Chapter 70: The Road Encounters
It was not early, and they had to get up early tomorrow to hurry, so Feng Medicine Cabinet would not stay any longer, and said goodbye and left.
The three of them sent it out in person, because it was cold in winter, there was no one on the street at this point, and a small guy was carrying a lamp, and the Feng medicine cabinet swayed away.
After sending him away, Liu Meibao couldn't hide her excitement anymore, shaking Zhou Liangyu's arm and jumping up.
"Brother, brother, we can have a good year with peace of mind this time." She couldn't stop smiling.
The contract clearly stipulates that Liu Meibao has to arrange the warehouse and identify medicinal materials, in view of the nature of her work, so she is not required to be in the medicine store every day, as long as she guarantees to come ten to fifteen times a month, of course, if there are medicinal materials to be identified, she must be on call.
The contract starts from this month, today is the eighth day of the new year, minus the days when it is inconvenient to go out for the New Year after the twenty-three, she can guarantee at least half a month's salary, a thousand Wen, enough to have a good year.
Zhou Liangyu and Song Langzhong were naturally very happy, and Song Langzhong twisted his beard and said happy things again and again.
On the second day, the three of them got up early, Song Langzhong found that Zhou Liangyu had given the money when he checked out, he was very unhappy, and he had to argue, and finally he couldn't resist the two children, so he had to give up, and when he left, he looked at the woman again, and saw that the man had improved a little, and the three of them sighed and threw down some money, which made the woman kneel and kowtow again.
Speaking of which, although their lives are hard, they can at least go on, and the family of three in front of them is really difficult to move an inch, although these dozens of dollars can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing.
Sitting on the donkey cart, the three of them happily walked towards Xie County, and behind them a carriage followed slowly not far away. Flowing into the official road with a constant flow of people, it did not attract attention.
When I entered the territory of Xie County, it was already afternoon, the sky was gloomy, although it was an official road, there were not many pedestrians on the road.
The carport is simple, the north wind is whistling in, and it is better to walk warmly while sitting in the car.
Liu Meibao put her hands together to her mouth and breathed hot, but she couldn't help but smile on her face that was a little purple from the cold.
"Oops, there's another problem. This is a long way to go, and if you can't go back for a day, you have to stay at least one night, and this is a lot of expenses..."Song Langzhong said, pinching his fingers and counting.
Liu Meibao and Zhou Liangyu both nodded.
"That's right. There is also the matter of this contract, but I am afraid that my aunt will not agree. Liu Meibao said hesitantly.
In Xie County, Song Sanniang didn't plan to let her go out yet. This is going to be walked around the River House.
She saw the opportunity to come to the door at that time, and she couldn't miss it no matter what, but she thought that this was ancient after all, plus the matter of King Lu Yan's proposal. Can Song Sanniang let her go out and walk like this?
This is indeed a problem, and Song Langzhong is a little worried.
"It's best if you all move to Riverhouse." He had an idea. His eyes lit up and he said.
Since they are all renting houses, where to rent is not the same.
Liu Meibao and Zhou Liangyu glanced at each other, obviously agreeing with this idea.
"Go back and talk to your aunt." Liu Meibao said happily.
"Say it well, don't quarrel with Sanniang." Song Langzhong instructed, "She's all for your good." ”
"I know." Liu Meibao smiled, looking at Song Langzhong's fatherly care, "Thank you, uncle." ”
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Song Langzhong said with a smile.
The car staggered and drove slowly, and the three of them said this word by word, although it was cold. But with this happy event, everyone's hearts are warm.
Suddenly, I heard a shouting in front of me.
"The inspection department seized the smuggled salt. Violators will be killed! ”
At the same time, heavy footsteps sounded.
The three of them and the driver who drove the car were all startled, and the driver was even more oops. simply jumped out of the car, hugged his head and lay on the side of the road, his movements were skillful and fast, obviously not the first time he had encountered this situation.
Song Langzhong and the three of them were stunned in the car, looking at the four or five people who seemed to jump out of the ravine on the side of the road, wearing tattered dark red jackets, holding weapons with a single sword, iron ruler and spear, and striding in unison.
"The inspection department will seize the smuggled salt, and those who have nothing to do will retreat!" A big man at the head shouted again.
In the blink of an eye, they had run to the front.
"Get down with your head in your hands," the shivering coachman shouted hurriedly at the three people sitting in the car.
Song Langzhong woke up at this time, although he didn't know the meaning of doing this, but he grabbed one with one hand and was about to jump under the car.
"Get out of here! Don't delay your errands! But he saw a big man running over and kicking the coachman's pouting buttocks.
As if he had been pardoned, the coachman jumped up, pulled the donkey and ran.
The three of Song Langzhong in the car were reversed and reversed, and before they knew what was going on, they had already left these people.
"Good luck, good luck." The coachman only muttered this sentence in his mouth, and when he got on the donkey cart, he didn't care about his donkey, so he whipped the whip and drove the donkey to run, knocking the three people in the car upside down.
Liu Meibao couldn't help but look back curiously, and saw that the five or six people surrounded another carriage, and it was obvious that the carriage was not so lucky.
Next to the carriage, driven by the coachman, there were three people lying on their stomachs in unison.
They all did so when the slogan-shouting people jumped out.
"Official, official, we are not selling smuggled salt.."
Seeing a few people coming over coldly, with the weapons in their hands with a chill, an elderly man lying on the ground raised his head boldly and said.
Before he could finish his words, he saw an iron ruler hit down in front of him, and suddenly a miserable scream rang out, and the old man rolled to the ground with his face covered.
This merciless blow made the other people's hearts cold and their hands and feet cold.
When these people shouted slogans and came out, they did not take it seriously, and the coachman also told them that the inspection department had recently set a rule that when the smuggling salt dealers were arrested, no one could do it as long as they hugged their heads and said that they would not be implicated.
So what's going on now? Where does this inspection department look like a weak sheep? It's obviously as fierce as a tiger.
"Dare to be a thief, and dare to quibble!" The man with the iron ruler shouted.
They have also traveled to many places, and it is also common for these guards guarding the city gate to maintain law and order, but looking at the five people in front of them, although they are also wearing the kind of shabby red jackets like beggars, they have an aura that they can't see on those guards in the past.
It's a chilling aura, as if they're the kind of battalion soldiers who have killed a lot of people on the battlefield.
Unable to comfort the old man who was still covering his face and wailing, the young man hurriedly shook his hands and shouted, "We have a guide, we have a guide." We are not smuggled salt sellers, we are herb dealers..."
As he spoke, he shook his hand to take the guide from his sleeve.
"Be careful, the thief has a weapon!" A large man with a spear shouted violently, and stabbed him with his hand.
But there was another scream, and the young man rolled to the side with his arms covered.
It's just a flash of lightning. The two of them were already bleeding and wailing and rolling on the ground, and the coachman was so frightened that he peed his pants, but the rest of the people did not dare to say anything more. Just prostrate and beg for mercy.
Seeing that the three of them were already frightened, the five of them glanced at each other, handed over a change of look, and separated the three of them to roll around in the car for a while.
"There is so much money! Dare to say that he is not a thief! ”
Look at the gold and silver that were scattered on the ground.
This is a robbery. These words made the man who kowtowed on the ground rejoice for a while, but fortunately he put up all the official money and did not bring it. Otherwise, this is a big loss.
There were a few snaps, and a few pieces of rope and a short knife were thrown from the car.
"And with weapons!" The big men suddenly shouted loudly.
"Official, official, this is for self-defense, self-defense!" The man said in fright.
The iron ruler on the back of the big man's head and face had been struck, and the man soon rolled to the ground with a wail.
"Phew." Only then did the big men stop their hands, spat at the three people who were rolling on the ground and were half dead, and scolded in a low voice, "Let you eat the leopard and be blind, and dare to rob people who should not be robbed." ”
The man who searched the car came down and signaled that the search was over.
"Since there is no private salt. But with weapons. The man at the head put on a righteous face, crossed his waist and said, "Then it will not be under the control of our salt inspector." Tie it up and send it to the county yamen. ”
"Brother. It's Zhizhou. Someone reminded.
"Oh, if you haven't arrived in Xie County yet, then send it to the Zhizhou Yamen." Dahan said, as if he couldn't see the county boundary monument on the side of the road, and kicked the coachman who peed his pants, "Get up, catch the car, you will send it for our salt patrol division." ”
I didn't worry that the coachman would dare to release him halfway, in fact, the coachman didn't dare to think about this.
The coachman trembled, but moved quickly, jumped up, grabbed the reins, and turned the horse's head in a good way.
The men tied the three men with the ropes they had found and threw them on the car, and to the chauffeur's surprise, the money was not loaded up by the people for the usual reasons, but thrown into the car together.
Is this really selfless?
"Go, go, send it quickly, don't delay the master's business." The men shouted.
The coachman didn't dare to stop, and he didn't care about the lives of several people in the car, and desperately drove to Hezhong Mansion.
It was only then that a man who had been lying on his stomach on the side of the road patted the dirt on his body and stood up.
"This is enough for these grandchildren to have a good drink." He grinned, looking at the men with admiration in his eyes, his eyes roaming over their weapons.
When will he be able to put on this clothes, hold a weapon, instead of being a miscellaneous servant, after serving the master, and follow a girl's family, he can come forward when he encounters an opportunity, but he has no weapons, and he may not be able to win against the three of them, so he has to tell the adults to ask others to protect him.
Where is this what a manly man does, a manly man should follow the adult to practice martial arts, or kill a thief without blinking an eye.
"Keep them, they don't dare to step into our Hezhong Mansion again in this life." The men laughed, with a bit of unconcealable smugness and confidence, which attracted the envy of the little salt ding.
"Let's go, go back to my life."
Everyone greeted and strode along the road towards Xie County, the north wind blew up the dust, and soon covered up the blood on the ground, and everything returned to normal. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )
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