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Chapter 25
Li Hu said: "It's really not easy for the officials. We are from the green forest. The officials regard us as enemies and it's too late to wipe them out. How can ordinary merchants trust us to pledge their goods?"

"There are four people in the world: scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. People say that merchants are cheap, and that people who sell goods are serious businessmen. If they say that pawning is a serious business, are they merchants or warriors? You must know that we don't even have Huang Ji at present, and even these four One of the people is not counted. If we travel a hundred miles, the government will interrogate us, and we will be sent to Liaodong one by one."

What Li Hu said makes sense. This is also the reason why there are so many green forests in Shanxi. They would rather rob and destroy the trade routes than become official good citizens.

Li Chongjiu thought for a while and said: "Father, I wanted to ask the Li family about Huang Ji's matter. Now that this is the case, let's find the owner of the Shan Zhuang for advice, or follow the businessman who hired us. They came forward. There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain, dad, you don't have to worry too much."

Li Hu thought for a while and said: "It's just that we owe a lot of favors to the owner of the villa. No matter how troublesome it is, it's not good. It's better to think of a way. Xiaojiu, you are right, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. , we father and son are of the same heart, and there are so many brothers in Qiqianzhai, there is finally a way."

While talking, a bandit from outside ran in excitedly, and said to Li Hu and Li Chongjiu: "Big master, less master, good news! Good news!"

"Speak slowly." Li Hu said in a deep voice.

Everyone in the room looked at the bandit who had notified him.

The other party breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Big master, less master, those six brothers who were captured by the government by mistake last time have been released."

"Really?"

Li Hu couldn't help being shocked. When Qiqianzhai was besieged by Yin Kaishan, the county magistrate of Shiai County, several brothers were captured.

After Li Hu and the others settled down in Erxian Village, the children of those people cried day and night.Li Hu couldn't see it, and ordered people to take all the remaining savings of the cottage to Shiai County to find a way to find a way to see if they could be rescued.But this time, those subordinate officials who were extremely greedy in the past and wished they could peel off a layer of skin returned the money in full, and dared not accept a single piece of meat.

These subordinate officials told them truthfully that the county magistrate of Yin is a formidable character. He is going to be executed, and he is also preparing to issue arrest documents to arrest all the fish that slipped through the net in Qiqian Village.

So when he heard the news, Li Hu was helpless. Qiqianzhai currently has Shan Xiongxin's protection, and Yin Kaishan is only a county magistrate, no matter how capable he is, he can't control Shangdang County, but no one reported his existence to rescue the six brothers. hope.Li Hu was ready to collect the corpses for them, but unexpectedly, they returned.

Li Hu hurriedly said, "How are these six brothers doing now?"

The bandit replied with a sigh: "Everyone was injured. Fortunately, they can still walk and move, but how many people sent them back..."

"What is it?"

The bandit replied: "They are neither officials, nor ordinary people. I asked them about their origins and didn't tell them. I just asked me to give this letter to the young master."

Speaking of this, when the bandit really took out a letter, everyone was stunned, but Li Chongjiu understood it.

It was almost early winter.The grass market near Erxianzhuang also dispersed early. The sheep dealers drove the unfinished flocks, and the merchants who had been selling along the street for a whole morning also began to pack up their stalls, carry their burdens, and go home with their baskets on their backs.

After crossing a small river, these merchants suddenly found a group of uninvited guests coming to the east of the small river today.Dozens of tall horses were tied to the green willows by the river, chirping lowly from time to time.

The peddler has his own peddler who sells horses outside the customs. These tall horses are all first-class Turkic horses. Usually, one or two is rare, but I saw so many horses in one go.But the horse merchant had no intention of going forward to see it. Instead, he urged his companions to hurry, and even detoured by the bridge.

In fact, without the horse merchant's urging, the merchants on the side were already terrified when they saw a row of twenty armored men under the pavilion by the river.

The iron armor on these big men is dark, and when the sun sets in the west, it does not reflect light on the armor, and the indifference on the face, as well as the fierce look in the eyes that do not put human life in the eyes from time to time, are enough to make people laugh.
These merchants were terrified.

However, although these big men in iron armor were afraid to see it, they all looked solemn and stood motionless outside the pavilion at the moment.

There are three people in the pavilion.Except for a big man in iron armor, the other two were all women. One woman was dressed as a servant girl with double husks on her hair. She was already a rare beauty in the Northern Kingdom.

What makes people admire is the beauty and the iron armor. I feel that there is a bit of beauty, but as for the beauty, these illiterate businessmen can't tell for sure.

As for the other woman, she was standing with her hands behind her back, wearing a snow-white cloak, with her back to everyone.Many of the merchants were people who knew what to buy, so they wore a moon-white cloak with a collar made of snow-capped white sable, which was priceless.

Although they couldn't see her appearance, everyone saw her back standing with hands behind their backs. They already felt that she had an outstanding temperament, and she was absolutely stunning.Seeing that bright white wrist holding the whip, although all the passing merchants planned to take a look at each other's appearance, but when they saw the group of big men in iron armor standing under the pavilion, they all gave up this plan in their hearts.

Therefore, the passing merchants can only pass by the pavilion with the mentality of watching from a distance and not being obscene, just like admiring a peerless famous painting.

Just as everyone was sighing, a series of hoofbeats came.When everyone turned their heads, they saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a long bow on his back and a short knife on his waist and hips. He rode his horse onto the bridge, then turned from the side of the road and went straight to the pavilion.Seeing this scene, all the merchants stopped in their tracks, wondering how this young man rushed away.

Because this boy was only wearing a linen short jacket, even the servants of the girl in the pavilion were dressed much more luxuriously than him, how could the two be familiar with each other.But what was surprising was that after the young man got off his horse in front of the pavilion, those men in iron armor did not step forward to push him down to the ground, but instead stepped forward to lead the horse for him.

The boy actually went directly to the pavilion.Seeing this scene, all the merchants were dumbfounded. What is the identity of this young man?
This young man was Li Chongjiu, and the girl in the white cloak in the pavilion naturally traveled hundreds of miles from Taiyuan County to Li Zhiwan in Shangdang County in person.

Li Chongjiu walked up to the pavilion, and saw that Li Zhiwan was staring at the long river in the distance with her hands behind her back, and the white sable hair on her cheeks was gently stretched by the chilly north wind.

Li Chongjiu suddenly felt like he didn't recognize Li Zhiwan in front of him. When he was in the cottage, he and the other party were fighting each other, but he didn't feel it.But at this moment, Li Zhiwan carried a kind of awe-inspiring nobility, which did not happen suddenly, but was the heritage of the Li family for a hundred years, the grace of the family.If you really want to become a nouveau riche overnight, but it takes three generations to become an aristocrat.

In his era, when the rich second generation who didn't think about making progress often became a derogatory term, people habitually ignored the elites in this class, and attributed their success and status today to having a good father.Is it true that only commoners who rule the world are heroes?

Whether it's this Li Sanniang, his elder brothers Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, or their father Li Yuan, which one is not a dragon among men, the Li family in Longxi is the elite of the aristocratic families in the world of the Sui Dynasty.

"Brother Li!"

Li Zhiwan had already turned around, pulling Li Chongjiu out of her thoughts.

"Miss Three!"

Li Chongjiu saw an undisguised joy from Li Zhiwan's eyes, and immediately said: "Thank you Sanniang for saving my six brothers, Qiqianzhai will always remember this feeling in my heart."

Li Zhiwan smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Li, you're being polite, although it's not easy to do, but since we started this matter, we should naturally resolve it."

Having said that, Li Zhiwan nodded, and the maid Jianxue at the side presented a brocade box to Li Chongjiu.

After handing it over to Li Chongjiu, Jianxue stuck out her tongue at Li Chongjiu mischievously.After Li Chongjiu took the brocade box, he didn't understand what it meant, but Jian Xue said with a smile: "Mr. Li, these are the yellow records of nine people that Miss specially went to the sheriff of Taiyuan County to get for you in Qiqian Village."

Hearing what Jian Xue said, Li Chongjiu couldn't help showing a hint of surprise on his face.This is exactly what Li Chongjiu wants most at the moment.

The so-called yellow book refers to the household registration at that time. The paper treated with Phellodendron bark is used to avoid silverfish, so the paper is yellow.And on the yellow book, the ink pen is hidden, the paper is stitched, and there is a seal of the government, which is recorded in the case policy, proving that you are an official citizen of the Sui Dynasty.

When Li Zhiwan went down the mountain, Li Hu wrote a profile of several people in the cottage, and handed it over to Li Zhiwan, asking him to apply for a yellow card.Later, when Yin Kaishan attacked the cottage, everyone thought it was the Li family's work, so they forgot about it.

Unexpectedly, Li Sanniang still remembered.

Li Zhiwan smiled, and said: "It is much easier to get this yellow book than to save your six brothers."

"How do you say that?" Li Chongjiu couldn't help being surprised.

At that time, Li Hu's expedient measure was that the bandit from Qiqianzhai, as a tenant of Qubu, should be attached to the name of Li's family, and after a few years, he would become a benefactor. It is unexpected that it is so easy to do now. less than.

Before Li Zhiwan could open her mouth, Jianxue said first, "It's not that today the Son of Heaven conquered Liaodong and recruited civilians. Due to the lack of households in Taiyuan County, the matter of Da Suo's appearance was postponed for several months. That's why our miss Chances are, the governor of Yang County will fill you in."

Just thought about it.Li Chongjiu suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)