Rebirth of the third master of the ring of the Red Chamber

After eating a sumptuous breakfast, everyone sat by the fire with high spirits and guessed who gave the rice grains.At the same time, Mr. Qiu ran to the Yamen angrily and asked the county magistrate to arrest all the victims and torture them severely. He must find out who was behind the scenes and compensate him for all losses.

The county magistrate recruited a group of people, and before they could step out of the gate of the government office, they were blocked by the guard of honor of the magistrate who suddenly arrived...

The inside story is not detailed one by one, but in the afternoon, the magistrate sent many doctors to diagnose and treat the diarrhea victims, and asserted that it was not a disease, but poisoning caused by eating moldy food.All the new rice in Mr. Qiu's granary was stolen, and all that was left was moldy rice, which became ironclad evidence.

Before, many seriously ill victims were gathered and burned to death by the county magistrate, but this time they were wronged and aroused great public outrage.After the magistrate found out the facts of the case, Lei Ting was furious, and immediately put the county magistrate's family and Qiu's family in prison, awaiting trial at a later date, but the incident of stealing rice was hidden from mentioning.

After hearing the news, the disaster victims all cheered, but what they were most concerned about was how to deal with the food that suddenly appeared.Won't take it back again?

Bao Wenxing hurried to the fire, rubbed his hands and said, "I've found out everything. The magistrate didn't plan to investigate the theft at all. Regarding the food, he only said one sentence: Anyway, the Qiu family also wants to investigate the case." Those who ransacked their families and exterminated their families, they should copy it in advance as their own officials to help the victims, so there is no need to go through the trouble twice."

The third prince smiled lightly when he heard the words, "Does he have any arrangements for the victims?"

"I heard that tomorrow, we will send clerks to count the number of people. After the roster is completed, we will send us to Lishan to repair the official road. The young and strong will get ten yuan a day, and they will have two full meals. The old and young, women and children will help out. For chores, there are five copper coins and a meal of porridge every day. It's better than staying here and waiting to die."

"It's a good way to get a lot of money in one fell swoop." The Third Prince nodded in satisfaction.

When Bao Da heard that they had nothing to do, he retreated automatically, and Jia Huan then said slowly, "When we make the book tomorrow, I'm afraid they will check their name, ancestral home, and age. If you don't want to be exposed, you should leave as soon as possible."

"Where are you going?" The Third Prince looked at him trustingly.

"I still have a few clean clothes here. Let's find a place to change after nightfall, and find an inn to settle down after looking like a human being. I have saved ten taels of silver in my bag, and I got 50 taels of silver at Qiu's house yesterday." Two, that's enough." Jia Huan patted the big package that was puffing up again behind his back.

"Huh? I also took 50 taels by hand." Xiao Ze took out a purse from his bosom, looking very proud.

"Third Master, take us with you, look, I have it too!" The dumb sister carefully fished out a few taels of silver from her sleeve.The elder brother immediately stared at her with condemning eyes.

"What are you staring at? We are robbing the rich and helping the poor, you know!" Jia Huan rewarded his elder brother with a smile, and said with a smile, "Little girl is smarter than your elder brother and has a bright future! Third Master, I am short of some useful people around me." People, just take you with me. But you don’t need to sell yourself, just tell me when you want to leave. Just remember that if you dare to betray me, the ends of the earth can find you and skin you.”

The siblings didn't doubt the authenticity of Third Master Huan's words at all, and waved their hands repeatedly to express that they would never betray.

The third prince looked at the elder and younger and pursed his lips and smiled, and waited for them to agree before opening his mouth slowly, "It's not difficult to find an inn, but how to live in it is rare. Nowadays, bandits are rampant and victims of disasters are flocking to the inn. You need to show your ID to check in the inn." Bing Luyin, do you have that kind of thing on your body?"

"Of course I have. The dumb brothers and sisters belong to me, and their identity documents are the same to guide me to deal with it. You two are as agreed before, each with 2000 taels of silver." Jia Huan twirled his fingertips.

"You can't do without it, so write it down first." The third prince laughed.

Jia Huan nodded, rummaged through the package for a while, and finally pulled out a coarse cloth bag from the bottom layer, and put it on his knees to untie it.

Xiao Ze stretched his neck to see, good guy, they are all identity documents and guides, at least thirty or forty, male and female, old and young, everything you need.

"You, are you a trafficker?" He stammered and asked.

"I'm a pimp." Jia Huan replied seriously. Seeing that the two really believed it, he couldn't help but sneer, "Didn't many people die of illness and burn to death a few days ago? These are their relics. I am alone." I couldn’t help but collected them all. Here, this one belongs to you two, brothers and sisters of the Liu family in Suohe Village, Qixing Town, the elder brother is nine years old and his name is Liu Gen, and the younger sister is seven years old and his name is Liu Jiao, remember.”

After asking his younger sister to repeat it, Jia Huan handed over the ID document for them to hide, and took two copies and threw them to the Third Prince and Xiao Ze.

When the two opened it, their expressions were a little subtle.

"Is this the two scapegoats?" The third prince frowned.

"Well, one is the coachman of the Jia family, and the other is the young man of the Jia family. If you don't take these two cards, how can you explain the situation that you are inseparable from me all day long? Just bear with it for a few days. If this matter is over, I am still the concubine of the Jia family. , you are naturally still..." Jia Huan glanced at the ignorant dumb brothers and sisters, and concealed the unfinished words.

The third prince quickly explained, "No, Huan'er, you misunderstood me. Before your carriage fell off the cliff, I guess you may have been tricked. Seeing the identity document of the planner, I feel disgusted in my heart, and there is no other meaning .”

"He can't be counted as the mastermind behind the scenes, at most there are two little Luos." Jia Huan sneered and didn't want to talk about it.

A few people sat around the fire and waited silently. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, they were looking for a hidden place to change into clean clothes, but when they asked about it, they came sneakily with a strange man, with a guilty tone. , "Three, third master, this man said he has something important to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?" Jia Huan raised his chin, sizing up the visitor without showing any signs.

"That's right, I've heard about your righteous deeds last night." The man chuckled.

The third prince and Xiao Ze immediately sat upright, looking alert.The dumb brothers and sisters bared their teeth at him.

But Jia Huan smiled contemptuously, twirled a straw, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said with a sideways glance, "Only Baoda listens to take things out of other people's mouths, and no one takes things out of Baodaoqu's mouths, you are quite capable. "

Bao asked anxiously with a pale face and shook his head, indicating that he did not reveal it himself.However, there are too many people in the refugee camp, so Jia Huan didn't care much about it, and urged him sharply, "Speak up if you have something to say, and let go if you have to fart!"

The man's temples throbbed, as if he was holding back his anger. It took a long time before he managed to force a smile, and praised, "Little brother, I know how you brought your brother out and how you got food. To tell you the truth, I appreciate your ability very much, if you are willing to work with me, in the future, you will be famous for food and drink, rich and prosperous, with vast expanses of fertile land and beautiful women like clouds, and you can have whatever you want, it all depends on whether you have the guts."

"Third, third master, he wants to drag our brother to become a bandit. As we said, we can only do it if you are willing to do it. Please give us an accurate explanation." Bao inquired and added in a low voice.

The third prince and Xiao Ze secretly hid their clenched fists in their sleeves.

Jia Huan still looked tired and lazy, and said with a half-smile, "It's not good to be a good citizen, why do you want to be a bandit? Are you out of your mind?"

"You can't say that, the world is different now." The man waved his hand, patiently persuading, "Nowadays, there is a way to survive as a bandit, and as a good citizen, can you live well? It has been either a severe drought, a severe flood or a severe cold for years, but The imperial court just doesn’t care. When it comes to reducing or exempting taxes, have you ever seen the reduction in which year? In order to highlight their ability to govern well, those dog officials are even more filial to the top, and even add [-]% to [-]% of taxes. Scrape oil and water from the common people. In good places, you can barely live by tightening your belt, and in bad places, you sell children and sell women, and they are displaced. How many of these tragedies have you seen along the way?"

"But the magistrate told us to go to work, not only to take care of food, but also to receive wages." Bao asked weakly to interject.

"Little brother, don't be naive! Last year, the prefect of Bingzhou also asked the victims to repair the river, but did they pay them? There was no porridge, and they were whipped if they didn't work. They were worse than animals. Those who starved to death, People who were exhausted and pumped to death were dragged car after car to the outskirts and burned to ashes, what a tragedy! The ghosts of the sky gathered together for several months."

Bao Wenwen was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he took a stride to hide behind Third Master Huan.The mute brothers and sisters grabbed the third master's sleeve from left to right.

The Third Prince and Xiao Ze seemed indifferent, but only they knew what kind of outrageous anger was burning in their hearts.It turned out that the people of Daqing lived such a precarious life, but the court was singing praises and whitewashing the peace everywhere.If it wasn't for personal experience this time, the people of Daqing rebelled, and they might not know the reason.

Jia Huan spat out the chewed straw, and said in a manly voice, "Which way are you on? I have so many brothers. To put it bluntly, if I go up the mountain with you, I will take my head off and put it on my belt. You come here You don’t even explain the way clearly and you still want us to work for you? It’s easy to fool us by looking at us rough guys, isn’t it?”

The man pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Third Master, you are very capable at such a young age, how dare I fool you? It's really hard to tell me where I came from, only a few of you know." The skirt of the clothes revealed a black python entrenched on the left chest, and quickly covered it with obscene clothes, and said in a low voice, "This is our totem, stabbed in the heart can protect us from all kinds of poisons, and we will be auspicious in death. Not all brothers They have all, unless they are in the top ten, they are not eligible.”

Python Mountain!The third prince's pupils shrank violently for a moment.Xiao Ze almost couldn't resist pulling out the ax from his waist.

Jia Huan sat upright now, and said with a sneer, "Kill the King of Jin County. Mangshan Mountain is facing a catastrophe and still recruits soldiers? What's the matter, you want to drag us up the mountain to be cannon fodder?"

The man's face was tense for a moment, then he calmed down quickly, and explained, "No, no, no, we, the head of the family, want to do a big business, and it is time to seek talents. I think you are born with that It is expected that going up the mountain may make a name for yourself, it is better than the current day of hunger and fullness, so I rashly opened my mouth. You see, the imperial court wants to destroy our Mang Mountain, and has been fighting and killing for ten years. Has there been any achievement? Not only nothing, even the parachutist Baishu, the mighty general Duan Dehan, and the Weiyuan general Lin Jing have all been ruined in our hands. If we can fight, we will fight. What can we do with us? We have money, rice, talents, and strongholds that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Maybe a few years later, Mang Mountain will look different..."

"Stop! I'm not interested in knowing the future of Mangshan Mountain. I just want to ask you. After going up the mountain, may my brother have enough to eat? Maybe wear warm? Is there any money to spend? Are there any women to play with?" Jia Huan asked carelessly.

"Satisfy food, warm clothes, endless money to spend, endless women to play with." The man promised, patted his chest.

"Okay, let me think about it, I'll come to you at night." Jia Huan waved impatiently.

"I live in the shed on the farthest east. You pass by and whistle, and I'll come out immediately." The man finally showed a real smile on his face.

Bao asked Ben that he still had something to say, but seeing Third Master Huan's cheeks slumped tightly, as if he was very upset, he didn't dare to touch him, and tiptoed away.

The dumb brothers and sisters obediently went to wash rice and cook.

Xiao Ze breathed out a turbid breath, and whispered, "My lord, why don't you let me go up the mountain with them and find out everything about the situation."

"No." The third prince immediately denied, with a cold voice, "As he himself said, the Mangshan bandits always fight if they can beat them, and run away if they can't beat them. This time, because of my death, my father will definitely send heavy troops At all costs to encircle and suppress, instead of withdrawing, they are recruiting people wantonly. It is true that as Huaner said, they want to find some victims as cannon fodder to make Li Daitao stiff. If you can't go up the mountain at this time, you will die if you go up the mountain. And behind this There are also traces of collusion between officials and bandits, and I don’t know who played such a big game of chess. This matter must be investigated, but another breakthrough must be found.”

Jia Huan almost fell asleep when he heard it, and said lazily, "Isn't the breakthrough already delivered to the door? The bandit was tied up and tortured to extract a confession. He is not a righteous man. He will starve for three to five days before being tortured. I'm not afraid." He doesn't recruit."

The third prince smiled, clapped his hands and said, "Huan'er is right, as expected, a simple mind has simple benefits!"

"What do you mean?" Jia Huan raised his eyebrows.

"Literally. Huan'er, you should wash your hair, it's all lumpy." The third prince rubbed the boy's bun with a disgusted expression on his face.

It was night, and a group of people sneaked to the easternmost shed and whistled.Soon, a black shadow sprang out, leading them into a grove not far away.

"Have you made up your mind?" the bandit asked in a low voice.

"Think it over, but I have a condition." Jia Huan said with a smile.

"What conditions?" The bandits were already prepared to be blackmailed.If these people agreed, he would become suspicious instead.

"Find the best inn for our brothers to stay, let us sleep on the high bed and soft pillows, eat the delicacies of mountains and seas, and it is best to get some noodles for fun. When we are full, we will have enough fun , come back and pull the brothers to fall into the grass with you."

"Are you a fan, can you play?" The bandit looked Jia Huan's frail body up and down.

The third prince and Xiao Ze smiled unkindly.

Jia Huan was about to hit him with a fist.

The man hurriedly begged for mercy, "Don't, don't, I'm joking! Since I asked you to work hard for me, I naturally want to let you taste some sweetness. Even if you don't tell me, I will take you to see and see. Let's go to Fuyunlai Inn Well, that's the best inn in Ze'an. But, do you really want to take these two fur kids?" He pointed to the mute brother and sister hiding behind Jia Huan.

"These two are my cousin's sons and daughters. They are the only ones left in my uncle's family, so I have to take them with me. Can't you?" Jia Huan said a little angrily.

"Cheng Chengcheng." The man nodded quickly, dug out a large package from the shed, took out five sets of brocade clothes and handed them over, whispered, "Change the clothes and tidy up your hair, let's go to the inn. "

After they changed their clothes, they went to Fuyunlai Inn and asked for five rooms.

Seeing the bandit take out six identity documents from the package and guide them, Jia Huan sneered, "This bandit is quite professional."

Xiao Ze endured and endured, but finally he couldn't hold back, and praised sincerely, "You are still not as professional as the third master! Compared with you, no matter how fierce the bandits are, they all have silver pewter heads!"