Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 436: The Fourth Girl of the Yang Family is Destroyed

The bearded men were only concerned with chasing the people in front of them and did not pay attention to the situation in the distance.

Seeing the man in front fall off his horse, the bearded men cheered and came forward on their horses. Several horses circled around the chestnut horse and the unconscious man.

Two of them dismounted and wanted to go forward to check.

Just at this moment, there were a few gunshots in the distance, followed by a burst of rapid horse hooves.

The bearded men were all stunned, then realized something was wrong, and without caring about the people on the ground, they rode their horses and ran away.

"Chase them, don't let them run away." Qu Shaoyang led the team and saw Hu Zipai running away, so he immediately took people to chase them.

"Sir, I will lead some people to chase them. They are just a few petty thieves. There is no need for you to take action."

Zheng Tiezhu cracked his whip and led dozens of people to rush out and chase the bearded men in front.

There were only seven or eight Hu Zi in total, and it was really not worth mobilizing a large force, so Qu Shaoyang led a large group of people to stay where they were.

"Sir, this is a woman. She seems to have been injured and fainted."

Someone dismounted and came closer to check, and found that it was a young woman lying in the snow.

I put my hand under the woman's nose and it seemed like she was still breathing, so she was not dead.

After a closer look, he saw a lot of blood on the man's body, and it seemed that he had a gunshot wound. So he quickly reported it to Qu Shaoyang.

"Where's the military doctor? Go and see if there's any hope of saving him.

If he is still breathing and can be saved, we will try to treat him." Qu Shaoyang called for help.

As soon as Qu Shaoyang shouted, someone responded from behind.

Immediately afterwards, a young man came forward carrying a medicine box. He was the military doctor of the Dingbian Army.

Speaking of which, it was not someone else but He Yuanzhi, the son of Doctor He of Jishengtang.

Previously, Qu Shaoyang led his troops to fight against the Japanese invaders and his troops suffered heavy casualties. When Chen Langzhong and Chen Xiuyun learned about the situation, they sent a lot of medicine.

Doctor He even sent his son to the battlefield to treat the wounded.

From then on, He Yuanzhi stayed in the Dingbian Army and became a military doctor.

This time when they went out to suppress the bandits, Chen Xiuyun was worried that everyone would get sick due to the cold weather, so she asked Qu Shaoyang to bring He Yuanzhi along.

He Yuanzhi dismounted, walked closer, felt the woman's pulse, and checked again.

"Sir, this woman was shot once in the shoulder and once in the side of the waist, neither of them hit the vital parts.

Mainly because of excessive bleeding and the fall, I passed out."

As He Yuanzhi spoke, he rummaged through a porcelain bottle from the medicine box, poured out two red pills from it, and stuffed them into the woman's mouth.

"Is her life not in danger in the short term? Put her in the carriage at the back, and let's go forward and find a village to stay in. You can give her good medical treatment."

It's so cold out in the wilderness, you can't just bandage the wound like this, right? Even a good person can't stand it.

Let’s move on and find a place to settle down.

He Yuanzhi nodded, picked up the woman, put her on the carriage at the back, and then everyone continued on their journey.

After walking about five or six miles, Zheng Tiezhu and his men came back.

"Sir, we chased them and killed two, injured three, and the remaining two ran away.

Bring back these three injured ones so that Your Excellency can interrogate them."

After defeating the old Northeastern bandits, they seized a number of good horses, and except for those given to General Changshun of Jilin, most of them were kept.

Zheng Tiezhu and his men were riding these horses, which had good strength and high speed, and were more than enough to chase those bandits.

Zheng Tiezhu and his men caught up with the bandits, killing and injuring five of them. The remaining two should be the leaders, who took the opportunity to escape.

Zheng Tiezhu was also afraid of chasing too far and getting ambushed again, so he brought the three injured back to report.

"Okay, let's find a place to stay in front and then interrogate them." Qu Shaoyang nodded and said.

The group walked forward for a while and came across a large village.

Zhou Chuanyong took people to inquire and found out that there was a wealthy family at the east end of the village. The family's surname was Lin and they were the head of the village.

Zhou Chuanyong led his men to the east end of the village, and indeed saw a large courtyard with high walls, thick gates, and four-corner turrets.

Zhou Chuanyong and his men did not get too close, but shouted from a distance. When the people in the compound heard that they were soldiers suppressing bandits and wanted to find a place to stay, they hurriedly reported to the owner.

When the owner of the compound heard the news, he hurried out to respond. After confirming the identities of the people outside, the person in charge of the Lin family compound came out with some guards.

Under the guidance of Zhou Chuanyong, the person in charge of the Lin family compound went to meet Qu Shaoyang.

“I’ve heard that recently a group of soldiers have been arresting bandits everywhere.

The city gate towers in Jilin and Changchun were filled with bandits' heads, which was really gratifying.

Unexpectedly, this hero who fights bandits actually comes to our village. What else can I say?
Sir, please go home with me. I will have someone kill pigs and sheep and prepare delicious food to reward you, the generals."

The person in charge of the Lin family compound is called Lin Changyou, who is probably in his early fifties. After learning about Qu Shaoyang's identity, he immediately said with a smile.

"Father, this is the case. There are too many of us, 1,000 men. If we all stay at your house, there won't be enough space. We can just camp on the open ground.

I don't ask for anything else, please think of a way to get us some hot meals.

I've been eating only dry food these past two days and it's really unbearable. I just want to have some soup to warm myself up.

Another thing is, someone here is injured and needs to find a warm place to stay and get treated.

Please help me, father-in-law, and arrange a room for me."

There are about a thousand people in the Dingbian Army. No matter how big the Lin family compound is, it cannot accommodate so many people.

Qu Shaoyang didn't want to make things difficult for others, so he only made two requests.

"No, no, sir, you have worked so hard to suppress the bandits and finally got here. How can I let you set up camp outside?

Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I'll make arrangements right away and make sure all the soldiers can sleep on a warm bed tonight."

When Lin Changyou heard this, he immediately patted his chest and guaranteed that it could definitely be arranged.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Changyou led his men to get busy. First, they welcomed Qu Shaoyang and about 200 other people into the enclosure, and then went to coordinate with each household.

Fortunately, the village was quite large, with about one or two hundred households. It wasn't long before the rest of the Dingbian Army was assigned to each household in the village.

Qu Shaoyang instructed Zhou Chuanyong, Zheng Tiezhu and others that no matter which house they stayed in, they must abide by the rules and pay for food and drink, and they cannot eat and drink for free.

Everyone should stay away from the women. If anyone dares to cause trouble, they will be killed without mercy.

In this way, the group settled down in the village, and each household took the time to light a fire and cook to entertain the Dingbian Army.

Qu Shaoyang moved into the Lin family compound, and He Yuanzhi rushed to treat the woman.

Fortunately, although the woman was shot twice, the bullets did not remain in her body. She only needs to clean the wound, apply medicine to stop the bleeding, and then take good care of herself, and she should be able to recover.

He Zhiyuan applied medicine and bandaged the woman, fed her a few pills, and gave her an injection. After a while, the woman slowly woke up.

"Sir, the woman woke up. I asked her a few questions and she said she was beaten by the bandits.

She was from Lishugou. Last night, a group of bandits suddenly broke into her house and killed more than 20 people in her family.

The woman's father risked his life to protect her and fled from home on a chestnut horse, but the bandits didn't let her go and chased her all the way to the place she had just been to."

He Yuanzhi found out the whole story and reported it to Qu Shaoyang.

Qu Shaoyang also took advantage of the time when He Yuanzhi was treating the woman to interrogate the three injured bearded men and learned some things.

This group of bearded men were floating on the river reporting their numbers.

Someone offered them one thousand two taels of silver and hired them to sneak into the Yang family in Lishugou in the middle of the night and kill all the members of the Yang family.

Moreover, the other party also demanded that they must get a jade-mouthed pipe from the head of the Yang family and a gold hairpin worn by the fourth girl of the Yang family before they would be willing to pay the balance.

"I want to know who has such a deep hatred for their family that he would hire a beard to kill people. Let's go and take a look at that woman."

After listening to He Yuanzhi's words and combining them with Hu Zi's confession, Qu Shaoyang felt that there was something fishy, ​​so he wanted to meet the woman and ask her for clarification.

In this way, Qu Shaoyang and He Yuanzhi came to the woman's residence together.

Although the woman was awake at this time, she was very weak and lay on the kang with a pale face.

“Girl, this is our master, if you have any grievances, you can tell us.

The group of bandits that were chasing you today were also killed by our people, and three were injured." He Yuanzhi quickly introduced the two sides.

"Thank you for saving my life, sir. I have nothing and don't know how to repay you." The woman struggled to sit up.

"You are injured, just lie down. I just came to see you and wanted to find out what happened."

Qu Shaoyang waved his hand, signaling the woman to lie down.

"Did your family offend anyone?
I just interrogated the three bearded men, and they said that a man named Qin offered 1,000 taels to buy the lives of your entire family."

Qu Shaoyang didn't care at all about repaying or not repaying.

He was just curious about how much hatred it would take to do this.

When the woman heard that Qin bribed Hu Zi to kill her entire family, she immediately became excited.

"Qin Zhigao, it must be him, it must be this beast."

This excitement inevitably pulled the wound, and the woman's face turned even paler due to the pain.

He Yuanzhi hurried forward to comfort her, and after a while, the woman's emotions calmed down a little.

"Sir, that Qin Zhigao is my husband. We got married at the beginning of winter."

After calming down, the woman revealed the identity of the murderer.

"What the hell? Your man?"

Qu Shaoyang and He Yuanzhi were both shocked. Who had ever heard of such a thing? The son-in-law bribed Hu Zi to kill his father-in-law's family?

The woman shed tears as she told the whole story.

The Yang family was a hunter family in Lishugou. They lived a good life. This girl was the fourth daughter of the Yang family. She had three older brothers, a younger brother and a younger sister.

The Yang family was born into a family of hunters, and the children in the family learned martial arts and gun training from a young age.

Although the fourth girl is a girl, she has been very smart since she was young and has learned many skills from her father and brother.

Not only that, these four girls are also good at managing household finances.

His father and brothers only liked hunting and digging ginseng. There were more than 20 people in their family, and they cultivated more than 30 mu of land. They also ran a business in the city, which was all managed by the fourth girl.

It is said that if a family has a daughter, hundreds of families will seek her out. The fourth girl of the Yang family is so capable and famous that many families come to propose to her.

However, the Yang family had already arranged a marriage for their children with the Qin family, so naturally the fourth girl could not marry into another family.

The Qin family lived in Fangmagou, which was more than 30 miles away from Lishugou. They were a wealthy family in Fangmagou. They cultivated a lot of land and also had a shop in Jilin City.

The Yang family was reluctant to marry their daughter off so early, so they waited for two years, and only held the wedding in the winter of this year.

However, Qin Zhigao had a lover named Wen Qing in Yuechunlou in Jilin City. He was so bewitched by her that he lost all sense of direction and wanted only to redeem Wen Qing and marry her.

The marriage was arranged by the elders of the two families many years ago, and the Qin family cannot break off the engagement.

Qin Zhigao's father had no choice but to agree that after Qin Zhigao married the fourth girl of the Yang family, he would let him marry Wenqing into the family.

Qin Zhigao came back to get married reluctantly, but he disliked the girl from the Yang family because she was a country girl. Although she was pretty, her manners, behavior, and dress were all rustic.

The wedding night should have been a time for the couple to be in love and sweet, but Qin Zhigao directly mentioned the idea of ​​taking Wen Qing in as his second wife.

The girl from the Yang family was not a person with a good temper either. The two of them started arguing on the spot and almost came to blows.

This commotion alarmed the entire Qin family, and Qin Zhigao's father scolded Qin Zhigao.

The two angry people just looked at each other with displeasure and glared at each other as they spent their wedding night together.

Three days after his wedding, Qin Zhigao had to return to his parents' home. Under the repeated urging and even threats of his parents, he drove the sled, brought the return gifts, and went back to Lishugou with his wife.

Unexpectedly, the two of them started arguing over some things halfway through the journey.

Just at this moment, bursts of wolf howls were heard from the front.

The big blue horse pulling the sled stopped, then raised its front hooves, turned its head abruptly, and kicked back along the way it came, pulling the sled.

The girl from the Yang family was caught off guard and fell off the sled.

When Qin Zhigao pulled the reins and looked back, he found that his newlywed wife had been surrounded by several wolves.

Qin Zhigao originally wanted to go back and save his wife, but he was worried that he could not withstand the attack of the wolves.

Don't let it happen that you fail to save others and even lose yourself. This is a losing business.

No matter how good a wife is, she is just like clothes. When the old one is gone, you can get a new one. There are many good women in the world.

Besides, he didn't like this fourth girl in the first place, and Wen Qing was still waiting for him in Jilin City.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhigao pretended to be unable to control the frightened horse and turned back, shouting to his wife, "Si Ya'er, wait, I'll round up the horse and come to rescue you."

As he said that, Qin Zhigao whipped the horse hard.

The horse was already frightened and kicking, and after being hit like this, it spread out its four hooves and ran madly, disappearing in an instant.

By the time Yang's fourth daughter got up from the ground, Qin Zhigao had already driven the sled far away, leaving behind only the flying snow smoke and the words "Si Ya, wait for me" echoing in the air.

(End of this chapter)