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Chapter 14 Chaos (Part 1)

Gao Yunxuan and others, who were alert 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, so they should set off. They hid all the way in Shandong and lost half of their brothers. Although they did not encounter any dangerous things after entering Jiangnan, they were still shocked. The Qing army in Yangzhou Prefecture was too ridiculous. With these Shandong heroes despised each other, the feeling of fatigue came. Otherwise, they would not have been resting in a teahouse for so long.

Now that he came back with a vigilance, Gao Yunxuan immediately realized that it was really inappropriate to stay here. They could find another safer place to rest, and then rushed to the Ming army in one breath. He secretly released the weapon he was holding, and Gao Yunxuan politely asked the store to settle the score. Of course, he knew that the other party was a person with an official background, so he planned to admit it no matter what kind of blackmail he encountered.

"Wait a minute." The vicious waiter was quite polite to these Shandong people. He agreed loudly, walked behind and asked a companion in a low voice: "Senior Brother Sima, those Shandong ideas are leaving, how much does it cost to ask them?"

"Um..." The group of people who opened the store are registered disciples of the heroes of Yangzhou. The leader is Sima Ping. Although it is not a true master, Sima Ping has poisonous eyes and a flexible mind. He has obediently rectified the neighborhoods he is responsible for. He has never dared to lose his filial piety to the master. If he wants to gain a foothold in the martial arts world, he not only needs courage and dares to cut off personal teachings, but also has no need for disciples who are good at managing finances. Therefore, Sima Ping's status in the master is no lower than that of ordinary personal teachings. Since last year, the master handed over places such as casinos and docks to Sima Ping, and he also managed it very well. This time, the master responded to the call of the Governor of the Valley Transport and Yangzhou City to survive and die, and he had to contribute to the defense of the Great Yangzhou Prefecture. The task of opening the store was entrusted to Sima Ping.

The matters on the official side must be done well. Needless to mention the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation Governor's Office, even the Yangzhou Prefectural Office can crush Sima Ping's sect. However, when serving the government, you have to earn a solid amount of money for the master, so that the methods of Sima Young Hero can be shown.

Now the teahouses, restaurants and inns on this official road are run by Sima Ping's fellow disciples. Relying on the martial law of the Governor, the disciples of the Yangzhou heroes have really counted the money and got cramped in their hands these days.

"These ideas should also be on the road," This is the restaurant closest to the Ming army on the canal, and it is the most mixed, so Sima Ping is here in person. As soon as the five Shandong people entered the door, he glanced at it and felt that they were not ordinary people. The ugly woman with a black and yellow face was probably also a disguised young girl, so he told his brothers to pay attention to their qualities: "It doesn't matter if we invite people in the world, but if we don't pay the mountain gate, we have to pretend not to know and just collect two copper coins."

Sima Ping was still a little dissatisfied with the station ahead. They did not report that there were several Shandong accented heroes passing through the border. Perhaps the people in front of him did not see any strangeness at all, but in fact, if you look closely, you can still see the flaws.

Another great man Duan Gengchen next to him was his master's personal disciple. He showed obvious dissatisfaction after hearing Sima Ping's words. Since childhood, his senior brother cut and killed, establishing the position of the Master's Martial Arts Hall in Yangzhou Prefecture. Of course, he did not take the title of Sima Ping's halfway connection. However, before leaving Yangzhou, the master said that he would listen to Sima's senior brother in everything when he went out. The senior brother also specifically told him not to be chaotic.

Of course, the master and senior brother must not ignore it, but how could Duan Gengchen behave? It is obviously Senior Brother Sima who is making trouble now. If those Shandong guys are really from the world, why don’t they come to worship the mountain gate? Since they pretend not to know, they will charge as much as the silver they should charge. The charging standard is set by Senior Brother Sima. We came out to travel to the world, spitting and stinging, and the amount they said is as much as they say, otherwise wouldn’t other people have the idea of ​​bargaining?

Duan Gengchen coughed dissatisfiedly, but Sima Ping seemed to have not heard it, hesitating whether he should say hello when the Shandong hero left.

When a waiter was accepting the order and planning to collect the bills from Gao Yunxuan and others, there was a quarrel on a table next to him.

Sima Ping looked at it and saw a white-faced scholar standing up, arguing with the waiter who collected the accounts.

Sima Ping did not see the cause of the dispute, so he asked a friend beside him: "That scholar, have you collected more of his account?"

"How can I collect more money from scholars?" Duan Gengchen also showed a little dissatisfaction.

Of course, the heroes of the martial arts world who may not have such fame and fortune will not be afraid of the slightest, but neither Sima Ping nor Duan Gengchen have a kind of heartfelt respect for scholars. Because he has never studied, he is destined to be an illiterate person in his life. Although scholars are powerless, saints and officials are all literate. The master also said that the founder of the martial arts world is literate, and he has written some books that have been circulated for thousands of years.

Therefore, heroes in the martial arts world do not blackmail scholars. If they really meet poor scholars, heroes will often treat him to a meal and make some money.

However, the two senior brothers mistakenly blamed their disciples. The scholar himself was not bullied, but stood up for the people at the next table. Several pedestrians at the next table took out the last bit of silver from their luggage under the coercion of the waiter. The waiter felt that it was not enough, so he continued to intimidate and threatened to deduct a child they brought with him as a fee for the meal. The scholar couldn't bear to see it, so he stood up and scolded the store for being too dark and he was simply unrighteous.

If it were someone else, Sima Ping would have slaughtered over, so that the other party could see the kingly law of Yangzhou. Even those Shandong people who looked good would not be able to teach him a lesson on Sima Ping's territory. But there is a scholar opposite, and isn't there a saying that "scholars open their mouths and scold the world"? The Ming Dynasty honed morale and encouraged the scholarly spirit of "will be heard from the government" from the government. This idea has penetrated into the people for three hundred years. At this moment, the Qing Dynasty has not launched a large-scale literary inquisition, and has not yet brought people's concepts into action.

Duan Gengchen frowned. He could not break the rules, nor could he be harsh on scholars. This matter was really difficult. Just as Sima Ping was about to go over and explain to the scholar and emphasized that the business of the small book was not easy, a team of Qing soldiers suddenly came to the door. Sima Ping had to abandon the dispute and rushed over to meet Duan Gengchen.

"Sima Young Master, Duan Young Master." The green camp led by the leader bowed to the two Yangzhou Young Masters. The patrol team he led had already entered the door, sat down around two tables, and waited for the store to bring them tea and lunch.

After saluting, he frowned and looked at the place where he quarreled: "What's wrong with this?"

"Someone wants to eat for free." Sima Ping said calmly: "That scholar thinks we have collected a little more money."

"It was an extraordinary time. Yangzhou martial law was not expensive?" asked Mr. Zhang, "Do we help Sima Young Master?"

The officers and soldiers represent the authority of the government. Although the officers and soldiers also do not want to beat a scholar, it is still okay to drag him out and not let him meddle in other people's business.

"Don't be too harsh to the scholar." Sima Ping said that he would go to talk to the scholar first. If the agreement was really impossible, the other party would still insist on leaving the forefront of the vendors who were eating for free, it would not be too late for the Green Camp officers and soldiers to come forward again.

"Okay." President Bar asked again: "Who is there any suspicious person here today?"

This is the boundary line of the Ming army and the Qing army's forces. When the Qing army patrols, they can often see the Ming army patrol team. Because it is an official road and a necessary road to Yangzhou Prefecture City, Shangfeng is very concerned about the situation in the nearby area.

"The others have nothing, just a few Shandong knights came." Sima Ping made a gesture quietly, pointing Gao Yunxuan and his group to the Green Camp. Although Sima Ping's movements were very small, the boss had no scruples and immediately looked at Gao Yunxuan without any concealment.

"Maybe they are here to sell private salt by trays." Sima Ping whispered: "It should have nothing to do with Ming Jun."

"Is it definitely not Prince Kang's person?" Zhang Chang stared at those people for a long time and asked in a low voice.

"It is definitely not a fine work from Beijing, and it does not have the taste of an official." Sima Ping said with confidence, and said to the Shandong people on his back: "It is probably our fellow practitioners in the world, and there are most of the guys hidden in our arms."

"Yes." He suddenly lost interest.

As the Green Camp officer looked over blankly, Gao Yunxuan's heart and hand holding the weapon tightened again, and he also gave a low instructor: "I will break the back later, you can go first."

The Qing army officer and the Tartars' detailed leader were talking endlessly, and the officer kept looking at him. Gao Yunxuan and Xing Zhisheng knew that the other party must be talking about him, but the things they were worried about did not happen. After the Green Camp officer took back his gaze, Xing Zhisheng also settled the tea money with the waiter. When Gao Yunxuan and the others stood up, the waiter with a meaty face actually smiled at them: "Let's go slowly, don't leave anything."

Three of the four people in the front had already gone out. Gao Yunxuan, who was walking at the end, kept observing the movements of the two green camp soldiers with his own light. They seemed to be more interested in the quarreling scholars, and no one stood up to stop the Shandong people from leaving the store.

Gao Yunxuan finally relaxed. More than a dozen green camp soldiers didn't look very powerful, but this is the territory of the Qing army. Once they are entangled, it will be a big trouble.

When Gao Yunxuan just stepped out of the door with one foot, he suddenly heard a scream of surprise coming from the side.

"Officers and soldiers!" Several people who were not well-dressed and covered with blood on their clothes rushed into the store. When the leader saw the officers and soldiers of the green camp beside the table, he shouted excitedly: "Where are officers and soldiers from you?"

"We are officers and soldiers of Yangzhou Prefecture." Mr. Bar also saw something strange and asked sternly: "Who are you?"

The leader suddenly took out a waist sign and quickly shook his face: "Zhili Green Camp! There are thieves in your Yangzhou Prefecture who have sneaked in! Someone is intercepting and killing the imperial officials."

"What?" The general shouted and bounced off the stool. His subordinates were also in amazement and stood up one after another.

"Where?" asked the boss loudly, then shouted: "Show me your waist card!"

The leader handed over the waist card in his hand, and also asked for the officer's waist card from the Green Camp of Yangzhou, and carefully looked it up.

"That's right, this is the brother of the Green Camp." Seeing the officers and soldiers of the Green Camp in Yangzhou with distinctive armor can confirm their identities without looking at the waist sign. The officers from Zhili had long heard that the army was not far away. After all, this place has not fallen yet and is still the territory of the Qing Dynasty. However, the situation seen on the road ahead was too amazing, and these spies from the Shandong Central Army had no choice but to have a lot of thoughts.

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

"The disciple of the hero of Yangzhou." The leader of the green camp in Yangzhou replied.

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

"These two people are rebellious!" Several Zhili Green Camps, who were dressed up 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 Camp, Gao Yunxuan didn't want to get into trouble to satisfy his curiosity. After hearing the identification of the Green Camp in Zhili, Gao Yunxuan couldn't help but hesitate. If the waiter in this store was written by the Ming army, then they would be too brave - how did they deceive the local snakes of the Green Camp in Yangzhou? If the Ming army could put nails here, it would definitely involve many people, and even someone in the prefect's yamen was secretly helping the Ming army. If the Qing army saw it through, the losses caused to the Ming army would undoubtedly be huge.

But... Gao Yunxuan looked at Sima Ping and others, and thought in his mind: "I don't know how good they are, this is a good opportunity to make friends with Duke Bao. However, first, I don't know whether it is true or not, and secondly, if they are completely incompetent, the five of us can't control twenty green camps."

But the subordinates of the Green Camp General Office did not accept the reports from their fellow members in Zhili. They all said: "The heroes of Yangzhou are loyal to the country, and these two young heroes are also innocent people. They will definitely not be detrimental to the imperial court."

Although it was only a blink of an eye, Gao Yunxuan had suddenly realized that these people could not have been detailed by the Ming army. But there must have been detailed by the Ming army who killed the real disciples of the Yangzhou heroes, and then intercepted the messenger of the Qing court. The detailed by - they are really amazing heroes. I don’t know if there will be a chance to meet in the future, but now I should just leave now.

After hearing the explanation, the Zhili green camps also came to the same conclusion as Gao Yunxuan. After they understood, they shouted: "Call up people quickly and get the rioters with us."

It turned out that the waiter on the road ahead suddenly became injured. He had the chance to kill these Zhili Green Camps off guard, but the fierce expressions they unconsciously showed before the action made the Green Camp suspicious. As a result, two Zhili Green Camps with bare hands were left behind, dragging the waiter who rushed out, and the other five Zhili Green Camps were able to escape and move rescuers. They didn't know how many Ming troops were lying in ambush nearby, but they dared to attack the seven Green Camp officers and soldiers who showed their identities in broad daylight, but they could have guessed that they must have a backup plan.

"This waist card—" Yangzhou Green Camp, who has been busy studying waist card, suddenly raised his hand and threw the waist card that Zhili Green Camp gave him to the ground. He pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "It's fake! Catch the thief!"

With this loud shout, the soldiers of the Liangjiang Green Camp drew their weapons together and shouted: "Catch the thief!"

Sima Ping and Duan Gengchen were also showing their fierceness, and they called the waiters to come forward to help: "Catch the thief!"
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