Zhao You finally entered the mountain, trudging through the mud, crossing wormwood and wattle trees, holding a sharp ax and scimitar and carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
Most of the fellow villagers in the village, like myself, don't have much savings. Not long ago, when faced with the group of green men who came to make trouble, everyone helped them and did not give in.
Now it is no longer easy to drag them into this quagmire that will easily destroy their families.
Zhao Huzhu has a straightforward temperament and cannot do such a thing.
"I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the ruffians poured into Jiang Papi to support them!"
A group of hooligans who have nothing to do all day long. According to Zhao You's temperament in the past, they are all bullies and afraid of the strong, but they can't stand the big boss who speaks, and that man happens to be the owner of 60% of the village.
Nearly half of the residents in the village sought to survive under his wing, and there was really no other way to resist.
"Ten taels of silver, or three ya..."
He chose the former without much thought, but ten taels of silver was not a small amount. Zhao You knew that there was a sinister person in that group of green men, and he had a grudge against him, otherwise the other party would not bother to come to the door, and specially offered this ordinary farmer who could not get it.
price!
Boom! The ax struck down and broke the branch in front of him. The lean man venting his strength was a little angry.
He didn't regret that he had beaten her up when he met her when he was teasing a girl in the west of the village. He only regretted that he hadn't been cruel enough to kill her!
But he had no choice but to endure it. The green-skinned people were so numerous that Zhao You and his family could not resist them.
Even if the villagers all stopped the other party from attacking and saved Sanya for the time being, the amount of money they should give was indispensable.
These are the words of the great master. Not to mention his family, there is not a single person in the whole village who dares to refute it.
Gua! Gua!
In the grass, an animal that could not tell whether it was a frog or a toad was shouting. The sound mixed with the sound of water flowed into his ears. Zhao You frowned, as if he remembered the scene not long ago, and his heart became more and more depressed.
Huh, his chest was heaving, and he was breathing in the cold mist in the rain curtain. He walked around quickly, intending to go to a pass to search. The place was hidden, and it was located on the edge of Huangwang Mountain. There were not many wild animals.
He patted the clay stars on his trouser legs, and there was some hope in his eyes. The last time he went there was four years ago, and he found some medicinal herbs. Later, he planned to go two more times, but he had problems with his legs and feet and was unable to go.
.
If I go back now, I hope I can gain something.
"Huang Wanggong bless you!"
After muttering in his mouth, he lifted up his raincoat and walked deeper into the forest step by step.
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Half a day later, a villager ran by with a hoe and said bluntly that there was a flood in the mountain, which washed away the trees and fields on the edge, leaving a huge mess.
The Zhao family was panicked.
After another half day, the rain gradually lightened up, but Zhao You did not return for a long time.
The woman couldn't sit still and hurriedly ran to her aunt's house next door for help. She found a few enthusiastic Cheng Ding and prepared to go to the outskirts of the mountain forest to look for good people. After hearing about it, most of the villagers guessed the whole story, and they also knew that Zhao Huzi was the only one.
The reason for rushing into the mountains in the rain, so they all agreed, put down their work at hand, and joined in the effort.
On the first and second days, there were two more landslides in the mountain, and a hill not far away collapsed in half, revealing reddish-yellow soil.
After the rain, the sky cleared up, and four days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Zhao family closed the door, and the villagers tried many ways to help, but Zhao You never came back. Someone suddenly remembered the agreement and quickly asked the one, three, and four people to pack up and leave.
"You guys first find a place to hide outside for two days, and then come back after those damn people have left."
Others also agreed, after all, women have skills to rely on. If something happens to Zhao Huzi, no matter how bad things happen, he can still find a good place by relying on this skills.
The woman who was reminded ignored her sadness and hurriedly packed up her belongings. She wrapped the few money and clothes at home in a bag, and under Muramasa's introduction, she took a few children and planned to go to a village twenty miles away from Sijia'ao.
I took shelter in a place called Pingxiang. It was Muramasa's wife's natal home and there were people who could provide some help.
The first and third children left with a few bags of dry food that the villagers had scraped together. Before leaving, the woman burst into tears and begged everyone to tell them if they found any trace of Zhao You. She did not plan to stay out for too long.
Out of trust in her husband or unwillingness to believe anything else, she still held onto hope and longed for mercy from the Taoists and gods.
In the next few days, the villagers did not give up completely, but the mountains and forests were deep and dense, and they could not be found for a long time, so there were rumors that Zhao Hubeard buried his bones in the mountains and rivers.
Just when everyone was still considering whether to call the Zhao family back and set up a tomb or something like that, a group of green-skinned people came closer to show off their power.
Muramasa breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they were sent out in time, otherwise these people might have done something bad!
He took a few young men with him, intending to go and have a good talk. The village magistrate later inquired about the grievances between Zhao Huzi and Qingpi. Since they were gone, Zhao's wife and three children could not be found for a while.
I can explain one or two.
The rest of the villagers also thought this, but unfortunately, the Qingpi who came back this time were no longer as fearless as before. With murderous intent, they waved sticks and swords, pushed away the mumbling old people, and took advantage of the young men's lack of reaction.
When they came over, they struck one after another.
Knock him to the ground.
Exclamations suddenly arose, and some villagers who were still working in the fields looked up in confusion, only to see a messy scene at the entrance of the village...
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In Sijia'ao, today after a sudden rain, a fire suddenly broke out.
People ran away, some roared and brandished knives, and some acted wantonly. The leading man put on the "fish scale armor" plundered from the homes of wealthy families, and armed with a hundred-forged sharp knife, he kicked open the courtyard door of the senior official of Chiang Kai-shek.
There is no one in Sijia'ao that can be called an aristocratic family. Although it is close to the county seat, bandits in Tongzhou are now incessant and difficult to suppress. The wealthy and aristocratic families have all reduced their layout. Except for the upper fields, the middle and lower fields outside the city have been in recent years.
The contents were transferred to others.
Several large households that had been robbed before were the ones who took over, as were the middle-aged men who shrank in fear and couldn't help but panic in their eyes.
"I heard that Mr. Jiang was once a signing officer?"
Signing officer, a title in the Great Zhao Dynasty, was not actually an official, but after all, he worked in the government office, had the responsibility of planning and answering, and often went in and out of places. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was indeed no different from an official.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in the former Song Dynasty, the system of the previous generation was inherited and carried forward, and the sale of officials and titles was expanded to include large and small auxiliary officials and various official positions, making these good things that officials originally obtained for their families and relatives and friends into a systematic and open system.
The price is clearly marked, so no one can be deceived.
At one time, there were countless people in the world who were 'proclaimed officials', and there were even more people who were dominating and doing good things.
There was once a child who said Wuji: There are eight hundred officials in a city, and all the officials are eight hundred.
Xu Wei didn't know this, he only heard the gossip from a few losers, and when he asked the question at this moment, his words were somewhat teasing and mocking.
The middle-aged man named Jiang had a calm expression on his face, but his teeth were trembling faintly. He wanted to scold him, but he couldn't be as confident as usual - his eyes kept wandering around the long knife in the opponent's hand and the iron armor he wore.
Finally, he lost his energy and collapsed completely on the ground.
He knew that the dog he had fostered with his indulgence had finally come back to bite him, and now he was baring his teeth at its original owner, glowing with green light, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
"Xu Zui... hero, seeing that I have provided a lot of shelter and money and food for heroes in the past, can you be so noble?"
Xu Wei remained unmoved and stared coldly.
"Is it possible that Mr. Jiang still doesn't know about Shuigouzi Village and several villages in Dongpo?"
He seemed to be smiling, but he obviously didn't believe it. At this moment, a younger brother came running up, with his upper body naked and stained with blood.
I saw the other party came forward with a smile, and whispered a few words in front of Xu Wei, saying that this old dog had noticed something wrong early on, but I didn't think they were so bold, or that they were confident in the surrounding nurses?
In short, the other party only secretly transferred a small amount of money, but he couldn't let go of the Jiang family that he had been running for decades.
"Since you can't bear it, let's go down together with the house in hand!"
Trembling, the middle-aged man's eyes widened and he wanted to say something, but unfortunately Xu Wei stopped looking at him and aimed a knife at his neck in front of his younger brother!
Pfft——
The blood is flowing like water!
The dog's legs trembled, and he raised his eyes to look at the boss and the corpse lying on the ground. Gulu swallowed his saliva and felt that the boss he used to fool around with was indeed a little different recently.
It is becoming more and more cruel and terrifying.
"Go, gather all the money and food together, don't hide anything for yourself, we will reward you according to your merits later!"
Although I didn't think it was necessary to waste my time, a chill ran down my neck after experiencing the scene just now. I nodded in agreement and ran out of the lobby as if I was running away.
After the chaos, most of the people in the village were brought under control. Unlike before, Xu Wei, as the leader, did not massacre this time. He only selected a few women from the crowd and rewarded them to the bandits. He still had use for the rest.
The gangsters who have transformed from green-skinned gangsters can just bully the people in the countryside with their numbers. It is a joke to really expect them to attack cities and build strongholds.
Xu Wei has never been in trouble, but he has heard no fewer than ten stories since he was a child. He knows a common truth: it is always good to beat a small number when there are more people.
The number of people in the currently unnamed group was too small, so he planned to absorb some of them, whether by force or inducement, as long as they were willing, and if they were put on a boat first, they would eventually surrender.
Today we first leveled four villages, then captured the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, and finally gathered strong troops and conquered the county seat in one go. Wouldn't it be wonderful to enjoy the food and drink?
He held all the villagers in the open space, and as he was thinking about the good life in the future, he slowly walked forward, cheered up, and said: "Dear fellow villagers! We"
puff!
It broke through the air like cracked silk, and then little bits of scarlet fell.
The villagers raised their heads, either with anger or with eyes split open, and most of them were slightly confused after a dull sound. When they came back to their senses and looked back, they saw that the vicious and violent man not long ago was already on his right side.
The hole in his side temple opened, and blood gushed out like a fountain. He fell upside down to the ground.
Xu Wei refused to close his eyes, and his gradually darkening eyes seemed to still be haunted by the dream of leading his brothers to dominate the world in the near future, sinking together.
"Ah! Boss!"
The greenskins were frightened and started making noises one after another. Some crawled and rolled in front of Xu Wei, while others looked around, looking for enemies.
And there are a few people whose instinct as ruffians arises at this moment. They are used to bullying the weak, and they only see their boss being killed in an instant. They don't even know where the enemy is. It's not scary, so they subconsciously start to shrink back.
In the direction of the gang's pile of money.
"What a coward and evil thief!"
A roar interrupted everyone, drawing their attention to one place.
I saw two people galloping towards me on horseback. One of them had already jumped off the horse. His steps were like moving clouds and mist, rising and falling several feet in a row!
The two thieves on the outermost side were frightened by this momentum and staggered back, but there was a clear sound piercing their ears. When they looked back, they saw that their companions' throats had burst, revealing a long gap.
Ahhh!
Boom! A palm was placed on his face. The frightened Qingpi had no time to swing the stick before he was thrown to the ground, causing a burst of dust.
A faint red and white substance overflowed from the back of his head. The Taoist looked around and saw the burned house and the piles of corpses. His face became more and more angry, and spring thunder broke out between his lips and tongue!
"Suffer death!"
With overlapping force, he punched out two punches, his muscles and bones roaring simultaneously, and at the same time, he was injected with huge force, and the green leather hammer that surrounded him flew into the air.
"Junior brother, senior brother, help you!"
Choking! The light is cold and dazzling, and the sword flies like frost.
Several more people collapsed.
At this moment, not to mention the green-skinned gangsters who were slaughtered like chickens, even the villagers kneeling in the field could not help but tremble in their hearts. The women quickly covered the eyes of the children - these two Taoist priests are so fierce!
Shockingly lethal!
But then again, kill well!
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Jiang Qin'an couldn't help it. If he hadn't practiced Qing Jing Taoism for more than ten years and had seen a lot along the way, he would have killed the opponent one after another with one knife!
"Junior brother, calm down! Delusions!"
Huh! Huh--, after several rounds of exhaling, his chest and abdomen rose and fell several times, with Yue Haiping's persuasion, he finally suppressed the murderous intention brewing in his heart.
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Taking advantage of the chaos of the general situation to temper him, the result was that he was hammered harder and harder, completely unlike his senior brother.
Taoist Jiang did not speak, but walked around the corpses and came to a roof where a man and a woman hugged each other, crying and fighting.
Two children, one large and one small, fell in their arms. One had all his limbs broken, and the other was covered in blood and flesh. It was unknown what kind of crime he had suffered during his lifetime.
Elsewhere, Muramasa also closed his eyes and was carried to the house on a straw mat by the villagers, planning to tidy up his appearance and then bury him.
Xu Wei only wanted to gather manpower this time, so he kept an open mind towards the young and mature men and gathered together in one place with the intention of intimidating and luring them. As for the young and old, they were not recruited and naturally allowed his subordinates to vent their anger.
"Spare my life! Master Dao, Master Dao, please go around me!"
"I was forced, I was forced by that bitch Xu Tiezi, Master Dao!"
"I have an elder and a younger child at home, I...I..."
The few remaining people are still clinging to life, constantly begging for mercy and begging for their lives. They just ask that the two of them are worthy of being reborn in the Taoist sect and God is kind enough to spare their lives.
"They deserve to die."
Jiang Qin'an took off the cloth bag, tore a piece open, and gently covered the child's body.
"You have to rein in your temper, otherwise how can you realize the nature of heaven and earth? Although I, Haiyun Guan, specialize in cultivating the way of harmonizing evil spirits, I can't forget about myself and my thoughts."
Yue Haiping said so.
Jiang Qin'an did not listen to the young senior brother's words, but turned around and drew his sword.
But he was stunned.
I saw the Taoist behind him shaking his head, talking to the older junior brother in front of him, and wiping his sword, wiping off an inch of bright red on the blade.
But the sound of moaning and begging for mercy had suddenly stopped at some point.
Only then did Yue Haiping nod his head, as if answering the first two sentences he said.