A knife in love

Chapter 205

Li Qiufeng originally wanted to hear the old man surnamed Yang talk about this matter in detail, but this person kept repeating these few words, and he didn't know much after all.Later, an idler asked: "What are the people from Zhengyang Village doing in our town?"

Old Yang slapped the table and said: "Your question is on point. I heard that these heroes will go down the mountain in the next few days, rushing to Yong'an City to gather righteousness. But think about it, the most important thing is to dispatch the army The most important thing is to have a military salary. But the military salary from the imperial court has not been allocated, and these heroes naturally have to find a way."

When Lao Yangtou said this, he glanced around again, and then lowered his voice: "Have you heard? These days, the green forest heroes everywhere have set up checkpoints everywhere to collect taxes. Outside Qinghe Town, there are four The card set up in the village, ordinary people get ten copper coins each time they pass by, and merchants get thirty copper coins each time. If you bring goods, it is a raffle every ten. Zhengyang Village is incomparable with those big cottages, so we have to There is a checkpoint outside this small town to pump some oil and water. I heard that the incident today was because someone broke through the checkpoint without paying the money. So these heroes chased them all the way down and fought here. "

After a discussion among the people, an idler said: "These people set up cards to collect money everywhere, don't the government care?"

Old Yang's eyes widened and he said: "Now they are also officers and soldiers, how dare the government take care of them? Today's fight is so big, do you see a policeman coming to take care of it? Everyone, don't go out if you have nothing to do these days Run. At that time, when you meet these uncles who ask you for money, if you bring money, you will inevitably lose money, if you don’t bring money, you might get beaten. In short, stay at home honestly.”

Li Qiufeng listened to the old man's words without beginning or end, and he thought of where to say, without any structure at all, and he was also a person who spoke in a cloud of mist, I'm afraid most of what he said was unreliable.He said in a hoarse voice on purpose, "My old man really knows a lot. But why did these good guys go away later?"

Old Yangtou heard him call himself "Old Man", his face immediately glowed, he stroked his beard and said: "The several village owners in Zhengyang Village also have entangled grievances in private. I heard that the second master stole the wife of the third master. People have already had a bottom line. Just now the third master was captured by mistake, and the second master actually wanted to kill someone with a knife. After the third master escaped from danger, he turned against the second master, and the two groups started fighting on the street. Later, when Jin Yiwei arrived, Only then did I persuade the two parties to leave, and took these people out of the town, presumably to go to Yong'an City."

When Li Qiufeng heard that Jin Yiwei had arrived, his heart trembled, and he said, "Don't be joking, old man. Although I have never been to the capital, I know that Jin Yiwei is the emperor's personal army, so I won't go out easily, so how could I come to us?" Come from this small town? Besides, how can those green forest heroes listen to Jin Yiwei's dispatch?"

The old Yangtou hadn't spoken yet, only to hear the tea stall owner who came over with a tea tray say: "He didn't lie, Jin Yiwei has indeed arrived. Otherwise, how can those green forest heroes give face? Besides, so many people died in the restaurant, the Jin Yiwei When he said that he was not allowed to report to the official, the boss was so frightened that he agreed again and again. If it weren't for Jin Yiwei, no one else would have such power."

Li Qiufeng said: "This is really strange. I think these green forest heroes have really become officers and soldiers."

The boss shook his head and said in a low voice: "This matter is very strange. In our Ming Dynasty, from the founding of the Taizu to the current emperor's enthronement, the emperor has always guarded the gate of the country. There has never been a precedent for surrendering and accepting rebels. However, in the past five or six days, there have been rumors everywhere that the imperial court wants to incorporate the green forest thieves into the official army. This is not a good thing. I advise everyone to find a Hide in a safe place, and come out after the limelight passes."

Li Qiufeng said: "How do you know that the person here is really Jin Yiwei?"

While clearing the table, the boss said: "I used to sell tea in the capital, and Jin Yiwei saw a lot. Although those people just now were not wearing official uniforms, they were wearing genuine official boots. And they took I have seen the waist card before, and it is not fake. The second head of the Zhengyang Village is also a knowledgeable person, and when he saw these people, his tone softened at that time."

Everyone was whispering again.Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Li Qiufeng took out a copper coin, bought two bowls of tea and drank it, then thanked Old Yang, and walked slowly to the restaurant.

At this time, the bustling scene had already resumed on the street, and people were constantly coming and going at the entrance of the restaurant.Li Qiufeng thought that the money and wine hadn't settled just now, since everyone in Zhengyang Village had already left, there was no need to worry, so he walked into the restaurant.

As soon as Li Qiufeng entered the restaurant, a waiter from the store had already greeted him. He just called out "Guest officer, please come in" when he saw Li Qiufeng's face.It turned out that the waiter in this store was the one who brought Li Qiufeng and Zhuyue upstairs just now, and was later forced by the bandits from Zhengyang Village to go upstairs to recognize him.The waiter in this shop is really loyal, he didn't identify Qiufeng and Zhuyue, but he has a lot of backbone.

Li Qiufeng said in a low voice: "I just thanked you little brother."

The waiter in the shop trembled and said, "My grandpa, why are you back again?"

Li Qiufeng saw that there were many diners in the lobby, and no one noticed him, so he whispered, "My drink bill hasn't been settled yet."

The waiter hurriedly pulled him to the door, found a place where no one was around, stopped, and said while wiping the cold sweat from his brow: "Guest officer, those robbers are not good people, you should go far away." , never come back."

Li Qiufeng said: "I will pay for the wine when I come back, and besides, my horse is still tied at the door. Without it, I can't walk a long way."

The shop clerk said: "Just now our shopkeeper fainted from fright. I don't know how many guests have escaped from the wine account. You don't have to settle. As for this horse, you should ride away quickly, or the government will find out, and we will have to eat melons along with it." fall."

Li Qiufeng took out a piece of loose silver from his bosom and handed it to the waiter in the shop: "Brother, please hand over the money to the cabinet, and you can use the extra money to drink. As for the horses, I will ride one away and the other will go away." I gave it to you."

The waiter in the shop waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Guest officer, you don't know. I just found out when you left, the gang of robbers started fighting among themselves, and they all drew their knives to fight desperately. Guess what happened? When the high officials from the capital arrived, the gang of robbers came Obediently stop. Our shopkeeper wanted to report to the officials, but the senior official refused to report, and said that his official was higher than our local officials. The bodies of those who died upstairs were carried away by the robbers. I reckon these people are quite Afraid of those officials, they left the restaurant without even farting. They left in a hurry, and you forgot to take the two horses. This horse is not a small thing, and it can't be hidden. You If you keep it for me, if someone comes to the government tomorrow, they will say that I must be arrested and tortured. You, you should take both horses away."

Li Qiufeng saw that the waiter in this shop was sensible and not greedy for money, and he admired him quite a lot, thinking to himself that it is really rare for an ordinary commoner to see things so clearly.Immediately, he stuffed the scraps of silver into the second hand of the shop abruptly, and then he said goodbye, and went to the door of the restaurant to untie the reins of the two horses.He knew that since Jin Yiwei appeared here, if he was riding a horse and leading another horse on the long street, he would definitely attract attention. Go south.

This town is not small, and Li Qiufeng walked for half an hour before passing through the town and reaching the side of a main road.Li Qiufeng had asked passers-by just now, and he knew that if he went south along this road, he could reach the waterway wharf leading to Jiangnan, so he walked all the way down.Seeing that there were few pedestrians on the main road, he picked a horse to stay by his side, and then slapped the other horse on the buttocks, watching it slowly run away.

Li Qiufeng stood by the side of the road and tied the horse to a tree by the side of the road.Then he said in a deep voice: "You followed me all the way, why didn't you dare to show yourself?"

After a while, only someone laughed, and then a few people came out from behind a broken wall on the opposite side of the road.The person in the lead was wearing a gray robe and a black hat. It turned out to be Zhuang Hengyun, the second owner of Wuhu Villa.

Since the farewell to the imperial mausoleum, the two have not seen each other again.Yu Changyuan, the owner of Wuhu Mountain Villa, betrayed his relatives. The other owners and Zhuang Ding were almost wiped out in the imperial tomb. People left the imperial mausoleum.When Li Qiufeng left the restaurant just now, he already noticed that someone was following him, but he didn't expect it to be Zhuang Hengyun.

There were three people standing behind Zhuang Hengyun.These three people have dark eyes and beardless faces, they look quite strange.

Li Qiufeng sneered and said: "So it's Erxia Zhuang. I haven't seen him for a few days. Erxia Zhuang has become more and more healthy."

Zhuang Hengyun stopped in front of Li Qiufeng, and said with a smile: "Zhuang heard that Brother Li defeated Tang He and made his name in Yong'an City, even Yun Feiyang was killed by you. A young hero is truly admirable. "

(End of this chapter)