Chapter 36: Deserters
It was getting dark, the sun had completely set, and the moon was poking its entire head out on the horizon. Shi Dakai and Yang Xiaoshan returned to their camp together.
"Big brother, how deep is your friendship with these heads of the Heaven and Earth Society? Do you know all the details of them? Yang Xiaoshan couldn't help but ask.
"It's not that deep, it's just a few faces. They are the big boss Zhang Zhao, and they are known as the big heads. was originally a catcher in the county government, but later committed an accident and fled in fear of crime. Later, he took refuge in the Heaven and Earth Society, and with dozens of his subordinates, he ran rampant on the Qianjiang River, played the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, robbed many official ships of the imperial court and some merchant ships of large households, and became the leader of a rudder here. Shi Dakai thought for a moment and recalled.
"What about the second master? I think this guy is pretty good. Yang Xiaoshan recalled the appearance of the second master severely reprimanding Hou Zhi, and then asked.
"You're talking about Luo Outline. This man is a legendary figure, and he participated in the Heaven and Earth Society when he was a teenager. In his early years, he was engaged in anti-Qing and Ming restoration activities in Guangdong. Later, because the Qing demon was powerful in Guangdong, he moved to Guangxi, and his people merged with the team of the big-headed sheep and became the second leader. I don't have a deep friendship with him, but I heard that this person is quite disciplined in leading troops, and he has won more with less several times, and has a common enmity with the Qing court, and the Qing demons have offered a reward of 1,000 taels of silver for his head. Shi Dakai also seems to have a good impression of this second master.
"Big brother, I don't know if I should say something." Yang Xiaoshan pondered for a while, and still felt that he should remind Shi Dakai.
"Oh? What's up? You said. ”
"I see that their third master has a bad face, and I'm afraid that he will not be good for you." Yang Xiaoshan voiced his concerns.
"No, we people in the rivers and lakes talk about a righteous word the most. I've let him go today, and he won't be enmity with me, even if he won't be grateful to me. Shi Dakai didn't believe Xiaoshan's words.
"I hope so." Yang Xiaoshan secretly sighed that Shi Dakai was too righteous, and from his point of view, everyone else should also be righteous, but in reality, not everyone is as bright and upright as him.
"Big brother, you know what? The goat stuffed each of us with a hundred taels of silver tickets under our luggage. I and the sixteen missionary brothers we had. Yang Xiaoshan looked up and said the reason for his concern.
"What does this Zhang Zhao mean?" Shi Da was angry, "Don't hide it from you Xiaoshan, he also gave me a stack of silver tickets, and I scolded him back, we have no private property in the Heavenly Kingdom, and these bribery methods will not work in our Heavenly Kingdom!" I have repeatedly told him not to bring the bad habits of the rivers and lakes to heaven, but I can't imagine that he will still give you money. ”
"Fifteen of them have handed me the silver tickets here, and I have asked the people of the Holy Treasury to come and collect them along with my own silver tickets." Yang Xiaoshan twisted his eyebrows.
"Fifteen? Then there is still one that has not been paid? Shi Da reacted as soon as he opened it.
"Yes, that person's name is Sangouzi, and he said that he had diarrhea and didn't come to see me. I asked the brother who was the first to hand over the silver ticket to Dalin to watch him, and I was afraid that he would carry the silver ticket as a deserter. Yang Xiaoshan smiled bitterly, just now there would be a scum in the world, and now I am afraid that there will be such a shameful thing in my team.
"Three dogs? This guy should have cleaned up a long time ago. A few months earlier, he was reported for stealing opium and selling shields in the army, but unfortunately there was no evidence. Later, he injured his brother in the club because of a quarrel, and he was originally going to punish him, but later because Feng Junshi saw that he was articulate and good at preaching, he did a favor for him and let him go. I can't imagine that this guy still can't change his eating, and this time he dares to hide the honorarium, this is a crime of killing his head, and he is too bold. When did you know about it, and why didn't you tell me earlier? Shi Da was so angry that his muscles burst out, and he slammed his fist against the wall.
"I also found out just now before the welcome banquet of the Heaven and Earth Society, and I didn't have a chance to talk to the eldest brother about this during this time, the three dogs' private gratuities are small, I am worried that the sincerity of the big goats to enter our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is insufficient." Yang Xiaoshan said the key point.
"I don't think so. They are people in the rivers and lakes, and they have some bad habits, and if they take their time, they will gradually get rid of them. What's more, now they are also desperate, and there is no place to accept them except us. Shi Dakai's explanation is not only to comfort Xiaoshan, but also to comfort himself.
"Master Shi, Master Yang, you are all here, great. Dalin asked me to report, and the three dogs used the excuse of going to the thatched house, and then they never came back, and Dalin had already brought people to chase him. A retinue rushed to report.
"This damn three dogs, let's go, we'll chase it too!" Shi Dakai took a torch and beckoned.
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In the night, the three dogs took his one hundred taels of silver tickets and prepared to flee back to their hometown. He was used to enjoying it in his early years, and the life of the Taiping Army was too hard, and he couldn't bear this hardship. This silver ticket of one hundred taels was a huge temptation for him, and he left behind what heaven and ten heavenly rules were. With this one hundred taels, he will be happy for a while, and he will go to hell with God or something.
"Sangou, where are you going?" Dalin took the two of them, followed the footprints of Sangou all the way, and finally caught up. He stood in front of the three dogs, his eyes full of anger.
"It's Dalin." Sangou was startled at first, it seemed that the person was Da Lin, and immediately put on a very arrogant posture, "What do you kid care about me, when Lao Tzu joined the church, you didn't know where it was!" ”
Dalin had just come out of Chen Yucheng's Boy Scouts, and he had just turned fifteen years old this year.
"You。。。。。。 You, even if I am blind, I used to think that you were capable of preaching, and I wanted to worship you as a teacher. Who would have thought that you wanted to take a silver ticket and become a deserter! What other face is talking about old seniority here? Da Lin's eyes turned red, and he pointed at the nose of the three dogs and scolded.
"Lao Tzu will leave today, get out of the way, otherwise don't worry about Lao Tzu turning his face and not recognizing people!" Sangou didn't take Dalin seriously at all.
"You dare!" Dalin drew his saber, "You must go back with us today." ”
The three dogs looked at the two little guys behind him and smiled contemptuously: "Just because you three little hairy children want to keep me, I don't believe it." He drew his saber and saw that a fight was about to begin.
"Then see if I can keep you!" Shi Dakai came and shouted at the three dogs. Behind him was Yang Xiaoshan and several guards.
I saw Shi Dakai striding up to the three dogs, grabbed his clothes, and raised his hand to slap him a few times.
Sangouzi saw that it was Shi Dakai, and his body immediately softened, and he didn't even have the courage to resist with a knife. A few solid slaps made his eyes glow, and the sky spun around, and one stumbled and fell to the ground.
"You are really a grain of rat, the face of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been lost by you, why don't you hurry up and tie him up and take him back." Shi Dakai rarely got angry like this, he raised his eyebrows, his face turned red, and the green tendons on his neck jumped and jumped, and it seemed that he wanted to kill the three dogs immediately.