These more than ten men looked at each other, and they hesitated for a while, but under the gaze of Zhu Sanjia, they all kowtowed. I could only hear my head hitting the bluestone, and I kept making a "bang" sound. Mrs. Sha hurriedly raised her hands and said, "Everyone, please get up, you don't have to make this big gift!"

But those men ignored it, and still kowtowed to themselves, and in a moment, five or six people had broken their foreheads, and blood flowed from their wounds.

Zhu Sanjia said to Mrs. Sha: "We offended Mrs. and the little master, even if we gave this life, it should be, what is the point of a few more kowtows?"

Mrs. Sha was amused and a little annoyed in her heart, and thought to herself: "You are so unreasonable. It's obviously a misunderstanding, you want these people to break their heads and bleed, but it's not because you yourself have a forehead injury, so you want your subordinates to also have blood on the spot?"

Hou Zhen saw Mrs. Sha's uncertain expression, and hurriedly said to Zhu Sanjia: "Brother Zhu, what are you doing, why don't you let them stop quickly?!"

Only then did Zhu Sanjia say to the dozen or so men: "Okay, listen to the instructions of the young grandmother, don't kowtow!"

Only then did the dozen or so men raise their heads, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Zhu Sanjia, but they didn't dare to stand up. Zhu Sanjia said: "The young grandmother has already forgiven our sins, let's get up!"

Everyone stood up, and six or seven of them looked rather hideous with blood on their faces.

Li Qiufeng stood aside, seeing that these men were dressed like Zhu Sanjia, and they looked like ordinary villagers. It's just that they are tall and strong, and from the rolled up sleeves and trouser legs, you can see that the muscles of the arms and legs are stretched, and they are very majestic. He thought to himself: "Shicai is fighting with this Zhu Sanjia, this person is holding a spear, and his tricks are not like martial arts in the rivers and lakes, but like the battle formation kung fu of a strong bow and a hard horse." Look at these dozen or so men, all of them are mighty and majestic, not like characters in the rivers and lakes, but quite like military attaches in the army. You should be careful about the origin of these people. ”

Hou Zhen said: "Brother Zhu, how did you get here, and why did you ambush the eldest young grandmother and the younger young master in this stone cave?"

Zhu Sanjia's face changed, he was a little ashamed, looked around for a while, and then said to Hou Zhen: "Big housekeeper, can the eldest young master get here?"

As soon as he said this, Mrs. Sha and Hou Zhen's faces changed color. Hou Zhen glanced at Mrs. Sha, pondered for a moment, and then said: "In the past few days, there have been great changes in the fort, and a large number of enemies are coming. The eldest young master is sitting in Hutou Rock and is commanding the enemy, so he didn't come here, so he asked me to protect my wife and the little young master to hide here first. However, news has spread in the castle that the enemy has been repulsed, and the eldest young master is about to come to greet the eldest young grandmother in person. ”

Li Qiufeng saw that Hou Zhen's words were not leaky, and he secretly admired it in his heart, and thought: "No wonder this old man Hou can be the big housekeeper of Shajiabao, which is really extraordinary." Although he knew this Zhu Sanjia, he didn't know much about this person, otherwise he wouldn't have known that Zhu Sanjia actually had martial arts. At this time, he is in a dangerous place, and naturally he can't reveal the details and details of everyone. It's just that Mrs. Sha and Sha Zhongyu are hiding here, and they can't say that they are here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but they are making up a lie that there is an enemy attacking, and they tell him lightly that the enemy has been repulsed and Sha Yiming is coming. In this way, even if this Zhu Sanjia is unpredictable, he naturally does not dare to act rashly because of Sha Yiming's strength. This old man is so thoughtful, he is indeed a great expert in the rivers and lakes!"

When the Zhu Sanjia heard Hou Zhen's words, they seemed to be relieved, and said: "No wonder there are so many turtle bastards at the foot of the mountain, all of them are fierce, and they don't let us send food up the mountain......

As soon as he said this, Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he said, "This big brother, are there many people at the foot of the mountain?"

Zhu Sanjia suffered a big loss under Li Qiufeng, and they were very afraid of Li Qiufeng, and when they saw him talking, their bodies trembled at first, and they didn't dare to look directly into his eyes, and turned their heads to look at Hou Zhen. Hou Zhen naturally knew his thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "This son is our own person, Brother Zhu doesn't need to be afraid." ”

Only then did Zhu Sanjia turn around and say to Li Qiufeng: "I don't know what happened under the mountain, there are a large number of officers and soldiers gathered. We were afraid of getting into trouble, so we went in a circle from a distance and turned up the mountain from the northeast. I can't think of how far I went, and I don't know where more than 20 turtle bastards dressed in black jumped out, and they didn't let us go up the mountain. Later, we got impatient, and were about to draw our swords from our burdens to drive these bastards away, when another group of people came from the mountains. The leader was an old bald donkey and an old miscellaneous hair, and there were more than forty bald donkeys and miscellaneous hairs. When we saw that these people were not like good people, and there were many of them, we were afraid that we would suffer a loss if we started to do it, so we had to pretend to turn around and go down the mountain, but we found a hidden forest to hide. Seeing these bald donkeys hurrying down the mountain, they quietly found the entrance to the secret passage and sent the grain into the cave......

Li Qiufeng, Xiao Zhanpeng, and Murong Danyan heard Zhu Sanjia mention the black-clothed man and a monk, and immediately remembered the killer of the Liusheng clan, the Guangzhi monk, and Yu Qingzi, and they were all shocked in their hearts. Hou Zhen said on the side: "Brother Zhu, why do you want to send grain into this cave?"

Zhu Sanjia didn't expect Hou Zhen to ask such a question, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he couldn't help but glance at Mrs. Sha, and then turned his gaze to Hou Zhen, and said, "This, this...... Didn't the sandcastle lord tell the young grandmother and the big butler?"

Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he secretly thought: "Could it be that the sand castle lord had any instructions to this Zhu San family before his death? If Mrs. Sha and Hou Zhen didn't know, this Zhu San family couldn't help but be suspicious, and they were afraid that if they had a dirty relationship with us, things would be a little difficult to handle." ”

He was thinking about it, but he heard Mrs. Sha say unhurriedly on the side: "Mr. Zhu, a few days ago, suddenly an enemy besieged Shajiabao on a large scale. When the incident happened in a hurry, the sand castle lord just told the Hou steward about the location of the cave, and asked him to take our female dependents to take refuge here. Since the ancestors of the Sha family founded the Shajia Fort, the female dependents are not allowed to participate in the major events in the fort. If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, the sand castle lord wouldn't even know about the existence of this cave in the belly of this mountain. It's because of these things, don't talk about Steward Hou, it's me and the little master, but I don't know anything about it. ”

Li Qiufeng listened to Mrs. Sha's eloquent conversation, and admired it greatly in his heart. These words were very decent, which not only relieved the suspicion of the Zhu Sanjia, but also respected his identity, no wonder Sha Yiming fell in love with Mrs. Sha at first sight. This woman is not only outstanding in appearance, but also rare in her intelligence and cleverness, she is indeed a strange woman.

After listening to Mrs. Sha's explanation, the Zhu Sanjia really put their minds at ease, and then said to Mrs. Sha: "What the eldest young grandmother said is that this matter was originally a big secret, and the owners of the Shajia Fort in the past generations would only say that they knew it with the next lord of the castle, and to this day, I am afraid that this rule has only been more than 100 years......

When Li Qiufeng and the others heard him say this, their hearts were all in shock. Mrs. Sha thought to herself: "Before Yiming and Yan Wuji went to the Tiger Garden, because of the suddenness of the incident, they only told me about the entrance to the secret passage in the old mansion, and they didn't say anything else. Since this is a secret that only the owners of Shajiabao can know, how can this Zhu Sanjia know it? Look at the appearance of these people, they are all rude charlatans, how can they know the secret of our Shajiabao?"

Thinking of this, she was about to ask, but she heard Zhu Sanjia say to the dozen or so men: "The young grandmother and the big housekeeper just said that those turtle bastards are coming for Shajiabao, and we have to guard against it." Brother Zhang, you take two people and hurry back to the entrance of the secret passage, if someone attacks them, you don't need to do anything with them, just lead them to the Nine Songs and Eighteen Plates, and trap this group of bastards!"

A big man agreed, first hugged his fist to Zhu Sanjia, and then bowed down to give a deep salute to Mrs. Sha, then picked up the spear from the ground and hurriedly walked into the stone cave with the two big men. Zhu Sanjia issued orders one after another, sending out all these dozen Han men.

Li Qiufeng watched coldly from the side, and when he saw that Zhu Sanjia gave the order, his face was completely devoid of the sad look he had before, but like a general who was facing thousands of troops and horses, and was majestically dispatching troops. He thought to himself: "The general who has been in the barracks for a long time has this majesty that others can't pretend. Look at this Zhu Sanjia and his dozen or so subordinates, they are not like heroes in the rivers and lakes, they are generals who lead troops to fight in the military camp. It's just that how these people came to this cave and were so respectful to Mrs. Sha are so incomprehensible. ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Sanjia had already arranged his subordinates, and then turned to Mrs. Sha and said, "Grandma, please find a quiet place, and the villain will tell you in detail about this matter!"

Mrs. Sha knew that he didn't want others to know about this, so she shook her head and said, "Mr. Zhu, these are all good friends of Shajiabao, you just say it, don't worry about anything." ”

At this time, Hou Zhen had already instructed the two servants to clean up the place where everyone had eaten, and then said to Mrs. Sha: "Grandma, let's go and sit down in the middle of the grotto." ”

Everyone walked to the center of the grotto, and after taking their seats, Zhu Sanjia said: "Grandma, I think you also know the origin of the Sha family ancestor who founded this Shajia Fort?"

Mrs. Sha nodded and said, "I heard the lord of the castle say that more than a hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzu had not yet ascended the throne, and was named King Yan by Emperor Taizu, and was stationed in Beiping to prevent Meng Yuan from going south. At that time, the ancestors of the Sha family were the pro-army guards of the Yan Wangfu, and they had been with the Yan King, and they had repeatedly followed the Yan King on their northern expeditions, as far as the depths of the desert, and the military merits were promoted to thousands of households. It's just that after the death of Emperor Taizu, Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, provoked by traitorous ministers, and was determined to cut the domain. Among the kings, the northern kings were the strongest. Among the kings of the north, the kings of Qin, Jin, and Yan were the most powerful. Emperor Jianwen conspired with his cronies and ministers Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to cut down the domain. The kings of Zhou, Daiwang, Qi, and Xiang were successively deposed as concubines or beheaded. At the same time, in the name of consolidating the northern frontier, the elite soldiers of King Yan were transferred and prepared to cut off King Yan. King Yan was forced by the situation and had to raise troops to resist, which was the famous 'Battle of Jingyan' after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. King Yan's army went south, all the way to Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen burned the palace, and died in the fire. King Yan inherited the unification and was Emperor Chengzu. The ancestors of the Sha family followed Emperor Chengzu to stick to Beiping and participated in the wars. When Emperor Chengzu went south, as a pro-army general, he fought from Beiping to Nanjing, and made a lot of contributions. When Emperor Chengzu moved the capital to Beiping, the ancestors of the Sha family were knighted for their military merits, which was the glory of Wushang. It's just that after years of fighting, the ancestor has suffered more than ten wounds, and he has been like a candle in the wind, and he has to go up and beg for help. Emperor Chengzu read the merits of serving the ancestors before and after the saddle, and finally approved his fold. Only then did the ancestors return to Hutouyan and founded Shajiabao. ”

When she said this, the Zhu Sanjia shook her head and said, "Grandma, what you know is just the grandiose rhetoric of the official, but the matter is far from being so simple!"

(End of chapter)