Chapter 4 Rescue Gaoxiang Pavilion
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Outside the house, there was a faint glow in the sky.
As soon as Deng Hu's words came out, several pavilion guards suddenly looked embarrassed.
Chen Da glared dissatisfiedly: "You people who are afraid of death, the eldest brother will do what he says!" ”
Cheng Wu, a thin pavilion pawn, laughed dryly and retorted: "Asking for a thief, it's not that we are greedy, it's really a thief whose situation is unknown......"
Deng Hu's face turned blue with anger, and several pavilion guards knew that they were wrong, so they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at him.
Gao Heng watched coldly, and naturally understood what these pavilion guards were thinking, it was nothing more than because the goal of the thieves was the neighboring pavilion, and the so-called matter was none of their business. It's no wonder that the position of thief is actually held by the honest Chen Da, if he is the pavilion chief, he will definitely not give priority to promoting these people with many eyes. Fear of death is naturally human nature, but with Gao Heng, an outsider, showing it so obviously, how can Deng Hu step down?
"Big brother, there are many households in Liu Laoweng's family, and the fort wall is well repaired......" Cheng Ji, the pavilion guard who reported the news earlier, whispered and persuaded.
"Yes, big brother, don't forget that Gaoxiang Pavilion didn't deal with my pavilion in the first place, and there was a big fight for water sources last year." Cheng Wu interjected to mend the knife, but it talked about everyone's hearts, yes, if the two pavilions are good, if they don't save it, their conscience will not be able to get by, but Gaoxiang Pavilion, who had an accident, often competed with Fanyang Pavilion for water in the past, this hot face sticks to the cold ass, who likes it?
did not actually infringe on their own interests, these pavilion guards naturally do not want to fight with their lives, you can say that these people's choices are wrong, but you can't say that these people's choices are wrong. If the rescue is successful, it will naturally be praised, but if the bandit is powerful, it will be in vain, and no one may remember you afterwards.
"Gao Gongzi, I'm a rough person, but fortunately, Xun Gongcao has a fancy to get to where I am today. You are well-informed, it is better to save or not, it is all up to the son to decide! Deng Hu pondered for a while, and suddenly said. I have to say that the identity of a scholar is indeed unusual for the villagers.
As soon as the words came out, several eyes suddenly looked towards Gao Heng.
Damn, it wasn't a big deal to see the excitement, but I didn't expect Deng Hu to throw such a hot question over, which suddenly put Gao Heng in a dilemma.
From the bottom of his heart, Gao Heng didn't really want to take risks, after all, there is only one life. But it can be seen that Deng Hu is loyal and brave, and he must not be happy to die or be saved, so if Gao Heng can't find a suitable reason, he will definitely be alienated by Deng Hu and Chen Da in the future. Moreover, the two Han Dynasty are the most important, and once they are labeled as timid, it is basically impossible to make a difference in this era.
Like Cheng Wucheng Ji, he will always be a pavilion pawn if he dies for the rest of his life.
"How many people are Ding Zhuang in the pavilion?" Gao Heng made a choice in an instant. Rescuing Gaoxiang Pavilion is indeed very risky, but high risk often represents high returns, and if you don't save it, you will definitely not be able to mix it up in Fanyang Pavilion.
"Ninety-six, including us. If it weren't for the Yellow Turban thieves who rebelled a few years ago, Ding Zhuang would have more than 500 people. Deng Hu responded. In his words, he hated Taiping Dao.
From five hundred Ding Zhuangyi to less than one hundred, although Gao Heng knew that many people died because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was still shocked when he heard this ratio.
In fact, the Yellow Turban was not shouted by everyone at the beginning, although the believers of Taiping Dao exterminated the officials and clans, but they did not kill the people, if not, the Yellow Turban would not have a great momentum at the beginning, covering 28 counties in seven states, affecting nearly seventy percent of the population of the entire world. It's just that the imperial court first encircled and suppressed and refused to surrender, so there were many dead, and the real Taiping Dao believers were almost killed and wounded. After the death of the three Zhang Jiao brothers, the Yellow Turban was completely out of control, bandits and robbers from all over the country and some rangers joined one after another, the good and the bad were uneven, and the disaster caused the locality, and the Yellow Turban Army has since lost its reputation, and many people are desperate and pessimistic about the future, so they simply burn and loot, and do all kinds of evil.
"Have you gotten any news from the kiosks nearby?" Gao Heng asked again.
"Now the world is not peaceful, there are night watchmen in each pavilion, something happened to Gaoxiang Pavilion, each pavilion should know sooner or later......" Deng Hu hesitated, his tone was a little uncertain.
Seeing that Cheng Wu and the others had strange faces, as if they wanted to speak and stopped, coupled with Deng Hu's sentence that each pavilion should know sooner or later, Gao Heng's pupils shrank, and he understood that most of the nearby pavilions were unreliable. It is estimated that it is likely that when the bandits have grabbed enough and played enough, the pavilions will send reinforcements "belatedly".
"Brother Deng just asked me, should I be saved, I know that the bandits are powerful, you don't want to risk it in vain, this is also human nature, understandable. But have you ever thought that the thieves eat the marrow and know the taste, what if they come again again? What if the next time it is selected, it is Fanyang Pavilion? Gao Heng observed everyone's expressions and found that Cheng Wu and the other pavilion guards all had slightly changed their faces, so he continued: "Everyone has parents, wives and children, if there is really this day, what should happen then?" With the power of just one pavilion, how can you defeat the wolf-like bandits? "It's useless to talk to these pavilion guards who don't know a few big words, only when it comes to their own interests, it is possible to impress them.
These pavilion guards are all local snakes, if there is no support from them, Ding Zhuang in the pavilion will definitely be suspicious, even if Deng Hu's status as the pavilion chief is pressed, it is difficult to guarantee whether people will not contribute to work.
"Yes, what Gao Gongzi said is exactly what he is worried about." Deng Hu looked around, and Cheng Ji and the others all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at each other.
"But, but ......" Cheng Wu is the most slippery and the most afraid of death, but if the thief's target next time really chooses Fanyang Pavilion, then wouldn't he harm his whole family today? I was silent for a while, but I couldn't say anything against it.
"Of course, rescuing Gao Xiangting is of course the right thing to do, but if you are in danger in vain because of this, it is not appropriate, so to save people, you also need to have a proper way, I think the five brothers of Cheng also mean this, right?" Gao Heng's words made Cheng Wu's eyes light up, and he suddenly had a step to go down, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, what Gao Gongzi said is right." ”
"Gao Gongzi, you ......" Deng Hu was suddenly anxious, thinking that Gao Heng was actually inclined to Cheng Wu and the others.
"Brother Deng, don't worry, the situation of the bandits is unknown, if you want to save people, you naturally have to have a charter first." Gao Heng's eyes moved slightly, he was willing to take the risk and chose to support Deng Hu, naturally in order to fight for the right to speak in Fanyang Pavilion, to be a military advisor or something, he can not only command, but also have the opportunity to reap the benefits of his reputation, which is simply a million benefits.
"Childe, but according to orders, Deng Hu will definitely obey!" Deng Hu patted his chest and assured that he would give up the command at once.
"Okay, then I'll temporarily trespass, Chen Dacheng Ji Fengshan, the three of you will go to inform all the households in the pavilion first, and let all Ding Zhuang bring weapons to the pavilion to gather. Cheng Wu, you go and collect items such as gongs, drums, torches, etc., the more the better, and when the time comes, we will bluff and make the thieves think that we are outnumbered. Gao Heng gave the order in an orderly manner.
"Yes, it's better that the bandits think we're too many and then scared away by us." Cheng Wu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became less resistant to the rescue.
Gao Heng smiled, Cheng Wu thought too simply, if the thieves were so easy to scare away, then they wouldn't be called thieves. But Gao Heng won't say it, it's best for everyone to have similar thoughts to Cheng Wu, so that you don't have to worry about morale.
"Mr. Gao is thoughtful." Deng Hu praised it, his original idea was to just gather all the people and set off, but he didn't think about it so much.
"Brother Deng, can there be bows and arrows in the pavilion?"
Deng Hu's face was embarrassed: "The imperial court forbids the people to hold strong bows, so there are only a few short wooden bows for rabbit hunting in the pavilion, and they can't shoot far." ”
"It's better to have a bow than not to have one." Gao Heng was thinking about what else he needed to add, when Huang San suddenly walked over and volunteered: "Dare to ask Son, how can little old man help?" ”
Huang San, as the father of the pavilion, is responsible for sweeping the opening and closing, which is equivalent to managing logistics, but an old man is so enthusiastic, and Gao Heng is not easy to let the family be idle. Gao Heng thought hard about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came, and asked, "What about slingshots, how many slingshots are there?" ”
"Slingshot? It's a kid's thing, and every family has it. Huang San was stunned for a moment, not knowing why.
"That's good, how many slingshots are collected, there must be one person, when the time comes, when you see the thief, first use the slingshot to shoot the thief's eyes with stones, well, by the way, lime, and lime, we can sprinkle lime......" Gao Heng got excited, sprinkled lime, this is Wei Xiaobao Wei's trick, I almost forgot.
After a while, young men came one after another with hoes, and these people all knew the idea of bluffing in the mouths of Cheng Fifth Pavilion Guards, so although they were still a little afraid of the bandits, they thought that they were just going to scare the bandits, so at least they had no resistance to rushing to the aid of Gaoxiang Pavilion.
Finally waited for everyone to gather, Deng Hu took Gao Heng to stand in front of everyone, and shouted loudly: "Brothers all know what I Deng Hu is like, this time, Gao Xiangting was robbed, everyone is a fellow villager, if you don't save you when you see death, will you still have the face to see people when you go out?" ”
"Everyone listen, this is Gao Heng Gao Gongzi, but the scholar who came to study in the Xun family in this county, this rescue, Gao Gongzi took the idea, including me Deng Hu, I have to listen to Gao Gongzi. If anyone messes around, don't blame me Deng Hu for being unkind! Deng Hu stood tall with a bright ring-headed knife, majestic.
The name of the scholar is really useful, and there are so many people, and none of them raised any objections.
According to Gao Heng's instructions, everyone carried weapons such as hoes and sticks on their shoulders, slingshots in their waists, cloth bags filled with stones and lime, everyone held two torches, beat gongs and drums, and shouted words such as "kill the bandits", and the voices of people were boiling along the way.
From a distance, it seemed that there were two or three hundred people.
The paths in the fields were rugged, and night blindness was very common in ancient times, so although there were torches to guide the way, after all, the illuminated area was not wide, and there were many people, crowded and crowded, and there was a lot of chaos, and it was a rabble. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! )>