Chapter 10: The United Thieves
After resting for a long time, the injured people also recovered a lot, and the fifteenth, who did not say a word, walked out of the village alone, ran to the highest mountain to watch the wind, and when there was an unusual situation, he immediately sent a message to let everyone evacuate.
However, the place was so remote that the pursuers did not find it for a while, so he did not rush back, but hibernate carefully on the mountain, and soon a bird stopped on a branch above him, and he took a small bamboo tube in his mouth, blew out a few fine needles, shot down one bird, and the others flew away in fright.
He did not go to get the prey, but continued to wait, and after some time a hare appeared, and he would not let it go, and in the same way, kill the hare, and he wanted to wait for a bigger prey, but after a long time no animal came.
He gathered up his prey, looked in the direction he had come from, and made sure that his pursuers were not coming, and then walked down the mountain.
Seeing him come back with his prey, the people of the old Yang family smiled happily, because of the heavy snow, although they often went up to the mountains to hunt, but they rarely caught anything, and a hare could also improve their lives.
In the afternoon, the village was calm and quiet, and Qianhu, the deputy of Jinyiwei, said: "Uncle, can you give us a few pieces of your clothes, don't hide it, we were killed by traitors in the imperial court, and Liu Jin of Dongchang wants to get rid of us quickly." ”
Hearing someone say Liu Jin, the Yang family couldn't help but show a look of horror and hatred, Liu Jin did a lot of evil, and he was already notorious among the people, and the people were eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood, and now they knew that he had framed Zhongliang, and they were even more indignant.
But the reality is far more cruel than the imagination of the deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei, the old lady sighed and said: "My lord, I can't hide it, the situation of our old Yang family is not good, everyone only has two changes of clothes, where can I find clothes to lend to you?"
The brocade guards showed a look of loss, and after the old lady saw it, he said: "Although our old Yang family does not have it, there should be a carpenter Liu at the head of the village, and the furniture he has made over the years can be sold to the county government, and he is alone, and his family background is the most solid in the village, I will go to him and ask." ”
The old lady took a step as he spoke, and he almost fell down when he was unstable, but the boss helped him and said, "My husband has a good intention, I will go with you, the snow is difficult, watch your feet." ”
The old lady nodded, smiled at Deputy Qianhu, leaned on crutches, and said, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." ”
The two came to the door of Carpenter Liu's house, and the old lady shouted outside the door: "Carpenter Liu, are you there?"
"What's the matter?" replied in a majestic voice from the room, after hearing it, Deputy Qianhu of Jinyi Wei couldn't help but be shocked, this voice was full of energy, and he was definitely a person who practiced martial arts.
"Open the door, I have something to discuss with you. The old lady opened his mouth and shouted, and when he finished shouting, the wooden door creaked open, and he saw a bearded man with a pair of leopard eyes, carefully looking at the deputy Qianhu of the brocade guard.
The boss was also looking at him, and noticed that he had a scar on his right hand, which ran through the entire back of the hand, which was very eye-catching. He was the first to speak: "In Xia Han Shaofei, persecuted by Dongchang, fled here, and wanted to ask Your Excellency for a favor." ”
Carpenter Liu said lightly: "I look at the adult's dress, and he is also a man of the year in the brocade guard, you still end up like this, how dare the Sprinkle family provoke the people of the East Factory?"
The old lady shook his head, frowned, an old face was indescribably uncomfortable, and he said: "Carpenter Liu, you can help them, they are all loyal to the court, they were killed by the traitor Liu Jin, and now they want to borrow a few clothes to escape, it is not a big problem for you." ”
"Old lady Yang, these are two different things, I'm just a carpenter, if I help this adult today, he will be found out one day, and I will be the one who lost his head. ”
Seeing his resolute attitude, Old Lady Yang shook his head again and again, and said angrily: "You can't save yourself like this, what kind of hero can you be, and you are so righteous on weekdays." ”
The boss stretched out his hand to stop Mrs. Yang and said, "Don't be excited, old man, can you go home first, let me say a few words to this brother." ”
Old lady Yang looked at Deputy Qianhu suspiciously, sighed, walked back alone on crutches, and just walked ten steps away, Deputy Qianhu Han Shaofei opened his mouth and said to Carpenter Liu: "Your Excellency is really a carpenter?"
"It's like a fake. ”
"I couldn't have imagined that the former thief Wang Dahai would hide in this poor country and be a carpenter Liu with peace of mind, which really surprised me. ”
"I can't imagine anyone else who can debunk my identity, have we seen it before?"
Han Shaofei shook his head and said: "No, it's just that I have seen a record about you in the archives of Jinyiwei, the thief Wang Dahai, the sixth righteous son of Yang Zhou, the top ten bandits of the Ming Dynasty 'Northwest Greedy Wolf', made good use of the outer door blade to sharpen the bones and double knives, the battle of the Hexi Corridor, killed the seventeen Jinyi Guard, and was injured by the silver hook of the unique blade of Jinyi Wei Shi Tao, and he disappeared from sight. ”
"Most of the records are true, but out of the seventeen people, only seven were killed by me, and the rest died at the hands of Shi Tao. ”
Listening to the thief Wang Dahai's flat answer, Han Shaofei, the deputy Qianhu, was even more surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "There is such a thing?"
"You don't have to be surprised, Shi Tao was originally the eyes and ears of his father-in-law in the imperial court, otherwise, after so many years, the imperial army would not be able to exterminate the bandits in the northwest, don't you think it's strange?"
Han Shaofei nodded and agreed: "It's a pity that I knew too late, Shi Tao has now taken refuge in Liu Jin, even if the Zhenfu Division has to look at his face, and now I have become a wanted criminal in the world, even if I have the heart to kill a thief, I can't go back to heaven." ”
"Oh, what did you offend Liu Jin again, does he want to cover the sky with one hand now?"
"It's ......a long story," Han Shaofei didn't finish speaking, when he heard Thirteen running briskly and said to him: "Big brother, something is wrong, the pursuers are already on the opposite hill, I believe that this village will be found soon, let's evacuate quickly." ”
"Give us a hand, now we're in the same boat. Han Shaofei looked at the thief Wang Dahai sincerely and said seriously.
"Abandon the horses and let one lead the pursuers away, I know a trail from where we will evacuate. The thief Wang Dahai said lightly.
They saw that Fifteen had hunted hares, and they also planned to try their luck on the farther mountain, but as soon as they arrived at the mountain, they saw a team of men and horses faintly appearing at the bottom of the mountain, and they were frightened into a cold sweat and hurriedly ran home to report.
Fifteen rode a horse and pulled the other two horses to run in the direction of the west of the village, Han Shaofei said to the old lady: "You let these two little brothers go and wipe the horseshoe prints on the snow, and make it clear to the villagers, just say that we have never been here, and nothing has happened here, otherwise they will find some clues, and they will inevitably arrest you and go back to torture." ”
Old lady Yang nodded again and again, the expression on his face was anxious and afraid, and he ordered the two grandsons to wipe the horseshoe prints with branches in the back, Han Shaofei nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Old man's great kindness, we can't repay it, if he sees each other again in the future, we will thank him again." ”
Wang Dahai smiled disdainfully and said: "There is nothing to do, why bother to make empty promises, it's really not simple." After saying this, he turned his head to Old Lady Yang and said, "Old lady, thanks to your care all these years, after I leave with them, this house is yours." ”
Old lady Yang was happy to descend from the sky, and said with a smile that he was ashamed to be ashamed, and he didn't say much at the moment, and the family of three explained to the villagers from door to door, saying that they would protect Zhongliang from being persecuted by traitors.
Fifteen's figure had completely disappeared into the snow, and the boss showed a trace of sadness in his eyes, so he led everyone to follow Wang Dahai, evacuated from a sheep intestine path in the east of the village, and continued to flee to the south.