The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Because he didn't want to see Jia Cong, the regent of the Yan Kingdom, and others, Shan Guofu decided to leave Beijing and return to his hometown.The title of Lord Shan Guo is exhausted, and the current Master Shi is a first-class general.Due to his advanced age, all affairs in the mansion are presided over by the uncle Shi Guangzhu.So he hired the Jingshi Fuwei Escort Bureau to escort him all the way.The head of the escort, surnamed Xiong, is eight feet tall, has a strong back and a strong arm, and the Shi family is quite satisfied.

The convoy took the main road.There are many merchants on the road, and when encountering big towns, there are soldiers patrolling the streets. The road ahead is smooth, and the bodyguards are also smiling.On this day, Xiong Biaotou had a sullen face since he woke up in the morning. His face was already dark, but now it was even darker.A group of bodyguards were still joking with others yesterday, but today they all restrained their smiles, and all of them were sullen.The servants of Shanguo Mansion looked weird, and quietly reported the matter to their uncle.

Shi Guangzhu pulled his horse over to have a look, didn't he?With two ears on the head of the bear dart, it is really a black bear.Hastily stepped forward and asked: "Xiong Biaotou, is there something wrong?"

Biaotou Xiong hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Master Shi, there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that today we are leaving the territory of Yan State and going to Qi State. I'm afraid it will not be so peaceful in the future, there must be bandits."

Shi Guangzhu was surprised: "Yan State is peaceful, but Qi State has bandits? Why do I often hear that Yan State encounters bandits?"

Xiong Biaotou said: "Earlier, there were some bandits in Yan State, but there were far fewer bandits than in Qi State. Last year when something happened in Beijing, the regent wanted to promote business. It's finished."

Shi Guangzhu was surprised again: "Didn't he reorganize the Imperial Forest Army? Did he go elsewhere?"

Xiong Biaotou said: "He reorganized the Beijing Army and the Yulin Army himself, and his generals reorganized elsewhere. After it was finished, he went to inspect it. Anyway, it has been completed in the first half of the year. In recent months, military exercises have been carried out everywhere. There are often officers and soldiers running around in the territory of Yan State. Therefore, the bandits in Yan State have avoided it, and many of them have gone to other countries.”

"Why go to another country?"

Xiong Biaotou said: "Ping'an Prefecture in the north and Guangdong, Guangxi and Taiwan in the south have long since lost their bandits. Fujian has disappeared in the past few years, and Jiangxi has also been wiped out. Zhang Lu, the largest bandit nest in Yan State, does not know why. It disappeared inexplicably, and I only heard recently that the Prince Regent quietly sent someone to suppress it." He paused, "The one who sent it was the newly appointed Tianjin prefect."

Shi Guangzhu gasped, and exclaimed: "It's him?! Where did the escort get the letter? Is it accurate?"

Xiong Biaotou smiled and said: "I don't know anything else about our business. The bandits are well known. There are indeed fools among them, and there are many who are not. Since the regent wants to promote business, suppressing bandits is the first thing to do." The officers and soldiers of the Yan State are no match for the bandits. Therefore, in the territory of the Yan State, let everyone relax." He said sternly, "Qi State is weak, and Qi people are fierce, so there are many bandits. So long The convoy will inevitably be watched. I have told my brothers a long time ago that once we leave the territory of Yan Kingdom, we must cheer up."

Shi Guangzhu nodded: "Head of hard work... Wait a minute, young bandits from Yan State? Why did I hear about encountering bandits everywhere?"

Xiong Biaotou wondered: "I haven't heard of it? Except that Ren Yazi often encountered bandits a while ago, and they were officers and soldiers from other countries deliberately let in by the prefect of Tianjin."

Shi Guangzhu said in shock: "Is it really an officer or soldier from another country? I still think it's a rumor."

Xiong Biaotou pondered: "As far as I know, there were originally few bandits in the country of Yan, and there have been fewer bandits since General Jarvis reorganized the soldiers. Even if there were any, they were all in extremely remote places. We are taking the road of high officials. , There are officers and soldiers patrolling from time to time. Aren’t the bandits looking for death when they come here to rob?”

Shi Guangzhu was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Our family really did not go wrong. Jia Cong is very ruthless." Then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief - since he has left the country of Yan, there is no need to be afraid of him.

as expected.Within four hours of entering Qi, the first wave of bandits came down the mountain. There were three or four hundred of them.The head of escort Xiong glanced at them calmly, and ordered his bodyguards: "Take out the flag." The bodyguards hurriedly pulled out a large flag from their bags and hung it high.The flag is red, with a round and weird pattern embroidered on it.The people in Shanguo Mansion were too frightened to show their breath, Shi Guangzhu had drawn out the sword from his waist.I don't want the bandit leader on the opposite side to look at the flag for a long time, whistle, and lead the people away!There is no trace of blinking, as if it has never been there.

Xiong Biaotou ordered the flags to be collected and set off.Shi Guangzhu heaved a sigh of relief, and urged the horse to come closer: "Xiong Biaotou, what is this flag? Why did the bandits run away when they saw it?"

Biaotou Xiong said with a smile: "This is a trick played by our boss, so you don't need to know about Uncle Shi."

Shi Guangzhu didn't ask any further questions, and said, "What if we encounter bandits again later?"

Xiong Biaotou said: "Most of the big ones can be scared away; for the small ones, don't worry, Mr. Shi, we are not vegetarians." Shi Guangzhu saw that he had a plan in mind, and gradually put his heart back into his stomach.

At night, another group of bandits came.This time there were only about forty people, and it was too dark, and the leader of Xiong Biao didn't let the flag be released, so he just led the men to beat the bandits away.A dozen or so calls followed, those with many people ran away when they saw the flag, and all the bodyguards with few people were able to repel them.After seeing a lot, everyone in the Shi family gradually became less afraid of bandits than at first, and became more courageous.

After staying in the state of Qi and entering the state of Wu, Biaotou Xiong seemed to heave a sigh of relief.Shi Guangzhu hurriedly asked but it was safe.Xiong Biaotou said: "Although it is not comparable to Yan State, it is much better than Qi State."

Shi Guangzhu said with a smile: "The Wu Kingdom puts the most emphasis on commerce and trade, so it is necessary to deal with bandits with ruthless hands."

Not long after, the whole family knew that there would no longer be so many bandits in the future, and they were much more relaxed.

Half an hour later, the convoy turned over a low slope, the masters and servants were all exhausted, Master Shi ordered to rest at the foot of the hill, while several chief stewards were busy feeding the horses and sorting the rickety luggage.It's already the twelfth lunar month, it's cold, and I'm in the wilderness again.Those who hid in the car were fine, the limbs of the driver and those sitting on the luggage cart were frozen stiff in an instant.But at this moment, there was a sweet smell coming from nowhere, and everyone said they had never smelled it, and they didn't know what to eat.

A bodyguard said with a smile: "Is this obviously a roasted sweet potato? I went to E country a few months ago to go to the bodyguard, and I ate it several times."

A greedy manager hurriedly asked, "What are roasted sweet potatoes? I've never heard of them before."

The escort said: "It's not a great food. It's cheap, but it's very easy to grow. It's the sweetest when it's roasted. I heard that it was also a product of Fan Kingdom in the past. It was called sweet potato in the south. I have been planting it for decades. It’s just that there are few people who grow them, and they don’t flow to the market. In recent years, there have been a sudden increase. Ordinary people can’t afford rice, so they eat this and Western potatoes. This smell must be roasted by a nearby farm.”

The gluttonous steward immediately looked at the big housekeeper: "It's such a cold day, it's not a rare thing, why don't you buy some and eat fresh from the mountains?"

Shi Guangzhu heard it from the side, and said with a smile, "That's fine. I smell very sweet, so I'll ask someone to buy a few. If it's delicious, give it to my wife while it's hot." The gluttonous manager hurriedly agreed, and jumped onto the horse. I went to find it with the fragrance.

Not long after, the steward ran back with a smile.Seeing Shi Guangzhu, he took out a steaming roasted sweet potato from his bosom and said, "Master, there is a tea shop just around the corner. I bought this from their house, so it's cheap. They also boiled hot water." Why don't you invite the masters to have some hot tea?"

Shi Guangzhu took the roasted sweet potato, not knowing how to eat it.The bodyguard said with a smile: "It's good to break it apart, sir."

Then Shi Guangzhu broke open one, the sweet smell hit his face, he couldn't help but smile.Nai took a bite and shouted, "It's so sweet!" He couldn't help but took two more bites, and ordered someone to send two to the old lady.

Seven or eight roasted sweet potatoes were divided among the masters in a blink of an eye. The master, wife, and young master all agreed, asking where they bought them, and asking them to buy more.Shi Guangzhu talked about the tea shop again.Master Shi immediately said: "Since there is hot tea to drink, it's better to go and rest for a while."

He opened his mouth, and everyone had to move.Driving the carriage around the small bend, I saw a tea shop on the side of the road.It's just that although the place is not small, only the master of Shanguo Mansion and some respectable servants can sit down. There are more than 300 people outside, and the bodyguards are still standing in the mountains blowing the cold wind.The proprietress of the tea shop is in her 30s, pretty and pungent, like a wild flower in the mountains.The second master of the Shi family is the most feminine, and he couldn't help flirting with the proprietress.The proprietress also went on the road, turning around and hooking up with him.The two flirted with each other for half a day, and Second Master Shi took advantage of the time when the proprietress came to pour tea and shook her hand, but the boss just didn't see it.Master Shi coughed twice before letting go.

This tea shop rarely encountered so many customers passing by, so it didn't boil a lot of water.Therefore, not everyone has hot tea to eat.First served tea to the masters of the Shi family, and then gave some to the shameless servants, and there was no water.The escorts wanted to eat and had to wait for the next wave.There is a young master in the Shi family. Although he is young, he has a good heart.He only took a sip of tea and said: "I can't eat this much tea. If Xiong Biaotou doesn't dislike it, can you have a couple of sips from me?"

Biaotou Xiong hesitated for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, young master." Then he strode over, picked up the tea bowl, tilted his neck, and drank two gulps.

Hearing a "boom", Biaotou Xiong slammed the tea bowl on the ground, pointed at the proprietress and shouted: "No! There is Mongolian sweat medicine in the tea, this is a black shop!"

I saw the proprietress standing side by side with the boss, and said with a smile: "It's true~~"

Everyone in the room became confused, only Xiong Biaotou had just finished his tea, and the medicine had not yet recovered, and shouted: "Come in quickly! This is a black shop!"

The bodyguards outside rushed in after hearing this.Unexpectedly, from this tea shop in the mountains, many tall and strong bandits appeared from nowhere, brandishing swords and fighting with all the bodyguards.The bodyguards suffered a disadvantage.The house was originally not big, the bandits just wanted to fight indiscriminately, and the bodyguards had to be careful not to hurt the people in the Shanguo Mansion, so they immediately gained the upper hand.

While the fire was going on inside, a daughter-in-law smeared some black mud on her face, rushed out the door and shouted: "It's terrible~~dead~~"

The people outside were very flustered, they didn't know who the daughter-in-law was, they all asked, "Who died?"

The daughter-in-law cried: "They are all dead! The masters are all dead! This black shop drugged the masters!"

As soon as the words fell, several thieves ran out from the inside with their knives, shouting in their mouths: "Kill them all and don't let anyone stay!"

These people saw that the master was dead, and the bodyguard probably also lost, why don't they run away and wait for death?They all ran away.Some run to the front of the road, some back.The one who went forward only ran a few steps before seeing another bandit holding up a knife to stop him, so he hurriedly turned back. More than 300 people ran on the mountain road, followed by seven or eight big men with knives, just like wolves chasing sheep.

The two groups are still fighting.The escorts of Fuwei Escort Bureau are really skilled in martial arts.Even if the engine system is retracted everywhere, it still gradually gains the upper hand.The thieves outside joined the battle group.When there are more people, it will be more difficult for the bodyguards - it will be easier to hurt those masters who have fallen to the ground.Among the masters and servants of the Shi family, only the young master who gave out the hot tea has not yet been fascinated, but he is also a little dizzy, and he is too young and weak to help, so he is in a hurry.

But at this moment, Xiong Biaotou couldn't support his upper body due to the medicine, and his body tilted and fell down.He was originally the most capable fighter among the bodyguards, able to fight three with one.After he fell down, the morale of the bodyguard's side was greatly damaged, and after a short while, the bandits captured two of them alive.The young master of the Shi family was so frightened that he began to cry.

Suddenly someone yelled "Stop!" A bandit ran in from outside, holding something in his hand.This person grabbed a captured bodyguard and held the thing in front of him: "Whose is this?"

The bodyguard took a look, it was the flag!Immediately shouted: "It's ours! It's our Escort!" The thief's face suddenly changed.

The proprietress jumped over in a few steps and pulled the flag to look carefully for a moment, then looked up at the bodyguard: "Is it yours?"

The bodyguard raised his chest: "It's ours!"

The proprietress was so frightened that she stepped back two steps, her face paled.The boss also saw it, and was startled for a moment, then suddenly blew a long whistle.All the thieves were a little startled when they heard this, they all jumped out of the circle and stopped fighting.The boss whistled again, and the thieves turned around and left through the doors and windows.Some bodyguards wanted to chase after him, but an old bodyguard shouted, "Don't chase after him! There are still people from all over here."

All the bodyguards took clear water from behind and splashed the stoners one by one, even the head of the bear bodyguard.After waking up, Xiong Biao stumbled: "I was careless."

On the contrary, Shi Guangzhu said: "I can't blame you. I have never met such a black shop along the way."

But count the heads.The bodyguards were all killed, the master and slaves of the Shi family were all fine, but those outside had already run away.Fortunately, the carriage and horses were safe and sound.Shi Guangzhu shook his head and said, "We finally lost so many slaves."

The fleeing servants met a large number of bandits on the way, and they asked them to make dumplings and capture them alive. They closed the carriage and said that they were going to take them to the country of Lu to sell them.Anyway, they are all slaves, and the master is dead, and these people are still honest.Unexpectedly, those bandits didn't know the way, and after walking for half a day, they entered the country of Yan. When they met the Yan army on patrol, they were so frightened that they dropped their carriages and ran away.

Yan Jun was puzzled, and came forward to open the carriage and let everyone ask.There was a clever little steward who cried, "Master Jun! We are all good citizens, we were caught by the bandits and sold to the country of Lu."

The leader of the Yan army said: "Your accent sounds like a native of Yan."

Everyone said: "That's right, we are all from Yan! Those were bandits just now!"

The leader was furious: "I let the bandit escape right under my nose! Chase!" He led his men to chase the bandit.

Only the servants of the former state government who were left in one place were left alone.

On the other side, the people from Shanguofu arrived at their hometown safely.Because more than 300 slaves ran away, Biaotou Xiong refused to accept their full payment, so he gave a [-]% discount and took the money and left.The remaining servants of the Shi family gradually packed their luggage, and found that there were three large carts of valuable and important things that had been replaced by rough wooden furniture at some point!