After feeding the exiled criminals, she was forced to reveal herself

Chapter 206 How dare the government escort them!
After the exile, the Xie family always behaved in some strange ways along the way. Xiong Jiushan was now used to it. He stood in the distance and watched for a while. When he saw that there was nothing unusual, he went back to the simple tent to study the map.

In windy, snowy and cold weather, it is not advisable to stay on the road for a long time, lest the cold air invades the body and accumulates diseases.

However, the wind was blowing heavily and the snow was dense. Walking through the wind and snow was extremely tiring. How to walk the rest of the way was also a problem facing Xiong Jiushan.

After passing Laiwu Town and reaching the place where the Min family's caravan went to Beijing, there was no decent city in the middle. There were only a few passing villages, which were small and sparsely populated.

With hundreds of people passing by, it was difficult to remain inconspicuous, and the news about the group of prisoners he escorted had probably spread all the way. This was also something Xiong Jiushan had been considering.

There were more vehicles and supplies in the team, plus some of the prisoners' own belongings. Xiong Jiushan felt that if he were the bandit who dominated the mountain in Panlong Ridge, it would be difficult for him to just watch a piece of fat. He walked over unscathed before his eyes.

An old government officer who had experience escorting people along this route suggested: "No, sir, how about asking two people to go and worship the mountain? Although it is inappropriate, it is better than the danger. The errand is important and life is important."

As for your belongings, it's better to give up a little in exchange for most of your peace than to go head-to-head with a bunch of desperate desperadoes.

Xiong Jiushan remained silent. Someone next to him disagreed very much. He held the saber on his waist and pointed at the vast area outside the pass and said: "After leaving the pass, the safety of the northern border will be more difficult and dangerous, and supplies outside the barrier are difficult to find. Now these families have made up some money along the way, and will It will be enough, but we are going to feed the wild dogs here. What if we encounter robbers again? If this happens again and again, we will not be able to complete this escort mission. "

The old yamen servant sighed inwardly, feeling that saying this to the ignorant Daotouqing was like playing the piano to a cow. He pointed at the Yangchang Post Road in Panlong Ridge and said helplessly: "Here! The road is long and rugged, and the mountains on both sides are high. Pass here. , with a team of so many of us moving forward, if something happens, we will not be able to take care of it from the beginning to the end. If those bandits are worried about us being escorted by officials and dare not act recklessly, then that's all. If they are so bold, they will give birth to a child. Evil thoughts, just like us, may not be able to get out smoothly. "

"How dare they escort me under government escort!"

The old yamen officer couldn't take a breath, and the true words in his stomach were stuck in his throat and he could not speak out.

Xiong Jiushan raised his head and glared at the young subordinate, "Old official has been on duty for a long time and has a lot of experience. Just listen more. There are so many opinions."

"Yes, sir, I'm too talkative."

Xiong Jiushan turned to the old officer again and said: "The reckless man is ignorant. There is no need for the old officer to argue with him and calm down. How did we cross the ridge here in the past? If there is no good way, let's talk about other things. After all, we are wearing official clothes and it is not easy to fight with those thieves. Complicity.”

The adults have said so, so the old Yamen officer naturally can't care about it, not to mention that he has a bright mind, and those words are just Xiong Jiushan's men saying what he wants to ask for him.

What's more, the adults have discussed the Panlongling incident before. He guessed that Xiong Jiushan had already had an idea in his mind, but now he was thinking, either something happened in the middle, or he was not at ease when he came to the mountain gate.

He felt uneasy and said bluntly: "It was not so complicated to get to Qingzhou in the past. In the past few years, the gatekeepers at Hillside Gate were members of the Tu family. The state officials of Qingzhou Prefecture would ask General Tu for help when something happened. He didn't listen." It is said that thieves can become bigger in Panlongling. Now that General Tu has gone to the northern border to guard the border, he really has no experience. However, he heard a few words from his colleagues during the escort, but it was good to have fewer prisoners in the past. Escort, with such a number of people now, the villain has no idea, he just feels that one more thing is worse than one less thing. "

Xiong Jiushan could tell that the old yamen officer was indeed telling the truth.

Cheng Ye crossed his arms in front of his chest and whispered: "Since I have joined the green forest, I have long lost my respect for the government. If I give them benefits at this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to satisfy my desires. I really think that we are afraid of them, so why should I wait?" The soldiers came out from the barracks to escort the prisoners, so you can send them there."

The old yamen officer didn't refute. Anyway, he said what he needed to say. If these adults selected from the barracks didn't think it mattered, then he didn't want to be that disgusting villain.

The key lies in how Xiong Jiushan makes his choice. Everyone knew that this business trip was different from the previous one because there was a special group of prisoners in the team.

The Xie family is a hot potato.

Based on what they have experienced these days, no one can guarantee that their opinions will come true.

Outside, the prisoners had eaten, drank, and had hot water, and their tiredness had improved a lot. Although eating well and drinking enough is a luxury, with food in the stomach, a person's energy and energy can be restored a lot.

Pang Jiming gained a lot from working with Tieniu. He handed over things in exchange for double portions of food. The family of four finally had a full meal with hot water. Seeing the satisfied expressions on the faces of his wife and children, Pang Jiming Ji Ming also felt a little happy in this cold snowy day.

In order to thank Tieniu for his help, he specially broke off most of the extra pancake he received and gave it to Tieniu.

Tieniu raised the grain in his hand and said, "I have it."

Pang Jiming still stuffed it into his arms solemnly and said seriously: "You have helped our family. This is what you deserve. If you deserve it, you must accept it."

Tieniu felt that he was just pointing him to a place, and it was not good to give him half a piece of cake for free. But he was happy with the extra food, but he just didn't quite understand. "You got an extra piece and gave me half of it. You Aren’t you working in vain?”

Pang Jiming smiled and said: "How could it be possible? Even though I don't have much, my family can all have enough to eat. How can I work in vain?"

Tieniu looked at his family, and then at the extra half piece of cake in his arms.

"It would be great if my father could survive to be exiled."

Pang Jiming: "..."

I always feel like I want to say something, but I can’t.

The good thing about Tieniu is that it never suffers from internal friction.

Just say it casually and turn the page in the next second. After eating and drinking enough, you can immediately enter a resting state as soon as you curl up.

Pang Jiming had never seen a more relaxed prisoner than him. Tieniu's happy-go-lucky mental state cured Pang Jiming's long-standing depression.

Today, he seems to have seen another way of living life. He does not mention the ideals and ambitions in the past. He only wants to imitate Tieniu and live another life and another realm.

Pang's wife kept listening to him talk about the Tieniu brothers, but never mentioned anything about water conservancy and people's livelihood. She always listened attentively, but sometimes when she saw her husband giving up on his past, she couldn't help but have other worries in her heart. .

(End of this chapter)