The men selling pears found a shady place to sit at the entrance of the forest, keeping a distance of ten feet from the royal caravan.
"Oh, it's a good thing I brought a cart full of pears, otherwise I would have died of thirst on this road."
The men took out the green pears from the donkey cart and bit into them, filling their mouths with juice.
The weather is already hot, how can we not be greedy for sweet and delicious pears?
After drinking all the water, the sergeant couldn't help but feel thirsty. He spontaneously took out his copper coins and wanted to buy something.
But Liu Wei stopped them and said: "The escorts are out, and the water you drink must be tested. I don't know whether the pears are good or not, so don't eat them."
The sergeant complained: "Liu Biaotou, are you too cautious? Look at them eating so happily, how can there be a problem?"
When the pear seller heard the news, he was not happy either. "My dear officials, each of my big fragrant pears has just been picked from the tree. Why do you think it's unclear?"
Another man chimed in: "If you don't say this, we still want to take a few to honor you. Now, no matter how much you give us, we won't sell them, so as not to worry about us if we have a bad stomach."
Liu Wei ignored the gossip and took off his water bag and threw it to the sergeant in front of him: "Brothers, it's not that I don't let you eat pears, it's just that you have to be careful when you go out. If there is anything wrong with this batch of goods, we will all Don't even think about surviving... If you are out of water, find someone else to drink some water. After the sun has passed, we will go down the mountain."
The sergeants were speechless and sat back down, feeling somewhat depressed.
I rested for about a quarter of an hour.
Suddenly I heard a shout coming from the hillside:
"Wine! Refreshing and sweet mash wine!"
After a while, I saw two men in straw hats pushing a donkey cart up the hill. Four large wooden barrels were loaded on the cart. A cool breeze blew at the right time, filling the whole forest with the aroma of wine. I was so greedy. Everyone swallowed their saliva.
"Stop!" Liu Wei took the lead and stepped forward to stop the donkey cart.
"Hero, spare your life! My brothers only make a living by selling some low-priced wine. I don't have any extra money for you." The drunk man knelt down and begged for mercy.
Liu Wei sneered, "Do I look like a bandit?"
"You're not a bandit, why are you carrying a simple knife?" The drunk man wondered.
"You fucking see clearly, I am a bodyguard, and in front of me is a caravan!" Liu Wei shouted, putting the scabbard on the drunk man's shoulder: "I, Liu Wei, have been acting as a bodyguard for more than ten years, and I have seen many people pretending to be businessmen. The bandits of the wine sellers, they mixed their wine and food with sweat medicine, first they numbed them, and then they killed people and tried to steal the goods!"
"Boss, you must be conscientious in what you say. I, brother Zhang, have been selling wine in Zhangjiacuntou for nearly ten years, and I have never been regarded as a bandit!"
"If you are not a bandit, why are you selling wine on this hot day when we are passing by?" Liu Wei asked.
"Hey! You're such an unreasonable escort!" The drunkard straightened up and became angry, "You have to worry about the sweat medicine in this wine. You just don't want to buy it. Why do you need to make excuses?"
"I cut you—"
"Wait a minute."
Song Che stopped Liu Wei and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, everyone goes to one side of the road. Liu Wei, don't make things difficult for others. Let them go into the forest."
Liu Wei then put away his sword and gave way.
The Zhang brothers were pushing the donkey cart and were about to pass through the jungle. Suddenly, a group of men selling pears stopped them and said, "Hey, fellow villagers, we can smell the aroma of your wine from a long way away. Let's sell some right away." Buckets quench our thirst and relieve the heat."
Zhang Dalang waved his hand, "No! No! I'm going to take this wine to the county and sell it! Sell it to merchants on the road, so as not to screw you up!"
But the pear seller stopped the donkey cart and said loudly: "Fellow folks, don't misunderstand me. We are pear farmers in Wangjia Village, and we are not the same as them. Even if there is sweat medicine in your wine, we are not afraid. It's nothing." If you want to rob a few carts of pears, you can rob them."
Zhang Dalang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Well, seeing that you are so sincere and that you are fellow countrymen, I will open an account today for half the money."
The men selling pears quickly collected enough money and took out some more pears to give to the Zhang brothers. The two groups of people sat under the shade of the trees, eating fragrant pears and drinking wine.
All the sergeants were so greedy that their saliva almost flowed out.
The sergeants knew that the escort chief would not let go, so three or five people came to Song Che and begged:
"Uncle Song, it's not that we are greedy, it's that the weather is too hot. You are rich in wealth. It's easy to ride in a carriage, but it's us who provide the strength to push the cart. Who doesn't want a sip of wine among those who do hard work? eat?"
"Yes, yes, look at them. They ate pears and drank wine. Where is the medicine for sweating?"
They were not the only ones, all the sergeants were looking at the wine barrel eagerly, and even Xu Xiao who was standing beside him couldn't help but swallowed his saliva several times.
Song Che smiled: "Okay, I think there's nothing wrong with this wine. Let me go up and buy it and share it with everyone."
After that, he walked over with Xu Xiao and stated his intention to buy wine.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Dalang refused: "No! No! I have sweat medicine in this wine, so as not to overwhelm you!"
Song Che smiled and said, "Fellow, the guard just spoke a little harshly. Look at this, how about I spend twenty taels of silver to buy the remaining three barrels of wine and the donkey cart?"
The Zhang brothers are still hesitating. But the pear merchant on the side advised: "How much is a donkey worth? My fellow, you are making a lot of money. The military men are escorting baggage, so it is understandable if you are more vigilant."
Mrs. Zhang then relaxed and said, "That's all, you look like a polite person, so I sold the whole car to you."
Song Che took out thirty taels of silver and handed it to the Zhang brothers. He turned around and asked the man selling pears: "I don't know, fellow villagers, how do you sell your pears? I have many brothers behind me, so you can sell them to me just like a car."
The man selling pears said: "Look at this official, he is a cheerful person. Then we brothers will not bargain with you. A cart of pears will cost three guan."
"Okay, how about I give you one hundred taels of silver and sell me the seven carts of fragrant pears and the donkey cart?" Song Che said, taking out two large ingots from his sleeves.
"This... the official wants pears, he can just buy them. Why did he also buy a car?" The pear seller stared at Yuanbao intently, but hesitantly.
Song Che smiled and said: "It's very tiring to hold so many pears. I bought them together with the car. It saves a lot of effort. I have a lot of money."
"In that case, then sell it all to the officials." The man took the silver coins from Song Che's hand.
"Brothers, come and move the pears quickly!" Song Che greeted, got on the donkey cart filled with wine, and hurried slowly down the mountain.
The sergeants hurried over to separate. There were more than two hundred people, nibbling one, hugging one, and carrying two. Most of the carts of pears were quickly gone.
The wine-hungry sergeant surrounded Song Che, "Sister Song, what are you driving for? Quickly bring down the wine barrel to eat with us."
Song Che not only did not stop, but instead raised his whip and drove the donkey, speeding up a bit, and said with a smile: "Brothers, the road will be going downhill soon. The carriage is overloaded and driving drunk is very dangerous, so I will drink first." Rush down to the hill, and when you get down from the mountain, it won't be too late to eat it to quench your thirst."
It only took half an hour to go down the mountain to save effort. The wine had been bought anyway, and the sergeants didn't say anything. The sun was already getting darker now, and it was time to set off.
The sergeants then went about their business, pushing the carriage and fragrant pears, and quickly followed Song Che who was taking the lead.
The faces of the pear seller and the wine seller were a little nervous.
Song Che turned his head and glanced at the men, and smiled coldly in his heart. He had watched Water Margin and Three Kingdoms eight times if not ten times. How could he dare to imitate others with his small skills?
The reason why they drove the wine down the mountain was to distance themselves, and to tell the soldiers to "look at the plum blossoms to quench their thirst" to speed up their pace. The reason why they bought the wine and pears together with the donkey cart was also to turn away from customers. If they were really fruit farmers in the countryside, the goods would After everything was sold out, it was natural to go home. If they followed, they would most likely be bandits in disguise.
The donkey cart was light and fast, and Song Che quickly opened up a large distance of the caravan. Xu Xiao quickly followed the donkey cart, "Brother Song, do you think you can eat this wine?"
Song Che smiled and said, "Isn't the wine behind you? You can try it if you take a corner and you'll know?"
Xu Xiao said: "Although I really want to taste it, I always feel that if you want us to taste it, there is no need to deliberately make excuses to drag it down the mountain."
"There is probably some sweat medicine in this wine. If we really eat it, our goods will most likely be lost."
"Ah?" Xu Xiao first exclaimed, and then wondered: "But I just saw those fruit farmers, and they were eating well and not falling down. How could they have sweat medicine?"
Song Che said: "There were four barrels of wine in the car, and they only ate one of them. How dare they conclude that the other three barrels were not drugged?"
Xu Xiao said: "If I eat it, I must ask the man selling the wine to take a bite first and see if he pours it."
"He can put the poison into a ladle, or he can set up a secret compartment in the barrel. If it were me, I would have a hundred ways to put the sweat medicine in without anyone noticing,"
Song Che added: "I saw the clues when I went up the mountain from the fruit farmer. They first deliberately pretended to be weak to let us relax our guard, and then ate pears in front of us to stimulate our desire. Then they brought wine and brought Liu The head of the escort serves as a stepping stone for the 'play hard to get' strategy. In this way, the weather, the right location, and the people are all occupied by them. It can be said that these people are attacking the heart step by step."
"It's better that you are here, Brother Song, otherwise we will really make a mistake and regret it for eternity." Xu Xiao glared back at Shan Gang: "Since Brother Song has seen through their treacherous plot, why not go up and kill them now?" ?”
Song Che said: "I'm not sure yet that they are gangsters. If they were killed by mistake, wouldn't they really have killed more than a dozen innocent people?
I just deliberately put down my words and said that I would eat this wine when it reaches the foot of the mountain. If they are really bandits, they will definitely come down the mountain to find us;
Furthermore, you have to know that we have fifty cartloads of goods, which they will definitely not be able to move, so I conclude that their accomplices must be hiding somewhere in this Black Wind Ridge, maybe somewhere. They are watching us everywhere. "
Xu Xiao suddenly realized, "I see... Then we get to the foot of the mountain later, pretend to be numb, and then wait and wait until the bandit reveals everything and kill him by surprise!"
"Xu Dutou is not only a martial artist."
"It's rare to be smart when you work with Brother Song."
"This is called 'taking advantage of the enemy'."
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