At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 745

Auntie stepped forward and kicked the two villagers who were controlling the girl to the ground, then helped the girl up and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, sister is here to help you."

"Snatching civilian girls in broad daylight, do you Han people still have the law?" Auntie sternly yelled at the pursuers while protecting the girl behind her.

The girl opened her mouth, hesitating to speak, her expression was grateful but worried, while the two villagers who were kicked over had already got up, and one of them scolded dissatisfiedly: "Where are there so many Miao barbarians?" Mind your own business?"

Another man also yelled and cursed: "Miao Manzi, don't take the mouse like a dog, let Sandi go. This is an internal matter of our village and has nothing to do with outsiders."

"Don't talk nonsense with her, get Sandi back first, and don't let her run away, otherwise our whole village will be in disaster." All the villagers rushed forward while shouting, trying to take the girl back.

Naturally, Ah Qing would not stand by and watch his sister being bullied, and immediately rushed forward with his Miao soldiers baring their teeth and claws.The old farmer who had the chicken stolen earlier was anxious when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't fight, it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding, my son, tell your people to stop. They are all people in this village, not bad people."

"Xiaoqing, don't be impulsive, first ask what's going on." Gao Bufan hurriedly stopped.

Hearing this, Ah Qing hurriedly restrained the Miao soldiers under him, but he was still a little slow. Several villagers had already been knocked down by the Miao soldiers, while the rest retreated away in fright.

"Don't fight everyone, it's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." The old farmer ran over panting, and several villagers who were knocked down on the ground got up in embarrassment and looked at Gao Bufan and others in a panic.

Gao Bufan frowned and asked, "Old man, what's going on?"

The old farmer sighed and said: "Young Master, I don't know something. The thing is like this. There is a dragon and tiger cliff forty miles away from us. There is a group of bandits on the cliff. The two bandits at the head are a pair of brothers. The elder brother His bandit name is Hunjianglong, and his younger brother’s bandit name is Guoshanhu. A few days ago, Guoshanhu took a fancy to Sandi, the daughter of Deng Er in our village. He said he would come to pick her up tomorrow, and asked the whole village to prepare the dowry , if we don’t get someone tomorrow, or maybe we don’t have a dowry that can satisfy him, our whole village will be wiped out, and we have no other choice.”

Everyone couldn't help but change color when they heard the words, Gao Dahe said angrily: "This gang of bandits is too arrogant, they rob others' daughters by force, and ask them to prepare a dowry. This is clearly robbing sex and wealth, bah!"

Gao Bufan glanced at the girl who was timidly hiding next to Auntie. The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, her body had not yet grown up, her skin was slightly dark, but she was pretty handsome, trembling slightly because of fear.

"Your name is Sandi?" Gao Bufan asked pleasantly.

The girl nodded, and suddenly fell to her knees on the ground, begging, "I don't want to marry a bandit, my lord, save me."

This Sandi obviously had a bit of eyesight, and she saw that Gao Bufan was the leader of the crowd, so she knelt down decisively and begged him for help.

When the villagers saw it, they became anxious, and a village woman said dissatisfiedly: "Sandi, if you don't marry Guo Shanhu, Kuo Shanhu will kill our whole village. You can't be so selfish."

"That's right, if you marry a mountain tiger who eats delicious food and spicy food, you won't lose a piece of meat. If you sneak away Sandi, the whole village, young and old, will die. You can't just take care of yourself."

"That's right, it's too selfish, not to mention your mother is also in the village, you don't care about our life or death, you have to take care of my mother's life and death, you are too unfilial and selfish."

Listening to these village women chattering and being generous to others, Gao Bufan couldn't help but want to scold him for being shameless, and Auntie turned red with anger, pointing at the village women and shouting sharply: "Fart, since you are so considerate of everyone! Thinking about it, if you are so selfless, why don't you marry a bandit yourself?"

"It's not me that Guo Shanhu is looking at."

"That's right, if Kuo Shanhu takes a fancy to me, for everyone's sake, I will definitely not run away."

"I'm not running either, I'm not that selfish."

Gao Bufan glanced at the three village women, and found that they were not too young, and they all looked very safe. No wonder they spoke uprightly, and they were indeed sent to their door, and even bandits would not want them.

Ah Mi sneered and said, "Don't you run away? That girl will kill you, let's see if you run away." After speaking, she raised her sharp hatchet and strode forward.

The three village women backed away in fright, and Auntie sneered, "Don't you run away? If things happen to you, you will know how to hide?"

The three village women couldn't help but blushed and murmured: "The barbarians are uncivilized, and they are really unreasonable. We don't know you differently."

At this time, several villagers came running from a distance, and one of the village women yelled at the sight: "Sandi's old lady is here, let's see how you, a barbarian, are still meddling in your own business."

A concubine sneered and said, "I don't care if your heavenly king Lao Tzu is here, as long as Sandi doesn't want to, this girl will take care of it."

A glint of appreciation flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, this woman was rather chivalrous to help when she saw injustice, she turned her head and asked the old farmer next to her, "Old man, do the magistrates not care about this kind of thing?"

The old farmer sighed and said: "It's not that I don't care, it's that I can't control it at all. There are more than 500 people in this group of cottages on Longhuya, and the location is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The officers and soldiers can't do anything to them. The year before last in Berkshire The prefect personally led the troops to suppress them, not only failed to break through Longhuya, but also lost more than 200 people. It is said that the corpses were as high as a hill when piled up, and they were transported back for burial after being loaded with more than a dozen boats. After that, The prefect just let it go, otherwise this group of bandits would not be as arrogant as they are today."

Gao Bufan's heart moved, and he was about to ask about the location of Longhuya. Sandi's parents, Deng Er and his wife, had already come to him. They were thin and frail, trembling, and only dared to move forward under the urging and shoving of other villagers. Come on, at first glance, it looks like a farmer who has spent his entire life planing food on the ground.

Deng Er seemed to be more fearful than his mother-in-law, the couple encouraged each other for a while, and finally the mother-in-law said: "Sandi, go home with mother."

Sandi kept shaking her head, expressing her unwillingness to go back.In front of his own daughter, Deng Er had the courage to come up, and scolded: "Damn girl, you dare to be disobedient if you turn against you." After speaking, he rolled up his worn-out sleeves, and wanted to go forward to grab someone.

Ah Qing stopped with the hatchet, and said fiercely, "You're looking for death!"

Deng Er was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and said in a stuttering manner, "Miao Manzi, what does it matter to you if I discipline my daughter?"

Ah Qing's eyes widened: "I'll take care of it if I like it, and take care of your shit!"

Facing the unreasonable Ah Qing, Deng Er had no choice but to look at his mother-in-law for help. Seeing that his man was so useless, the mother-in-law could only sulk, but this village woman was still a little cunning. Sitting down on the ground, beating her chest and crying loudly: "Life is hard, I, Zhou Dahua, have a really hard life, marrying a useless husband, and having a daughter is also heartless, I don't care about the life and death of my mother and brothers... I still It's a one-shot kill."

Sandi looked at her bewildered father and mother who was beating her breast and crying loudly, she became visibly disturbed, her eye circles became more and more red, and she finally walked over and said, "Mother, don't cry, don't scold, I'll go back with you." .”

Deng Er's mother-in-law stopped crying immediately, stood up and patted her buttocks, grabbed Sandi's hand and squeezed it tightly, cursing: "Damn girl, you still have a little conscience, go home quickly." Walk.

Ah Mi wanted to stop her, but was stopped by Gao Bufan.Seeing that the villagers were about to leave, Ah Qing and Meng Zi couldn't help but said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, should we just ignore this matter?"

Auntie also looked at Gao Bufan suspiciously, thinking that when everyone fell into the water when there was an earthquake under Baidi City, Gao Bufan did not hesitate to go back and forth many times to save everyone, and finally risked his life to save his elder brother, now It shouldn't be so indifferent.

Gao Bufan didn't answer Ah Qing and Meng Zi, but waited for the villagers to leave his sight, then smiled and said, "Of course we have to take care of it."

Ah Mi was relieved when she heard the words. The reason why she was willing to lead the Miao soldiers to escort Gao Bufan was not entirely out of gratitude, but because of Gao Bufan's temperament, which made her feel that she could be loyal.

Meng Zi asked in confusion: "Then why did King Qi allow them to take Sandi away?"

Gao Bufan asked back: "Deng Er and his wife are Sandi's parents, and Sandi voluntarily went with them, what reason does the king not allow?"

Mengzi scratched his head and was speechless, Gao Bufan said seriously: "Mengzhu, Ah Qing, although you are Miao people, you must understand that loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and faith are the universal values ​​of our Han people. , loyalty and filial piety are especially at the top.”

Ah Mi was a little unconvinced and said: "We Miao people also know how to be filial to our parents and obey our leaders."

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "That's better, so I have no reason to stop you just now."

A Qing frowned and said, "Then we can't handle this matter? Those villagers, Deng Er and his wife, and Sandi herself are all willing to marry bandits."

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "It can be managed, of course it can be managed, if we wipe out those bandits, it will be over."

Ah Qing was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and said, "That's right, why didn't I think of this level."

A concubine frowned and said, "King Qi has made it clear. The group of bandits on Longhu Cliff has more than 500 people, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even the officers and soldiers have suffered heavy losses, losing more than 200 people." People, with our little manpower, how can we destroy them?"

As soon as this remark came out, Ah Qing was dumbfounded, and Meng Zi obviously hesitated, it seemed that this battle was really impossible to win, it couldn't be won!

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Ah, you can speak Chinese very well, but have you ever heard the saying that soldiers are more expensive than elites?"

Auntie chinned and said: "Of course I have heard of it, but... our people are not elite soldiers."

Gao Bufan laughed and said: "This is just a literal meaning. Another way of saying it is that fewer people may not be better than many people. The key is to see how you fight!"

A concubine's eyes flashed, revealing the color of thinking, Gao Dahe said proudly: "His Royal Highness Qi Wang has always used soldiers like a god. He has fought on the battlefield for many years without a single defeat. Among them, there are many cases where he won more battles with less."

Meng Zi and A Qing looked at each other, doubtful, A concubine cupped her hands and said, "What is the king of Qi's plan?"

Gao Bufan said with a mysterious smile: "Naturally, it's a plan!"

(End of this chapter)