Chapter 52: Qiao Qiao Moves Troops
Mayi, Ma's fur shop.
Ma Cleizi looked at the silver on the table and fell into great confusion. In order to marry Bai Qiaoqiao, Ma Cleizi chose Bai Qiaoqiao to have a drink when he was present. After drinking, he said that he had a deep relationship with Zhangjiazhai. When he arrived at Zhangjiazhai, he was regarded as a guest of honor.
Zhangjiazhai is one of the three major Malaysian bandits in Longyou.
There are often wars on the border and markets are closed. However, the Tang Dynasty needed cattle, horse and leather goods, and the Turks also lacked oil, rice, sugar and tea, so the trade between the people is often banned. The so-called horse bandits are people who do this smuggling business. Unlike ordinary merchants, they must have certain force to smuggle on the border so that they can protect the caravans. Usually, the people who guard the caravans are armoured and scimitars and carry arrows, which is no different from ordinary Turkish cavalry. Under normal circumstances, they will not take the initiative to attack others, but some of them love to do something black and eat black, which is the origin of the word "bandit". Not all horse bandits are bandits, but who can explain it clearly? And many times, they also like to be called bandits, because only in this way can people be afraid and dare not rob their goods easily.
Zhangjiazhai is a group of horse bandits who are not bandits. They have made a name for themselves in Longyou for more than twenty years. According to legend, they escaped from Lingzhou during the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty. They took root on the grassland and took in many refugees, gradually forming their current scale. Zhangjiazhai did not take the initiative to rob others, but one year, a Turkic tribe coveted the wealth of Zhangjiazhai and once raised troops to attack. Five hundred cavalry were wiped out, which established Zhangjiazhai's reputation in Longyou. Because Zhangjiazhai was located between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, it was considered a vague area. Over the years, the Tang Dynasty has not sent troops to collect. Moreover, the government turned a blind eye to this kind of private trade, and the transactions of Zhangjiazhai were quite smooth.
Bai Qiaoqiao didn't know these messages. She just remembered that Ma Crazy said that he knew people from Zhangjiazhai. He wanted to use money to hire Ma bandits to save Li Mu. Ma Crazy said those words at that time just to set off his power and to increase his investment in order to marry Bai Qiaoqiao. In fact, he was not a guest of honor in Zhangjiazhai. He had just done several business with Zhangjiazhai and met a manager in Zhangjiazhai.
Now Bai Qiaoqiao comes to him with money, and Ma Cuzi is really embarrassed. If you refuse, you can't bear to leave the five taels of silver. You must know that he only gave Bai Naoer five taels of silver to the bride price, which is not a small amount for him. But after receiving this money, he really has no confidence to help Bai Qiaoqiao get things done. Just as he was wandering, his friend broke in. Ma Cuzi frowned and looked over. The young man glanced at Bai Qiaoqiao, and leaned into Ma Cuzi's ear and muttered a few words.
Ma Lazi looked happy, and reached out and put the five taels of silver on the table into his sleeve without leaving any trace, coughed lightly, and said, "I can help you with this matter. But in front of me, I can only help you with a thread. Whether it can be done can be done is to tell me."
Bai Qiaoqiao nodded and said, "Just match, I'll tell me."
"Yes." Ma Lazi sighed and said, "That's you, if it were someone else, I wouldn't care about this little business. Tell you the truth, Miss Zhangjiazhai, you will be resting at my house at this time. I'll take you there, and you will tell her yourself."
In fact, he had just learned the news. Originally, the ones who came to Zhangjiazhai to deliver goods were the ones he knew, but this time, because the eldest lady of the Zhang family wanted to buy rouge, he replaced the manager. The young man dared not neglect, so he broke in and told him. When Ma Lazi said, it seemed like the eldest lady of the Zhang family was a normal thing to live in his house. It was also God helped him and he saved his face.
Ma Cleizi brought Bai Qiaoqiao to the back house. When his wife saw the darkness, Ma Cleizi brought Bai Qiaoqiao home and was about to have an attack immediately. Ma Cleizi quickly handed over the silver in her sleeve and briefly explained the reason for her love. When his wife saw the money, she immediately lost all anger and greeted Bai Qiaoqiao in with a smile.
"Miss Zhang, you haven't stopped yet. I have a sister here. I want to discuss business with you." Bai Qiaoqiao said to Ma Clee just that she wanted him to help introduce her, but she didn't tell him what it was for. Ma Clee just thought she was going to do business, so she said so.
In the room, the 'Miss Zhang' in Ma Cleizi' was about to blow wax when he heard Ma Cleizi's voice and said, "Then please come in."
"Hey!" Ma Lazi responded and reached out to push open the door, but he didn't go in, but asked Bai Qiaoqiao to enter, and then he brought the door with him and waited at the door.
Bai Qiaoqiao entered the house and saw a heroic woman standing in front of her. She was wearing a riding outfit and combed with the hairstyle of a Hu woman. But her appearance is indeed standard Tang people, and the two styles of Hu and Han are combined with her, which is unforgettable.
This person is the eldest lady of the Zhang family? It's really enviable. If I can be like her, I can go and save my husband!
Bai Qiaoqiao thought to herself and knelt down. Miss Zhang was startled and quickly helped Bai Qiaoqiao up and said, "Sister, what are you doing? Even if you have something to ask me, you just say it, why are you kneeling down?"
Bai Qiaoqiao took out her purse from her arms, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Please save my husband's life."
"ah?"
Miss Zhang was a little confused. When she opened the purse, she was quite surprised. She glanced over and found that there were at least fifty or sixty taels of silver. Who would you save? Such a big deal! She put the purse on the table, held Bai Qiaoqiao down, and said, "Don't cry, my name is Zhang Haoyue. You are old, you should be older than you. You can call me sister... It's okay. If you ask me to save your husband, then tell me, what's wrong with your husband? If you encounter any difficulties, how do I have to save him?"
"Sister Haoyue, that's it..." Bai Qiaoqiao told the matter again. The more Zhang Haoyue heard it, his brows became tighter and tighter. When Bai Qiaoqiao finished speaking, Zhang Haoyue pushed his wallet forward and said, "Sister, it's not that I don't help you, but I really can't help you in this matter. Although my Zhangjiazhai has repelled the Turkic invasion, it was the Turkic people who came to attack the village. With the help of defense and the joint efforts of the village, I repelled the Turkic people. This time I came to deliver the goods, and only brought fifty people. These fifty people were there, and there was no chance of winning at all. Now it's too late to gather people back, so I may not be able to help you in this matter."
"Sister! I beg you!" As he said that, Bai Qiaoqiao was about to kneel down again. Zhang Haoyue quickly held her arm and said helplessly: "Okay! Then that's it. Let's go and see the situation. If you can save it, I will definitely save it. If there is no chance... Sister, I can't let the brothers in the village die for nothing. Don't blame me at that time."
Bai Qiaoqiao was overjoyed and quickly picked up her purse and stuffed it into Zhang Haoyue's arms: "Thank you sister, you can take the money."
Chapter completed!