Swarms of locusts covered the sky black and crowed, like dark clouds, like sand fog swimming in the low altitude, churning and rolling over the earth in groups.Where the dark clouds, sand and mist pass, the sky is covered with darkness.The sound of sucking leaves and gnawing mulberry came from everywhere, and it merged into one piece, like a summer rainstorm, and like the rolling pines in the autumn wind.During the ups and downs and the sweeping, the millet that had grown into hectares and hectares was eaten up in an instant.Not a single grain stalk remained.The locusts in the village seem to have been attacked by soldiers. All the trees, such as locust willows, mulberry elms, toon and peaches and plums, are left with bare tree poles, groaning in the dark low sky.All the fields have been eaten into white ground, and the mountains and plains are full of shiny and sticky locust saliva and black mud-like feces, and the rivers, lakes, and ports have become turbid.Since the end of July, the locusts have flown from Haiyang and Qixia in the east of Shandong, and they have been traveling all the way westward. There is no crops, and the peasants are screaming and crying all over the place.Eat, eat, eat... the land of Shandong in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign was desolate!

After noon, a big green woolen sedan entered Jinan City with a big gong. In front of him was a guard of honor holding a half-person-high blue background with a yellow tiger's head and spleen.A sign reads: The Jinshi and the emperor ordered Shandong Xuanfu envoy Liu Another piece reads: Civil and military palaces, soldiers and civilians all avoid The big sedan chair landed steadily in front of the posthouse by the Xiaoqing River in the southwest of the city.The sedan chair tilted, and a middle-aged official with short stature and dark complexion got out of the sedan chair with a sigh.He was wearing an official gown with nine pythons and five claws. The golden pheasant patch on the outside seemed to be a little unraveling, and the lower right corner was slightly rolled up. His dark square face was covered with knives-like wrinkles, and only two slightly raised thick eyebrows and A pair of shining triangular eyes tell people that he is in his prime.Xiaoqinghe Post House is a very deserted place, except for a herbal medicine shop across the street and two restaurants, there are almost no shops.A few drug grabbers looked at the second-rank official from across the street, and whispered:

"Who is this lord?" "Liu Tongxun, Mr. Liu, styled Yanqing! It's Baolong map of our Qing Dynasty. Our Shandong is suffering a disaster now, and it must be because of the food distribution-look, the one who went up to pay homage is Fantai Lord..." "Ah, he is Master Liu Yanqing! Did he kill Liu Pantai and Kaerqin Xuezheng?" "It's not his old man, who else? Put the coffin of the He family in front of Dali Temple, and open the coffin for an autopsy. I'm in Beijing. That scene is really scary. If Master Yanqing captures Shuntian Fu Yin on the spot and conducts an autopsy, He Luying will be fine." What a shame!"

"Tsk tsk... You can't judge a person by his appearance. Look at him, he looks similar to that old long-term worker in our family who was starving..." "Don't fart! Take out the piss and take a picture of yourself first. With a three-pointed gourd head and two protruding ears, with your dog eyes, can you tell the height? The adults of the Ministry of Military Affairs and Punishment are shocked when they see the eyes of Lord Yanqing. I was so scared that my calf twisted!" "Tsk tsk... People are human beings, and we are human beings too. Fucking people are different from human beings. Look at that sedan chair, that roof, with a pheasant feather on it..."

"That's called a peacock feather! Do you think it's an opera? Yue Zhongcheng still can't wear this feather!" ... Because Liu Tongxun had been sitting in the sedan chair for too long, his two slightly looped legs moved heavily on the ground for two steps. He looked at Gao Heng, the chief envoy of Shandong, who came up to him with a confused expression, and asked, "Where is Yue Zhongcheng? He is not here today." Yazhong?" "Go back to Zhongtang," Gao Heng said with a smile, "the disaster victims in Jining are fighting, fearing that some people will gather to make trouble. Yue Zhongcheng rode a fast horse last night and went with Ye Jietai. I just transferred to the province not long ago. I’m not familiar with it, so I’ll stay and sit for a while.” While speaking, he let Liu Tongxun enter the posthouse with his hand. "What doesn't Lord Yanqing know? The people in this place in Shandong are tough and hard to control. It's a den of thieves. With such a big disaster, the whole province has lost all harvests. If you're not careful, you're sure to cause a big mess..." Gao Heng said He continued talking, and entered the upper room with Liu Tongxun, attended the court ceremony, and then offered tea and took a seat.

Liu Tongxun stared at the personable Gao Heng with deep eyes.He was not yet thirty years old, and his body was thin and thin, which seemed to be frail.She has a long face, thin eyebrows, red and phoenix eyes, and looks like a woman.He was born in a famous family. His father, Gao Bin, was a bachelor, minister of military affairs and governor of Zhili. He has passed away.His elder brother Gao Jin is still there, serving as Minister of Rites and bearing the seal of the governor of Zhili; he also has a sister of a compatriot, who is the imperial concubine of Niu Hulu, the favorite concubine of Emperor Qianlong.In the first year of Qianlong, Yin Sheng was appointed as the head of the household department. In a few years, he was transferred from the Yanzheng to the general soldier, and then transferred to Shandong's acting vassal yamen, just like a senior official.Gao Heng was a little uncomfortable being stared at by Liu Tongxun. He turned his face and looked at the locust tree in the courtyard that was eaten by locusts, leaving only old and dry locust trees. I have always been in charge of the Shanhaiguan Salt Administration, and there are not many opportunities to meet in Beijing. This time the adults come to Shandong, and I need to ask for advice on many matters. I am young, and I am a relative of the state. Uncle, it’s okay to have a bad reputation, but to drag the emperor down is a serious crime. Liu Tongxun didn’t expect him to see through his own thoughts at a glance, and he smiled and said, “Isn’t Fu Heng the same as you?His sister is still the queen of the palace!It turned out that there were some gossips when I was on business in Nanjing. After the battle of Heicha Mountain, people looked at it with special eyes.Now there is no one called 'Uncle Guo' behind his back.The dignified Minister of the No. 3 Military Aircraft—Fame and career are earned with blood and sweat, and everyone has a steelyard in their eyes! "Liu Tongxun got up and took a few steps, stopped in front of the window, looked out at the lonely autumn sky through the bright window, and asked: "Yue Zhongcheng, did you have a meeting about disaster relief?"His notes are not detailed.When he was about to leave Beijing, the emperor asked him again and again, the most important thing is to see if there is any difficulty? "

"Food is the first priority." Gao Heng's thin eyes flickered, and he said in a deep thought: "There are locusts in Shandong, and the autumn grain is a complete harvest, but the summer grain wheat is a bumper harvest, plus early corn, early rice, sweet potatoes, and yams. ... Over the years, there are still 1.2 million shi of grain stored in the treasury, and about 500,000 shi of grain stored in righteous warehouses in various places. Calculated at half a catty of grain per person per day, there is still a shortfall of about 1.7 million shi in the whole province to cross the famine. Some big households in provinces, towns, and prefectures also have food in their homes, no less than 400,000 shi. In total, my food shortage is between 100 and 1.3 million shi." He stood up, frowning, While pacing, he asked himself a question and answered: "Where do you get this 1.3 million shi grains? Of course, the emperor must have an imperial edict, but as ministers, we must be considerate of the Sacred Heart and share the emperor's worries. I can’t just sit there and wait for grace. I figured it out, I can send a letter to Yin Jishan, the governor of Liangjiang, and buy 700,000 shi of brown rice from him. The migrant workers used to dredge the Qingjiang Cao Yun in the south of the Yangtze River next year will be sent by us in Shandong. Work for food. I am in charge of the salt administration. Several salt farms in Shandong are exempted from paying lijin this year. This alone is 300,000 taels, and can buy 100,000 shi of grain. Aquatic products in northern Shandong include lotus root, water chestnut, reed, fish and shrimp, etc. In fact, there are still some states and counties in the eastern part of Shandong that have not been affected by the disaster. After all, if the lake is exhausted and fishing is not needed, Shandong can save itself. But my emperor is as benevolent as heaven, and we will never allow us to be courtiers to search for people's wealth. It made the chickens fly and the dogs jumped, there must be some grain. I think that if the imperial court can allocate 700,000 to 1 million stone grains, they will even have the seed grain for next year."

Liu Tongxun originally planned to discuss these matters with Patrol Yue Jun and Taiwanese Ding Guodong, but unexpectedly, this "Uncle Guo", who looks like a romantic son, has already made up his mind and planned it so carefully!His eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he turned around and bowed and said, "Baye Gao, if you are so willing to work hard, there will be no famine in Shandong! But if you do this, you will offend all the big grain farmers. Also, some poor households have no money to buy grain. He can’t afford the low price, so how can he take care of it?” Gao Heng said with a smile: “Let’s not talk about such a catastrophe, even in a good year, it’s inevitable that people will die of freezing and starvation. The above is just a general idea, but there are actually some details. For example, every town must set up a porridge field, and the food will be distributed from the treasury, and the officials will not be less than 200,000 shi to the mouth of the victims. For this item alone, the treasury must prepare to waste 200,000 shi. It's going to cost 400,000 shi!" Liu Tongxun frowned and sighed, and said with a smile, "It's impossible, how many times I let go of food, half of it goes to the mouths of the people, it's pretty good."

"Even though officials are as clean as water and officials are as slippery as oil, it is impossible to eradicate corruption." Gao Heng's eyes wandered, looking at the dim sunlight in the courtyard, he exhaled slowly and said with a half-smile, "Zhongtang is here this time." , you can sit in Jinan and watch me kill people. I must kill some of those who pretend to receive food relief, or those who are hoarding: "The more Liu Tongxun heard it, the more surprised he was.Gao Heng worked in Shanhaiguan's salt administration for ten years. From the eighth year of Yongzheng to the fifth year of Qianlong's reign, the Ministry of Household Affairs conducted secret audits three times.The Ministry of Officials made unannounced visits, and the officials were also very clean.But he bears the reputation of "uncle of the country", and even Liu Tongxun thinks that he is just a relative who is honest, self-preserving, prudent and self-loving.Talking on the first day of the lunar new year today, the latitude and longitude in the chest are no less than that of famous officials like Li Wei and Yin Jishan!Thinking about it, Liu Tongxun smiled relaxedly, and said: "Baye's meticulous planning is really impeccable. What else can Tongxun say? There are only two things to worry about after a catastrophe, one is plague, and the other is thieves. Silk Ying, don't have any accidents, it's a credit to get through safely."

Gao Heng smiled and said: "These two emperors have already issued a secret order. They have sent people from Liangjiang, Liangguang, Yunnan and Guizhou to purchase rhubarb and yellow lotus to prevent the plague. As for arresting thieves, it is not my forte. Yue Zhongcheng is the son of a general, and Ding Shixiong fought with Fu Sixth Brother. Mr. Liu, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who is in charge of the world's anti-theft affairs. Now you are in Shandong, and you are afraid that some grassroots will fail! Brother, you can rest assured. "Liu Tongxun laughed and said: "Actually, the disaster relief is good, and there is no reason for thieves to flock to it. I came this time and brought Huang Tianba for this. Although the bandits in Jiangxi and Shanxi have been wiped out, and Piao Gao has been arrested, But 'One Flower' is nowhere to be found. There is also Shandong Qi Er Widow, who has not been taken away even though they were defeated. These are not ordinary bandits who rob houses, they are giant thieves who specialize in opposing the court. We must guard against them. Fleeing to Shandong, taking the opportunity to preach, and gathering people to plot rebellion, it became a big event. Before I came here, the emperor summoned him three times. One was to talk about disaster relief, and the other was to prevent changes. , now it is the end of autumn, and the epidemic will definitely not spread before March next spring. When Yue Zhongcheng comes back, we will do our best to deal with major issues first. First, we will issue a notice to calm the people." As he was speaking, the postman on the second gate hurried He came in and said, "Master Liu, our adults from Taiwan are here to pay respects!" When Gao Heng heard that Ding Shixiong was coming, he got up and greeted him. Come back tomorrow! Where’s Yue Zhongcheng?—Who’s this?” Gao Heng asked casually when he saw a young military officer following Ding Shixiong.

"Oh, this is Huang Guan, the inspector of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who came to Shandong with Lord Yanqing. The one who taboos Tianba is——Master Liu is inside. Let's talk about it after we meet. There are still important matters!" said Leo Shixiong. Then go up the stairs.When he saw Liu Tongxun, he knelt down to ask Sheng'an. "Saint Gongan!" Liu Tongxun answered on behalf of the sky, and helped Ding Shixiong up with a smile.While giving up his seat to order tea, he said with a smile: "There is something to do in Jining, why rush back. Everyone is on an errand, so it's no fun to be polite." Ding Shixiong sat with his body tilted across from Liu Tongxun, and said with a smile: "The affairs of Jining have been taken care of. Master Yue picked the top 12 officials of Jining Road yesterday to wait for investigation. More than 20 leaders who smashed porridge sheds and ransacked the yamen were arrested. The matter has calmed down. Today Jining Mansion A big red mission, together with the robbers who were originally in prison and the rioters, a total of forty or fifty would be killed. Yue Zhongcheng personally supervised the beheading, and tomorrow he will go back to the provincial capital. There was a secret report last night that Boshan Hei The bandits gathered on Fengya wanted to go down the mountain to rob food, so they came back on horseback, and met Huang Guan, who met the imperial envoy here, and immediately wanted to handle the case. Now that people's hearts are unstable, it is not easy to press down if the bandits make a fuss... ..." Liu Tongxun's eyes sparkled when he heard this, he pushed the back of his chair and stood up, staring at Ding Shixiong and asked: "Heifengya?! How many bandits are there?" "Back to Zhongtang, that place is remote and desolate, and strong people have always been there. Some ordinary people are both bandits and peasants. When the officers and soldiers come, they are 'common people'; caravans pass by and rob them, and they are bandits again. The bandits on the mountain village The leader is Liu Sanbald, a bandit who usually lives on the mountain. There are about one or two hundred people." "Didn't it be reported that the bandit case in Heifengya had been suppressed the year before last? Who reported it?" "It's Mu Zhang'a, the former commander-in-chief, who has now been transferred to the capital of Heilongjiang." "Since you have accepted the seal of the provincial government office, such a big gangster affair, and a big case of stealing and taking credit, why didn't you report it to the Ministry of Punishment?" Ding Shixiong hurriedly stood up and stood upright to answer.Hearing Liu Tongxun's solid question, he glanced at him timidly, and said in a low voice, "Zhongtang, the magistrates know about the robbery. Every province has it—" Before he finished speaking, Gao Heng interjected coldly. He said, "My brother was recommended by Mu Zhang. I'm afraid that if I join him, I won't be able to keep my position, right!" Ding Shixiong fell silent. "Let's not talk about it now." Liu Tongxun woke up from his anger. "Tell me about your plan, and let's talk about it after finishing the errand." It turns out that Heifengya is located in Taiping Town, sixty miles northwest of Laiwu. It is actually only seventy miles away from the provincial capital. Along the stream, a trail diverges from the northeast of Shandong, one leads to Shimen Mountain, and the other leads to Jinan. It is the junction of Laiwu, Tai'an, Boshan and the provincial capital of Jinan, known as "Four Regardless of the Ground".During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Liu Dasao, a giant in Shandong, roared in the green forest, and this was his warm village for the winter.Later, there was chaos in the San Francisco. In order to stabilize the Central Plains, Zhao Liangdong led his troops to sweep and suppress the encirclement several times, but failed to eradicate it completely.It wasn't until Liu Dascar was recruited in the 23rd year of Kangxi and returned to the imperial court that the banditry was eliminated, and it was peaceful for decades.During the Yongzheng period!Tian Wenjing, the "model governor" of Henan, forced the people with families and businesses to leave their homes to "reclaim wasteland". In addition to the drought, the people in Henan fled to Shandong, and gradually there was a banditry of house robbery. Tian Wenjing was the number one "model" of Emperor Yongzheng. Mo Daxing, the governor of Shandong Province, is known as "Mo Batter". He couldn't suppress the bandits and dared not sue Tian Wenjing.On the other hand, when Yue Jun took office, he went from the south to the south and suppressed several times, such as Baodugu, Menglianggu, Guimengding, and Lushan. Several bandit dens were destroyed. "No" bandits, the rumors are still the same in the past, this bald Liu San has a firm mind, he will not commit major crimes, minor crimes will continue, the imperial grain will not be robbed, and the bank will not be robbed. Just turn a blind eye and close your eyes and let it go. But this year's locust plague is too severe. Seeing that the grasshoppers are eating all over the world, Shandong has become a "bald province". Next, send a message to Ma Dashan in Taiping Town, asking for a loan of 100 shi. "This is a post that Ma Benshan asked someone to pass over." Ding Shixiong said the general situation, took out a folded page of horse manure paper from the boot page, and handed it to Liu Tongxun.He said at the same time: "It seems that Liu San bald man wants to take advantage of the day when Ma Benshan is marrying a wife to rob a ticket to borrow food..." When Gao Heng hurried over to look at it, the paper was written in a mess of large and small sizes: Ma Dashan (good) man, congratulations (congratulations) to you marrying your daughter-in-law on August 22!Those of us who go in with white knives and go in with red knives come out to do business, don’t have much fun (congratulations), congratulations, I will send you a cart of hickory nuts, and ask that woman to give birth to a bunch of grandchildren for you.Mountains (goodness) have mountains (goodness) rewards, you old turtles deserve it.The wharf (shanzhai) is short of food now, and the wedding will save you from your filial piety.A hundred stone grains, your ancestors will be overthrown every day, and you will have to be vomited by me. ——I didn’t miss a single word, so I wrote it to Old Dog Day! When Gao Heng was in a daze, Liu Tongxun smiled and said: "The master in this den of thieves is also a muddle-headed person. He is called 'not to miss a word', and he can even record what he says behind his back--it's just your company's intention. How do you cook?" Ding Shixiong looked up at Huang Tianba, and said with a smile: "Big Brother and Brother Yaoba have already had a dispute, and they just want to borrow Tianba for a few days when I meet you." Huang Tianba always had a neither humble nor overbearing smile on his face. He was standing behind Liu Tongxun, and he stepped forward to bow to Liu and Gao, and said calmly: "Although there are not many strong men in Heifengya, the officers and soldiers Several raids have failed, so they are too good at seeing and seeing. The provincial capital sent troops here, but the thieves over there have already gone far away. So this time, I discussed with Brother Ding and took advantage of the happy event of Ma Benshan's family to outwit Heifengya Brother Ding has ordered 200 officers and soldiers to go to Taiping Town disguised as grain dealers. Brother Ding and I rushed to Ma’s house overnight, and had a big fight with Liu Sanbald at the wedding banquet!” "Okay!" Gao Heng was refreshed when he heard that.Desperate to take credit for this, he clapped his hands together and said with a smile: "This is a very lively play. I was born in Beijing and grew up in the jungle, so I have to gain this insight. I brought it from the Beijing mansion. More than 30 servants who have children in the family also go to the Ma family to have fun." Liu Tongxun found it novel and interesting, but he was an old man in the officialdom and had deep roots in the city. He stood up and walked a few steps, looked up at the ceiling, and said slowly: "Although such things happen in the drama, the soldiers are dangerous. Play it as a play. I doubt that there are collaborators in your yamen. If two senior officials and one official from the Ministry of Punishment get lost on a small hill like Heifengya, how will the court maintain its face? ——I It's not that I don't agree, but I want you to think carefully and be more careful." Ding Shixiong immediately replied after hearing this: "We have discussed this matter from the beginning. The soldiers are all soldiers brought by Yue Zhongcheng from Sichuan. One of them is not used. Now the trees and flowers on the mountain are all eaten up, and the bandits are not easy to cover up. They have to survive the winter and prepare for the famine, so it is imperative to grab food. We are more careful, and we are still very sure." "" It’s fine if you don’t come to report this matter to me. Now that I know, of course I have to be responsible.” The more Liu Tongxun thought about the consequences of “failure”, the more he felt that the matter was of great importance. The Shanlv Battalion has a shed of soldiers, and they will arrive at Taiping Town on time at Haishi on the night of August 22nd to meet them. It will be safe. What do you think?" "The middle hall is clever and detailed!" "What's 'smart calculation', but it's all about taking precautions before they happen! Don't worry, I don't want 'credit'," Liu Tongxun said with a smile, "Yue Zhongcheng and I are sitting in Jinan City, waiting for your good news!" "Yes!" The three bowed together and said. Watching the three of them leave the post house, Liu Tongxun made a plan in his mind, and then sat down to write a memorial, intending to present the Shandong disaster relief arrangements in detail to the Ming emperor.When it comes to Gao Heng, I feel unable to write.He simply closed the booklet and called the three accompanying masters to discuss how to allocate reed mat wood from Zhili, Anhui, Henan, Shanxi and other provinces, purchase large porridge pots for porridge houses, and firewood needed for the whole province. People have headaches, and there is a shortage of feed and fodder for winter, as well as charcoal for heating and cooking... One by one is very trivial from the perspective of ordinary people's lives, and it was not until midnight that they figured it out. The family of Ma Benshan, the richest man in Taiping Town, is in a panic at the moment.It is not uncommon for bandits to borrow grain. This "four-way town" is located in the old valley of Yishan.Many of my own tenants also came and went frequently with the bald man Liu San in the village. A word passed down from the village that they would borrow three thousand and two thousand catties of grain, and asked the long-term workers to deliver it without saying a word.He considers himself to be the bandit's "nest grass" who has links with both bandits and the government. Soldiers come to support soldiers, bandits come to fund bandits, and he is accommodating in all directions. For decades, he has gotten along with officials and bandits without incident. As for not even this nest of edge grass.I didn't expect to be so ruthless this time, one mouthful is seven hundred stones!He has 700 stones of grain, but it also empties his storage base, and next year he will have to go to the porridge shed with those mud-footed characters-this is too much face, and Jinan city grain The price has risen to thirty taels of silver per stone, and it is really painful to "borrow" more than 20,000 taels of silver and disappear out of thin air.That's why he secretly delivered Liu Sanbald's loan letter to the provincial capital.But when the letter was sent, he immediately regretted it. How dare you guarantee that there are no gangsters in the yamen?Once the truth is revealed, this family and this family business will be destroyed forever.Besides, if the province does not send troops and leave this "handle" in other people's hands, disaster will come sooner or later... If you want to go bankrupt to support this bald Liu San, the government will find out in the future and set up a "bandit". For the crime, it is inevitable to be stabbed with a death card on the back-there is no place to settle down in my heart.Three days after the letter was sent, Ma Benshan suffered like ants on a hot pan.The eldest son Ma Jiyao was responsible for sending the marriage letter and dowry to Zhangjiawan's in-laws.The second son, Ma Jiyuan, is the groom, and the leader of Zhengxingxing wants to marry his wife.Inviting uncles and aunts; sending invitations, inviting opera troupes, arranging wedding halls, arranging banquets, and inviting drummers are all run by the third child.The whole family of dozens of people was in a mess like a revolving lantern, no one paid attention to the old man's anxiety, and just asked the old man in charge to go outside the door to "catch up".The family members who didn't know the inside story were baffled. On the 22nd day, there was no news from the bandit government.Ma Benshan, whose nerves were tense, relaxed instead, and got up without the rooster crowing, looking at his second son's wedding hall, and then went to the reed shed to watch the master chefs slaughter fish, kill chickens, cook meat, Croquette came out of the stove shed overflowing with white mist, stood in the courtyard and smelled the smell of meat, saw the old horse's head covered in frost coming in from outside, hurriedly beckoned: "Come here!" "Master!" The old horse rubbed his face, which was a little numb from the cold, and ran over a few steps to report: "Old master, wake up early? Let me tell you a news—someone is coming!" "Who?!" Ma Benshan shuddered, "Which side?" "It's from the government, it's a high-ranking official!" The old horse's voice trembled with excitement, "Ding Jietai from the province has personally led the troops, and now he is waiting to see you outside the door!" Ma Benshan's legs went limp and he almost sat on the ground.When the old horse came to help him, he stood up quickly and said, "Quick, please!" He walked out of the gate in two steps, but saw three people standing beside the stone tied to the horse at the gate, one four A middle-aged man in his teens, wearing a pair of open robes and a black and colorful black gown, stepped on a stone and chatted with two young people.The two young men were also dressed as businessmen, wearing sky blue robes, blue satin button-up vests, and their braids casually draped over their shoulders. They were chatting lively when they saw Ma Benshan coming out, and hurriedly greeted them.Ma Benshan saw that there were no soldiers in Zhouza in the compound, and his heart tightened again.The old horse leaned forward and said in a low voice, "These three are all officers, and they came from Zhangjiawan." I don't know what to call it.Huang Tianba said with a smile: "We came from Zhang Taigong's village, and gave our girl a marriage letter and a dowry gift!" "It's a dowry gift," Ding Shixiong waved his hand, and a long follower dressed as a soldier came over leading a donkey, Ding Shixiong pointed to the two large wooden boxes on the donkey's back, and said with a smile, "It's all here, you'll be happy to see it! At this point Ma Benshan realized that these three were officers and soldiers disguised by Qiao. He opened his mouth and said "ah" for a long time, then gave up his hand and said, "Understood! Please come in and have tea!" He stopped suddenly and stared. Staring at the north of the street with wide eyes, like a person who is walking along the road suddenly seeing a snake, he was startled and incoherent, "Old horse head, please-please-several people come in-please-please settle down!" With his head ashen-colored, he said to Ding Shixiong in a trembling voice, "Third Brother Jiang is here on Heifengya!" The three of Ding Shixiong were also startled, and when they turned their faces to look north, they saw a middle-aged fat man riding a donkey with a certain steadfastness. This man was also bald, with no hair on his head, but along the The hair around the ears is black and thick, and it is always a braid. With his beard and nose, it looks awkward no matter how you look at it. He is wearing a short jacket on his upper body and big pants on his lower body. His arms are open and his belly is thick and fleshy. It was wrapped around a belt and pinned to two daggers, large and small, which the little donkey had snatched from no one knew where. He trembled every step of the way, and gasped for breath.The third brother Jiang saw Ma Benshan standing at the gate talking early in the morning, got off the donkey, threw the rein away, staggered over, squinted at the three of them, and said to Ma Benshan: "All ready?" "Ready." Perhaps with Shixiong and the others in front of him, Ma Benshan was only startled, then recovered his composure, smiled and said, "Please trouble third brother to come down the mountain in person!" ——Hou Cang They are all packed in sacks, and the total is six hundred and eighty-nine shi, brothers just come and move!" Jiang Sange approached, took a serious look at the three people, suddenly smiled, and said: "I mean you marry a wife What about borrowing food—who said about borrowing food?" Without waiting, they turned around and rushed into the courtyard, Ma Benshan and the other four had no choice but to follow in and went to the main room.Third brother Jiang said as he walked: "There is still a joke, we came to you to borrow food, and someone came to our cottage to 'borrow food', saying that it was a 'hero' from Jiangxi, who wanted to save people and help the world! Damn it, the green forest is full of weird things nowadays... In times of famine and calamity, there is a shortage of food everywhere! So the third master asked me to come and let me know first. He will come down to have a wedding banquet in person, and then bring food back. Shan, don’t call me a thief who snatched the first child. The third master said that you are straightforward this time, and you have helped the village a lot. Next year, you will pay back the 700 stone grains. Next year, you will add a grandson. The old dog is so beautiful..." Jiang Sange said, he had already entered the house with the others, seeing Ding Shixiong, Gao Heng and Huang Tianba also follow in, he felt very unhappy.