Chapter 84 The descendants of Liangshan
Gao Chong waved his hand and asked Gao Wei to retreat, and asked with a smile: "Young lady is a good method! Just take this thousand taels of silver. However, the young lady's method reminds me of a person. What is the relationship between Zhang Qing, who had no feather arrows on Jingdong, and you?"
The woman was obviously stunned when she heard this. Her body was already tense. She secretly buckled a stone in her hand. She shouted sternly: "Who are you? How do you know my origin?"
"I really guessed it." Gao Chong laughed and said, "Young lady, don't be nervous. We are not enemies, otherwise your stones will not hurt me."
"Then you try!" The woman was despised and was quite angry. Suddenly, she raised her hand and a cold light rushed straight to Gao Chong. Gao Chong was paying attention to her movements at all times, and when she raised her hand, she quickly turned her head to dodge.
A strong wind wiping his head and flew over, shaking his cheeks a little painful. The woman was slightly shocked when she saw Gao Chong avoiding her stone, and exerted force on her hand and hit her again with two stones.
Gao Chong hurriedly dodged one, then grabbed one with a big hand. The woman was stunned. Seeing Gao Chong let go of his hand, his stone was already broken.
"I lost!" The woman sighed and said, "I am Zhang Qing's widow Qiu Ying. You can turn me to the government; but these people who follow me are poor people, please spare their lives."
"Mom!" A squealing cry was heard, and then a three or four-year-old child squeezed in from Gao Baobao and Gao Hu; he ran straight to Qiu Ying, and then rushed into her arms.
"Madam." There was a noise outside, and dozens of ragged people gathered at the door and looked inside in fear.
Qiu Ying hugged his son and kissed Gao Chong gently and said, "Although his father was once a thief in Liangshan, he was recruited and eventually sacrificed his life for the country. We had to do so to get to this point. Please let my children and the people go. I would rather surrender and go to the government to confess my guilt."
Gao Chong smiled slightly and said, "Miss Qiu, I really don't say I want to send you to the government office? I still admire the heroes of Liangshan, and I will never hurt you. Don't worry, everyone! But there are so many people here, so let's talk about it in detail?"
Qiu Ying looked around and asked Ye Shou to take everyone to wait in the yard. He held his son and followed Gao Chong and Liu Ziyi into the Dragon King Temple. Gao Wei and Liu Zhuo stood at the door to protect him.
"Don't worry, Miss Qiu, I have no malice towards you. I will send you our bet as usual; and if you go to the north to escape famine, you can go to Gaojia Town, Zhending Prefecture. I can accept you refugees, and at the same time I can allocate land to you so that you can take root and survive."
Qiu Ying looked at him blankly for a while and said, "I don't know who you are? Why are you so kind to us? Do we have any value to use?"
Gao Chong smiled and said, "Don't think too much. There are many bad people in the world, and good people have not disappeared. My name is Gao Chong Gao Kaiping, who is the descendant of the founding king Kaiping; his family lives in Gaojia Town.
I have also heard from others that Madam Qiu is famous and is a hero who is as good as a woman. Even among the 36 generals in Liangshan, he is also a top figure. Even your husband Zhang Qing may not be sure to win you."
"Young prince is so polite. Didn't I lose to you today? I'm still curious how did you know that I am an unknown person?"
"I also have a few of your former friends around me, such as Hebei Yuqilin Lu Junyi and Hunjianglong Li Jun; they all work under my hands. Now Madam Qiu should be relieved!"
"Uncle Lu and Uncle Li? They are all still alive?" Qiu Ying exclaimed.
"Yes, there are Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Meng Kang and others."
Qiu Ying had no doubts after hearing this. Lu Junyi and Li Jun were the leaders of Liangshan, and it might have been because of his hearing. However, he knew about Tong Wei, Tong Meng and Meng Kang, and other leaders, so it was impossible to fake.
"Thank you for taking it in. We are willing to go to Gaojia Town." Qiu Ying breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself that she was lucky. She was once a thief, which made her very sensitive, for fear that if she accidentally leaked it, the government would have to counterattack and cause trouble for herself.
This time I went out to escape from famine, and I made the worst plan. I didn’t expect to meet a noble person when I went out; my future was finally settled, and I would not worry about being alone and no one would take care of my dangers when I encountered danger.
"Since Mrs. Qiu looks up to me, I will definitely keep you safe. This 1,000 taels of silver is used as travel expenses, and the Green Forest Order is taken. From here to Xinde Mansion, there are many strong people. With it, you will keep you safe all the way."
"Thank you, little prince! We can't use so much money, I can get a hundred, so please take away the rest."
"Forget it! You guys are dozens of people too? Don't be polite to me. Besides, you won by your ability, just take it."
"Thank you little prince." Qiu Ying did not hesitate anymore and accepted the money happily.
"In the future, we will be a family, so we don't have to be polite. My Lord has been taken down by the official family, so you can just call me my name!"
"Then I'll call you Shaojun the same as them! I wonder how you got here?"
"Let me introduce first. This is my good friend and the third son of Liu Ziyi, the governor of Jianzhou, Liu Weiliu. We are all martial arts judges, and this time we went to the capital for a martial arts trial. Does Miss Qiu live in Daming Mansion? It's so desolate, do you know what's wrong with it?"
Qiu Ying shook his head and said, "After my husband died for the country, I took my child Zhang Jie and his family member Ye Qing and his wife back to Xiangzhou, the hometown of Xiangzhou, where I lived in seclusion. However, Xiangzhou suffered from floods last year, and the government's tax revenue increased repeatedly, so many people were forced to escape from famine.
We endured hunger and persisted until now. The sky was in a state of decline. The government had to increase taxes, so we had to embark on the road of famine.
Shaojun, the situation here is already considered good. You are walking thousands of miles away from the ground and starving everywhere, and you are eating with your son."
Gao Chong and Liu Ziyi were stunned. They clenched their fists and shouted: "Is this a group of dog officials who are forced to commit good people to the end of their lives?"
"The county magistrate who destroyed the family and the prefect who destroyed the family. After they squeezed out the savings in our family, they were forced to flee the famine, and even the land on which they depended on was occupied by them. How could these people care about the lives and deaths of the people for their own interests?"
Everyone was filled with indignation and cursed again. Gao Chong looked at Zhang Jie, a little boy who was snuggling in his mother's arms, and found that he had thick bones, big hands and feet, and was a good seedling for martial arts. So he asked with a smile: "Madam Qiu, is this kid Zhang Jie?"
"That's right. This miserable child is the last son of the husband. He has never seen his father since he was a child. The husband named him and went to the battlefield, but the result is that he is separated from heaven and man.
Jie'er is born with great strength, but he looks very much like his father. But my troubles are very superficial, and I am really afraid that it will delay his future."
Gao Chong laughed and said, "I felt that this child was destined to be with me at first sight. Moreover, he had a wide skeleton and I think he would be a strong person in the future. I want to accept him as my disciple, but I don't know what Madam Qiu wanted to do?"
Qiu Ying was stunned. Although he did not fight with Gao Chong, through Gao Wei and him avoiding his three stones, it was also obvious that this was a person with excellent martial arts skills. I don’t know how much better than him. So she pulled her child up and said, “Jie'er, Shaojun is willing to accept you as his disciple, so hurry up and kowtow to Shaojun and become a disciple.”
Zhang Jie was a smart and obedient child. After hearing his mother's words, he kowtowed. Gao Chong sat upright and accepted his bow three times. Seeing that the child was about to continue, he quickly pulled him up.
"Zhang Jie, I have something to go to the capital. Now I don't have time to teach you martial arts. Follow your mother to go to Zhending first. Wherever you go, ask your mother to entrust you to an uncle named Lu Junyi. His martial arts are only above me, not below me. Please help you lay a solid foundation. When I go back from the capital, I will teach you martial arts."
"Thank you, Master." Qiu Ying quickly commanded the son of the commander kowtowed to the master and thanked him. Gao Chong reached out to stop him.
Liu Ziyi smiled and said, "Zhang Jie, you must seize the opportunity. You must know that your master has outstanding martial arts skills in the world. With him, you will always become famous all day."
Zhang Jie was ignorant and just nodded without saying anything. Qiu Ying couldn't hear anything in his words, and couldn't help but feel happy for his son.
After everyone had finished discussing, Qiu Ying said goodbye to Gao Chong and went out to comfort his refugees. Gao Chong also asked Gao Baobao, and Gao Wei and others to remove the defense and return to the temple to rest.
Not long after, a burst of cheers rang out outside. It was obvious that the refugees had been notified. They knew that they had been resettled for their escape this time, and that everyone had land to share, cheered excitedly.
I don’t know who led the lead, but they gathered in front of the Dragon King Temple and kowtowed to Gao Chong and others to bow and thanked him for his kindness.
Gao Chong and others came out of the temple and persuaded them one by one. Everyone insisted on thanking Gao Chong and then went back to rest.
The next day, Gao Chong gave 1,000 taels of silver and a letter to Qiu Ying, and asked them to go to Xinde Mansion to buy vehicles and grain, and then go to Gaojia Town, Zhending. Qiu Ying and others put the silver on the cart, thanked Gao Chong repeatedly, and then said goodbye.
Gao Chong and others also turned over and continued to rush on. It was almost evening before they finally arrived outside Daming Mansion. This important northern town of the Song Dynasty finally appeared in front of them.
Chapter completed!