East Factory Governor

Chapter 382
Walking all the way and stopping all the way, the marching speed will naturally not be fast.

By the afternoon of the third day, they were still about 80 miles away from Taiyuan City.

At this time, it was snowing like goose feathers, and the north wind was blowing again.The coldness is second, the main reason is that there is no line of sight, and there is a vast expanse of whiteness ahead, so it is easy to get lost.

It was also a coincidence that after walking for a while, I saw an inn by the roadside of a mountain fork.

This inn was originally a post station. Since the inn was abolished, the boss bought it from the imperial court and made it into an inn.

The station is not small, but it is still very difficult to accommodate more than 1000 people.But it doesn't matter, these big bosses are very good at making do, saying that they can keep out the wind and snow, and they will be warm if they squeeze together.

squeeze?There are a total of 70 rooms left in the inn, and an average of [-] to [-] people are crowded in each room, which almost blows up the room.

In the end, the innkeeper talked all kinds of things, so he persuaded a hundred people to squeeze into the dining hall downstairs.

So the lobby was also crowded.

There were a dozen or so guests in the lobby who were eating, but when the hundred or so came, they couldn't even eat, because many of their buttocks were almost squeezed onto the table.

But these ten or so people didn't scratch at all, and looked very happy.

After the snow stopped, the weather cleared up.

The Jianghe gang and Jinyiwei regrouped and were ready to set off.

Out of apology, Qin Shuhuai gave the boss 20 taels of silver.The boss saw that although these people were all big and rough, but after the assembly, everyone was disciplined and the lineup was neat, so he knew that they were not ordinary people.What's more, many of them were still dressed as Jin Yiwei, so they dared not accept the 20 taels of silver, and finally only accepted two taels.

Just as they were about to leave, a middle-aged man who was the leader among the twenty or so people who were eating in the lobby came up.

Pulling Li Jingting's sleeves, he asked, "How many officials are Jin Yiwei?"

Li Jingting nodded, "Exactly, what's the matter?"

The man said with little confidence, "Master, this is Zhang Desheng, I would like to ask you, can you... take us on the road together?"

"Why?"

Zhang Desheng immediately said, "My lord, about ten miles ahead, there is Huangshagang. Recently, there is often a group of bandits haunting there. The leader is called Shalihu. This group of bandits kills people like hemp and is very cruel. We are Jinzhong The merchants in the store bought some fur goods outside at the moment, and are worried about how to get there. Now, with your officials of Jinyiwei here, we will not be afraid."

Li Jingting asked strangely, "This place is only 80 miles away from Taiyuan Mansion, what kind of bandits dare to occupy this place so boldly?"

Zhang Desheng said with a wry smile, "Guy, you don't know that the current rogues are not afraid of anything. They said that being a thief is a good business, free and easy. As long as Governor Yang He is here, the imperial court will not treat us badly. Not to mention 80 miles away from Taiyuan Mansion, they would dare to come and go even in Bali."

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this.

Today's rogues face the government and army, they run if they can, and surrender if they can't escape.

The officers and soldiers are also willing to do the same.In this way, when the rogues are caught up, they won't fight desperately, and they all surrender obediently. How good is it that they have a record and don't die?
This kind of weird tacit understanding between officials and bandits will finally deceive the common people.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai said to Li Jingting, "Old Li, take them with you."

Li Jingting nodded and said to the man, "Then follow us."

"Hey, okay, thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" Zhang Desheng thanked hurriedly with a happy smile.

Everyone set off.

The dozen or so businessmen brought three big carts of goods, and Qin Shuhuai, Meng Hu, Lai San'er, Chen Jing, Zhang Xiao and others walked in front, while Li Jingting led Jin Yiwei and Jiang He's disciples to the back.

After walking for a while, Zhang Desheng became more and more wrong.

Where are the officials of Jinyiwei and those thousands of heroes?How did it fall further and further away?
Ouch, the figures are gone!
He hurriedly said to Qin Shuhuai, "Little brother, did we go too fast? Look, the brothers behind didn't catch up."

Qin Shuhuai smiled faintly, "It's okay, they may have other matters, so we'll delay for a while."

Zhang Desheng suddenly became nervous, "Little brother, just a few steps ahead will lead to Huangshagang! With just a few of us, if we run into the bandits of Sand Tigers, it's not a joke! Let's, let's not go, first Wait for the brothers in the back."

At this time, Lai San'er smiled at Zhang Desheng, "Don't worry. With the few of us here, no matter how many bandits come, we won't be afraid."

"Brother, you, you, stop joking. Really, I'm not lying to you at all, this sand tiger is very cruel!"

"It's okay, we're also quite cruel." Lai San'er said darkly.

Zhang Desheng's neck felt cold, and he thought to himself who are these people?

While speaking, several black spots suddenly appeared on the horizon ahead.

It's the cavalry of the rogues!

Zhang Desheng and some other businessmen suddenly turned pale.

Lai San smiled at Qin Shuhuai, "Master, they are really here."

Qin Shuhuai smiled faintly, "Looks like you're lucky."

Zhang Desheng was completely stunned, how lucky was he to run into a bandit?
If you think it's good, then you can deal with it on your own, we still have to save our lives.

So he shouted, "The rogues are coming, everyone run with me!"

While speaking, he immediately jumped up and ran back.

It's a pity that he stopped immediately again.

Because there were more than a dozen rogues riding horses from behind.

Not only from the back, but also from the left and right, there are also rogues rushing.

Zhang Desheng collapsed to the ground.

"Shut up!"

About fifty bandits on horseback surrounded Qin Shuhuai and the others.

One of them held a shining saber and said to them, "Hand over all the valuables on your body, and I can spare you from death."

Zhang Desheng and several businessmen quickly took out all the valuables as if they were granted amnesty.

But Qin Shuhuai and the others remained motionless and looked at these horse thieves with a smile.

The first bandit pointed at Qin Shuhuai with a knife, and said, "What are you looking at?"

"What are you doing?" Qin Shuhuai replied imposingly.

The rogue was furious and yelled, "Looking for death!"

Then it was chopped down with a knife.

Without dodging or avoiding, Qin Shuhuai reached out and grabbed the blade of the saber.

The man felt as if the blade was stuck in the crevice of the boulder, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it out.

Shocked and frightened.

Qin Shuhuai asked, "Are you a sand tiger?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a gust of wind on the flat ground, and the snow on the ground floated up one after another.

Amidst the snowflakes all over the sky, a burly man in a tiger fur coat approached quietly.

Then, these rogues shouted in unison, "The golden sands come out together, the tigers roar, the mountains and forests are all dead!"

The expression is very serious.

Lai San'er, Meng Hu and others burst out laughing.

Qin Shuhuai also shook his head and smiled.

One of the characteristics of the rogues in the late Ming Dynasty was that they liked to imitate the one hundred and eight generals in the Water Margin and give themselves nicknames.What are the eight great kings Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao Luo Rucai, the Zijin Liang king for his own use, and the king of chaos.This is still understandable, and there are some inexplicable ones, such as the sweeping king, this Qin Shuhuai has always been difficult to understand.Hey, do you know how to sweep the floor?
This sand tiger not only has a nickname, but also "has poems to praise", which is absolutely amazing!

Sand tigers wear tiger fur coats and tiger leather boots, but they are majestic.

He said coldly, "Grandpa is a sand tiger, the boy is looking for me?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "Looking for you."

"Very good!" Sand Tiger sneered, "You could never die. But now, you must die!"

"why?"

"Because anyone who has seen me will die!"

Qin Shuhuai laughed loudly, "Lai San'er, tell him what my nickname is."

(End of this chapter)