Chapter 49: Coolies
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The young entourage couldn't make up his mind and asked the older entourage, "Then should we go back to Xia Yuan City, or wait for Lord Qi here?" ”
The older entourage couldn't make up their minds, so they turned to a leader-like person and asked, "Vice Captain, you have something to say, what should we do now?" ”
The deputy captain shook his head and said: "This new patriarch of the Fire Dance Clan is ruthless enough, in this way, Lu Er, you pick some people who are willing to stay here and wait for adults, and the others will go back to Xia Yuancheng with me, if I don't go back, my wife, children and old lady will suffer......"
The vice-captain left with a group of people, but to his surprise, nearly half of them chose to stay and wait for Lord Qi.
"I didn't expect these coolies to be so loyal to Lord Qi, it's really a hardship to see the truth, I want to tell the Qi patriarch about this, these people should be treated well when they go back......"
As soon as the deputy captain left with a sigh of emotion, a man in a ragged shirt approached Lu Er and whispered, "Second brother, Deputy Captain Tian is gone, what should I do next?" ”
Lu Er was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, quite capable, but he looked a little thin, Lu Er looked around vigilantly, saw that everyone was sitting on the ground to rest, pulled the man away a few steps, and asked in a low voice: "Ma San, how many of us are left now?" ”
Ma San replied in a low voice: "Second brother, I counted and left forty-seven people." ”
"Are there any Qi family members?"
Ma San shook his head.
Lu Er looked at the more than forty people behind him again, and asked again, "Do you know all these brothers?" ”
Ma San nodded confidently and said, "These brothers, like us, are all poor people who were caught in Xia Yuancheng from different places to serve hard labor, and they are all brothers who can give their lives!" ”
Lu Er nodded and said, "Okay, let's go, let's go and discuss it with the brothers!" ”
"Hmmm......"
Ma San also nodded, and the two walked to the group of coolies sitting on the ground.
"Report!" A soldier's voice came from outside the door.
"Come in!"
"Reporting Division...... Patriarch, there is something going on outside, go and take a look! The soldier at the door saw that there was still Qi Kun tied up in Liu Zhibang's house, and Qi Kun was looking at him with vigilant eyes, so he quickly changed his name.
Liu Zhibang walked to the door, looked back at Qi Kun, and said to the soldiers standing at the door, "You all come with me to have a look." ”
The soldier standing guard hesitated, "But...... Manage...... Patriarch, he's still in it. ”
Liu Zhibang laughed and said: "This waste, forgive him and don't dare to run!" ”
Liu Zhibang walked to the entrance of the village with two soldiers, and dozens of people were focused at the entrance of the village, which were the coolies who stayed behind to "wait for Lord Qi". In front of the main gate of the village was a moat that was about to be completed, and on one side of the moat was a row of wooden stakes, behind which there was an earthen wall separating them from the village.
When Lu Er saw Liu Zhibang arrive at the entrance of the village, he said loudly: "Patriarch Liu, is it you?" ”
Liu Zhibang took advantage of the light of the torches to glance at the dozens of people and said, "It's here, why are you still here, didn't I let you go back to Xia Yuan City?" ”
Lu Er continued: "Patriarch Liu, when are you going to release Lord Qi?" ”
Liu Zhibang smiled slightly: "When do you want me to release him?" ”
Ma San was about to interject, but Lu Er pulled him down, and said: "Patriarch Liu, Lord Qi is a tax collector sent by the City Lord of Xia Yuan, that represents the City Lord, aren't you afraid that the City Lord will send troops to extinguish the Fire Dance Clan?" ”
Liu Zhibang stared at Lu Er for a while across the fence, and said, "Do you think I'll be afraid?" Brother, if you really want to get back Uncle Qi Kun from me, I can give you the opportunity to challenge me, and if you win me, you can take Uncle Qi Kun and nephew away. But if you lose, stay and be a slave to me, do you dare? ”
When Lu Er heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, Patriarch Liu, you have to talk about it!" ”
Liu Zhibang looked at Lu Er suspiciously, thinking that this kid is so sure? It's okay, I won't let you suffer a little, and I don't know how good I am.
Liu Zhibang ordered someone to open the village gate, Lu Er and Ma San walked in, but the others did not come in, just waited quietly outside the village.
"Let's shoot!" Liu Zhibang stood up and said.
"That's offended!" Lu Er pretended to move a few times, and then rushed straight towards Liu Zhibang's door with a punch.
Liu Zhibang saw that the soft boxer had finally arrived in front of him, so he took his hand lightly, and Lu Er fell to the side with a thud, and rolled back and forth on the ground several times.
"Patriarch Liu's life, it's painful for me to die, I admit defeat......" Lu Er kept lying on the ground, shouting louder and louder.
"What's the situation?"
Liu Zhibang couldn't figure out which play Lu Er was singing.
Ma San saw that Lu Er was still rolling on the ground, so he said to Liu Zhibang: "Patriarch Liu, I also challenge you!" ”
"You're going to challenge too?"
Before Liu Zhibang's words fell, Ma San rushed over, this time Liu Zhibang didn't even want to raise his hand, just dodged and gave way, Ma San pounced forward, lay on the ground and shouted: "Patriarch Liu, you are really a martial artist, Ma San is served, Ma San surrendered......"
"I'm going to challenge ...... too"
"Patriarch Liu, I challenge you ......"
The dozens of people outside the village rushed towards Liu Zhibang, and the strange thing was that everyone fell to the ground and rolled on the ground without even touching the corners of Liu Zhibang's clothes.
Hearing the "fierce battle situation" at the entrance of the village, the people of the Fire Dance Clan ran out, but when everyone ran to the entrance of the village, they saw an extremely strange scene, dozens of people rolling on the ground, and shouting what to admit defeat and surrender.
"Wow, our patriarch is so powerful! So many people have been defeated by him alone, he really deserves to be the first Badu of our Fire Dance Clan! ”
A man with a spoon face looked at Liu Zhibang's figure with admiration on his face and said, "Patriarch, can you not be so handsome, if I were a girl, I would pursue you!" ”
"Phew, just like you kid, growing into a girl doesn't mean scaring the patriarch to death!" A middle-aged man beside him immediately poured a basin of cold water on him.
Liu Zhibang saw that these people were still rolling on the ground, and couldn't help but want to laugh, and roughly understood what these people wanted to do, and when he saw that the villagers had come out, he didn't want this farce to go on again.
"Hey, get up, y'all!"
Hearing Liu Zhibang's words, the forty or so people immediately jumped up from the ground, looking at Liu Zhibang with blank eyes, Lu Er walked a few steps forward, came to Liu Zhibang, and said: "Patriarch Liu, we have all been defeated by you, let's also talk about it, and all stay and be your slaves!" ”
Liu Zhibang stared at Lu Er expressionlessly, and Lu Er did not avoid his eyes, still looking at Liu Zhibang sincerely.
After staring for a while, Liu Zhibang nodded and said loudly: "Don't gather around, go and prepare something to eat for these brothers, Aya, you go and arrange the accommodation of these brothers." ”
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