Since the Far Eastern Army occupied Linqingzhou City, the porters, coachmen, and boatmen on the canal wharf have all hid at home and dare not come out.

His business is all about small profits and quick turnover, and he often has to prepare a large number of ingredients in advance, or he can't supply the needs of the next day's restaurant. However, as soon as the Far Eastern Army came, a large number of fish, vegetables, and other ingredients stored in advance by the restaurant could not be used.

A few days have passed, and I can't stand it anymore when I see the ingredients. Don't look at the business booming on weekdays, but the profits are very thin, and the large amount of ingredients stored every day also costs a lot of silver.

But he can't take care of so much now, and he and the people in Linqingzhou City don't know what the army that broke the city is coming from. He was worried for a few days, for fear that the thieves would break in.

Fuyunlai Restaurant is very busy on weekdays, and He Bensheng hired more than a dozen guys, all of whom were found from his hometown. They are all the descendants of the uncles and brothers in the same village, if he really folds a few, how can he explain to the elders of these descendants when he returns to the village.

Fortunately, after the thief army broke into the city, they did not loot in the city, and sent troops to patrol the city day and night. This also made He Ben grow a sigh of relief, at least his life was worry-free.

But the next day, the thieves in the city began to arrest people in the city. He Bensheng was lying at the door of the restaurant, and took advantage of the gap in the door panel to see that several bullies on the original dock were carried to death by thieves on the street.

Looking at the blood all over the street, as well as a terrible scream from outside the door, He Bensheng's legs were weak, and he sat on the ground with a "poof", the scene just now frightened him to the heart and gall, his face was pale, his whole body was trembling, his back was full of cold sweat, and he was already soaked.

Although these bullies bully him a lot on weekdays, and a considerable part of the hard-earned silver every month has to be deducted by these bastards, He Bensheng has long hated these bullies.

But when he saw the tragic situation of these people, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart. That's a living dozens of people, although they are all bullies and ruffians who bully and extort money at the docks, but most of these people's crimes are not capital crimes.

In the past, He Bensheng wished that these guys would be cut by a thousand knives, but at this time, the resentment in his heart had long disappeared. I only remember the blood on the street and the terrible wail.

In the next few days, He Bensheng secretly observed this gang of thieves every day through the crack in the door, even if he didn't know anything about military affairs, he could still see from this gang of thieves that it was completely different from the previous Ming official army.

The behavior of the thief army is very unusual, and their gestures are uniform, even if several people are on duty on the street, they all walk in a column, and they can also feel a terrifying iron-blooded murderous aura from their bodies.

What puzzled him the most was that since the thieves entered the city, they did not occupy people's houses, but chose spacious places to set up tents and sleep in the wilderness.

On the dock next to the Fortune Luck Restaurant, there is a neat row of tents, and dozens of thieves camp here every day. A few days ago, there happened to be a heavy rain, and it rained all night.

But this gang of thieves actually spent the night in the tent, and the thieves who were standing guard on the street stood in raincoats all night in the pouring rain.

This made He Bensheng incomprehensible, he had heard people say before that the Yuejia army had a legend of "starving to death without looting, freezing to death without demolishing the house", but this time it is true.

The morality of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, He Bensheng has long been taught, even if he is such a vulgar shop, there are still some Ming soldiers who come to eat and drink for nothing, not only eat for nothing, but also harm people to death.

Even if the military discipline of the thief army is very good, but He Bensheng still does not dare to open a store, the scene of this gang of thieves killing people in the street a few days ago, he still has some palpitations when he thinks about it now.

Today, He Bensheng was still looking out secretly through the crack in the door, and a patrol of thieves had just passed, and a few ragged and unkempt little beggars carefully came out of the alley next to them.

Because Linqingzhou is a famous granary, the people's homes and inns in the city have some surplus grain, and every household can survive for a few days even if they don't go out.

But the group of little beggars who beg here on the dock on weekdays are miserable, they used to always find a bite to eat on the dock, but these days there is no chance to beg for food.

He Bensheng is a kind person, and the business of Fuyunlai Restaurant is prosperous every day, so there are a lot of leftovers, and these little beggars often come to them to beg for food.

Today, they may also be hungry, and a few little beggars sneak out to find a bite to eat here at the dock. But there was no one going out in the entire Linqingzhou City, let alone a store opening. Eventually, they came to the door of the Fortune Lai Restaurant and knocked on the door, begging for a bite to eat.

He Bensheng took pity on these little beggars, so he asked the guys in the store to bring out some dry food. Then he looked nervously at both sides, but as soon as he tried to open the door, he found that a team of thieves had come over at some point.

A few little beggars were arrested, they looked at the fierce thieves one by one, and they were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, and the two younger ones were already scared and cried.

He Bensheng in the shop also secretly lamented in his heart, these little guys are miserable, and they have to be killed by this gang of murderous thieves. But the next scene made him dumbfounded.

A thief army general led by a thief looked at a few little beggars, then took out a few pieces of things wrapped in paper from the cross pocket on his body, then opened the wrapping paper, broke the contents into small pieces, and handed them to several little beggars.

A few little beggars didn't dare to pick it up at first, and one of the youngest, probably hungry, gritted his teeth and took the thing, and stuffed it directly into his mouth. He took a few bites, his face was suddenly full of surprise, and he grabbed another piece and ate it.

Several other little beggars also scrambled to take the things, and filled their mouths like crazy, and one of the little beggars was in a hurry to eat, and choked at once, and coughed violently. The general took off the kettle, unscrewed the lid and fed him a few sips of water, which relieved the little beggar.

A few little beggars wanted to eat it again, but the thief general shook his head with a smile and said, "I can't give you any more food on this thing, I have to kill you if I eat too much." ”

After he finished speaking, he thought for a while, looked up at the plaque of Fuyunlai Restaurant, and then said, "Open the door of this shop......

"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

Several thieves stepped forward and smashed the door of the Fuyunlai Restaurant, almost scaring He Bensheng to death inside. He felt his legs go limp, and he lost the strength of his body. (To be continued.) )