It has been raining these past few days and the mountain road is really difficult to walk.
Wu Da walked in front holding a torch to clear the way, Bian Yuanfeng followed in the second, Bian Lei in the third, and several other second-in-commands and the ten chiefs followed behind.
The ground was very slippery, and people fell down from time to time, and there were overgrown grass in some places, and it was hard to tell whether there was a road or not.
To avoid the fire burning on the grass, they had to lift the torch higher, and at the same time, they had to prevent strong winds from high altitude from blowing the fire away.
I forgot to get a lantern first, and many people's intestines almost turned green.
There are many rivers and small lakes on the top of the mountain, gurgling together in one place, and there is a waterfall below, but the source side is relatively quiet at the moment.
"This is such a damn good place," shouted Fourth Master Duan who was walking behind, "Da Lang Er Lang, all your ancestors are buried there."
Everyone followed what he pointed at and looked towards a mountain top.
Bian Yuanfeng originally stepped up to the top of the mountain, looked at the suddenly widened high-altitude view, and had a heroic feeling that this is the world, but because of these words, it was like a bucket of cold water poured down his face.
It's all about the ancestors, so it should be many generations, maybe a hundred years upwards.
As a result, they are still a gang of pony thieves, and they have become so successful that they might even become the emperor.
"Hey, when the old boss was still here, we were very majestic in this area of Zhaoyun Mountain, and we were right to the point. How could those little bastards from the Huifeng Gang and the Tianding Gang dare to challenge us?" Wu Da shouted from the front.
"Yes." The shortest ten-person leader at the back responded, "But these idiots are really lucky. A few years ago, the Hui Feng Gang snatched the big one, and it suddenly started to shake. The villain looked like he was successful.
, I just missed going to the government gate to play gongs and drums to show off my power."
"Hahaha, then they dare!"
"Our old master has done this before!" Fourth Master Duan said proudly, "It happened more than 20 years ago. The old master directly led people into the city and slaughtered the richest merchant in Chongyi. Sixteen people were killed.
The corpse was thrown at the yamen gate, and the maids, attendants, and concierge were all sold to Pingyang for a total of fifty thousand taels!"
"Wow!" People who didn't know this period of history shouted.
Bian Yuanfeng's blood boiled when he heard this: "What happened next? Did the government send officers and soldiers to chase us?"
"But he was so fierce. He went to Lingchuan to find a garrison. More than 8,000 people came and gathered around the mountain to fight." Fourth Master Duan laughed. "It turned out that these useless gangs left after fighting for a few days."
They sent people to send a lot of gold and silver treasures to our old master, begging us to be more peaceful recently, pretending to be wiped out by them, hahaha!"
Everyone also laughed.
"We should take advantage of that moment to chase and fight those officers and soldiers," Bian Yuanfeng's eyes became bright, "Isn't such a good time when our morale is high?"
"No way, no way," Wu Da waved his hand, "Our manpower is limited, and we can't defeat them even if we fight one against a hundred."
"You won't be able to expand your manpower?" Bian Yuanfeng sneered.
Wu Da and Fourth Master Duan also sneered and did not answer his words.
It's easy to say, it's not the desperate people who turn into bandits. Who among these men, women, and children within a radius of two hundred miles doesn't hate them with itch?
Still recruiting...
"Huh." Wu Da stopped at this time, looked ahead, and passed the torch forward.
"What's wrong?" Fourth Master Duan shouted.
"There is no road," Wu Da said, "There is no road here."
"No way?" Bian Yuanfeng stepped forward and stood side by side with him. Because he was not tall enough, he stood on tiptoe to look.
"Let me take a look." Fourth Master Duan also squeezed forward.
There is a large, quiet and wide river in front of it, flowing to the southeast, which should be the waterfall you see below.
On both sides of the river, a ravine about three feet wide and bottomless was dug out. There was also a row of long, crooked wooden railings on both sides of the ravine. By the light of the fire, you could vaguely see that the wooden railings were covered with rust.
of big iron nails.
"How could I forget," Wu Da slapped his forehead, "I heard the old boss say this to prevent poisoning the upper waterfall."
"Then, can't we get through?" Bian Lei asked.
Fourth Master Duan looked at the dark ravine in front of him, nodded, and said irritably: "It seems that we have no choice but to go back. There is nothing we can do at night."
"What shall we do for dinner?" the shortest of the ten men shouted. He had been running around all day and was already starving.
"There is still a way down the mountain," Bian Yuanfeng recalled, "but it's a bit far."
"Then let the women who are working come over and go back." Wu Da shouted.
After walking for more than an hour, by the time he got this result, his temper had already become irritable.
"Let's go!" Fourth Master Duan also shouted irritably, turned around and left.
Bian Yuanfeng was still standing there. He looked at the river and wooden fence over there. For some reason, he always felt like he had seen it before somewhere.
"Erlang, let's go." Bian Lei shouted.
Bian Yuanfeng responded, looked over there again, then turned back to follow the second master and the ten captains.
"Don't touch me, ouch." Lianping was being supported by others, crying out in pain with every step he took.
Xiaoshu and Suxiang supported her, followed by a bunch of maids.
The boys were standing in the yard, and there were forty or fifty horse thieves who heard the news.
"It's so cruel." Xiao Shu said looking at the wounds on Lian Ping's body.
By the candlelight, there were still faint barbs visible inside the wound.
Du Xiang stretched out his hand and pulled out a thorn. Lianping screamed and burst into tears from the pain.
"It was really a girl who beat her?" Several maids looked at Suxiang in disbelief.
Su Xiang felt even more ghostly and nodded: "It's a girl."
"How is that possible?" Du Xiang looked at the barb in his hand with disbelief on his face, "You must be lying."
"It's a girl, it's a girl." Reping cried, "It's really a girl."
"Did you see the face clearly?"
Liping nodded: "I can see it clearly, but I don't know her name. She is dressed in rags and has a lot of holes in her pants."
"Approximately how old is it?" Xiao Shu asked.
Suxiang recalled: "About ten years old, not tall, so he should be here with me."
She stretched out her hand and gestured, a little lower on her shoulder.
When she made such a gesture, the people in the room didn't believe it anymore.
Du Xiang put the barb on the table and said calmly: "I'd better go back and tell my aunt what happened here. I just said that the slave boy in the backyard beat you. I don't know if my aunt believes it or not."
"I have to go back and tell the lady." Liu Han said, "But I don't think the lady will believe it."
"Why hasn't Old Man Zhang come yet?" Xiao Shu looked out the door, "It's been so long."
"Call Old Man Zhang, her wounds are going to hurt even more." Du Xiang said, then reached out and pulled out another barb from the wound on Lian Ping's shoulder.
"It hurts." Rei Ping shrank.
"It hurts like this. When old man Zhang comes later, it will only hurt like this." Du Xiang said with a smile.
