At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 342 Give You A Gift

Wagang Village.

Zhai Rang was rummaging through boxes and chests looking for money, and Zhai Hong stood aside and said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Rang, you really plan to spend 5000 taels of silver to redeem Xu Shiji, right?"

Zhai Rang said earnestly and deeply: "Brother, Shiji is my sworn brother, how can he refuse to save him? What's more, I am the head of the family. If I abandon it, how will the brothers think of me as the head of the house?"

Di Hong's complexion sank, he patted his chest and said angrily, "Xu Shiji is just your sworn brother, but I'm your big brother, big brother!

Do you know what Xu Shiji did when I was hijacked by the dog officer surnamed Gao?This bastard actually asked the archers to point their bows at me, and didn't take my life or death into account at all. After Shan Xiongxin was caught by the dog officer, he immediately compromised and ordered his subordinates to put down the bows and arrows.

Second brother, you have a good heart, you treat them as sworn brothers, and you trust them wholeheartedly, but look at how they treat your own brother?People don't take you, sworn brother, big head of the family seriously at all, you are the only one who is stupid, and you still spend 5000 taels of silver to save this white-eyed wolf, anyway, I absolutely disagree. "

Zhai Rang frowned and said: "Brother, you misunderstood, Shiji is definitely not that kind of person, Xiongxin has already told me about the situation at that time, the reason why Shiji ordered the archers to aim at you is just to intimidate the dog official to let him go, that's all, Shiji If Ji had ignored your life and death, he would have ordered the arrows to be released long ago."

Di Hong said with a dark face: "Then why did Xu Shiji compromise as soon as the dog officer threatened Shan Xiongxin? Isn't it because he and Shan Xiongxin are in the same group!"

"That's because if Shiji doesn't compromise, the dog official will really kill Xiongxin, and the dog officer will already have two hostages in his hands, so he doesn't care if he kills one!" Zhai Rang patiently explained, obviously knowing that in the future My elder brother's IQ must not be able to understand this level.

Di Hong obviously couldn't listen, and said with a sneer, "You believe everything Shan Xiongxin says, but you don't believe anything my brother says, so don't think about it. Why do those archers only listen to Xu Shiji and not me? Go down, can you, a big leader, still point out the people below?"

Zhai Rang fell silent when he heard the words, and Zhai Hong immediately added fuel and jealousy: "Since Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin came, the strength of our cottage has indeed grown a lot, but the people below have also started to praise Shan for his bravery and Xu Junshi for his resourcefulness, praising But there are fewer and fewer people who are the masters. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji belonged to the same group, and they have a huge family fortune. If they are so powerful, why should they join Wagang Village? It's not because they fancy our territory and plot to occupy the magpie's nest!"

Although Zhai Hong is greedy and stupid, his eloquence is not bad. He even made him come up with a conspiracy theory. Xiao Zhai Rang felt a little uncomfortable at this moment because he had a big heart. He frowned and said, "Brother, who taught these words?" you said?"

Di Hong snorted coldly and said, "Sima Zhaozhi's heart is known to everyone, so why do you still need someone to teach him?"

Zhai Rang said in a deep voice: "Brother, you can just say these words in front of me, but don't gossip outside, the cottage is the foundation of our life, don't ruin it because of your big mouth!"

Although Di Hong was stupid, he also knew the weight of Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji in the cottage, so he snorted and stopped talking.Zhai Rang continued to rummage through the boxes, but found that the money was far from enough, so he asked, "Brother, how much money do you have left? I will lend it to my younger brother first, and then I will pay you back later."

The current Wagang Village has not yet broken away from the nature of bandits and bandits. On weekdays, there are big bowls of drinking and large scales to share the money. There is no unified financial management mechanism for the eating and drinking of the subordinates, so now they suddenly have to take out 5000 taels of silver to redeem people, but Zhai Rang couldn't get it out for a while, so he had to mobilize everyone in charge to pool the money.

Di Hong didn't want to save Xu Shiji at first, so naturally he didn't agree to borrow money, and said bluntly: "I don't have enough money myself, where can I get the money? Before Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji joined the cottage, they were both wealthy people. You can find Shan Xiongxin Let's go with Xu Gai (Xu Shiji's father)."

Zhai Rang obviously also knew that it was impossible to borrow money from Zhai Hong, so he planned to call a meeting of all the leaders to collect money. As soon as he walked out of the room, he saw a familiar figure striding away, disappearing in the shadow of the torch light.

"Hey, who passed by just now?" Zhai Rang asked a minion guarding the door.

Xiao Luo replied: "It's Master Shan who came here, stood there for a while and then left!"

Zhai Rang's complexion changed slightly when he heard the words, he slapped his forehead and said: "Brother, it's all your fault, Xiongxin must have heard what you said!" After speaking, he hurriedly chased after him.

But Di Hong was secretly happy, and it was better to hear that it was better for Shan Xiong to leave the village with confidence, and Wagang will be the world of the Zhai family in the future.

In addition, Zhai Rang chased all the way to the gate of the cottage, only to see the back of Shan Xiongxin riding away on his horse, and couldn't help shouting anxiously: "Wait a minute, Xiongxin!"

The rapid sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, and finally became inaudible. Zhai Rang couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji were his left arms. If they both left the cottage, the blow to Wagang would undoubtedly be huge.

"Master Shan, Lord Shan said he was going to save Junshi Xu, do you want to send someone to help?" the guard at the gate of the village asked weakly.

Zhai Rang came back to his senses, and immediately said: "Nonsense, prepare your horse quickly."

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Today is the thirteenth, the moonlight covers the ground, and the sound of the Yellow River flowing can be heard in the distance.Xu Shiji couldn't sleep. Although he was very sure that Zhai Rang would bring money to redeem him, he still couldn't sleep. After all, it was about his future and destiny!

Xu Shiji's family was very rich, and he didn't have to worry about food or clothing. When he had nothing to do, he traveled around to increase his knowledge and make friends. Feeling that Da Sui's vitality is exhausted, a man born in this world should take the opportunity to build a career.However, if he loses the bet this time, he will have to change careers to follow the "dog official" Gao Bufan, which is undoubtedly contrary to his original intention.

Xu Shiji looked up at the bright moon in the sky, then looked down at the opposite Gao Bufan who closed his eyes and rested his mind, he was wondering whether to take the opportunity to jump on the horseback and run away, but the latter suddenly opened his eyes and said: "You won, let's go! "

Xu Shiji said in astonishment, "Did you win?"

"Because the person who picked you up is here!" Gao Bufan said while standing up,
Xu Shiji listened intently, the surrounding fields were silent, but he could only hear the sound of the Yellow River flowing in the distance.

Gao Bufan got on his horse at this time, and said with a smile: "Although we lost the bet, meeting is fate. I plan to give Master Xu a generous gift. There will be a group of horses passing by here in two or three days, no less than Five hundred horses, but the opponent is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if Junshi Xu has the courage, he can eat it as much as he wants, if he has no courage, just pretend I didn't say anything!"

After Gao Bufan finished speaking, he clamped his horse's belly and left in the dust. The moon hung high above his head, and the surrounding fields were empty. Xu Shiji stood alone by the fire with a look of astonishment, as if he had a ridiculous dream.

Just as Xu Shiji was pondering the intention of Gao Bufan's words, the sound of horse's hooves was faintly heard in the distance, leaning slightly, the sound of hooves gradually approaching, obviously running towards this side.

At this time, Xu Shiji couldn't help but secretly lamented that Gao Bufan's hearing was so strong that he heard the sound of horseshoes so much earlier than himself!
"Shiji!" A familiar voice came from afar, Xu Shiji was overjoyed, and replied loudly: "Brother Shan, brother is here!"

The person who came was Shan Xiongxin, and he galloped to the vicinity of the bonfire. Seeing that Xu Shiji was intact, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and at the same time a little curious, he asked, "Shiji, where is the dog official?"

"Let's go!" Xu Shiji replied.

Shan Xiongxin said with a strange expression, "Going away?"

Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Supervisor Gao Mu made a bet with me. If the head of the Zhai family redeems me with money, he will let me go without taking any money. If the head of the house doesn't come, Shiji will have to work with him from now on."

Shan Xiongxin suddenly said: "So that's it. It seems that this dog official is not looking for money, but for the talents of the world. Hey, this guy has some vision."

Xu Shiji said ashamedly: "In terms of intelligence, Shiji is probably not as good as Gao Mujian. By the way, what about Zhai?"

Shan Xiongxin's expression was a little unnatural. He left the cottage in anger because he overheard the conversation between Zhai Rang and Zhai Hong. Although he was rich, he was bold and generous. He sold his property and joined Wagang. , 5000 taels of silver is not a small amount, how can it be obtained overnight?So he planned to rush to save people alone, even if he fought to his death, it would be regarded as saving the friendship between brothers.

How clever Xu Shiji was, he guessed a little at the first sight, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he said in a deep voice, "So, I actually lost?"

Shan Xiongxin quickly said: "Shiji misunderstood, in fact, the head of the family is collecting money here, but that fellow Zhai Hong is hateful, not only tried his best to obstruct it, but also said a lot of ugly words to slander us."

Xu Shiji didn't ask what Zhai Hong said, because he could have guessed it. He sighed and said, "Brother Shan, I doubt whether it was right to join Wagang in the first place."

Shan Xiongxin frowned: "Shiji, Master Zhai has treated us very well. Everyone is benevolent, broad-minded and tolerant. Joining Wagang was the best choice back then."

Xu Shiji nodded. It was precisely because of this that he and Shan Xiongxin decided to join Wagang.

At this moment, there was another sound of horseshoes in the distance, and Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin hurriedly looked up.

"Xiongxin, Shiji, is it you? I brought the silver!" Zhai Rang's voice came from afar.

Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin looked at each other happily, and secretly rejoiced that they had not misjudged the person.

(End of this chapter)