At the age of half a lifetime, the old cigarette pole also knelt down slowly, and said, "Master must save the lives of our whole village." ”

Qiao Zhen grabbed the old cigarette stick, and helped Wang Dayou up, Lu Dawei, a chivalrous heart spontaneously emerged from the bottom of his heart, and said: "The man has gold under his knees, what are you doing here?" I promise you, help you. ”

Although Qiao Zhen agreed to them, how could he help them? His monthly salary was only about eighty taels of silver, not to mention that he didn't have much silver with him at all.

Qiao Zhen asked, "I don't know how many taels of silver are needed to cure the plague of the whole village?"

The old cigarette pole said, "We have already asked the scholar in detail. According to him, it is estimated that it will cost at least 200,000 taels of silver. ”

Qiao Zhen was taken aback. 200,000 taels of silver is really not a small amount for him, even if he goes to the nearby county town to raise it, I am afraid that he will not be able to raise so much silver for a while.

The old cigarette pole said: "Please master must think of a way to save the lives of our whole village." Many people have been infected with the plague for several days, and after today, I am afraid it will be too late to save them. I beg you on behalf of the people of the village. After saying that, he knelt down again.

Qiao Zhen hurriedly grabbed the old cigarette stick. Obviously, there are two paths in front of Qiao Zhen now: first, leave these villagers alone and let them fend for themselves. Second, find a way to raise 200,000 taels of silver as soon as possible. At this time, Qiao Zhen was fighting fiercely in his heart. If he didn't care about the lives of these villagers, he really couldn't do it. These are flesh and blood people. If you leave it alone, those who are infected with the plague will surely die, but what about those who are not infected with the plague? What is the meaning of them living in this world? Thinking of this, Qiao Chen's heart couldn't help but ache like a knife.

But what if you help them? Where can you find so much silver? There is only one way, and that is to steal the silver. But in this way, isn't he a prisoner and a thief, and he has put himself in a very passive situation? What's more, this batch of dart silver is to be escorted by the imperial court, which is of great significance, and there is no room for half a mistake!

In the final analysis, it was still those rebellious thieves who made trouble! They robbed food, recruited strong men, and deliberately spread deadly plagues, and now I am afraid that they will use the money from the bandits to cure the disease!

How did Qiao Zhen choose? Should he follow his own conscience, or consider his own future? Life was too cruel to him, he was still young, he was not even thirty years old, he had a bright future waiting for him, but life forced him to make such a painful choice. Maybe such a choice will be easy for some people, but it is a kind of torment for a person like Qiao Zhen who is flesh and blood and has a conscience.

The long sword engraved with the word "Xia" pressed on Qiao Chen's shoulder, as if it gave him an answer.

Giving up innocent people's lives for the sake of silver is not only not worthy of this long sword, but what is the difference between it and those rogues and bandits?

Finally, with Qiao Xu's help, Wang Dayou and Lu Dawei successfully obtained 200,000 taels of silver, and hurriedly went to the nearby market to purchase medicinal materials before dawn.

When Qiao Zhen returned to the resting place of the dart masters, it was already dawn. Seeing that the crowd had not yet woken up, he hurried back to his seat, rested for an hour, and then heard the chief dart shouting to get up. After washing their faces and having breakfast in a hurry, everyone hurriedly embarked on the journey again.

Lian Hanshu has been a dart head for more than two years, and in the past two years, he has protected countless darts of all sizes, and there has never been any mistakes. But as soon as the carriage left this time, he realized that something was wrong - the experienced dart head, just from the traces left by the carriage and the state of the carriage, he could find whether the dart was abnormal, which was the valuable experience and intuition of the bodyguard over the years.

Lian Hanshu ordered to stop and count the dart silver, only to find that the dart silver was really missing. Originally, there were 1 million taels, but now there are only 800,000 taels, a whole 200,000 taels. The dart masters were all stunned and silent.

Lian Hanshu's eyes swept over the faces of the dart masters one by one, from left to side, and from side to side. His face was grim, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's eye.

Finally, he opened his mouth and asked, "Who was on duty last night?" Fang Cheng stood up silently. Lian Hanshu said: "The dart silver is missing a full 200,000 taels, what's going on?"

Fang Cheng said in a bit of a panic: "This ...... I don't really know how. With my keen sense of smell, I wake up even if a mouse crawls past me at night, but last night there really wasn't any movement. ”

Lian Hanshu was expressionless, and said coldly: "You slept last night?"

Fang Chengdao: "Darthead, you have to believe me, I have never made a mistake in my bodyguard career for several years." Yesterday was really quiet, without any surprises......"

Lian Hanshu interrupted him and said, "I'm asking if you slept last night. ”

Fang Cheng said: "Sleep." But don't all the people on duty sleep? I'm not the only one who sleeps. And I've made it a habit that even in my sleep, I'll wake up whenever something happens. ”

Lian Hanshu sneered: "Very good, then let me ask you, is there any shortage of dart silver?"

Fang Cheng said: "Less." ”

Lian Hanshu said: "Does this count as a situation?"

Fang Chengdao: "Count." ”

Lian Hanshu said, "Have you woken up?"

A drop of sweat oozed from Fang Cheng's forehead, and said, "No...... No. ”

Lian Hanshu said again: "What is the first of the regulations of the Kyushu Dart Bureau for the personnel on duty?"

Fang Chengdao: "Yes...... Don't sleep while you're on duty. ”

Lian Hanshu said: "Then what else do you have to say?"

Fang Chengdao: "I...... However...... "He was really at a loss at the moment, although he believed in the keen sense of smell that he had cultivated over the years, but the dart silver was indeed lost, and he had no idea how the dart silver was lost." If he didn't sleep, it certainly wasn't his responsibility, but the problem was, he slept. What else can he say except to swallow his grievances?

Lian Hanshu said: "You know the rules of the dart game, I want to help you but I can't help you." Now you have two ways to go, either recover the 200,000 taels of silver before you arrive in Jin County, or immediately roll up and leave. ”

Fang Cheng bit his lower lip tightly and said, "Okay, I'll go find Dart Yin!"

At this time, I only heard a voice say: "Wait! The people looked at the man who spoke, and this person was Qiao Xu. Lian Hanshu's eyes were like lightning, and he stared at Qiao Zhen tightly and said, "Oh, what do you have to say?"

Qiao Zhen said: "Fang Cheng didn't know anything about the theft of the dart silver because someone ordered his sleeping hole. ”