Chapter 31 Tongue

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Tianjian knew that it was a difficult thing for them to catch the night road. Most people had night blindness. If they didn't light the fire, someone would fall behind if they were not careful. So after seeing the dark, he greeted his men to stop at the breeze.

Although it is spring now, they are still desolate all the way. Because of the great drought in many places, even if it is spring, they have not sprouted. There is still not much vitality, which makes people feel very uncomfortable at a glance. Even if they are farming, it is difficult to have anything in this year. The harvest, coupled with the continuous increase of the court's paid, the people's life is even more sad.

Along the way, they saw that the bark of the trees in many places had been peeled off by the hungry people. From time to time, they could see some skeletons that were gnawed by beasts with only dead bones, which made people couldn't help but want to scold.

Those newcomers also silently looked at the miserable scene along the way, and their hearts twitched from time to time. To be honest, even when they were not killed by soldiers, they had a difficult life in Zhaojiabao. In addition to the surplus of food from the two large families in the village, they saw that they were going to completely run out of food. Ri can only rely on digging some wild vegetables and patting them into cakes with bran or wheat bran. When he felt that he couldn't live this life, he suffered another military disaster.

Think about it carefully, fortunately, Xiao Tianjian took them in. If it weren't for Xiao Tianjian, even if they didn't suffer a military disaster, the ending was basically the same. It was impossible to expect the two rich families in the village to help them! At this time, it's time to pull the stick out to escape from the famine and beg for food. At this time, they should also be eaten by wild dogs like these hungry people on the roadside! How can they be as full every day as they are now, so when these newcomes see such a scene, they are even more grateful to Xiao Tianjian.

Although it is already spring, the temperature is still very low at night. They don't have any good clothes. When camping in the wild like this, they can only raise a bonfire and gather together to keep warm.

After Zhao Erlu was scolded by Xiao Tianjian in the afternoon, he was completely honest. Although he was a little reluctant, he still had to do it. Moreover, although he was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Tianjian, he did not dare to say it. After all, he also saw that the vast majority of people supported Xiao Tianjian. If you are willing, you can't make any waves. If you talk more, you really can't get along here. So Zhao Er donkey put away his reluctant thoughts and began to turn his head to cheer up other newcomers.

Xiao Tianjian has been paying attention to Zhao Erlu. This guy's performance is the least reasuring for him. Now that he has changed his attitude, he can breathe a sigh of relief. People are all kinds of things. People like Zhao Er donkey can be said to be more, selfish and greedy, but they do not work. Live, although this kind of person is an unstable factor, it is impossible to completely eliminate the existence of such a person anywhere. As long as he does not make trouble, Xiao Tianjian can tolerate him. At this time, he is eloquent and boasting about how powerful they are to those newcomers to Zhao Jiabao, and how benevolent and brave Xiao Tianjian is. Xiao Tianjian sneered and let him go. After arranging the sentry post, he lay down with his clothes.

It may be because this is the first time they have come out to work, and they may die in battle tomorrow. Many newcomers can't sleep and whispered about what may happen tomorrow. Zhao Er donkey just played a role at this time, with the old man. The identity, careless boasting, also comforted the hearts of these newcomers.

There are also a few old brothers who listened to their words and came over to chat together. They also said that in the past few days, with only a dozen people, they sneaked into Liujiazhuang to rob a lot of food and weapons. Those newcomers hit their mouths and were shocked to praise Xiao Tianjian's quick wits and bravery. .

Among them, the blacksmith named Li Shuanzhu, heard the fun, smashed his fist on the ground and shouted, "Have fun! The palm plate is really awesome! I can think of this! I, Li Shuanzhu, admire this kind of person most. When can my Lao Li be like a palm plate, I will be satisfied! Fortunately, the palm plate has taken us away this time. My life, Mr. Li, will be handed over to our palm plate in the future!

Damn, this world is not a good person! The year before last, I deserted and took my mother with me. I finally ran from Yan'an Mansion to Zhaojiabao here to settle down. Before I could let my mother live a better life for two days, I... Damn it, I, Mr. Li, figured it out that this world can only pull the pole up the mountain like a palm plate! You can't live honestly by earning some craft money or farming!

By the way, I said, Brother Erlu, tell us, what's the matter with our hands on the plate! I look at the hair of our palm plate, what do I think..."

Xiao Tianjian lay on the ground, with his back to those guys who gathered together to chat, but he did not fall asleep. He was also worried about tomorrow's affairs. Although he was confident to take these people to clean up Sha Erbao's poles, after all, the number of people was very different, and he could not fully guarantee that he could beat Sha Erbao's gang, so He should carefully consider what to do once he takes action.

Li Shuanzhu spoke loudly at the beginning, but when it came to the back, he unconsciously lowered his voice. Xiao Tianjian couldn't hear what they said anymore, but it was certain that the newcomers were in the process of inundating his origin.

"Okay, lie down and go to bed quickly. I'll work tomorrow! Don't be so crooked! Change the shift guard for an hour. If anyone sleeps to death, don't blame my military stick for knocking the pain!" Xiao Tianjian turned over and scolded the group of people.

As soon as a group of people heard this, they immediately dispersed. They got up and lay on the ground and dared not say more.

But as soon as everyone lay down, they heard a whistle in the distance. Everyone got up again and grabbed their guys nervously.

Soon they saw a man leading the horse to the front. It turned out that Shi Ran came over.

"Is there any movement in Sha Erbao on the other side of the mountain temple?" As soon as Xiao Tianjian saw Shi Ran, he asked him.

Shi Ran smiled and lifted a man down from the horse's back. The guy fell to the ground with a plop, and there was a muffled hum in his nose. It turned out that his mouth was blocked by Shi Ran with a rag, and he strangled a piece of his head with a cloth, and he couldn't spit it out even if he wanted to vomit.

"Palm plate, the little is not humiliating, and you have brought back a subordinate of Sha Erbao! You can interrogate this person directly!" Shi Ran kicked this guy on the ground, and the guy snorted a few times in pain.

Xiao Tianjian was suddenly overjoyed. It seemed that he really chose the right person to choose Shi Ran's job. He actually knew that he went to grab a tongue and come back to ask, so that he could understand the situation of Sha Erbao.

Everyone gathered around one after another, and the iron head reached out to carry the prisoner in front of Xiao Tianjian and took out the rag from the prisoner's mouth.

As soon as the prisoner saw Xiao Tianjian and so many others around, he was immediately scared. His eyes were full of panic. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian with his head.

"A good man, spare your life! A good man spares his life! The little one is just a guy. I don't know if it has offended all the good men. The good guys must spare the little one's life! The little one is willing to be a cow and a horse for the good man, and begs the good man to spare the little one's life..."

Xiao Tianjian stood in front of this man. In the dark, he was covered with a red halo through the light of the bonfire, which made him extremely tall and gave people a strong sense of pressure.

"You look up and answer. Don't be like a kowtow here! At least you are still a man. Are you so afraid of death? I promise you that as long as you answer my questions honestly, I won't hurt your life! If you are not honest, don't blame us for being cruel!" After Xiao Tianjian snorted coldly, he said to the prisoner.

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, good man! Thank you, Mr. Good Man. Just ask. As long as you know, you will never dare to deceive Mr. Good Man!" The prisoner was also clever. He quickly knelt on the ground and straightened up and replied to Xiao Tianjian.

The interrogation went very smoothly. This guy really had questions and answers. Everything he knew was like pouring beans in a bamboo tube, and there was nothing to hide at all.

After interrogation of this boy, Xiao Tianjian was much more relieved. It turned out that Sha Erbao was actually not a big man. In the past, he was just a ruffian in the area of Yanyang. In the first few years, the people here made trouble, and this man took the opportunity to make trouble. Later, the people went to other places. The man felt that he was familiar with the local area. I didn't want to follow, so I stayed. In the past two years, I gathered some people, so I pulled up the pole in Liyang, became a palm plate, led a group of men to tie meat tickets, extorted large families, but also mixed a round belly, and the main attention of the officers and soldiers during this period was focused on those large groups of volunteers like Gao Yingxiang. Well, no one will pay attention to a small pole like them at all. In addition, this Sha Erbao is an unsympathetic person. After two years, he has not mixed up with a climate. He just occupies a Zhuangzi who has suffered a military disaster, and the little rich man is just muddled around.

His men recruited less than 100 people in total. Some of them were ruffians in this area, and some of them were forced to follow him helplessly. In fact, they were not very powerful. Even the bigger Zhuangzi did not dare to touch them. They could only do some cutting business. From time to time, they tied a meat ticket and extorted a little money to live. That's all.

For his subordinates, this Sha Erbao is not very good. Except for more than 20 people who are close to him who can eat enough, the rest of his men often don't have enough to eat and barely starve to death. There is really no combat effectiveness. And this captured person is one of the peripheral members. It's not his turn to do good things, like In this way, the hard work of looking out of Guzhuang is always done by these people, so I was knocked unconscious by Shi Ran today. After being caught, this guy didn't think about killing him at all, and immediately told Xiao Tianjian what he knew.

After they robbed Jin Fuzi and the three yesterday, Sha Erbao detained Jin Fuzi. He didn't believe what Feng Gouzi said at all. He thought Feng Gouzi was lying to him. He also believed that Jin Fuzi must be some family business people, so he let Shi Ran and Feng Gouzi go and let them Go back to Jinfuzi's family to get money to redeem people! To Mr. Jin, they didn't do anything to him. They just tied it up and threw it into the cellar. The prisoner also said that he was willing to take them to Guzhuang tomorrow to save Mr. Jin.

(I've said everything! Continue to ask for tickets and collections, and I promise to update another chapter in the afternoon!)