Republic of China small businessman

Xie Jing put her hands on the window, and when the other party was at the corner, her waist softened, and she fell in through the half-broken wooden window, and touched something like a broken porcelain pot under her feet, and saw that it was about to fall to the ground, and hurriedly He caught it with his hands and rolled to the window.

The people in the yard outside glanced at it roughly, and cursed: "Drinking and eating meat in front, let us do this tiring work, there is a 'piglet' tied up in the backyard, how can it be so easy to wake up after being knocked unconscious with a gun butt! "

The temple is very large. This row was originally a firewood house and a Buddhist monastery for the monks. There is a distance from the main hall in front. The two just lighted a torch and looked at it casually, and then went back soon.

Xie Jing stared out of the window, and suddenly heard a slight sound behind him, he subconsciously avoided a punch by turning sideways vigilantly, the room was dark, and there was the sound of another person panting heavily, that person punched in Xie Jing's direction. smash!

Xie Jing only felt that the other party was as strong as a bull, and relying on his body to dodge and dodge, he scuffled with the man in a black light.Xie Jing was eager to get rid of it, so he also slapped the broken porcelain jar on the ground with a muffled sound, and it turned into a sharp piece of porcelain. Xie Jing lifted one and strangled the opponent's neck, and the strangled person struggled a few times , cursed.

Xie Jing heard it suddenly, and immediately reacted: "Second young master?"

Bai Mingyu still held his arm tightly, trying to break free.

Xie Jing pinched the tendons in his wrist, and Bai Mingyu hissed, let go and asked, "Who?!"

"I, Xie Jing."

Xie Jing pushed open the window a little and looked out to observe the situation. With the moonlight coming in, they could see each other's appearance clearly.There was still a freshly cut rope behind Bai Mingyu, and there were some bruises on his face and arms. He bent over and squatted by the wall to look at Xie Jing, and after a while he was pleasantly surprised: "It's really you! You came here, and you were also kidnapped?"

Xie Jing shook his head and pointed outside: "Yunmeng Mountain suppresses the bandits."

He asked again: "How did the second young master get here?"

Bai Mingyu refused to speak, with an angry expression on his face.

Xie Jing glanced at the hemp rope and bamboo pole on the ground, the corners of her lips raised slightly, it turned out that they were lifted up.The bandits in Yunmeng Mountain always turned people upside down, put their feet up, and carried them up the mountain with bamboo poles like they were tied up with piglets. He could imagine how angry Second Young Master Bai was on the way. Eight generations.

Bai Mingyu, who was carried up, had an extremely foul expression on his face: "You people from Xichuan are so unreasonable!" Xie Jing corrected him: "I'm from the Northland, from the East Courtyard." He looked at the situation outside, when the door suddenly pushed gently There was a loud noise, and a guard came in from the outside. He had been by Master Jiu's side for a long time, so he naturally recognized Bai Mingyu.

Seeing that they were not alone, Bai Mingyu made up his mind. The guard handed over a gun. He took it and held it in his hand while asking Xie Jing, "How many people did you bring?"

Xie Jing said: "Three hundred."

Bai Mingyu frowned: "It seems that there are more than 300 people on the mountain. In the past two days, people dressed as caravans came in from the canyon and scattered up the mountain. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't think that this road is safe and feasible, so I followed along. down the canyon."

Xie Jing asked in a deep voice: "Are these people bandits or soldiers?"

Bai Mingyu said without hesitation: "Bing, the two commanders of Yicheng fought, and one lost and ran west, which is the direction of Xichuan."

Xie Jing's heart sank, the military disaster was greater than the banditry disaster, not to mention that they couldn't deal with hundreds of people now, I'm afraid there will be deserters coming one after another in the future, if Yunmeng Mountain is occupied, the upper and lower cities of Xichuan will have no peace.

Bai Mingyu said: "But you don't have to worry, Lord Jiu has invited officers and soldiers from the Rongcheng Mansion to dispatch them in the name of suppressing bandits, and they will arrive in two days, as long as you grit your teeth and survive these few days."

Xie Jing was stunned: "Didn't you come alone?"

Bai Mingyu said with a smile: "How is it possible, Lord Jiu and Mr. Huang are also here, and something happened to Xi Chuan, so how can I ignore you?"

Xie Jing didn't say a word.

Bai Mingyu said it again, and said strangely: "I said Jiu Ye is here, why didn't you respond?" Could it be that Xiao Xie changed his mind in Xichuan in the past few months, and his heart changed too fast.

Xie Jing asked, "When will Master arrive?"

"There are many officers and soldiers in the Rongcheng Mansion, and the marching routes are different. Master Jiu came here by water. From the pier, he may arrive at noon tomorrow." Bai Mingyu said, and hurriedly said: "Do you have any manpower over there? I'm afraid they'll get it too, so go and tell them that they can't walk this side of the canyon."

Xie Jing: "No one scouting the way?"

Bai Mingyu: "...I'm the one who explores the way."

While discussing, Xie Jing hissed and lowered his voice: "Someone is here."

The guard was close to the corner behind the door, Xie Jing winked at Bai Mingyu, Bai Mingyu understood, and immediately sat back to the previous position, grabbed the rope and put it on his body to make a "wrapped" look.

After a while, there were a few hurried footsteps in the yard, followed by someone pushing open the wooden door, and a person came in. This person was one of the bandits, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to check if there was any money on the meat ticket.Just as he was reaching out to fumble around, he was knocked down by Xie Jing and Bai Mingyu together. Bai Mingyu struck so hard that he fell limp to the ground when he hit his head.

Xie Jing took a look and confirmed that the clothes on this man were similar to the ones on the wall before, and said to Bai Mingyu: "You change into his clothes, tie him up here, and get out after a while."

Bai Mingyu agreed, and when he changed his clothes, he almost fainted from the smell of bandits, so he resisted to change.

The three of them went out in the dark, first searched two rooms, and untied the guards who came with Bai Mingyu. After they were rescued, they found that one of his shoulders had been wounded by shrapnel, and he was immediately asked to return to the foot of the mountain. , and the rest followed behind them.

Xie Jing checked the number of bandits, and it was as Bai Mingyu said, there must be more than a hundred of them.

Xie Jing whispered: "When you came during the day, did you see any kidnapped people?"

Bai Mingyu shook his head: "There are only four of us in one car in the back yard, and the bandits eat and drink in the main hall outside, and sleep there at night."

Xie Jing guessed where the bandit might have hidden him, before he could speak, suddenly Bai Mingyu leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Xiao Xie, do you want to be a big ticket?"

"what?"

"The 'businessmen' who led me into the canyon today only had one carriage, but the carriage was filled with explosives."

Xie Jing's eyes lit up, and he looked up at Bai Mingyu, who shook his wrist and grinned with white teeth.

When Second Young Master Bai set fire to the boat at the Yucheng pier, these people probably hadn't touched a gun before, and Bai Mingyu was not a vegetarian. If Xie Jing didn't come tonight, he would be able to get away by himself. Temper, at this moment, explosives have been lit and thrown into the hall!

Bai Mingyu said: "Since I have escaped, those people will definitely search the mountain for martial law. Why don't you bring 300 people with you tonight and beat his grandma!"

Xie Jing thought for a while and nodded in response.

Bai Mingyu has a thick skin and is resistant to beatings. He opened his eyes and cursed all the way up the mountain. Those bandits only thought he was a rich young master and lost his temper. .

The load of explosives was not much, but it was enough. Bai Mingyu was very proficient in this matter. After Xie Jing went out for a while, he quickly came back with a bottle of wine.

Bai Mingyu said: "When is it, you still..."

Xie Jing drenched the hemp rope with wine, stretched it out for a short distance along the half-buried explosives, and said in a low voice, "It's safer this way."

Bai Mingyu took back the second half of the sentence, and gave him a thumbs up. He didn't show it on his face, but his heart was actually beating. Everyone was nervous about walking a tightrope, but Xiao Xie did it. more stable than him.

After burying, it is to wait quietly.

The Buddha statues originally enshrined in the dilapidated temple were overthrown, and the altars were moved to the center of the hall. They were pieced together, and wine and meat were placed. A group of bandits were eating and drinking inside, and there were some quarrels. Instead of persuading the fight, they let out laughter, and some people fought under the instigation.

It wasn't until midnight that they drank and quarreled that they gradually quieted down. The patrolling people in the yard were also lazy. No one dared to come up this deep mountain and old forest except the people they kidnapped, so they were too lazy to wander around.

The sky is slightly pale, and it will be bright.

The patrolman secretly took a small jar of wine and hid himself to drink it. When he was half-drunk, he suddenly heard a "pop", a rough wooden arrow hit the wine jar in his hand with a flame, and there was a "crash" The wine was spilled all over the floor, and the flames grew bigger and bigger, but they sprang straight to several places strangely, like a winding fire snake, spitting out a message, rushing to the corner pillar of the temple at an extremely fast speed!

The patrolman was in a trance, half awake from the alcohol, and was about to shout, suddenly a very thin whip was wrapped around his neck with a "swish". He grabbed the throat and dragged the person to the ground, and quickly dragged him into the shadow of a tree beside him.

After a few breaths, the fire snake filled the air, and the fireworks in the corner of the wall burst out, followed by several fireworks bursting out suddenly, and the sound of thunder exploded one after another, shaking the temple hall and several houses. The beams and columns collapsed, and the black smoke Mixed with the sound of screams, it soared all over the sky!

Suddenly there was a loud roar on Yunmeng Mountain, and the forest trembled. At the foot of the mountain, Xu Jun, who was guarding the entrance of the canyon, looked solemn, staring at the mountain road ahead.

As the time passed, fine beads of sweat appeared on Xu Jun's forehead. He forcibly suppressed the urge to go into the mountain to find Xie Jing, and stood there in ambush and waited.After a quarter of an hour, bandits came down the mountain one after another, some with guns in their hands, and some with nothing but bags on their backs, Xu Jun looked at the people rushing down the mountain with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Fight! "

Among the 300 people, not everyone has a gun, and not everyone can shoot accurately. Xu Jun had already prepared for it, and asked people to buy dozens of firecrackers and throw them in iron buckets, and scattered them at the exit leading to Xichuan. The bandits were blown out of their wits and had just recovered a life from the hall. They couldn't tell the difference between firecrackers and gunshots, but they could only hear the sound everywhere. They were so frightened that a dozen people were thrown into chaos. When the gun hit, there was a scream.The more this happened, the more anxious the escaped bandits were, rushing into the canyon in a panic.

Above the canyon, dozens of salt workers arranged by Xu Jun were waiting there. With all their strength, these people pushed down huge boulders. The boulders rolled down one after another blocked the road and killed many people. There was constant wailing in the canyon.

……

Xie Jing led his men to finish off in the ruined temple. He was accurate with marksmanship and hit 20 small and medium-sized people in a row.

Gunshots rang out at the foot of the mountain. Bai Mingyu listened intently, and suddenly asked, "Xiao Xie, how many people did you bring? Why do I sound like thousands of people?"

Xie Jing laughed and said, "My uncle alone can stop a thousand troops!"

Bai Mingyu was still a little tinnitus from the sound of explosives, and couldn't hear clearly, so he asked again: "What did you say!"

Xie Jing patted him on the shoulder and said, "I told you to get up, it's time to find someone!"

Bai Mingyu stood up and asked, "Who are you looking for? Didn't they all come down the mountain?"

Xie Jing ignored him, took the guards and climbed over the wall. While sending people to search carefully, he caught a little leader covered in blood. This man looked miserable, but only his toes and half of his side were injured. The rest of the arm is still intact and can speak.After Xie Jing's interrogation, he found out that the place where the bandits hid was in a cave on the cliff at the back, and quickly led people to rescue them. Several merchants and people in Xichuan were kidnapped, and I don't know how many people still persisted.

The cliff is steep, and there are only two pine trees growing above the ground, with two hemp ropes as thick as arms tied on them, showing signs of wear and tear.

Xie Jing glanced at it, and said, "Wang Su and I will go down." He handed the hemp rope to Bai Mingyu, "You are strong, if something happens, I will shake the rope, and you will drag us up."

Bai Mingyu nodded in agreement, wrapped the hemp rope a few times around his arm, and locked it firmly: "Don't worry, I won't let go if I lose this life."

Xie Jing said: "I dare not take your life, save it for Miss Hong."

After he finished speaking, he went down, not caring that Bai Mingyu standing on the edge of the cliff was blushing.

There were no bandits in the cave on the cliff, only the meat tickets that were tied up before. Xie Jing and Wang Su rescued them all. There were six men and five women, and several children. Xie Jing covered the children with thick clothes , Holding them in their arms and sending them up one by one.There are also some gold bars and jewelry hidden in the cave. Wang Su took the bamboo basket and is slowly moving it up. It will take a while to see.

When Xie Jing came up, Bai Mingyu snatched the knife from a girl with his hands, and scolded: "I tried my best to save you, but you want to die? You didn't do anything for yourself, but also for the sake of the mountain. Parents, think about it!"

Xie Jing put down the child in her arms, stepped forward and said, "She doesn't want to live because of her parents."

Girls from Xichuan are better than girls from the Central Plains, but they also value fame and integrity, especially in some families with strict discipline.Xie Jing took a gold bar from her bosom, stuffed it into the girl's hand, and said to her, "Take it, or go home to find your parents, or leave, it's better than death, you've been through for so many days Come down, there is no reason to die here."

The clothes on the girl's body were torn in several places, and her face was also covered with bruises and scars, but she still looked good. At this moment, the corners of her mouth muttered a few times, and finally she couldn't help crying.

Xie Jing gave some gold and silver to the girls next to him, and Bai Mingyu followed him, but his heart was so sore that he grabbed a lot of jewels and stuffed them with them.

Xie Jing called the guards over and sent these people down the mountain, while she found a tree to sit and rest.

Bai Mingyu was still feeling uncomfortable, so he sat down next to him and said, "Have you found everyone?"

Xie Jing: "It's all done, these are the only ones left alive."

"She said that one died last night." Bai Mingyu was silent for a moment, his eyes were red, he clenched his fists and said, "If I had known this, I should have been faster on the road, so I could save one more person."

Xie Jing sat there side by side with him, without speaking.

As the sun rose, Yunmeng Mountain was illuminated again.

All that remains of the dilapidated temple are ruins, the fire has been extinguished, and only a few thick smokes are still wafting.

The main hall was completely blasted, the beams collapsed, the stone walls caved in, and the sunlight fell from the gap, which happened to be reflected on the overthrown Buddha statue, and was coated with a layer of golden light.

The Buddha statue puts its hands together, its dharma is solemn, and its eyes look at all living beings with compassion.

Xie Jing passed by and stood there for a while. His clothes were stained with blood and stains, but his face was very pious.

Bai Mingyu followed behind, just in time to see his profile.

Xie Jing's face was so white that it was almost transparent, and the light could pass through. With his eyes closed, there was tranquility on his face, and no expression could be seen. Although he was dressed in black, he was also like Xichuan, and he seemed to be taller.Bai Mingyu looked from head to toe, and finally landed on Xie Jing's braided hair. Coral beads fell on the casually tied braid, and there was a plain silver earring on the exposed left ear.

The hunters left on the mountainside came one after another, and Hu Da and others also rushed here after killing a few bandits who fled alone.

Xie Jing was not in a hurry to go down, and stayed here to guard, and asked Hu Da for a water bag on his waist, bit it open with his teeth, and poured out some to wash his arms.

Only then did Bai Mingyu realize that there were some scratches on his arm, and when he approached, he smelled a smell of alcohol, "What's wrong with your arm?"

Xie Jing washed the wound with strong wine, and said flatly: "It's nothing, I accidentally wiped it when I went down the stone wall." He shook the water bag, there was still some wine in it, and threw it to Bai Mingyu, who was startled, Received a little at a loss.

Xie Jing said: "I invite you to drink Xichuan's spirits."

Bai Mingyu: "...you are much wilder than before, and you don't even look like you."

Xie Jing smiled: "What's different?"

Bai Mingyu: "I can't tell, it feels very different anyway. Xiao Xie, are you going back?"

"Why do you ask that?" Xie Jing tore off a piece of the cleaner skirt, tied up the wound on his arm, and said flatly, "Of course I will go back."

Footsteps sounded at the entrance of the mountain road, Xie Jing's ears twitched, and when she raised her head slightly, the first thing that caught her eyes was the pair of familiar boots. Xie Jing heard Bai Mingyu call "Jiu Ye", and suddenly there was something in his throat. He made a sound, as if he was extremely happy, but he couldn't laugh. He raised his head and stared blankly for a long time before slowly bending his eyes.

Master Jiu walked over, stood beside him and bent down to carefully look at the embarrassed young man in front of him. There were still a few places on his face that were blackened by smoke, but his eyes were as bright as when he was a child, and he couldn't hide them. Live the happy little thought.

Master Jiu asked: "Why, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you don't know how to call?"

Xie Jing hurriedly got up and called out to Master Jiu. He couldn't stand still and almost bumped into Master Jiu. He was supported and still looked up, with a smile on his face, and even the last trace of exhaustion was dispelled. If there was a tail behind him , now I can't wait to shake it up desperately.

"Master, why did you come up? The second young master said you didn't arrive until noon, and it's not safe here. Why don't you go down the mountain first, and I'll accompany you down the mountain?" Xie Jing stood up and said in a low voice: "I've been here before One more time, remember, I asked them to set a trap last night, wait for me to call a hunter..."

Master Jiu raised his hand and touched his head, Xie Jing immediately stopped talking, and looked up at him, very obedient.

Master Jiu chuckled: "The mountain is still a bit chaotic. I have invited helpers to clean it up for a while, but the mountain is safer."

Xie Jing immediately said: "Okay, who did you invite?"

"An old friend."

Master Jiu didn't say much, and Xie Jing didn't ask further, it doesn't matter who he invites, now he only has his heart tied to one person.

Bai Mingyu was busy outside, Xie Jing found a secluded place to talk with Master Jiu, told him what happened last night, omitted many dangerous things, and put all the blame on Second Young Master Bai if he couldn't.

Master Jiu looked at the wound on his arm, and frowned slightly: "It's not rubbed out by the stone wall, the bullet has no eyes, you still got in a bit more this time."

Xie Jing couldn't hide it, and whispered: "Master, I was wrong."

Master Jiu asked, "Where is the mistake?"

Xie Jing thought for a while, and said in a low voice, "I will try my best."

Master Jiu patted his forehead lightly, "You have a sense of propriety in doing things, but you shouldn't put yourself in danger. I gave Wang Su and the others to you, not for you to protect them."

Xie Jing pinched the corner of Master Jiu's clothes, but didn't tug, just holding her hand and looking up at him.

Master Jiu sighed lightly, and gently rubbed the place where he played just now: "I didn't sleep last night, and I always felt that something happened. I was more at ease when I saw you. Don't do it again next time. If you are caught by me, you will be punished." Take you back and lock you up forever." The last sentence was in a very low voice, with the tip of her nose pressed against Xie Jing, so soft that only each other could hear it.

Xie Jing rubbed the tip of her nose lightly, and felt relieved when she smelled the familiar scent.

Master Jiu had medicine on his body, changed Xie Jing's arm with a clean gauze, and checked the other wounds. Except for one or two minor wounds on the ankles and a bruise at the corner of the mouth, there was nothing else.

It was not until the afternoon that a letter came from the mountain asking them to go down the mountain.

When Bai Mingyu went to look for Master Jiu, he happened to meet him coming out. Master Jiu was carrying Xie Jing on his back, and the majestic young master of Xichuan Shangcheng just now was lying on Master Jiu's back. Except for the gauze on his arms, Can't see where it hurts.

Bai Mingyu couldn't figure it out, he didn't see it for a while, how did Xiao Xie become so weak and unable to take care of himself?

He circled around and asked in doubt, "Master, is Xiao Xie hurt?"

Jiu Ye said: "Yes, I have two injuries on my feet, I need to go back and get some medicine."

Bai Mingyu was even more surprised: "When did you get hurt? The one who was able to run and jump just now was stronger than me..."

Xie Jing glanced at it, and said: "Last night, I went into a room through the window and was injured when I was saving the second young master——"

Before he finished speaking, Bai Mingyu immediately coughed loudly, ran up and said courteously, "Master, I'll come, I'll come! I'm strong, and I'll carry a little thank you!"

Master Jiu glanced at him indifferently, and said, "No, just go ahead and look around, don't go the wrong way again."

Bai Mingyu: "..."

Bai Mingyu walked in front of him dejectedly. Although he couldn't see him, he still felt that Xiao Xie must be laughing at him behind him!What kind of person, Da Xiaoer pretends to be Jiu Ye when he sees him, and doesn't treat him as his own brother at all!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

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Carrying the piglet——

Bandit: Get rich, get rich, catch a fat one!

Bai Ershao, who was still struggling on the bamboo pole with his hands and feet tied: I warn you!Put the young master down, or the young master will level your hills——! !

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About the name in Xichuan——

Xie Siquan: Come to think of it, you have to call me Zuzu.

Bai Er: =mouth=! !