Chapter 210 Cultists and Bandits (1)

After the middle-aged man in the scene finished singing, he clasped his hands and said to everyone: "Not for food or money, but for making good friends in the world." "Huangji Juan" says, "Guide the way to the public and dispel confusion."

Pass the incense and the wishes. Collect five plates of four noble yuan, and save all kinds of people and reach the other shore together'!"

"Please bless me, Mother Wusheng!"

"May Maitreya Buddha bless you!"

A group of male and female refugees who were obsessed with evil spirits and heretics took out the few copper coins they had on their bodies and still arrived at the venue. Another old man came to the venue tremblingly, carrying a bowl of sorghum rice, and said respectfully

: "Ask the immortal master for mercy and save my child!"

The middle-aged man at the head asked kindly: "Where is the child?"

I saw a woman walking over with a five or six-year-old child in her arms. If you were interested, you took a closer look and found that the child had a high fever, looked depressed, had a pale face, could only breathe in the mouth, and was about to die.

Just listen to a refugee sigh: "Oh~ there is no hope!"

When the woman heard this, she burst into tears. She held her child and knelt in front of the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man took a paper bag from his arms and said to the old man: "I can't have this bowl of sorghum rice. I'll hold it for a while."

You are punished by God. Take the medicine and give it to the child, and he will be healed on the spot."

After hearing this, the woman hurriedly stood up and took the paper bag. When she opened it, she saw some brown powder, but her nose smelled a medicinal fragrance that was like musk but not musk. The woman did not care about the many onlookers.

Under the eyes of the child, she hurriedly gave the medicine to the child. On the side, a kind person brought a bowl of water. The woman hurriedly took it and fed the child a few sips.

It was miraculous. After burning the incense, the child's pale face gradually gained some color, and his breathing began to become smoother. After a while, the woman touched the child's forehead and exclaimed in surprise: "The fever is gone."

!”

Everyone present immediately burst into an uproar! They kowtowed and knelt down, and kept saying: "Please ask the immortal master to give me medicine!"

Among the crowd of onlookers, the dozen or so rough-looking men winked at each other, turned and left, walking towards the courtyard of the farm. When they arrived under a big willow tree outside the gate of the farm, these people gathered a few of them under the tree.

He drove away the refugees and occupied the territory himself.

"Bah! Damn it! What the hell! A bunch of bastards who defrauded others of their money!" A short, stocky, black-faced man turned to look at the crowd behind him and cursed angrily.

"Forget it, let's deal with what they are doing. We from Luoma Lake and those from the Shuoyuan Sect have nothing to do with each other. Go, you two bald men! Hand us the post!"

A thin, bald man among the crowd hurriedly took an envelope from the man who spoke and said, "Will they give me two cabinets and five hundred shi of grain?"

The man called Ergui is a middle-aged fat man. He is also bald. He has no hair on the top of his head, but the hair around his ears is quite thick and forms a thin ring at the back of his head.

With his braided hair and his beard and rosacea, he looked like he would keep strangers away from him. He wore a short cotton-padded coat on his upper body, a pair of black cotton trousers with crotchless legs on his lower body, and a belt wrapped around his plump belly.

A hint of a sinister smile appeared on the second counter's face, and he said viciously: "Our brother from Luoma Lake came to borrow food, how dare he refuse to borrow it?! Damn him! In the famine years, there is a shortage of food everywhere, but I think there is no shortage here.

!Sending this post is to give them face. I’m afraid he won’t dare to come back this time!”

In the warehouse behind the compound, Zhao Xin, who heard that there was not much food in stock, went in alone to wander around. Lu Shoushan and Ding Guofeng were waiting outside the door with more than 20 of their subordinates. After a while, Zhao Xin pushed

He opened the door to the warehouse, and behind him were stacks of grain bags.

Xu Dayong, Wang Changsheng and others opened their eyes wide in disbelief. When the warehouse door was opened just now, there was only one layer of food left in it. According to the number of people in the village, this amount of food was only enough for two days.

Oh my god, it turned out that Zhao Xin didn't even have time to burn a stick of incense, but it was full. It was full!

Xu Dayong rushed into the warehouse, picked up a bag and opened it. He saw that it was full of snow-white flour. He picked up a handful and put it in his mouth, smelling 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 doing with your pretense?"

Zhao Xin said as he walked: "There are too many people, the government, the White Lotus Sect are all here. If I don't do this, someone might have other ideas. Now there are people from the White Lotus Sect in Zhuangzi,

Don’t you think this is strange?”

Ding Guofeng said in surprise: "You doubt Xu Dayong?"

Zhao Xin shook his head slightly and said through his teeth: "He doesn't dare, but it's hard to tell about the ones under his hands. It doesn't hurt to be careful. This time, we will bring back all the men Xu Da used. Last time

It's so rushed that the recruit training has not been completed yet. We have to implement a rotation system."

The two of them walked to a secluded place and stopped. Zhao Xin motioned to 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 forces."

"Do you plan to keep this Zhuangzi forever?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Let's look at this negotiation with the Qing court."

Ding Guofeng asked hesitantly: "You mean blessing."

Zhao Xin nodded, interrupted him and said: "If the deal goes well, we will occupy Flower and Bird Island and pick up the refugees from there. If the deal doesn't go well, I will transfer a battalion over. I will build this into a fortress!"

Ding Guofeng said hurriedly: "Then I will do this, no one can rob it."

Zhao Xindao: "If possible, try not to fight. In fact, I still want to deal with the island country in advance. The shogunate will definitely take action."

Ding Guofeng said "fuck you" and said, "Come on, I'll go get the kid. This is fun."

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

Zhao Xin took it casually and saw that the envelope had been torn open. Apparently Lu Shoushan had already read it. He opened it and saw handwriting like a spider crawling in front of him:

"My surname is Xu, our brothers are from Luoma Lake. There are more than 200 people in the village, and there is not enough food at the moment! I heard that your village is the richest in Funing. You, Mr. Xu, are kind-hearted. Since you can feed the hungry,

, then help us, and you will definitely be rewarded in the future. I, Lao Zhang, want to borrow some food from you! We, white knives in and red knives out, don’t have much to offer as gifts. Two hundred kilograms of fish and shrimp, let’s go back to others.

I'll send it to you. I want five hundred stones of food. If the day goes by for your ancestors, you will have to vomit it out for me! Come and pick it up in three days! Write it to him without missing a word!"

Zhao Xin almost burst into laughter after reading this. He said to himself that these people from Luoma Lake were really "going up to the latrine with lanterns"! He asked Lu Shoushan: "How many people did they come?"

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

Ding Guofeng came over to read the letter and sneered: "Hey, you are still acting like the Thirteen Taibo! How dare you ask for food from us. Come on, take a look!"

Several people entered the courtyard through the back door, passed through the west courtyard to the south, and went around to the screen wall of the main courtyard. In the gatehouse, an action team member was looking at the person who delivered the message. Zhao Xin walked in and saw that there was nothing wrong with this.

He who has melons and jujubes looks like a shabby person.

"Are you from Luoma Lake?"

The thin and bald man was stunned for a moment, speechless when he saw the tall Zhao Xin. After a long while, he asked tremblingly: "Who are you talking about?"

Chen Jishan, who was behind Zhao Xin, said: "Aren't you looking for the 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 material looked like silk but not silk, like satin but not satin. He wore a plush leather hat on his head and a pair of shiny black shoes on his feet.

Wearing low-waisted leather boots, he couldn't help but take a breath of air. He had seen a few rich people, but he had never seen such a strange outfit. But when he thought that there were twelve of his companions outside the door, the thin and bald man became more courageous.

Got stronger.

"That's right! Have you ever heard of Mr. Zhang Sanye of Luoma Lake? This time you come here to borrow some food from your employer."

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

"What? Are you going to do some cross-examination? Tell me clearly, this is the business I have been doing since I was born!"

"Jishan."

"Master, please give your orders."

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

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

After hearing what Zhao Xin said, the thin and bald man sneered: "What? Find someone who has practiced boxing and kicking to scare me? Master?"

"Shut up!" Zhao Xin shouted, bluffing the skinny and bald man so much that he didn't dare to say anything more. He continued to say to Chen Jishan: "Today you will be tested. Beat people badly, but not to death. Can you do this?"

"Master taught me."

"Okay." Zhao Xin pointed at the thin and bald man and said, "Hit him!"

In the stunned eyes 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 did not see the thin bald man come out. One of his men asked the second cabinet: "Second cabinet, will anything happen to the thin man?"

"Spit!" Ergui spat viciously, wiped his mouth and said, "It's just them, I can go back and lead someone to defeat this Zhuangzi!"

While several people were talking, they heard the door creak open, and an honest-looking man walked through the door. The man walked up to the crowd, bowed and said: "Sir, all of you, sir.

Luoma, Mahu is good, a good man?"

When everyone heard that this man was stammering, they all thought he was afraid. One person stood up and said, "So what?"

"Our boss, please come in and have a chat. The banquet has been set up in the flower hall."

The second counter opened his mouth and laughed: "Look, your boss is really smart. Let's go in and have a drink!" After that, a group of water bandits walked into the courtyard nonchalantly, laughing and joking.

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

When Lu Shoushan bought this courtyard and later renovated it, he and Xu Dayong didn't follow many rules, so they didn't find any maids or servants. When more than a dozen people ate, it was mainly Li Erkui's wife Zhang who helped manage the meal, and Chen Jishan's

His younger sister, Chen Erya, helped out; Li Erkui himself, with his two sons, tended the more than twenty horses on Zhuangzi.

Zhao Xin and the others had no servants in Beihai Town, so they didn't feel anything wrong after coming here. The five north rooms within the third entrance of the main courtyard are the residences of Zhao Xin, Ding Guofeng, Doctor Hong and ten medical staff;

Lu Shoushan and other action team members lived in three rooms in the west wing, so that Zhao Xin could give orders at any time if he had anything to do; Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng lived in two rooms in the north and south in the east wing.

A dozen water bandits followed Li Erkui around the screen wall and came to sit down in the flower hall. On the Eight Immortals table, more than a dozen plates of cold meat were ready. Several bottles of extremely eye-catching transparent glass wine bottles were placed in the middle of the table.
To be continued...