158 The Lost Person(1/2)
Xiang Tianjie's face turned solemnly and he said, "It turns out that it was Brother Chen who was in front of you. You beat Wujiazhuang to share money with the people. We have heard of it recently and admired it very much. I didn't expect to see my brother here. He was so handsome and extraordinary."
"It's easy to say." Zhou Jing was also polite.
Although I just debuted in the Green Forest and was just a small person compared to the other party, the people in the Green Forest will not be short of etiquette and must do their best in terms of facial skills.
Moreover, people with high abilities have always been respected by Green Forest. For these leaders of the Dazhai Village, destroying Wujiazhuang is just a trivial matter, but Zhou Jing's deeds of fighting against hundreds of people showed his amazing force.
This group of leaders of the Tianwang Village were so surprised because of this... They were dormant in this prefecture for many days and accidentally discovered such a fierce man from the southern green forest. They were very interested. Someone in private called for this person to go up the mountain and join the group.
Xiang Tianjie also intended to make friends with Zhou Jing, but he was not familiar with him at the moment, so he would not mention the invitation to join the gang for the time being.
Because there was something wrong, the group did not want to disturb the officer, so they quickly changed places and talked again.
...
When everyone came to a secluded place, Xiang Tianjie and others took off their human skin masks, came up to sign up, and got to know each other with Zhou Jing.
These leaders of Tianwang Village are all very skilled in martial arts and have always been famous in the green forest in the north. However, they know Zhou Jing's name, but they dare not be arrogant. They all bow down seriously.
Xiang Tianjie then talked about the purpose of their people and sighed:
"Brother Guo Haishen was imprisoned here because he offended the powerful and powerful. We have been hiding here for many days, just to find an opportunity to rescue him. Because he has a lot of connections, he dare not show his true face."
"I have an old relationship with Brother Guo, and I came for him." Gao Yun agreed, and then wondered: "But since you have important things, why did these brothers Shi Qing want to make trouble and steal me from scratch?"
Upon hearing this, both groups of people turned their heads together and looked at Shi Qing.
Shi Qing's beautiful face suddenly turned red and he hesitated:
"I was inquiring about the news on the street, but I accidentally found that this hero was full of baggage, so I was careful. Later, when I saw him buying goods in front of the vendor, I exposed the money, and my hands itched. I thought that no one knew me here, and covered my face, so I wanted to make a fortune, but I didn't think about it..."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Tianjie was furious and cursed: "You thief kid, almost ruined our big deal!"
Many leaders of Tianwang Village also looked unhappy.
They didn't know the cause and effect, but they just found Shi Qing's distress signal and rushed to rescue them. On the way, they probably guessed that Shi Qing had missed it, but they still couldn't help but get angry at this time.
"Don't calm down, brothers, I realize I'm wrong." Shi Qing was dejected.
Xiang Tianjie had no choice but to turn his head and bow to Gao Yun to apologize:
"Brother Gao, don't blame me. Brother Shi Qing has not been in my village for a long time, but he doesn't recognize your appearance. He was a thief on the street, but later he learned the skill of light body flying around the world. Although he was young, he learned the skill of light body flying around the eaves and walls, and the skill of changing faces. He has extraordinary skills, but he can't change his habit of stealing, so he wants to steal. He talked about him many times, but he always re-created and disliked it. Today he met a master, which is considered a lesson."
"So that's it... If it weren't for Brother Shi Qing, we wouldn't be able to meet. Brother Xiang shouldn't blame him."
No matter what Gao Yun thought, he still gave him a step forward.
In fact, in the green forest, the status of thieves is not high, and most people in the green forest don’t like it very much. They occasionally call it “concubine son”, “thief baby” and “pocket detective” on the road, which has a certain contempt.
Zhou Jing watched Shi Qing being scolded, his mind slightly changed.
Most of these people in the green forest are from poor backgrounds and are rude and rude, and they may have some bad habits, such as alcoholism, greed, irritability, etc.
Even if you have important things, it is difficult to expect them to be completely at peace with themselves, many of which are unstable factors.
At this time, Gao Yun asked:
"Dear leaders are here for many days, but I don't know how the Guo Haishen brothers have suffered?"
After the words came, many leaders of Tianwang Village were immediately resentful.
Xiang Tianjie's chest was up and down, his tone was angry, and he said in a deep voice:
"Brothers don't know that the Anlin Mansion seems prosperous, but in fact it colludes with officials and businessmen to plunder people's wealth. Many big merchants and officials often do business with inferior products as good ones. Not only are the locals suffering, but some passers-by merchants also suffered. Even if they sued the government, it would be left alone. The top and the bottom had been managed by these big local merchants and had no way to report it.
Moreover, local merchants store grain all year round, only care about maintaining high grain prices. They would rather sell excess grain to other states than supply local... This is obviously a rich place for fish and rice in the south, but ordinary people have to spend more money to survive. Even if they have some money, they are still profitable by the big grain merchants. These profitable merchants are full of food and have money to expand their industries, and they are even more complicated. There are many unintentional transactions behind their backs, which is hard to cover up."
"It's really hateful!"
Fang Zhen was very angry when he heard this.
Gao Yun was also dissatisfied and frowned and said, "Even if the rich land in the south is so plundered, the people can still maintain their lives... If they change to a poor grain production in the north, if they dare to act like this, the local people will surely change!"
Xiang Tianjie sighed and continued:
"These wealthy and unkind merchant families also fund gangs in the local area and do some dirty work for them. Although these gangs are also ruffians on the street, they have become a climate that is enough to bully the market. For example, if someone sues the official, these gangs will cause trouble for the man and his family as revenge.
Or the city's big households are attracted to a certain industry and want to lower the price, but the owner of the industry refuses, so they let the gangs harass and smash them until they surrender... For example, the city's south Lu, Chen, He, Huang and other big households have heard that they wanted to expand their houses in the early years, but their neighbors refused. They used this method to buy the surrounding land at a low price."
Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why did Guo Hai go to prison and provoke local merchants?"
Xiang Tianjie nodded immediately and said in a deep voice:
"That's true! Brother Guo happened to encounter a gang oppressing the people by chance, so he helped him. Afterwards, he asked about the reasons behind it. He singlely defeated several gangs that caused harm to the local area and ruined many business deals of local merchants. Anlin's mansion praised him for his righteous deeds.
But this was also hated by the local merchants. They wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, so they bribed several people and set up a plan to frame Brother Guo. These people caused Brother Guo to drink a lot one day and deliberately talked about some local injustice to arouse Brother Guo, asking Brother Guo to find justice to the government. Then they said that the local prefect would not pay attention to it, and was sarcastic and seduced Brother Guo to talk.
Unfortunately, Brother Guo was not awake for a moment after drinking, and the disaster came out of his mouth. But he said, "If the local magistrate doesn't care, he will ask the magistrate for justice. If the magistrate doesn't care, he will find the governor of a province. If the magistrate doesn't care, he will go to Beijing to find the emperor to sue the emperor's lawsuit." Unexpectedly, a large number of officials were ambushed around early and immediately took them to the government. The magistrate quickly sentenced him to a ruthless crime, with no saints, no pride, and a desire to rebel, and was beaten fifty sticks in court and taken to the prison camp... Brother Guo was convicted for his words this time."
Everyone was so angry that they heard it.
"This magistrate who is raised by a bitch and a big businessman are all birds of a feather!" Fang Zhen was angry.
Gao Yun beat his long stick hard and poked a pit on the ground. He also said angrily: "It's really damn to collude with officials and businessmen to oppress the people!"
"It's really worth killing."
Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes.
But to be honest, putting aside the level of being plotted against Guo Hai, he was not completely wronged.
In this feudal era, if you dare to speak rudely to the emperor, no one will hear it. If others want to exaggerate, the speaker will be punished for his words.
The local government uses this reason to punish those who speak rudely, which is "political correctness". Whoever dares to plead with mercy? If you put on a hat of "disrespect for the emperor", you will also be unlucky if you plead with mercy.
This is the case in today's world. People can always be like this. You can't say that state officials can set fires. People can't say that lights the lights. Complaints are considered guilty, and they have affected other people's great careers.
Most people in the green forest have resentment towards the court and are used to scolding the government. They never respect the words, so they may suffer if they are provoked by those who are interested.
Zhou Jing hugged his arms with both hands and spoke decisively:
"I can't see such a dirty world! I've saved Guo Haishen, so I've saved you. What are your plans? But it's okay. Let's work together to save this hero!"
Fang Zhen immediately echoed: "Not bad! What my brother said is what I mean!"
Xiang Tianjie was overjoyed and immediately bowed: "With three heroes helping each other, this trip is more confident!"
Hearing this, Zhou Jing remembered Li Chun and the other two, blinked and said:
"By the way, I have three Green Forest brothers here. They also come to visit Guo Haishen. They probably won't stand by and watch. It's better to tell them about this first, gather together, and then think about how to save people."
"Brother Chen said it is reasonable!" Xiang Tianjie agreed.
...
There is a luxurious restaurant in the city, and there are five people in the private room, namely Li Chun, the Lu brother and sister, and two strange faces.
One of these two people is a government official, sitting in the main seat, and the other is a leading middleman.
The cups and plates on the table were in a mess, and it was obvious that they had almost finished eating, and things were basically settled.
Li Chun stood up and bowed to the official in the main position, "In this way, Lord Zhang will be in trouble. I hope Lord Zhang will prepare the goods at that time."
"Haha, this is naturally. Brother Li must also prepare money."
The officials also smiled red, as if they were happy to make a fortune.
Li Chun then said goodbye and took the Lu brother and sister out of the restaurant.
Walking on the street, Lu Xinniang snorted coldly and couldn't help but say, "The government corruption is so corruption. Some people really dare to sell warehouse military weapons in private, and they are not afraid of losing their heads!"
Li Chun shook his head helplessly and sighed:
"This Lord Zhang is not a high-ranking official. Someone must have instructed him behind him, but he didn't know whether he was making money for his superiors, setting up a plan for his political opponents, or getting a transfer order to take office in another prefecture and make some money before leaving. After all, the bandits in the south are not as serious as the north, and the boundary of Jingzhou is even more stable. These military weapons are piled up in the warehouse and cannot give birth to cubs and make money... Alas, the intrigue in the officialdom is annoying, but in the end it is cheaper."
Lu Yunzhao was quite excited: "If you buy this batch of military weapons, you can train several elite teams."
Hearing this, Li Chun also smiled, took off the pressure, relaxed, and smiled:
"The biggest thing about this trip has been done. Next, I went back to find Chen Feng's brothers, and went to the prison camp to visit Guo Haishen, who is famous in the green forest. Then I invited Chen Feng's brothers to our copycat to settle down. This trip was a complete one and I got a lot of rewards!"
The three of them did not delay and returned to the inn where they settled.
Zhang San had been waiting at the inn gate. When he saw Li Chun and the other two, he hurriedly came up and said:
"Three heroes, Brother Chen asked you to go to his room to discuss it, and there are important things to discuss."
"oh?"
Li Chun was puzzled and didn't think much about it, so he took the Lu brothers and sisters to the door of Zhou Jing's room and knocked on the door.
"Brother Chen, we are here."
He shouted, then he pushed open the door and was about to walk in.
However, the next moment, Li Chun saw the scene in the room clearly, suddenly stopped and subconsciously stayed in place.
There were all big men in the room!
At a rough look, there were more than ten people!
Except for Zhou Jing and Fang Zhen, everyone else is unfamiliar, almost all Kong Wu is powerful and fierce!
Li Chun was stunned and said blankly: "Brother Chen, these people are..."
To be continued...