Yang Chengzu didn't know that because of Fu Biao's entourage, the three assassinations against him along the way ended with the killer taking the initiative to evacuate. The kind of assassin who only wants to succeed in assassination regardless of his own safety is not nothing, but the price is too high and it is unavoidable.

At least in Bafu, Henan, it is too demanding to hire such an assassin with a strong work ethic and who can live to take orders for a few hundred taels of silver.

As far as he is concerned, there are no twists and turns on the road to Huaxian, but when he approached Huaxian, dozens of men were suddenly killed. As soon as he encountered the Assassins, the Fu Biao was also on guard, and several of them held their hands on the hilt of their swords. But seeing that the leader of the other party had already stammered and said, "This ...... This mountain is...... I'm open"

When the leader of the Fubiao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked carefully, and saw that the cadre team was scattered, ragged, and all the farm tools in his hands were in his hands. The leader was only holding a ruler-long firewood knife in his hand, and he was completely relieved.

As soon as he urged the foot force to step down, he led twenty pacesetters to charge, and the crying father and mother who were chasing these roadblockers ran around. This man did not hold a weapon, but only beat the horsewhip in his hand without a head and face, and beat these people who stood in the way to cry wolves, cry and cry for their mothers. When the officers and soldiers had enough, they drove these people to one place, and some soldiers drew their steel knives and prepared to harvest the heads.

Or Yang Chengzu asked: "Who are you, why did you rob the road?" Who hired you? ”

When those people saw that the officers and soldiers were only about to kill, they were already crying one by one, and then they heard Yang Chengzu ask, and only then did they have a humane: "We are refugees who fled from Huguang, we have no food to eat, and we heard the story of the heroes of the green forest, so we want to come and make some money." Listening to the story, the officers and soldiers are all waste pus, fleeing as soon as they are sold, and they will also drop a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass, but I didn't expect you to rush over instead of running. You are on horseback, and which grandson will not run when you rush over. ”

Yang Chengzu said: "In this case, do you want to die or live?" According to your sins, you should be killed one by one, but God has the virtue of a good life, and if you are willing to exert your strength, I will leave you a way to live. ”

He pulled the officer who led the team aside and said: "The Yellow River is rising, and the river embankment must be strengthened on the Huaxian side, and it is the time to employ people." Where to find dozens of coolies who only give food and do not pay their wages? Stay in Huaxian County, each coolie, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver. ”

"A word is a certainty, and it is guaranteed that no one can get out." If these leaders want to report military merits, they must have Yang Chengzu's endorsement, since he has this attitude, it is not easy to repay his merits. Besides, this is not a northern captive, and the civil officials are embarrassed, and if they really cut off their heads, they may not get much silver.

The officer was happy to do a favor, nodded and said, "Everything is under Yang Baihu's orders." There were soldiers watching, and the group went directly into the county seat.

I saw that compared with when Yang Chengzu left, the county town has gradually become chaotic, and there are always many ragged people in the streets and alleys. There were also long queues in front of several grain stores, and after Yang Chengzu inquired, he learned that the price of grain had now doubled compared to when he left. There are also people spreading the news, saying that because of the grain shortage in the neighboring provinces, the imperial court will allocate grain for relief, and the grain in Henan will not be enough to eat.

Seeing this, the people were worried that the price of grain would continue to rise, and those who had some food at home also lined up to stock up. Yang Chengzu knew it in his heart, returned his leg strength, and turned home.

When I arrived at the head of the house, I saw a few Cao Gang disciples patrolling back and forth, and the vigilance was much stricter than in the past.

At the opening of the door, a woman with a delicate face stood at the head of the door, a woman in a thorn hairpin cloth skirt. Seeing him coming, he gave a salute, and then ran to the room at a trot, and after a while, Ruxian greeted him. Seeing that it was Yang Chengzu, he rushed over desperately, threw himself into his arms, and twisted his waist with his hand

"You know how to come back. Did you know some new girl outside, so you don't want us as a family? Godmother, her old man misses you every day, worried about your safety, you are good, you don't even know how to write a letter, you really have no conscience, go back and let your mother beat you. ”

"Sister Xian, haven't I only been gone for less than a month, do you use it to write letters?"

"What do you know, if you don't see each other for a day, you haven't shown up for so long, and you want to die. And my mother, she is always afraid that you will have something wrong outside, crying every day, and she is worried about you. ”

"This is not mine, Sister Xian, I'll go see my mother."

When he arrived in the main room, he saw the girl who had just opened the door, waiting behind Liu, and he didn't know what the road was. But he didn't dare to ask more, kowtowed to the Liu family, and took out all the gold and silver he got this time, "Mother, my son didn't run in vain this time, look, you should be happy to earn so much gold and silver." ”

How do you know that Liu's face sank like water, "What are you doing with these things for your mother, I don't want you to soar, and I don't want you to be rich, as long as you are safe." Come and let my mother see, this time it's a thief and a thief, what injuries have you suffered? Red peony, this is the master of our family, in the future, you will listen to his arrangement in everything, and you will do whatever he asks you to do. Chengzu, this is the girl that Xian'er bought for our family, but she is obedient and well-behaved, and she is very smart. ”

"Oh, it turned out that Sister Xian bought it, there should indeed be someone waiting for her mother, it was the child who was too careless in the past, and Sister Xian was more thoughtful than I thought. Mother, I don't have anything, I'm in good health. None of those thieves can hurt me. ”

He stayed at Liu's side for more than half an hour, holding Liu's hand and talking about what happened this time. When he heard that he had been rewarded in the palace of King Zhou, drank at the same table with King Zhou, and had dealings with Governor Shen Dongkui, the red peony's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his face became redder and redder.

Liu Shi was also excited when he heard this, grabbed his hand and said, "Chengzu, you are about to catch up with your father." At the beginning, your father rescued the driver in the army, and now you can drink with Grandpa Chitose at the same table, this is the creation of our Yang family. Later, the mother has to go to the front of the ancestral tablet and burn a few more pillars of incense. ”

When he came out of the room, Red Peony also came out to pour tea, and Yang Chengzu held Ruxian in his arms. Regardless of the fact that Red Peony was by her side, she put her hand directly into Ruxian's clothes, "Sister Xian, you miss me to death, let me kiss me well." Why didn't you go to the teahouse today? Is the business bad and out of business? ”

"Phew! You're not doing a good business. Now Sister Xian, my business is very good, but over there in the teahouse, Miao and Coral are watching there for the time being, and I can still watch it. I have more important business to do here. ”

"What business?"

"Put the seal. Do you know that now the grain price in our county is like water outside, rising vigorously. It has more than doubled, and I heard that it will rise in a few days, because the government in Kaifeng collects grain, and there is no grain to sell in the market, so the grain in Huaxian County is bullish all the way. I also heard that the imperial court wanted to transfer grain from Henan to help Shaanxi and Huguang, and the price of grain here had to be doubled. ”

"A lot of people don't have money in their hands and can't afford to buy food, so they have to borrow. If you don't succeed, you have to sell your sons and daughters, like our red peony, her father is an old showman, she is literate and hyphenated, and she is still a big girl, how much do you guess I spent to buy her? Let me tell you, with only six buckets of coarse grains and two buckets of coarse grains, you can buy a big girl, and let her do whatever she wants, she has to do something, do you say it's worth it? I'm telling you, if you stop me from putting the seal, I'll turn my face. ”