A big man leaning against the tree smiled: "But this recipe is so easy to get, I really have to admire the big brother's ingenuity." I think that even if Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liang came from ancient times, their wisdom may not be able to catch up with the eldest brother. Let's just talk about the key in the prefect's hand, I don't know what method Brother Lu Dao taught Brother Jiu to steal it from the prefect's tightly guarded mansion. ”

The little guy who was sitting on the railing and looked obscene said with a smile: "It's nothing, the eldest brother got into the kitchen of the prefect's house during the day, and put a little laxative in the dishes that the prefect ates, and when the prefect is in a hurry to go to the toilet, he will always hand over the key to the little guy waiting at the door without thinking, and he gave the little guy some psychedelic drugs, let him sleep on the side, let me pretend to be a little guy to stand aside, and the key will naturally be captured." ”

He smiled again and said: "The thirteenth sister is really called a hand-to-hand capture, you give the two pieces of meat on your chest to the military master to show a little, this key will naturally be in hand."

A somewhat coquettish woman scolded with a smile: "You pickled goods who don't know how to rely on it, how many men in the world can really resist the temptation of these four taels of meat?" ”

An old man who was sitting in a half-dilapidated hut suddenly stood up and said, "These words are enough, how can there be any weaknesses in life?" If there is no weakness, then there is a saint, then again, if everyone in the world is a saint, will we still have a way to live as shackles? Now that the matter has been done, don't casually leak the middle story, if you call the passing cats and dogs to listen to it and leak the secret, wouldn't it be because of the tongue that caused trouble? ”

The fat man smiled: "Big brother said that he laughed, there is not a single ghost in this vegetable garden on weekdays, how can anyone pass by and hear it?" ”

The old man closed his eyes and sighed: "What I say on weekdays, you always don't take it seriously, you must know that stepping into the rivers and lakes is lazy, there is a mountain and a mountain high, others don't say it, just say this Changsha city"

He stopped abruptly in the middle of his sentence, and the crowd became alert.

The old man listened briefly, and then waved his hand: "Okay, there are only two people here, and the third one is here with a guest." ”

After that, I saw a wandering monk rushing over with a neatly dressed sergeant.

The old man was slightly taken aback: "Are you wearing this dress to and fro in Changsha City?" ”

The sergeant smiled and said, "This is called dark under the lights, and now the southerners are moving their horses around at will, and they themselves are in chaos." Now there are more than a dozen armies in Changsha City, and even if they are defending the city, they can't tell each other. With my outfit, it is the most convenient way to enter and exit Changsha City. Needless to say. I heard that Changsha Mansion has recovered the gunpowder formula? ”

The monk You Fang smiled and said: "Thanks to our Kuaishou scholar, according to your instructions, we stole the recipe and immediately copied a copy, and then secretly put the original in the garden while Lai Wengong's family was out, and handed over this black cauldron to him to carry." We have a copy of the transcript here. ”

Sergeant Ha Lu Ha Da smiled and said: "Then Lai Wengong doesn't know what to do, he has been working against the north for so many years, and this time he has also made him suffer a lot, what about the formula?" ”

As he spoke, he raised the burden he was carrying: "I have brought a lot of what you wanted. ”

The old man smiled slightly and said, "Third brother, you check it first." ”

"Slow down." The sergeant shouted, "Since the boss doesn't believe me, I can't help but take precautions." I'm going to look at the recipe first! ”

The old man sneered: "Am I an idiot? If you see that recipe as memorized, it's worthless. As he spoke, he took out a small package from his bosom, opened it, took out a book, carefully tore off a page from it, and handed it to the big man beside him, so that he could show it to the sergeant.

"This is the last page of the gunpowder method, you can take it yourself to see if it is genuine."

The sergeant took the page and looked at it, which read, "...... Then the particles are screened, and their uniform size is taken as the top, and the powder is discarded with a fine dustpan. "Yunyun, although I can't understand it, I can roughly tell that it is indeed preparing medicine.

He hesitated for a moment, and unfolded the package in his hand, which contained a neat hundred sheets.

Because the monks and nuns are monks, they do not have to serve as taxes and laborers borne by the laity, so making a family is one of the best ways out for the poor and displaced people who could not survive at that time.

But there is also a cost for the monks, and they have to pay a certain fee to obtain this degree from the government as a symbol of their ordination status. Seeing that this fee was profitable, the government printed a certain number of dukies every year and sold them for a profit.

In turn, the state distributed this kind of money as a kind of money, allocated to local states and counties to sell for themselves, and local governors also used it as a cheap payment tool. It was circulated in the market and became a de facto currency.

"One hundred degrees, each with a market price of eleven taels of silver." The sergeant said, "When the recipe reaches the north, we will naturally pay the remaining 10,000 yuan." ”

The old man laughed: "I see that you are also a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and you can't help but understand the rules." How can we still have credit for doing this business? ”

The sergeant smiled in return: "I say this for your future. The Great Khan led his troops to conquer the Southern Dynasty in person, do you think that you can still be a shackle thief in the city peacefully? Wouldn't it be more valuable to give you an opportunity to serve the Great Khan today, as a step forward to prove to the Great Khan, so that you, the thieves who live every day in the pursuit of the officials, can officially become officials with status in the Great Mongolia? ”

Every time he said a word, everyone's eyes were brightened. Being able to obtain a mission in the army, for these lowly people who were born as thieves, is simply a surprise like a sudden ingots falling from the sky.

The one-eyed middle-aged man jumped up and said loudly, "Are you serious? ”

The sergeant nodded: "The promise of the Great Khan himself, how can it be fake?" ”

The fat man also said excitedly: "Big brother, since this is the case, give the formula to this gentleman!" ”

The old man calmly asked, "What evidence do you have for saying these things?" ”

"No credentials." The sergeant replied unhurriedly, "But what do you have to lose?" Now Your Excellency has a thousand taels of silver in your hand, and no one will buy this thing at a high price except from the north. Isn't it the best choice to wait here for news from the north? ”

The old man snorted, this guy was already close to a threatening tone, although it took a lot of effort to steal this formula, there were indeed no very good buyers except for the Mongols. Even if someone wanted to, it was mostly used to ask for merit from the government, or to bargain with the north.

However, with these 100 degrees, it is indeed not a good game planned in vain.

He stood up, drew a short knife from his waist, and said, "In this case, after dealing with the three thieves after the broken wall, let's make a deal!" ”

With his words, more than 20 people in the garden and the three people behind the broken wall were shocked.

Zheng Yunming's first instinct immediately pulled out the sword in his hand and looked behind him. Sure enough, several masked men, each armed with weapons, outflanked them in a semicircle.

Song Ci pulled out the saber at his waist, and Gu Qi showed the short gun hidden in his sleeve with a pout. The three of them stood back to back and slowly retreated into the garden.

When the sergeant saw Zheng Yunming, he was stunned, and shouted happily: "We are lucky today!" Do you know who this young man with a sword in his hand is? It is the three kings who offered a reward of 30,000 yuan to his first level, Zheng Yunming, a famous general in Jing'e! Ladies and gentlemen, wealth is just around the corner! ”

The old man was shocked: "What? You say this person is the deputy commander? ”

He scrambled back and shouted, "The wind is tight, retreat!" As he spoke, he fled in the direction of the street.

The idea of a shackle thief is slightly different from that of a fine work. Susaku often has to carry out special tasks, so sometimes you have to risk your life to fight the enemy. The consideration of the shackle thieves is absolute safety first, when they are sure to get rid of the other party and absolutely leave no trouble, they will consider using force to solve the problem, once they find that the use of force will cause trouble for themselves, they will not fight no matter what, but will choose to flee.

When the thief found the three people behind the broken wall, he thought that at most they were the fast catchers of the Yamen or just the passers-by who had discovered their whereabouts, so he arranged for people to kill the three people, and the bodies were thrown into the well, but when he found out that he was facing a capital in Jinghu, although he didn't know how Lu Dao had sneaked here, the thief instinct he had cultivated over the years told him that danger was imminent.

The old man's instincts were not wrong at all, but it was already a little too late. He hadn't even run a few steps when suddenly he shouted in unison, and countless people rushed towards the vegetable garden from all directions.

These people all had clubs and knives in their hands, and their clothes were different, but what they all had in common was a camellia on their chests. The crowd surrounded the vegetable garden, shouting and scolding, and no one knew which one of them was helping.

Zheng Yunming asked Gu Xiao in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”

"As I said, in this Changsha City, you must rely on some local strength." Gu Xiao shouted: "Brothers! This gang is the shackle thieves who steal the gunpowder formula and frame the owner! The one in the recruiting shirt was a spy of the Mongols! They are now preparing to trade the gunpowder recipe to give to the Tartars! ”

The crowd let out an angry roar and slowly rushed towards the group in the garden.