Chapter 899: Mountain Bandits
But all Qinglou women, unless they are willing to fall, will consider one thing, that is, to find a suitable person to entrust for life. For them, this is a major event that can affect a lifetime, and it is also the most prudent thing.
Liyuan is not a green building, but it is not really good.
The youngest time is very limited, especially for ancient women, who can still be very prosperous after eighteen, that is a very few, after all, according to the ancient concept, this is not young.
Therefore, they will consider observation at an early stage to determine who can be trusted. Although I have known Zhou Shaoyu for a very short time, it is understandable and not uncommon to go as a candidate.
In various stories, many of them are saying that the Qinglou woman and the scholar are in love, and the ending is left alone for the time being, because in fact, their final choice is often not the one with the best feelings, but the most reliable one.
In ancient times, the status of concubines was not high, and the so-called concubines could be seen through trading, and the status of Qinglou women was even lower when they redeemed themselves and married well, even if they were famous prostitutes.
The man is unreliable, and it is just a little bullying at home. If it is directly sold by his wife and sent out without saying a word, wouldn't it be even more sad?
In addition, there is the kind of Qingqi people who are deceived and then irresponsible, and then they have to start picking up customers, and then ...... How much better could the ending be.
So Chen Yuanyuan is very cautious, even if Zhou Shaoyu behaves very well. Or rather, it's too good, but it's hesitant.
Well, if this idea is known to Zhou Shaoyu, he will definitely be speechless.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, Zhou Shaoyu was not prepared to take the ordinary road from the beginning.
Ransom Chen Yuanyuan? Zhou Shaoyu never thought about it, this difficulty coefficient is too high. Who made Chen Yuanyuan too popular, from the first play, he immediately became popular, both in singing and appearance, he was highly sought after.
Do you dare to say that no one is interested in Chen Yuanyuan? It's impossible.
However, the fact is that until four years later, the twenty-year-old Chen Yuanyuan still has not been redeemed, except for his own reasons, it is very likely that he can't redeem it, no matter how much money he has.
Zhou Shaoyu, an outsider with no connections, is even more impossible. If you don't make trouble, you will be targeted as a fat sheep to slaughter.
Therefore, some abnormal means that cannot be seen must be used, which is also no way, the situation is different.
Unlike Dong Xiaowan, there is no choice when it comes to spending, because Dong Xiaowan still has a mother here, if she can't do a good job in the aftermath, how can she be willing to leave, let alone this, even if you do all the aftermath work, people may not be able to let it go, Zhou Shaoyu just tries to do the best.
It's just that if he is still unwilling to leave at that time, Zhou Shaoyu will need to make more preparations, even if the Bai family will die of illness in only a few years, but in the next few years, it will not be very peaceful.
And Liu Ruis, such a strange woman with extremely outstanding talents, can only convince her in another way, really rely on literary talent, Zhou Shaoyu is definitely not good, at most it is an average level, so if you want to convince others, you can only rely on the vision of people far beyond ordinary people at this moment.
In short, maybe there may be different details in the process, but in general, Zhou Shaoyu has a comprehensive plan.
On the tenth day after coming to Suzhou, Zhou Shaoyu drove a specially prepared carriage, taking Xiao Qiao, Liu Ruyi, Dong Xiaowan and his mother Bai Shi out of Suzhou City leisurely.
Good fellow, if this gets out, it's going to be a sensation. It is not uncommon for Liu Ru and Dong Xiaowan to appear on the same stage, but they are only invited by different people, but now, it is Zhou Shaoyu who is a single man going out to play, not to mention that there are such stunning as Big and Small Qiao.
Of course, for convenience, several women are wearing men's clothes, which is not uncommon at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, it was very popular for women to wear men's clothes, and it also has a different taste.
The reason why the carriage is specially prepared is because considering that Bai is sick all the year round and weak, and the bumpy carriage is not a comfortable thing, Zhou Shaoyu also specially modified it, and even made two big springs to use for cushioning. And the inside is also ready to be prepared, and it can be said that everything is readily available and quite careful.
Of course, Dong Xiaowan was happy and thanked him very much. But Big and Little Qiao complained, originally, why didn't you get this good thing out earlier? They have been jolting.
A few people didn't go too far to wander around some places of interest near Suzhou, but in the early morning of the fourth day of travel, as soon as a few people woke up, they saw another companion with a very confused expression and a little aggrieved......
Forehead...... Well, Zhou Shaoyu has kidnapped people again!
There is no way, this is also something that has been decided a long time ago, because Chen Yuanyuan really has no way to redeem himself, and Zhou Shaoyu can't always spend a lot of money to go to the pear orchard every day, it's one thing to have money, but it really takes a few months, and the expenses are absolutely scary to death, how good it is to bring back Daliang to do military resources or develop civil affairs.
Rao is Chen Yuanyuan has considered Zhou Shaoyu as the object of entrustment, and he is also confused about Zhou Shaoyu's move, and even panicked for a while, people don't care whether you are voluntary or not, anyway, if you leave, you are gone, if you are arrested back, then the end, I dare not think about it.
And the consequence of Zhou Shaoyu's doing this is that in the next two days, except for Xiao Qiao, the girls are reluctant to deal with it, because they all feel that this move is too much. Isn't that what a strong man does? How is it different from a robber?
If it weren't for the fact that these two days were basically wilderness, I wouldn't have to think about leaving directly.
At this point, Zhou Shaoyu felt that he had miscalculated, he really didn't expect the reaction to be so big, it seems that he will definitely not be able to kidnap people in the future! Fortunately, there is God's help for mistakes!
According to Zhou Shaoyu's booked route, it is to take Suzhou all the way to Jinling. This distance is actually not too far, but there is a lot of delay when you have to play and see the scenery of the beautiful mountains and rivers halfway.
Zhou Shaoyu drove the carriage on the trail, the atmosphere was quite dull, but after a corner around the mountain, he saw that on the mountain road not far away, the road had been completely blocked by rough wood and boulders, and then looked at the mountains and forests on both sides, but it was quiet and there was nothing peculiar.
"You two take it and shoot as soon as you have a situation." Zhou Shaoyu's expression was cautious, and he directly took out four flintlock pistols and gave them to Xiao Qiao. The reason why they didn't give it to Liu Ru is them was because they wouldn't use it if they gave it, and they hurt themselves when they were nervous.
"Don't come out!" After instructing the girls in the carriage, Zhou Shaoyu climbed directly onto the roof of the carriage, looked around again, and shouted: "Come out, don't hide anymore, I don't know which way of the road is a friend." ”
In fact, Zhou Shaoyu didn't see anything, but if he was good, there would definitely be no road blockage. The reason why he didn't turn his horse's head and run away at the first time was because Zhou Shaoyu was sure that if there were really mountain bandits, there would definitely be someone in ambush behind him, after all, it was a corner, and it was too convenient to cut off the back road in an ambush.
"Childe is so daring!" With a rough shout, a short and fat middle-aged man walked out of the forest in front of him, and in the forest on both sides, more than a dozen people stood up one after another, all carrying various weapons in their hands, but at a glance, they knew that they were privately built, and the workmanship was very ordinary.
Not only in the front, but also in the back corner, there were also eighteen or nineteen people out, but there were more than in front.
This is almost thirty people, Zhou Shaoyu frowned badly, if it was only himself, thirty or so people would definitely not be afraid, but there were several girls in the carriage, even if Xiao Qiao held a hand in his hand, it was not necessarily safe.
"There is no need to say nonsense, you just want to ask for money, and how much money is needed to buy money to let us pass." Zhou Shaoyu's face was not very good, he was already annoyed, and he actually encountered a robbery! You have to admit that you are still alive, do you say that you are annoying?
"You want to buy road money." The stocky man grinned and led the group closer to the carriage. "But women, we want it too."
"Negotiable? If you are too greedy, nothing good will come of you. Zhou Shaoyu's face was cold, and it seemed that there was no way to break the fortune and avoid disasters. Stretching out his hand to touch it, the next moment, Zhou Shaoyu opened his bow and arrows, and shouted: "Stop!" Keep your distance! ”
The short and fat man was stunned for a moment, and didn't think much about it, just thinking that he hadn't seen the bow and arrow before, waved his hand, stopped, like a smiling tiger, and said, "Isn't it that a bow and arrow can scare me?" But since Childe said so, face always has to be given, so let's do it, a certain family has been following you for two days, and you can see that two of them are extraordinary to Childe, so you don't want them, how about it? ”
In other words, are you planning to have Liu Rusi, Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan and Bai's?
Ha, really, what a big heart.
However, Zhou Shaoyu was also quite annoyed, and he was followed for two days without finding out. This also shows that this group of people is afraid that they are not ordinary mountain bandits, at least they are full of skills in concealment and tracking.
When the topic came to this, Liu Ru and the others in the car instantly became nervous, Xiao Qiao is Zhou Shaoyu's concubine, and the relationship is naturally not ordinary, and now there is no need to suffer, so there is no need to worry, but they feel that they are in danger.
Because of the relationship between friendship and friendship, in fact, he and Zhou Shaoyu are very shallow, not to mention that the attitude of the past two days is not good, if Zhou Shaoyu gives in and chooses to make friends, then what should they do?
"Don't worry, it'll be fine, trust Zhou Lang." Da Qiao also saw that several people were panicked, and hurriedly spoke softly to comfort them.
And Xiao Qiao was more direct and said: "Don't worry, Zhou Lang will never let the woman he values have an accident, when a sister almost had an accident, Zhou Lang was about to go crazy, and he would never give up." ”
What Xiao Qiao can do is to try to comfort as much as possible, and as for the effect, only Liu Ru and they themselves know.
Liu Ru opened a trace of the curtain and looked out, her heart was even more panicked, there was no way, it seemed normally, even if Zhou Shaoyu was a man, but in the end he was a person, and there were more than 30 people. Not to mention, Zhou Shaoyu has always given people the impression that they are scholars, and this group of people looks like mountain bandits who have done evil several times.
Hearing the fat man say this, Zhou Shaoyu knew that he didn't have to talk about it 100%, his eyes narrowed, and he said loudly: "Yes, but you need to clear the road and retreat to both sides, and then at most allow five people to come to the premise, otherwise, the arrow in my hand is not vegetarian!" ”
Good guy, Zhou Shaoyu's answer simply frightened a few women, do you really agree?
"Don't panic, this is a plan to slow down the army and lure the enemy, get close to the first five people first, you can kill them quickly, it's better than going forward to fight together." Big and Little Qiao hurriedly explained, and even took out a short dagger and handed it out. "If you don't believe me, you can take me two hostages."
If it weren't for the latter sentence, Liu Ru is daughters would not believe it 100%. It was precisely because she took the initiative to take out the short dagger and handed it out that Liu Ru is women calmed down a little, if it wasn't for the wrong time, they would definitely sigh that they would believe in Zhou Shaoyu so much.
It seems that among this group of mountain bandits, the short and fat man can't completely call the shots. Hearing Zhou Shaoyu's statement, he discussed with a few people around him for a while before making a decision. Bows and arrows do have some deterrent power, and it's not a good thing to shoot people. Xu is anyway, he thinks that he is already a turtle in the urn, after all, the number of people is here, even if there are only five people in the past, as long as Zhou Shaoyu is taken down, everything is not what they say.
No matter how you look at it, Zhou Shaoyu, who is dressed in a Taoist robe, does not look like a strong martial artist.
That's right, Zhou Shaoyu is wearing a robe, which is also not unusual, during the Ming Dynasty, from the Son of Heaven to the Shishu, the robe was a major daily wear, but there was a slight difference, it was a Confucian robe.
And how many Confucian scholars in this year are capable of martial arts?
Of course, Zhou Shaoyu's dress is a little fancy, slightly borrowing some elements of COS, but it is not an exaggeration.
The road was cleared, and the bandits also stood on both sides of the road, and the short and fat man did not step forward himself, but ordered the five strongest men to approach the carriage.
Twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps, five steps......
The distance became more and more close, and the hearts of the women who watched the situation outside through the gap in the curtain almost jumped to their throats, but the next moment......
Shout......
Zhou Shaoyu did not hesitate to shoot a sharp arrow, but the object was a short and fat man standing in the distance, because even if he was not the leader, his status was definitely not low, and if he died, it would definitely cause a certain degree of panic.
Unfortunately, the short and fat man was also on guard, and the arrow was not fatal because of the timely dodge, but only scratched a few arms.
Zhou Shaoyu didn't care so much, the arrow was about to shoot, so he immediately jumped out of the carriage, and the bow and arrow in his hand instantly turned into a long knife, and he quickly killed the five people.
The reason why I use a knife instead of a spear, which I am best at, is also because of the pursuit of speed and efficiency.
With a knife, the blood is simple and direct, and the vision is more shocking, but it is difficult for a spear to have such an effect.
The first knife was a powerful jump slash, and with the help of the force of jumping high from the carriage, it slashed straight at the first person. In the face of this blow, this mountain bandit Rao was prepared, and immediately raised his horizontal knife to block it, but he was still hit in the head by a knife, and he didn't even have time to scream, so he died tragically on the ground.
Solve one, while Zhou Shaoyu landed, he bent his knees and rolled sideways, and the long knife in his hand cut horizontally, directly hitting the enemy's abdomen, and cutting open a big gap.
"Chop! Brethren, come on! The short and fat man reacted quickly, scolded angrily, raised his knife and rushed up with his brothers.
At this time, Zhou Shaoyu had already put the machete on the fifth person, and the speed was simply not too fast.
The number of chapters in the previous chapter was wrong, but this thing can't be changed, what's the matter!!
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