More than 200 miles west of Jianzhou City, there is Biji County. Under its jurisdiction is Biji Mountain, which is a hundred miles in radius and thousands of feet high. The mountain is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is a Biji Village on the mountain, and there is a group of people.

The bandit took over the mountain and became the king. This group of bandits had about 3,000 men and horses, and there were three village leaders: Zheng Daqiang, the leader of the big village, Jian Rang, the leader of the second village, and Fan Chenglin, the leader of the third village.

This group of strongmen occupied Biji Village for several years. Jianzhou County organized troops and horses to attack many times. Each time, they lost troops and generals. Instead of taking Biji Village, they made it more and more famous. The county governor Ye Tengjiao was also very happy for this.

It's a headache.

The leader of Dazhai, Zheng Daqiang, was originally a ruffian from Yanzhou County, Jiangdong Province. Because he robbed the Chu family's tribute to the current emperor, he offended the head of the dynasty, Taiping Bochu Zilie, and was wanted by the sea. He had no way out, so

He fled to Jiannan Road and went to Biji Village in Jianzhou County to join his old friend Luo Chengpeng. Luocao became the leader of the second village for the bandits.

Zheng Daqiang has a restless nature. After arriving at Biji Village, he actually encouraged Luo Chengpeng to attack Jianzhou County. At that time, Biji Village only had more than a thousand troops, and attacking Jianzhou County was just a joke. Poor Luo Chengpeng was treated by Zheng Daqiang as "

The nonsense about "the king's energy is here" can't be found in the north. He really led his men to attack Jianzhou County. As a result, Luo Chengpeng was shot and killed by an arrow. Zheng Daqiang led hundreds of defeated soldiers back to the stronghold.

After Luo Chengpeng's death, the village was leaderless, and Zheng Daqiang was the most capable of causing trouble. Therefore, the minions publicly elected him as the leader of the large village. He also gave way to the leader Jian, who was less prestigious among the minions, and promoted him to be the second leader of the village.

Last winter, a scholar named Fan Chenglin escaped from the Southwest Road. He walked to the foot of Biji Mountain and was captured alive by his minions. He was tied to a pillar in the Juyi Hall. Originally, Zheng Daqiang wanted to kill Fan Chenglin and cut out his heart.

Sobering up soup, Fan Chenglin closed his eyes and cursed loudly before he died, "It's too bad that I, Fan Chenglin, have not avenged the blood feud, so I will die at the hands of bandits!"

Jian Rang on the side quickly stopped Zheng Daqiang, walked over and asked, "Boy, what bloody vengeance have you not avenged?"

Fan Chenglin opened his eyes and said bitterly: "I am the son of Fan Dongyu, the magistrate of Tongcheng County, Yuzhou Prefecture, Southwest China. The King of Pingxi, Yin Quanqiang, wanted to take my sister as his concubine. How could my father agree? So Yin Quan asked his men to accuse my father.

They colluded with Daxia and ransacked my family. My parents died tragically and my sister was sold to a brothel. I was studying in Hengjiang County at the time, and I managed to escape because I got a tip from my father’s friend!”

Jian Rang was startled, "You were also killed by Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi? Coincidentally, so was I! Three years ago, Yin Quan enclosed land in Yuzhou and our Jian family's land in Dongshan County. That land was left by our ancestors.

The family property passed down from the previous dynasty to the Later Sui Dynasty was our family's property, but Yin Quan wanted to steal it openly! How could our whole family submit? We all rose up to resist. As a result, Yin Quan mobilized thousands of soldiers and horses and wiped out countless members of my family.

Hundreds of people were hacked to death!"

As he spoke, Jian Rang tore off his shirt and exposed his chest excitedly. There were two shocking scar marks on his chest and three scars on his back. Jian Rang said loudly: "I have also been slashed several times.

It's just that I didn't hit the vital part, so I didn't die by chance. I escaped from Jianjiazhuang, Dongshan County when it was dark. On the way to escape, I lost too much blood and passed out. Someone was kind enough to visit relatives in a neighboring village.

The old man took me in. He knew some rudimentary medical skills and saved me. You said you have a grudge against Yin Quan, so why don’t I? I wish I could eat Yin Quan’s flesh and sleep on Yin Quan’s skin!”

The tall and thin Jian Rang turned around and asked the dozens of brothers in the Juyi Hall to retreat. Then he came to Zheng Daqiang and knelt down to plead for Fan Chenglin, "Master of Dazhai, since Young Master Fan and I have the same

He has a bloody feud, please let him go! I know that the leader of the village is ambitious and wants to achieve great things. Mr. Fan is a scholar. What our village lacks the most is scholars. We can never achieve great things by relying on a group of reckless men."

Zheng Daqiang looked at Fan Chenglin who was tied to the pillar with his eyes closed and waiting to die. He stood up from his chair and came to Fan Chenglin. He reached out and picked up the sharp knife, cut the binding rope and loosened Fan Chenglin's binding. Zheng Daqiang patted Fan Chenglin's shoulder.

He laughed loudly and said: "Good boy, since Brother Jian begged for mercy, from today on, you will be the leader of the third village of the village!" Zheng Daqiang asked his minions to move another chair to the right side.

That night, the three people paid homage to each other. Zheng Daqiang was the eldest brother, Jian Rang was the second brother, and Fan Chenglin was the third brother. The three village owners were as close as brothers, and Zheng Daqiang asked Fan Chenglin to meet his sister-in-law. Zheng Daqiang had a village wife named He Meichun.

, turned out to be the wife of Biji County Prime Minister Nie Wuchang. Two years ago, Zheng Daqiang led people to break through Biji County. The county magistrate abandoned his home and city and fled. County Prime Minister Nie Wuchang fled with his wife. As a result, he ran a step slower. Nie Wuchang was

The minions beheaded.

Zheng Daqiang saw that He Meichun, the wife of Nie County Cheng, was as beautiful as a flower, so he kidnapped her and made her the wife of Yazhai. Unexpectedly, He Meichun was as beautiful as a flower but had a heart like a snake and a scorpion. She was willing to become a thief and gave Zheng Daqiang many ideas, such as cannibalism.

It was this woman who came up with the idea of ​​strengthening the heart and liver, and encouraged Zheng Daqiang to recruit troops and prepare to become emperor.

He Meichun himself was unable to have children, so he especially hated women who were pregnant. He asked his minions to take the pregnant woman up the mountain and disembowel her for her pleasure. This He family was extremely dissolute, treating human life as nothing, and would do anything for selfish desires. He said

It is no exaggeration to say that this woman is completely inhumane.

Besides, after Fan Chenglin paid a visit to his sister-in-law, Anna Mae Chun was really happy to see Fan Chenglin. There were a bunch of rough guys in the village, and Zheng Daqiang himself was just a humble gangster. Suddenly, a phoenix flew into this pig's nest, and here came such a handsome scholar.

, how could Mr. He not be moved by love? Mr. He seduced Fan Chenglin many times when no one was around. How could he know that this young man Fan Chenglin was polite to her and truly regarded her as his sister-in-law, so how could he be willing to have an affair with her?

Anna Meichun was annoyed when she couldn't succeed over and over again. From time to time, she said bad things about Fan Chenglin in Zheng Daqiang's ears. Fortunately, Jian Rang was always by Zheng Daqiang's side and said good things for Fan Chenglin. In addition, Zheng Daqiang really needed Fan Chenglin, and Fan Chenglin was also a good person after all.

He was a scholar, literate and had a far-sighted vision than these bandits. He was really indispensable in the village, so the two of them always maintained harmony and never fell out with each other.

In the more than half a year after Fan Chenglin arrived, the number of people in the village increased from more than 1,000 to more than 3,000. Heroes from all over came to join the village. Biji Village also established cooperative relationships with several nearby villages, such as

Liu Datou, the man from Guantou Mountain who broke into Dulong County and killed the magistrate and Hong Kui, had a very good relationship with Biji Village. If it weren't for Tang Jiu Sheng a while ago,

With Fatty and the others on the expedition, Guinea Village is still living happily.

The death of Liu Datou, the leader of Guantou Village, brought great stimulation to Zheng Daqiang. He was afraid that he would reach that point one day. Coupled with He's constant encouragement, Zheng Daqiang's desire to become emperor became even stronger.

Before Fan Chenglin came to Biji Village, he had the idea of ​​​​supporting Zheng Daqiang to expand the copycat business. He even thought of using Zheng Daqiang's power to get rid of Yin Quan and avenge his parents and sister. Later, he realized that He and Zheng Daqiang were short-sighted and could not succeed.

People who have serious problems will feel half-hearted.

Especially not long ago, Tang Jiusheng led 3,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Guantou Mountain, captured Liu Datou alive, and surrendered three or five nearby villages, which made Fan Chenglin have the urge to surrender to Tang Jiusheng. Fan Chenglin also tested Zheng Daqiang's tone, and Zheng Daqiang

Shaking his head like a windmill, he will never surrender and will establish himself as king. One day, he also wants to conquer Yong'an and replace Yin Guang as emperor.

Fan Chenglin thought to himself, Zheng Daqiang and his wife are really wishful thinking. Is it so easy to be the emperor? With just three to five thousand grass bandits, there is no long-term plan. They lack counselors, money, major generals, and the soldiers are not equipped with refined food. How can they not be wiped out by the government?

Good luck! Fan Chenglin tried to persuade him several times, but Zheng Daqiang didn't listen at all. He even blamed Fan Chenglin for embedding others' ambitions and destroying his own prestige. Fan Chenglin didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Jian Rang somewhat agrees with Fan Chenglin's view, but he was promoted by Zheng Daqiang from the junior leader to the second village leader, and Zheng Daqiang was kind to him. Jian Rang is also a loyal person. Since his eldest brother refuses to go down the mountain to surrender, then he also

The only thing she could do was to accompany her elder brother in the mountains to guard the family business. As for the big dream of becoming emperor in Yong'an, Jian Rang was a pragmatic person and didn't even think about it.

The He family was very arrogant and openly threatened that Zheng Daqiang was the emperor and she was the empress. She encouraged Zheng Daqiang to proclaim himself the emperor of the Biji Kingdom, named her the queen, changed the Juyi Hall into the Jinluan Hall, and named Jian Rang the "General Protecting the Country"

, Fan Chenglin was the "National Protector", and the other big and small leaders were civil and military officials. They accepted the congratulations of the officials at the "Jinluan Hall" and had a banquet for three days. It was simply the most ridiculous thing.

Fan Chenglin really couldn't sit still. If Zheng Daqiang and his wife continue to make trouble like this and proclaim themselves emperor in the village, they will definitely be killed by the court. Besides, he has always wanted to defect to Tang Jiu Sheng. Now even a fool can see it, and Yin Guang is granted the title

Tang Jiusheng became the King of Wei because he came to Yin Quan. Fan Chenglin had a grudge against Yin Quan, so Tang Jiusheng was the best candidate to help him avenge him.

That night, Fan Chenglin had something on his mind and couldn't sleep, so he went to the back mountain to admire the moon. By coincidence, he happened to meet the "Queen Empress" He Meichun who was also out for a walk. He Meichun had just drank some wine with Zheng Daqiang, and Zheng Daqiang was drunk and was sleeping.

I was asleep, Anna Mae-chun was in high spirits, and when I saw Fan Chenglin under the moonlight, I couldn't help but feel very excited. I stepped forward and grabbed Fan Chenglin, and told him some gossip, which was nothing more than romance.

Fan Chenglin was really angry. This woman had no shame and seduced him many times, but he sternly rejected her. Tonight He went even further and acted like a "Queen". If Fan Chenglin didn't comply, he would be dragged away.
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