Hoho~
Hoho~
The uniform sound of knife sharpening sounded surprisingly pleasant.
The bandits were very excited about sharpening the sword. Although this sword was not a fairy's weapon, it was made of meteorite iron. Even if it was scrap iron, it was iron from the fairyland.
Moreover, they had witnessed with their own eyes how a Tang sword could chop off a waist sword, so the bandits all wanted to sharpen their own swords to the fastest possible speed.
In the room, Zhang Zeshan couldn't sit still anymore.
Hearing the sound of sharpening the knife, he felt a little panicked.
What are they doing? He had never seen these bandits sharpening their knives before, and the sound frightened him.
After submitting the letter of allegiance, fewer people came to see him, and Zhang Zeshan could finally rest. However, the food was not as good. He could only eat meat once every few days, which made Zhang Zeshan wonder if the meat was almost gone.
The New Year is coming soon, and you are sharpening your knife now. Are you trying to kill me and eat my meat?
Sharpening the knife to attack pigs and sheep?
In the past, when he was at home for the New Year, the Zhang family would slaughter pigs and sheep, and the butchers would sharpen their knives, but now...
But even if they wanted to kill me, would it be necessary for so many people to sharpen their knives together?
What a great hatred and resentment!
Zhang Zeshan didn't dare to think about it anymore.
During the days in the mountains, in addition to the physical humiliation he suffered, his spirit also became increasingly fragile. He became prone to daydreaming and often made up things in his mind.
The whole person seems a little abnormal.
At this moment, I was scaring myself, curled up on the bed, crying silently.
He shuddered at the thought of the possibility of being chopped into pieces and eaten by these bandits.
So cruel!
Dad, when will you come to redeem me? If you don’t come, I will be eaten by these bandits.
At this time in the hall, Agui and Acai presented another 10,000 taels of silver.
"Boss, the New Year is coming soon. Can you give our young master something good to eat? Our young master has lived a life of luxury since he was a child and has never suffered. My master has no other requests, he just wants him to eat something good during the New Year."
Pei Yun gave the banknote to Sun Niaoniao and asked her to keep it.
He said, "If you want your son to eat well, you should redeem him quickly. You have been dithering for such a long time, and you have only taken 20,000 silver taels. Do you want your son to live with me for a long time?"
"My master is already trying his best to raise money. Please give us some more time. We will send it to you when we have money."
Pei Yun said: "This time, these ten thousand silver notes will be used as living expenses for your son, so you still owe me ninety thousand. Go and see your son and then get out."
Agui and Acai were a little dumbfounded.
no!
This is too unreasonable. The ransom was 100,000 yuan, but now it has become 110,000 yuan. Don't you provide food and accommodation for the captured people? Why do you also deduct living expenses?
Besides, can my young master eat up ten thousand?
However, the two did not dare to speak, and could only go to see Zhang Zeshan timidly. After comforting him, the two went down the mountain.
Only after they walked away did they breathe a sigh of relief.
This time, in addition to delivering money to ensure Zhang Zeshan's safety, they also came to see how these bandits would react. Just like the last time, they were not alert at all, and did not see these bandits trying to run away.
That means these bandits didn’t know the soldiers were coming, that’s good.
I’m afraid these bandits will find out and run away with the young master, which would be a big trouble.
Judging from the arrangements in the village, it seems that they are going to celebrate the New Year happily. When the soldiers arrive, they will surely catch these thieves in one fell swoop and rescue their young master.
…
The evening of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
A team of soldiers entered the county town, led by none other than Liu Xiao, the eldest son of the Liu family.
This time he brought 1,000 officers and soldiers, all of whom were armored and fully equipped with various weapons.
After Xue Wenju arranged for the officers and soldiers to stay, he went to Liu Mansion with Liu Xiao.
When his son returned, Liu Jingzhi naturally held a banquet to entertain him and also called other nobles to come along.
Although Liu Xiao was only a captain, it also made Liu Jingzhi proud. After all, among the gentry in Ruifeng County, his son was the only one who became a military officer and held military power.
Liu Yiyi and Xue Qianqian were also at the party. In fact, Liu Yiyi wanted to introduce Xue Qianqian to Liu Xiao, so that the best friend would become sister-in-law, and the relationship between the two would be closer.
Liu Xiao is a handsome man and is more than qualified to be a good match for Xue Qianqian.
After three rounds of drinking, Liu Xiao said, "Xue County Magistrate, I heard that the bandits in Qingyan Mountain are extremely rampant. They not only robbed Qianqian, but also kidnapped the young master of the Zhang family. The higher-ups have ordered me to wipe out the bandits no matter what. Can you tell me in detail?"
Talking about business, Xue Wenju put down his bowl and chopsticks. In fact, he always felt a little embarrassed to eat for free at a banquet.
The more he ate, the more entangled he became with these nobles, but he had no choice; he couldn't just starve at home.
Although he wanted to be a good official, he was not inflexible and was still very tactful.
Hearing Liu Xiao's words at this moment, he spoke hurriedly.
"The bandits in Qingyan Mountain are a group of fierce bandits. I also sent officers to suppress them, but they were defeated. More than 20 officers were killed. I heard from the captain that those bandits didn't seem to be short of food at all. They were all very strong and vigorous."
Xue Qianqian added in her heart, not only is there no shortage of food, the food is also very good.
It’s a pity that I will never be able to eat it or drink milk tea again.
Liu Xiao nodded slightly. "Maybe they robbed the people of their food. Otherwise, how could they not lack food during the famine years?"
"Who says it's not?" Xue Wenju agreed with this statement, otherwise there is no way to explain why the bandits are not short of food.
"Later, there was a conflict between Menghu Village and Yiyun Village. The people of Menghu Village were no match for them, and many of them were killed by the people of Yiyun Village..."
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