The two robbers were standing by the side of the road with hoes on their shoulders. They were wearing simple gray linen clothes, and the style was bunts that were convenient for work.
Usually they live at the foot of the mountain, and their task is to find fat sheep and help them "guidance".
I was lucky today, just after waking up from a nap, I saw a spacious carriage approaching slowly, passing by.
The two heavy boxes were attached to the back of the car, and the whole car was short of a "Come Robber me" sign hanging on it.
The driver was a girl and a waiter, not even a servant, and seeing that the direction was coming from the capital, the two immediately understood:
This is probably a young couple who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, seeking excitement and scenery, so they got off the official road and took a small road.
Such a car is not robbed for nothing.
Maybe the little man inside can be taken back to be the husband of the village.
Seeing that the carriage was going slowly, the two raised their voices and called to each other, "Don't go any further."
When Mihe heard the movement, he reined in his horse and looked back suspiciously, "Little master, it seems that someone is calling us."
Shi Qing and Yun Zhi had already got off the roof of the carriage, one was sitting in the carriage eating melon seeds and the other was cleaning the gems on the scabbard.
The four of them had just left the capital for half a day at noon, neither tired nor hungry, so they ate some dry food under the shade of a tree to rest for a while and continue on their way.
Now when she heard the voice, Qing lifted the curtain of the car and leaned over to look back.
One of the two robbers walked over quickly, with an honest and honest look on his face. He had just woken up and pretended to have worked hard in the fields for a long time, pulling his sleeve to wipe away the sweat and dirt on his forehead.
She said to Shi Qing in a rough voice, "Don't go any further, there is a mountain in front of you full of bandits, I heard that they are very fierce, and they specialize in robbing passing carriages."
The robber looked around the carriage, feeling very satisfied.
Few of the carriages passing by can be as spacious and luxurious as this carriage. The carriages all look stronger and heavier than others. Even the white horse in front is well-fed, fat and smooth. It must be a rich family.
She tried her best to look in through the gap in the window that Shi Qing opened, and said, "I see that you are foreigners, so I want to remind you, don't lose your life for no reason."
Mihe frowned, "But if we don't go forward, what should we do when it gets dark? We can't let us sleep in the wild, right?"
It's almost evening now. Although the sky is getting darker than in winter, it's not suitable for driving after the sun goes down.
Another robber came over and said with a smile, "Don't worry, there is an inn ahead, and the shopkeeper is honest and honest, so you can settle down."
Yun Zhi in the carriage hardly listened to what the village woman said outside.
He leaned against the wall of the car with his sword in his arms, all his mind was spent trying to slow down his breathing, so as not to blow the hair that was clear in front of him.
She could obviously get out of the car or sit on the front crossbar to listen to people talking, but when she heard the movement, she passed him sideways and looked at the two people under the window on his side.
Yun Zhi pursed his thin lips, and raised his eyes to see Shi Qing, but his gaze slowly descended, uncontrollably falling on her clean and fair neck.
Shi Qing was originally white, and liked to wear brightly colored clothes.
Against the backdrop of red, the exposed skin is as white as the first snow, which is particularly conspicuous.
The weather in April and May has gradually warmed up, Shi Qing doesn't wear much, and his collar is not as tightly wrapped as it was in early spring. If you look down a little, you can see the delicate half of the collarbone looming under the red skirt.
It seems to be finely carved and polished on the white jade with a delicate knife. The lines are natural and smooth, making people's fingertips itchy. I can't help but want to touch it, to see if it is real.
Yun raised his hands, and then suddenly realized what he was thinking, abruptly stopped the movement, clenched his fingertips into fists and pressed them on his thighs, his ears slowly turned red, and he looked away in a panic.
It's just that his breathing became hotter and hotter, and every moment when Shi Qing hung on his body seemed to be extremely tormented.
"Shi Qing." He whispered in an unnatural voice, "Can you..."
go down
Or let him go down and give her the seat by the window.
But just as Yunzhi was about to shrink his legs to go out, Shi Qing put his hands on his curled up knees.
Yun Zhi's body froze suddenly, his eyes trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to move immediately.
Shi Qing put his hands on the window of the car, lay half of his body outside, and asked the two of them curiously, "No, since the robbers are so fierce, why is there an inn?"
"Ah this..."
Tongues tied together, the two paused for a while before being questioned.
The main reason is that I never thought that someone would ask such a question, and I didn't think about the answer in advance.
The fat sheep that I usually meet will say "thank you fellow" to them with a smile on their hands, and then leave.
No one ever thought to ask this.
Shi Qing's eyes fell on the soles of their shoes and their hands, with a smile in his eyes, "The shopkeeper is honest and honest, dare to open an inn here? I don't know which temple came out of the living Bodhisattva, and he has a lot of money. .”
The robber faltered, looked at me and looked at you, and finally the man with a simple and honest face said, "The shopkeeper may have something to do with the government, so he is not afraid of the robbers."
"Since it's all related to the government, why don't you bring people to kill the robbers and let her do evil? Isn't the business better without the bandits?"
Shi Qing suffered from an occupational disease, "What is the county magistrate's last name? I have a friend who wants to talk to her."
There are not many other things for Mr. Xiao, but there are many booklets, which can be sent to the capital on the same day in a hurry.
Free shipping for the royal family, personally escorted by the imperial army, signed by the emperor.
What, what booklet
The robbers couldn't understand, and felt that this person looked young but he was not easy to fool.
Fearing that the more they said, the more they said, the robbers decided to slip away first.
"We kindly remind you that if you don't listen, it's fine." The honest-looking robber picked up the hoe and pulled another person to go forward. "It's really kind to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs. Let's go."
The two turned their heads and walked towards the back of the carriage, and they couldn't help staring at the two boxes from the corner of their eyes.
Shi Qing sat back in the carriage, looked at Yun Zhi who was sitting motionless at the corner of the carriage with bright eyes, and patted his knee excitedly, "Yun Zhi, stop those two people just now, there is money to be made."
Yun Zhi originally looked like he was wandering, but when he heard that there was Yin Zi, he immediately became energetic.
He raised the green sword and jumped out from the front like the wind.
Shi Qing opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage to follow.
Ya Qing was responsible for driving to keep up, and Mi He pulled out a mace from nowhere and followed Shi Qing.
"..."
Shi Qing's eyes twitched, silently looking at the weapon in Mihe's hand, "Why does it look so familiar?"
Mihe smiled, "I want it from the lord, in case there is any danger along the way, I can still protect you."
As he spoke, he waved the weapon twice, the weapon streaked through the air with the sound of wind.
When it was clear, she said why it looked so familiar.
Mihe can't do anything else, but he has great strength, swinging this thing is like swinging a wooden stick.
Besides, the two robbers who left just now wiped the sweat from their foreheads as they walked forward. This time, they were really sweating from being asked.
The one with the honest and honest face showed his true face, spat to the side, with a look of displeasure on his face, "Damn, it's really not easy to fool her."
"No matter how difficult it is to fool, a bowl of soup can only sleep like a dead pig."
The one next to him urged, "Hurry up and tell the inn to let the second masters prepare it earlier. This order must be a big deal, and the horse alone can sell for a lot of money."
Honestly and honestly, he sneered and said, "If you still don't believe us, so what if you don't? No matter whether she lives in the hotel or not, these hills are ours. The moment she steps in, don't even think about leaving."
The two squatted on the ground, and were about to take out something to send a signal when they felt someone tap their shoulders.
The loyal one said impatiently, "Why are you photographing me?"
The other voice was blank, "Who took pictures of you?"
The two looked at each other, their right eyelid twitched heavily, and they turned their heads to look back at the same time.
I saw a young man with a handsome appearance and a refreshing temperament standing behind his back holding a sword and looking down at them.
He slightly raised his eyebrows, "Who were you scolding just now?"
The honest and honest one wanted to pretend to be stupid, and while reaching for the hoe at his feet, he said, "Why can't I understand what Lang Jun said?"
She smiled, "Is Mr. Lang alone, or with someone else? Would you like me to protect you over the mountain?"
As he spoke, he exchanged glances with his companions, then jumped up and at the same time swung his hoe at Yunzhi.
"Such a good-looking man, don't take it home to take a look~"
The obscenity and obscenity revealed in the eyes and words can't be hidden no matter what.
Yun Zhi's face was a little dark, and his expression was indescribable.
He never thought that he, a man, would be offended by someone...
Is there still someone in this world who robs the young master of his head
Yun Zhi dodged the hoe, flew up and kicked it, without any strength remaining.
In less than three strokes, the two were kicked to the ground and unable to get up.
When Shi Qing arrived, Yun Zhi was rubbing the soles of his feet on the grass in disgust.
Shi Qing looked at him suspiciously, Yun Zhi usually wouldn't strike so hard, the opponent couldn't even get up when he hit him.
Seeing Shi Qing staring at him, Yun Zhi's eyes flickered, he looked at the toe of the shoe awkwardly, and said in an unnatural voice, "They said they would take me back to watch slowly, but I couldn't hold back."
How to take it slowly is self-evident.
Shi Qing raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Look slowly, right?"
She nodded slowly and walked towards the two of them.
Mihe was standing by the side holding a mace to prevent people from running away, but now seeing Shi Qing's smiling expression, he immediately handed over the stick with both hands cleverly.
you please.
Holding the mace in Shi Qing's hand, he slapped the opponent's arm with one stick, "Slow, slow, look? How do you want to look slowly?"
"Recognize him as a father and hang it on the wall directly opposite your house. How about looking at it three times a day?"
"My mother's person is also something you can miss!"
The robber screamed in pain, begging for mercy and saying he didn't dare.
Yun Zhi stood beside him with one arm folded, and touched his nose with the other hand. He didn't look at Shi Qing, but the corners of his pursed mouth curved upwards a little.
"Why don't you dare? Aren't you full of courage?"
Shi Qing smashed the mace hard on the ground, making the two robbers tremble in fright, for fear that she would break their legs with it.
Shi Qing sneered and said:
"You said you two, why don't you be a robber, who is not good to rob? You rob me. Is it because you dislike your life for too long, or is it that the coffin business at home supports your own business?"
Yun Zhi wanted to ask just now, "How did you find out that the two of them are robbers?"
This is also Shi Qing's first time out of Beijing, why does he look like a "recidivist" in the world.
Shi Qing motioned Yun Zhi to look at the soles of the two shoes, "It's all dust, and you can see that it hasn't been on the ground. There are no traces of labor on your hands, and most importantly, there is not even a little mud in the hoe, so I am ashamed to follow." I act."
She sneered mercilessly, "The bastard I raised in the pond, the acting skills of pretending to be dead are many times better than the two of you."
"Going out to make a living is worse than a turtle!"
The two robbers didn't dare to raise their heads after being scolded, and they didn't dare to run, so they could only sit on the ground without making a sound.
Shi Qing gestured to Mihe, "Tie the two of you together, doesn't it mean that there is an inn in front of you?"
She laughed, "It's all here, how can it be done if you don't go to the house to see."
She didn't look like she was just looking.
The two robbers trembled, and for a moment they couldn't tell who was in this business.
Mihe took out the rope and tied the two of them with a pig's trotter buckle, like an expert.
Shi Qing took out the luggage from the box at the back and put it in the carriage, and made an empty box to stuff the two of them in, which shows how big the box is.
Afraid of suffocation, some gaps were left for ventilation.
Shi Qing had asked, and said that the hilltop here was contracted by two sisters, the second master was what they called the innkeeper, and the eldest master was on the mountain.
The fat sheep who usually passed by, and those who listened to the persuasion to stay in the inn were cleaned up by the second leader, and those who refused to listen to the persuasion were stopped by the first leader when they walked to the foot of the mountain.
As long as they meet them, they will not be able to get out of this mountain forest anyway.
"Then why doesn't the local county magistrate ignore it?" Shi Qing wondered.
It stands to reason that this place is not too far from the capital, how could there be such bandits
"The county magistrate is in charge. On the 15th day of every month, someone will be sent to yell twice, and then the team will go back."
The honest and honest one didn't dare to lie, and flattered Shi Qing, "After all, as long as we are here, the county magistrate can ask the higher-ups for money to suppress the bandits. If we are gone, how can she ask for money?"
Over time, the bandits formed a tacit understanding with the yamen.
In the first two days of the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, I simply gave the yamen a face, and it was considered a rest.
In this way, when outsiders see the effectiveness of the Yamen's suppression of bandits, they think that the county magistrate is really doing things for the people, but the bandits are cunning, and they always go and come back.
"What is the county magistrate's name?"
"It seems to be called Qian Kaitai. I heard that he is related to high officials in the capital, and there are people in the palace. That's why he got a good job."
The surname of Qian in Beijing, and there are people in the palace, are the family of Master Qian, Marquis of Shiyong.
"No hurry, let's see and talk."
The robbers couldn't escape, and neither could the county magistrate.
Shi Qing Mosquito rubbed his hands, and looked at the two robbers with dimly lit eyes, "Is your business going well?"
"..."
The robber watched Shi Qing's movements silently.
"You scare them both." Yun Zhi looked at Shi Qing, "Let me do it."
After finishing speaking, he directly put the sword on the necks of the two of them, "Have you ever killed anyone? How many people are robbed every month?"
Robbers on such a large scale are not doing charity business, and no one will believe that they have never killed anyone.
The robber faltered and said, "There are always a few who are reluctant to give up money, and accidentally touched the sword and wiped their necks..."
Shi Qingqi laughed, "Is it human speaking? It's the first time I've seen such a brazen person!"
The robbers did not dare to refute.
As for how many businesses do you do every month
It depends on how many people leave Beijing every month.
The robbers are not brainless, they will send someone to investigate the situation of the fat sheep first, if they bring a team of people, they are called "tigers", and they cannot take them down.
If they are unsure like this, they may not move.
The only ones who moved were those like Shi Qing, who had no troops and brought a man's family with them. At first glance, they looked like fat sheep with no strength to restrain them.
Who knew that this time when he hit the iron shoe, he was robbed by the "sheep" instead.
After Shi Qing finished asking, he gagged him and stuffed him into the box, and asked Mihe to drive towards the inn.
There are usually five women in the inn, except for the second head, there are only four servants, and the force is not strong, mainly relying on drugs.
Erdangjia is about forty years old this year, with kind eyebrows and good intentions, with a slightly fat body and fair and clean body, he really looks like a good old man.
Standing by the window on the second floor of the inn, she saw a chubby "sheep" coming towards her Palace of Hades under the setting sun from a distance, her eyes were filled with indescribable joy.
"What's the matter with Daxi and Sanqiao? You didn't notice such a fat man, and he didn't notify us in advance to prepare."
The people around him replied, "These two may have fallen asleep drunk again."
"Lazy things, if the business is delayed, they will be skinned sooner or later!"
Erdangjia winked at the people around him, "Hurry up and get ready."
"yes."
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn, Yun Zhi opened the curtain with his finger on the agate and came down first, followed by Shi Qing.
The second master warmly greeted him, "How many rooms do you two want?"
"Three first-class rooms." Shi Qing stretched out his fingers, "One room for the two of us."
Pointing to Mihe and Yaqing again, "These two share a room."
The shopkeeper shouted inward, "There are three upper-class rooms, and the guests are exhausted. First bring the herbal tea, and then boil the hot water for washing."
The shopkeeper led Shi Qing and Yun Zhi in while looking at the carriage.
This car and this box look fat at first glance.
The sky is getting late, and the twilight is all together.
Mihe drove the car to the backyard, and said to Xiao Er, who said he was here to feed the horse but stared at the horse, "Feed good fodder, oh yes, don't open the two boxes at the back."
After speaking, she walked to the front yard.
As soon as Mihe left here, the little girl over there spat, "You said I won't open my old lady if you don't? Don't look at what we do."
As he spoke, he pried open the lock with a knife.
One of the boxes had better be pried open, and with the last light in the sky, Xiaoer could see at a glance that Daxi and Sanqiao, who had not informed them, were tightly tied up and stuffed in the box with their mouths gagged.
After bumping around for a long time, finally seeing his accomplice, the honest-looking Daxi almost shed tears, and his mouth kept whining.
Xiao Er was shocked, "This, this, what is the situation, what's going on with you?"
She reached out and took off the cloth from Daxi's mouth, and Daxi took a deep breath, the only thing she wanted to say was:
"Run! Run!"
Before Xiaoer could react, Mihe knocked her out from behind with a mace.
Looking at Xiao Er who was lying limp on the ground, Mi He shook his head, "Don't open it as I told you, you must listen."
Daxi quickly lowered his head in fear, shrunk his shoulders and said nothing.
Mihe gagged her again, tied Xiaoer up, and then found hay to feed the horses herself.
The shopkeeper in the front hall was still entertaining Shi Qing and Yun Zhi, but he was a little skeptical, why didn't the waiter who went to the backyard come back
"Here comes the herbal tea~"
Another waiter brought tea.
The shopkeeper smiled and signaled to the two, "The weather is getting hotter, drink some herbal tea to relieve fatigue."
Shi Qing sat on the long stool, looked at the tea in front of him, reached out to take the teacup, didn't drink it but just played with it.
And Yun Zhi, who was sitting side by side, didn't even look at the tea, but just pulled his sleeve to wipe his scabbard.
The gemstones on the scabbard are all beautiful and precious, and they are expensive at first glance.
Shi Qing blinked and asked the shopkeeper, "I heard that there are bandits around here, why do you dare to open an inn here?"
The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat immediately, and he immediately withdrew his eyes glued to the gemstone and looked up at Shi Qing, and said with a sneer, "It's not just to support the family, life is forced to do nothing."
Shi Qing gave a dubious "Oh".
She made a gesture to pick up the teacup to drink tea, but the shopkeeper quickly took the teacup from her hand, lowered her head to take a closer look, and scolded the waiter next to her, "How can you make old tea for customers? Hurry up." Get new tea."
Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that he put away the tea and brought it back, "It's because my eyes are blurred that I can't tell the difference, so I'll change the cup to a clean one."
The shopkeeper smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I'll take a look, this little guy is clumsy, he might not be able to tell the difference between old tea and new tea."
After speaking, he got up and left.
Shi Qing stretched her waist, Yun Zhi and the others left before asking her, "I know they have a problem, why don't you do it?"
"Tie them up, who will boil hot water for us to take a bath tonight?"
Shi Qing leaned his elbows on the table, looked at Yun Zhi with one hand on his face, and asked with a smile, "Young Xia, will you boil hot water for me to take a bath?"
Yun Zhi took a tight breath, stretched out his hand to pinch her face and turned to the other side, his eyelashes fluttered, "I sleep with Ya Qing at night."
Why didn't he realize that Shi Qing's peach blossom eyes are particularly deceptive when he smiles
Yun Zhi let go of Shi Qing, holding his sword and raising his foot to go upstairs, Shi Qing stretched out his hand to hold his wrist.
Yun Zhi paused and looked sideways at her, Shi Qing looked up at him, half-truthfully said, "What if they attack me in the middle of the night?"
Compared with Yaqing, Shiqing must be the first to kill the master.
Shi Qing let go of Yunzhi's hand, and deliberately lay down on the table, "Forget it, I'll sleep by myself."
Yun Zhi sat back slowly, putting the sword by Shi Qing's hand.
Shi Qing looked at him lying on the table with his head resting on his arms, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Sleep with me or with Yaqing?"
Yun Zhi remained silent.
Shi Qing reached out to poke his slightly flushed face with tightly pursed thin lips, and smiled, "Do you want to sleep with me, or do you want to sleep with me?"
"Hey? Don't go, what's wrong with a serious husband and wife talking about this kind of topic?"
"Why are you running! I don't eat people."
Yun took two steps and took one step at a time to go upstairs. Shi Qing smiled and followed him to see him.
After the two went upstairs, the shopkeeper personally took someone to the backyard to check the carriage.
"Second Master, why didn't you stun them just now?" the Xiao Er who delivered the tea asked in a low voice.
Seeing that the tea was about to be put into his mouth, he was stopped by the second boss.
"Stupid pig, we haven't received a signal from Daxi and Sanqiao, but that person knows there are robbers nearby, isn't that enough to explain the problem?"
There are no ordinary people in the surrounding countryside at all, but the other party knows about the bandits, which can only show that they have already seen Daxi and Sanqiao.
"Something may have happened to the two of them. Maybe it's not just an ordinary fat sheep with its teeth open."
And the men she sent over to check the carriage just now, maybe the same as Daxi and Sanqiao.
Erdang asked someone to carry a lantern, and brought the three Xiaoer to the backyard.
She looked around vigilantly, and saw that the husband and wife and the girl and servant were not there, so she asked someone to pry open the box.
The light appeared in front of his eyes again, Daxi squinted his eyes and saw the second leader standing in front of the box in surprise.
"Great joy! San Qiao!"
Erdangjia took a deep breath, and she said that the matter was not simple.
Daxi was released from the box by untying the rope.
She took the second leader's arm and said tearfully, "Second leader, run, the husband and wife are the robbers!"
"?"
The second master was at a loss.
The husband and wife are robbers, so what are they