Chapter 8: The Man in the Box

Wang Jinfa is the cousin of the thief Gust of Wind. Both of them are from Yan'an, Shaanxi, and belong to the Luo Rucai Department of the 36th Battalion of the Bandits. After the Xingyang Conference, Gao Yingxiang divided his troops in accordance with Li Zicheng's construction, and finally inflicted heavy losses on the official army and conquered the central capital Fengyang. After that, Luo Rucai was active between the north and the south.

The organization of the Liukou was loose, and whether it was Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, or Luo Rucai, their army was more composed of large and small military groups of displaced people. Therefore, whenever the officers and troops were cleared, they were often united and worked together to fight to the death against the officers and troops, but as soon as the officers and troops relaxed, they began to look for their own targets, just for the sake of momentary pleasure, and there was no strategy at all.

A gust of wind is a general under Luo Rucai, born as a thief. When Chongzhen was six years old, he pulled up a team, and over the years, he seemed to have become a prince under Luo Rucai, with more than 10,000 battle-hardened people. Even Luo Rucai sometimes had to ask for his opinion.

Hearing the news that Lu Zhenfei was ordered to rebuild Fengyang, a gust of wind immediately moved. The north and south have been in war for a long time, and it is either the bandits or the Manchu Tartars who went south. There's really not much oil and water to dig into. And this time is different, since it is a reconstruction, then Lu Zhenfei must open the way with money and food, besides, Fengyang is the central capital, and it is the ancestral foundation of the Ming Dynasty, even if Emperor Chongzhen is poor, he will not be stingy with Fengyang's reconstruction project.

The army of Liukou arrived at the foot of Fengyang City and began to build siege equipment overnight. In order to replenish supplies, a gust of wind scattered the cavalry under his command, and Wang Jinfa was one of them.

Wang Jinfa has followed a gust of wind for many years, and has a lot of experience in mining the wealth of the rich and noble. As early as before leaving, he had already found out that Yanjiawa was the location of the noble grange in the city. So, as soon as he left the camp, he led people to Yan Jiawa, lest he be preempted by others.

There were only more than 100 tenants left in Yanjiawa's five or six granges, and as soon as Wang Jinfa and others entered the village, these people scattered as birds and beasts. The owners of the grange were in a hurry, and although the grain, gold and silver were taken away, there were many livestock, silk and silk, and antique ornaments left behind. After a while, Wang Jinfa and his subordinates made a lot of money, and everyone had a lot of private collections.

Wang Jinfa sat in the main hall of one of the Zhuangzi, lit all the lights in the house, and the mutton was roasting in the courtyard, and after a while, the smell of meat wafted in. Wang Jinfa drank the wine from the Grange comfortably, and the two rough girls who didn't have time to run left and right, helping him beat his legs and shoulders, but Wang Jinfa's eyes kept cruising on the chests and faces of the two, and the fire in the lower abdomen became more and more vigorous because of the fumigation of the wine.

Just when he was about to jump up, intending to correct the two of them on the spot. A henchman ran in panting, "Chief, developed, developed!" ”

Wang Jinfa had no choice but to change his posture and sit down, and drank a sip of wine angrily, "What's the panic, what's the development?" ”

The henchman gasped for breath, and a flattering smile appeared on his face, "The team below, grab a convoy, those bastards still dare to hide it privately, if it weren't for the small eyeliner, they would have almost been fooled by them." Chief, you don't know that this convoy is a fat sheep! ”

Wang Jinfa suddenly came to his senses, "Grandma's, don't you say it earlier, how fat is it?" ”

The henchman kept talking, "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" ”

In a matter of moments, dozens of strong men brought in more than a dozen large black wood boxes, and the main hall with a large area was stuffed to the brim. Wang Jinfa's eyes immediately straightened. Then the thunder was furious, "Pass my order, the leader of the squad who dares to hide his belongings will be beheaded immediately, and the rest will be put into the first camp of the dragon's head, once the city is attacked, they will be the first to enter the city, and they will be guilty of meritorious service!" ”

The bloody head was presented, and Wang Jinfa didn't look at it, all his attention was drawn to the black wooden box.

A box was opened, and a gasp sounded in the main hall. A chest full of all kinds of delicate gold objects; Open another one, and it will be full of all sorts of unheard of gold and silver jewelry; Open another one, and it's all jade; Open another .......

"Be careful, protect the leader, catch the assassins!" There was an exclamation in the room. The soldiers who were smearing honey on the roast sheep outside also hurriedly pulled out their knives and guns, and swarmed in.

A group of people each held knives and guns, put on a posture of waiting, waited for a long time, and did not see any movement in the wooden box, so they relied on their courage and stepped forward. However, when I looked closely, I was dumbfounded.

Wang Jinfa pushed away a few eager subordinates in front of him, a loyal protector, stepped forward, and saw the appearance of the person in the box clearly, a mouthful of fresh, blood almost spurted out.

"Oh my God! How can there be such a beautiful little lady in this world! At this time, Wang Jinfa only hated himself for wasting so much time.

"Why didn't God let us meet sooner!" Wang Jinfa, who came to his senses, beat his chest and stood.

In the box lay a woman in a pale yellow robe, no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, even curled up in this wooden box, it could not hide her graceful posture at all, as for the delicate face that made the king's blonde hair shocked, even if it was full of frightened looks, it had a different taste of heartbreak.

Heavy wheezing sounds in the room came and went, Wang Jinfa patted his head vigorously, and when he turned around, he saw the ugly state of his subordinates with long nosebleeds and saliva all over the place, and couldn't help but be furious. crossed the steel knife and slapped the back of the knife for a while before driving out the reluctant crowd.

The henchman stayed at the back and slapped himself twice in a row, only then did he stabilize his heartbeat and blurt out his saliva, "Chief, ...... this little lady?" ”

Wang Jinfa's eyes widened, "Nonsense, of course it's for the faucet to enjoy!" ”

When he said this, the muscles on Wang Jinfa's face twitched, such a beautiful woman actually wanted to give it to her cousin with a pockmarked face, thinking of that scene, Wang Jinfa couldn't help but break his heart.

"Alas! What a tyrannical thing! Wang Jinfa, who has studied private school for two years, lamented.

The henchman came over knowing it, "Chief, we have obtained so many goods, no matter how we toss in this life, it is enough." On a day like today, when the knife licks the blood, happiness is happiness, but today I don't know what will happen tomorrow, it's better to follow the leader, let's take the property, sneak directly into Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Fujian and Guangdong, and be a rich man? ”

Wang Jinfa forced himself to take his eyes off the woman in yellow, carefully thought about the advice of his henchmen, and couldn't help laughing, "That's true, isn't it just to get rich and rich?" Now that you have money and women, why bother to work for others! ”

Thinking of this, Wang Jinfa also relaxed, and pushed his henchmen aside, "Okay, you go outside to enjoy the wine and meat first, and the two girls will be rewarded to you, have a good night's rest, tomorrow morning, let's gather some brothers, change clothes, and go straight down to Jiangnan by boat!" ”

The henchman took the two girls out with a thousand thanks, closed the door of the main hall with a smile, and straightened up as soon as he turned around, "Quick, quick, serve wine and meat!" ”

Wang Jinfa carefully closed the door, rubbed his hands nervously, walked quickly to the wooden box, looked at the woman's pitiful and frightened appearance, and didn't know how to comfort for a while.

The two were frozen on the spot, and I don't know how long it took for the woman to cry.

"Don't cry, don't cry! As long as you follow me, I will give you all the gold and silver seas! After saying this, Wang Jinfa couldn't wait to give himself two slaps, how could he say such a non-standard thing, fortunately, he is also a scholar, although the court has refused to admit it so far.

The woman raised her head timidly, Wang Jinfa knew that she could see her full appearance clearly at this time, and her chest seemed to be hit hard by a sledgehammer, and she stayed on the spot.

"Cheap concubine, cheap concubine is the inner family of Jiading Bofu in the capital, if the king can let go of the cheap concubine, the cheap concubine is grateful, and he will definitely ......!" Wang Jinfa was stunned, Jiadingbo, which one is it?

At this time, there was a sudden sound of rustling on the window, Wang Jinfa couldn't think about who this Jiading Bo was, stood up violently, picked up the saber and ran to the door, "Rabbit cub, when did you learn to listen to the problem of the root of the wall, Lao Tzu ......!" ”

Wang Jinfa suddenly opened the door, a bloody breath came to his face, and when he entered Zhuangzi, he killed many people, and Wang Jinfa didn't care about this. In front of him, only the henchmen who went out before stood in front of the door in a daze.

"Do what?" Wang Jinfa roared angrily.

The henchman looked blank and kept silent.

"Rebellion!" Wang Jinfa was furious, and punched him, but before the fist touched the body of the henchman, the henchman fell to the ground. On his back, there were five or six crossbow arrows.

The surroundings were quiet and terrifying, and the slight footsteps suddenly appeared, and some vague figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard, even on the courtyard walls, and there were some on the courtyard walls, with a flickering cold light in their hands, no need to guess, Wang Jinfa also knew that it was a bow and arrow and a crossbow.

Only then did Wang Jinfa find that the ground was already blood-red, and only the roast sheep on the fire was still sizzling. His subordinates lay on the ground, all silent.

"You ......!" As soon as Wang Jinfa spoke, a black shadow suddenly bullied in front of him and hit him in the chest.

Wang Jinfa leaped backwards and fell heavily into the main hall.

"A bunch of chickens and dogs!" Zhu Ping'an snorted coldly, patted the dust on his feet, and walked into the main hall surrounded by Yue Jinfeng, Hong Fatzi and others.

"Oh!" As soon as they entered the house, they were attracted by the glow of gold and silver objects emanating from the wooden boxes placed on the ground. Hong Fatzi grabbed a handful of jewelry and looked at it, and couldn't help but nodded, "My lord, it's a good thing!" ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled, his tense nerves finally relaxed, "Pick up the valuable ones and take them away, and give the rest to Zhou Mian!" ”