Chapter 0001: Border Town
It is the northern country of the moon, the earth is a bleak, soon in the afternoon, the sun has no strength as if the white light, the city gate of the small city of Liangguo border pass Liuguanyi is particularly lively. The Liuguanyi www.biquge.info pen fun pavilion is very small, far smaller than the general county seat, but this is a border pass, one is that there are many merchants in the past, and the other is that the military status is more important, there is a complete city wall, and there is a regular border army stationed, so it can also be called a city. There are not many garrisons, only about 300 people, the east of Liuguanyi is the Jiming Station, and the west is the Duoshan Station, these two are big cities and fortresses.
Approaching the end of the year, many businesses rush back from outside the customs, queue up at the city gate, waiting for inspection, pay taxes, in order to enter the city after a wash of dust, and then go back from here all the way to the south, back to their warm home, enjoy the benefits of a year of hard work, and the family is reunited for the New Year.
A small official who inspected the goods, a short and slightly black, a toad mouth, walked staggeringly, his face was really unpleasant, but he seemed to be serious about his work, with a few small soldiers, while checking the goods, while interrogating the merchants, sometimes asking extra carefully.
A caravan was obviously larger than other caravans, there were fifty or sixty people, and there were many goods, the little official's eyes lit up, and he thought that the opportunity to fish for oil and water had come, so he hurriedly stepped forward with duck steps, and said with a big grin: "Tell your caravan steward to come out." A man in his fifties who looked like a steward had been waiting for a long time, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile: "This lord, you have something to order, the little surname is Wang, but I don't know you, the official?" ”
A soldier with clear eyebrows following behind immediately shouted, "This is our steward Master Zhang!" He whispered secretly: "Lord Chen, the master of Liuguanyi County, is Zhang Daren's brother-in-law. Fu said loudly: "We are also on official business, why do you have so many goods?" It's not that I'm carrying something, so I'll have to check it out. Steward Wang scolded in his heart, there are so many goods, how many hours do you have to unload and load, and look at the origin, I am only afraid that there will be all kinds of excuses to delay, this time I have to make a lot of blood, but the smile on his face is even worse, and he hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Lord Zhang, disrespectful and disrespectful, and the little ones will ask Lord Zhang to take care of them in the future." Please take a step to speak. As he spoke, he leaned sideways.
Zhang Yimu didn't know what he was going to do when he took a step to speak, and praised this person in his heart, but he said: "Wang Guan, we are doing things on the official business, the New Year is approaching, we have to check whether there is any entrainment, the people of this caravan, we also have to check, see if there are any Turkic spies, our Liuguanyi, but the fortress." And he spoke, but he went with the king's steward to a secluded place. This time, the soldier did not follow, apparently knowing what to do, and began to examine the rest of the caravan in detail, and seemed to be very conscientious.
After a while, Zhang Yanmu still walked back with a duck step and the king steward, his expression was very different, it seemed that he had a lot of income, Zhang Yanmu raised his head at the little soldier, the little soldier understood, and took a few people to start checking and collecting taxes. This is a border city, facing the Turks, there will always be smuggling entrainment by merchants, but if it is a strategic material, then no one dares to show favoritism, so although the bribes are accepted, they are also checked carefully, but of course the tax declaration can be saved.
After paying the tax and the caravan passed the customs smoothly, the chief steward Wang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly arranged for someone to find a place to stay, and then went to report to the people of the owner. I saw the last healthy horse of the caravan, sitting on a Roshan, take a closer look, Roshan actually has arms and legs, and then take a closer look, oops, it turned out to be a person! This young owner has also gained a little weight. Listening to Steward Wang's simple report, Xiao Roshan, oh no, the young owner snorted: "Uncle Wang, you don't need to tell me about these trivial things, hurry up and stay, I have to find a place to take a good bath, young master, I'm about to become pickled chicken." I don't know if I was too fat or tired, but I gasped several times in the middle of a sentence.
A small attendant in the back showed his head and reminded: "Young master, your body should be cured meat!" ”
The young owner was "furious", but he was long and round, and he didn't look angry at all, he stretched out his hand and knocked on the head of the little follower, and said, "Little Feizi, young master, I'll make you into pickled chicken first!" ”
The group of people, including Uncle Wang, couldn't help laughing, it seemed that they all had a good relationship with the young owner, and the Wang steward responded: "I have arranged for someone to go first, it is the inn where I lived in previous years, and let people arrange an upper room for the young master, let's go over." ”
The young proprietor turned his anger into joy and shouted: "I heard it, the hard days are coming to an end, brothers, go quickly, I have to soak for two hours today, no one will stop me!" "Raise your whip and go first.
The little attendant shouted from behind: "Young master, slow down, anyway, there is no such big bath bucket when you go to other people's houses." ”
The group is overwhelmed!
But this can not affect the mood of Roshan Shaodong's family, he has been away for a few months, and he is pampered at home on weekdays, which is really homesick, and the horse is under his constant urging, it is really not easy.
Unexpectedly, he was very happy and sad, and just arrived at the second street entrance, suddenly a figure rushed out, and the young owner was startled and hurried to rein in the horse. The horse's reins are tight, but he has the heart to stop, but with such a mountain of meat on his back, how can he say that he can stop when he stops? There was only an "ouch" sound, and the man was knocked to the ground.
Shaodongjia stopped his horse, hurriedly climbed off the horse, and while reaching out to help, he shouted: "Oh, are you okay?" Where did you run into it? ”
The man was small, pointy-beaked, holding one leg, rolling on the ground, and cried out, "Hit someone!" Hit someone! My leg is broken! My leg is broken! ”
The rest of the caravan arrived one after another, and they all stepped forward, but the man was just lying on the ground.
Steward Wang said: "This little brother, have you ever been injured, if you are injured, I will send you to a doctor for treatment!" ”
When the man heard this, he stopped rolling, and lay down on the ground and said, "You are still running so fast on the street, you want to kill people!" My leg is broken, and you have to pay me for my medical bills! Also, I can't work for a hundred days, and I have to pay me all this money! ”
The little follower of the young owner's little apprentice couldn't help but say: "Nonsense, our young master's physique, can the horse run fast!" How can it be so powerful to bump it! Aren't you a scoundrel! ”
As soon as the words fell, the young owner was about to speak, and a group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, not serious people at first glance, all of them showed fierce faces, the first person was not very tall, but he was unusually strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a wide mouth of garlic, and his hair stood on end, and he shouted in a rough voice: "Why, I still want to deny it when I hit someone!" Don't ask what kind of place this is, hurry up and pay the money! ”
The people in the caravan looked at it, and they didn't know that it was falsely accused, but although this caravan was from outsiders, there were a large number of them, and there were hired martial artists, even if the caravan also had a lot of practitioners, and they were not afraid of things, and suddenly someone rolled up their sleeves and wanted to step forward.
Steward Wang stretched out his hand and said, "This big brother, how much do you want to pay according to you?" ”
The man at the head turned his head to look at the thin man on the ground, and the thin man said, "My leg is broken, I have to look at my leg, I can't work for a year, and I have to pay two hundred taels of silver." ”
The people of the caravan were immediately angry when they heard this, at this time they hired a small worker, only two or three taels of silver a month, even if they were a good worker, they were only five taels of silver a month, even if the martial artist hired by the caravan was a desperate business, it was only seven or eight taels of silver a month, and this person would ask for two hundred taels of silver when he opened his mouth.
The young owner was so angry that he trembled all over, and said: "Come on, come on, young master, I'll take a look, you can't make gold!" As he spoke, he was about to step forward and do it. The rest of the caravan stepped forward as well.
The ruffians were not stunned, they shouted one by one, seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, and the king was in a hurry, only to hear someone shouting, "What are you doing!" Stop! Don't stop taking people anymore! ”
Everyone looked at it, it turned out to be two fast catchers, and the king steward hurriedly stepped forward as if he had seen a savior, and said: "The two officials came just in time, please be the master of the little people!" If our owner accidentally knocks down a person, this person will have to pay 200 taels of silver when he opens his mouth, isn't this a clear accusation! ”
When the ruffians saw that they didn't care, they hugged their arms and sneered, and said, "Hehe, it's really strange, it's reasonable to hit people!" It's great to be rich in feelings, riding a horse on a rampant street, and the wicked will sue first! ”
Shaodong said angrily: "I just touched him lightly, I didn't run, and said that I would send him to see a doctor, this skinny monkey said that his leg was broken when he couldn't afford it." You two are here just in time, let's see if your leg is broken or not! ”
The thin man on the ground was furious when he heard this: "Dead fat pig! Dead fat, your whole family is dead fat! ”
The two sides suddenly became chaotic again, and the two caught fast without saying a word, and put the chain in their hands on the neck of the young owner, but they wanted to take someone.
When did the young owner receive this treatment, he couldn't react for a while, and he was stunned for a while, and the king was in a hurry, grabbed the hand of the catcher, and said, "Two officials, what are you going to do?" ”
One of the high catchers said impatiently: "We just catch fast, just take people, you have to ask the county master to judge justice, let's ask your host to go to the county office." He turned his head again and said, "Lying on the ground, can you go, also go to the county office, you can't go and find someone to stand on." Both of you, go to the yamen to find out. ”
After that, he actually dragged the young owner away, the king steward panicked, the young owner went out to learn to do business for the first time, if he was really caught in the yamen, how could he explain to the master when he went back. This catcher only took the chain to set the young owner, obviously favoring the ruffian. was making a lot of noise, only to hear someone yelling: "Stop it all!" ”
Sure enough, the protagonist is extraordinary, the king is full of domineering, this person is not very old, standing on the side with his negative hands, and his body is long and jade, although he is wearing a regular suit, he naturally has a momentum, and when this person comes, even the ruffians are a lot more honest, and they are no longer shouting. The two catchers stood up respectfully and saluted, and said, "Hello boss!" How did you get here? ”
When Steward Wang saw that he was about to catch the boss, he thought it was a head catcher, so he hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "But the head catcher has arrived?" Please also uphold justice. "Tell the story again. The visitor frowned while listening, and after listening, he didn't say anything, paced to the thin man who was still lying on the ground, and asked carefully, the thin man seemed to be a lot more restrained, but he still shouted: "If you hurt someone, you have to pay money, even when you go to the yamen." ”
He asked two more catchers, groaned slightly, and said to the king's steward: "If you hit someone, you will naturally have to pay for it." Steward Wang was just about to speak, and then said: "But this bank is obviously too much, how can there be so much reason to bump into it." In your opinion, how much does it cost? ”
Steward Wang thought about it, thinking that the sooner this matter was settled, the better, and said ruthlessly: "According to Xiaomin, the loss is three taels of silver, what do you think?" The catcher frowned and said, "This steward, there is a sentence below, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Steward Wang hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, please speak." ”
The man continued: "Everyone knows in their hearts that it is those ruffians who want two hundred taels that the lion has opened his mouth. To tell the truth, I also admit that they are a group of scourges of this Liu Guanyi, who are lackeys and cockfights on weekdays, and do not do their jobs, and they go in the yamen more often, and going to the yamen is the same as shopping. If you really give less, I can also help to solve the past, but you must be staying here tonight, I'm afraid that tonight, they will hold a grudge and want to cause trouble and retaliate. In my opinion, how about twenty taels? ”
When the king steward heard this, he took a breath, it was really painful, but when he thought about the border of this Liuguanyi, the people were fierce, and even the hunting was in cahoots with the local ruffians, and he finally met this catcher, and he understood the matter, if he didn't make trouble at the street gate, he only saw the county master's brother-in-law asking for bribes at the city gate, but I was afraid that the county master would not be smart, and twenty taels was also the upper limit that he could accept. Steward Wang thought about it in his heart, so he said, "Yes, I will do what the adults say." The head catcher looked light and said, "This is the best." ”
The price of the compensation was decided, and the matter was easy to do, and the head of the arrest came forward, and a group of ruffians happily accepted the compensation of twenty taels, and the people in the caravan were still angry, especially the young owner of Xiaoroushan, who couldn't stop scolding and scolding in his mouth, and the ruffians had the money in their hands, and they didn't care about this tongue dispute, and the people on the ground dispersed quickly.
Steward Wang thanked the head catcher, and continued to go to the hotel with the young owner who was still angry. The two catchers and catchers also left, the people who watched the excitement also dispersed, and the streets of Liuguanyi returned to calm.
With the hurried or leisurely footsteps of pedestrians, Liuguanyi is at night. If we pull up the perspective, we will be surprised to find that the thin man, the head of the ruffian, the head catcher, and even the brother-in-law of the county lord who were hit by the caravan today gathered in the same place from different corners of the city. What's going on?