Gao Yunxuan and the others, who were vigilant in their hearts, felt that this was not a place to stay for a long time, anyway, they had been resting for a long time, and it was time to leave - they hid all the way east in Shandong, and they also lost half of their brothers, although they did not encounter anything dangerous after entering the territory of Jiangnan, they were still in shock. And the Qing army in Yangzhou Mansion is too ridiculous, and the contempt of these Shandong heroes together, the feeling of fatigue will also surge, otherwise they would not have rested in a teahouse for so long.

And now that the vigilance came back, Gao Yunxuan immediately realized that it was really inappropriate to stay here, and they could find a safer place to rest their bodies, and then rush to the side of the Ming army in one breath. Secretly letting go of the weapon he was holding, Gao Yunxuan politely asked the store to settle the account, of course he knew that the other party was a person with an official background, so no matter what kind of blackmail he encountered, he planned to admit it.

"Wait a minute." The fierce shopkeeper was very polite to these Shandong people, agreed loudly, walked to the back and asked a companion in a whisper: "Senior Brother Sima, those Shandong ideas are leaving, how much does it cost to find them?" ”

"Well......" The group of people who opened the store is a registered disciple of Yangzhou Daxia, and the leader is named Sima Ping, although he is not a true lineage, but Sima Ping's eyes are poisonous, his mind is flexible, and he is responsible for the neighborhood to be obedient, and he has never dared to lack the filial piety to the teacher. If you want to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes, you not only need to be bold and dare to cut people's personal traditions, but also have apprentices who are good at financial management, so Sima Ping's status in the division is not lower than that of ordinary relatives. This time, the division responded to the call of the governor of Caoyun and Yangzhou City to live and die together, and wanted to contribute to the defense of Yangzhou Mansion, and this task of opening a store was handed over to Sima Ping.

The official affairs must be done well, needless to say that the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, even the Yamen of the Yangzhou Prefect can also flatten Sima Ping's division, but when he reports to the government, he has to earn a sum of money for the master, which can show Sima Shaoxia's means.

Now the teahouses, restaurants, and inns on this official road are all run by Sima Ping's fellow brothers, relying on the martial law of the governor, these days the disciples of Yangzhou heroes are really counting the money and counting the cramps.

"These ideas should also be on the road," this is the closest restaurant to the Ming army on the canal, and it is the most mixed, so Sima Ping personally sits here. As soon as the five Shandong people entered the door just now, he glanced at it and felt that it was not an ordinary person, and the ugly woman with a black and yellow face was probably also a young girl in disguise, so he told the brothers to pay attention to proportion: "People on the rivers and lakes, it doesn't matter if we just invite a meal, but people don't worship the mountain gate, so we have to pretend not to know, just accept two copper plates." ”

Sima Ping was still a little dissatisfied with the post station in front of him, and they didn't report that there were a few good men with Shandong accents crossing the border. Maybe the people in front of you didn't see the flaw at all, but in fact, if you look closely, you can still see the flaw.

Duan Gengchen, another big man next to him, was a personal disciple of the master, and he showed obvious dissatisfaction after listening to Sima Ping's words. Since childhood, he has followed his master and senior brother to slash and kill, and established the status of the Shimen Martial Arts Hall in Yangzhou Mansion, and of course he didn't pay attention to Sima Ping's halfway name. However, before leaving Yangzhou, the master said that when he went out this time, he had to listen to Senior Brother Sima in everything, and the senior brother specially told him not to make mistakes.

Of course, the words of the master and the senior brother can't help but listen, but how could Duan Gengchen make a mistake, now it is obviously Senior Brother Sima who is making a mistake. If those Shandong guys are really on the rivers and lakes, why don't they come to worship the mountain gate? Since he pretended not to know, he had to charge as much money as he could, and the charging standard was still set by Senior Brother Sima. We came out to run the rivers and lakes, spitting and nailing, and we said as much as we wanted, otherwise wouldn't other people have the idea of bargaining?

Duan Gengchen coughed dissatisfiedly, but Sima Ping didn't seem to hear it, and hesitated whether he should go over to say hello when the Shandong hero was leaving,

When a shopkeeper received the order and planned to collect the account from Gao Yunxuan and the others, there was a quarrel on a table next to him.

Sima Ping glanced at it and saw a white-faced scholar standing up, arguing with the shopkeeper who collected the accounts about something.

Sima Ping didn't see the cause of the dispute, and he asked a guy next to him: "That scholar, did you overcharge him?" ”

"How can I overcharge Xiucai's money?" Duan Gengchen also showed a slight dissatisfaction.

For this kind of young people who may not have fame, of course, the heroes of the rivers and lakes will not have the slightest fear, but whether it is Sima Ping or Duan Gengchen, they have a heartfelt respect for scholars. Because he has never studied, he is destined to be an illiterate person in this life, although he has no power to read, but the saints and officials are literate, and the master also said that the originator of the rivers and lakes is literate, and he has written some books that have been circulated for thousands of years.

Therefore, the heroes of the rivers and lakes usually do not extort scholars, and if they really meet a poor scholar, the heroes will often invite him to a meal and give him a few dollars.

However, the two senior brothers were wrong to blame the disciples, and this scholar himself was not bullied, but stood up for the people at the next table. A few pedestrians at the adjacent table took out the last bit of silver in their bags under the coercion of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper felt that it was not enough, so he continued to intimidate and threaten, and threatened to withhold a child they were carrying to pay for the meal. This scholar couldn't stand it, so he stood up and scolded the shop for being too dark, and it was simply a king's law.

If it was someone else, Sima Ping would have fanned over with a big-eared scraper, so that the other party could have a good look at Yangzhou's royal law. Even those Shandong people who seemed to be good at it were impossible to teach him a lesson on Sima Ping's territory. But on the other side is a scholar, isn't there a saying that "a scholar has one mouth and scolds the whole world"? The Ming Dynasty sharpened morale and encouraged the scholarly spirit of "if there is injustice" from the government, this kind of thinking has also penetrated into the people for three hundred years. At this moment, the Manchus had not yet launched a large-scale literary prison, and they had not yet reversed people's concept.

Duan Gengchen frowned, he couldn't break the rules, and he couldn't be rude to the readers, this matter was really a bit difficult to do. Just when Sima Ping was about to go over to explain to the scholar and emphasize that it was not easy to run a small book, a team of Qing soldiers suddenly came to the door, and Sima Ping had no choice but to leave this dispute behind and rush over with Duan Gengchen to greet him.

"Sima Shaoxia, Duan Shaoxia." The green battalion led by the general arched his hand to the two Yangzhou young heroes, and the patrol team he led had already entered the door, sat down around the two tables, and waited for the store to bring them tea and lunch.

After saluting, he frowned and looked at the place where he was arguing: "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone wants to eat white food." Sima Ping said calmly: "That Xiucai thinks that we have collected too much money. ”

"It's an extraordinary time, Yangzhou is under martial law, what is not expensive?" The general asked: "Do you need us to help Sima Shaoxia?" ”

The officers and soldiers represent the authority of the government, and although the officers and men also do not want to beat up a scholar, it is still okay to drag him out and not let him meddle in his affairs any longer.

"Don't be rough with Xiucai." Sima Ping said that he would go and talk to the scholar first, and if he really couldn't get along, the other party would still insist on standing up for those vendors who ate white food, and it would not be too late for the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion to come forward.

"It's fine." The general manager asked again, "What suspicious people have been here today?" ”

This is the dividing line between the Ming army and the Qing army, and when the Qing army patrols, the Ming army patrol can often be seen. Because it is an official road, it is the only way to Yangzhou City, so Shangfeng is very concerned about the situation in the surrounding area.

"Everyone else has nothing, it's just a few chivalrous people from Shandong." Sima Ping quietly made a gesture and pointed out Gao Yunxuan and his gang to the general manager of the green camp. Although Sima Ping's movements were very small, he had no scruples, and immediately looked at Gao Yunxuan's side unabashedly.

"Maybe he's here to step on the plate and sell smuggled salt." Sima Ping said softly: "It shouldn't have anything to do with the Ming army." ”

"Surely it's not Prince Kang's people?" He stared at those people for a long time and asked in a low voice.

"It's definitely not Beijing's fine work, and it doesn't have the flavor of the government." Sima Ping said with confidence, turning his back to those Shandong people and saying: "It's probably our fellow in the rivers and lakes, and most of them have guys hidden in their arms." ”

"Hmm." The total suddenly lost interest.

When the officer of the green battalion looked over in a daze, Gao Yunxuan's heart and the hand holding the weapon tightened again, and he also commanded in a low voice: "After I break off in a while, you go first." ”

The Qing army officer and the Tatar leader of the fine work talked endlessly, and the officer kept looking at him, Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng both knew that the other party must be talking about themselves, but what they were worried about did not happen. After the officers of the Green Battalion withdrew their gaze, Xing Zhisheng also settled the tea money with Xiao Er. When Gao Yunxuan and the others stood up, the shopkeeper with a meaty face actually showed a smile at them: "A few people walk slowly, don't leave things behind." ”

The four people in front had already gone out for three, and Gao Yunxuan, who was walking at the end, had been observing the movements of the two tables of green battalion soldiers with his spare eyes, they seemed to be more interested in the scholars who were quarreling, and no one got up to stop the Shandong people from leaving the store.

Gao Yunxuan's heart finally relaxed, more than a dozen green battalion soldiers didn't look very powerful, but this was the territory of the Qing army, and once they were entangled, it would be a big trouble.

Gao Yunxuan had just stepped out of the door with one foot, when he suddenly heard a surprise cry from the side.

"Officers and soldiers!" A few disheveled people with blood stains on their clothes rushed into the store, and as soon as the leader saw the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion at the table, he excitedly shouted: "Where are you officers and soldiers?" ”

"We are the officers and soldiers of Yangzhou Prefecture." The general manager also saw something strange and asked sharply, "Who are you?" ”

The leader suddenly took out a waist card and quickly shook his face in front of the general face: "Zhili Green Battalion!" There are thieves in your Yangzhou Mansion who have infiltrated it! Someone is intercepting and killing the imperial court officials. ”

"What?" He yelled and bounced off his stool, and his men also made a big noise and stood up one after another.

"Where?" The general asked in a loud voice, and then shouted, "Show me your waist card again!" ”

The leader handed over the waist card in his hand, and also asked for the waist card of the officer of the Yangzhou Green Battalion, and looked at it carefully.

"That's right, this is the brother of the Green Battalion." Seeing the officers and soldiers of the green battalion in bright armor on the official road in Yangzhou, it is said that you can confirm your identity without looking at the waist card. The officers who came from Zhili had long heard that the army was not far away, and this place had not yet fallen after all, and it was still the territory of the Qing Dynasty. However, the situation seen on the road ahead was too amazing, and it was impossible for these spies of the Shandong Central Army to have an extra heart.

After confirming each other's identities, the person from the Zhili Green Camp looked at Sima Ping and Duan Gengchen vigilantly: "Who are these two people?" ”

"The disciple of Yangzhou Daxia." Yangzhou's green camp replied.

Sima Ping was about to answer with a smiling face, but Duan Gengchen had already replied in a rough voice: "Not bad! ”

"These two people are a mess!" Several Zhili Green Camps, dressed as pedestrians, pointed at Sima Ping and Duan Gengchen, and loudly warned Yangzhou Green Camp.

Gao Yunxuan, who had already walked out, stopped. Although he was curious about who was ambushing the Green Battalion, Gao Yunxuan didn't want to get into trouble to satisfy his curiosity. After hearing the identification of the Zhili Green Battalion, Gao Yunxuan couldn't help but hesitate, if the little two in this shop were made by the Ming Army, then they would be too bold - how did they deceive these local snakes in Yangzhou Green Battalion? If the Ming army can plant a nail here, it will definitely involve many people, and even someone in the prefect's yamen is secretly helping the Ming army. If it was discovered by the Qing army, the losses caused to the Ming army would undoubtedly be very large.

It's just that...... Gao Yunxuan looked at Sima Ping and others, and thought in his heart: "I don't know how many of them are skilled, but this is a good opportunity to make friends with the Duke of Baoguo." However, firstly, I don't know if it's true or not, and secondly, if they are completely incapable, the five of us can't take over twenty green battalions. ”

However, the subordinates of the general of the green battalion did not accept the accusations of their colleagues in Zhili, and they said one after another: "Yangzhou heroes are loyal to the country, these two young heroes are also innocent people, and they will definitely not be unfavorable to the imperial court officials." ”

Although it was only a blink of an eye, Gao Yunxuan had already realized that these people could not be the Ming army. But there must have been a Ming army who killed the real Yangzhou heroes' disciples, and then intercepted and killed the messengers of the Qing court, and the fine work - what a great hero, I don't know if there will be a chance to meet in the future, but for now, let's hurry up.

After hearing the explanation, the green battalions of the Zhili also came to the same conclusion as Gao Yunxuan, and after they understood, they shouted: "Hurry up and gather people and horses, and follow us to capture the rebels." ”

It turned out that the shopkeepers on the road ahead broke out and injured people, and they had the opportunity to kill these Zhili Green Battalions by surprise, but their unconsciously fierce expressions before their actions made the Green Battalion suspicious, and as a result, two bare-handed Zhili Green Battalions were left behind, dragging the large group of shopkeepers who rushed out, and the remaining five Zhili Green Battalions were able to escape and move to rescue the soldiers - they didn't know how many Ming troops were ambushed nearby, but they dared to do something to the seven Green Battalion officers and soldiers who identified themselves in broad daylight, It can be guessed that they must have a backhand.

"This waist card-" Yangzhou Green Camp General Commander, who had been immersed in studying the waist card, suddenly raised his hand, fiercely threw the waist card given to him by the Zhili Green Camp on the ground, and shouted while pulling out the waist knife: "It's fake!" Catch the thief! ”

With this shout, the soldiers of the Liangjiang Green Battalion drew their blades together, and also shouted: "Catch the thief!" ”

Sima Ping and Duan Gengchen were also fierce, beckoning the shopkeepers to come forward to help: "Catch the thief!" ”

However, it seems that there is nothing to do with Sima Shaoxia, probably without waiting for the shopkeepers to take out the guys, these thieves who pretend to be in the green camp of Zhili will be divided by the two rivers green camp.