Chapter 73 The Horse Thief is Coming
At the entrance of Majia Village, Chen Sheng and his two partners sat on the stone pier at the entrance of the village. Looking at the chaotic movements in the village, everyone looked cold. The date for storing autumn grain had passed long ago, but Baihu Mansion's appetite was like a bottomless pit. Zhang Gui was not there, and those unrestrained managers and servants were still extorting money and grain in the village below.
"You're going to give my big white back!"
On the road in front of the village entrance, a little kid cried and chased the Baihu Mansion to urge autumn grain. Behind were several farmers running from the fields with sweat on their heads, "Baby, get me back!"
The leader of the farmer screamed in a hurry. His wife gave birth to four children and only had such a son. If his life was ruined by the servants of Baihu Mansion, his family would be defeated.
The Baihu Mansion forced a team of autumn grains to be forced to have three people, driving a large cart, full of food and various wild animals. A big white geese with a dazed head was locked in a bamboo cage, and occasionally sang with its wings open and shouting with its pride.
Geese were delicious in the Ming Dynasty, and the price was much more expensive than live chickens and ducks. Hekoubao was close to the Kuye River, and there was a small river in Majia Village. Therefore, many people raised ducks and geese at home, and the eggs laid could be exchanged for copper coins or groceries at the market.
The big white goose was raised by the little kid's house. No one played with the little kid, so the little kid followed the big white goose all day long, so naturally he was very precious.
"Little bastard, I'm impatient in my life. The Eighth Master looks like your big goose is a blessing for your family."
The car stopped, and the servant of Baihu Mansion sitting on the edge of the car jumped down and cursed at the little kid, but the little kid, who was only seven or eight years old, knew what he knew. Even if the servant in front of him was vicious, he could only cry and say, "Bad man, I'm going to be the one who's going to be fine!"
"court death!"
Seeing that the little kid was unyielding, the servants were jealous of him, and the eighth master was supported by him next to him, and he was not afraid of the mud legs running from afar. So he cursed and kicked the little kid in front of him.
Seeing this scene, several rushing farmers were shocked. The little kids were young, so how could they withstand this kick?
Seeing that the kick was about to kick the little kid, the servant of the Baihu Mansion suddenly seemed to have been drained from his strength and fell to the ground, with a bright eagle feather arrow inserted into his vest.
Chen Sheng put down the old bow in his hand. This bow killed Zhang Gui. After taking the official army camp, he found it from Zhang Gui's tent. It was the python-skinned bow his father used. Chen Sheng's shooting skills were not bad. Although his talent was not as good as Gao Jin and Yang Dayan, he had put a lot of effort since he was a child. He shot some still lifes, and his accurate head was no worse than Gao Jin and others.
Almost at the same time, Zhang Ba, who was still watching the fun, jumped out of the car and squatted beside the wheel of the car. The servant who drove the car was so scared that he wanted to follow the Eighth Master out and force Qiuqiu grain, and he could still encounter a strong man robbery.
At this time, several farmers who came here also saw the three black-clothed and hated guests at the entrance of the village. They all turned pale with fright. Hekou Fort was close to the side wall. In the past, Gao Chong, a big insect, was in charge. In addition, Zhang Gui of the hundred households was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so Hekou Fort has always been quite peaceful and few bandits entered the country.
But when everyone goes to Shenmu Fort to visit a market in the year, they often hear about the bloody thieves of the Jiangyang robbers. They say that there are many horse thieves outside the border, but not most of these thieves run out of the pass. If there are no strong people in the frontier, they will be fat sheep in the eyes of the thieves.
Seeing the bad guy pounced in front of him, the thin black little kid finally realized that he was afraid and started crying. He didn't care about his big goose, so he turned around and ran towards him.
Zhang Ba did not dare to show up. Among the three strong men opposite, the leader was the military's hard bow. If he ran out and got an arrow, no matter whether it was a vital or not, it would be no different from being useless.
The servant who was driving the car was trembling. He didn't dare to drive the car to escape. The car was filled with heavy objects and could not run fast even if he wanted to.
Chen Sheng and the other two slowly forced themselves to the cart. A few farmers in the distance picked up the little kid and stopped coming forward. They just looked around from afar. Now every household in Majia Village is so poor that they are afraid of the money and food plundered by Baihu Mansion. The poor people have nothing to be afraid of, but they are looking forward to the servant of Baihu Mansion.
"I am a servant in Zhang Baihu Mansion, Hekoubao. It's okay if you take this money and food." Zhang Ba is not a fool. He will use Baihu Mansion to suppress those three strong men. It is the most important thing to save his life at this critical moment.
Chen Sheng laughed. He originally thought that the servants of Baihu Mansion were all virtuous and were so rampant that they were endless. He never thought that he had a juncture of life and death, and he was not cowardly.
When he was less than ten steps away from the cart, Chen Sheng stopped. The two partners behind him spread out toward both sides, watching the direction where the left and right could escape.
"Come out, you want to run, but you have no place to run!"
"A few heroes, don't know which road they are from?"
Zhang Ba had no choice but to raise his hands, straighten his waist and walk out, "Take the things, as long as they don't hurt my life..."
"Is your life valuable?"
"It's nothing if you kill a servant, but if you touch me, you will have a mortal grudge with Baihu Mansion and wait for my elders to come back..."
"Try us Heisha Ma thieves with Baihu Mansion. Your Lord Zhang has cheated us a lot this time. These things are just collecting some interest first."
Chen Sheng interrupted Zhang Ba, and Zhang Ba was shocked when he said this. The adoptive father and the Heisha Horse thief Xiang had a relationship. Even this time he went out with the Heisha Horse thief. However, this trip took too long, but no one in the Baihu Mansion felt that something could happen.
Zhang Ba was not allowed to think about it at all. After Chen Sheng finished saying what he should say, he invited his two partners to do it without any delay. He didn't care how credible he said just now, as long as the news could be heard.
As the sword and gun came, Zhang Ba tried his best to block it. But he could block the two swords close to him, but he could not prevent the spear in Chen Sheng's hand. He had no armor on his body and was directly stabbed by the spearhead as his chest. As soon as he vented his strength, the other two swords took advantage of the momentum to cut through his wrist and neck.
As the broken arm fell, blood came from Zhang Ba's throat, and a bloody hole in his chest fell down. He was so scared that the servant who jumped off his horse beside him knelt on the ground and shouted, "Good man, good man, good man, go around his life."
"Brother, why don't you kill them together? The boss said that everyone in Zhangjiabao will die!"
Among the two partners, someone lowered his voice and said, "Everyone knows the purpose of this trip, but when it comes to what to say, they should adapt to the situation."
"Let him spare his life. The boss said he wanted to find someone to bring a message to Baihu Mansion. If we kill him, we have to find someone else."
"Yes, yes, what this hero said is that I can't do anything else, but I have a good memory. What words do you ask me to bring? I guarantee that I will not miss a single word."
The servant who was driving the car quickly shouted when he saw that he had a chance to survive.
"Then let your life go. Listen, go back and tell you that the Baihu Mansion is in charge of the family and prepare three thousand taels of silver, otherwise you will be waiting to collect the body of your Baihu Mansion."
Chen Sheng said loudly, then he acted like a strong man and kicked Lai San to the side, then jumped into the carriage and drove away the carriage.
It was not until Chen Sheng and the others left that Lai San got up from the ground. His back was wet with cold sweat. He almost killed him just now.
Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Lai San's face twitched. He didn't know if he should go back to Baihu Mansion to report the news. He just heard the three strong men's meaning. The Baihu Mansion was afraid that the disaster would come to an end. Not only did he run back to report the news, but he was afraid that he would be implicated.
If you are a bachelor, you can run away and become a runaway slave! But what if those three strong men just scare people?
For a moment, Lai San, who was fighting with heaven and man, stood there motionless until the farmers from Majia Village approached not far away, woke him up, "What are you going to do?"
Lai San looked at several farmers with a look of vigilance. This Majia Village is no more unlucky than other places. The Ma army killed people and fled, and took more than 20 young and strong people from the fortress. This Majia Village followed the most.
"We have heard it just now. Your Baihu Mansion has offended the strong man, and I am afraid that even the Baihu Mansion will suffer."
Four farmers surrounded Lai San. The man who was the leader was called Ma Chao. It was Ada, who had been the young boy. He looked at Lai San with fierce eyes. He was also a scoundrel when he was young, but later he became a family and had a wife, and gradually became obedient.
But today, my family was first plundered by the Baihu Mansion and other families. The only son was almost kicked to death. He had already been angry. Originally, he could only swallow his anger, but God had eyes to tell them to meet even more evil people.
"Horse Nest, don't do anything randomly."
Lai San became panicked. As he spoke, the man rushed towards Zhang Ba's body on the ground, trying to fight with the horse's nest and the others for his life.
"I knew you were not a good person."
The hoe in Ma Chao's hand was swinging out and was pecking Lai San's vest, which made him stagger forward and pounced on the ground without Ma Chao's instructions. The other three farmers rushed forward and beat Lai San to death on the spot.
After killing the person, the Machao people were not afraid, but instead touched the body. They killed Lai San, not only to exhale the anger, but also to the property hidden on Lai San Zhang Ba.
Soon, the three bodies were stripped clean, and any of the worth of money was plundered by Ma Chao and the others. After dividing the things, Ma Chao said to the other three, "Everyone knows what to say, right?"
"Brother Chao, don't worry, we know that this is all done by thieves."
Chapter completed!