Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 29

Yang Menglong stopped and looked, and saw that the strong man stepped back several times to let some women and elderly people line up in front of him.You can't believe that this man who looks quite vicious can be so kind.But his kindness was not reciprocated. At this moment, the officials' voices came from the front of the long queue: "No more porridge, no more porridge. Let's disperse. Come early tomorrow!"

The people who were struggling to push forward were stunned, and then there was an uproar:
"Not long after this started, why is there no more porridge!?"

"That's right, I got up early in the morning to line up, why didn't I run out of porridge before my turn!"

"It must be that these bastards secretly divided up the rice given to us!"

"We want porridge! We want porridge!"

All of a sudden, there was a turmoil of voices, and the words "there is no more porridge" aroused the anger of countless people. Everyone roared or begged, and the scene was chaotic, and it was about to get out of control.The officer in charge of distributing porridge spread his hands and said, "If you say it's gone, it's gone! There's only so much grain and rice allocated from above. What do you ask me to do? I can't chop myself up and cook soup for you to drink." Right? It's gone, it's gone, come early tomorrow!"

Several women crowded to the front with tears in their eyes and begged: "Master, we haven't eaten all day. It's okay for adults, but children can't bear it! Please be merciful and give me a bowl of porridge." Come on, let us kowtow to you!"

The pawn still had his nostrils upturned, with a face of "I care about your life and death".The people at the bottom of the queue were mentally prepared for this, and left sighing and unhappy, while those in front refused to give up and begged bitterly, but judging by the attitudes of those petty officials, they would be blinded by crying today. , and don’t even think about getting a bowl of porridge.

Yang Menglong looked at Fang Yizhi, Fang Yizhi just shook his head and sighed, obviously there was nothing he could do.Yang Menglong shrugged, just in time to see the burly man approaching dejectedly, he rolled his eyes and called, "That big man, come here."

When the strong man heard someone calling him, he walked over quickly. Seeing that the magistrate was also here, his complexion changed slightly, and he hurriedly saluted. Then he asked Yang Menglong: "You called me?"

Yang Menglong said: "Nonsense, of course I called you. Let me ask you, are you hungry?"

The strong man said angrily: "You can try not eating for two days and you will know whether you are hungry or not."

Yang Menglong chuckled, and asked again: "Do you want to eat meat?"

"Eat meat?" The brawny man repeated these two words with a green light in his eyes.For a person who has been hungry for two days in a row, the appeal of the word eating meat is simply incomparable.He licked his lips and said, "I think! I have eaten meat twice since I grew up so big. Who can give me a meal of meat? What's the point of selling this life to him?"

Yang Menglong said: "I don't need you to sell your life to me, but——" He drew out the dog's leg knife like lightning, and swung it at the neck of Xu Gong's skinny horse.This unlucky horse pulled the cart all night against the biting cold wind. It was cold and hungry, panting, its legs were trembling violently, and it might fall down at any time. It probably never dreamed that Yang Menglong would turn his face and deny anyone Uh, I didn't recognize the horse, and before I could react, the horse's head fell to the ground with a flash of the knife, and the headless corpse fell down.Many people saw this scene and were all dumbfounded.Yang Menglong swung his knife again, cut off a horse's leg and threw it to the strong man, saying: "This is for you, cook it and eat it. Although the taste is not good, it is still meat, and it can hold your stomach. As for the others Yes, let’s share it equally.”

The strong man was holding the bloody horse's leg. He was dumbfounded and said subconsciously: "You will not be rewarded for your merits. I have never met the young master. Why did the young master give me so much meat?"

Yang Menglong said: "This is a reward for your good deeds, do you understand? God won't let good people be rewarded."

At this time, countless hungry people surrounded them from all directions, staring at the dead horse on the ground, their eyes glowed with green and green, like a pack of hungry wolves. Stay away from the dead horse, lest the hungry people rush up and eat him together.Xiao Yufang said in a low voice, "Young Master Yang, there are too many of them, there is not enough horse meat for this."

Yang Menglong slapped his head and shouted: "There is a dead horse outside the city gate, much fatter than this one, if you want to eat meat, please bring it in! By the way, I also killed that horse."

When the hungry people heard that there was a fatter horse, no matter who killed it, they rushed towards the city gate with a huff, and half of it went away in a blink of an eye!Anyone with a little brain can see that this horse is so thin, even if all the horse hair is taken out, it is not enough to divide, and there is a fatter horse outside, and the fool is waiting here, hurry up, otherwise the horse Not their share anymore!
As a result, the few yamen servants outside the city gate who were struggling to carry the dead horse inside were in bad luck. Before they could react, they were knocked down by the surging flow of people and trampled to death.The group that stayed in the city raised their bowls high again and shouted: "Meat! Meat! Meat!" Firewood was used to boil water, and then a large piece of horse meat was cut off and thrown into the pot. Adding a little salt, a faint smell of meat diffused, making countless mouths water.Yang Menglong shook his head slightly: "Oh, how pitiful!" I didn't want to read any more, and followed Fang Yizhi to leave quickly.The strong man also threw his horse's leg into the pot, and guarded the pot with a large group of people drooling, seeing that Yang Menglong was about to leave, he got anxious, jumped up and called, "My lord, can you tell me your name? In the future, I will repay your virtue of giving meat!"

Yang Menglong said: "You don't need to thank me!"

The villagers in Xiaojiazhuang were lucky, they had special care from the magistrate of the county, so they would not live on the streets. Fang Yizhi asked the government servants to find ways to free up a few houses for them, and they could still live if they were crowded. It was a little crowded, but always Better than sleeping on the road.As for Yang Menglong, Xiao Yufang, Xu Gong, Qi Hu and others, the treatment was even better. Fang Yizhi invited them to live in the county government office.The county government office occupies a large area, and there are several empty warehouses. If you tidy it up casually, it will be more than enough to accommodate a few people.Of course Yang Menglong would not be polite to him, and he agreed with all his mouth, while Xiao Yufang seemed a little unhappy, but looked at Xiao Jun whose teeth were chattering from the cold, and kept silent.

The villagers in Xiaojiazhuang are still busy with their accommodation, but the smell of meat on the street is getting stronger and stronger.It is very unexpected that the hungry people who got a meal of meat were happier than the Chinese New Year. They lined up to get the meat. There are more people and less meat. Each person can only get a piece of meat and a spoonful of broth, which is rare for them. It's delicious.Carefully chewing the meat and drinking the hot soup, everyone had long-lost smiles on their faces.

Everyone was very happy, but some people were not happy. For example, Zhang Yu was severely beaten by Yang Menglong in front of two or three thousand people.From childhood to adulthood, very few people dared to provoke him, not to mention that he was beaten to pieces in front of so many people. After being whipped by Yang Menglong, his face was completely ashamed, and the resentment in his heart can be imagined.He didn't dare to make a sound in front of everyone. When he returned to the station, he had a hysterical attack and roared angrily: "Father, I must kill that boy, I must kill him! Kill all your servants!" Give it all to me, I will tear him into pieces!!!”

Zhang Qianhu yelled: "What do you want to do? Rebellion?"

Zhang Yu yelled back: "I don't want to rebel, I just want to kill him! No one has ever dared to humiliate me like this, never!" He pointed at his swollen face, his eyes spit fire: "Look , do you see how my face made him slap him? Dad, he is slapping you in the face! Our father and son are also number one in Nanyang, who dares to treat us like this!?"

Zhang Yu's face is really miserable now. There are densely packed bright red palm prints, red with bluish, blue with purple. The sides are highly swollen, and blood is still flowing from the corners of the mouth and nostrils. It can be said that it is colorful and has a unique shape. very interesting.However, Zhang Qianhu would not find it interesting. Looking at his son's miserable face, he felt that his own face was also burning with pain, and a ball of anger arose in his heart.Yang Menglong, you are too much, you don't save us any face, you must pay the price for this!But it never occurred to him that the father and son caused this mess entirely by themselves. To put it bluntly, they were the ones looking for cigarettes.Yang Menglong won, just giving Zhang Yu a good beating. If Zhang Yu had succeeded, two to three hundred people in Xiaojiazhuang would have lost their lives. Everyone knew which was lighter and which was heavier.Zhang Qianhu doesn't care about these details, he only knows that Yang Menglong hurt his son, this man must die!He held down Zhang Yu, who was in a violent state, and said sternly: "Calm down! That kid's background is not simple, his skills are very good, and he also has that old man Fang Yizhi backing him up. We want to touch him, but we can't so easy!"

Zhang Yu's eyes were bloodshot: "Is this the way to forget it!?"

Zhang Qianhu sneered: "Of course we can't just let it go like this, but we have to think long-term! Hehe, that old man Fang Yizhi is very smart. Seeing those untouchables who have made great achievements in killing the enemy, he immediately exerted all his strength to defend them. They, others don’t know what he thinks, don’t I? They just want to take credit for this! With him protecting those untouchables, we really can’t just do anything to them..." Speaking of this, he also felt a little helpless.How should I put it, although he has the right to have soldiers, he is a guest army after all, and he is in the county town. When he kills people outside the city and pretends to be meritorious, everyone passes by with a blind eye, but if he does this in the city, then It's like rebelling, he doesn't have the guts.

Zhang Yu shouted: "Then what can we do? Just let them go like this? I'm not willing to do it!"

Zhang Qianhu said: "Of course we can't just let them go like this! That kid is the backer of the gang of untouchables, as long as he is killed, it is not easy to deal with the gang of untouchables... In this way, you go and use your best boxing skills The servant called over, I have something for them to do..."

(End of this chapter)