Chapter 257

Hearing his eldest brother's body shouting softly. The eyes of all the bandits were cast on Ah Xing, and after seeing Ah Xing's face clearly, the faces of the bandits showed a look of surprise, "It's Madame!" It's really ma'am! A voice full of joy and reverence filled this bright space as day, and what surprised Ah Xing and them even more was that the bandits actually knelt down on one knee towards her!

Ah Xing was really taken aback by their actions, she took two steps back, until she retreated to Shen Yuanfeng's side, looking at the group of people in disbelief.

And Shen Yuanfeng and General Li and the others were also confused by this scene, and looked at them in a daze.

At this time, the leader said to Ah Xing, "Madam, don't you remember us?" Last year, our group of people united to rob your farm, and Madame couldn't bear to hurt us even though she had men and horses and weapons, and gave us half of the grain in the farm, which is what allowed our family to live to this day! We thought that in this life and this life, we would never be able to see Mrs. again, and we would not be able to repay Mrs. for her great kindness, but we didn't expect to meet Mrs. again here! ”

It turned out that this group of people was the group of hungry people who robbed the farm, but I didn't expect that they would really become bandits now! Ah Xing took a closer look at the leader's face. suddenly remembered: "Oh, you are Zheng Qi!" At that time, Zheng Qi's face was dirty, his beard was scummy, and he could only see a pair of dark eyes on his face, but now he was dry and quiet, so that Ah Xing didn't recognize it before.

Chen Jing was following Ah Xing's side at that time, listening to the conversation of the leader, he naturally knew who this Zheng Qi was, and when he saw Zheng Qi's respectful look towards Ah Xing, he knew that he would never hurt Ah Xing, so he withdrew his sword. But to be on the safe side, his acupuncture points were not unlocked.

"It turns out that Mrs. still remembers Zheng Qi!" Zheng Qi was surprised and delighted, and then stunned: "How could Madame be here." ”

Speaking of this, Ah Xing was angry in her heart, and she said coldly: "I went to the south with my husband and my family with General Li's team, passing through here to rest for the night, I didn't expect to meet you." ”

When the old men heard Ah Xing's words, including Zheng Qi, all the bandits couldn't help but bow their heads, ashamed, when everyone decided to fall into the grass, who would have thought that one day, the robbery would rob the benefactor's head?

The fat black man touched his head and whispered embarrassedly, "We didn't know that Madame was here, and if we knew, we would definitely greet Madame well!" ”

Ah Xing walked to the side of her family, pointed at Li Yin and said, "This is my eldest sister!" Then he pointed to the others, "This is my father, my mother." My second sister, my second brother-in-law. ”

With her introduction, this group of men who were still aggressive and grinning just now all lowered their heads like quails, especially those few big men who wanted to tease Li Yin and Yunduo, and they were even more eager to find a hole to get into!

Zheng Qi's face turned pale, and he immediately said: "Madame, don't worry, Zheng Qi will definitely give Madame an explanation for this matter!" ”

At this time, Shen Yuanfeng saw that this group of people had no malicious intent, so he unlocked Zheng Qi's acupoint, as soon as Zheng Qi was free, he knelt down towards Ah Xing and kowtowed heavily, "Madame has a great kindness to us, not only did we not repay Madame but also disturbed Madame, we are really ashamed, and please punish Madame at will!" ”

At least half of these 1,000 bandits had received Ah Xing's favor, and if it weren't for the food Ah Xing gave, they and their families would have starved to death by now, if they had snatched back the grain. They won't have this kind of gratitude for Ah Xing, but they know that Ah Xing is obviously capable of protecting these grains, but just because they don't want to hurt them, they give them half of the food that was so precious at that time.

Although he said this, Ah Xing immediately helped Zheng Qi up and said: "Zheng Zhuangshi, don't say that, now that the world is chaotic, I can understand your behavior, and it is already rare that you can not harm human lives and not rape women." ”

Zheng Qi stood up and looked up embarrassedly, "Our group has nothing, no home, no land, and many people's relatives have been killed by the golden dog, so we have to hide here and rob passers-by, and we can survive." ”

When Shen Yuanfeng heard this, his heart moved, these thousand or so people are all bloody men, and they all seem to have some skills, if they can join the army, it will also be a help for Tang Jun!

At that moment, Shen Yuanfeng walked to Ah Xing's side. Ah Xing looked at Yuanfeng and hurriedly introduced: "This is my husband Shen Yuanfeng." ”

Zheng Qi looked at Shen Yuanfeng's eyes full of admiration, and hugged his fists and said: "Your Excellency is so good at kung fu, you can't reach it below!" ”

Shen Yuanfeng smiled slightly, and said modestly: "It's just an unpreparedness to attack Your Excellency." ”

Zheng Qi shook his head and said: "No, even if I fight alone with Your Excellency, I won't be able to make 10 moves under Your Excellency!" ”

This is indeed the case, Shen Yuanfeng saw that Zheng Qi was so honest and bold, and he had a lot of good feelings for him in his heart.

In this way, there was no longer that tense atmosphere between the two parties, Shen Yuanfeng introduced General Li and General Zhao to Zheng Qi and them, these bandits learned that they were soldiers defending the city, but they did not surrender to the Jin State like other Beijing officials, gave up the glory and wealth in their hands, and resolutely served the Tang State in the south after all the hardships, and they also admired it in their hearts, Zheng Qi and a gang of bandits are all straight people, what to say, hate is hate, admiration is admiration, a bold words of admiration praise General Li and General Zhao smiled, Now let go of the past suspicions.

And the Tang soldiers and bandits below are all fellow villagers, and after the enthusiasm, I found out that some of them still knew each other. Naturally, I don't take what I just happened to heart.

Zheng Qi warmly invited them to their cottage. He said: "Our cottage is in the back mountain, this deserted village often has passers-by to rest here, usually we will send people here to monitor day and night, last night I saw a large group of people come to camp here, thought it was a big business, so poured out, I didn't expect ......" Zheng Qi smiled embarrassedly

Shen Yuanfeng joked: "I didn't expect to be poorer than you!" This sentence made everyone laugh.

Laughing and laughing, a group of people came to a large village in the deep mountains, the village is surrounded by thick tree trunks, and when they saw everyone coming back, someone immediately came to open the gate of the village. Then there were not ** women and children around, seeing that everyone was safe, these women put their hearts at ease, and then heard that the big boss said that the benefactor was coming, and these women hurriedly wore the children and knelt down to Axing.

These are some rural women who have never seen the world and have never studied, and in the most uncomfortable time, it was Ah Xing who gave them food to survive, so in their minds, Ah Xing is a bodhisattva-like existence, and kowtowing is just the most basic way for them to express gratitude.

Shen Yuanfeng walked in and took a look, and saw that there was a row of houses made of mud and trees in the village, which were quite sturdy, and it seemed that these people planned to stay here for a while, and it would take some effort to persuade them to join the army.

Then Zheng Qi and the others settled the Tang army to rest, Shen Yuanfeng wanted to discuss with General Li first before thinking about Zheng Qi mentioning this matter, so he didn't say anything to Zheng Qi that night, and Ah Xing was tired and went to rest early. Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the women began to make food, and for such a long time, the bandits also accumulated some stored grain, and before the winter, they also hunted a lot of game and dried a lot of wild vegetables, so they made the most delicious meal that the Tang soldiers had never eaten in months, and the Tang soldiers almost nibbled off the bowl.

After eating, everyone rested around the fire for a while, Tang Bing showed off his skis in front of the bandits, bluffing the bandits, while Ah Xing's family chatted with the women, and the children also played together.

Shen Yuanfeng, A Xing, General Li, General Zhao, Zheng Qi, and the black fat man Liu Zhang, a group of people sat around a fire.

Shen Yuanfeng got straight to the point; "I don't know what Brother Zheng's plans are in the future, are you going to take everyone here all the time?"

General Li had already seen the bravery of this group of people last night, so he agreed with Shen Yuanfeng's proposal, and was looking at Zheng Qi with a very eager gaze at the moment.

Zheng Qi can be the leader of such a large group of people. Naturally, he is not a stupid person, hearing Shen Yuanfeng's words, he has vaguely guessed what they mean, he frowned and said: "We people were originally some mountain village husbands, people who lived on a few acres of thin fields, many of us are old and young, we should be bandits, it's okay to rob people who are weaker than us, really let us go to war, we people are only afraid that there will be no return, we are not sorry to die, but what should we do with the old and young of this big family?" ”

He was straightforward, so he replied to Shen Yuanfeng's words when he opened his mouth, they were unwilling to join the army. These people are good people, and all they want is food and clothing, so how can they have any great ambitions!

Shen Yuanfeng and General Li both knew that people like Zheng Qi were all the same, ordinary people, ordinary words, could not impress them, but it was a pity that these people were bandits, and now that Tang Guo was employing people, they were really unwilling to give up. At that moment, General Li gave Ah Xing a look, so that she could ask for the identity of a benefactor, and at this time, everyone paid attention to gratitude, as long as it was a request made by a benefactor, even if she was unwilling in her heart, she had to agree.

Ah Xing naturally understood what he meant, but she was obviously unwilling, and she was not willing to force him, she looked at Shen Yuanfeng and wanted to ask him what he meant. Shen Yuanfeng smiled at her slightly, his expression was calm, at this time the two had basically reached the point of heart-to-heart, Ah Xing knew that Shen Yuanfeng wanted to tell her that she wanted to do things according to her own heart, and she didn't have to listen to General Li's words.

Zheng Qi saw the interaction between General Li, A Xing and Shen Yuanfeng in his eyes, and understood that they wanted Ah Xing to ask him, if it was a benefactor who spoke, he would never have a reason to refuse, and he would not hesitate to go to the soup! At that moment, I just said a few words in my heart, and I had to say yes when I opened my mouth.

But before he could speak, Ah Xing looked at him with a pair of wonderful eyes, and opened her mouth to say something that shocked everyone,

She said: "Brother Zheng, you might as well take everyone to the Jin Kingdom and be a good citizen of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zheng Qi and Liu Zhang, but even General Li and General Zhao showed anger on their faces, if it weren't for Ah Xing's special identity, I was afraid that General Li would have handed over someone to take down this woman who spoke wildly at this time.

Only Shen Yuanfeng still looked at Ah Xing with the same expression, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zheng Qi's face suddenly shook, he stood up with a "whoosh", looked at Ah Xing, although his expression was barely respectful, but his voice was already full of anger, "What does Madam mean by this?" But look down on someone Zheng! ”

Ah Xing raised her head, looked at him with a slight smile, and said softly: "Brother Zheng, I don't mean to look down on Brother Zheng, I just judge things by facts and seek truth from facts!" Brother Zheng, please sit down and listen to me slowly. ”

Perhaps it was the calmness and calmness in Ah Xing's voice that infected him, Zheng Qi's anger gradually subsided, and he sat down, but his face was still a little unsightly.

Ah Xing didn't care, and continued to smile: "Brother Zheng, now the Jin people have not completely stabilized the north, so there is room for you to live, but in our opinion, the Jin Emperor has ascended the throne in Tiandu, the country name has been changed, and stabilizing the north only refers to daytime affairs, and at that time, once they have their hands freed, the first thing to deal with is you bandits who destroy the peace!" ”

Zheng Qi and Liu Zhang both lowered their heads, with a thoughtful expression on their faces, and when General Li heard this, the anger on his face gradually subsided, and he reached out to stroke the beard under his chin. And Shen Yuanfeng sat on the side and looked at Ah Xing with a proud face, no matter where he went, Ah Xing's light would always be revealed inadvertently.

Ah Xing paused and continued: "Brother Zheng Qi, please think about it, if the Jin people come to attack, how long can your village hold out?" How long will you be able to protect your family, and when will you imagine the fate of your family if they are captured by the Jinren? ”

Zheng Qi and Liu Zhang's faces couldn't help but turn white. In the past few months, their lives have been going well, but they have forgotten that this success is only temporary, and that there will be a disaster waiting for them in the near future!

"So, I said, Brother Zheng still takes everyone to be a good citizen of the Jin Kingdom, this definitely does not mean to belittle you, in fact, according to my thoughts, you ordinary people, whether it is the people of the Tang Kingdom or the people of the Jin Kingdom, the most important thing is to have a place to settle down, throw yourself into the Jin Kingdom, you may be able to get the land, even if you can't get the land, with your youth and strength, it is not difficult to find a way to live, no matter how good it is, it is better than being a bandit here, and your life is in danger at any time. It's just that under the control of the Jin people, the powerless Tang people always have to be wronged. ”

The cruelty of the Jin people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and under the control of the Jin people, how can it be so simple to be wronged?

Ah Xing said so many words, but he didn't mention a word about letting them join the army, and every word seemed to be thinking about them and finding a path that was most suitable for them, but listening to Zheng Qi and their ears, it made them feel that staying here was not a long-term solution, and throwing themselves into the Jin Kingdom was not the best way to retreat.