Daming kill

Chapter 277
After getting off the boat, the three women who were all dressed in men's clothing were arranged to get into a large carriage under strict protection or concealment before they could take a closer look at Shishou County, which is not far away.

The carriage then bumped and pulled them to the county seat.

Inexplicably, the hearts of the three women began to feel uneasy again as the carriage bumped up and down.

Most people in Shishou County may not have heard of its name, let alone where it is located, but Liu Rushi, who likes current politics and history, knows it.

This is the place where Liu Bei married Sun Quan's younger sister, so it is often called Liu Yingpu.

Lu Wen, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, also left a poem when he traveled here, "Wu and Shu get married here in the water, and the pearls stand in the way of gold. Whoever wants to change the world with a woman wants to change Liu Lang's determination."

Even the little Shishou had three elders, one Shangshu and one Taishi in the Ming Dynasty alone.

This place belongs to the famous Jingzhou Mansion.

At the same time, this is also a state capital that has already fallen into the hands of thieves, and it is the forefront of officials and thieves fighting for the top.

Liu Rushi didn't understand why she was sent here, nor did she understand what was waiting for them!
When they were fast entering the county seat, a strong stench made the three women couldn't help but secretly opened the curtains on the carriage and looked out.

The severely damaged city walls and towers, the soldiers exuding a fierce aura, the long rows of naked corpses of men, women and children hanging on both sides of the road in front of the city gate, and the strings of hideous human heads made them start from head to head. Feet start to tingle.

This is the first time they have seen the bloody and cruelty of war.

Hanging up the curtain in horror, each of them tightly covered their noses, their chests heaving violently.

Suddenly, Liu Rushi touched his clothes regardless of the stench, and said anxiously: "My hairpin is missing, it was bought for me by Shouzhi, and it is the only thing left after being searched by that villain Shi Ming."

Shouzhi is written by Qian Qianyi.

However, Liu Rushi's anxiety did not affect Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan, they just stared blankly at Liu Rushi.

After a while, Dong Xiaowan quietly comforted her: "Sister, don't worry, maybe it fell into a gap, just look for it."

For this, Liu Rushi was not angry, but continued to rummage through every corner of the car regardless of her image.

She knew that she had retained her last dignity, and she hadn't been robbed of her whole body, not even her little clothes. A hairpin was really nothing in their eyes.

And it might mean the jealousy of not being able to sympathize with each other.

It's just a pity that after searching every corner of the car, Liu Rushi still found nothing, so she could only sigh helplessly.

And at this time, she didn't have the energy to worry about it anymore.

They were being pulled into a secluded yard, and then they were driven out of the car and into a room.

Then no one cares.

This made them even more confused, and at the same time more anxious.

After an unknown amount of time, the door to the courtyard was finally opened, and the chubby Xu Keran suddenly appeared again.

However, this time, he was accompanying a young horse-faced general in full armor, and that horse-faced general was very rude and directly broke into the room where they were under the guidance.

Some of the frightened three girls flinched unnaturally to the corner of the room.

But the horse-faced general didn't show any apology because of this, nor did he become more humble and polite because of it, he just pulled his long, bumpy face without any scruples and looked up and down at them who were embarrassed.

Fear, deep fear!

This is how Liu Rushi felt, and then she began to feel grief and indignation.

She felt as if they had been sold, and now they were being scrutinized like goods.

When Xu Keran, who was slightly embarrassed, finally realized the problem and hurriedly introduced that he was General Zhao Jin and General Zhao, he couldn't dispel Liu Rushi's panic.

On the contrary, it made her shudder even more!

Almost instantly, Liu Rushi thought of Shi Ming, Li Shengcai, and the dumbfounded witness of two sisters being humiliated beside her.

That night, she was greatly stimulated.

Ohh Ohh ohh…

Finally, Dong Xiaowan was the first to burst into tears in fright.

"I can't keep them here, let's send them to Jiangling County tomorrow! Let Li Ping deal with them. He is going to Sichuan soon, and the emperor is far away. He can be dealt with in any way. Even if something goes wrong, no one can do anything to him. Zhao Jin frowned and finally spoke.

Jiangling County is the capital city of Jingzhou Prefecture. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, about [-] miles upstream of Shishou County.Shishou County is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about [-] to [-] miles away from Yuezhou Prefecture.

After Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui returned to Sichuan, Li Ping quickly captured Jingzhou Mansion, where the peasant army had few soldiers left, but only sent a light soldier to continue to follow closely behind Zhang Xianzhong's army to oppress.

And his main force stopped at Jingzhou Mansion to make final material preparations before entering Sichuan.

When entering Sichuan, he did not bring enough things, and Li Ping was very uncertain.

At the same time, Zhao Jin also took advantage of the momentum to attack northward from Changde Mansion, first took Lizhou, and then took the entire peasant army-controlled area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and finally stationed the main force on the Yangtze River, which is convenient for trade, but kept a certain distance from Li Ping Shishou County.

There is Gong'an County between Shishou County and Jiangling County, and Gong'an County is also located on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei chose Shishou County to marry Sun Quan's sister, which shows that this place is quite unique in terms of geography and military defense.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu's direct line troops also occupied Yuezhou Prefecture one after another, and marched further south to Changsha and Hengzhou, and at the same time, one of them approached Shishou County.

"Is this appropriate? President Li is about to march thousands of miles, and it may be inconvenient to take them with him!" Xu Keran asked with a bitter face after being stunned for a moment.

Zhao Jin glared at Xu Keran fiercely, and then said unquestionably: "There is nothing inappropriate. Is it convenient for you to let me here? Are you trying to kill me!"

After speaking, Zhao Jin turned his head and left.

"Don't dare, dare not." Xu Keran was frightened and said as he hurriedly chased him out. It seemed that he might not have the energy to deal with the three girls for the time being.

And at this moment, on the big ship that Liu Rushi was on, a crew member who had just finished unloading the cargo took advantage of the fact that the few other crew members on the ship were looking for corners to rest. The innermost cabin.

That night, he witnessed the boat go to rescue people, and also witnessed three people boarded.

It's just a pity that he never knew who these three people were, and he could only infer that they were all women based on their generally petite figures.

Xu Keran has been keeping the identities of these three people strictly confidential, and issued a death order to prohibit anyone from discussing or speaking about this matter.

It even emphasized that once anyone violates the law, they will be beaten to death.

Although I have traveled the rivers and lakes with the boat for a long time, I have seen a lot of things that cannot be seen, and I have long known many secrets that it is best not to know if I want to live a long life.

But this time, the crew member who was able to work on Xu Keran's ship and was actually regarded as a half-confidant still couldn't help being curious.

Mainly because this event was too weird.

Not to mention the weirdness of the sinking of the ship, the process of saving people is also full of weirdness, and it is obvious that they are still guarding against other people.

They are a fleet!

And he had a trance that day that he seemed to know one of the three people on board.

But because of the heavy wind and heavy rain, he was far away, so he couldn't see it clearly.

For the sake of three women, women he knew, and even sunk his ship and cargo, this made the crew member even more curious.

Because of his intentions, the crew member took advantage of the opportunity to take a close-up look at the three women when they disembarked, and then directly shocked him.

He recognized Li Xiangjun immediately, and then Liu Rushi!

This crew member usually likes to listen to a song and gamble money. Although he is not qualified to go to a famous courtesan in Nanjing, Li Xiangjun's reputation still makes him try his best to go to that kind of open multi-person place to listen to it from a distance several times. Li Xiangjun's voice of nature.

At the same time, he and some like-minded people have watched and watched Li Xiangjun who has been out and about many times.

If it is placed in future generations, he can be regarded as a proper star chaser.

For Li Xiangjun, this crew member is really familiar, even if she changed her appearance.

As for Liu Rushi, who is more famous, although he doesn't see it much, he has also watched it specially, and Liu Rushi, who likes to stroll, always dresses up in men's clothing, which is often easy to leave a deep impression on people.And today Liu Rushi happened to be wearing men's clothing, so that he recognized it immediately.

The crew member was completely shocked by this. He really didn't expect Shi Gueran and his shopkeeper to be so bold.

Of course it's even more confusing.

In order to make sure that he was not dazzled, and to find more evidence, he decided to sneak into the cabin to take another look, and then picked up the hairpin that Liu Rushi dropped because he was packing up in a panic to get off the boat.

Depressed because he lost a lot of money during this period, he immediately happily held this hairpin, which he knew was worth a lot from a glance, tightly in his hand, and then quickly and quietly returned to the deck.

"In Nanjing, the people who are looking for the third daughter must be crazy. With this news and someone's hairpin token, they can definitely sell for a big price. Not only can they pay off all the gambling debts immediately, but they can also live a prosperous life... The crew member thought to himself excitedly, with an unconcealable smile on his entire face.

But after a while, wait for the mind to calm down and think carefully.

He quickly denied his somewhat unrealistic thoughts.

Report on his shopkeeper?

Leaving aside the secrets of telling his own shopkeeper, he will be spurned by countless people in the future and he will never be fooled again.

Even if he could get a bounty for his whistleblowing, he still had to have his life.

What's more, Shishou County is thousands of miles away from Nanjing. The shopkeeper, Xu Siqing and General Zhao behind him, including Shi Gueran, a large group of big figures who are not easy to mess with, have enough time to destroy witnesses, and then Use a thousand ways to get rid of suspicion.

His hairpin and one-sided statement not only prove nothing, but may even turn him into an act of slandering him for greed.

He has heard a lot about the rich and powerful turning black and white!
In the end, it is more likely that not only will he lose his life, but he will also not be able to get the reward, and then all those big shots will continue to live well.

As a small person, if you want to live a few more days, it is best to think long-term about reporting on a big person.

However, holding this valuable hairpin also gave the crewman the idea that he could join his cousin's business with this hairpin and the generous rewards after running the boat.

Everyone was taking risks, and it was time for him to take some bigger risks.

He saw that the shopkeeper's business has been booming in the past two years, the key is to bet. Now that the business is so big, he is still playing such a lifeless thing.

Then he has nothing to hesitate.

Unless he intends to be just a low-level little guy forever.

His cousin, who is equally gambler and unwilling to be lonely, is deciding to play big. He is currently recruiting partners to plan and organize a batch of goods to Zhangjiakou, and then sell the goods to the Jurchen tartars who go there to buy.

It is said that since the imperial court completely cut off the trade with the Jurchen Tartars and Dongjiang Town collapsed, the Jurchen Tartars have been buying things in Zhangjiakou in the name of the Mongols, and the prices have been extremely high.

The gold and silver treasures that the Jurchen Tartars robbed in Ming Dynasty made them more and more wealthy, and they also liked luxury goods and new gadgets more and more.

And Nanjing has just released a lot of new things now, and those Jurchen Tartars will definitely be very interested.

Although the journey is long and has to pass through the area controlled by thieves, and the Shanxi businessmen who monopolize Zhangjiakou's trade must be extremely careful, the profits are also extremely high.

I heard that in Suzhou and Hangzhou in the early years, all those who successfully entered into trade with the Jurchen Tartars made money, and there are still many people who continue to eat this bowl of rice and make a fortune.

There is never a shortage of examples, the key is to see who is bold.

Even if their capital is small and the amount of goods they can organize is small, as long as they choose the right things and choose the right things, they can still make a fortune just once.

His cousin has been planning this deal for a long time.

Before he set out on this boat, a Shanxi businessman in the capital that his cousin climbed earlier had also sent a letter, promising to help them safely pass through the bandit territory and reach Zhangjiakou as long as they shared half of the profits.

People from Shanxi keep their promises, and this business will definitely be done.

And Shanxi people also have this ability.

At this time, the well-known "Beijing Normal University Jia Shujin people" is by no means a false statement.

Tomorrow he will go back with a few boats, he must make good use of this opportunity and join his cousin's caravan as soon as possible.

As for whether or not to sell the third daughter, we can wait until later depending on the situation.

Early the next morning, Xu Keran, who finally reappeared and got into the carriage to go back to the boat with the three girls, kept apologizing.

He explained that he and Shi Ming were really not in the same group, and he had no prior knowledge of Shi Ming's kidnapping of them, and he just couldn't bear to rescue them.

But at the same time, he couldn't let them go, he couldn't and didn't dare to harm Shi Ming.

Bringing them here is just an act of desperation.

Xu Keran emphasized that both Li Ping and Zhao Jin are upright people and would never do those shameful things, otherwise he would not be able to send them back and forth.

However, his explanation did not ease the cold expression of the three girls.

And when it happened to be here, they passed by the city gate again, and the stench made everyone sick again, and the three women looked at Xu Keran with even more contempt and distrust.

It's a pity that Xu Keran, who is used to seeing the horrors of war, didn't realize this problem.

He just thought that his behavior of not releasing them made him too weak to say anything, and it was unlikely to gain trust.

So after a long sigh, he no longer defended himself.

Notes:

Regarding the situation of trade between Suzhou and Hangzhou merchants and the Qing Dynasty, "Qing Shilu" clearly stated that in the third year of the Mandate of Heaven (1618), there were 16 traders in Fushun from Shandong, Shanxi, Hedong, Hexi, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Nurhachi "all thick Pay fees, write the seven hateful words, pay them and send them back.”

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