When I returned to the restaurant, it was almost dark, and Lan Meizai's face was not good-looking, and I vaguely felt that things might be a little unusual.

Coming to the backyard, Mao was sitting alone under a tree in the courtyard drinking on Tuesday, with a small wooden box on the stone table.

I looked at Tuesday Mao in confusion.

When Mao saw me coming, he hurriedly got up and said, "Erwa, we're in trouble!" ”

I said, "What's the trouble to make your baby like this?" I also drank stuffy wine. ”

Tuesday Mao pushed the wooden box in front of me and said, "Look at this." ”

I took the wooden box, pushed it open and looked at it, and let out an "ah" in surprise.

The wooden box was filled with a copper bell tied to the waist of Bodonha, this guy's copper bell had never left his body, why was it suddenly packed in the wooden box.

I said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao took out a letter and said: "I just asked someone to help me read the content of the letter, and Bo Dongha was given a "fat pig (kidnapping ticket)". ”

I wondered: "Who is so bold on the dog day that even a person like Bo Dongha dares to tie up?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "Look at the letter, those people are coming for us." ”

"We?" I exclaimed.

When I opened the letter, I saw that the letter read, "Boss Chen, Boss Zhou, the seedlings are in our hands, if we want him to live, I will bring a thousand oceans to Bamian Mountain to return to Longguan in ten days." The letter was unsigned.

I said, "This is definitely Jin Gui's gang!" What about the messenger? ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "The messenger is a young cub, in his twenties, so he put the box on the counter and handed it to the guy to hand it over to us and leave." You said that I can't think of anyone other than them who could connect us with Podonha. ”

I said, "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the dock and ask what the identity of this Jin Gui is, and the money should be ready." ”

Tuesday Mao was a little distressed and said, "A thousand oceans, oh Erwa." ”

At that time, in our Wuling Mountains, 1 piece of ocean could buy 16 catties of rice, and 5 catties of pork could be converted.

I said: "Then what's the way, you can't see death without help, it's not that I said that I was going to stop Jin Gui, and Bo Dongha must not be recognized." ”

Tuesday Mao shook his head and sighed: "Then I also said the hammer, tomorrow I will go to the account room to pay the money." ”

The next day, I went to the dock to inquire about Jin Gui's situation, and the strange thing was that most people avoided Jin Gui and talked about him. At the end of the morning, I didn't even ask why. The more this is the case, the more I think Jin Gui is not simple. At first, I thought he was a water thief, and I inspired him (to rob property), but I didn't expect the forces behind me to feel quite big.

In the afternoon, I did not give up, and ran to the dock again, this time it was almost time to hold the lamp, and a familiar boatman saw me sitting alone in the teahouse drinking tea, so he also came to greet me, and we talked for a while, and I also asked him about the situation of Jingui.

This boatman's surname is Liu, and I call him Brother Liu.

I asked him, "Brother Liu, do you know that there is a man named Jin Gui on the dock?" ”

Brother Liu was a little surprised and said, "What are you asking him to do?" ”

I lied and said, "I have a ship of tung oil to transport him to Yuanling, it's been more than ten days, why haven't I seen them come back?" ”

Brother Liu said: "I mean, I haven't seen Jin Gui for some days, so I went to help you run errands." ”

I said, "Brother Liu and Jin Gui are more familiar, huh?" ”

Brother Liu said: "I can't talk about familiarity, it's all boats, and I can't see you when I look up." ”

I said, "Why have I heard that Jin Gui, the old man of the turtle, is a little dishonest?" Isn't he allowed to let go of Huang (broken appointment)? ”

Brother Liu's face was a little unnatural, and he smiled and said, "That... That's also some rumors, and it can't be true. ”

I asked, "What's the rumor?" ”

Brother Liu said: "You said that he doesn't fall into the religion (doesn't follow the rules)." ”

I said, "Why did I hear someone say this morning that he has some connection with someone on the other side of Hezi Mountain?" ”

Brother Liu hurriedly said: "That's all other (spreading rumors), it shouldn't be true." ”

I pretended to look around mysteriously and said, "Brother Liu, your brother is also Hanliu (Brother Pao), so I won't fake a fight with you (insincere)." In fact, tung oil is fake, mainly because there is a batch of "black goods (tobacco soil)" in it. I now have a great sum of silver in it. ”

When Brother Liu heard the "black goods", he looked around a little nervously, and said: "There are many people here, be careful that someone orders water" (betraying accomplices), let's go to the boat and say. ”

I was overjoyed, so I followed Brother Liu to their big ship, a few sailors were sitting on the bow of the ship to set up a dragon gate array, seeing Brother Liu coming, they all gave up their seats, Brother Liu greeted a few sailors, and took me to the cabin.

Brother Liu lit the tung oil lamp, sat down and said: "This thing shouldn't have been told to you, it's not good to draw another bottom * fire (revealing the bottom details) after all, but since you and I are brothers, I'll tell you." ”

Brother Liu lowered his voice and said, "Do you know the divine soldiers?" ”

I was stunned for a moment and said, "I know, in the past two years, along the river, Longshan has been very noisy." ”

Brother Liu nodded and said: "That's right, those people painted divine water to treat people to form divine soldiers, saying that they believed that they were invulnerable and possessed by immortals." ”

I said, "You mean it's expensive?" ”

Brother Liu nodded and said, "Jin Gui is still a quasi-palace general. ”

I asked, "General? ”

Brother Liu smiled: "To put it bluntly, he is a squadron leader, and he is named indiscriminately." ”

I said in my heart: "If Jin Gui can be invulnerable, he will not be killed by us." It is estimated that invulnerability is also a trick. ”

Brother Liu continued: "I don't know where these divine soldiers came from, in a few years, there are their people everywhere in Youshui River, and the small stick Lao Er (bandits) have been absorbed by the divine soldiers. Even those who were soldiers didn't dare to mess with these divine soldiers casually. ”

I said, "Then what do these divine soldiers want to do?" ”

Brother Liu shook his head and said: "I don't know, it's not profitable, it's not early, now in this troubled world, there are many people fishing in troubled waters." ”

I asked, "Have you ever seen a divine soldier?" ”

Brother Liu said: "Those of us who are begging for a living on the boat must have seen it." Along the Youshui down the docks, there are many people with divine soldiers. Those people were wrapped in red turbans on their heads, small red flags were planted on their shoulders, and their scabbards were also wrapped in red cloths.

I said, "There is such a spirit, what part of the gold is expensive?" ”

Brother Liu said: "There is a branch altar of divine soldiers on the side of Bamian Mountain, once Jin Gui was drunk and said, saying that there is their generalissimo over there, called Tan Laoqi, who is the reincarnation of King Ma, and I heard Jin Gui say that as long as King Ma ascends the throne, Tujia and Miao people can be exempted from donations and food, and there are many people who believe in it." ”

I asked, "Eight Faces Mountain?" ”

Brother Liu nodded and said, "That's it, Bamian Mountain, there are a lot of divine soldiers over there now." ”

I asked, "Then if Jin Gui gets my "black goods" into the Bamian Mountain, I will shout God?" ”

Brother Liu said: "This matter is really difficult to solve, or you will give up your wealth to avoid disasters, where can you afford to provoke those divine soldiers." Don't fold your house into it when the time comes. ”

I didn't want to be embarrassed about this Brother Liu, so I decided to get up and say goodbye.

Back at the restaurant, I told Tuesday Mao about the matter.

On Tuesday, Mao scolded: "An old man in his sixties, what kind of god soldier are you going to be, it's really JB." ”

I said, "I don't know what these magic soldiers are." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "Give them money to release them, and don't care what they do." If it doesn't work, just do it with them! ”

I said, "Your baby speaks lightly, eat a lamp grass." What if you don't let go of the money? Seven or eight lives! ”

On Tuesday, Mao argued: "It wasn't Lao Tzu who killed it!" Then Jin Gui still wants to kill us to make floating money. ”

I said, "What if it's unreasonable?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said ruthlessly: "Then Lao Tzu is going to have a good life with him!" ”

I said, "Don't be hundreds or thousands of people, they have a false fire?" ”

Tuesday Mao said angrily: "Then the left is not good, and the right is not good, what do you say!" ”

I said, "Tomorrow you prepare something, I think it's good for Lin Xia and them to bring that kind of grenade every time, see if you can get some." ”

As soon as Mao heard this, he became excited and said, "I'll just say that you Chen Erwa must not be so vain, and this matter is on me." ”

I continued: "This is also a last resort, and I hope these people are just looking for money. ”

Tuesday Mao said: "How can there be any JB divine soldiers, Lao Tzu was in the hundred corpses at that time, you look at the sprinkle, one shot at a time, if it is really invulnerable, how many of me still have my life?" ”

I said, "Tomorrow, I'll go and find out the details of this Tan Laoyu." ”

Tuesday Mao said: "Do you want to bring more people?" ”

I said, "The people in the temporary organization are all water, so just the two of us." ”

Tuesday Mao was shocked and said: "The two of me?? ”

I laughed and said, "Your baby is on fire?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao smiled and said: "You Chen Erwa can't be false, Lao Tzu has to be false?" ”

I said, "That's it!" ”

Mao Dao on Tuesday: "We are the second master of Xueguan who went to Huimai alone?" ”

The next day, I found some of our local sects and nine streams to learn some news about Tan Laoyi, who has been famous in recent years, and has learned a lot about it piecemeal.

This guy turned out to be a Taoist priest in the Huilongguan of Bamian Mountain, and one day he suddenly said that he was possessed by King Ma, so he boasted everywhere that he was the reincarnation of King Ma, and falsely claimed that he burned incense and prayed for the elixir holy water, which cured all diseases.

Later, I don't know what happened, but several famous people in the local area were really cured by the holy water of this Tan Laoqi, so there was an endless stream of people who asked God for hexagrams, and the incense was flourishing.

Later, this guy followed the example of the divine soldiers in Lichuan, Hubei, and decided to formally organize an armed team, consisting of a saber team and a pole team, and most of the participants were local villagers.

These people are half peasants and half soldiers, and they go out to fight when there is a war, and they farm at home when there is no war. It is also stipulated that the divine soldiers must practice the exercises, and during this period, men and women are not allowed to have sex together, and those who violate the rules will be beaten with magic sticks and beheaded at the worst.

These people are confident that they have the gods to protect themselves, so they proclaimed themselves as divine soldiers, and took Tan Laoqi as the chief officiant of the divine soldiers, and also set up a purpose: to kill the greyhound (the military uniform of the Republic of China army was gray at that time), resist harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, fight against bandits, and protect the peace of the four towns.

The most strange thing is that the subordinates see their superiors, and ask them to stand upright when they meet, raise their knives in both hands, cross their chests, kick their right feet, shush in their mouths, and kneel down on both knees at the same time.

When I said this, Mao couldn't laugh straight up on Tuesday.

I smiled wryly, "Why do you think we have anything to do with these people?" ”