Chapter 113: Swearing to the Heavens
After Su Xiaolou said this, the masked man opposite him was only scared but not shocked, it seemed that they already knew Su Xiaolou's identity, but Su Xiaolou was shocked, how did the masked man know the identity of his group, and they didn't wear official uniforms today!
There was another burst of lightning and thunder, as if to split the whole heaven and earth, the wind blew the big trees hunting, and the masked scholar knelt on the ground in pain and begged: "You let them go, they are innocent, as long as you are willing to let them go, I will go back with you to confess." ”
Su Xiaolou agreed without hesitation: "Yes!" ”
At present, they are at a disadvantage, and it is important to save their lives, and the rabbit is in a hurry and bites! In case this group of people is in a hurry, it will not be cost-effective to burn all the jade.
"You swear, I want you to swear to God! You'll let them go! They will never be implicated. ”
The sky became darker and darker, and in an instant, lightning swung everywhere like a silver whip, one in the east and one in the west, which was terrifying!
Su Xiaolou hesitated, this is really going to pick the time, although he is a staunch materialist, he is still in awe of heaven and earth, is it true that he will not be struck by lightning when he makes such an insincere oath in this thunderous weather?
"Can't you do it the other way? Brother, although I am sincere, I am afraid that God will be blind! ”
The masked scholar's eyes instantly turned into a fierce light, ignoring the fire hammer on his head, he picked up the knife on the ground and stabbed it at Lu Datong as if he was ruthless: "If you don't want to let us go, then everyone will die together!" ”
"Wait!" Su Xiaolou shouted, the knives on both sides were only an inch away from his neck, and his frightened cold sweat came out: "I swear!" I swear! ”
Su Xiaolou slowly raised his right hand, and the thunder in the sky rumbled like dozens of cannons being fired in your ears, even after that, it would make people feel palpitations: "I, Su Xiaolou, swear to the sky!" If you are willing to spare everyone present except you, and if you violate this oath, let me ...... Let my parents die, and my brothers and sisters die on the streets, how about it, it's poisonous enough! ”
The masked scholar looked at the other accomplices: "Put down your knives and leave quickly!" ”
Daring to make such a poisonous oath in this weather, the masked scholar and his group believed Su Xiaolou, and the "bang-la-la" knife fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and everyone put down the knife one after another, and the fat man and they rushed up to hold the masked scholar to prevent him from repenting.
A strong man stood there
Speaking in a local accent, he said: "We don't leave, we do things together, and if we want to be caught, we will be arrested together." ”
The crowd chimed in: "Yes! ”
"We're not leaving!"
Su Xiaolou originally wanted to let them go, but he didn't expect this group of people to be quite affectionate and righteous, since this is the case, then he won't be polite to them: "Then take it away together!" ”
"You guys hurry up, Li has no children and no daughters in his family, no worries, if he dies, he will die, you still have wives and children waiting for you to go back, what should they do if you die? How do they survive in that kind of place, hurry up! Don't do it for Li. The scholar broke off his face towel under the strenuous activity, and Su Xiaolou was stunned when he saw that face, it turned out to be the one who recited "Boiling Salt Poems" in the salt field that day.
Su Xiaolou asked, "You and they are both salt people?" You people dare to sell official salt, and you are so bad that Lord Qincha has come all the way to make decisions for you! ”
"No, what we smuggle is only surplus salt, not official salt."
The surplus salt is the salt left over after the salt people pay the regular salt, and the salt households are not allowed to trade privately, and they must be collected and re-entered into the accounts by the salt transportation department, Su Xiaolou thought of the two large warehouses of Boss Zhou and asked him: "There is so much salt that is handed over every day according to the salt farm, how do you save so much surplus salt?" ”
Li Juzi looked at the lightning that pierced the sky: "If your life is dark, only bullying and oppression remain, you will know." ”
Su Xiaolou was silent for a while, and then asked: "Lord Qincha has already promised to make decisions for you, and a new and more reasonable salt payment policy will be formulated in the future, why do you still take the risk of selling salt!" ”
"Because I brought them hope that they shouldn't have, at first we sold surplus salt just for food and clothing, in order to survive, and then found that we could exchange it for some silver, so I wanted to help those poor children, so I secretly opened a school in my own house in the salt factory, so that all the children came to class at night, I told them that reading can change their fate, they can get fame, they can become big officials, they don't have to boil salt day and night like their parents, and they also want to study in this salt field all their lives. The salt farmers also don't want their children to become their future selves, the salt farm does not pay money, only rice, but to read is to buy books, to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, it is necessary to buy money, so the salt people are even more day and night to cook salt, hoping to have more surplus salt in exchange for some money to buy books for children, and those who have no surplus salt will sell their polished rice for brown rice to buy books for children. ”
It turned out that the refined salt in the two warehouses was saved by the salt farmers in the salt field day and night, just to find a way out for their children, a drop of water fell on Su Xiaolou's head, Su Xiaolou raised his head, and the rain fell.
The poor cherish each other, the fat man is pumping at this time, and he is so moved that tears are about to fall, and several other people are very unhappy in their hearts, their school captains are all begged by their parents behind their backs to ask grandpa and grandmother, and they have used up the savings of the first half of their lives.
Salt is originally a messy account, just like an apple with moths in it, it has been rotten from top to bottom, everyone wants to come over and get a piece of the pie, the nobles want to expand their power, the salt merchants want to make more money, the salt people want to live better, and the people want to eat cheaper salt.
The upper class people set the rules, but they never have the word rule in their eyes, but instead require the lower class people not to take a step out of the rules, and slowly squeeze out their last bit of value in the rules.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, hitting the earth mercilessly, Su Xiaolou scolded: "Xiong Er, why don't you fucking remind the master to bring an umbrella in this ghost weather, the newly bought clothes of the master are wet, hurry up, close the team!" I'm going to change my clothes when I go back! ”
"Boss! They ......, "Yanmin and Su Xiaolou's dog legs are a little confused.
"If they love to be drenched here, let them drench, let's go." Su Xiaolou didn't sympathize with them much, it was useless to sympathize with this kind of thing, but he just felt that it was despicable to step on the shoulders of poor people and climb up!
People's hearts are full of flesh, Su Xiaolou's doglegs are very happy, and Su Xiaolou's image in their hearts is a little brighter.
Lu Datong suddenly rushed out like a mad dog and raised a knife on Li Juzi's neck: "Can't let them go!" ”
"Lu Datong! What are you doing? Do you dare to disobey orders and forget the oath you took before you set off? ”
Lu Datong turned around and stared at Su Xiaolou, and suddenly punched Su Xiaolou in the face, Su Xiaolou didn't check for a while, a huge force drove him to turn around, and the whole person fell in embarrassment in the mud mixed with rain, the fat man and Xiong Er saw that their boss was beaten, and they rushed up to subdue Lu Datong.