Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 4 Cousin
The eighteen blue-faced ghosts are nothing more than a gang of mobs, and the leader Zhu Hua was beaten to death with a mace, which completely demoralized them. Villagers have also become crazy warriors for rewards.

The so-called eighteen blue-faced ghosts are just a group of people who escaped from school duties. In the past, they were either farmers or hawkers. Humans are naturally vulnerable.

Qin Qiong rode a big yellow hussar and killed three of them by himself, and captured two of them alive. Luo Feng also kicked left and right and knocked down three guys who only wanted to run away. After blocking the way, he knelt down in fear and begged for surrender.

"Tie them all up!"

At this time, Luo Sanshu and the others had completely forgotten the previous fear, and now they were only excited. Facing the trembling blue-faced ghosts who were kneeling and begging for surrender, they didn't have any good expressions.

"Xiao Wu, let's post it this time." Uncle San said as he untied a blue-faced ghost's belt and tied him up like a pig.

"One ten guan, this time we caught a total of thirteen, 130 guan."

The third uncle unceremoniously credited the thirteen thieves on their side. Luo Feng stood there panting heavily. He just recovered from a serious illness, but his body was not good enough. The actions just now had already made him gasp. Like a broken bellows, fortunately there is a fierce man like Qin Qiong, who kills the leader of the bandit at once and breaks his morale, otherwise it would not be so easy to succeed.

"Third Uncle, Second Brother Qin is the main credit for this. We're just beating the side drums."

Qin Qiong rode over at this time, he rolled off the saddle and stood there looking at Luo Feng several times.There seemed to be some doubts between the brows, "Little brother, I heard you call me Biao just now, and you called me second brother just now, if you dare to ask, do you recognize me?"

Luo Feng thought to himself, how many people in future generations don't know your name Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao?Not to mention that in the romances and novels of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, your Second Brother Qin is a well-deserved protagonist.

But now, looking at Qin Qiong who is still so young, he might be really confused.

"Little brother Luo Wu, from Changbai Township, Zhangqiu County, the fifth in the family." Luo Feng followed Qin Qiong's example and cupped his hands in salute.

"Oh, so it's Fifth Brother Luo." Qin Qiong said on the face, still puzzled in his heart.This is the junction of Zhangqiu and Licheng counties. Zhangqiu and Licheng counties are adjacent to each other, but Qin Qiong doesn't remember knowing a young man named Luo Wu at all.

Qin Qiong was tall and tall, with a burly figure, a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, a face with Chinese characters, a pale golden face, sword-like eyebrows, a pair of star eyes very energetic, a typical Shandong man.

But at this time, he was actually very young, just a newly recruited mansion soldier, and because of his outstanding martial arts skills, he became a soldier under Lai Huer's command, but he was not well-known yet.A young man from a neighboring county knew him, and it seemed a bit unreasonable.

"Cousin, don't you remember our family? My mother's surname is also Qin, she is a daughter of the Qin family in Licheng, Qi County. My mother told me many things about her family before, so she knows that a cousin once served as the king of Xianyang in the Northern Qi Dynasty. I also heard that there was a second cousin in my uncle’s family named Qin Qiong, who liked fists, kicks and sticks when he was a child, and was very skilled in archery and horses. It is said that Last year, I ordered the government soldiers, and went to work as an errand in the general's tent to protect the children. Just now, I heard that you reported your name as Qin Qiong, so I immediately decided that you are the second cousin of the cousin's family, Shubao."

What Luo Feng said was serious.

Instead, Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment, thinking carefully about this relationship in his mind.

In fact, Luo Feng didn't lie. The original Luo Wu's mother was indeed from the Qin family in Licheng County, and she was indeed related to Qin Qiong's family, but they were not considered close. If he hasn't walked around with him, he won't know the current situation of Qin Qiong's nephew.

The Qin family in Licheng is actually a small noble family in the local area. The ancestor of the Qin family, Qin Peng, was the prefect of Shanyang in the Han Dynasty.Qin Qiong's great-grandfather, Qin Xiaoda, served as the county magistrate of Guangnian in the Northern Wei Dynasty. His grandfather, Qin Fangtai, served as the secretary of the Guangning Prince's House in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Such a family is not considered a famous family in the whole country, but in Qi County, especially in Licheng County, it is quite a famous family with a reputation for hundreds of years.

The Qin family has been based in Licheng for hundreds of years, and the family has multiplied and has many descendants.

Although the Qin family, which had served in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi for several generations, was weakened due to the destruction of Qi by the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the early years, the population is still very prosperous.

Luo Wu's mother and Qin Qiong's father have a common grandfather Qin Xiaoda, which means that Luo Wu's grandfather and Qin Qiong's grandfather are actually brothers, so they are actually quite close, but because the Qin family has a large number of people, Qin Qiong This branch of the family is the main house of the big clan, while Luo Wu's mother's family is considered a side branch of the small clan, especially the one from a concubine, so they are not so close.

In addition, Luo Wu's mother was also a concubine in the family, and she married a very ordinary blacksmith. After she got married, there was no one in her natal family, so she rarely had contact with other members of the Qin family in Licheng.

But in the past, sometimes Luo's mother, Qin, would indeed bring up some situations of her mother's family with her children. Originally, she just talked about it casually, but at this time Luo Feng said it directly.

With a cousin like Qin Qiong, why don't you recognize him? It's not because of no reason.

"I don't know which room Lingtang comes from in the Qin family in Licheng?" Qin Qiong asked some details, and Luo Feng answered truthfully. The more Qin Qiong listened, the more surprised he became. Feng's mother had some impressions. After all, it was his cousin. When he was young, her cousin also went back to her mother's house, but after that, she gradually lost contact with her, so she didn't have much impression.

"Unexpectedly, you are the son of Seventh Aunt." Qin Qiong happily patted Luo Feng's shoulder.

"Cousin!" Luo Feng grabbed Qin Qiong with a smile. He was really happy to have such a fierce relative.

"Cousin." Qin Qiong was also very happy. The ancients had a strong sense of family affection, unlike modern people. Pulling Luo Feng, he seemed to be connected by blood.

"Oh, it turned out to be Xiaowu's cousin. This is even better, Brother Qin, we made a fortune this time. These thieves are blue-faced eighteen ghosts. The government has been looking for them all the time. This time they are in our hands." , I happened to go to the Yamen to receive the reward. The bandit leader Zhu Hua, the blue-faced ghost, was worth a hundred guan, and the other 17 people each received ten guan rewards, which added up to 270 guan. !"

Luo Jiu was also wringing his fingers there to count the reward, "This year's food price is soaring, a bucket of rice can be worth 360 yuan, and a piece of silk is only worth two buckets of rice. So, a blue-faced ghost's ten-piece bounty can also be worth twenty Stone rice or a hundred pieces of silk, eighteen blue-faced ghosts, isn't that [-] stone rice?" After counting this, he opened his mouth wide in shock.

Luo Feng smiled and said, "The eighteen blue-faced ghosts have a total bounty of 270 guan, and the folded rice can be exchanged for 540 shimi."

"Oh my God! 540 Shimi? With so much bounty, there are eight of us here plus Brother Qin, there are nine people in total. How much bounty does each person get in exchange for how much rice..." Luo Qi stood aside I can't calm down anymore.

Luo Feng patted Luo Qi and Luo Jiu, "That's not how the account is calculated. The main credit for the capture of the thief is the second brother's. Naturally, most of the bounty goes to him. We are just a helper. Second brother Let's eat meat and drink soup."

Qin Qiong waved his hand quickly, "Cousin, that's not what I said. If you want me to say, we all have merit, so the bounty should be divided equally between each person."

Qin Qiong's boldness immediately made Luo Qi and the others both admire and delighted, and they all praised him endlessly.

"This is unavoidable, second brother, we can't take your credit." Luo Feng still declined.

Qin Qiong shook his head.

"Actually, I didn't catch a few just now. I only killed three and captured two in total. You guys caught a lot."

"No, no, without you, second brother, we wouldn't be able to defeat the thieves at all, and I'm afraid we'd miss the escort errand sent by the superior." Luo Feng insisted on not taking advantage of Qin Qiong, even though there were ten rewards for a thieves Money, although the price of food has risen sharply these days, you can buy two stones of rice with a regular amount of money. A thief's reward of ten coins is enough to exchange for a few people's rations for a year or two.

"Why don't we do this? Each person will share two credits, and the leader of the bandit belongs to Brother Qin." The woman in the carriage saw that they were still arguing outside, so she reminded her aloud.

Qin Qiong and the others had nine people in total, and there were eighteen thieves, two for one person was just right.The leader of the bandit belongs to Qin Qiong, so Luo Feng and the other two thieves offer a reward of 110 guan, while Qin Qiong has a bandit leader who has a reward of [-] guan.

"Thank you for your help, miss. I think it's settled." Luo Feng cupped his hands towards the carriage.

"It's the little girl who wants to thank brother Luo, second brother Qin and these strong men for their desperate rescue. When you send the little girl back to the Zhangqiu county government, the little girl will report the situation to my father and let my father thank you all!"

It was only then that Luo Feng remembered that this little lady was still the daughter of their county lord, this time she not only captured and killed the wanted criminal, but also protected the county magistrate's daughter.

"Second brother, I think it's getting late, let's send the little lady back to the county seat first." Luo Feng said.

Qin Qiong nodded, "Yes."

While he was talking, he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and when he looked up, a group of people and horses appeared.

More than ten riders galloped ahead, followed closely by nearly a hundred young men on foot.

"Who is this?" Luo Feng looked nervously.

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