Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 33
After hearing this, Ran Longgui kept quiet, obediently blindfolded them, let them stand up, and followed them with one foot high and one foot shallow.

They didn't know how long they walked, but Ran Longgui was already sweating profusely before they stopped.After a while, Ran Longgui heard a burst of chaotic footsteps and whispers coming from around him, and Ran Longgui touched them to their destination.Sure enough, within a short while, Ye Shan came over and untied his blindfolded black scarf.Ran Longgui suddenly felt a red light shining in front of his eyes.It took him a lot of effort to see the scene in front of him clearly.It turned out that they had reached the top of the mountain.When I was right at the foot of the mountain just now, the peak of the mountain seemed to be unsteady.But there is a flat dam in front of you, which is so big that you can run a horse on it.There is a row of simple sheds made of wooden frames on one side, and some things are placed in a mess in front of the door. The sun is red, and the simple sheds and the grass are shining with purple and blue light.Dozens of men with strong backs, some with big knives in their hands, and some with gunpowder guns on their backs, stood behind them eyeingly.When Ran Longgui saw it, he felt timid again.Ye Shan seemed to read his mind, and whispered in his ear: "Don't be afraid! Our helmsman wants to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man came out from a shed at the back, followed by two people. Ran Longgui saw that the man in the middle was only in his thirties, not tall, but thick and slender. He looked serious. , his eyes were gloomy, as if he was about to get angry all the time, but there was a ray of kindness in this gloomyness.He opened his clothes, revealing a few long scars on his chest, and the purple scars were even more eye-catching.The two people following him were also of medium build, with dark and rough faces.The difference was that they all had a gun slung across their waists, with a very long barrel.When Ran Longgui saw it, he knew that it was the German-made single-shot pistol he used when he was training in the civilian training group.Looking at the gun, he suddenly felt a sense of intimacy. At this time, the three of them had arrived in front of them, and Ye Shan hurriedly introduced to Ran Longgui and Fu Kui, "This is the uncle! The third master! The fifth master."

From this, Ran Longgui knew that the man with the scar on his body was the "rudderman", so he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "Hi, helmman."

The "rudderman" looked at him with his right eye, and squeezed his shoulder with his hands.Suddenly "haha" laughed.The laughter seemed to come from the mouth of a male lion. It was loud and high-pitched, and the surrounding air seemed to tremble.

Ran Longgui didn't know what the "rudderman" was laughing at, and looked at Ye Shan blankly.

After a while, the "rudderman" stopped laughing, and suddenly asked Ran Longgui, "I heard that you hit every shot with every shot, right?"

Ran Longgui said, "It happened two or three years ago."

Hearing this, the "rudderman" laughed again, and said, "Okay! I'll try you today, come—" As he spoke, he suddenly took out two "Qianlong Tongbao" coins from his pocket and handed them to the The fifth master next to him.Fifth Master took the money, ran to the front in a hurry, and hung the two coins on the branch of a small tree with two twine.

"Helm" took the gun from the third master, handed it to Ran Longgui and said, "Come on, let the uncle open his eyes today."

Ran Longgui took the gun, feeling flustered, and hurriedly said to the "rudder handle", "I haven't shot it for a few years, I don't know if I can do it well!"

The "rudderman" said: "Don't be afraid! I know, if you don't touch your hands for three days, don't read your mouth for three days, if you miss a hit, you will start all over again."

When Ran Longgui heard this, his heart stopped beating.He took a step forward, pushed the bullet into the barrel, raised it, glanced at one of the coins, and pulled the trigger.There was only a crisp sound, the first coin was gone, and only half of the twine was left shaking as if being blown by the wind.

"Okay." There were cheers on the lawn.

The "rudderman" was happy, and immediately came over and patted Ran Longgui on the shoulder, and praised repeatedly: "Good! Good." Then, he took out another bullet and handed it to Ran Longgui.

Ran Longgui became more confident. He put the bullets into the gun and loaded it.This time, he only glanced at Zhiqian lightly, then raised his gun and fired a bullet.

With a crisp sound, the money was sent flying.

There was another burst of cheers and thunder on the lawn. The "rudderman" came over and shouted excitedly: "Okay! Brothers, hurry up to the lobby, burn incense and candles, and kill the rooster."

The men on the lawn dispersed again with a "hoho".Here the "rudderman" looked at Ran Longgui and Fukui and said, "Let's go!"

Ran Longgui didn't understand what the "rudderman" was going to do, hesitantly dawdled behind deliberately, pulled Ye Shan and asked: "The helmman is..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Shan said excitedly: "Long Gui, you're lucky! The helmsman has fallen in love with your craftsmanship, and we're going to hold a ceremony to welcome you, a 'new nobleman', into the team!"

Sure enough, they walked into a large shed, which was already filled with cigarettes.Ran Longgui saw a statue of Guan Gong, a martial sage, facing south.Behind the statue, there is another large painting, which is a portrait of Liu, Guan, and Zhang Taoyuan.In front of the statue is a large table that has been put together, and there are dozens of large bowls and two jars of wine on the table.As soon as Ran Longgui entered the room, the "rudder" pulled him to the front, turned around and said to the crowd, "Listen everyone, 'Xinguiren' joins the group today, and everything must have a name. Our 'Loyalty Hall' now If there is a lack of a 'Hongqi Chief Steward', today I will call him the 'Five Masters', and the nobleman who came with him as the 'Little Youngest'."

As soon as "rudderman" finished speaking, except for "rudderman" and the person named "Third Lord", everyone else knelt down together and called out to Ran Longgui: "Greetings to Lord Zhengwu!"

Ran Longgui panicked and didn't know what to do.At this moment, the "rudderman" made a rescue for him, and said, "Master Wu is new here, everyone should treat you well! If anyone doesn't listen to Master Wu, don't blame me for being rude."

After finishing speaking, he yelled again: "Bring the blood wine!"

As soon as the crowing stopped, several people brought the rooster in.Walking to the table, he chopped off the head of the chicken with a machete in his hand, pointed the bloody neck at the bowl on the table, and dripped it all the way.After dripping the first row of bowls, move the second row of bowls up, chop a chicken, and drip the neck of the chicken to the bowl.After dripping dozens of bowls, he picked up the wine jar on the table and filled each bowl with wine, and the chicken blood spread like a lotus flower on the wine surface. The "rudderman" served a bowl of wine first, and the third master also went to serve a bowl.Seeing Ran Longgui, he went to get a bowl too.Then, everyone went to serve the wine bowls one by one. The "rudderman" raised his wine bowl and said loudly, "Welcome the new nobleman."

Everyone then said: "Welcome the new nobleman!"

The helm also said: "Share the blessings, share the misfortunes, and never rebel."

The crowd followed up and said loudly: "Share the blessings, share the misfortunes, and never betray!"

After speaking, they raised their bowls together, touched each other, and then drank with their heads up.For a while, there was a sound of "chiliu" in the shed.

After drinking, the "rudderman" gave another loud order: "Big banquet, welcome to fifth master!"

Everyone got excited and rushed out of the shed one after another.

Just as Ran Longgui was about to leave, Ye Shan came over with a smile on his face and said, "Fifth Master, congratulations on pulling the flag and firing the cannon, and reaching the sky in one step!"

Ran Longgui didn't understand, so he asked, "What do you mean by raising the flag and firing cannons, reaching the sky in one step?"

Ye Shan said: "You will know from now on!" Saying this, he left in a hurry.

Now, Ran Longgui really understood.It turns out that this "shed"

The organization is established in the form of "paoge" in the city.Brother Pao has ten names of "Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Faith, Pines, Cypresses and One Plum Tree". They took the name "Yi" and called it "Loyalty Hall." There are ten rows below.The uncle in the hall is called Yipai, which is the "rudder handle", and he is the highest leader of this organization.The second row is the second master of sages, or the second master of leftovers.Generally, the position at the hall is vacant, and no one is willing to take it.It is said that it will be bad luck for the second master if he is high, because Guan Yunchang is the second child, and he is so powerful that no one can beat him.The third row is the third master of the family, who manages the team's money and food, and is responsible for internal personnel and organizational development.There may be many third masters in each team, but only one is the law enforcement officer, the actual second in command.The rest of the three masters only enjoy treatment.No one in the fourth and seventh rows, because "Under the Sea" records that Qian Si and Hu Qi were traitors of Brother Pao at that time. Later, there were no fourth and seventh rows in each hall. One is in charge, this is Ran Longgui's "Hongqi Chief Steward", referred to as "Main Five", and the rest are called "Idle Five", and they are just enjoying treatment.The job of the fifth platoon is to lead the actions of the cousins, and it is the real officer who leads the troops to fight.Those below the sixth row are called the youngest and the youngest, also called the sixth, the eighth, and the ninth. . . .The "nobles" who join the group for the first time are generally "yaoman", that is, ten rows.In the future, they will be promoted in a certain order, from ten to nine, from nine to eight, from eight to seven... So, like Ran Longgui, as soon as he enters the hall, he will take the third position and become the leader of the army to fight. rare.The hall called this kind of "uncle" as soon as he entered the hall, "pull the flag and fire the cannon, and reach the sky in one step."When Ran Longgui thought of this, he felt complacent.

Ran Longgui also gradually understood many rules in the hall.For example, he now knows the meaning of those secret words that Ye Shan said to him the day he went up the mountain.Ye Shan said that he was the head of "Patrolling Lengzi", the small captain of the patrol team.Ye Shan's "Guofang" means being executed by the government; "hanging lottery" means being injured by the government.In addition, he also knows the usage of many lingoes.For example, going out to sneak attack at night is called "touching snails at night", talking about blocking road robbers is called "cutting boards", locking people up and robbing money is called "guanquaner", pulling "fat pigs"

It is called "carrying the cage", asking hostages for accommodation and food expenses, which are called "circle board money" and "steam money" respectively, occupying a wife is called "duan zengzi", and internal execution is called "hair..." At the same time, they I also know a few disciplines in the hall.

A discipline called the "Four Covenants":
"1. Strictly keep secrets; 2. Observe discipline; 3. Equivalent to adversity; 4. Rest with the mountain!"

A discipline called the "Eight Rewards Rule":
"Reward those who are loyal to mountain affairs; those who resist the enemy's officers and soldiers are rewarded;

Reward for the most horses; reward for the expansion of mountain affairs;

Those who spy on the enemy will be rewarded; those who lead the most people will be rewarded;

Those who fight bravely will be rewarded; those who work together will be rewarded. "

One discipline is called "Eight Cuts":
"Those who reveal the secret will be executed; those who resist the orders will be executed;

Those who escaped in battle were beheaded; those who fornicated and spies were beheaded;

Those who lead water lines will be cut; those who swallow water heads will be cut;

Those who bully the same kind will be beheaded; those who molested women will be beheaded. "

There are a few additional provisions:

"One is not allowed to rape people and sell people (sell out brothers in buckets); two is not allowed to take public shares (dividing money is unfair); Red faces are not allowed to be vicious (drinking mad, speaking indiscriminately, denying pornography)."

For those who violated the law, Ran Longgui knew that he had to deal with them at the monthly "Whistle Tea" meeting.This "Whistle Tea" meeting is equivalent to the general popular summary meeting later.At this meeting, the offenders kowtow to apologize and promise not to commit the crime again.If it is serious, it must be "three knives and six eyes", and the "rudder" will order to get out "hair". "rudder handle"

If it is called "hair" hands, the executioner dare not "hair" the feet; if the tiller is made to cut off the tongue, the executioner dare not pierce the nose.When Ran Longgui first heard this, his scalp tingled and the hairs on his body stood on end.Fortunately, during the days when Ran Longgui came here, nothing happened to "Mao" people.

Now, Ran Longgui has gradually gotten used to the life of robbing houses on the mountain, ransoming and kidnapping people, and is also used to the support of his brothers.Although this kind of life is often very hard and dangerous, it is much better than being a "digger" in a coal mine. There is meat to eat and wine to drink, so you don't have to worry about life anymore.He didn't bother to think about the future, but he couldn't hold back his longing for Chrysanthemum.He didn't know what was going on with Chrysanthemum in Lan Mansion, and he didn't even have a messenger.He remembered the promise to redeem the chrysanthemum in half a year, and he didn't know how to realize it.Because the rules in the hall are not to deposit money.The things obtained from robbery and ransom are often spent right away.After eating and drinking, go to a new action.More importantly, he didn't know what attitude Chrysanthemum would have when she learned that he had become a robber?Will Chrysanthemum still love him?Because, in the eyes of honest peasants, no matter what reason you enter the "shed", you are not a good person anymore!What if Chrysanthemum doesn't marry her because of this... Every time Ran Longgui thought about it, his heart twitched and he became nervous; he really didn't dare to think about it.

Tonight, he was sitting on the stone in front of the Nine-story Village, looking at the moonlight shining everywhere, and the beautiful face of the chrysanthemum appeared in front of him again.He remembered that every year on this night, Chrysanthemum would go out with her little sisters to "step on the moon" and have fun in the wild.In fact, every time Chrysanthemum went out to "step on the moon", he followed far behind.He couldn't tell whether it was to protect the chrysanthemums or something else.He was in the distance, watching the chrysanthemums singing and dancing, and he was also happy in his heart.The chrysanthemum in happiness is extremely beautiful, just like Chang'e descending from the moon palace.He really wanted to go and hold her, kiss her, kiss her.But with so many little sisters present, he could only think like that, but he didn't dare to move.He could only look at it stupidly, wishing in his heart that his chrysanthemum would always be so happy and beautiful!But what is she doing tonight?Did she go out to "step on the moon", or was she alone at home?I don't know if the Lan House treats her as a servant... These thoughts flooded into Ran Longgui's mind.He couldn't think of an answer, so he let out a long sigh.

Then, he thought of that clay doll and the night he borrowed food to go home, he hugged the body of the chrysanthemum, the body was so warm, so soft, so elastic, with a seductive fragrance.Thinking of this, Ran Longgui felt hot again.However, he didn't think much about it, because he felt that Chrysanthemum was right.Chrysanthemum should stay in the night of the bridal chamber.Chrysanthemum doesn't want to break her virgin body before she gets married.The chrysanthemum also left him a piece of red silk that has not been wrinkled or stained in any way, and he will enjoy it when the time comes.Thinking of this, Ran Longgui couldn't help arousing his deep love for chrysanthemums. He actually said softly:

"Chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum, I miss you so much..."

He still wanted to talk to himself, when he suddenly heard footsteps not far behind him.He looked back, and it turned out that a brother came out to urinate.He took a closer look and recognized Yao Da Ye Shan.

He saw Ye Shan finished urinating and was about to go back to the house, but suddenly stopped.

Ran Longgui knew that Ye Shan had seen him, but he didn't want to go back to the house, and still sat still.

After a while, Ye Shan came over.Apparently they also recognized him, and before the people could get closer, the voice came: "Hey, fifth master, why are you so dazed in the middle of the night? Miss your girl, don't you?"

Ran Longgui was startled, and immediately turned around and asked, "Who told you?"

Ye Shan knelt down in front of Ran Longgui and replied, "Did you forget? Your cousin, the youngest, followed me all day and told me everything! He also said that you came to this point just to redeem her." .”

(End of this chapter)