Chapter 169 Secret War in Yunnan, Guiqian (3)

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The reckless mountains, the Golden Peng does not cross ().

Walking in the 90,000 mountains at the junction of Guizhou and Guizhou, you can understand the meaning of this sentence. The mountains are stacked, the mountains are huge, the river valleys are deep, and the humid and stuffy air makes many people out of breath after just a few steps.

The market in Zaibian Town, on the north side of the mountains, is bustling with activity, people wearing Miao Dong and other national costumes, carrying baskets to catch the market can be seen everywhere, it is this basket that connects the mountains with the outside world, and all kinds of mountain herbs are exchanged here for cloth, salt and other daily necessities. This millennium-long barter has made silver taels less important.

"Uncle Seven, why are you here?"

In the most prosperous place in the center of the bazaar, there is a shop that buys medicinal herbs, and the big Hunan characters in the store tell people that this is a Hunan shop. There are too many good things in the mountains, so a few guys who distinguish and collect medicine are tired and sweaty. Among the guys, there was also a girl from the Miao family wearing blue and white clothes, and when she saw the shopkeeper coming in, she happily ran to ask for merit with a wild shou wu plant: "Uncle Seven, what do you see I received today?" ”

"Good." Uncle Seven has been collecting medicinal materials here for decades, and he knew that this Shouwu was at least a hundred years old when he swept his eyes, and praised: "Our fragrant girl is amazing now, and she actually received such a good baby, no wonder those mountain babies have come to the door of my store with songs." ”

Xiang Meizi did not have the shyness of the children of the Han family, but raised her neck like a proud little hen: "I don't sing to them, I want to marry the big hero of your Han family." ”

"The great hero of the Han family? Haha, that's hard to find. Uncle Seven laughed, and was just about to make a few jokes when he heard a shout from behind him. Seventh uncle, Ma Laosan is here to say hello to you. ”

Turning his head, he was a man in a power suit in his forties, with two Colt revolvers stuck in his waist, using a bullet belt as a belt around his fat waist, and a finger-thick gold chain hanging around his neck. Next to him stood a young man in his twenties, with an extraordinary bare brain, and behind him there were more than a dozen men with raw faces, all of whom were also wearing robes, bare heads, and with a pistol in their faces. Uncle Seven's face suddenly changed slightly when he saw these people.

"Isn't this Ma Sanye, why do you have time to come to my store today? Coincidentally, Xiang Meizi received a hundred-year-old Shou Wu, do you want to take it back to taste? The seventh uncle was old and refined, his face quickly recovered and greeted him kindly, only the fragrant girl snorted coldly, hugged Shouwu tightly and seemed to be very disdainful of this third master Ma.

Ma Sanye glanced at Xiang Meizi, and his two eyes greedily swept over Linglong's delicate body, but he had been in Guinan for many years and knew that there were some things that could not be touched, especially those related to the Miao family, not to mention that the kung fu of the Gu under the others alone was intimidating. So after looking at it twice, he immediately retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "Uncle Seven, you are folding my birthday, the third child can't afford such a good baby." ”

Uncle Seven smiled, seeing that only four of those bare-brained men came in, and the rest were on guard outside, and there was a faint posture of protecting the young man in the middle between his steps, and he was even more vigilant against these foreigners with faces. He knew that Ma San was a famous master of this generation, so he explained a few words and welcomed a few people to the inner quiet room and asked, "Ma Sanye, who are these people?" ”

After Ma San respectfully invited the young man to sit down, he said, "Seventh Uncle, these people are all from Duyun. ”

It's all even! Uncle Seven's eyes were cold, who else could there be besides that Tang butcher? In the past few months, everyone has heard too much about the butcher, it is said that he not only killed innocents indiscriminately, but also went around pulling strong men, colluding with bandits, leading the Dian army to bring disaster to Guizhou, and also liked to fish color, robbing people's daughters, how could he be willing to make friends with such a character, and said coldly: "Ma San, my small temple really can't afford to entertain a few, please find another place." ”

Ma San and the young man seemed to know his temper for a long time, and they didn't get angry and said, "We might as well open the skylight and say something bright today." Uncle Seven, you must know what happened to Libo a few days ago, I heard that you people from Xiangxi did it, Libo is our territory in Guizhou, you have done this for a long time, right? ”

In the past, although there were contacts between Guizhou and Xiangxi Green Forest, but they did not cross the line with each other, but since the National Defense Army moved into Hunan, Xiangxi Green Forest was almost wiped out, and most of them were obedient and became good citizens, and the rest of them were not convinced to come to Guizhou to ask for business. Uncle Seven used to be a famous bandit in Xiangxi, and when he was old, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests to live here, although he was a recluse, but as long as he was from Xiangxi, he said hello to him, so a few days ago, the new Xiangxi team in the mountains went to Libo to rob a boatload of cigarette paste He was very clear (). If he were someone else, he might be willing to be this peacemaker, but Tang Butcher's goods and people made him hesitate.

The bald young man saw that he didn't speak for a long time, and stood up with cold eyes: "Seventh Uncle has to think clearly, tens of thousands of families around Zai Ben are all in your words!" ”

This threatening sentence made Uncle Seven tremble with anger, but he was helpless, although Tang Butcher was disgusted by everyone, but now there is chaos outside, and it is said that there are 20,000 guns in their hands, and their arms can't twist their thighs! Finally, he thought about it and said: "I can take you there, as for whether you can get the goods back, you have to follow the rules of the rivers and lakes." ”

Seeing that Ma San and the man nodded, Uncle Seven instructed the men to take a good look at the store and then led the group towards the mountain. After bypassing the two deep gorges, a mountain temple appeared in the mountain col, and several bandits who were guarding outside the mountain temple saw that it was him, and immediately greeted him: "Uncle Seven, why are you here?" ”

"Yes, my brother is going to buy some good wine in your store in two days."

Hearing the sound of Hunan's hometown, Uncle Seven smiled and waved his hand: "Dog, you know how to drink, are you in charge?" Go and tell me that Libo's owner has come to redeem the goods. ”

Libo's owner? When the bandits were still dripping saliva just now, studying how much they could buy for a boatload of opium they had snatched back from Libo, how much each person could share, and how many guns and bullets they could sell, they didn't expect the owner to come to the door! Hurriedly waved his hand to signal the sentry behind him to strengthen the vigilance. These bald men also pulled out their guns and walked towards the cottage, but the bald young man led by him didn't seem to see the bandits all over the mountain, so that Uncle Seven secretly guessed who this person was, and he actually had such courage.

In the mountain temple, Chen Haohui and Fang Rui were discussing things, and when they heard that the owner of Libo who had reported to them was coming, their eyes suddenly lit up. Just about to go out, he saw that several members of the team had Minyuan-style pistols exposed under their clothes, and hurriedly pulled them: "This gun is too eye-catching, all of them are made in Germany." ”

One person and two sticks were inserted on their waists before they walked out, and when they stepped out of the door and saw the bald young man standing in the middle of the courtyard, Chen Haohui's eyes suddenly exploded. Tang Jiyao! He didn't know how many times he had seen the photo of this person, but he didn't expect him to come in person! Fang Rui also looked at him carefully, compared to the photo, he himself was indeed handsome and extraordinary, not only did the bare braincase not give people a sense of comical, but added a bit of momentum, if it weren't for the next task being more important, he even had the urge to suggest that Chen Haohui kill this person for a hundred ().

Chen Haohui took a deep breath and pretended not to know, and after looking at it twice, he turned to Uncle Seven: "Uncle Seven, what wind blew you here?" I didn't say hello, and I was asked to send someone to greet me. ”

After Chen Haohui came here pretending to be a Xiangxi bandit who had no way to escape by the National Defense Army, the first thing he did was to visit this senior, and the goods obtained from buying and selling during this time also relied on his help, and the two were already very familiar, so the seventh uncle was not polite, pointed to Ma San and the young man, and reminded: "The main owner of Libo is here, you can watch and do it." If you still recognize me as my seventh uncle, listen to my advice! The rule of our industry is not to leave our hands for ten days, and now that they have not arrived for ten days, they will come, so don't do things too much. ”

"What Uncle Seventh instructed is that Haohui doesn't dare to break the rules set by his ancestors."

Seeing that Chen Haohui understood what he meant, the seventh uncle didn't want to go into this troubled water again, not to mention that the Tang butcher was also involved, and said: "Okay, I'm over as a middleman, and you can talk about the rest yourself." With that, he walked out.

Chen Haohui hurriedly asked the two bandits to escort him, and then pretended to be generous and motioned to the bandits around him to put away their guns, and then asked someone to move a table and pour tea, and invited: "Everyone, please." ”

Tang Jiyao also asked the soldiers to put away their pistols and sit down with Ma San, during which he also glanced at the self-obtained pistols in the waists of Fang Rui and the others, and then looked at the Japanese golden hook rifles around the bandits, and said, "It seems that you brothers are mixing well." ”

Chen Haohui and Fang Rui sighed in their hearts, could it be that Tang Jiyao saw through his identity? However, they are all long-trained people, not only did they not hide it, but they opened their clothes more unscrupulously, as if to let him understand that his team is powerful, and stared at the two of them on the stool and said: "You also heard what Uncle Seven said just now, the rules of the rivers and lakes will not leave your hand for ten days, since it has not been ten days now, then this ticket is considered to be a failure." In a word, 200,000 people took the goods and left. ”

After the loss of Yaziling in Yunwu Mountain, Duyun was suddenly exposed to the guns of the National Defense Army, and these days the Guidian army has suffered heavy losses, losing as many as three or four thousand people, so when Tang Jiyao heard that his opium worth nearly one million was robbed in Libo, and the robbery was still a gang of bandits with a Xiangxi accent, he moved his mind to recruit (). At this moment, seeing that all of these people are golden hook rifles, and the leaders are actually equipped with German-made pistols, they feel that this unit should be included in the mastery. So let's not talk about opium, my eyes swept around and asked, "All the brothers escaped from Xiangxi, right?" The equipment is good, I don't know where I used to be high? ”

Big Yellow Tooth was a small thief in Xiangxi before, and after escaping to Guizhou, he was ready to go to Vietnam to mix and trade, but he didn't expect to be recruited by Chen Haohui to become a steward, and he had already become a person with status, so he also stood by the side. He didn't know Tang Jiyao, and when he heard that he didn't mention the ransom but asked about it, he said angrily: "You guys are indeed from Xiangxi, what's wrong?!" Stop talking nonsense, take 200,000. ”

Tang Jiyao beckoned, and one of his subordinates immediately brought a small box, and when he opened the box, it was a full thirty gold bars! As soon as they saw the gold bars, all the bandits around them began to swallow their saliva, and even Chen Haohui and the others pretended to be greedy and glanced at them a few times, and smiled secretly in their hearts: "The commander is now working with Minister Zhang and Lord Shen to collect gold all over the world and say that he wants to use it as a bank reserve, if he takes this batch of gold bars back, will it be considered meritorious?" He retracted his gaze, slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Third Master Ma, what does this mean?" A few gold bars want to send away brothers! But I saw it, that batch of cigarette paste was shipped to Guangzhou, at least it was worth 180,000 yuan, and the rules on the road were 30%, and I have now counted the face of Uncle 7, as long as 20%! When a brother has never seen gold? That's worth 50,000 or 60,000 heavens at most. ”

Since Ma San took refuge in Tang Jiyao, how could he have suffered this kind of insult, and he also slapped the table hard: "***, don't be embarrassed!" This batch of goods belongs to Tang Dudu, and it is already polite to give you gold bars, if Lao Tzu had already pulled someone to kill you. ”

"Okay, if you have the ability to drill in these 90,000 mountains, Lao Tzu wants to see who can consume whom! I'm in a hurry, I'm going to Guilin to join Lu Baiyi! Chen Haohui did not show weakness, slapped the table and looked at each other angrily, as soon as the bandits around heard that the cigarette paste was worth millions, and these people took 50,000 or 60,000 gold bars as if they were ransom, their eyes were red, and the sound of pulling the bolt of the gun rang out.

Seeing that he was about to confront, Tang Jiyao waved his hand to signal his subordinates to put down their guns, and said with a smile: "This noble surname of the master? ”

Big Yellow Tooth walked away just now, and this time he hurriedly invited merit and said: "Our big boss is called Chen Haohui, the third young master of the Chen family in Xiangxi, and he was still in the Changsha army before." ”

"Masama? This is a coincidence, I happen to know a few Hunan officers, I don't know that Brother Chen used to be with that pipe band? Tang Jiyao narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to see through the details. Chen Haohui had already made a fake identity before he came out, which would make him see it, and said: "The third battalion of the Hunan patrol is in the eye." ”

Patrol the third battalion? Tang Jiyao thought for a while, and suddenly raised his eyebrows: "It's Gan Xingdian's subordinates." Chen Haohui nodded, pretending to be impatient and said: "It's okay not to mention the pipe belt that has been killed for many months, let's talk about the deal." ”

Tang Jiyao thought he had guessed the origin of Chen Haohui and the others, and said: "Chen Dangjia ran out when Yang Qiuye captured Changsha, right?" If I'm not mistaken, these guns of yours should have been brought out of the patrol battalion, and this kind of Japanese golden hook rifle has only been equipped with a lot of Hunan patrol battalion. ”

"Who are you? How do you know so clearly? After Chen Haohui glanced at Fang Rui and the others, he deliberately pretended to be very scared and pulled out his pistol. Seeing this, Tang Jiyao thought that they were frightened by himself, raised his head and smiled, and said: "Don't worry about Master Chen, I happened to be in Huguang for a while before before I knew about this." After finishing speaking, he deliberately looked around, and continued: "Everyone is also forced by Yang Qiu to flee here, now that Yang Qiu's army is pressing, Guizhou is not guaranteed, do you really think you can live on this mountain?" Speaking of complex terrain, Xiangxi is not worse than here at all, and it is not as good as you and me to go back and join forces to fight Yang Qiu! As for these golds, they should be used as a meeting gift for your brothers, and I will also guarantee that Chen Dangjia will be the standard, how about it? ”

Chen Haohui had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, but he couldn't agree so easily, squinting his eyes and deliberately saying, "How old are you?" Do you think your brother is a fool? Yang Qiubing's strong horse is about to fight to the ground, what is the difference between us going and filling in cannon fodder? ”

Fang Rui pretended to be nervous and persuaded him: "The big boss can't go!" Didn't you say it yourself the other day? He Tang Jiyao made a fool, and Yang Qiuzheng fought to the death, and tens of thousands of people in his hands didn't know how to find a way out, if he gave up and Yunnan Lianbao, he could still consider it, but now he is afraid of Yunnan, and he is dragged in Duyun and dare not go, we can't go! It's still a 200,000 ransom. ”

As soon as these few words came out, Tang Jiyao was immediately impressed by Chen Haohui, but he didn't expect that this person actually knew how to judge the situation, no wonder he could pull up a team of six or seven hundred people in just a few months! added to the heart of wooing, and said: "This brother is wrong. I can guarantee that Tang Dudu is already thinking about finding a way for tens of thousands of brothers, and will never let everyone sit in Guizhou to death. And I swear with my life that if you can go back with me, the Governor will use you again!" In the future, eating and drinking spicy food will be indispensable for everyone! ”

After Tang Jiyao finished speaking, he deliberately picked up two gold bars and knocked them twice, and after seeing the jingle sound stimulating the greed of the bandits, he said slowly: "Although Guizhou is barren, there are many treasures, and the cigarette paste alone can earn millions every year!" This is a big deal, if you brothers are willing to serve my brothers, I can guarantee that in less than a year, not to mention such a little gold, even if the table is piled up, it is not impossible? ”

Ma San also hit the railway while it was hot: "Yes! Brother Chen, why are we fighting for life and death? Walking the rivers and lakes is not for a fortune! Look at me, since I joined the Tang Dudu, I have already made hundreds of thousands, what if I work for two more years, even if he Yang Qiu wins Guizhou? Let's go to Guangzhou or Vietnam to be rich guys! ”

Chen Haohui deliberately hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay to recruit brothers, but I'll say ugly things in front." These brothers of mine have drunk blood wine, and they cannot be dispersed! Second, give me another thousand men and enough guns and ammunition, and third, how do you prove that what you just said counts? ”

"A thousand soldiers and enough guns and ammunition, the brothers will not disband, and continue to be led by Brother Chen! These gold are also a gift for brothers, as for the proof you want? Tang Jiyao got up slowly, unbuttoned his coat and revealed the military uniform inside: "Tang Jiyao's three words, I don't know if I can prove it?!" ”

Chen Haohui suddenly got up, he didn't expect him to dare to reveal his identity before he showed his attitude, this kind of courage is no wonder the commander would taboo this person, and even listed him above Cai Yi! deliberately widened his eyes and stammered in disbelief: "You are Tang Jiyao!" ”

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