Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 210 Christians and Bandits ([-])

After the middle-aged man in that scene sang, he arched his hands and said to everyone: "It's not for food or money, it's just for making good relationships in the world." "Huangji Juan" says, "Guide the way to the public, and Shen Wenbiao Spread the incense and pass the wish. Collect five dishes and four nobles, and save all kinds of people to the other side'!"

"May the old mother bless you!"

"May Le Buddha bless you!"

A group of male and female refugees who were obsessed with demons and heretics took out the few copper coins they had on their bodies, and still entered the venue.Another old man, carrying a bowl of sorghum rice, walked tremblingly into the arena, and said respectfully, "Master Immortal, please be merciful, save my child!"

The middle-aged man in the lead asked kindly, "Where is the child?"

I saw a woman walking over with a five or six-year-old child in her arms.Those with good intentions took a closer look, and saw that the child was suffering from a high fever, his expression was dispirited, his pale face was filled with only air in his mouth, and he was about to die.

Only one refugee sighed: "Alas~ there is no help!"

When the woman heard this, tears flowed down her cheeks, and she knelt down in front of the middle-aged man while holding the child.The middle-aged man took a paper bag from his pocket and said to the old man, "I can't take this bowl of sorghum rice. If I take it, I will be punished by the gods. You take the medicine and give it to the child, and you will see better on the spot."

After hearing this, the woman hurriedly got up and took the paper bag. When she opened it, she saw some brown powder, but she smelled a medicinal fragrance that looked like musk but not musk.The woman didn't care too much, and under the eyes of the onlookers, she hurriedly gave the medicine to the child; another kind-hearted man brought a bowl of water, the woman took it hastily, and fed the child a few sips.

It was miraculous to say that after a stick of incense, the child's pale face gradually turned a few traces of blood, and his breathing began to flow smoothly.After a while, the woman touched the child's forehead and exclaimed in surprise, "The fever is gone!"

The crowd immediately went into an uproar!They all kowtowed and knelt down, saying incessantly, "I beg the Immortal Master to give me medicine!"

Among the crowd of onlookers, the dozen or so stern-looking men winked at each other, turned and left, and walked towards the courtyard of the farm.When they arrived under a big willow tree outside the gate of Zhuangzi, these people drove away a few refugees under the tree and occupied the territory by themselves.

"Bah! Damn it! What the hell! A bunch of bastards who cheat people out of money!" A short, black-faced man turned his head and looked at the crowd behind him, cursing angrily.

"Forget it, what are you doing with them? Our people from Luoma Lake and those from Shouyuan Sect don't mess with each other. Er bald man, go! Pass the post!"

A bald and thin man among the crowd hurriedly took an envelope from the man who was speaking, and said, "Second cabinet, will they give you five hundred shi of grain?"

The man called the second cabinet is a middle-aged fat man. This man is also bald, with no hair on his top, but the hair around the ears is thick, and there is always a thin hair in the back of the head. With braids and his beard and nose with rosacea, he looks like a stranger.He was wearing a short cotton coat on his upper body and a pair of black cotton trousers with Burmese crotch on his lower body, with a belt wrapped around his shy belly.

There was a smirk on the face of the second cabinet, and he said viciously: "Our brother from Luomahu came to borrow food, how dare he refuse to borrow it?! Damn it! In times of famine and disaster, there is a shortage of food everywhere. I don't think there is any shortage here. Sending the post is to give them face, our brother is back, forgive him for not dare!"

In the warehouse behind the compound, Zhao Xin, who heard that there was not much food in stock, went in and wandered around alone.Lu Shoushan, Ding Guofeng and the others were waiting outside the door with more than [-] subordinates.After a while, Zhao Xin pushed open the door of the warehouse, and behind him were stacks of grain bags.

Xu Dayong, Wang Changsheng and the others stared wide-eyed in disbelief.When the warehouse door was opened just now, there was only one layer of grain left in it. According to the current head of the village, this amount of grain would be enough for two days.As a result, Zhao Xin went in without a stick of incense, and it was full. Full!

Xu Dayong rushed into the warehouse, picked up a bag and tore it open to see that it was full of snow-white flour.He picked up a handful and put it in his mouth, the strong smell of flour
Except for Ding Guofeng who knew everything, everyone else present was dumbfounded.

Ding Guofeng followed Zhao Xin, and asked quietly, "What are you pretending to do?"

Zhao Xin said as he walked: "There are too many idlers, the government and the White Lotus Sect are here. If I don't do this, someone may have other thoughts. Now there are people from the White Lotus Sect in the village. Don't you think it's weird?"

Ding Guofeng said in surprise: "You suspect Xu Dayong"

Zhao Xin shook his head slightly, and said with his voice squeezed through his teeth: "He dare not, but it's hard to tell who he has under his command. It doesn't hurt to be careful. This time, we will bring back all the men used by Xu Da. Last time It's rushed, we haven't finished boot training. We have to do rotations."

The two stopped at a secluded place, and Zhao Xin signaled Lu Shoushan and the others to stay away.Ding Guofeng then asked in a low voice: "Who are you going to let take over here?"

"Let Pan Xiucheng and Shoushan join hands."

"Do you plan to keep this Zhuangzi forever?"

"I didn't think about it, just watch this negotiation with the Qing court."

Ding Guofeng asked hesitantly: "You mean blessing."

Zhao Xin nodded and interrupted him: "If the talk is good, we will occupy Huaniao Island and take in the refugees from there. If the talk is not good, I will transfer a battalion here. I will build this into a fortress!"

Ding Guofeng hurriedly said: "Then I will take care of this matter, and no one will grab it."

Zhao Xindao: "Try not to fight if you can. In fact, I still want to settle the island country's affairs beforehand. The shogunate will definitely take action."

Ding Guofeng let out a "fuck" and said, "That's it, I'd better go fuck the little devil. It's fun."

"Master, someone sent a letter from outside the door, saying it was for the master. Please take a look." Lu Shoushan walked over with an envelope in his hand, with a strange expression on his face.

Zhao Xin took it casually, only to see that the envelope had been torn open, obviously Lu Shoushan had already seen it.He opened it, and a spider-like handwriting appeared in front of his eyes:
"My surname is Xu, our brother is from Luomahu. There are more than 200 people in the village, and there is not enough food right now! I heard that the Funing area is the richest in your village. Your master Xu is kind, since you can take in the hungry people, Then help us, there will be rewards in the future. My old Zhang wants to borrow some food from you! Those of us who go in with white knives and go in with red knives come out to do business, have nothing to do as gifts, two hundred catties of fish and shrimp, and someone will give them to you later You send it over. I want five hundred stones of food, and if your ancestors are turned every day, you will have to vomit it up for me! Come to pick it up in three days! Write it to him without missing a single word!"

Zhao Xin was almost overjoyed after watching it, thinking that the people from Luoma Lake really "went to the hut with lanterns"!He asked Lu Shoushan, "How many of them came?"

Chen Jishan on the side said: "Thirteen of them, except for the messenger who is at the gatehouse, the others are waiting under the big willow tree outside the door."

Ding Guofeng came over to read the letter, and said with a sneer, "Hey, you're still acting like the Thirteen Taibao! Dare to ask us for food. Let's go, take a look!"

Several people entered the courtyard through the back door, passed through the west courtyard to the south, and walked around to the screen wall of the main courtyard.In the concierge, an operative was watching the messenger.Zhao Xin came in and took a look. They were all crooked, and they looked like a shabby man.

"Are you from Luoma Lake?"

The thin bald man was taken aback, looking at the tall and burly Zhao Xin, speechless.After a while, he asked tremblingly, "Who is that?"

Chen Jishan behind Zhao Xin said: "Aren't you looking for a manager? This is our boss."

The thin bald man looked at Zhao Xin carefully, and saw that he was wearing a black double-breasted cloak, the fabric of which was like silk but not silk, satin and not satin, a fluffy leather hat on his head, and a pair of shiny black shoes on his feet. Low-waisted leather boots, I couldn't help but gasp.He has seen a few rich people, but he has never seen such a strange dress.But thinking of his twelve companions outside the door, the skinny bald man regained his courage.

"That's right! Have you heard of the name of Mr. Zhang of Luoma Lake? This time I came to borrow some food from the owner."

Zhao Xin looked at the bandit in front of him curiously, and suddenly asked, "How long have you been weeding in Luoma Lake?"

"What? Are you planning to find a way? Tell Ye Ming that this is the business that I've been doing since I landed!"

"Jishan."

"Master, you order."

"I heard from Dayong that you have studied martial arts? From Chenjiagou?"

"I've been studying for two years. I don't have any skills, just working hard."

After hearing Zhao Xin's words, the skinny bald man sneered: "What's wrong? Find someone who has practiced boxing and kicking to scare me? Lord."

"Shut up!" Zhao Xin drank, and the skinny bald man didn't dare to say any more.Continue to say to Chen Jishan: "I'll test you today, beat people badly, but don't beat them to death. Can you do this?"

"The master taught."

"Okay." Zhao Xin pointed at the skinny bald man and said, "Beat him!"

Under the stunned gaze of the thin bald man, Chen Jishan slapped him with a big slap.
Under the willow tree outside the yard, the second cabinet and his men waited for a long time, but the thin and bald man came out.One of his subordinates asked the second cabinet: "Second cabinet, will something happen to the thin man?"

"Speech!" The second cabinet spat viciously, wiped his mouth and said, "It's up to them, master go back and bring people to level this village!"

A few people were talking, only to hear the door creak open, and an honest-looking man came through the door.The man walked up to the crowd, bowed and said, "Who, how many of you are all llamas, Mahu is good, good man?"

When everyone heard this man stammering, they all thought he was afraid, and one of them stood up and said, "So what?"

"My lord, my master invites you to come in and talk. The flower hall has already set up a banquet."

The second cabinet grinned and laughed: "Chou Chou, even if your boss is acquainted, you still have a wink. Let's go in and have a drink!" After finishing speaking, a group of water bandits walked into the courtyard gate nonchalantly, laughing and laughing.

In the distance, the crowd surrounded by the refugees gradually dispersed, and several members of the Receiving Yuan Sect in the venue also packed their things and walked towards the compound.

When Lu Shoushan bought this yard, including the subsequent renovation, he and Xu Dayong didn't have so many rules, so they didn't find any maids and servants. Li Erkui's wife, Mrs. Zhang, helped a dozen people eat, and Chen Jishan's His younger sister, Chen Erya, helped out; Li Erkui, with his two sons, took care of the more than twenty horses in the village.

Zhao Xin and the others didn't have anyone to serve them in Beihai Town, so they didn't feel anything wrong after coming here.The five north rooms within the three entrances of the main courtyard are the residences of Zhao Xin, Ding Guofeng, Dr. Hong and ten medical staff; Lu Shoushan and other action team members live in the three rooms in the west wing, which is convenient for Zhao Xin to give orders at any time; Dayong and Wang Changsheng lived in the north and south rooms of the East Wing.

More than a dozen water bandits followed Li Erkui around the screen wall and sat down in the flower hall.On the table of the Eight Immortals, more than a dozen plates of cold meats have been prepared.Several bottles of extremely eye-catching transparent glass wine bottles were placed in the middle of the table.

In the Xikuan courtyard, Xu Dayong asked Lu Shoushan curiously: "Brother Lu, we are ready to deal with these people, why do you still invite them to drink and eat meat?"

Lu Shoushan smiled and said: "Stingy people, these people are going to be sent to the Ezo to dig coal. Let them eat and drink enough to go on the road."

In the flower hall, all the water bandits sat down and grabbed the meat dishes from the plate with their hands.These are canned meat brought by Zhao Xin. Although they are not hot, the group of people can smell the smell of meat as soon as they enter the door.

"Damn it! People are starving to death outside every day, eating human flesh, you guys are still big fish and meat! Rich people are different!" The second cabinet has seen some scenes, and took a big mouthful of braised pork with chopsticks , with oil dripping from the corner of his mouth, muttering curses.

"Where's the wine?! There's meat but no wine, I'm asking you to demolish this house!"

"Yes, yes." Li Erkui said while nodding and bowing, reaching for a wine bottle and unscrewing the cap.

"Glass bottle!" The thief with the eyes of the second cabinet grabbed it in one go, took two sips of it, and shouted, "Good wine!"

In the gatehouse at the gate of the courtyard, Zhao Xin saw Chen Jishan coming in, and asked with a smile, "Are they all drunk?"

"Drink it. I'm doing the drinking order and punching."

"Well, move..." Before Zhao Xin could say the word "hand", the courtyard door rang again.He had no choice but to motion Chen Jishan to see who it was.

As soon as the courtyard door opened, Chen Jishan was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned.He met these people outside Zhuangzi yesterday, and they were all members of the Yuan Sect.

Zhao Xin inside the house only listened to someone outside saying: "Yu Yang searched for scrolls, and gave up housework. After traveling thousands of rivers and dry mountains, he endured hunger and cold without complaining, and suffered a lot. Boarded the boat to the north bank, found the true ancestor, and each got the true biography Amitabha! This benefactor, poor Daoist surnamed Sun, was passing through your land, and asked to see the owner of the village."

Chen Jishan said: "I'm sorry! My master isn't here." Before he finished speaking, he heard the door curtain lightly slamming. Looking back, Zhao Xin came out.

The person who claimed to be surnamed Sun was startled by Zhao Xin's figure, but seeing the extraordinary clothes of this person, he knew that he was definitely not a servant.So he put his foot against the gate of the courtyard, bowed and said: "Your nobleman, I came here specially to ask to see the master of this village."

"Oh? Is there something wrong? I can convey it for you."

"Pindao passed by here the day before yesterday, and saw that there seemed to be black clouds over the expensive house. The poor dao calculated it with his fingers, and there must be a catastrophe!"

"What trouble?"

"Well, it is necessary for Pindao to bring his apprentice into the manor to check, maybe he can find out what happened, and then help the owner of the noble house to solve it."

OK!Very good at acting!

Zhao Xin looked at the few people at the door with a playful look, thinking that it would be better to rush one by one, and it would be better if a group came.So he said lightly: "Then come in. It's just that there are more than a dozen guests drinking in the flower hall. Do you mind if the Taoist priest sits there?"

"I don't mind, I don't mind." The guy surnamed Sun kept his expression on his face, but his greedy eyes betrayed him.

After these five or six people entered the courtyard, the last one to come in was a pretty woman carrying a little girl.

"Why are there still women and children?"

The Taoist surnamed Sun clasped his hands and said, "This is a mother and daughter who are entertainers on the poor road. Seeing that they have poor backgrounds, they are accepted as registered disciples."

Zhao Xin chuckled, thinking that you, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, are quite good at playing!

(End of this chapter)