Chapter 50 Stirring up the storm in Chang'an
"Go, go, go!" Under the instigation of Miao Erwa, more than half of the people followed suit. Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, Ma Shou was a little anxious and shouted: "Do you want to rebel!?" "The person commanding the law enforcement team pulled out the sword and was about to step forward.
Liu Chang hurriedly glanced at him and stopped him.
"What, you still want to kill people?" Shi Buzhu was also startled when he saw the law enforcement team suddenly pull out his knife, he was fighting here, he didn't have this preparation yet, his people were outside the camp, he would definitely suffer. But before he could react, he saw them sheath their knives, and thought they were timid, so he became bold, and said to Ma Shou in a mocking tone.
Liu Chang stood up, stretched out his hand to summon a member of the law enforcement team, and explained a few words to him, and the man left in a hurry, and Liu Chang said, "Do you really want to break away from the gang?" ”
Shi Bufang looked at Liu Chang and said unceremoniously: "Cut~~, return to the gang, the gang, as if you are really the gang." Today, it is to help the master himself, and the master will not serve. Master of the Horse Hall! Shi Bubu no longer paid attention to Liu Chang, but pointed at Ma Shou's name and said, "What you just said, is it still a word?" ”
"What did I just say?"
"As long as we step out of this door, we will be out of the beggars."
"This ......" Ma Shou glanced at Liu Chang, and Liu Chang nodded, Ma Shou said affirmatively: "The helper is full of words." ”
"What Ding? Wine pod? I didn't bring any wine ding, and I wasn't allowed to leave without it? If any of you have a wine ding, lend me one, and Lao Tzu will return it to you when he goes back. Shi Bufang heard that he was going to hand over a wine tripod before releasing people, and hurriedly asked the people around him.
"How do you know he has a wine ding?" Taking advantage of the fact that the stone is not blocked to borrow wine tripods everywhere, Ma Rufeng leaned into Ma Shou's ear and asked quietly, he is the master of the foreign affairs hall, and he often conducts receptions, the first time I heard that there is a wine tripod, he quickly asked, the meaning is also obvious, he wants! The next time you entertain foreign guests with a wine tripod, you will have more face.
"Didn't I say I knew he had a wine ding? Do you know what a wine tripod is? Ma Shou also whispered to Ma Rufeng.
Ma Rufeng glared at Ma Shou, continued to whisper, and said, "Then what did you mean by saying that just now?" ”
"This is what Ma Jin said, which means that talking is like a wine tripod, and it is valuable."
Ma Rufeng suddenly realized that Ma Jin was the only scholar among their hall masters, and he was well-informed, and what he said must be right, so he strengthened his determination to drink the wine ding: "Oh~ That's the case, just ask this grandson for the wine ding, otherwise you won't let you go, damn, come if you want, you can leave if you want, how can there be such a cheap thing." ”
"Well, we're going to have a wine tripod." The two saw the wronged head walking back, and hurriedly finalized it, and then, Ma Rufeng smiled and left happily.
"Master Ma, the brothers didn't bring it, how about I go back and ask someone to send it to you right away?" Shi Jiatou turned around, borrowed a circle from familiar people, and didn't borrow the wine ding, so he came back to discuss with Ma Shou, and his attitude was much kinder. I didn't have any doubts, the wine ding, how big the wine tripod can be, at most it is a large wine jug, the jug containing wine, no matter how big it is, Lao Tzu is not bad for the money of the two jujubes. In his heart, he despised the beggar gang leader, he had never seen the world, and he called the wine pot a wine ding!
Ma Shou saw that Shi Buzhuo's attitude had eased up, and he sang happily in his heart, but on the surface, he still looked businesslike, showing an embarrassed expression, and said slowly: "Originally, everyone is a family, and if you don't bring it, you don't bring it, and it's not a big deal." It's just that as soon as you step out of this door, we will no longer be brothers, and if you repay the debt, the brothers will not be able to explain. ”
"I am a dignified leader, and I have thousands of brothers, and I have never been a man of words, and I will rely on you to break the Ding?" Shi Bufang was a little anxious and said loudly.
Ma Shou held back a smile and said: "Big brother, your family has a big business, of course you won't care about a broken tripod, but brother, I can't, we are a group of people who want food, just wait for this tripod to exchange for some rice grain, you also saw it just now, that wasp also asked me for money to settle the bill, he owes three months of food money to the canteen, the shopkeeper said, if you don't give money, you will discount his legs." Brother, I'm embarrassed too. ”
Shi Bufang was a little anxious, forgetting that Ma Rufeng was not far away, so he said casually: "Didn't his leg break once?" Fold it again and do it tightly. ”
As soon as Ma Rufeng heard this, he immediately angrily pulled Shi Bublock's collar and scolded loudly: "The surname is Shi!" What do you mean by that! ”
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense again, Liu Chang spoke: "Okay, don't embarrass them, let them go, Jiuding" Speaking of this, Liu Chang paused intentionally, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then continued: "No, no, I don't miss that thing, I don't want it." ”
When Shi Bu heard this, the child actually looked down on himself, and immediately became anxious: "Who do you look down on. Wait, I'll get it right away. ”
"Okay, you have to go and get it, I won't stop you" After Liu Chang finished speaking, he turned around again, looked at Miao Erwa, who was still on the stage, and the person who was coaxing with him just now, and said, "What about you, and you, do you want to get the wine tripod too?" I don't embarrass you, if you want to go, go together. ”
Shi Buzhu looked at the four hall masters standing behind Liu Chang, and asked mockingly: "You also heard what he said, since you said that he is the helper, you should count what you say." ”
"When the helper speaks, he naturally counts. Bring your guys, get out! ”
"Good. We don't change the green mountains, and the green water flows for a long time...... "Shi Bublock, Miao Erwa and the others, dropped some scenes, and left in a hurry.
After watching these people leave, the four of them were a little indignant, especially Ma Rufeng, who was a little angry about the wine tripod that was about to arrive, and he was a little angry: "Helper, let them leave like this, isn't it too cheap for them." ”
Liu Chang pursed the corners of his mouth, did not answer Ma Rufeng's words, but walked directly onto the high platform, glanced at everyone, and said, "Does anyone else want to quit?" Quitting now, I won't embarrass you, just say hello. ”
Everyone didn't react at once, they all looked at each other, and many people were a little moved. Many businessmen join the beggar gang, just to seek protection, and the beggar gang does provide them with a lot of protection, so that they avoid a lot of trouble in the process of business, and even some people, framed by people with witch Gu design, but also the beggar gang came forward to protect the comprehensive, of course, the protection is not free, they have to pay a lot of protection fees, but this kind of fee is clear and real, very transparent, compared with the past to pay the master of the family and all kinds of inexplicable exploitation is still much less. I have to say that people are forgetful creatures, they have forgotten all kinds of exploitation in the past, especially the harassment and framing from the government and social hooligans, and only know the protection money they have to pay, which makes them very distressed.
Now, they don't have to hand it over, and more than 30 people have come out of the big tent one after another, these people are all merchants, and these people account for a small half of the number of beggar merchants.
The "gang leader" didn't quit until no one withdrew, and the four horses, especially Ma Xin, the head of the internal affairs hall, that is, the chief housekeeper of the beggar gang, walked up to Liu Chang and said his question: "Isn't it a pity to let these people go, they are an important source of funds for us." ”
Liu Chang looked at this dilapidated businessman in the past, and he was also very emotional, in his forties, not tall, slightly lower than normal people, and fat. Although he is not good-looking, he is a real business wizard, and it is this person who made suggestions to himself at the beginning, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Chang'an market to form itinerant vendors, that is, sitting beggars, so that the beggar gang had a relatively stable economic source at the beginning, and made great contributions to the growth of the beggar gang later.
In addition to Ma Jin, Ma Shou, Ma Wei, Ma Xin, Ma Rufeng, these four horses are their original team, and Ma Jin is a literati, everyone should be able to guess this literati, yes, it is the unlucky scholar, although this unlucky guy still has the arrogance of a scholar, but after all, he has a good relationship with Liu Chang, from Huxian Prison to Chang'an County Prison, it can be said that he is a senior cellmate, Liu Chang fished his father out of prison after he was taken out of prison.
His parents were also implicated by witchcraft, and he was the only one left in the family, so he sold all his family property to study around, and also wanted to find an opportunity to become a soldier and become an official, but there was a lot of speculation in the world, and the official became a suspect instead of taking it. The entanglement was also exhausted, and there was nowhere to go, so he followed Liu Chang to help Liu Chang deal with some text work, and also handled some daily affairs on behalf of Liu Chang.
Even if the beggar gang grew to more than 200,000 people later, Liu Chang did not add another person, big businessmen, shrewd big businessmen, there is no shortage of people in the beggar gang, for example, the two who took the lead in leaving today, they are all business elites with one or two thousand people, and Liu Chang didn't even see them.
After more than 30 people left, the venue obviously became a little deserted, but the remaining people were obviously the backbone of the beggar gang, Liu Chang looked at these more than 80 people, and his heart was still a little heavy. According to the news from the Yamen, it is inevitable to face the rectification of the imperial court, and these more than 80 people will definitely be the first target of the imperial court, unless they rebel.
From February to mid-June, more than four months have passed, and now, Liu Chang has more than eight hours of intensive training every day, and the remaining time of each day is less than four hours. And as time goes on, there will be less time left, and he now has to hurry up and get things in order for the next two months, and put all his energy into training, and the review after two months will be very crucial for him.
Although the chances of elimination are unlikely, he has to give his all and does not want any accidents.
News came from the yamen that the beggar gang may have attracted the attention of the government, which is also a helpless thing, if by now, a huge sect is operating out of the sight of the government, and the government is not aware of it at all, then there is no need for this government to exist.
There are no weak soldiers under a strong general, how can he be an incompetent person who can serve as Chang'an Ling under a strong emperor. However, in a short period of time, the possibility of the government taking action is very small, and by the time they investigate, collect evidence, and verify the facts, at least three or four months, the beggar gang is no longer a few people, dozens of people, hundreds of people, he involves more than 200,000 people, all over various industries, and the government will not take the liberty of taking action if it is not sure of it.
What Liu Chang has to do now is to try to ensure the safety of these people before the rainstorm, and dismantle 200,000 people as much as possible, for those real beggars, Liu Chang is not very worried, just give a little settling-in fee, how to hide these backbones is his headache.
Everyone saw Liu Chang's eyes staring at the outside of the tent motionlessly, and they were stunned for a while to say anything, thinking in their hearts, just now Ma Xin said that he would give up the problem of those businessmen leaving on their own, and the helper must be calculating how to snatch their money and belongings, Fang Xie was depressed, and even made up his mind in his heart, as long as the helper spoke, he would immediately find thousands of people and snatch the territory of the two leaders, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart, anyway, they are no longer members of the beggar gang, and beating them is not a violation of the gang rules.
Just when they were thinking about it, the law enforcement team member that Liu Chang had just sent out hurried back, and after saying a few words in Liu Chang's ear, he stepped aside, Liu Chang spoke, he said: "Let the rest of the brothers, hurry up and pack up, don't move anything except the things you have with you, and leave here immediately." ”
Although everyone still had a stomach full of questions, but seeing Liu Chang's anxious expression, they didn't dare to ask more, fortunately, although there were still a lot of people left, they didn't have any second thoughts with the beggar gang, Liu Chang gave an order, and they took action one after another, and within half a moment, they followed Liu Chang and disappeared into the dense forest.
The sun has set, more than ten bonfires in the open space have not been completely extinguished, emitting curling green smoke into the air, the chickens, pigs, sheep and other food roasted on the bonfire have turned into black charcoal, of course, there are also wine jars, all of which are fine wines, and the air is still wafting with the fragrance of fine wine.
"Fuck" a man who looked like an officer, kicked over a wine jar, and as the wine jar shattered, the smell of alcohol in the air became stronger.
"General, they should evacuate soon, should we chase after us?" A man who looked like a lieutenant was asking the general who was leading the team for instructions.
The general who led the team looked at the mountains and forests that were about to fall into night, hesitated, and waved his arm: "Close!" ”
When the figures of those soldiers disappeared at the end of the mountain road, and the night completely covered the entire mountain forest, the disappeared figures appeared in the same place, it was Liu Chang and them.
"The helper is really a god" The four hall masters surrounded Liu Chang and couldn't help but exclaim, if it wasn't for the helper to lead everyone to hide in time, they would definitely be wiped out.
"Damn, those two bastards must have betrayed us, and I can't spare them."
Everyone vented their anger in their hearts, and Liu Chang looked at the bonfire that had burned out, and the food and wine that had become charred were gone, all of which were smashed by soldiers who were as angry as them, and the only thing that was fortunate was that the main tent was still there, although it was cut with a knife and there were holes everywhere.
Liu Chang looked around, spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I haven't eaten or drunk, let's get ready to be hungry tonight." ”
Infected by Liu Chang's emotions, everyone gradually stopped abusive. Hearing Liu Chang mention food, Ma Wei, as a senior beggar, smiled mysteriously and said, "Then how come, helper, have you forgotten that our duty is to be a beggar?" ”
"Why, you still want to take everyone to beg" Liu Chang said with a smile: "It's just begging, and there is no one in this mountain."
"What is the most important thing as a beggar? Food, come, bring everything you eat and drink. ”
With Ma Wei's order, with the help of the half moon in the sky, a group of people walked to a ravine not far away, and after a while, they brought all kinds of food with a smile, and some people actually carried unopened wine jars.
Liu Chang's eyes were straight, when did these people hide so many things, he didn't know: "Wow, so many!" ”
So, after a simple repair of the big tent, especially plugging the holes that had been cut open, the lively bonfire dinner began again. There are chickens, pigs, sheep and, of course, wine. A group of rabble sang and danced around the bonfire, and their masked faces looked very strange under the reflection of the bonfire.
Three days later, the morning star in the east was still hanging in the sky, the curfew had not yet ended, and the whole Chang'an City was still in silence.
"you, why are you going so early?" A man's voice can be heard from a private house.
"I don't know what I ate yesterday, I broke my stomach, I'll go to the thatched house." It was the voice of the hostess, and with the voice, the house lit up with a dark red candlelight.
"Losers, isn't there moonshine outside? I also light candles, I don't know how to save at all, I'm afraid of falling into the pit. The man muttered discontentedly.
Hearing the man's dissatisfaction, the candlelight in the house was also extinguished, and then, with the sound of the door opening the door, a figure came out of the house, and by the moonlight, to the thatched house at the head of the house.
"Ah~!" The woman had just come to the hut, and she didn't know what she had stepped on, but she staggered, and when she picked it up, and looked at it by the moonlight, she couldn't help but let out a scream, and with the scream, she left a mess at her feet.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Did you really fall into the pit? Immediately afterwards, the man also ran out in his clothes, complaining while running: "Useless things,, can you still ......" When he saw clearly that his woman was still standing in front of the pit in a daze, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Three watches in the middle of the night, what is your ghost called, what the hell!?" ”