is someone attacking at night?" ”
"Yes, two of them were shot by Juda's companions, and the others were scared away." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
"This Zhu Da has a lot of hidden doorways, and the kid next to him actually has such a ability." Wei Daibei was stunned and spoke.
The middle-aged man stared at the other side without looking away, and said in the same low voice: "This kind of archery is a lot of work, you have to have a serious master, and you have to have that talent, but the important thing is not this, you look at the people opposite, you look at us people, this is Zhu Da's ability." ”
Wei Daibei looked back at the range of his caravan and found that it was messy, although the guards did not move the place, but those who had just been woken up, who had not slept but were curious, either inquired indiscriminately, or joined in the fun, and looked at Zhu Da's side, the more than 20 people had returned to normal by this time, and there were ten people patrolling and ten people resting, and it looked like nothing had happened just now.
"This is really ......" Wei Daibei muttered, but he didn't know what to say.
The middle-aged man looked like a subordinate, but he was not polite to Wei Daibei during the conversation, he just shook his head there and said: "I don't know whose child it is, eighty percent of them are children from the martial arts family, and they came out to practice this time." ”
"But Uncle Eleven, is Wei from such a good place to do business?" Wei Daibei was puzzled, and then asked himself: "Those people in the guard are all in the eyes of money. ”
Zhou Qingyun didn't have a nervous vigilance after shooting two arrows, but just turned his head to look at Zhu Da, who was lying there, his eyes were still open, and he said while looking at the starry sky: "I won't come again, your two arrows tell them that these are hard bones with thorns, and they will bleed if they bite their mouths, and I will sleep first." ”
Then until dawn, it was as quiet as Zhu Da said, and after dawn he went out to walk around and couldn't even find the corpse, and the blood stains splashed on the wall could still be seen to be fresh, some hired workers said that they smelled the stench of burning when the day was about to dawn, everyone probably had a judgment, I am afraid that they took advantage of the dark night to get the corpse back and burn it, although this Zheng Jiaji is now a lawless place, but to prevent Zhu Da from seeking revenge, these 20 people have shown the strength to be careful.
When Zhu Da and they started a fire to cook, there were three caravans that left Zhengjiaji, and the Wei family caravan was also preparing to leave at noon.
"Actually, Brother Zhu, you didn't come when you came, there were nearly twenty caravans in this courtyard two days ago, but they came and went, and some of them didn't want to stay when they passed by, so that's all left, it is estimated that in a few days the news will spread, and there will be no one here, if you come a few days ago, Brother Zhu's goods may be able to sell at a better price."
"It's already luck to be able to earn so much, don't ask for too much." Zhu Da's peaceful attitude surprised Wei Daibei.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun did not rush to Tuweizi to mourn, but waited for the Wei family's caravan to start preparation, and after greeting them, they occupied the big house in the courtyard, and then used four carts to make an arc outside the noon gate, and arranged for people to hire workers to guard the same as at night, and then left on horseback.
It is not without danger during the day, and you must be prepared before you dare to go out, otherwise you will regret that you will not have to take the medicine.
The weather in Datong is winter and summer, spring and autumn are very short, a few days ago it was a little hot, and now after the sun comes out, it is still a cool breeze, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun took out the clean handkerchief they carried, poured it with the cold boiled water in the gourd, and covered the mouth and nose in a masked way, and then rode to the earthen enclosure, and the Pu knife bow and arrow were all carried.
"Are you okay with your shoulder? If you have limited mobility, you would rather not go. Zhou Qingyun asked with concern.
Zhu Da turned his strained shoulder and arm around a few times on the horse, and said with a smile: "I have recovered, the big thief will not be entrenched in it, and the little thief can either be killed or killed." ”
Zhou Qingyun nodded, the two sides drove forward, and within a few steps of leaving the courtyard, they met the guide who led the way to collect money yesterday, and his attitude was much more polite than yesterday, even to the point of flattery, the reason is easy to understand, not to mention the heads hanging on both sides of the cart, yesterday afternoon to perform martial arts, and shoot night raiders in the middle of the night, it is impossible for the gang that temporarily occupies the local area not to know, such a strong force of characters is not in their concept.
"Two masters, the younger one is familiar with this Zheng family set inside and outside, and the little one will lead the way for the two masters!" It's a thin guy who looks like a slick character.
Without waiting for Zhu Da to speak, Zhou Qingyun waved his hand impatiently and said, "I don't need you to lead the way, we are more familiar than you." ”
The thin man was stunned, but Zhu Da said with a smile: "What is this brother called?" ”
This kind attitude made the thin man stunned again, he knew that Zhu Da was the one in charge of the two young people, so he quickly nodded and said with a smile: "I can't deserve the shout of the master, the little Zhao Sheng, I can't write this word, I say that it is the one who is promoted and made a fortune." ”
Zhu Da smiled and nodded, took out a small string of copper coins from his arms and threw it down, Zhao Sheng caught it with a smile, Zhu Da said immediately: "You follow us, if you want to ask, we will ask, if you don't ask, you will follow, look at your style, I am afraid that you were not a farmer in the past, right?" ”
Looking at the color of the copper coin, Zhao Sheng's face smiled a little more, but Zhu Da's question made his face stiffen, but he could still answer with a smile: "The master has good eyesight, and the little one used to be a merchant running around." ”
Zhou Qingyun has no dispute about Zhu Da's attitude, he knows why his partner does this, it is nothing more than a good fate, he can't say when he can use it, and everyone has news and events that others don't know, Zhu Da is particularly interested in this, sometimes Zhou Qingyun even thinks that Zhu Da will pay for the chat.
It's just that everything has an accident, and when he arrived at the west gate of Tuweizi, Zhu Da couldn't help but ask, "Can anyone still live in this enclosure?" Why are there still so many people coming in and out? ”
Now Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both covered their mouths and noses with white cloths soaked in clean water, which was estimated that the decay of human and animal carcasses in the enclosure would spread epidemics, and in the days when they were just destroyed, there were bandits attacking each other, and maybe there were people who wanted to pick up the property in the ruins, but what else was there now, wasn't it already occupied by this gang?
"So that the two masters know that this is all here to make a fortune." That Zhao Sheng explained with a smile, and then said: "This Zheng family set was a famous rich place in Sili and Eight Towns before it was broken, there were many rich people in it, who didn't know that the Zheng family and the Qin family were not worse than the masters of Datong, and some of them were not ambiguous, this time they were destroyed by the Tartars, and many people's family wealth was not taken away and hidden, and they couldn't hide too deeply, some were searched and taken away by the previous groups, and some were cleverly hidden, so they had to be found. ”
In these years, the rich people's goods are stored by themselves, to guard against thieves, to guard against bandits, and even to guard against their own families, but it is very small to think of the situation of the Mongolian horse team, such things are often the same as natural disasters, one is that it is unlikely to come to dodge, and the other is that if it can be in time, then you can't take care of hiding your secrets, dig out your property to escape, who would have thought that this time the Mongolian horse team should be outside, everything is too sudden, and you can't run if you want to.
The Mongolian horse team and the officers and soldiers will not stay for too long, what they can grab is the easiest goods to get, and the next people will search carefully, what cellars and hidden walls can't hide from these people behind, and they sift through them again and again, estimating that there is nothing left.
"The two old men also want to try their luck? You're late, and now there are a lot of people who go in, but not many people who find things, and many people don't come. Zhao Sheng continued.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun glanced at each other, and the latter said in a low voice with a not very good-looking face: "I'm afraid that the Qin family is no longer good." ”
"It's ruined, don't think too much about it." Zhu Da was relieved, he thought very clearly, in the face of such a catastrophe, he could not understand according to the normal way of the world, and he and his partners could not change anything with the strength of themselves, so there was no need to worry about it.
When he was about to enter the door, Zhu Daluo raised his voice a little, and said with a smile: "Zhao Sheng, your feet should not be fast, if you set up a situation to calculate us, you will definitely die first, and with your straw bales, as long as you do it, it is easy for our brother to kill all of you, you have to understand, I don't recognize it if you beg for mercy after you do it." ”
This understatement made Zhao Sheng stunned at first, but when he wanted to confess, he looked at Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun's eyes, the words seemed to be stuffed back into his throat, and he couldn't say it anymore, although it was very cool, but the cold sweat on his forehead couldn't stop flowing, and the gestures he had made in secret just now were busy and clearly gestured, and four or five idlers stopped before and after, and dispersed after being stunned for a moment.
"You remind him what to do, and I want to wait to kill him." Zhou Qingyun chattered with some dissatisfaction.
These words made Zhao Sheng's face even pale, and he didn't dare to move, and in the end, he just knelt down and kowtowed, and the other people who were about to enter the enclosure were scattered and watched the play from afar.
"Two masters, the little lard is blinded and I don't know what to do, and I ask the master to spare his life, and the little one will get out, and I won't dirty the lord's eyes again." Zhao Sheng said while kowtowing.
"Get up!" Hearing this, Zhao Sheng hurriedly got up and was about to leave, and as soon as he turned around and took a step, he was stopped by Zhu Da, and immediately froze still, his back was soaked at a speed visible to the naked eye, but he could imagine what the cold sweat looked like.
"Continue ahead and lead the way." Zhu Da's words made Zhao Sheng's body tremble, he staggered two steps and almost fell, looked back tremblingly, and found that Zhu Da didn't look like a joke, Zhou Qingyun had a calm face and didn't mean to do anything, so he responded tremblingly.
"Receiving caravans and holding the ruins of Zheng Jiaji, these two things can make good money, how can you also do the business of setting up a bureau to kill people?" Judah asked right away.
If it weren't for Zhu Da saying this, it would be like saying that he was eating and drinking, Zhao Sheng was afraid that he would have to kneel down again, and when he saw Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun's expressions as usual, he said in a panic: "Everyone thinks that you can do anything here, it is a good opportunity to make a fortune, and some foolish people look down on countrymen like us, and they will be killed if they are tricked into killing us, how much can they get, two masters, I was forced, I don't have any strength, if I want to have something to eat, I have to follow them, otherwise I have to be fed to the dog, master, I am innocent." ”
"Ask you what to say, don't talk nonsense." Zhou Qingyun scolded impatiently, and this Zhao Sheng hurriedly stopped.
After entering the inside of the enclosure, I found that the situation was even better than last time, and there was some rancid smell in the expectation, but it was within the normal range, and I asked Zhao Sheng to know that their group and the people of various purposes were incinerating the corpses, whether in the enclosure or in the wilderness, they would always see that they would be burned down, in name it was kindness, in fact, it was to make people live here permanently, no matter how dilapidated the soil enclosure of Zheng Jiaji, it was much stronger than ordinary villages, although many houses were burned down, But there are also those that are not badly preserved.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun went to the Qin family's house first, this time they came to be even more shattered than last time, it is estimated that the people who are looking for hidden treasures have not let go of any corners, digging three feet into the ground, but whether there are any hidden walls and the like must have been checked, naturally there are no intact buildings left.
This is not what I remember at all, the two of them got off the horse and walked around the ruins, speechless to each other, but Zhao Sheng couldn't help but say, there is nothing to find here, it has been turned over many times.
"I wonder what my father-in-law will think when he sees such a situation?" When Zhu Da left the horse, he couldn't help but say something.
Zhou Qingyun was silent for a moment before replying, "I hope Mr. Qin won't encounter this military disaster and can say goodbye to us." ”
Zhu Da knew what Zhou Qingyun meant, this kind of Mongolian entry into the Kou is a catastrophe for Huairen County and Datong Zuowei, this time I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other in the future, Qin Xiucai is not in a hurry to rush back at that time, will he suffer from the disaster of the army, or he will not come back directly when he hears that his hometown is destroyed, the world is so big, if there is no news connection, I am afraid it will be really difficult to see you again.
After leaving the Qin family's house, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun did not save their horsepower as usual, but rode forward, and the knives and bows were placed in places that were easy to take out, although there were no threats and dangers around, and there were not many people, but the two of them knew that the more they were in such a situation, the more they could not relax, the terrain in such a "city" area was complex, and there were too few things that could be observed, in case an enemy appeared, if there was no defense, it would be a disaster, and they could only prepare for the worst, It's just that their behavior makes Zhao Sheng, who led the way, even more trembling.
Within the scope of the eye, there are not many people searching on the ruins, but occasionally passing by a few houses that are still intact, you can see the people inside looking out vigilantly, it should be the person who occupies the house, Zhao Sheng also has an explanation for this, when it starts to be messy, you can still take out the property found in the enclosure, and then you have to kill the property when you find it, otherwise it will be robbed by others, and even cause death and injury. As a result, all those who can be found have been found, and the people who come now are just trying their luck, and more of them want to settle down in this enclosure.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun didn't talk to each other, but they knew that those who stayed in the enclosure would not end well, and the Mongolian horse team would not stay for a long time after they were washed, but the officers and soldiers had put so much effort into doing things, but it was not for these people to settle down.
In this earthen enclosure, there are two places where Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun want to see, one is the Qin family's house, and the other is the Zheng family's house.
Compared with other places, the Zheng family is surprisingly deserted, it is said that the inside should be in the fence that day, the only one who reacted was the Zheng family, the Zheng family relied on their own mansion to guard, but in front of so many Mongolians and officials and soldiers, this big courtyard could not be held at all, and it was precisely because of this garrison that it took some effort to fight, so the Zheng family was completely destroyed, the outer walls were opened, and the officials and Mongolians also knew that this kind of local tyrant was rich, so everything that could be knocked on from the inside to the outside was knocked open, and the floating wealth was taken away, and the hidden wealth was looted together, they have done it so thoroughly, and later all kinds of people can only look for it in the details, and they can't find gold or silver, and everything that can be used and exchanged for money must be taken away.
So in front of Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun, there was almost a pile of rubble that was slightly taller, and there were only rubble debris, and all the shapes were taken away...... 8)