The picturesque Hangzhou West Lake, there is a rock mountain not far from the Qiantang Gate of the northwest gate of Hangzhou, there are a lot of shiny red pebbles in the rock mass, whenever the sun shines, the mountain is full of brilliance, especially when the red light of the morning sun or the falling is sprinkled, it is extraordinarily dazzling, as if countless gems are shining brightly, so it is named the gem mountain. 【】

Not far from the gem mountain, it is the famous Qixialing Ziyun Cave in Hangzhou, and in the mountainside of the north of the Ziyun Cave, there is a private garden located in the red maple embrace, the house is high hall and wide house, gray tile and white wall, the creek and the corridor are connected, the lake and stone are stacked on top of each other, the pavilion is embellished, luxurious and elegant, quiet and elegant. Whenever the late autumn season, the maple forest around the house is a piece of red, provoke countless visitors to linger, the literati recite poems and words, the owner of the garden also often moves his family out of the city to here, enjoy the maple and visit the mountain, do literature and study.

In late October, it was close to early winter, and the maple leaves on the mountain had basically fallen, and the owner of the garden had already returned to the city to escape the severe winter cold, leaving only a few servants to take care of and clean. But this year is different, this time of year, this garden is not only still full of people, but also can be regarded as in full swing, a team after team of families carrying large bags and small bags, loading trucks, horses and horses, and many families are moving the grain in the warehouse to the cellar one by one to collect, people shouting and neighing, shouting, and making a mess.

Directing the family to carry the property were a young couple, the husband dressed as a literati and the wife holding a young child, dressed in simple clothes with patches on coarse cloth that matched the luxury of the garden. And beside this couple, there is also a petite girl in her teens, with a pair of dark and round eyes on her delicate childish face, bright little eyes that keep turning, revealing a shrewdness that does not match her age, and the clothes on her body are also very luxurious and exquisite, which is also in stark contrast to the young couple.

"Be careful! The four-headed official hat chair of Su's Huanghuali is the treasure of the previous dynasty! If it breaks! You are ready to carry a lifetime of day work in my family! ”

"Two idiots! Blind? Lifting a marble screen can be bumped and touched, the paint is off, do you see?! Be careful! Be careful! ”

"Wine cellar! Wine cellar! The thirty jars of old Shaoxing yellow in the wine cellar must all be moved! That's something my dad likes, be careful to get a whip if you lose it! Fast! Hurry! ”

It was not the scholarly husband who kept making such shouts, nor the young woman who was holding the child, but the young girl who was only eleven or twelve years old. In the end, even the young woman couldn't listen to it anymore, so she had to whisper to the young girl: "Little sister, you can scold a few words, they have done their best, and they are already moving as soon as possible." ”

"Eldest sister, it's not that I want to scold them, I don't want to urge them!" The young girl turned her face and said angrily, "But don't I urge them?" The Wu thief white hat soldiers are about to be killed, why don't you hurry up and transport these things back to the city and leave them here for the Wu dog thieves to rob?! ”

"That's true, but there's no need to rush it, right?" The young woman said helplessly: "Cousin, didn't they say that Wu Gou will not arrive in Hangzhou until at least tomorrow evening or the morning after tomorrow, we still have more than a day." ”

"Eldest sister, do you dare to listen to your cousins?" The young girl jumped three feet high and said viciously: "If it weren't for their unclean hands and feet, I would have personally come to Ziyun Garden to supervise the removal of the family property?" You listen to them, wait to be deceived! ”

"Little sister, my brother-in-law doesn't like to hear what you say." The young scholar finally spoke, and said with a displeased face: "My father-in-law asked me and your sister to bring the family to Ziyun Garden to carry the family assets, and you are stubbornly pestering us to come with us, are you also afraid that your brother-in-law's hands and feet will not be clean, and your family will be cheap?" ”

"Brother-in-law, I mean cousins, and I didn't say you!" The young girl's tone was even more unhappy, "If my father doesn't believe you, he will let you come here to carry the family property?" I came with you, I didn't see my sister with my nephew, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it alone, don't take my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs! ”

"Okay, okay, Xianggong, little sister, you just don't have to say a few words." The young woman was busy playing the round, and quickly changed the topic and asked: "Little sister, if I remember correctly, it seems that the rent collected by our family is all transported back to the city or stored in the Zhuangzi over there in Lin'an, why is there so much grain stored in Ziyun Garden this year?" ”

The young girl looked left and right, beckoned her sister to be short, and whispered in her sister's ear: "This is my idea, now the war is in chaos, our Zhejiang has been attacked by Lu Yifeng's dog thief and the team of the dog thief surnamed Lu Yifeng, Hangzhou may be in danger at any time, and the officers and soldiers of Zhejiang are reaching out to ask for food and pay are also more fierce than the other, and the two granaries of our family will definitely be targeted, so I persuaded my father to hide some grain in Ziyun Garden, no matter what happens in the future, as long as our family still has food in our hands, we will not be afraid of anything." ”

"You ghost elf, you still know the three holes of the cunning rabbit!" The young woman sneered, couldn't help but put her finger on the young girl's forehead, and said with a smile: "In the future, if I marry you again, whoever will be blessed, you don't even need to invite a housekeeper at home, you are proficient in accounting and financial management!" ”

"Of course!" The young girl was not ashamed, and said triumphantly: "In the future, no matter which family I marry, that family will definitely be able to make a fortune, a small family will become a big family, a large family will become a giant family, and a giant family will become the richest man in the world!" ”

Hearing her sister's words, the young woman couldn't help but laugh and tremble, but the young scholar couldn't listen to it anymore, and couldn't help but shout again: "Little sister, be cautious, you are not young anymore!" In half a month, you should be eleven years old, and you will be a big girl soon, and you don't know how to be ashamed of saying these words! Miss Qianjin should be reserved, do you understand? ”

"I'm thirteen, I'm thirteen years old, I'm already a big girl!" The young girl proudly straightened her flat chest, and leaned into the young woman's ear and said: "Eldest sister, you stay outside the city to watch this garden, if Wu Dog soldiers come to the door, you will let my brother-in-law come forward to entertain them, and say that you are just watching the garden, and they will take whatever they like from the things left in the garden, and I just beg them not to set fire to kill people." Also, sister, you must not come forward, you must hide in the cellar, be careful of Wu Goubing's intentions. ”

"I know, my sister's kindness, my sister knows." The young woman touched the young girl's hair lovingly, and said softly: "But you stayed in the city, which made my sister even more worried, I heard that Wu Dog soldiers fought very well, in case Hangzhou City could not be defended, you would be in danger." ”

"Don't worry, what kind of family is our family? Even if Wu Gou enters the city, he may not dare to do anything to our family. The young girl said confidently: "And I have already inquired about the way, as soon as Wu Goubing enters the city, I will immediately smear my face with pot ash, so that Wu Goubing will not dare to touch me." ”

After that, the young girl turned to the young scholar again, and said vividly: "Brother-in-law, after we return to the city in a while, you and my sister will come to guard the Ziyun Garden tomorrow, and all the things that my sister and my family are here will be entrusted to you!" If my sister has any mistakes, I can't spare you! ”

"I don't need you to explain this, I just don't want to give up this life, and I won't let your sister suffer the slightest grievance." The young scholar snorted coldly, "Taking advantage of this opportunity, I can hurry up and finish compiling my "Xiaoyue Tower Collection" here." ”

"Nerd, my sister married you, it's really bad for eight lifetimes! I really don't know what my dad was so faint back then! The young girl muttered quietly, and at the same time began to worry that her father had no eyes to this point, and if he had promised himself to a poor nerd like his brother-in-law that day, then he would have a good time.

Tossed until the sun was setting, the valuable property in Ziyun Garden was finally loaded into the car, full of more than 30 carts, and all the grain that could not be moved was moved into the secret cellar and hidden, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the young scholar and his wife did not dare to slack off, and quickly asked their younger brother to stay behind to guard Ziyun Garden temporarily, and then took the young girl and the team of family members, caught up with the convoy down the mountain, and returned to Hangzhou City by official road.

When the sun had set on the top of the western mountain, and the sky was only the last bit of light before nightfall, the young couple was even more anxious, and hurriedly urged the family to hurry the horses, while the young girl sat on the head of the car and pulled her little finger to settle the accounts, and kept making a remorseful voice, regretting that she had not moved anything of value out of her villa. However, at this time, the official roads around Hangzhou were already crowded with people fleeing into the city or fleeing out of the city, and the speed of the convoy could not be fast no matter what. ”

"What's wrong?" When the young girl hurriedly stretched out her little head to look out of the car, she saw that the torches from the north were shining all over the mountains, dense as stars, flying towards Hangzhou, and the sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard.

"How come there are so many torches?" The young scholar was almost stupefied, screaming that he didn't know what to do, and so did the young woman, who screamed and trembled with fright. However, although the young girl was young, she reacted quickly, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother-in-law, sister, go quickly, it's Wu Goubing!" Wu Dog Soldier is here in advance! Come on! Hurry back to the city! ”

"Didn't my cousin say that Wu Gou would have to arrive tomorrow night at the earliest? Why is it here now? The young scholar screamed.

"I'll just say it, our cousins are just a bunch of rubbish, and they will suffer if they listen to it!" The young girl stamped her toes and shouted, "What are you doing?" Let's go, if we are blocked outside the city by Wu Gou, we will be all finished! ”

"Quick! Come on! The young scholar finally reacted, and all the families also knew that life and death were fighting here, so they hurriedly stepped up and rushed to the gate of Hangzhou in the distance. When the young woman hurriedly coaxed the child, the young girl suddenly said, "I hope the second uncle and they will return to the city in advance." ”

"Huh? Little sister, when did you care so much about your second uncle? The young woman asked, confused.

"I care about what he brings, my father asked him to take the housekeeper to Lin'an's Zhuangzi to escort the grain back to the city, if he is also blocked by Wu Gou on the road, the rent collected by our family this year will be over." The young girl replied very frankly, and the young woman was angry.

Finally rushed through the fleeing crowd, this team of people finally rushed to Hangzhou Qiantang Gate before it was dark and the enemy intercepted it, but what made them desperate at this moment was that the Qiantang Gate was not only closed, but also the suspension bridge had been pulled into the air. The young scholar refused to give up, and quickly jumped out of the carriage and rushed to the door and shouted, "Master Jun, Master Jun, please open the door!" We are from the Hong family in Hangzhou, please open the door and let us in! ”

"Get out!" The roar of the Qing soldiers came from the city, "Wu Dog is coming, the city gate can't be opened, get out!" ”

"Master Jun, please be accommodating!" The young scholar shouted in despair: "My name is Hong Sheng, my father Hong Qiyu has been a scholar in Yunnan Mansion in the Qing Dynasty, and he lives in this Hangzhou city, and many people in the city know my family. Wu Dog is coming! ”

"Yunnan?!" The exclamations of Qing soldiers sounded in the city, "From Yunnan? Affirm Wu Dog's annihilation, release the arrow quickly! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

In the roar, arrows were fired randomly on the city wall, and the frightened Hong Sheng fled backwards with a rolling belt, shouting as he fled, "Master Jun, you misunderstood, my family is not from Yunnan, my father only worked as a magistrate in Yunnan!" It's a pity that the Qing army guards in the city who have been frightened don't listen at all, they just put bows and arrows indiscriminately, and some people shoot, but fortunately, the sky is very dark at this moment, and the Qing soldiers can't see the target clearly, and they didn't shoot Hong Sheng to death on the spot, only an arrow flew over Hong Sheng's scalp, took away Hong Sheng's hat, and scared Hong Sheng so much that he almost peed his crotch.

"Big brother-in-law, why are you so stupid? Why do you give your father's name? Finally escaped back to the front of the convoy, and before Hong Sheng, who was scared away, had time to catch his breath, the sister-in-law's thunderous scolding had already smashed his head and face, "Your father is only a student politician, who will buy his account?" Why didn't you give my grandfather's name? You gave my grandfather's name, who would dare not open the door? Stupid! Stupid! ”

"Little sister, don't scold your brother-in-law, he was also frightened." The young woman hurriedly held down her thunderous sister, and then instructed the family next to her: "Second Brother Chen, you go and give it a try, report my grandfather's name, and see if they can be accommodating." ”

"Okay." When the husband and wife looked up together, they saw that a large group of legendary Wu reverse white hat soldiers who killed people without blinking had rushed to the city of Hangzhou, and a team was rushing towards this side.

"No one dares to open the door!" The young girl finally screamed, "Turn around, turn around and go back to Ziyun Garden!" ”

When the horses were hurriedly pulling the horses and turning around, the team of white-hat soldiers had already rushed to the nearest place, and saw that there were more than 30 carriages full of goods here, and the team of white-hat soldiers was even more joyful, rushing at full speed with torches, and shouting: "Stop! Hold it! Dare to run and kill! Stand still! ”

"Run!" In the screams, Hong Sheng's wife and their sister-in-law brought their family, as well as the surrounding people, suddenly scattered, jumped out of the carriage and stumbled into the dark, so it was bitter Hong Sheng, the wife held the child and the sister-in-law was only ten years old, and it was delusional to want to run.

"Sister, brother-in-law, we can't run away." The young girl was indeed young and old, and when she saw that the situation was critical, she did not run for her life, so she quickly grabbed two handfuls of dirt from the ground and applied them to her face, and grabbed two handfuls of dirt and quickly applied them to her sister's face, turning herself and her sister into two big flower faces, and then said quickly to Hong Sheng: "Brother-in-law, tell those Wu dog soldiers that all the things are given to them, just let us go." Hong Sheng's whole body trembled and nodded again and again, and he didn't know if he had taken his sister-in-law's guidance to heart.

"Haha, caught two little!" In the sound of silver laughter, a team of white-hat soldiers surrounded Hong Sheng and others with torches, and some people laughed silver, "There are big and small, but I don't know what they look like." ”

"It's painted on the face, it's definitely beautiful! Do ugly need to paint it? ”

"Ha, brothers, let's send it, the car is full of good things!"

Hearing such words, Hong Sheng and his wife were naturally frightened, and the young girl was also pale and completely helpless, and when she saw a white-hat soldier reaching over to pull herself, the young girl suddenly screamed in fright, "Help-!" ”

"Stop!" When the savior finally came, a general on horseback led the brigade and shouted, "Do you think you are in a team full of dogs, and you will spoil women when you see them?" We are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness in the Great Zhou, not beasts and beasts full of dogs! Our army is not allowed to annihilate the silver people's daughters! If you want to play with women, wait for Hangzhou, the full dog women in Hangzhou Mite City can play whatever you want! Let them go! ”

"Yes, yes." The group of former Qing soldiers who had just joined the Fat Army hurriedly nodded and agreed, but there was still one who was not afraid of death and said: "General Wang, you see that they are carrying so many things, could it be the full dog of Hangzhou Mite City?" So many good things from the Han people? ”

"We are Han!" The young girl was very smart, and immediately shouted: "General, we are all Han Chinese, I don't believe you look at my sister's feet, my sister is bound feet, I am just young, so I haven't wrapped my feet yet, and full women don't bind their feet." ”

"The little girl is very powerful, she can still think of this evidence." The general smiled and looked at the young woman, and found that she was indeed wrapped in her little feet, so he nodded and ordered: "It's the Han people, let them go, and leave the things behind." ”

"General Xie, General Xie." Hong Sheng and his wife were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked them with a bow and a bow. The young girl suddenly felt distressed, and said coquettishly: "General, if you tell us to leave all these things, then my sister, my brother-in-law, and my nephew will all starve to death, please leave us a little, okay?" Just do a good deed and give us a way to live, okay? General, you are a good man, please. ”

"Little girl, you can really talk." General Wang smiled again and said casually: "Then you drive away a carriage, and leave the rest behind, our Great Zhou army is fighting to save the Han people and oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, although we want to requisition some people's wealth, but we will not force you Han people into a desperate situation." ”

The young girl was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked her repeatedly, pulled her sister into a carriage, and asked her brother-in-law Hong Sheng to lead the carriage - of course, the carriage with the most valuable things, but Hong Sheng was really cowardly and useless, and his legs were already weak from fright, and he didn't move the carriage for a long time. At this time, a new accident occurred, and a fast horse rushed to General Wang, and said loudly: "General Wang Xu, the general of Zhengdong has an order, if the residents of the city are intercepted outside the city, they can be sent to the general, and the general wants to know the situation in Hangzhou." ”

General Wang Xu nodded slightly in agreement, and when he looked back and saw Hong Sheng's wife and others who still hadn't had time to leave, Wang Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "It's just right, how many of you, are you the people in Hangzhou City?" ”

"It's not!" The young girl quickly replied loudly.

"Yes." Hong Sheng was very honest and timidly replied: "General Wang, our whole family lives in Hangzhou City. ”

"Brother-in-law! Why are you so ......?! ”

The young girl suddenly had an urge to tear Hong Sheng apart, but Wang Xu laughed, "Little ghost girl, she looks so well-behaved and cute, she is so deceitful." It's you, come, and take them all before the great general. ”

The surrounding fat soldiers agreed, and a team came out to put Hong Sheng in the carriage, led the carriage to pick up the young couple and the young girl and went north, the young girl was even more furious, and couldn't help but quietly kick Hong Sheng a few times, and scolded in a low voice: "Idiot, do you have to kill my sister and me, so that you can feel comfortable?" What did you just interject, you think you've lived enough, haven't you? Hong Sheng also woke up to his own losses, so he had to honestly leave his head, while enduring the low scolding of his sister-in-law, he honestly sat in the carriage and followed the fat soldiers to the north.

Escorted by the Fat Man Army soldiers for nearly an hour, Hong Sheng and his wife and the young girl were escorted to the north of Hangzhou near the buried armor bridge, and this area has long been bright fire, torches and bonfires are all over the mountains, countless Fat Man Army soldiers are camped in the firelight, flags are like forests, swords and guns are like seas, ordnance and materials are piled up like mountains, people shout and horses are noisy like a busy city. Seeing this, Hongsheng and his wife were already frightened and their legs were weak, if they weren't sitting in the carriage, they would definitely say that they couldn't walk the way, but the young girl completely forgot about her fear and fear, and looked at it with relish, and whispered to Hongsheng's wife: "Sister, so many troops, how much silver does it cost a day?" We're going to see the general, who must be a rich man. ”

"Little sister, don't you talk, okay?" Hong Sheng's wife trembled and whispered: "After entering here, whether we can get out alive is one thing, do you still have the heart to count the silver?" ”

"Can I be blamed for this? It's not that the brother-in-law is useless! The young girl retorted in a low voice, and quietly kicked Hong Sheng's back, and whispered in Hong Sheng's ear: "Brother-in-law, if you don't want my sister to die, you don't want me to die, you'd better not report my and my sister's background, just give us a fake name, otherwise, once the Wu Dog White Hat Soldier knows my family's family background, my sister and my wife, as well as me and my nephew and your son, can't run away, understand?!" ”

Hong Sheng trembled and whispered in agreement, but his body still trembled like a pendulum, and the young girl secretly cursed a word of waste, and quickly calculated, "Listening to the tone of this group of Wu rebel thieves, we should have been escorted to see Lu Yifeng, the general of the Wu rebel thief army, I heard that Lu Yifeng is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, holding a gold ingot in his left hand and a silver ingot in his right hand, and the ingots can't be used up no matter how they are used, I don't know if it's true." ”

(To be continued)