Chapter 10 Occupy the mountain as king
When Fang Cai fought with He Kui, he had no intention of observing the interior layout, but now he was relaxed and carefully examined, not only secretly surprised.
The interior decoration is gorgeous, porcelain antiques, treasures calligraphy and paintings, all excellent. In particular, the nanmu material couch, the carving is exquisite, the decoration is beautiful, the curtain is set up all around, the bright eye, the newly replaced bedding, exudes fragrance. The bed is high and wide, can sleep for four people, and there is a wooden table and two speckled silk hidden sacs.
Huang Xian lay on the bed and couldn't sleep, thinking to himself, He Kui didn't know how much wealth he had looted, and this interior decoration alone was priceless. Thinking of the scene of hugging the woman just now, I couldn't help but feel my blood surging and my whole body became hot. Although my hands have been cleaned during the meal, my fingers still feel greasy and smooth, as if I still have a feminine atmosphere. When I think of a woman, I can't help but miss my wife Ruojing, who usually snuggles up to her side, but at this time, life and death are uncertain, and I don't know where she is. Thinking that this separation, it might be a separation of life and death, Huang Xian burst into tears, his mood became depressed for a while, and then he thought about the source of this disaster, and turned to resentment and plundering the barbarian Hu tribe. In the midst of cranky thoughts, he gradually sank into sleep.
In the early morning of the next day, a rapid knock on the door woke Huang Xian up, and Huang Jiang entered the house and said: "Young master, there is a group of people from outside the village, claiming that they have returned from hunting, and they are called to open the door quickly." Do you want to let them into the village?"
Huang Xian felt strange, this early in the morning, no one had left the village, how could someone come back from hunting? There must be something strange in this, and he hurriedly ordered someone to find Zhang Shun to inquire.
Zhang Shunyu said: "The owner of Huangzhai doesn't know that ten years ago, He Kui's family moved south, was robbed by thieves, his parents and wives were killed, and only he and He Guang and more than a dozen of his subordinates escaped with their lives. He Kui occupies the mountain as the king, recruits troops and horses, specially and the Hu people are enemies, in order to repay the hatred of killing his wife, he ordered his subordinates to attack the Hu people, when they see the beautiful Hu girl, they robbed and killed the Hu village, and the outstanding ones were kept for their own enjoyment, and the rest were locked up in a courtyard in the back village, specially guarded by the villagers, if someone in the cottage made a meritorious service, He Kui authorized him to randomly select the Hu girl to accompany him overnight, as a reward. Later, people were often sent out in the cottage to rob beautiful Hu girls, called hunting. In recent years, the nearby Hu people have strengthened their precautions, and it is difficult to hunt in close proximity, so He Kui sent people to a hundred miles away to rob, and the people outside must be the cottagers sent to Wancheng to hunt two days ago. ”
Huang Xian thought secretly: "He Kui is really a womanizer, the woman who bumped into him yesterday has a plump and round figure, and it turns out to be a girl of the Hu clan." Over the years, I don't know how many girls have been ruined by He Kui. Suddenly, I thought of the Chinese girls who were killed in the deserted village the day before yesterday, and my heart suddenly became angry, and I felt that these Hu girls deserved it.
Huang Jiang saw that his master was silent, so he asked, "Then should we let them into the village?"
Huang Xian said to Zhang Shun: "Tell them the rules of our cottage, and let them stay as they wish." ”
By the way, Zhang changed the cottage into the owner, and the new owner Huang Xian's proposition was described in detail to the villagers outside. Everyone has become accustomed to the cottage life and is willing to continue to work for the cottage. Zhang let them into the village by the way.
Not long after he first entered the cottage, Huang Xian was even more worried that he would not be able to control the situation, and the cottage management also followed the old system to prevent chaos. Because of his meritorious efforts in killing Hu Zhai and He Kui, Huang Xian rewarded Zhang Shun with a lot of property. But he knew that Zhang Shun was a capricious villain who betrayed his boss and sought glory, and could not be entrusted with important tasks, so he did not want to arrange him for a high position, and only asked him to assist Huang Jiang in managing the affairs of the village. This Zhang Shun was not willing to succumb to others, so he secretly used his brains to please the new owner of the cottage, intending to fight for reuse. He knew that the Huang family had been robbed when he moved eastward, and his parents and wives did not know their whereabouts, so he led his clansmen to kill Huzhai alone.
Zhang Shun is familiar with the regulations of the cottage, behaves diligently, handles affairs cleanly, and gradually gains the trust of Huang Jiang, and the power in his hands is increasing, and many things can be handled by himself.
The order in the village was restored, Huang Xian's spirit relaxed, and the fatigue of running around for days began to appear, and the muscles and bones of the whole body seemed to be loose, always listless, so he simply took care of all the affairs in the village by Huang Jiang and others, and he slept all day long.
Everyone knew that the owner of Huangzhai had suffered a lot of accidents in the past few days, and he was very tired, so he didn't bother him with some daily trivial things, and let him sleep.
Early this morning, Huang Xian woke up and felt refreshed, as if a traveler had lost a big burden on his back, and he was relaxed, so he came to the courtyard and practiced all the martial arts he practiced, until he was sweating profusely. The servant girl who served close brought breakfast, Huang Xian had a great appetite, and suddenly felt that the food was delicious and abnormal, and hurriedly asked what it was made of, so delicious. The maid replied that the breakfast was sent by the cook, and Huang Xian ordered someone to ask the cook, and the cook said that Zhang Shun led people to get the delicacies and game from the back mountain every morning.
Huang Xian was very interested, and ordered someone to pass on Zhang Shun. Not long after, Zhang Shun came to Huang Xian's residence, and there were mud marks on his body in many places. Huang Xian asked why he was so embarrassed. Zhang Shuncheng said in fear: "The subordinate knows that the owner of the village has been tired for days, so he specially took people to the back mountain to pick some fresh mushrooms and fungus, and hunted the black antelope unique to the mountain, to nourish your body, busy for half a day, has not had time to change clothes, please forgive the owner of the village!" Huang Xian was very moved, and got up to thank him. Since then, Zhang Shun's image in Huang Xian's heart has changed greatly.
Huang Xian's energy recovered, he didn't dare to delay, he looked for someone to paint the images of his parents, his wife, and his younger siblings, and sent out the strong people in the village to facilitate his disappearance and continue to investigate.
For more than ten consecutive days, there was no news of relatives. Huang Xian was sad and troubled, secretly thinking that his relatives might be more auspicious than lucky. Liu Jian saw that the owner of the village was depressed, and he was afraid that his heart would be too heavy and affect his health, so he persuaded him: "Although Ling Gaotang has no information, after all, no evidence of alibi has been found. ”
As soon as Liu Jian's words came out, he immediately regretted it, knowing that he had lost his words, not only could not comfort the owner of the village, but was afraid that it would cause him to be more worried.
Sure enough, after listening to Liu Jian's words, Huang Xian's heart tightened, and then his spirit perked up, and he immediately inquired about the Hu tribes nearby.
Liu Jian had no choice but to invite Zhang Shun and several other people who were familiar with the surrounding environment to inquire, and learned that there were more than a dozen Hu tribes within a radius of 200 miles from Tielan Mountain. There are only a few hundred people in Tielan Mountain, and the smallest Hu tribe has two or three thousand people, and the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, Huang Xian did not dare to start a war rashly, so he asked the leaders for advice.
Liu Jian, Huang Jiang, Huang Ling, Zhang Shun and others discussed it, and they all believed that the foothold was not stable, the people's hearts were not convinced, and it was not appropriate to go down the mountain to make enemies.
Huang Xian's face was gloomy and depressed. Zhang Shun was familiar with the troubles of the owner of the village, so he said: "It is not completely impossible to go to the Hu tribe to find out the news!" Everyone hurriedly asked how to act. Zhang Shun said: "There are many Hu people who have been plundered in the cottage, but treat them well, leave their families as hostages, and send them to the Hu tribe to listen to information, the Hu people will not dare to betray, and they will return on time to report the situation of the Hu tribe." ”
Huang Xian was overjoyed and appointed Zhang Shun to handle the matter quickly. It was more than a month, and the Hu people sent back said that there was no news of Huang Xian's family.
Huang Xian wailed and cried, believing that his relatives had been killed, so he built an empty tomb for his parents, wife, younger siblings and others in the back mountain for the four o'clock sacrifice.
Huang Xian was in an unhappy mood, Zhang Shun saw it in his heart, and thought hard about how to make the owner of Huangzhai happy.