Chapter 52: The Robbers
Liu Yuanshan took the burden he was carrying, took out two of them and kept them for himself, and threw the rest to the little bun and said: "Ten yuan, ten taels of silver, Tong Su is not bullied!" ”
After the transaction was completed, the county lord and Xiao Baozi were all smiling, as if they had taken advantage of it, and as if they had finally completed some important task, they were relieved. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Goodbye, Lord Gun!" Liu Yuanshan smiled and waved his hand, and gradually walked away on the mule cart.
The autumn wind rises, and the sky is overcast!
Third Uncle Shen was driving the carriage in front, and Liu Yuanshan sat in the back wrapped in thin clothes, chatting with the SX family with a smile. The other party has become his slave, but until now he has not had the time to ask carefully, and he does not even know the family's surname.
"What's your name?" Liu Yuanshan asked the little girl who helped him wash his clothes first.
The little girl saluted Liu Yuanshan respectfully and very seriously, and then said: "If you go back to the master, the slave's surname is Fan, and her cheap name is Xiaoqing. ”
That's a good name.
Liu Yuanshan nodded and looked at the rest of the people.
Fan Xiaoqing had the courage to introduce them one by one and said: "This is my eldest brother, called Fan Wenhao, my second brother is called Fan Wenyu, and my little sister is called Fan Xiaoyu." ”
"Sister-in-law Fan, where are you from?" Liu Yuanshan asked again.
"Back to the master's words, our family was originally in SX Yulin Mansion, and it was originally an innocent Yin cannibal family, all of which were in this famine, alas, ......" Fan's sister-in-law didn't say that it was okay, but sighed as soon as she said it.
Liu Yuanshan smiled and said, "Then you came to Xiangyang from Yulin, but you suffered a lot of crimes!" ”
"Isn't that right? The child's father, and our big girl...... Master, it's really God who has eyes, so that our family met you, if it weren't for the kindness of the master. ”
"Alright, alright!" Liu Yuanshan was embarrassed by her call for a master on the left and a master on the right, and raised his hand to interrupt her, saying, "Our master has passed away, don't call me master in the future!" ”
"Uh, yes, yes, yes!"
"Then the slaves and maids call you son-in-law, right?" Fan Xiaoqing whispered.
"Okay!" Liu Yuanshan nodded, thought for a while and said: "Your family of five enters my Liu family, and you are the people of my Liu family. ”
When the woman heard this, she was grateful and tearful, and she was about to kowtow to Liu Yuanshan on the shaking carriage.
Liu Yuanshan waved his hand and said: "Kowtow is exempt, our family is not good at these false courtesies, remember to serve well in the future, don't save other thoughts." Also, since I have entered my Liu family, the original surname has been changed, from today onwards, Da Lang will be changed to Liu Da, and Erlang will be changed to Liu Er, as for Xiaoyu and Xiaoqing, their names will not change, and their surnames will also be changed to Liu, and the sister-in-law will also be called Sister-in-law Fan. ”
The woman was silent for a while, her face a little helpless, but she could only accept it.
Selling yourself into slavery, it is already excellent to have a bite of food to eat, and as for who has the surname, you can manage so much. Originally, according to her plan, she sold her four children and threw herself into the Han River and left, although the current situation is a little embarrassing, but it is still much better than she imagined before.
"Well, we listen to the young master's orders!" Sister-in-law Fan finally nodded.
Liu Yuanshan looked at a few children and found that they didn't have much resistance to changing their surnames, and even Mu Ran didn't know what the two were talking about.
The mule cart did not go slowly, and went up along the north bank of the Han River, leaving the boundary of Xiangyang Province in half a day, turning southward, and gradually entering the towering mountains by relying on the official road on the west side of the Malan River.
As soon as the autumn wind blew, it was cold and biting, and I don't know when, a trace of drizzle had begun to drift in the sky, although it was not very big, but it was sticking to the body and the carriage, and it was so wet that it was not uncomfortable.
The time was about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the mountains on both sides of the river towered into the clouds, and the sky was gray, which suddenly made the scene on the mountain road as if it was evening, a little dim.
Second Uncle Mao wiped the rain from his forehead, looked up at the gray sky, and said with some surprise: "I'm afraid this rain won't stop until the next while, we need to find a place to rest." The autumn rain is not heavy, but it is easy to get typhoid fever! ”
Third Uncle Shen nodded, Liu Yuanshan wrapped his clothes, what he needed most at this moment was a warm room and a pile of burning dry firewood.
"I knew that I wouldn't sell some charcoal, and we could still roast the fire!" While catching the car, Uncle Shen said, "Take a look, and see if there are people nearby who can rest." ”
This place is deep in the mountains and valleys, the cliffs on both sides of the bank are lined up, basically in the barren mountains and mountains, although there is a post road, but it is rare to see people, Liu Yuanshan looked at the slopes on both sides of the bank intently, and also hoped to find one or two farmers to spend the night, but after looking at it for a long time, he still did not see the slightest trace of fireworks, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "No wonder it is the emperor's penal colony, it is really desolate." ”
After a few more people walked for about half an hour, Second Uncle Mao suddenly stopped the mule cart, pointed to a slightly gentler hillside and said: "Don't go, it's going to be dark this day, there is a broken temple behind this hillside, let's sleep here tonight, although it is broken, but there is always a place to rest, which is much better than rushing overnight." ”
"Okay!" Uncle Shen also seemed to know about the dilapidated mountain temple, and drove the mule cart to the small valley to the north, because of the uphill slope, several people had to get down the mule cart, and sometimes they had to use manpower to help push the cart, and it took a lot of effort to drive the ox cart into the back mountain slope. Liu Yuanshan looked up, and in the mist and rain, a dilapidated hut was in sight.
The men left the mule cart outside, and got the contents of the cart into the small temple with the mule, and finally they were no longer exposed to the wind and rain.
Xiaoyu Xiaoqing and Sister-in-law Fan hurriedly threw out the filth in the broken temple, and made a big broom with branches to clean it inside and out, Liu Yuanshan instantly felt that the little broken temple was a lot cute, although the roof in the middle of the broken temple was still exposed to the sky, and the rain was gently drifting down, but in the corners and corners, you can always find a place that is not rained.
A few people found a slightly larger dry place to sit down, and Liu Da and Liu Er got some poor hay from near the temple and said, "Childe, let's bake the fire." ”
Liu Yuanshan's face turned dark, and he said, "This roasting fire? ”
Sister-in-law Fan glared at her son, and hurriedly said, "Don't blame the son, I'll go find some firewood." So he got up and went to find firewood.
Liu Yuanshan looked at the broken temple and said strangely: "There is no one here, who will build a temple, and there is no incense?" ”
Second Uncle Mao said: "Legend has it that Li Xianliu of Tang Zhongzong was placed here, and when he left, he encountered rain and set up camp here, and later someone built a river temple on this basis to bless the smooth flow of vehicles and boats, most of which were done by merchants. ”
After a while, Sister-in-law Fan brought a big hug of half-dried branches, and said to Liu Yuanshan: "Old, eh, young master, there are still two roots over there, I'll call someone to carry them over." ”
"I'll go!" Second Uncle Mao didn't wait for Sister-in-law Fan to call Liu Da Liu Er, he ran out alone, and after a while, he lifted the two tree trunks over, and said with a smile: "This must be something left by others for backup, and it is just convenient for us today." ”
A bonfire was lit in the small ruined temple, and the half-dried branches were still smoking, but it was enough to comfort the group.
Liu Yuanshan took off the wet clothes on his body and baked them nearby.
In the evening, Second Uncle Mao took out the dry food he bought in Xiangyang Mansion, and Liu Yuanshan made a small jar of aged wine, and with dried meat, several people ate it in the broken temple.
Liu Yuanshan also drank some wine, his head was dizzy, and he fell asleep around the fire after eating, but he didn't feel cold
I don't know how long it took, Liu Yuanshan felt a little urinating in his sleep, and he was about to get up when he opened his eyes, but he was held down by one hand.
He turned his head, and through the trance of the firelight, he happened to see Second Uncle Mao lying on the ground, Second Uncle Mao seemed to be asleep, but his eyes were open, and he motioned him not to move, at this time Liu Yuanshan felt that there was something strange in the temple.
There was a sound, and it was the kind of rustling sound.
"Could it be that there are bandits, or robbers?" Liu Yuanshan thought in his heart, and looked towards the door with the afterglow of his eyes, only to see four or five burly men in black holding bright long knives in their hands and walking towards a few people step by step.
Nima, robber!