Chapter 339 Octagonal Terrace (Part 2)
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Zhang Yuting is the youngest in his family. He served as a sentry officer under Ma Yulun's troops. He became a deserter on the battlefield of Goryeo and dragged a gun home. He was always brave and skilled in guns and horses. He was said to be able to use guns with both hands and was an extremely excellent gunman.
In the chaotic times, martial arts are more popular than literary talent. Zhang Yuting was attracted by the richest man in his hometown and recruited a son-in-law and sponsored him to set up an insurance team to defend himself. Later, because he had a grudge with another Xiangma Jinshoushan, he turned to his brother Feng Linge and was left by Zhang Jinghui on the octagonal platform. The two became brothers and the team also formed a group. Although nominally, Zhang Jinghui was the captain of the insurance team, and the actual leader was Zhang Yuting.
Sun Meiyao muttered, "This man even robbed the tribute. He is simply a demon king who is a world-class person. He is not even less courageous than us who can hold Dudu Gu. Can you please help him?"
"Why can't you? You are robbing foreign tickets, and you are also recruiting them? The more you are, the more you want to recruit them. The devil in our hands is better than the devil in the hands of the Tieler people. Such a person cannot be pulled by Tieler, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with. Be prepared to go to the octagonal platform with me, and we will meet this old Zhang."
Feng Xi brought a casserole from the outside. She had the strength to take these things without any effort. The stewed chicken inside was a fat chicken and there were many other medicinal herbs. Once she opened the lid of the pot, she could smell the fragrance of the medicine. Sun Meiyao said: "What is this? I'll take a sip."
Feng Xi hurriedly stopped her, "Women can't eat this, this is specially made for men, medicinal food..." Her face turned slightly red and she was a little shy. When her adoptive father escaped from the Old Summer Palace, he did not bring any treasures on his body, but only brought out a recipe and a few prescriptions. In addition to the preparation method of several big dishes in the palace, the most precious thing is that there are more than a dozen medicinal foods. Wenzong is so astringent, and the reason why he can gallop in bed is inseparable from the nourishment of medicinal food. That prescription is a topical medicine prescription called dog skin plaster. This prescription is also used to encourage men's power, and is much more powerful than the tiger and wolf medicine that is dried up in the pond.
When Hu Guangyong went to the 12th floor, he also responded to the flower and wine party tickets, dealing with the orioles and swallows, relying on dog skin plaster to help. His prescription was actually less than the prescription in the palace and was less effective. However, since Emperor Yi was indulging in this and even causing the "smallflower" incident, the prescription in the uterus, which Feng Xi mastered, became a lonely book.
The medicinal materials he used are expensive and cannot be afforded by ordinary people, but they can only be considered dragon-slaying techniques among the people. Zhao Guanhou, firstly, he is rich, and secondly, Xinmin is a big mansion, so it is easy to find medicinal materials, so he can get them together. Zhao Guanhou asked, "I am so strong, do you still need to be replenished? Could it be that I can't feed you tonight?"
Feng Xi was almost searching for a crack in the ground and crawled in for a while. After a while, she said: "No... it's the lady who wants me to take good care of your body. It's cold here, and men don't need to replenish it, for fear of getting cold. Why... you...you thought of going there? You really can't give you a good face. But three words will cause bad water."
Sun Meiyao smiled and hugged Feng Xi's shoulder, "He has nothing to say, let's ignore him, go to the kitchen and get some food for yourself."
When she arrived at the kitchen, she smiled even more happily, "Do you still hate me now? You were reluctant to let you serve him when I asked you to do it. Now, are you moved?"
Feng Xi shook her head, "No, I haven't moved. From the day he touched me, my heart died. I have someone in my heart, but now I'm sorry for that person. I will no longer be moved by others. I just accept my fate. I have been like this in my life. Good or bad are his people, and he doesn't like me. He occasionally asks me to accompany me, just jokes about me. But I always have to be right as a wife, the future...my child's father."
Seeing her like that, Sun Meiyao was a little shaken for the first time. Could it be that Feng Xi’s affairs were really bad? She was a rookie and knew a little about the matter of the mansion. It was very common for something between the master and the maid, but she didn’t know that Feng Xi was so depressed because of this.
What else she wanted to say, Feng Xiqiang smiled, "Don't worry about me, you go and take care of him. He wants to talk to Beard, it's very dangerous. I understand some beard words, which were learned from boxers who traveled around the world before. I can teach the master later... Don't let something happen to him."
When Sun Meiyao left the house and was preparing food on the stove, Feng Xi, who was preparing food randomly, had his childhood sweetheart brother Hu Zi. These slander words were taught to him. At that time, he admired him so much and knew a lot. But now... he is no longer worthy of him, and I hope he can find a good woman of his own.
Zhao Guanhou also learned a set of jargons from Wang Wu's, but when Feng Xi taught him, he still pretended not to understand and learned seriously. Seeing him like this, Feng Xi felt a little accomplished. After he used all his strength on himself, she cared for the first time: "Be careful... the beard outside the pass is different from the green forest inside the pass, and the official face cannot suppress them. You have suppressed so many passes, and I don't know if there are any relatives and friends inside. Be careful to shoot black guns."
"It's okay, I'm lucky. Besides, I'm not going by myself, I'm taking people with me." Although Zhao Guanhou has no feelings for this maid, he has to sleep with him at least, so he always has to be a little gentle. He kissed her on the face. "It's the New Year, you can cook by yourself and you won't lose money. After I go to the octagonal platform, if you are so bored, go to the city to buy things. Whether it's clothes or jewelry, buy whatever you like, you'll hang the account of the Wuwei Army. I'll come back to help you settle it."
The next morning, Sun Meiyao got up early and had already changed into a dress. She had a dog-skin hat on her head and an old sheepskin coat on her body. She had two revolvers inserted into her waist, and then she held a big cigarette pier in her mouth. Outside the pass, it was not surprising that a big girl held a cigarette pier. Zhao Guanhou snatched it over and put it on his mouth. "Don't smoke this thing if you have nothing to do, just take a sip of yellow teeth and be honest. Are you ready?"
"Don't worry, fifty people are all good gunmen. For more than a hundred people on the octagonal platform, even if they are popular, we will win."
In addition to Sun Meiyao, another fellow traveler was Dadao Wang Wu. He had prestige in the green forest outside the pass. With him, he not only had higher credibility in recruiting the ambulance, but also had easier negotiations with the bandits. The group of people left the pass, with red clouds in the sky and clouds gathered together, and it seemed that it was about to snow.
In a tavern in Xinminfu, several new customers ordered soju and wild game, drinking soju to warm their bodies. A young man in his early twenties looked around alertly, his hands always kept his waist. The first one was an Angzang man who took off his dog's hide hat and waved his hand at him, "Stop it, eat, it's okay. We are law-abiding people, what are we afraid of?"
"Brother Guojie, you don't know. I've hung a photo with Eagle Claws, I'm afraid if I recognize it."
"It's not that this is our own place, and nothing will happen. We stay in Xinmin for two days, and then we should go to Shunshuiman (Liu). This time it depends on your friendship with him."
"I didn't say anything about my friendship with Shunshuiman. When I said that, this matter would be done. He was also a hero who was strong and powerful. He was indispensable for doing big things." The wine and food had already come up at this time. The young man drank half a bowl of wine, his face turned a little red. He suddenly took the big man's hand and asked, "Brother, are you sure that the news is accurate? Why did I look so like Feng Xi when I heard that man said."
Several fellow travelers laughed and lowered their voices: "The second wing rod is crazy about his wife. Everyone looks like Feng Xi. When we look back, we enter the gate, open those big players, and find a few more Feng Xi for the second wing..."
"Get out!" The young man glared at the few people, scaring the people so much that he didn't dare to say anything. The leader scolded: "What are you doing with them? They are right. You have a problem with yourself. Everyone looks like Feng Xi. How come there are so many coincidences? Feng Xi should still be in Shandong at this time. When we get the big thing done, Feng Xi will be able to take it back."
"Well, brother, I'll listen to you. Let's do big things first and then take Feng Xi. But... but don't you let me stay in Xinmin for two more days? I want to listen to it. What if it's so coincidental? I'll take her back to the mountain and live a good life with us." The young man begged to look at the big man. The big man was so embarrassed that he couldn't do it. "Okay, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, when you go to see Shunshuiman, you can't take your hands empty-handed, and you have to bring things. But tell your brothers, you can't make trouble, you are not allowed to use force, you are not allowed to go to Luoziguan, and you are not allowed to smash kilns."
When the peers heard this, they nodded excitedly. After arguing for a meeting place, they quickly ate all their food, then scattered out and disappeared between the streets and alleys.
In the area near the octagonal platform, the war in Fusang Tielle has not yet affected this. Tielle's troops mainly defend the front line, big cities and main roads, and are willing but powerless to such large villages. The government of Dajin has long lost its functions.
This kind of big village has many business dealings, frequent business transactions, and is extremely prosperous, so it is naturally targeted by the green forest. And the one who protects this area is the armed forces called the insurance team organized by the villagers who pay for their own money and grain.
The so-called insurance team is actually a kind of snail. It is nothing more than treating the village as an old camp. If you don’t take action in your own village, you must stay away from the village to rob. When the merchants who come here, the insurance team draws liquor and also bears the responsibility of protection. Those who can engage in this business are all people in the green forest.
The insurance team of more than 100 people in the Octagonal Platform has more than 50 guns. The village has built a wall of more than two meters high. There are also several large lifting poles in the artillery tower at the four corners, which can be regarded as a very powerful armed force. The young man who was watching outside the village was holding two bear guns in his hand.
This is the Tieler weapon. The two iron pipes are equipped with iron sand to fire. The range and accuracy are actually worse than the combs, but they are slightly more convenient to operate. The Tieler said that this weapon can hunt bears, but the man outside the pass calls it a bear gun, but in fact it means that this gun is too bear and not very useful.
It had just been a heavy snowfall, and the mountains, rivers and earth were covered with silver, and it had passed Laba. It was said that the Hanzi was preparing to do the New Year without using force. However, there were exceptions. The prosperity of the octagonal platform had attracted the covetousness of many Hanzi around, and the sea sand in Hongluojian had reached the point of fighting. Therefore, at this time, the insurance team did not dare to relax at all. The sentry all widened their eyes to observe. In the courtyard of the village, dozens of young and strong young people were practicing boxing in a straightforward manner and preparing to fight.
A sentry looking out on the artillery tower suddenly blew the suona, which was a reminder that something was wrong. The outside was on guard and quickly retreated to the village. The thick wooden door was closed immediately. The gunners all went up to the wall and extended the rifle out of the artillery tower.
After a while, a team of dozens of people came outside the village like a whirlwind. The horses' hooves splashed with snow and exploded in the air. The horses and people exhaled balls of white air, like squirting clouds of mist.
Their stopping position was outside the effective range. The people and friends in the village were unknown and they did not dare to shoot at will. However, it seemed that people's equestrian behavior and the guns they brought, they knew that they were definitely not in the business. The leader was riding a white horse that made the insurance team members jealous. The capillary tube was bright, tall and strong. The heroes who loved horses could not open their eyes at first glance.
Because the enemy and friends were not clear, the village did not dare to move rashly. A gunner leaned his body in the artillery tower to avoid being seen by the other party. He shouted with all his strength: "There is a cloud hanging in the northwest, and the crow fell in the phoenix group. I wonder which one is the king and which one is the minister?" However, he interrogated in the jargon of Green Forest.
The leader of the horse team shook a black cloak, stood on the horse and clasped his fists and said, "There is a cloud hanging in the sky in the northwest. The king is the king and the minister is the minister. I don't know if the black clouds are the white clouds."
"After the black clouds, there are white clouds, and the white clouds and black clouds are all clouds."
After two conversations, I realized it was Green Forest, one of them asked, "This is the territory of the Bajiaotai Insurance Team. Which one do you belong to?"
"Xinminfu, deficit kiln, lantern vines, tiger head vines, come to see the big slinger of the place, please make a convenient way." As soon as the words finished, the person behind the person had untied a big knife from behind and threw it towards the courtyard wall. The bullet was not enough range, so the knife naturally could not hurt the person. The sword drew an arc in the air, and inserted it into the snow on the handle of the head. The wide blade body and the bright cold light were clearly visible to everyone.
Not long after, the wooden door was rolled and opened, and more than a dozen horses came out of the village. The leader was a big man with a very heroic appearance. On his head, he was a short and concise young man about 1.6 meters tall. He had a rare white face in a farmer, a pair of tiger eyes, a firm look, and a shrewd and capable person, and also had a natural power.
Although the first person behind the forefront was half a horse, when they met, everyone's eyes paid attention to the young man, and ignored the leader who came out first and smiled with a silly smile. The leader didn't realize anything, and as soon as he came out, he immediately clasped his fists.
"Who am I thinking it is? After a long time of trouble, it's Wu Ye, you are here. You don't say anything in advance. We will go out to the village ten miles to greet you. Let the old senior drink outside. How inappropriate, hurry up and enter the village, let's roast the fire and warm it up."
Zhao Guanhou raised Ma Yi and bowed, "Is this Captain Zhang from the Octagonal Platform?"
"I dare not be it, Tofu Zhang, Zhang Jinghui. What team leader is not the captain? Everyone praises me and asks me to be. I don't have that ability. Are you?"
"I'm going to go to Zhao Guanhou."
Chapter completed!