In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and Song Guo's scientific expedition has finally come to an end, but I don't know which one is happy and which one is sad. Sun Hao can't control that now, his only thought now is how to escape from the horse thieves. On the same day, he was captured by this group of people for a while, and he lost consciousness, and he should have been smeared with ** incense. When he woke up, he was locked in a cellar, with only two big men guarding him, and he didn't know where he was now.

It was only from the small talk of the two big men that they were now in a stronghold of horse thieves. The group of horse thieves that day seemed to be going to rob something, leaving only these two people to guard themselves, and they did not kill themselves, as if they wanted to be some kind of bookkeeper in their cottage. This made Sun Hao a little helpless in the happiness of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, his wish was to one day be able to be named on the gold list, but now he was going to be a bookkeeper for the horse thief, he could only sigh the impermanence of fate.

It's not that he didn't think about escaping, but the underground of the cellar is made of steel plates, and if he digs it, he won't have it for three years and five years, I'm afraid it will have no effect. And the two guards guarding him were also very alert, they only brought him some food every day, and didn't care about anything else, even the yellow and white matters were solved on the toilet. Sun Hao had no choice but to stay, just hoping for other opportunities.

Finally, before Sun Hao's hopes were exhausted, the horse thieves returned, the number was almost half, and the people who came back were all wounded to a greater or lesser extent, but everyone had a smile on their faces, I was afraid that this time they would gain a lot. They took Sun Hao out of the cellar, and without stopping for even a moment, they took Sun Hao all the way to the north in disguise.

Along the way, Sun Hao had never seen places, only knowing that the horse team had left Qingzhou, roughly in the Longzhou area. Several times Sun Hao wanted to escape, but was forced back by the big leader's steel knife, and could only watch the horse team gradually enter the deep mountains. Since entering the mountain, Sun Hao has never thought of escaping, he looked at the poisonous snakes and beasts scurrying around in the mountain, and knew that if he walked alone, he was afraid that there would not even be a corpse left. I can only work hard to remember the route along the way and plan for the future. The big boss didn't seem to worry about his whereabouts being exposed, but instead didn't restrict Sun Hao's freedom.

Before you know it, the time has come to August 15, and the weather in the mountains is gradually getting cooler, and the heat is no longer unbearable. Sun Hao and the others finally walked through the jungle and arrived at the cottage. The village is called Xuelong Village, which is located in the northern part of the Lingbei area, deep in the jungle. Further north is the 100,000 Mountains, and I've heard that the 100,000 Mountains are a powerful country, but no one has ever been there. Lingbei is located on the border of the Song State, mainly foreigners, the Song State is weak, and the whip is beyond the reach of this piece, so it uses the Huairou policy to govern the natives. This also caused chaos in Lingbei, many rogues are entrenched in this area, some of the villages or even the entire village are robbers, the village where the big leader is located is such a place, it is like a robber's nest. When the group returned to the village, they received a warm welcome, and every time someone who went out came back, it symbolized the return of wealth, after all, thousands of people in the village needed food.

Sun Hao rode on a horse, looking at a group of children in tattered clothes circling around the horse team, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, is this the life of the second half of his life, in this dilapidated village, silently spending his life? This is definitely not what he wants, he had to lower his head and secretly think about what to do next.

A welcoming party was held in the evening, and every warrior who returned was drunk, and if he did not return, he was unlucky, and only the orphans and widows who remained would erect a tomb for the dead. Sun Hao was naturally not qualified to participate in this banquet, and now he was being locked up in a dilapidated cellar, and an old man with gray hair was looking at him with a gloomy face.

This old man is the owner of the Snow Dragon Village, the dragon nicknamed the blue-eyed dragon. He was a famous thief in the Central Plains, and he was wanted by the government, so he fled to Lingbei and founded Xuelongzhai, which is also a well-known figure in Lingbei.

He is a little depressed now, and these little cubs under his command really make him feel uneasy. I originally casually mentioned that they would find a bookkeeper outside, but these boys actually found a talent for themselves. It's just an ordinary scholar, and it's okay to wait for the wind to pass. But Xiucai is different, Song Guo is very interested in scholars who have made a name for themselves, these are the hopes of Song Guo in the future, and they are all treasures of Song Guo. If the imperial court knew that a Xiucai had disappeared for no reason, it would definitely vigorously investigate it.

In addition, in recent years, the imperial court has strengthened its rule over Lingbei, in case there is a leak in the village, I am afraid that everyone in the village will be in danger. He raised his head again and looked at Sun Hao who was sitting in the corner, and found that the other party was in a daze with his eyes closed with an old god on his face, and he couldn't help but get angry, slapped on the table, and shouted: "Boy, do you know what kind of place this is, dare to ignore the old man, believe it or not, the old man took you to pay tribute to the good son who died in my village." ”

Sun Hao came back to his senses at this time, he had been running around for a long time, and he was already exhausted, after all, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy, his body was still weak, and he almost fell asleep when he rested. The old man's slap woke him up, hurriedly turned over, and said humiliatingly: "The villain has already accepted his fate now, and I just hope that the leader can save the boy's life, do some miscellaneous work for the leader, and live in the world." This was his trick against the big boss who captured him along the way, and every time he said this, he always let his anger soothe and buy himself a few days without abuse. For a while, it was a little smooth, and I said it.

But the dragon's anger did not subside, but became more vigorous. This kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp at first glance, and if he is left behind, I am afraid that one day he will invite disaster. But the accounts in the village must always be taken care of, after the death of the shopkeeper Feng, the village was a mess, and he didn't even know that someone stole the money in the warehouse. In his irritability, his hand touched the steel knife on his waist, and he calmed down suddenly. He couldn't help but be a little funny, he was also a person who had experienced countless winds and waves, and he was bothered by this little thing, if he was not honest, he would kill him with a knife, so why bother.

Sun Hao watched Long Zaitian slowly return to calm from irritability, a little disappointed, knowing that this old man had a good mind, and he couldn't be coaxed by himself, his head was lowered, and he just wanted to survive.

"Boy, let me ask you, what's your name, but a real showman?"

"Xiaosheng is a talent in the three years of Qianyuan, surnamed Sun Minghao, and there is a road citation issued by the government as evidence. ”

"Okay, then let me ask you, do you know how to keep accounts and manage money?"

"This is natural, Xiaosheng has studied hard for ten years, and Mr. Xiaosheng naturally does it, but I don't know if the leader asked Xiaosheng to do black or white accounts?"

"What kind of black accounts and white accounts, he is scheming at a young age, and I am afraid he is not a good scholar. You listen to me, the old man doesn't matter which way you are an immortal, as long as you enter my village, you will be under the jurisdiction of the old man, if you dare to touch your fancy intestines, don't blame the old man's knife for not being long-sighted!"

Sun Hao hurriedly nodded yes.

"But you don't have to be afraid, the whole Lingbei knows that the old man is a well-known fair person, as long as you do a good job for the old man, the benefits will naturally be indispensable to you, no worse than you being a showman." If you can make a great contribution to the village, it is not a big problem for the old man to let you out of the village. ”

Sun Hao was secretly stunned in his heart, this old man looked like a master of old man, slapping and rubbing three times, setting himself up with both rigidity and softness, and making a promise to let himself out of the village, so that he could work for him with all his heart. If you can't make a contribution, even if you can really make a contribution, I'm afraid that at that time, I will become a Jiangyang thief, and if you leave the village, you will be wanted by the government, and you are not human beings on both sides. It's just that I can't go against this old man's wish now, otherwise it goes without saying that in the future, today is my own death date, and I can only look for a way out of my predicament in the future. He sorted out his thoughts, got up and hugged his fists and said, "The kid is willing to obey the leader's command." ”

In this way, Sun Hao lived in Xuelong Village, and Long Zaitian did not treat him badly, and entertained him with good wine and food every day. It is said that it is to sort out the accounts, but in fact, it is very simple, and most of them are some simple accounts. It is nothing more than how much gold and silver is invested in a certain month of a certain year, and how much rice and grain are exchanged with the next village in a certain month of each year, and Sun Hao has more than enough to operate. It's just that there is a small ledger that Long Zaitian keeps close to him, and no one is allowed to interfere, it should be some confidential accounts, Sun Hao also had a time when the accounts were closed, only to see this Long Zaitian take out this ledger to reconcile, it seems that Long Zaitian is still not at ease with himself.

The years in the mountains are long, and a dream is rotten. Unknowingly, it has entered winter, and Sun Hao has been trapped in the village for half a year. From the beginning, you can only wander around the account room in the backyard, and now, you can already hang out in the stockade. The people in the stockade also seemed to have accepted the young bookkeeper. After half a year of contact, Sun Hao also had a different view of this group of people.

At first, he thought that the village was full of executioners who killed people without blinking, but now he realized that his idea was a little ridiculous. Although Xuelongzhai is indeed a den of robbers, most of them have families and children, adding up to nearly 5,000 people, and they still live an idyllic life on weekdays. As long as there is no task on the day, most of them will be in their own yard, tending to the vegetable garden, or they will gather in groups of three or five, drink a little wine, brag, where there is a shadow of a robber.

Sun Hao couldn't help but admire Long Zaitian's methods, such a horse thief who gets on the horse as a thief and gets off the horse for the people is the most difficult. After all, if the imperial court really has the heart to rectify Lingbei, I am afraid that those stockades that train soldiers and horses all day long will be the first to be unlucky. Since ancient times, the rulers have been strict with the iron tools of the people, fearing that the mountain people will rebel, if they know that there are thousands of soldiers and horses in the village, they will definitely be overwhelmed by a large army, and no matter how strong the horse thieves are, they will not be the enemy of the army.

The defensive measures of the stockade also made Sun Hao secretly admire, a stockade that looked even a little dilapidated on the outside, but inside it was a dark post in three steps, and a bright post in five steps. On weekdays, when you enter and leave the village, you need a warrant. The outside of the village is surrounded by water on three sides, one side is surrounded by mountains, the advance can be attacked, the retreat can be defended, if the gate of the village is put down, with 200 people can withstand the attack of thousands of people. Long Zaitian is estimated that he is also very confident in the tightness of the stockade, so he let Sun Hao wander around in the stockade, in his eyes, Sun Hao is already a snail in three fingers, how to handle it, how to handle it.

Sun Hao couldn't help but be a little discouraged, he really didn't seem to have any way to get out of trouble, he could only pin his hopes on the fact that Long Zaitian was getting older, and one day he would die, and he could escape by taking advantage of the chaos, but looking at this old man of nearly seventy, he could still eat a whole chicken in one meal, I am afraid that he will have to wait.

Gradually approaching the New Year's Pass, there is also some New Year's atmosphere in the village, and some people can often be seen killing chickens and sheep to prepare for the New Year. Sun Hao himself is a little lonely, this is the first time he has left home for the New Year, although Long Zaitian sent someone to bring him a lot of food, but he is a little uncomfortable alone.

On the twenty-seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Sun Hao was a little bored and shrunk in the house to read, there was goose feather snow outside the house, and the snow was already able to cover the feet and necks. When I was looking at it with some interest, the firewood door of the small courtyard was pushed open, making a squeaking sound, and at the same time a loud voice came: "Sun Xiucai, are you busy, such a big snow, come to my house and sit down, I asked my daughter-in-law to burn the wine, why don't you two drink a pot." ”

Sun Hao couldn't help laughing, this is Liu Daring next door, he is an honest man, he is always the first to be supported by others in robbery on weekdays, and he is not less wronged, and he calls him Liu Dasha behind his back. He always thought that he was not stupid, but he had not read a book, so he seemed a little stupid, so he had great respect for readers. When he knew that a showman had moved next door, the coke was broken, and he asked Sun Hao to teach his son to read, which made Sun Hao a little helpless. But after a long time, he couldn't help but like this simple man a little, so the entire Xuelong Village, and this Liu Daring can talk to himself.

He put down the scroll in his hand, and as he agreed, he put on his coat and walked out of the house.