Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 98 0093 [The murderous fool]

night.

Deng Chun's family went out quietly, and within a few steps, someone knelt down in front of them, but it was the security chief of his Baojia.

"Brother Deng, my brother Deng, you can't leave," the security chief said in tears, "If you escape, I will be imprisoned too!"

Deng Chun hesitated for a few seconds, and comforted him: "It's just a few sticks, it doesn't matter."

The Baochang said: "How many sticks, or a hundred sticks, it's up to those gentlemen to decide. I'm afraid that if you leave, I will also be sent to the wheel."

Deng Chun thought for a while and asked, "Why don't we go together?"

"My family has more than [-] mu of land, how can I just leave?" The chief Bao was so anxious that he was about to cry.

The Baojia continuous sitting system in the Song Dynasty can be light or heavy, with great flexibility.

For example, if a neighbor catches fire, is stolen, or is killed, if he fails to help, he will commit the crime of "doing nothing when he sees danger", which is also a type of continuous sitting.According to the law, one hundred battles should be fought. Those who are weak and cannot be saved but report to the officials quickly will not be punished, and those who are capable of saving but only report to the officials will be less guilty.

The law is so strict, but the punishment is very difficult, and it is impossible to determine whether there is the ability to rescue.

Generally speaking, just play a few boards casually.

There is a famous case in the Southern Song Dynasty, a family of a gentry often bullied the neighbors.One day, he was murdered and set on fire by his enemies.A neighbor planned to put out the fire, but another neighbor said: "The people in his family are not dead. If they rush in to put out the fire, they will accuse us of stealing property. If they don't put out the fire, they will be fined." So a group of neighbors sat and watched their mansion burn down. Light, anyway, there is a wall around the compound of the deep house, so we are not afraid that the fire will spread to other places.

Deng Chun said to the chief security officer, "I'm so strong, I can't stop you, and I can't stop a few more."

The second younger brother Deng Xia held the stick: "I am also very strong, don't ask for a beating."

The Baochang knelt down and kowtowed: "I know I can't stop it, and I didn't bring anyone. I beg you two, just stay."

Deng Chun said: "The wheel is sent to urge the food. If the urgency is not complete, I will be exiled to the army. I have a wife and children. If something happens to me, will you take care of my family?"

The chief security officer wept softly, thought about it, and sat down on the ground: "Tie me up and gag me."

"excuse me."

Deng Chun went back to the house to get the rope, tied the security chief tightly, then put a rag in his mouth and put it on the side of the road.

The head of the security guard has the duty of patrolling the night to arrest robbers, and the people inside the security guard break the law, and if they know it, they will sit together without telling them.

But if he was tied up and reported to the police tomorrow, the crime could be reduced.Basically just put on a show, hit a few sticks casually, the punishment is too severe to justify, otherwise which security chief is willing to do things in the future?

Baochang is also an ordinary person, not a powerful family.

After dealing with the security chief, Deng Xia asked: "Brother, will Zhu Dutou really take us in?"

Deng Chun said: "Everyone is very righteous. If we go to him, we will be able to protect us from being bullied by the government."

This family has good genes, and Deng Xia was born tall, but he is also very timid, and was warned by his parents not to fight with others.

The mother of the two brothers kept wiping away tears, sobbing in a low voice: "Da Lang has received a lot of rewards, and his life finally has hope, why did he become like this?"

Deng Chun bowed his head and said nothing, feeling quite self-blame in his heart.

He belongs to the people of Neixiu. Because he often engraved steles, he became interested in writing, and even occasionally asked the children in the village for advice.Ask those children who have read books, how to pronounce this word, what does that word mean, and they have already recognized nearly a hundred words intermittently.

Deng Chun said suddenly: "I heard from Yu Dayuan that Dutou is very knowledgeable, and a school official surnamed Lu praised Dutou. When we go to Heifengzhai, maybe your baby can learn a few articles along with him." .”

Although Deng Xia is not yet 20 years old, he already has a pair of children. He said dejectedly: "We have escaped, so what's the use of letting the baby study?"

"Knowing a few words is better than being blind." Deng Chun said.

Deng Xia is more pessimistic: "It's good to have a full stomach. My eldest brother shouldn't be an archer back then."

Deng Chun blamed himself more and more: "It was I who harmed the whole family."

"Forget it, it's useless to say these things, let's hurry up." Deng Xia was depressed.

The family did not dare to light torches, for fear of disturbing the neighbors in the village, and groped carefully in the dark. Fortunately, the children were asleep and did not cry.

……

To the east of the county seat, only seven or eight miles away from Shangbai Village, Shi Biao was also fleeing with his family.

However, it didn't go well.

When Zhang Fu, the deputy head of the capital, left, he ordered Bao Chang to watch the night.He also threatened that if Shi Biao ran away, he would be sent to Baochang.

The Baochang couldn't stand the scare, so he took a few strong men who protected the people and took turns guarding the gate of Shi's house at night.

Deng Chun is pretending to be dull and unwilling to argue with others, but he is actually very smart.

But Shi Biao is really dull.

Not only stupid, but also a single-minded, barely passing IQ kind.

He has only one thought now: he must escape, or the whole family will be ruined.

All the kitchen knives at home were confiscated. Shi Biao picked up a bamboo pole and quietly polished it on the stone, carefully grinding it from evening to dark.

His father and elder brother have both died of illness, and only his mother and younger sister are left in the family.

Originally received the reward and wanted to ask for a wife.

The matchmaker hadn't found a suitable one yet, so the officials came to her and asked for trouble.

Going out with a bamboo pole, protecting his mother and younger sister, Shi Biao said to the security chief and Baoding outside the door: "Let me go."

The chief security officer wept bitterly: "Zhang Dutou let you go, if I let you go, I will go to the wheelman. Brother Shi, I can't help it, I really can't let you go."

"Follow me." Shi Biao said to his mother and younger sister.

The old and the young, all fearful, followed behind Shi Biao tremblingly.

The family of three went out, and the security chief immediately surrounded them with people.

Shi Biao, a fool, has a very clumsy mouth and doesn't know how to speak.Then just don't say anything, pick up the bamboo pole and stab out, going straight to Baochang's vital point.

He was stupid, and when he was practicing mandarin duck formations, he had to suffer several boards a day.

Originally, he had a strong physique and was most suitable to be a sword and shield player (the core unit of the mandarin duck formation).But he was so stupid that he left Zhu Ming speechless, so he could only throw him behind and become a spearman.

Shi Biao also knew that he was stupid, so he kept silent every time he was beaten, and then reluctantly returned to the team to continue training.

He didn't have any spear skills at all, so he hid behind the sword and shield hand and the wolf soldier, and when he encountered a target, he poked out with his gun.

Poking can't be accurate, and opportunities are always missed.

After returning home with the bounty, Shi Biao still kept training, holding a bamboo pole every day, poking at a tree, and poking dozens of times before going to work.

He acted like this, but his mind was very simple... It could even be said to be stupid.

He even hoped that the government would still suppress the bandits, so he would continue to be an archer next time.This time he received more than 20 guan rewards, as long as he practiced marksmanship well, he will definitely get [-] guan next time.

He didn't even think about it, how could there be so many bandits for him to suppress?
Even if the bandits are suppressed, if they don't meet a leader like Zhu Ming, who will give him enough rewards?

At this moment, a shot stabbed out, fast and ruthless!

"What are you going to do? Let it go..." Before Bao Chang finished speaking, he fell down clutching his neck, blood gushed out between his fingers, and his body was still twitching on the ground.

But the sharpened bamboo pole pierced directly into his throat.

"Murder!"

The rest of Baoding were frightened and fled for their lives.

After the murder, Shi Biao had no fear and no guilt.

He had killed people in Xiaobaiyuan's family, and he had also killed people in Heifengzhai. He had already cultivated his courage, and he was not as timid and cowardly as before.

Although it was the village neighbor who was killed at this time, he killed it with confidence. Since the Baochang didn't let him live, he didn't let the Baochang live.This kind of thinking can form a logical self-consistency in his mind.

His brain capacity is limited, he only thinks about how to survive, and he can't hold the law.

"Son, you, you, you...you killed someone!" The old mother was so frightened that her legs became weak.

Shi Biao, who was not good at words, actually said a long paragraph, which was his conclusion after several hours of thinking: "Don't be afraid, go vote for the head of the capital, he will protect me. The county does not provide enough rations, and everyone wears headbands." Let's go and get it. The thieves in Heifengzhai are very fierce, Dutou also led us to kill the thieves, and gave us a lot of rewards. As long as I am obedient, Dutou will not treat me badly. Dutou said that when I return home, I will be punished. For bullying, go to Heifengzhai to find him. Everyone keeps his word, so I will vote for him right now."

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

The Baodings fled for a while, and finally remembered that they could beat the gong.

Shi Biao carried his younger sister on his back, held his mother with his left hand, and held a bamboo pole in his right hand, and walked quickly amidst the sound of gongs.

The villagers in front of them heard the sound of the gong, and they put on their clothes and went out to check the situation.

Baoding shouted from behind: "The stone has killed someone, stop him quickly! The stone has killed someone..."

Killed?

Most of the villagers watching the excitement immediately hid in the house when they heard this.

There are a few courageous ones who want to step forward to stop them.

Shi Biao put down his younger sister, without saying a word, he straightened his bamboo pole and rushed over, scaring those guys back and running away.

……

After five days.

He Tiesi, Li Maotian, and Zhang Fu sat down to drink together again.

Li Maotian said: "Deng Chun and Shi Biao both fled with their families, and Shi Biao even killed the security chief."

He Tiesi was a little surprised: "Isn't this person honest and stupid? How dare he kill people!"

"I don't know," Li Maotian said, "During the drills in the school field, Shi Biao was a fool. He didn't dare to say anything when others laughed at him. Who would have expected that he would actually kill someone."

He Tiesi asked again: "There is another man named Sun... Sun Dashan, how is he?"

Sun Dashan was the shooter that He Tiesi randomly sketched.

Zhang Fu said: "Sun Dashan hanged himself, and the whole family voted for Sun Yuanwai as customers."

"Since you have voted for a big family, don't force his family any longer, and give that grandson a face." He Tiesi urged.

Next, the three discussed how to divide the spoils.

It's not just He Tieshi who wants to get money, but also several other Ties.In addition to the officials and archers who go out to work, there is not much for each of them, but there are still some leaders who get a few guns.

A few pennies are enough.

It will continue next summer, and we can have five at that time, so as to reduce the hatred in the hearts of the subordinates.

Making money is still second, the main thing is to vent anger, and at the same time, it can establish prestige.

If there is no prestige, what if someone attacks the county government in the future?

Anyway, if there are any errands, they will be picked from the archer roster.It doesn't matter whether it's urging food or escrowing food, it's formal and legal, and those archers must suffer.

Xiang Zhixian didn't know about this, and he didn't even know that the archers he recruited had been mixed with government officials.

Bai Erlang, as an escort, knew a little about this, but pretended not to know.

(End of this chapter)