Chapter 48: To each his own master
The person who came in turned out to be his adopted daughter Wangshu. Wangshu looked at the unkempt hair of the old village owner, tears suddenly fell, and Zhao Xibao pointed at Wangshu who was crying and sobbing with a fan. "I haven't seen each other for so many days, presumably, the two of you must have something to say. I waited outside, and came back in a quarter of an hour to see the old villager. ”
When Feng Yelei came in, he kept hiding behind Xiao Taozi, and the old owner didn't see him. When leaving, Feng Yelei deliberately walked at the end and glanced deeply at the old village owner.
The old village owner was surprised that this child was so familiar. Fang Cai looked at his eyes, it was resentful and ruthless, how could a child have such a heavy anger. Could it be that he has done something that can't help him, for so many years, even if he has established a cottage, he has not done anything that hurts people's lives. Only, only.
It's him, it's him!
It turned out to be him!
After the old village owner was shocked, his tightly knit brows were loosened again. The deceased has passed away, and the debt owed back then should be repaid.
Originally, he had a thousand words to tell his adopted daughter, and even, the moment he saw her, all he wanted was to let his adopted daughter find an opportunity to run away and leave him alone. After seeing the child, his mind all changed.
"Father, Lord Zhao told me everything, I always thought that we were chivalrous and righteous heroes in the green forest, but I didn't expect that you were actually doing things for Lord Thorn Shi."
"Father, I've always wondered that we robbed rich merchants passing by, and for so many years, there was no government to surround and suppress us, and even a few times I saw people from the government quietly guarding us. I always thought you had someone in the government. Unexpectedly, you are doing things for them. ”
"Father, we have never killed anyone, and you have taken all the money we have robbed every time. This time, you also bought the grain with the silver you have accumulated over the years. ”
"Father, now that something has happened, can you please ask Lord Assassin Shi to save you. Let him open up to you and let him save you. ”
No matter what Wangshu said, the old village owner was silent. The old village owner touched Wangshu's head, "Don't cry, take good care of yourself." You go and call Master Zhao in, I have something to say to him. ”
Although Wangshu didn't know why, he still followed his father's words. Zhao Xibao stood outside the tent and looked at the scenery, although it was a suburb of the city, the surroundings were open and beautiful.
The overall layout of the camp is very rigorous, with two rows of wooden stakes to make a fence, one row high on the outside and one low on the inside. Planks were placed between the inner row and the outer row on which the soldiers could stand to defend the fence. The lower part can be used for the guards to rest, and there are two to four gates, and there is an empty space behind the door, which is conducive to the assembly of troops. A number of watchtowers were set up on the four corners and sides of the camp and in the camp to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The grain and grass are placed in the center of the camp, and the grain carts surround it to form an inner village.
The tent of the Chinese army is generally set up in front of the grain and grass cantonment, and there is a large open space in front of the tent for the army to parade. There are two flagpoles in front of the tent, one for hanging the handsome flag, and the other for hanging signal flags and lanterns. In the camp, tents are installed in blocks according to the army formation. Roads were left wide enough between the ministries to facilitate the assembly of troops, and sanitary facilities such as toilets were provided on the periphery of the camps, and stables were set up outside the cavalry camps for horses. Outside the camp wall, one or several trenches were dug to facilitate defense. Hundreds of meters of trees and thatch outside the camp walls have been cut down so that the approaching enemy can be detected at the first opportunity. At the same time, a number of braziers were set up in the open space outside the camp, which were lit at night, so that any enemy could see if they were approaching.
Zhao Xibao has always been a wanton and noisy person, and when he came to the camp, he consciously silenced himself. It is strictly forbidden to make noise in the camp, and the sergeants of all units can only stay in the camp of the headquarters and are not allowed to move around at will, so as to prevent spies and enemy troops from attacking the camp.
"Lord Zhao, Lord Zhao?" Wangshu lifted the tent and called. Zhao Xibao raised his eyebrows and smiled, this matter has been done. She slowly paced into the tent, leaving only Xicheng to follow to her left and right. "Old village owner, have you figured it out?"
"Lord Zhao, I can explain the truth of the matter, but there is one point, you must let my daughter go. I will not be able to let you know until she arrives safely. ”
Zhao Xibao pulled the chair and sat down again, still in an uninhibited manner. "If your daughter leaves, you will die again without proof. I'm going to suffer a big loss, and there's nowhere to complain if I have a grievance, don't you say, old butler! ”
Zhao Xibao's eyes gradually sharpened, and she boasted that she was not a good person. Master once said that she has a rebellious and rebellious spirit hidden deep in her bones, if she can suppress it, she is a righteous gentleman, if she can't suppress it, she is a cold-blooded and cruel little madman.
People, they all have two sides. The side that is displayed on the outside is polished and shaped layer by layer, it is the side that everyone likes to see, it is the side that everyone can accept, and it is the side that is disguised and gregarious and will not be isolated because of the alternative! In fact, the one hidden deep in each person is more like the primordial itself.
Zhao Xibao looked at the owner of the village, and thought of the victims who were so hungry that they ate Guanyin soil and were strangled to death. I think of the dark wails of crying and crying out in prison. When investigating the price of rice, it was learned that the officials of Dongzhou City were so majestic, and the officials and businessmen joined hands to raise the price of rice, and nearly forty percent of the profits of the rice store were taken away by the government. The people in Dongzhou City are drought, and the people have no rice to eat, and the officials eat wine and meat constantly, and the singers sing songs every night.
The sneer in her heart continued to expand, people can be selfish, but not so selfish that they have no humanity. When the water is clear, there is no fish, everyone in the officialdom understands this truth, how can there be no remuneration for officials, and the entertainment will cost silver, and the court's worship is only a few catties and taels, in addition to life, what else can be left? If you don't make a little money, how can you maintain human relations.
But, greed, there is a degree! They cannot plunder the people's fat and ointment, so that they have no clothes to wear and no rice to eat. Zhao Xibao hated the assassin Shi for intercepting rice grain from all walks of life, even if he knew that rice grain was used for disaster relief. It is better to watch the price of rice in Dongzhou City rise day by day, and watch the people starve to death. It is better to have official achievements than to abandon the people, drive them out of the city, and leave them to fend for themselves.
What do they think of the people, stepping stones? One by one, help them climb the ladder. Zhao Xibao's hatred was so clear that he couldn't hide his anger. But she still talked with a cold smile.
"Old village master, you don't know who I am, and there are many things you don't like, especially." She leaned forward, no smile in her eyes. "I don't like to go around the bend with people. I might as well tell you directly, the new assassination history arranged by the imperial court is about to take office, if the case is handed over, at that time, can you make the decision to release your girl, which one will take the pen. ”
The old village owner looked at the little boy in front of him, and his patience gradually disappeared, he knew that although the assassin could decide the case, if the governor was there, the chief judge of the case would be the governor. The little boy's words told him that he had no patience to deal with him anymore. If he refuses to give something of value, then he will leave it alone. Let their father and daughter fend for themselves. At a young age, ruthless, no wonder he can be in a high position.
"Lord Zhao, since you already know who the person in charge of the cottage is, it's just that you don't want to know why the cottage was established in the first place?"
"Listen up!"
"Over the years, Lord Assassin's spirit has not been very good, and his rights have been gradually evisaged by villains. In the face of the increasingly severe drought, he was already unable to do so. I can only set up a cottage, rob the rich and help the poor, and secretly help the victims. My family is not a bad person. ”
"Old village master, do you mean that half of it is hidden and half of it, and you still take me as a child, and you can fool me with a few random words?" Zhao Xibao put his hands behind his back and didn't look at him at all. "Let me ask you, since you know that this rice and grain is for disaster relief, why don't you let it go?"
The old village owner said a little unnaturally, "Because I don't trust them." Zhao Xibao interrupted him, "I guess, whether it is said next, I don't know if what the grain transport guy said is true or false, you think that they transported rice into the city and made money from the people with a black heart." Old village owner, am I right or not? ”
The old village owner nodded, and Zhao Xibao took out an official document from his arms, "Old village owner, look at your lies, if I hadn't prepared in advance, maybe I would have been fooled by you." Zhao Xibao carried the document and put it in front of the old village owner, "This is a special customs clearance document of the government, in order to expedite the food to Dongzhou City, I specially sent a letter to the government, this batch of food is a free donation, please support Dongzhou City as soon as possible." The documents have already been shown to you, don't pretend you don't know, the human and material evidence is complete. ”
The old villager's face suddenly turned pale, and the cold sweat of his vest broke out. Zhao Xibao sat back in his chair and summoned Xiao Taozi for a cup of tea. Xicheng watched the whole process from the sidelines, and the princess was full of aura, and once shocked him, a person who had been on the battlefield, and he didn't dare to take a breath. Unexpectedly, I used to think that the princess was a little white rabbit who was pure and cute, but now I know that the princess is clearly a little wolf cub in sheep's clothing. It's a bite down, and you will see the ruthlessness of flesh and blood.
Zhao Xibao crossed Erlang's legs and drank tea, and said casually floating tea leaves: "Old village master, when did you establish a cottage?" After so many years, where did the money that robbed the rich and helped the poor go? Where did you get the food in the cottage? Don't be in a hurry to open your mouth just yet, you might as well think about it before answering! ”
The old village owner knew what he was doing, and he couldn't hide it from the people in front of him, and Lord Zhao knew far more than he imagined. As he said, if you want to save your adopted daughter, you have to say something that interests him. It's just that he can't betray his master to death, if he betrays, when he returns to his homeland, he will have no shame to face the ancestors of the Wu family. Only he and Thorn Shi know that the cottage has already been established. For so many years, Wangshu has always thought that he hid the silver that robbed the rich and helped the poor, and even thought that the grain was purchased with the hidden silver.
If he is destined to choose one between Wangshu and Wu Neng, then he can only.
Zhao Xibao found that the old village owner's expression was wrong, and seemed to have made up some kind of determination. It seems that the old village owner has made a choice, she immediately put down the teacup and walked out.