It was noon, it was very hot in Dongping Gorge, and the horizontal knife in Lao Qian's hand was a little hot, and when he was about to cut down, there was a sound of leaving people under the knife on the other side of the canyon.

Hu Ye looked at the visitor coldly, dressed as a Confucian student, just like Li Tai, although he was not thin, but he couldn't be described as strong. Obviously, it can't be the helper of the three heroes of Dongping, why did they come to such a place?

Lao Qian slowly put down the horizontal knife, looked at the person with sharp eyes, and if the person wanted to do it, he decided to use the horizontal knife to meet it.

Zheng Da was already hiding at the moment, it seemed that the move just now had revealed his identity, he didn't expect that he had been hidden for decades, and there were still people who could recognize his archery. It seems that there is no threat to the person, and he is not ready to make another move.

"Keep people under the knife." The man rode a fast horse, shouting as he walked, for fear that the old man would cut off the horizontal knife with a shake of his hand.

"Who are you?"

When someone came to him, Hu Ye asked coldly.

"In Xia Kong Gongduo, I hope that Gongzi's subordinates will be merciful and spare their lives." The person jumped off the horse, made a Confucian salute to Hu Ye, and said very politely.

Hu Ye looked at this Kong Gongduo carefully, about thirty or forty, with a bun and a goatee under his forehead, which must be very similar to Li Yangming when he was young.

"What do you have to do with them, why did I spare them, don't you know that they just wanted my life." Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo, presumably this guy was stupid to read his head.

"Childe, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and if you can spare someone, it is even better than creating an eighth-level floating slaughter. They are only tempted by the bounty, so they will not measure themselves, why don't Gongzi spare their lives, they will definitely not embarrass Gongzi in the future. Kong Gongduo said loudly.

"Second Master Kong, you don't have to intercede for us. We are planted in the hands of this kid today, and we are considered unlucky. The boss of the three heroes of Dongping said to Kong Gongduo.

"Confused!" Kong Gongduo shouted loudly and said, "You were only robbing the rich and helping the poor before, how can you do such a roadblock robbery for a bounty!" ”

"Hey, Kong Er Gongzi doesn't know, I have hundreds of brothers to feed on Dongping Mountain, and there are thousands of people under the mountain waiting for us to help, and now it is a big drought in the world, if there is no food, I am afraid that the mountain will be full of hunger." The boss sighed. Then he continued, "If it weren't for the form, we wouldn't have done the robbery, but with these 500,000 taels of silver, we can let the people near Dongping Mountain survive this year, and we have no choice but to take risks." ”

Hu Ye looked at the two of them coldly and asked and answered, and he could be regarded as hearing some doorways. I am afraid that this Shandong does not have as much grain as Zhu Di, so it is impossible to open a warehouse for disaster relief. Those grain merchants must have stockpiled a large amount of grain and want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. And they must be hiding in the city, guarded by the guards, presumably the three heroes of Dongping are also powerless, so they can only use the money to buy food in the city.

It sounds like this Dongping Three Heroes is still a good man. But Hu Ye was not so stupid as to be fooled after listening to a little story, so he said, "Shandong is so close to Jianghuai, and there is plenty of water there. Presumably, the impact of the drought is very small, so didn't the government raise grain from the Jianghuai region? ”

"Gongzi didn't know that the corrupt officials in Dongpingzhou colluded with the grain merchants. Even if the grain is transported by Cao, it is hidden in the warehouse by the government, and it is more difficult than climbing to the sky if they want to open the warehouse to release the grain. Moreover, they claimed that there was grain in the market and asked the people to buy it, and the grain in the official warehouse would not be used lightly until it was in a critical moment. So now the people want to eat food, so they can only buy it in the city at a high price, and now that the wild vegetables on our Dongping Mountain have been eaten, if it is not a last resort, we will not kill Gongzi. The boss sighed.

"Could it be that Shandong's political envoys, envoys and vassal kings don't care? Just allow these profiteers and corrupt officials to mess around? Hu Ye asked loudly.

"Officials protect each other, hide from their superiors, if the people are restless and want to grab food, they will be charged with rioting the people. And I, Dongpingshan, because I helped the people grab a few truckloads of grain, have now been put on the list of extermination by the government, if it weren't for the fact that Dongpingshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the government must have already started. The boss said helplessly.

"Why should I believe you, you just wanted my life." Hu Ye looked at the three heroes of Dongping coldly, although he had already believed what they said, but after all, they wanted their own lives just now, and they were their enemies. Although Hu Ye doesn't think he is a villain, he has not yet reached the realm of a gentleman who repays grievances with virtue.

"Childe, what they said is true, I will vouch for them." Kong Gongduo spoke at this time.

"You have nothing to do with them, look at you dressed like a scholar, do you also mix with them?" Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo curiously, if this kind of person was mixed in the bandits, he would definitely only be able to be a military advisor, just like Xu Maogong back then.

"Ahem, the son laughed, the second son of Kong is a scholarly family, how can he mix with a reckless man like us." Dongping Sanxia said.

"A scholarly family? Still surnamed Kong? Hu Ye muttered, and suddenly thought of Meng Shan, who he met a few days ago, that thing is a descendant of Mencius, could it be that this Kong Gongduo is a descendant of Confucius?

"Could it be that you are the Holy Father?" Hu Ye looked at Kong Gongduo in surprise, he remembered that Confucius was honored as the Emperor of Yan in later generations.

"Childe laughed, the current Yan Sheng Gong is my father, and the next generation of Yan Sheng Gong is also my eldest brother, it is impossible for me to become Yan Sheng Gong." Kong Gongduo smiled, since Hu Ye knew about Yan Shenggong, presumably these people could be saved today.

"How did you know they were going to rob me in this Dongping Gorge today?" Hu Ye asked Kong Gongduo curiously.

"It was my father who asked me to come to this Dongping Gorge, and my father also asked me to invite my son to the house to talk, saying that I had something to discuss with my son." Kong Gongduo said quietly.

"Yan Shenggong knows me?" Hu Ye said in surprise.

How come the descendants of Mencius know themselves, and now the descendants of Confucius also know themselves? Could it be that his reputation has become so big all of a sudden?

"I don't know about this, but my father explained it, and asked my son to spare their lives, and by the way, I went to the house to talk about it." Kong Gongduo said.

"Since Yan Shenggong has a word, the kid wants to give this face." Hu Ye said and asked Lao Qian to drive the carriage up.

Dongping Sanxia glanced at Kong Gongduo, then stood up with difficulty and hugged Hu Ye with a fist, "Gongzi understands the righteousness, and the three of us admire it, if there is a dispatch in the future, I will never give up." ”

Hu Ye chuckled, it's better to have one more friend than one more enemy, not to mention that he can sell Yan Shenggong a face, why not do it.

So Hu Ye took the old money and followed Kong Gongduo across the Dongping Gorge and walked towards Qufu County. (To be continued......)