In Hekou Fort, as the servants and servants who went down to collect grain did not return all night, the atmosphere in the fort became strange, especially Qin Zhong, who had always been timid and afraid of things, actually wore armor for the first time and sent someone to send a message to ask the officers of all the military households in the fort to go to his place to click Mao.

Qin Zhong is the chief banner, but everyone thinks he is a decoration. But no matter what, now that Zhang Gui and his son are not there, his chief banner is the one who can make the decision in the Hekou Fort official army.

Even though the military households didn't want to come, no one knew whether Qin Zhong had received Zhang Gui's order and asked them to go to Mao, so they all had to set off one after another.

Perhaps when he heard the rumors that the servants of the Baihu Mansion died in the village below, Qin Zhong did not dare to look down on Chen Sheng's orders. He usually thought that he was neatly dressed in cumbersome armor. For a moment, he looked very well and made the military officials who came here amaze, thinking that Qin Zhong had changed his moral character.

The Qin family's courtyard is spacious enough, and it is no problem to squeeze forty or fifty people. However, Hekou Fort has nearly 200 households and only more than 100 military households. As for the remaining ones, they are not serious households, most of them are black households.

The closer to the Guanmu Fort, the smaller the population is, the more it is. However, this is just the case on the yellow list of the government office. For example, in Hekou Fort, there are only less than a hundred households registered.

Because it is close to the Kuye River, the Hekou Fort is not short of water, and as long as you are willing to spend energy to serve the land, you can develop wasteland into fertile fields. In the past, when Gao Chong was in the past, Zhang Gui could not exploit the registered military households, so he simply recruited the landless refugees and opened up land near the Hekou Fort. The villages under the Baihu Mansion were these black households who were farming. To put it bluntly, these people were all slaves of the Zhang family.

Ma Chao was mixed in the crowd, listening to the acquaintances in the village next to talk about the strong men who specialized in killing slaves from Baihu Mansion, he couldn't help but come over and talk about Lai Sanzhang Ba who died in Majia Village.

Qin Zhong could naturally hear it clearly. He knew that all these were done by Chen Sheng, and now rumors spread in the fortress, but Zhang Gui and his son were not there, and there was no real backbone in Baihu Mansion. He looked calm and composed at the moment, but no one knew what to do.

"Everyone." Seeing that the people were almost there, Qin Zhong spoke loudly. Even though everyone in the courtyard did not look down on Qin Zhong, they all became quiet. After all, no matter how small the chief flag was, he was still an official.

"Everyone listen to me. This time I asked everyone to come here is the order of the Hundred Houses to come out of seclusion and answer."

As Qin Zhong finished speaking, the yard suddenly became noisy. The government troops in Hekou Fort were never full, but these officials were all on the list. The food and wages that should have been given to them were naturally called Zhang Guican Mo.

In the past, Gao Chong was here, so Zhang Gui did not dare to exploit the Zhejiang soldiers, and he could not attack the local military households, otherwise he would lose all his heart. But this year, the team that paid autumn grains and collected grain in Baihufuxia Village was really vicious. It was like plucking hairs by geese and kicking dogs by plucking hairs.

Everyone was full of resentment. Now that I heard that I was going to miss my farming season, I had to go out of the way to pick up Zhang Gui. Who would be willing?

"Qin Banner, we have to be reasonable in doing things. Now we have to plant wheat, which delays the farming season. Everyone will have to drink the northwest wind at the beginning of the next spring."

"Yes, yes, Zhang Baihu is so popular that he drinks spicy food. What's wrong with us?"

"If you don't go, if you don't go, whoever goes is a fool!"

Someone shouted in the crowd, and then the whole yard was filled with complaints. Everyone was afraid of Zhang Gui's family, but not Qin Zhong's useless general flag.

Qin Zhong looked at the people who were shouting, and his heart was filled with joy. There were a few people who were not willing to be stingy. He was not a hundred households like Zhang Gui, and his subordinates could hold on.

For a moment, Qin Zhong stood there blankly, not knowing what to say, but when he thought of the errands that Chen Sheng gave him, what should he do if he couldn't do it well?

"What are you yelling about? Zhang Gui asked you to go. If you have the ability, you will go and have a fight with Zhang Gui!"

A fierce voice sounded. It turned out that when Qin saw her husband make soft-legged shrimps again, he couldn't help but suppress the rough men below, so he came out of the inner room and started cursing at the yard.

"What do you think? My man is just a messenger. If you have the courage, don't go. Let's see how Zhang Gui comes back and deal with you!"

Qin Shi put her waist on her waist and stared at a large circle of men in the yard. She didn't care about the naked eyes of those men. Her husband was a coward, and she could still take a little bit of meat.

When Qin was scolded, the men in the courtyard were silent. Just as Qin said, they could vent their dissatisfaction at Qin Zhong, but they didn't have the courage to not go because they dared not go. When Zhang Gui came back, the whole family would be in trouble.

"Okay, we'll go back and prepare, we'll set off tomorrow morning."

Qin Zhong took advantage of this quiet moment and quickly shouted to everyone. Only then did everyone who came to his senses left in disappointment.

"This matter is finally done!"

After everyone left, Qin Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he smiled and said to Qin Shi, "Madam, thanks to you just now..."

Before Qin Zhong could finish his words, Qin Shi turned around and left without paying attention to him. She told Qin Zhong that she was embarrassed and angry, but she couldn't have angered again.

...

Chen Sheng was at home, and his brother Chen sent him a message. Soon he learned what happened in the Qin Mansion compound and couldn't help but despise Qin Zhong even more.

"Brother, Qin Zhong is really cowardly. I heard from those people that if Miss Qin hadn't come out at that time, I'd be afraid he would have been beaten with an old punch!"

Chen Fa was eating dog meat while talking. The big yellow dog in the Qin family was not light. It was stewed in the middle of the night before and cooked it so hard that the two families next to him were begging for meat with a shy face. If it were put before, Chen Fa would give it to him. After all, he was young and would really harm his neighbors and life would be difficult.

But now Chen Sheng was at home and only showed his face, he scared the person away. It was really hard for Chen Sheng to mess with him in the fortress. They dared to provoke Chen Fa, but they dared not play tricks with Chen Sheng.

"Don't listen to those scoundrels bragging about it. They are just talking nonsense. How dare you really hit that guy Qin Zhong!"

Chen Sheng sneered. Among the official army of Hekou Fort, most of the military officials who were just named were not good birds. Most of them were idle rogues, and some even asked their wives to be local prostitutes who had half-closed their doors. Compared with Qin Zhong, it would be almost the same.

"Brother, can't you really take me out to see you this time?"

"Who will take care of my mother when you are gone?"

Chen Sheng knew that his brother had always been active, but to put it bluntly, he was just a person who couldn't sit still. If he really brought him with him, this kid could only cause trouble.

Chen lost his voice. He knew that his brother was right. After he left, no one at home took care of his mother.

"Okay, if you want to see the world, you will have opportunities in the future. Just your three-legged cat skills now, it will be a burden if you really take you out of the block."

"I'm a good martial arts practitioner. Don't think too much. When my brother comes back, I'll bring you a big horse back."

"Really? Brother!"

"I'll lie to you."

Chen Fa was still a child, unhappy, and he came and went quickly. Chen Sheng said he could get him a horse, and he immediately became happy.

...

In Baihu Mansion, Zhang sat on the upper head, looking calm, but his eyes were full of confusion and at a loss. She was not from the daughter of the military household, and her father was an old boy in Shenmubao. Zhang Gui gave a lot of betrothal gifts before he married her home.

The scholars from the border area are Jin Gui. In Jiangnan, where literary style is so prosperous, an old boy is mostly poor and poor. He can only drink the worst rice wine in the wine shop. He can only stay with the plate of fennel beans for half a day without leaving. There are four ways to express the word fennel to his kids when he is fine.

However, in a border area like Shenmubao, Tong Sheng was already a decent person. He could make a job in the yamen. Zhang Gui was a householder, but when he married Zhang, he really couldn't say that he was a woman's favor.

Zhang has always been accustomed to being generous. Zhang Gui doesn't let her worry about mundane affairs at most. At most, she teaches a few concubines in the back house what majesty is. Now rumors are everywhere in the fortress, saying that her husband is dead and that the horse thief is coming to loot Baihu Mansion, which sounds scary.

"Madam, it's your turn to give me."

The great manager of Baihu Mansion called to Zhang who was a little dazed. If Zhang Gui and his son were not around, he would be the one who could make decisions, but if he was just a servant, if he really dared to make a decision, Zhang Gui would definitely not be able to forgive him when he came back.

These days, slaves bully the masters a lot, especially many merchant families. Their descendants were unworthy, so they asked the slaves in the original family to seize the property and become masters. This kind of thing happened occasionally in Camel City.

"Oh, then I'll send someone to Lord Xu Qianhu to inform me first."

Zhang Gui colluded with the horse thief, and even the person next to Zhang, the person next to him, didn't know. The manager vaguely guessed something, but he didn't know that it was the horse thief. As a result, they really thought that it was the black sand horse thief that was going to be detrimental to Baihu Mansion.

"Madam, Xu Qianhu is not as good as others, so he has to prepare a generous gift."

The great manager didn't believe that the horse thieves dared to loot Baihu Mansion. After all, the courtyard wall of Baihu Mansion was very high, and there were dozens of servants in the mansion. As long as they guarded the courtyard wall and rang the alarm, the surrounding families came to rescue them, the horse thieves could only retreat.

But even if I think about it this way, I still have to pay attention to the safety of the whole mansion. The rescuers who should be moved must be moved. Even if the Xu Qianhu is greedy, he will have to pay.

"I've left it to you, you can do these things."

"Yes, madam."

Looking at Zhang, who was unwilling to be in charge, the chief manager had to respond. Now the people in the mansion were in panic and needed the mistress Zhang, who was in peace.

When the master left, he took Zhang Da and his men away, and the three of them were kept by the serious servants in the mansion. Now that only Zhang Shi was dead, what if the thief really had the courage to loot Baihu Mansion?
Chapter completed!