Lu Ming

Chapter 19 The Ins and Outs
After sitting down and drinking a sip of tea, Hu San said to Zhou Tong in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhou and Bai Shouhu have been fighting lively these days. A fire burns down, you don't know yet, do you?"

Zhou Tong heard the sound and sat up: "Really? How did it burn?"

Hu San smiled wryly: "It's Xiaoshiqi's stockade. The Bai family touched the wall overturned by elite No. 40 at the fifth watch, and it was completely burned by dawn. Only seven of the more than [-] people in the stockade escaped."

Zhou Tong and Chen Huoding looked at each other, and Chen Huoding said with certainty: "The Bai family has strong support, and there are a lot of faces in the past few days. "

Butler Hu nodded: "Hu San is here today for this matter, do you still remember Bai Shouye?"

After a few seconds, Chu Jianli slapped his hand: "Isn't it the third child of the Bai family, who was absent when Mr. Bai died of illness?"

"The third master has a good memory. This matter is a long story. My master only got the letter the day before yesterday. Let me explain in detail."

Butler Hu took another sip of tea, and he was raising his voice, and then slowly told the story of Bai Shouye.
After Bai Shouhu inherited the Bai family's business as the eldest son, the third son Bai Shouye left Baijiazhuang. He did not die by the road, but took the pseudonym of Bai Qi and ran all the way to the Taihu water bandit to join the door.This Bai family may have the passive talent of being a strong man. Bai Qi succeeded in winning the top position in Taihu Lake in just a few years and became the leader of a group of thieves.

Originally, Bai Qi was his water king in Taihu Lake, and he had nothing to do with the mountain kings in western Zhejiang.Who knows that Bai Qi is still young and has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. After taking the position, he has successively made several major projects, robbing officials of silver, tying salt merchants, and merging seniors.

It's a pity that the good times never last long, and Bai Qi has never read Mao Xuan, so he doesn't know how powerful the united front is.Boss Bai is drinking in a big bowl, and the official salt merchants and water bandits have already begun to cooperate intensively. A month ago, the government wrote, the merchants exchanged money, and the water bandits jointly raided. In just three days, the gang of 400 people disappeared.
After the collapse of Bai Qibai's business that day, the government went out to sea to capture documents, and the Taihu group of bandits chased after them.

The Hu family also only received a letter from relatives in Suzhou House after their own stockade was burned, and together with the sea capture documents sent by the official, the details of Bai Qi were correct.

At this point in the story, Butler Hu stopped and sipped tea.

After a few people sitting in the seat suddenly realized, Chu Jianli patted the armrest of the seat: "This is the mouth of Shang Falcon. It turns out that Bai Da is the share of Bai San, who is together."

Chen Huoding also said slowly: "Well, the manpower is right."

Zhou Tong coughed at this time: "Butler Hu worked so hard to come to report the letter. I would like to thank you in advance. This is the situation right now. If your master has any regulations, let's assign it and discuss it together."

Hu San put down the tea bowl in his hand, but still didn't answer directly: "Bai Qi is Bai Shouye, or Bai Qi's cronies were arrested by Taihu Lake and tortured. At present, the government can't count on it, and even a hundred thieves I can’t work on military horses. My master’s mind is also simple. The brothers of the Bai family have joined together, and the momentum has soared. Naturally, the villagers can’t sit back and watch.

Zhou Tong drooped his eyelids, holding a tea bowl, without raising his head, three words popped out of his mouth: "How to pull it out?"

Butler Hu said slowly: "Let the villagers take action first, the heroes from all walks of life only need to recharge their batteries, my master plans to post a discussion, and everyone will pay for the food, and gather five or seven hundred soldiers to come out and surround them on all sides. , whoever released the Bai family will be called back first."

Seeing that Zhou Tong didn't respond, Hu San twitched half of his face: "When the village is broken, there is always a need for heroes from all walks of life to contribute. You all contribute, so you don't have to worry about the chores, and the food and grass are all ready."

Zhou Tong looked down at the tea bowl without saying a word, and after a while, three words popped up, "What about after the fact?"

"Zhuangzi burned the fire, and the inside is soft. The heroes from all walks of life are divided according to their contributions. As long as the heads of the Hu family are big and small, those who have been captured by Zhang Bang will be counted."

Hearing this, Zhou Tong was obviously a little impatient, and threw the tea bowl on the table: "The brothers on the left and right exchange their lives for money. How is this different from the previous discussions?"

Hu San was not at all impatient: "Uncle Zhou probably forgot, the Hu family wanted to occupy Baizhuang after the last few discussions, but you don't want the Hu family to get a dangerous place, so we couldn't reach an agreement. This time The Hu family only needs heads, what else do you care about?"

Zhou Tong sneered: "That Bai family village is dangerous, and now there is a helping hand, how much is enough for the brothers to fill in? Bai Shouhu's head is easy to take, your five or seven hundred young people have already accomplished something, why do you have to come to me? Tongue!"

Hearing this, Butler Hu finally sank his face: "Hu San was walking over the mountain to worship the mountain yesterday, and you haven't been to Lin'an Hangzhou for a long time, right? This Baijiazhuang is stuck in the middle of everyone, and it's blocked now. Everyone can’t move, and in a few days, let’s not talk about doing business, I think it’s hard to go down the mountain, and Uncle Zhou should think carefully.”

After listening to Zhou Tong, he didn't say anything, leaned back with a gloomy face, and the scene became quiet.

At this moment, an unexpected person - Cao Chuan, suddenly sat up, raised his hand and said, "Slow."

Butler Hu was very surprised. The young man in front of him didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. He just smiled and drank tea and pine nuts with a calm demeanor. Why did he suddenly speak?
Chen Huoding and several others were also very surprised. According to the rules, this key scene of discussing major events can only be mastered. They sat and listened, and discussed it together later.

Zhou Tong was even more surprised. Seeing that Cao Chuan didn't know what to say, Cao Chuan didn't care so much. He stood up and bowed to Hu San: "Butler Hu went up the mountain all night, and he was very tired. Why don't you go down and rest for a while? Let’s talk spiritually.”

After speaking, Cao Chuan turned his head and looked at Zhou Tong with a smile.Things are already like this, what can Zhou Tong do? He can only nod his head and call Zhao Si to come and send Butler Hu to the guest room.

Hu San stood up and took a few steps, stopped, turned around and said another sentence: "Then Bai Qiguang got 400 taels of gold for tying up the salt merchant, which is not considered official silver for robbery, everyone." Arched hands, turned away.

Seeing Butler Hu leaving, Cao Chuan sat down, rubbed his chin for a while, and suddenly asked, "Lin'an County is to the east, right? Baijiazhuang is in the middle, can you guys make it through?"

Cao Chuan has nothing to do these days, and has been thinking about a question: what should he do next in this Ming Dynasty?
(End of this chapter)