Chapter 20 Grain Robbery and Disaster Relief
The three simple and clumsy characters of "Stone Buddha Temple" look a little gloomy in the dim firelight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This is exactly the east of Lanfeng City, where the Qing army's military rations were temporarily stored.
At this moment, the bright moon is in the sky, rows of soldiers stand solemnly in the stone Buddha Temple, the whole Buddhist temple is quiet only the sound of insects, the firelight illuminates almost every corner of the Buddhist temple, every high ground has soldiers in the handle, every passage must meet at least three teams of patrols.
This is only a small part of the people in the Stone Buddha Temple, and the larger part has already fallen asleep, and these are just the unlucky ones who have their turn to patrol the night.
At this time, Song Jie was in a shadow in the Stone Buddha Temple, where the fire could not be illuminated, and he had already changed into a night suit, black clothes and black pants, but his face was not covered in any way. The whole person seems to merge with the shadows.
"Smack"
A stone suddenly flew out of Song Jie's hand, and the soldiers around Song Jie were all alarmed by this sudden sound, and when people were nervous, even if there was only a little sound, they would be instantly attracted to it.
And at this moment, Song Jie had already flown from the shadows in front of these soldiers to the roof behind them, hiding on the other side of the roof, all without a sound, and no one noticed.
When he arrived at Song Jie on the roof, this stone Buddha temple was almost the same as no fortification for him.
Leaning down, dodging the bright fire, and then the high ground guarded by the soldiers, he flew from one roof to another with ease.
There is an independent small courtyard in the innermost part of the Stone Buddha Temple, which was originally the place where the Stone Buddha Temple presided over the meditation, and in normal times, there would only be an oil lamp in this courtyard, but now, this courtyard is illuminated by the fire.
The presiding officer of the Stone Buddha Temple has long lived here, and all the monks in the Stone Buddha Temple have been moved to another place, and now living in this small courtyard is Sun Ketong, the chief officer of the Qing army.
Although this courtyard is illuminated as daylight, but there are only two people guarding the courtyard at the door, which is not surprising, if someone can come here through the layers of defense of the stone Buddha temple outside, then, unless Sun Ketong mobilizes hundreds of people to surround this place, otherwise, it will definitely not be able to prevent people from coming.
Besides, he didn't believe that anyone could break through the defenses of at least a thousand soldiers outside, so he was very leisurely at this time, he was sitting at his desk holding a letter, folding it into an envelope to convey military information.
This letter was intended for General Zhaohui, who was ordered to attack the Hui Department, and this letter was naturally good news, reporting that the military rations had been raised.
As the saying goes, "the three armies go first before the grain and grass are moved", it stands to reason that escorting the grain and grass is a very important errand, but no general is willing to do this errand.
The escort of grain and grass is smooth, that is how much credit can be given to escorting grain and grass, in case of failure, and compared with going into battle to kill the enemy, how much credit can it be to escort grain and grass?
Sun Ketong is very excited now, as long as he can safely send this batch of military rations to the northwest battalion, he will be able to go into battle and make meritorious contributions, and this errand of escorting military rations can be said to be half completed.
"The general looks happy?"
At this moment, a warm, slightly immature voice sounded outside his door without warning, and then the door was pushed open, and a young man in a night suit entered.
"Are you...... Who?"
Sun Ketong looked at Song Jie with a calm face, but his hand under the desk had already clenched into a fist, and his feet kept rubbing against the ground.
"Don't you think it's too much for the general to ask? At this time, if you come to the general in a night suit, will you be the general's friend?"
Song Jie turned around and closed the door, chuckling.
"The young man came to visit late at night, he must not have come to ask Ben for silver, what needs Ben Jiang's help, if he can, Ben will not refuse. ”
Sun Ketong clearly knew that if he could come to him in the midst of the army, no matter how young he looked, he would definitely have the ability to end his life before the people he called arrived. He also knew that the person in front of him couldn't come to him for no reason, and since he came to him, there must be something he needed to do, so he didn't do that kind of childish and dangerous thing at all, but asked directly.
Song Jie smiled and said, "At this time, you can still stay calm, worthy of being a general, what is your name?"
"Ben will Sun Ketong. ”
"Okay, Sun Ketong, let me ask you, are you afraid of death?" Song Jie smiled and asked lightly.
Sun Ketong raised his head and said: "No one is not afraid of death, but since he is a general, he has been ready for the horse leather shroud from the day he joined the army." ”
"Do you have any family?"
Sun Ketong's pupils instantly constricted, and he shook his head and said, "I have lived a life of licking blood from the knife, so how can I even affect others." ”
"Really?"
Sun Ketong still shook his head and said, "No." ”
"Don't worry, what I let you do must be within your ability, but after you do this, I'm afraid you, the general, won't be able to do it anymore. When the time comes, I will give you a sum of gold and silver, and you will fly away. I promise you that you will be a general for the rest of your life, and you will not get as much money as I will give you. ”
Song Jie suddenly smiled, as if the spring breeze was blowing, everything was recovering, and the atmosphere in the whole room was relaxed.
"Please also ask the young man to speak clearly!"
Sun Ketong seemed to be a little moved, what is the purpose of joining the army? Isn't it just to be promoted to an official position and make a fortune? Even if the road to promotion is broken, if he can get a sum of money that he will not earn in a lifetime, it is a big deal to go overseas and to the Western Regions.
Song Jie said with a smile: "I want you to start distributing all the military rations here to the refugees affected by the Yellow River flood tomorrow for disaster relief! You must finish this in five days, and then you can get a large amount of money and fly away." ”
"Ah!" Sun Ketong exclaimed, and then said with a wry smile: "The young man has never been in the army, and he doesn't know the rules in the army. If the general had given this order, the result would have been controlled by his subordinates, and this batch of military rations would still be sent to the northwest, and not a single grain would be left in Henan. ”
"Huh. Song Jie chuckled, and suddenly with a wave of his hand, a pill entered Sun Ketong's mouth and went down his throat.
Song Jie clapped his hands and said, "Since General Sun can achieve this position, his brain is not bad, and he can always think of a way to solve this matter." However, I would like to remind General Sun that if General Sun fails to do this well, I am afraid that General Sun will have no brains in the future. ”
"What...... What do you ......mean? What are you giving me to eat?"
Sun Ketong looked at Song Jie in horror, he knew the methods of these people in the rivers and lakes, and even more knew that there were some people in the rivers and lakes who were proficient in poison arts, and the things that were fed by Song Jie just now gave him some bad premonitions.
Song Jie smiled slightly and said: "That's a good thing, it's called 'Three Corpses Brain Divine Pill', there is a cute little guy in it, when it comes to the Dragon Boat Festival, if there is no antidote, the Gu worms inside will come out of the pill, and then drill into your brain, eat your brain bite by bite, and then you will bite whatever you see, and you will know what it looks like to eat yourself." ”
"Only after three days and three nights will you die. This pill has been catalyzed by me with a special method, you only have five days, either after five days, you do what I told you, take the gold and silver and fly away, or watch yourself being gnawed clean by yourself. ”
"You...... You awesome, you're a terrible ghost who kills people without blinking......"
Sun Ketong already felt creepy just by hearing it, and his eyes were full of horror, resentment and helplessness.
"Say whatever you want, at least I have a clear conscience, and that's enough. I will keep watching you do things for the past five days, and if you do a good job, after five days, in the mountains and forests behind the Stone Buddha Temple, I will hand you the antidote and the money you deserve. ”
Song Jie smiled faintly, turned around and opened the door, the outside was still brightly lit, but the two soldiers at the door were like two stone sculptures and did not move.
"Wait!" Sun Ketong suddenly shouted.
"What for?"
Sun Ketong seemed to have accepted his fate, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "I...... How do I know that you don't have that much silver?"
"I don't have it, but the Yellow River Gang should have it, and I'm going to borrow some from them. ”
Song Jie laughed, and with the light gong lifting technique, the person had already flown to the roof, and just like when he came, a few dodged and disappeared into the layers of eaves.
Sun Ketong sat on the chair dejectedly, he knew that the Yellow River Gang must be bleeding profusely this time, and whether he could survive and live comfortably in the second half of his life depended on the next five days.
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was slightly bright, and the refugees within a radius of 100 miles of Lanfeng City got a piece of news: the Shifo Temple in Lanfeng City had opened a warehouse to release grain, and there was only five days, and all the victims who rushed to Shifo Temple could receive ten catties of rations.
The victims were boiling, and groups of victims began to gather towards Lanfeng City and the Stone Buddha Temple from different directions. Ten catties of food rations are enough for them to live alone for two months, and after two months, the flood water should also recede.
And this news is still spreading by word of mouth of the victims, spreading farther and farther, all the victims who got the news are the first to set off, must arrive in five days before the time, rushed to the Stone Buddha Temple.
In front of the Stone Buddha Temple, a large number of victims have gathered now, and there are rows of neat long tables at the door, on the long table are bags of grain, and in the Buddhist Temple, there are soldiers who continue to carry out the food.
This is Sun Ketong's masterpiece in the morning, he shows the ruthlessness of a general, and all those who oppose this order have gone to hell.
Five days later, although there were still victims from farther away, the military rations of the Shifo Temple were only enough for two thousand men and horses for a month, and the garrison of the entire Shifo Temple was no more and no less, exactly 2,000 people.
At dusk, after distributing the last ten catties of grain, Sun Ketong directly asked people to close the temple door, and then asked people to tell the victims who came that they were too late, and there was no extra food in the Shifo Temple.
And he himself rushed to the mountain forest behind the Stone Buddha Temple alone, and he only got the news yesterday that the Qinglou, casino, and even the branch hall under the Yellow River Gang were within four days. Twenty-eight places were picked in a row, and the property that was robbed was worth at least three million taels.
It's just that the Yellow River Gang seems to have changed their temperament this time, and there is no movement at all.
However, none of this is his business, as long as the three million taels can give him one million taels, he is already satisfied.
In the mountains and forests, when Sun Ketong arrived, Song Jie was already standing on a tree, waiting for a while, under the tree, a carriage was quietly parked, and the two horses pulling the cart were also very quiet.
Song Jie pointed to the carriage and said indifferently: "400,000 taels of gold, enough for you to go anywhere for the rest of your life." ”
As he spoke, his men had swept to another tree and were running deeper into the forest.
"Wait, where's the antidote?"
Sun Ketong hurriedly shouted in horror.
"If there is no poison, how can there be an antidote?"
Song Jie's laughter came clearly into Sun Ketong's ears from a distance.
"There is no poison, I am not poisoned, I am not poisoned, I am not poisoned......"
Sun Ketong slumped on the ground, and only came back to his senses after half a ring, hurriedly took off the general's uniform on his body, revealing the civilian clothes he was wearing inside, rushed to the front of the carriage, opened the curtain, and his eyes were full of golden yellow filling the entire carriage.
"Even if there is no poisoning, this batch of gold is worth it. ”
Sun Ketong thought about it beautifully, caught up with the carriage, and hurriedly left this place of right and wrong.
ps: Some readers said that Zhang Zhaozhong's death was too easy, Lu Feiqing couldn't beat Zhang Zhaozhong, and Song Jie was killed in twenty moves. In fact, Lu Feiqing can't beat Song Jie, so let him quit as soon as possible as a villain in this low-level world!!