Volume 1 Battle in the Sand Garden Chapter 22 Wolf Mountain Bandits
Among the seven men in the room, only four were brewers. The other three were farmers of the farm. One of the strong men was kicked in the lower body by San Bao'er. But this man was Wang Gui, the head of the farm.
.They didn’t just start drinking this morning, but they started drinking from last night until noon today.
"Where did those two women come from?" Qin Chong asked with a cold face.
"That's it, that's it." Tian Fugui, the steward, glanced at Wang Gui, as if he was afraid and hesitated to speak.
Qin Zhong immediately understood that there was something else going on. He glanced at Wang Gui and saw that he just lowered his head and knelt on the ground without saying a word. However, Qin Zhong still found that Wang Gui's muscles were tense and his eyes were tight.
The legs are also slowly adjusting their posture. Are you trying to escape through the door, or are you trying to get violent and hurt someone?
Looking at the other two people, although their heads were lowered, they were looking around and exchanging glances with each other. Qin Zhong frowned, finally having a doubt and feeling that something was wrong. The farmers in the farm were all honest.
The farmers in the group were nothing like these three people. Their eyes were wandering and their whole bodies exuded a strong aura.
Qin Chong paid attention secretly, stood up, walked to Wang Gui, and said, "Follow me."
Qin Zhong wanted to separate these three people and interrogate them individually.
Wang Gui stood up, slightly hunched over, and followed Qin Chong. As he walked to the door, Wang Gui suddenly had a fierce look in his eyes. He bent down, pulled out a dagger from his boot, and jumped forward.
In two steps, he stabbed Qin Zhong straight into the back of his heart. The other two people also made moves, jumped up, and pounced on Qin Zhong, one from the left and the other from the right.
Qin Zhong seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. In the flash of lightning, he suddenly turned around, reached out and grabbed Wang Gui's knife-wielding wrist, and pulled him forward. Wang Gui lost his center of gravity and couldn't control his feet.
, Dengden fell forward, only to hear a "bang" and hit the door frame hard.
The two people behind rushed towards him. Qin Chong suddenly dwarfed his body and swept his legs sharply. There was a crisp "click" sound, and one of them screamed and flew up, with his legs in the air and hit the ground with a "bang".
Qin Zhong swept one person away, took advantage of the situation, turned around and stood up, kicked out, and hit the other person in the heart.
"Mom." There was another piercing scream, and the man who was kicked upright was bent into a shrimp. He flew backwards and hit the back wall. He fell to the ground with a bang, and his limbs twitched several times.
There was no more movement. Everyone in the house felt that the whole house was shaking. For a while, dust was flying in the house.
Looking at it again, the three men who had just shown their fierce looks were all lying on the ground, screaming and wailing. One of them had his leg broken by being kicked, and the other was completely silent and did not know whether he was alive or dead. Wang Gui was badly hit and lay on the ground, struggling.
He was lying but unable to get up. A bloody mark split his face into two halves, and his nose and mouth were bleeding continuously.
The workshop manager and three other craftsmen were kneeling on the ground, with their mouths open, and they were dumbfounded. Of course they had heard of the reputation of the third young master of the Qin family, otherwise they wouldn't have been so scared just now. But in the blink of an eye,
With such effort, the three fierce men were beaten half to death, which was beyond their imagination.
This was the result of a sudden attack from behind with a murder weapon in hand.
"Third Young Master, spare your life, it's none of our business." Tian Fugui took two steps forward and suddenly howled.
"Third Young Master, spare your life, it's none of our business."
"Third Young Master, spare your life, it's none of our business." When the other three saw this, they burst into tears and started shouting too. They were all anxious to distance themselves, fearing that they would follow in the footsteps of Wang Gui and others.
"Reply well, the young master will make his own decision." At this time, San Bao'er settled the two women and returned here. When he stepped into the door, he was surprised to find that the house was in a mess.
"Those two women were kidnapped by them."
"Wang Gui is familiar with Yu Qing, the steward of the Qin Mansion."
"The three of them are all strong men of Langshan."
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Steward Tian Fugui and others are fighting for your words and my words, and gradually the matter is made clear.
Qin Zhong listened silently, his face ashen. Hearing the word "strong man", Qin Zhong's brows jumped. After pondering for a while, he suddenly realized that the "strong man" at this time was talking about bandits. "Bandits?" Qin Zhong said
After realizing it, I suddenly stood up, feeling less calm. My farm had become a gangster's den?
If this matter leaks out, given Yao Pingyuan's rough nature, why not put the Qin family to death?
The Qin family really cannot bear the charge of being a bandit.
"Find ropes and tie them all up." Qin Chong shouted with anger in his head.
Langshan is the name of a mountain. Qin Chong has heard of this place, far north in Tongguan Town. This Tongguan is not Tongguan. Although the two have the same pronunciation, they are two different places. Tongguan Kuhan
, with constant wind and sand all year round, it has always been a place where criminals from the imperial court were exiled. Bandits were rampant and the government was unable to eradicate them.
Langshan is a dangerous place. It is said that there is a black dragon pool at the foot of Langshan, and a dragon lurks in the pool. Someone who has seen it described the dragon as a male and a female, both more than ten feet long, with towering heads and horns that can spray water.
The clouds spit out mist. These two dragons have been practicing for a long time and have advanced in their spiritual practice. However, they are a pair of evil dragons that specialize in feeding on young human beings.
Qin Chong never expected that Wang Gui and the others were actually bandits from Langshan. More than a year ago, the three of them came to Shayuan Prison and met Yu Qing, the steward of the Qin Mansion. I don’t know what kind of deal there was, and Yu Qing recommended Wang Gui to Qin Yutian.
Gui became the head of the farm. The three of them ended up in Shayuan Prison.
Wang Gui was greedy for money and lustful. Taking advantage of his position as the head of the village, he often bullied the women in the village. However, he knew that his identity could not be revealed, so he did not dare to do so openly for fear of offending the public. Even so, several wives and daughters of Wang Gui were killed by Wang Gui.
You can use both soft and hard tactics. The villagers are timid and afraid of getting into trouble, so they can only swallow it when they feel wronged.
What's more, it's a disgraceful thing. It's said to be terrible, but I don't even dare to mention it.
These two women were not from the farm, but were kidnapped by Wang Gui and others from Heyang County north of Shayuan Prison during a trip. Because of their beauty, Wang Gui was reluctant to part with them, so he stayed for a few more days.
This was not the first time that Wang Gui had kidnapped a good girl. Only Tian Fugui knew about it three times.
The captured women were locked in the cellar of the workshop for Wang Gui and others to vent their animal desires.
In a few days, these women will be sold. As for where they are sold, Tian Fugui doesn't know. But every time they sell them, they are easy money. Therefore, Tian Fugui suspects that they have a way to sell the stolen goods.
As the questioning deepened, Qin Chong became more and more frightened. The current situation was no longer something he could handle. After thinking for a while, Qin Chong called San Bao'er and said, "Go to the military camp quickly and ask my master to lead someone."
Come."
"Okay." San Bao'er also felt that the matter was serious and ran out quickly.
After San Bao'er left, Qin Zhong had nothing to do for a while. He turned to look at Tian Fugui and saw him huddled in the corner of the room, his head hanging down, sighing. Then he asked, "How much wine can be produced here in a year?"
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"Ah?" Tian Fugui didn't react for a moment and looked at Qin Zhong blankly.
"Let me ask you, how much wine can be produced here in a year?" Qin Zhong said again.
"Oh, we can't produce much wine." Tian Fugui calmed down and said, "We don't have much food. Even if we spend the entire year, we can't produce a thousand kilograms of wine. All of it has been sent to the Xiaoqi camp."
Qin Yutian originally opened this workshop not to make money, but for his fellow soldiers.
There is not much food and wine on the market, and the price is high. The little military salary the soldiers have is not enough to drink two meals of wine. However, these rude men are not used to drinking sour and astringent fruit wine, and they like the spicy and strong Shaodaozi the most.
Therefore, Qin Yutian opened this brewing workshop, secretly brewed some grain wine, and sold it to the army at cost price.
Every year, the land rent paid by the tenants, in addition to their own food, is used to make wine. However, there is not much grain, and it cannot produce much wine. It is better than nothing. When it comes to grain, Tian Fugui seems to have something in mind.
, sighed, and then said, "The farm rent on the farm has increased to 50%."
"Fifty percent?" Qin Zhong was stunned, staring and waiting for Tian Fugui to continue.
"Yes, 50%." Tian Fugui raised his head, looked at Qin Chong, and said, "Since Wang Gui and the others came to the farm, the land rent has increased to 50%. Anyone who dares to refuse to pay will be beaten up immediately."
"Why don't you go to the mansion?" After Qin Zhong said this, he immediately understood. With Yu Qing in the middle, he must be deceiving the superiors and deceiving the subordinates. Aunt Liu is now in charge of the mansion. Wouldn't it be easy to fool a housewife?
"Thanks to Wang Gui's arrival, the time is short, and the farmers have some surplus food, so they can make do with it."
"This bastard." Qin Chong gritted his teeth, wishing he could beat Yu Qing again.
Yu Qing colluded with the gangsters, concealed filth and evil, and turned the farm into a mess. Fortunately, we met today. If Wang Gui was allowed to go on, this matter would be exposed sooner or later. Once the incident happened, the Qin family would be the first to bear the brunt, and there would be no recovery.
No wonder, every banker he met was hesitant to speak, as if he had something to hide. It turned out that they wanted to tell him about Wang Gui's matter, but they were worried that if they didn't care, they would be retaliated by Wang Gui.
Bandits also like wine, so they used the brewing workshop as a stronghold to coerce and coerce the craftsmen, becoming their accomplices in committing crimes. At this moment, Qin Zhong's evil eyes swept over several craftsmen one by one. The craftsmen seemed to feel something.
, raised his head and glanced at Qin Zhong, then lowered his head tremblingly.
"They are not good things." Qin Zhong cursed with disgust on his face.
Suddenly, Qin Chong felt lost. His wine-making plan seemed to have come to an end before it even started.
Although the brewers here are skilled, they have bad character and collude with the bandits, which makes Qin Chong very disgusted. Even if he wants to continue brewing, he does not intend to use this group of people again. He once heard someone say that if the brewer has bad character,
, the wine he brewed also tasted bad. As the saying goes, people are like wine, and wine is like people.
More than half an hour later, Shi Yong led a group of soldiers to the brewing workshop.
"Master." Qin Zhong stepped forward, saluted, and greeted Shi Yong.
"Yes." Shi Yong looked solemn and nodded in response to Qin Zhong. San Bao'er passed the message through the middle, and his words were very vague. When he saw Qin Zhong at this moment, he had to ask clearly. He pursed his lips slightly and walked to the side.
The soldiers under his command slammed open the door, rushed into the house, and controlled everyone.
"What's going on? Tell me in detail." Shi Yong said.
"Three of them are Langshan bandits." Qin Chong said directly.
"Langshan bandit?" Shi Yong was surprised and delighted. How did the Langshan bandit escape to Shayuan Prison and hide in the Qin family farm? Fortunately, the Langshan bandit was famous, and the government had already offered a reward for his arrest.
If you catch one, you will be rewarded with hundreds of silver coins. If you catch three of them this time, it will be a big windfall.
Shi Yong couldn't hold himself back, left Qin Zhong, and strode into the house. Among the seven people in the house, the three Langshan bandits had been tied up tightly, and the remaining four were pale and were being held captive by soldiers with swords and guns.
Shi Yong looked around and found Wang Gui. He walked forward, grabbed Wang Gui's collar, and pulled it to both sides, exposing his shoulders. Sure enough, there was a ferocious wolf head tattooed on his smooth shoulders.
Looking at the other two people, they also have wolf heads tattooed on them. This confirms that they are indeed Langshan bandits.
The wolf head is tattooed on the shoulder, which is the mark of the Langshan bandits. However, not everyone can get it. Of course, there are no shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Only the direct lineage or the leader can have the wolf head tattoo. Whether it is the common people or the government, everyone knows it.
The Langshan bandits are brave and extremely difficult to catch. That's why there is such a high reward.
Seeing that the Langshan bandits were real, all the soldiers laughed out loud, this was a windfall from heaven.
"Seal your mouth and take them all back." Shi Yong ordered.
At this order, several craftsmen collapsed completely and immediately started crying. The soldier's method was simple. He slapped the back of a knife on his mouth and the crying stopped abruptly. They were pushed and pushed out of the house. The three of them were escorted out of the house.
Naturally, special care was taken of the Langshan bandit. His mouth was stuffed with gravel, his head was covered with a black cloth, and the two of them walked away on top of each other.
"Yu Qing has colluded with them." Qin Chong hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully.
"Yu Qing? The steward of your family's outer courtyard?" Shi Yong asked in surprise.
"Yeah." Qin nodded.
"What about this?" Shi Yong has a headache. How to deal with this? It's definitely not possible to come and arrest people. Once the commotion becomes big, it will not be good for Qin Yutian's official reputation. And there are people like Yao Pingyuan who keep staring at Qin Yutian. How can it be done?
Will he take advantage of the opportunity to become a monster? It’s impossible not to catch him. It’s unreasonable to think about leaving a scourge to the Qin family.
"I have an idea, I wonder if it will work?" San Bao'er was quick-witted. Seeing Shi Yong's hesitation, he immediately guessed what was causing his difficulty. He stood up from behind Qin Chong and said timidly.
"Tell me about it." Shi Yong knew that Sanbao'er was close to Qin Zhong, so he wasn't surprised and said immediately.
"Have someone secretly send a message to Yu Qing, saying that Wang Gui has been arrested." San Bao'er squinted his eyes, really like a little fox, "Let's lie in wait outside the Qin family and arrest him immediately.
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"Shout?" Qin Zhong couldn't help but look at him differently. He really didn't realize that Sanbao'er was so thoughtful.
"Yu Qing is guilty of being a thief. He will definitely run away after hearing the news." Shi Yong nodded frequently and felt that this plan was good. When Yu Qing escapes from the Qin family and reaches an uninhabited area, he will be suddenly arrested without anyone noticing. Since it is not
If someone is caught in the Qin family, the relationship between the Qin family will naturally be greatly reduced. Even if someone mentions it in the future, there will always be refutations.
"More." As soon as Qin Zhong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shi Yong.
"What else?"
"There are also two good girls." Qin Zhong touched his nose and felt that there were too many things. "They are from Heyang County. They were kidnapped and raped by Wang Gui and others a few days ago. They are very pitiful."
"This?" Shi Yong was really in a dilemma and didn't know how to deal with it.