In the early morning, the sound of gongs came from the county town.
Crisp and melodious.
Liu Da got up early. Today he was going to visit a friend. He thought about it for a long time last night and tossed and turned. After all, he still couldn't let go of this foundation and couldn't run away.
After waking up his wife who was still on the bed craving for warmth, he put on his clothes and hurriedly called the maid to bring the meal. It was still early in the morning and he set out in a hurry, so he just had a bowl of gruel to satisfy his hunger.
"Get up and let Min'er and Ping'er wash up, take some fine gold and silver with them, and go through the tunnel of Zhang Yaoli's house to hide somewhere else for a few days."
Liu Daru gave the order, but other than his wife, he did not inform the rest of the family in advance.
Neither the two daughters knew about their father's plans.
Seeing the faint sadness in his wife's eyes, he pretended to be calm and comforted: "Relax, Mr. Donglin is one of the few swordsmen in the prefecture. He is anxious for justice and loves justice. In addition, in the past years, his disciples have made good friends with me and often took care of things."
"Now we only accommodate a few female relatives. With this favor, it won't matter."
After hearing this, Liu Da's wife looked a little calmer, but she was still worried that Liu Da himself was in danger, saying that it would be better if the whole family fled together.
"no!"
Liu Da categorically refused.
"When the white pole bandits first came, they killed many wealthy landowners to scare the monkeys. Now they have captured me as an example and are keeping a close eye on me. You still have a chance to sneak away, but I will definitely not be let go."
In fact, he can still run away. But Liu Da can't let go of his family wealth in his heart. Even though he has given a large amount of money to those damn gangsters to avoid disasters, and has his bones and marrow sucked out from time to time, there are still many people hiding in the cellar.
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How much money can he take with him when he flees? As long as he can hold on until these gangsters are driven away by the army, he can keep all his belongings!
After working hard for half his life, he could only take away a few bags of gold and silver in the end. It was like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain. Liu Dashi couldn't think about it, and his heart felt like it was being cut.
However, his family members could not take risks with him. Although he looked down on the gangsters in the city, his swords had no eyes and he had to let them leave early.
Zhang Yaoli was an acquaintance of Liu Da when he was doing cloth business a few years ago. Unfortunately, a group of traders came from the north. The materials they brought were of good quality and only cost a hundred yuan a piece. The large quantity was favorable, which allowed the business of several nearby counties.
are all affected.
He also changed his way of making a living.
However, the connection with Zhang Yaoli has not been broken. There was chaos in the north a few months ago. Zhang Yaoli, who was doing business in the Jiangnan area, was forced to bring his whole family to this remote town to escape the increasingly fierce war.
It's a pity that God's fate was not good enough, and he could not escape after all. Just two days after he settled down, he was blocked in the city by the white pole bandits again.
Fortunately, he remembered that there was a tunnel in the other party's house that led to the outside of the city. Perhaps the predecessor of his residence did not trust the power of the local government, so he worked hard to dig it, and finally got Zhang Yaoli's advantage.
The latter had experienced fleeing chaos and was still frightened, so he naturally did not bury this escape route. At the same time, he only talked to Liu Da once while drinking when they got together.
At that time, the two of them didn't know anything else, they just thought about it.
I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
Liu Da sent his wife and daughter away, and he wrote a letter to Zhang Yaoli early in the morning. In the letter, the other party also advised him to leave as well, so that he would not have to be trapped in the city and worry about the fate of his family and his family.
Liu Da did not leave, but his friend still remembered the friendship between his family in this situation, which touched him, so he also pointed the way to Zhang Yaoli, who was unfamiliar with the place.
"There is a small town called Pingya to the south of Jiusu Mountain, where Dong Lin Gong, a famous swordsman in the state capital, opened a martial arts school."
Dong Lin Gong was born into a wealthy family. When he was young, he wandered around the world and wandered around with a group of warriors.
He gained quite a reputation, and later when his parents were getting old and needed help, he returned to his hometown to get married and pass on the family business.
"Dong Lin Gong has always been good at justice and has a great reputation among warriors. Due to his family background, he is also on good terms with local officials and merchants. I am also a rare first-class swordsman. Even now, more than ten years later, my sword is still strong.
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With an open martial arts school, dozens of martial artists, and a man named Donglin Gong who is well-versed in all aspects, having his wife and children go to stay temporarily and escape for a while is undoubtedly more frightening in Liu Da's opinion than following him in the county town.
Better.
After receiving the news, Zhang Yaoli was immediately grateful, and wrote another persuasion in his reply. However, Liu Da really cared about his family's savings for generations and could not bear to abandon them. The former had no choice but to obey Zhao's instructions, take the token and leave with Liu Da's wife and daughter.
That night, more than ten people escaped from the secret passage. The gangsters had tight control over the city. Fortunately, Zhang Yaoli had done a lot of escaping and was very familiar with it. The group of people escaped from the city without any danger and came to a small courtyard prepared in advance.
He got out his horses and headed towards Jiusu Mountain all night.
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Da woke up from his bed again. His heart was tight. He carried a drink and pretended to visit an old friend. He apologized to the gangsters who were patrolling on the road and finally was let go.
When I arrived at Zhang Yaoli's house, the doors and windows were locked, but I still found a letter in a familiar corner.
Putting it back into his sleeves, Liu Da hurried back.
In his house, in front of the desk, he spread out the letter paper and scanned the lines. When he saw that there was no accident on it, he let out a long sigh of relief.
His wife has been with him for decades, and the love between the two is unimaginable. Otherwise, given his family's wealth, there is only one person in the backyard, even though usually there are only a few maids and maids when gangsters come.
Seeing that my wife and daughter are safe, I should calm down the gangster leaders who are having fun in the county government and not let them have the intention of killing the goose that lays the goose for the wealthy landlords like myself.
After putting down the letter, the huge stone in his heart just fell to the ground, Liu Da began to think carefully about how to deal with the next thing. It is not an easy task to prevent the hidden treasure from being exposed among a group of gangsters who eat people without spitting out their bones.
Boom, boom, boom!
He raised his head suddenly and heard fierce knocking outside the door.
When Liu Daxin mentioned it, he suddenly thought that his actions were noticed by the gangsters.
No matter how turbulent his heart was, he gritted his teeth and trembled and took out a short knife from under the bedside.
His round face turned pale, and he was sweating profusely, but there was a trace of determination in his eyes. He told his wife where he hid the money. As long as he died, no matter how many people searched, they would only be able to find a small part...
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"What are you doing hiding at home?"
"Get out quickly, the big boss is going to lead people to attack Xuanjiang Town! I tell you to ask the rich households in the city to pay for food!"
call--
After spitting it out in one breath, Liu Da released his strength and almost fell down.
Fortunately, fortunately, it was not a matter of my wife running away.
He wiped his sweat, quickly packed up his things, and burned the letter paper with a candle.
Only then did he arrive in front of the door.
The door is wide open, and there stands a young man with slanted eyebrows who looks like a thin bamboo pole. He is covered with high-quality silk and satin pulled from an unknown house. His hair is messy, his face is stained with dirt, and his eyes are green.
They look human-like, but in fact they are neither fish nor fowl.
Feeling contempt in his heart, Liu Da apologized and smiled in flattery.
"My wife broke her bones a few days ago. She is recuperating these days. Please remind me, little brother, I will go and let them get the money."
At this moment, he didn't dare to be careless, and patted his chest and promised that he, Liu Da, would be satisfied no matter how much he wanted.
It is with this sharp tongue that he can survive in the chaotic county town.
Unexpectedly, the man opposite was stunned when he heard this, and instead grinned and joked: "The bone is injured? Hehe, Liu Er Er, don't lie to me."
Liu Da lowered his eyebrows and didn't even dare to say anything.
Then he picked at the rope and pulled out a few silver beans. In the process, he turned the cuffs outwards to expose the clean inside. The look of pain made the other party laugh at him.
The thin bamboo pole seemed to have vomited out everything Liu Er Er had picked out from the rest of the people in the city.
The Baigan bandits now have a lot of knowledge about Liu Er Er's character. They know that he is greedy for money, and they always use their orders to plunder money from various houses. They don't know how this person can fool him, even if it is not his mouth every time.
He said he could have as much as he wanted, but the quantity was indeed not low, which made several leaders very satisfied.
This temporarily spared the other party's life, and at the same time ignored this person's small actions to make profits.
If you regard wealth as your life, you are destined to not live long.
There was disgust in the eyes of the thin bamboo pole, and he only expected that this fat-headed and big-eared person would be hacked to death by crossing the river and demolishing the bridge after he was no longer of use.
It's interesting to think about it, and I heard that this person also has two daughters...
Fortunately, this person was still needed now. Shou Zhugan didn't say much else. He collected the things and passed on the words before leaving.
Behind the scenes, Liu Da's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
From what he heard from the other party, it seemed that the bandits had already targeted his wife and daughter. At this moment, he was extremely glad that he had sent his family members out in advance, otherwise he didn't know how many unknown things he would have suffered in the future.
Pooh!
Seeing the idle and domineering gangster walking away, Liu Da spat angrily.
Damn that shit!
Time passed like this day by day, and five days later, the atmosphere in the city became increasingly solemn.
Liu Da was walking in the alleyway with fear every step he took.
He shouldn't have been so afraid after he had given away his wife and daughter. However, not long ago, the leader of the Baigan Bandit led his men to attack Xuanjiang Town, and was struck by a sudden attack that came out of nowhere and focused his left eye.
Unfortunately, his lack of strength allowed the evil thief to survive by chance.
The big boss who returned after the defeat became more and more irritable day by day, and frequently killed his servants.
Even the few younger brothers who followed him in the rebellion were beheaded for provoking him for no reason.
So much so that everyone in the city was in a panic and did not dare to say another word.
Liu Da was cautious and tried his best to complete every assigned task. The wealthy households in the city gradually lost their good looks towards this traitor who joined the bandits.
Fortunately, he secretly returned part of the collected money to the other party, creating the impression that everyone was in the same boat and he was just trying to save everyone and had no choice but to do so.
After this, the anger finally subsided a little, and everyone once again looked forward to the arrival of the army. They would prepare pots and pans of food to welcome the king's army.
However, two days later, a wealthy man was dragged out of his house wailing and stabbed with a knife. His head fell to the side with an angry look, and he stared at the concierge.
The woman's pitiful screams could be heard endlessly. After venting his anger, the big leader opened the courtyard door to the many minions with a cold expression on his face.
The evil continued for the whole day.
Liu Da knew the deceased man and brought several acquaintances to collect the body for the family.
He knew that as long as the gangsters were not eliminated, he would eventually die.
Seeing this miserable scene, the sadness of the rabbit's death and the fox's death suddenly rose in the hearts of several people.
But after seeing the dazzling sword, they, a group of rich and noble people who used to have unlimited glory, are now in a particularly embarrassed state and have no choice but to sit back and wait for death, just like the pigs and sheep raised in the pen.
Day after day, the grumpy boss would stab a whole family every once in a while, for varying reasons, just to vent his anger.
It is pleasure to rape and pleasure, and pleasure to kill.
Ten days passed like this.
Not only the ordinary people in the city were tortured to death by the white pole bandits, but Liu Da also had a headache because there was no money in the city.
Even though he took out some of the money he had hidden as an offering to a few of his close friends, and sent them together, he still couldn't stop the white-stemmed bandit's growing appetite.
"The second leader was also defeated yesterday and was chased by the officers and soldiers of Mu County. Unfortunately, the officers and soldiers were not large in number and could not attack the county town to rescue us."
Several people gathered together and whispered. Liu Da was now disheveled and completely different from his original appearance.
After all, the Baigan Bandits are a grassroots group. We cannot expect a group of gangsters to share weal and woe. Now with several defeats, disputes have begun, and with the already violent leader, there are more and more signs of falling apart.
But this moment is the most dangerous.
The chaotic gangsters will not worry about anything else, and the minions will only think about grabbing a handful and running away.
Liu Da was mentally exhausted and had already noticed the change.
Now he misses his wife and daughter, and regrets his original decision more and more, staying in the city and having no choice but to live or die.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a knock on the door at the right time, and everyone trembled. Finally, Liu Da went to open the door.
Sure enough, it was another assignment to collect money.
It's just that this time is different from the past, the four leaders actually made different demands!
"My life is at an end!"
Sighing, Liu Da hung his hands in despair.
The rest of the people in the room looked at each other, and they all saw a trace of fear in their eyes.
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The second day.
The familiar sound of gongs and gongs made me forget that the man doing the watch had been stabbed to death by a passing gangster two days ago for disturbing him.
Liu Da got up from the bed and tidied his clothes.
Put on your robe and sit in front of the house.
Three days ago, the secret passageway of Zhang Yaoli's house was discovered. Fortunately, he was not affected, but the limbs of several nearby residents were cut off and hung on bamboo poles to dry for two days and nights.
He can no longer escape.
Outside the yard, there was a lot of noise and wailing, and the white pole bandits had begun their final madness.
Boom!
This time he didn't get up, waiting until the other party broke through the door and walked towards him with a ferocious smile.
"Liu Er Er!"
"How's it going? How's the collection of money and food going?"
The thin bamboo pole led seven or eight people, all holding weapons in their hands and approaching.
From the looks of it, Liu Da has no intention of making excuses.
Obviously the other party has decided to take advantage of him this time, but he doesn't know what his identity is among the Baigan bandits, so he can get his piece of "fat meat".
"You guys, go and drag this old boy aside, and then take those two beauties and send them to Master Li."
Speaking of this, Shou Zhugan looked down and snickered.
"It seems you have a wife? Our brothers are not picky, but they can still eat it! Hahahaha!"
The others agreed and laughed ferociously.
Faced with all this, Liu Da looked frightened. He probably knew that he could not escape this disaster, so he simply stopped struggling.
Thinking of the tragic deaths of all his old friends, as well as the loss of most of his money, and the beatings and torture he had suffered these days, the fear in his heart dissipated and was filled with anger instead.
"Bah! What a bunch of bastards!"
He stood up and faced off against the gangsters for the first time in half a month.
Then he was knocked down by a fist and fell to the ground in great pain.
"ha?"
If you raise your hand, the thin bamboo pole will be chopped down with a knife.
He had long been dissatisfied with this fat man and wanted to teach him a lesson today.
"Go to hell! The labor and management will take good care of your ladies later!"
Liu Da closed his eyes and waited for the last moment.
However, the blade was not seen falling for a long time.
Instead, the movement outside the courtyard gate gradually subsided.
Huh? What's going on? He opened his eyes and saw a dark figure standing in front of the door.
The man was tall, about nine feet tall! Liu Da, who was trembling, was stunned. He had never seen such a tall and burly man.
The muscles on his body are as thick as an old tree, and his arms are as thick as a bucket!
He approached, step by step, and the sound of his footsteps seemed to hit the hearts of the gangsters. Every step made them panic and couldn't stop retreating.
Come closer and look down.
And the thin bamboo pole that was shouting just now has its head held by an iron hand as big as a cattail leaf fan, and it is several feet tall from the ground!
"Oh? How do you want it to hurt?"
"Is that so?"
His tone was flat, his hands were strong, and his thin bamboo head seemed to be squeezed into a cake, with tears streaming down his face and his eyes rolled up.
Drool dripped from the wide open mouth, and his limbs were weak and he kicked the strong arms, but it was difficult to shake him at all.
Eventually, it stopped moving like a dead fish and suffocated.
This scene made everyone present feel as cold as snow.
Even though Liu Da was saved by this, his liver trembled for a while because of the other party's violent move of crushing the person to death.
Ahhhhh!
Some people couldn't resist the pressure in their hearts and raised their long swords like crazy to slash from the side. Liu Da was startled and wanted to remind them.
Bang!
Before the sword fell, the strong man raised his leg and took half a step forward. As soon as he made contact, the attacker turned into a blurry afterimage and flew across the sky for a few feet, hitting the wall directly.
Boom! The force was so terrifying that the gangster's internal organs were shattered by the kick, and the wall also collapsed, raising dust.
On the other side, several people were all crazy. Some were crawling and rolling to escape, and some were raising swords. This time, the strong man did not move and allowed the sword to fall on him.
"Heroes, be careful! There's - hiss behind you!"
Just after he was reminded to exit, Liu Da was suddenly shocked and almost breathless.
Not only him, but the besieging gangsters also had their eyes widened - the long knives were sharp and there were several of them, and the gangsters were confident that they could cut even iron, wood and stone into pieces with their outburst in a desperate situation.
But it only tore the other person's clothes.
The red skin was exposed, with undulating veins, tiny cracks leaking blood, a trace of blush appearing, and the wound healed in just a few breaths.
This horrifying scene shocked everyone!
With a click, the sword fell to the ground.
"Weird, monster!"
"Ah! Monster!"
"Great Immortal, have mercy on me!"
Everyone fled in panic, and as soon as they took a step, they heard the sound of cracking silk in the air, and howling fiercely.
The shadow of his swift legs reflected in his eyes.
The next moment, the world was spinning. Seven or eight people vomited blood and fell to the ground, making no sound.
Liu Da's legs trembled as he watched this terrifying strong man slowly walk up to him.
He opened his mouth to speak, but was so frightened and shocked in his heart that he stammered, unable to utter even half a complete sentence.
Then I saw a strong man lifting Liu Dada who had fallen to the ground to stand up.
He raised his head and saw the other person's face.
Sword eyebrows, starry eyes, sharp edges and corners.
He is unexpectedly handsome... completely inconsistent with this terrifying figure!
"Are you Liu Qiyu?"
Liu Day, whose real name is Liu Qiyu, was stunned when his name was called.
Seeing that this man was restrained just as he imagined, the strong man was helpless, without the ghost-like aura he had just shown.
He reached out his hand and flicked the smoke dust on his clothes.
He continued: "I saw your wife and a man named Zhang Yaoli at Mr. Dong Lin's place. He said that this place was occupied by a group of gangsters. Since we were on the way, we will deal with them together."
In his eyes, the white-steed bandits who seemed to have killed hundreds of people were like crushing ants on the roadside.
In fact, it is really simple, because when the strong man entered the city, there were not many bandits here, and several leaders had just fought, and he was just in time to clean up the mess.
When Liu Da heard the news about his wife and daughter, he felt relieved and learned that this person was coming from Duke Donglin.
But when did Kaishan Martial Arts School have such a figure?
As if he saw his doubts, the strong man waved his hand as if he didn't care and explained.
"It just happened."
"I am not the one who founded the martial arts school."
At this point, the strong man introduced himself.
"A member of the Yijian sect, Li Mubai."
Liu Da bowed his hands in thanks, and his thoughts began to change, thinking about what kind of big sect this Yi Jian Sect was, with such an expert.