Daming Junior Scholar

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"That's not bad. If it weren't for the people who are not familiar with the place here, I might as well put you here to recuperate."

After instructing Tang Yi to take a good rest, He Jia'an just left. Not to mention, Tang Xiao found a pile of dry firewood from the apse of the ruined temple in just a short while, took it over and piled it up and lit it. During the meeting, everyone finally had a sip of hot water, and their cold bodies gradually warmed up.

When it was not far from the sky, the rain outside finally became smaller, and when the sun was about to set, a ray of golden sunlight shone through the dark clouds, which made He Jiaan's originally gloomy mood a little better .

After eating something, everyone began to rest. When it dawned the next day, it finally ushered in a rare sunny day outside. He Jiaan didn't want to waste any more time. He had to cross the river before today.

According to Yan Honestly, it only takes an hour to get from here to that water village, but the road is a bit difficult to walk, and I'm afraid it will take a while longer.

Another delay. Since I set off, I have been delayed for several days, and He Jiaan's heart has become more and more anxious. Thanks to the good quality of the official road in this section, although there are some roads that are not easy to walk, but Relatively speaking, most of them are much easier.

The group finally arrived at the location of the water village before noon. Looking at the water village in the distance, He Jiaan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he thought he could finally cross the river, a loud gong suddenly sounded nearby. Suddenly, more than a hundred officers and soldiers came out from the hidden places around them, and surrounded them one by one with their knives in their hands. The first man pointed at He Jia'an with a knife and shouted: "Who are you, how dare you trespass on the water village?" , have not dismounted and surrendered."

This……

He Jiaan didn't understand, shouldn't the world be pretty good, why did he meet two groups of robbers in just a few days, and judging by the clothes they were wearing, wasn't this the military uniform of Daming?Why are these officers and soldiers reduced to bandits?

Thinking of this, He Jiaan rode out alone, while Ji Yue and Lin Shuying were afraid that something would happen to him, and followed him. The two of them had already pressed their hands on the hilt of the sword. If they found something wrong, they might draw the sword at any time out.

"This is Daming's water village? Who are you?" He Jiaan looked at the crowd with displeasure, raised his whip, and pointed to the water village not far away.

Perhaps it was He Jiaan's calm look that calmed down the group of people, looked at each other suspiciously, and then sneered: "Of course I am an officer and soldier here, who are you?"

officers and soldiers?

Why does it look more like a bandit than a bandit?

He Jiaan sighed in his heart. It seemed that he was too relieved of Daming's military equipment. As far as the quality of these people was concerned, when the day King Ning rebelled, let alone relying on them to resist or surrender, he would already be burned. High fragrance.

Thinking of this, He Jia'an sighed softly, and said lightly: "I am He Jia'an, the admiral of the Navy, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever of you is the leader here, stand up."

what?

The rear servant?

These people have only heard about this kind of official position, but they never thought that there would be a high-ranking official coming to their broken water village. Could it be that this person is lying to himself?

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and finally a person walked out from the crowd, cupped his hands at He Jiaan, and said with a smile: "Xing Dong, the commander of Xiazi Shanshuizhai, may I ask if Mr. He ever carried a token with him?"

"Of course." He Jiaan nodded, and then asked someone to pass over the token that could prove his identity. The Lord Xing Dong took it over and took a look. He didn't understand that the person standing in front of him was really the Minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. He , Immediately sheathed the steel knife in his hand, and said with a cheeky smile: "It turned out that it was Mr. He who arrived, and the general did not go far to meet him. Please forgive me, Mr. He."

If you forgive me or not, I will talk about it later. He Jiaan didn't mean to blame him, and said lightly: "I just want to cross the river when I come here this time. Does Commander Xing have a big boat that can take us across the river?" River?"

"Yes, sir, don't worry, the boat is here, and we can set off immediately." Xing Dong was eager to send He Jiaan away as soon as possible, so he hurriedly led the way and led He Jiaan to the direction of the water village.

Chapter 1396

Chapter 1396

No matter how these officers and soldiers are, at least they still have a big boat that can cross the river. After sending He Jiaan to the other side of the river, Xing Dong couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Looking at He Jiaan's disappearing back, he took a deep breath.

"Brother, should we inform the higher authorities about He Jiaan's departure from Paju? If he is happy, maybe he can reward us with some money."

"Eh?" Xing Dong pondered for a while, although he didn't know whether this news would be useful to King Ning, but as long as he reported it himself, maybe the prince would really be able to give himself some rewards when he was happy.

Nodding his head, Xing Dong said: "Ride to Nanchang now, and tell the prince the news as soon as possible. Remember, we have to make our situation worse, so maybe we will get more money."

"Understood, brother, just wait for my good news."

Naturally, He Jiaan didn't know what happened behind him. At this time, his attention was all in the direction of Liefengzhai. After several days of running around, He Jiaan and others finally arrived at the Lianshan Mountains where Liefengzhai was located.

Looking at the vaguely familiar scenery around him, He Jiaan couldn't help but think of the days he had lived here, if Xieqin Lake at that time would have gone with him, he wouldn't have such a difficulty, this time Maybe it's what people call catastrophe.

After a few days of rest, Tang Yi's leg injury healed very quickly, and now he can walk with a limp. After arranging the camp, he found He Jia'an by himself and asked curiously: "Mr. , what should we do next? Send troops to attack the cottage?"

Looking in the direction of Liefengzhai, He Jiaan shook his head: "How is it possible, Qinhu Lake is in their hands now, as long as we fire the gun, the other party will use her as a shield, and when the time comes, they will not be able to attack, nor will they be able to retreat , isn't it embarrassing."

Hearing this, Tang Yi immediately showed a teachable expression on his face. After pondering for a long time, he shook his head and asked: "Sir, I am really stupid. I don't understand a lot of what you said. If you It's good that the fourteenth brother is here, he won't ask you so many questions."

"You mean Tang Lin?" He Jiaan smiled suddenly: "How is it possible? At the beginning, he would ask all kinds of questions every day. Although he asks less now, it's just that he is familiar with it."

It turned out to be the case, Tang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the husband would think that he was too stupid and drive him away, when he heard that Tang Lin was also like this, he immediately laughed, and asked casually: " Then how can we rescue Ba Shiniang?"

"Well... go to bed first, and talk about it when you wake up at night."

"Ah?" Tang Yi was stunned for a moment.

Such a strange scene appeared on the mountain beside the road. A dozen tents had been set up during the day. From a distance, there were only two people standing guard one after the other, and there was no one else in sight. .

It wasn't until after the sun set that a fire was lit in the camp, and the aroma of barbecue filled the air, and then the big guys got out of the tent one after another, took the barbecue and started chewing on the dry food.

After they were full, He Jiaan called all the people together, paused, and told everyone: "Leave Tang Yi here for a while, and the rest of you will follow me into Liefengzhai to see what happens. My command, don't move around, do you understand?"

"Understood." Everyone responded in a low voice, but suddenly a dissonant note popped out from the crowd: "Sir, I don't want to stay here, I want to go with you."

It was none other than Tang Yi who had injured his leg, with a firm expression on his face and no intention of giving in at all.

"Your leg..." He Jiaan hesitated for a moment, not wanting to make Tang Yi's injury worse because of this action.

"Don't worry, sir, my legs are fine." Tang Yi shook her head resolutely.

Seeing that Tang Yi was so determined, He Jiaan nodded after thinking about it: "Okay, then let's set off together and strive for victory in the first battle."

As early as a few days ago, Xie Qinhu had been brought back to Liefeng Village by Zhou Jianbai, and she also followed Zhou Jianbai's instructions and gave up the position of village owner to Zhou Jianbai in front of everyone. When the decision was made, almost all the people in the cottage were dumbfounded. They didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Xie Qinhu's gourd, and she didn't look like she was controlled by Zhou Jianbai. Why did they order such a medicine? What about the order?

Even Zhou Jianbai did not expect that his popularity in the cottage was so bad. Although Xie Qinhu still gave up the position of village owner to himself under the opposition of everyone, there were not many people in the cottage. People buy their own account, whenever they see other people in the cottage, all they see are expressions of disdain, and no one pays any attention to themselves.

If it wasn't for the lack of manpower, these gangsters wouldn't need to be humble with you.

After much deliberation, Zhou Jianbai finally felt that the root of the problem was where they refused to accept his leadership because of Xie Qinhu.

After much deliberation, Zhou Jianbai finally thought of a way, don't you guys still want Xie Qinhu to be the head of the village?Then just marry her in, and after a long time, you will acquiesce to this result.

It's just that when Zhou Jianbai found Xie Qinhu and told her about it, Xie Qinhu flatly objected, staring coldly at Zhou Jianbai's disgusting face, Xie Qinhu simply shook his head: " Zhou Jianbai, you want to be the head of the village, but I already let you do it. You said you let Ma Manjiang and the others go, but I haven’t seen them until now. If you continue to keep your promises like this, I will risk my life , and expose your face in front of the entire Shanzhai people."

"You..." Zhou Jianbai was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Xie Qinhu to be so ruthless, he wasn't afraid that the people in the cottage would oppose him, at worst he would run away from the cottage, what's the big deal.

And what I am afraid of now is that I will not be able to fulfill my promise to Zhang Yong and Eunuch Zhang. I have personally promised him that I will gather an army of 5000 people within three months, but now, apart from myself, these dozens of relatives Apart from soldiers, he has no way to control other people at all.

Now even Xie Qinhu is messing with him, the expression on Zhou Jianbai's face gradually became sinister, and he threatened fiercely: "Xie Qinhu, since you don't cooperate, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will ask you again today." In a word, do you want to marry or not?"

"Don't marry." Xie Qinhu didn't hesitate at all, and directly rejected Zhou Jianbai's request.

"Okay, that's what you said." With a sinister smile on Zhou Jianbai's face, he said slowly: "Then don't blame me for being cruel. From today onwards, I will kill someone every other day until the day you say you will get married." So far, think about it yourself."

After speaking, Zhou Jianbai turned around and walked out.

"Wait." Sure enough, as soon as he was about to leave, Xie Qinhu's urgent voice came from behind him. Looking at Zhou Jianbai's face, Xie Qinhu's heart felt as if cut by a knife, and he hesitated for a moment. , whispered: "How can you let Ma Manjiang and the others go?"