Uncle Yang came to his clan brother's inn and grabbed his clan brother Yang Shuigen. Suddenly he heard someone outside shouting that bandits were coming, and he immediately shouted: "Don't run around! Don't be beaten to death by the officers and soldiers as bandits!"
Yang Shuigen shouted: "Where did the officers and soldiers come from! There haven't been officers and soldiers here for many years!"
Uncle Yang also shouted: "The prefect has borrowed 8,000 armed policemen from the Taiwan government! Each of them carries two barrels of black Western muskets on his back, and can fire several rounds of bullets at a time!"
Yang Shuigen was anxious: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense!"
Uncle Yang gave him a hard squeeze: "I saw it with my own eyes! They were wearing ball-shaped steel helmets on their heads, and two muskets were fired from left to right." He paused, and his voice was still loud, "It turned out to be the prefect Su, I'm afraid there are many people in Green Forest.
I borrowed it if there was any trouble; secondly, I could help train the Jiangxi militia and police in a few days. Unexpectedly, there was no trouble in the Green Forest people, and Xu Hong's forgetful son ran over. He didn't have much ability, and he had just arrived at Feihong Mountain.
He let the scouts of the Taiwan government notice him and shot him dead. It was the man named Xu Qi." Yang Shuigen's expression changed drastically. Yang Erbo stumbled, his face was full of hatred that iron could not be transformed into steel, and his hands were not loose at all.
Several green forest people in the hall looked at each other and did not dare to act rashly. Yang Shuigen was silent for a moment, and the room suddenly became strangely quiet. After a while, he heard the sound of gongs outside, and someone shouted loudly: "Fellow folks, listen - Ximen
Outside, there is Xu Qi, the son of the former Jiangxi general Xu Hong, who is still determined to be a thief. He is leading the bandits to come to the city to rob. Now they have been blocked by the officers and soldiers. Xu Qi is dead. They are exterminating the remaining thieves. The gates on all sides are temporarily closed. Please
Dear fellow citizens, please do not go to the Xicheng Gate to join in the fun - please do not go to the Xicheng Gate to watch the fun and join in the fun - bullets do not have long eyes - watch with caution - "
Uncle Yang glanced at the crowd and said, "Did you hear that? Bullets don't have eyes, so be careful when watching. Don't watch the fun, just join in the fun."
Everyone in the inn was stunned. After a while, the boy said: "Aren't there no officers and soldiers in the city?"
Yang Erbo said: "That's because you didn't see it. Since the troops from the Taiwan Prefecture arrived, Magistrate Su used all kinds of thunderbolt methods. Why? He has soldiers in his hands, and he is not afraid of ghosts and gods!" He looked down at Yang Shuigen and poked him.
He pointed a finger on his forehead. "They gave you a mallet, but you just thought it was a needle." Yang Shuigen and the waiter looked at each other, not daring to move for a while.
At the other end, outside a tea shop, someone shouted that bandits were coming. Before the green forest people who were sitting around could comment, the man who yelled had been choked. Liu Hu grabbed the man, carried him into the tea shop, and threw him on the ground.
Asked: "Does anyone recognize him?"
Shopkeeper Liao Shouping hurriedly said: "I don't recognize it."
Liu Hu said: "This person must be a spy sent by Xu Qi to handle the matter. I'll ask Mr. Su to interrogate him later." Liao Shouping understood after a moment's thought and nodded lightly.
The man struggled and shouted: "How can I be a craftsman? I am just an ordinary person." Someone in the tea shop also asked.
Liao Shouping said: "A signal firework was set off at the West Gate just now. Did anyone see it?" Everyone looked around blankly. He then explained. The signal firework just now was set off by the guards at the West Gate to signify that the bandits were gathering outside the city.
There was another kind of signal firework during the siege. This person shouted "The bandits are coming". Liao Shouping said, "If you were a common person, how would you know what the fireworks meant? How would you know that the bandits were gathering at this point if you weren't an insider?"
Liu Hu folded his arms and said, "There are many Green Forest customers in this shop. They yell here specifically, clearly intending to coax the Green Forest people to go out and make trouble and take the blame for Xu Qi." The man was speechless.
A green forest man stood up excitedly: "Are the bandits here already? I'll go out and have a look!"
"No." Liu Hu said.
The man raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"You can't get out."
The man put down his tea bowl and ran out, allowing Liu Hu to kick him down. The man shouted: "He is the grandson of Yiziyao Eagle Claw! Come on together!"
Liao Shouping said calmly: "If you fight in my shop and damage tables, chairs and objects, you need to pay according to the price." As soon as he finished speaking, someone pulled out a knife and struck him on the head. Liao Shouping raised the Eight Immortals Table in front of him with both hands and struck it.
He held it, flipped his hand and slammed the person under the table. The steel knife clattered to the ground, and the teapot and teacup on the table also fell to the floor.
Everyone in the house was shocked. Some people praised: "What a great effort from the shopkeeper!"
The Eight Immortals table was turned upside down. Liao Shouping stepped on the back of the table. The man shouted "Ouch" across the table. Liao Shouping said: "The money for the teapot and bowl is yours."
The man hurriedly said: "What's mine is mine! Shopkeeper, please spare me!"
Liao Shouping relaxed his feet and said: "Don't go out to watch the excitement, just enjoy Huizi tea in peace, so as not to offend anyone you can't afford to offend. Besides, since the gentleman is here, you can't get out."
He raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Hu.
Another man clenched his fist and said, "How can you pass by an expert when you meet him?" He slowly approached Liu Hu. Everyone waited with bated breath to watch the excitement. Hearing a "plop", many people could not see clearly.
What happened? The man fell to the ground. Everyone was making a noise.
Liao Shouping hurriedly said: "Since you want to compete with this gentleman, why not move the tables and chairs to the side and fight in the middle."
Everyone laughed and said, "The shopkeeper is so stingy!"
Liao Shouping also smiled and said: "It's not that I'm stingy. These things are very good, and it's not easy for craftsmen to make them. Why bother to break them with white eyebrows and red eyes? These teapots and bowls of mine are not cheap." Then he led the people to move around.
Open tables and chairs. If there are any good-hearted people who want to persuade people to go out to see the bandits, they can no longer do so. Everyone lines up and takes turns fighting Liu Hu, just like in a ring.
There are also some inns in the city where people from the green forest live. They are all kept by the Yang family's children, who beat, persuade or scare them. There are few who make trouble in the streets. Many government officials go to the streets to beat gongs and shout. The people heard that the intruder was Xu.
Hong's son first thought of rebels instead of bandits. He also heard that he was dead. Although he was frightened, he was more interested in watching the excitement.
At this moment, the bandits had attacked the city. Fortunately, Zhenming's ears were better than others. He heard the noise from far away and ordered his men to shout, "There are bandits——" The man pulling the carriage who set up a stall outside the city gate was so frightened that he ran towards the city gate.
Run. There was a child who was running slowly and fell over a stone. He lay on the ground and cried loudly. The next second he felt his body rising into the air. When he turned around, he saw an old man grabbing the collar of his neck and flying away.
Yang Guotai usually ran into the city gate. Many men wearing yellow, brown and green floral clothes came out of the city gate. They shouted "Hurry up and enter the city" and helped everyone retreat into the city. They themselves came in last. Yang Guotai was sitting in the city gate.
When having tea inside the gate, he put down his teacup and gave an order, and the city gate slowly closed.
On the road outside the city gate, a group of bandits swarmed over like locusts. There were three horses at first. Two of them crouched and ran quickly. One ran while picking up his bow and arrow. He looked at a figure on the top of the city gate and raised it.
He got up. There was a "bang" sound, but before the arrow was fired, the man had a hole in his chest. He turned over and fell off his horse. Immediately, there was a burst of gunfire, and more than a dozen bandits fell in the formation, including the two leaders.
Among them, there were too many bandits, and the corpses were trampled underfoot in the blink of an eye. Yang Guotai stood on the city gate with a helmet on his head, assigning soldiers to shoot arrows and smash stones. Just now, someone rushed to several oil shops to contract the oil for the whole store.
, had already brought some to the city gate, and lit a large pot to boil oil for later use.
A sentry held up his telescope and looked around. From a distance, he saw several long-sleeved Taoist priests running over like the wind, stepping on the heads of the bandits. Zhenming said: "These few are left to the poor Taoist."
Yang Guotai said: "It would be best if you can kill them with a musket. If the musket fails to hit them, you will come back again."
A special soldier said: "With their speed, I can predict their moving position and shoot."
Yang Guotai nodded: "You go first."
Another laughed and said: "I have never hit such a fast moving target. Actual combat is more interesting than drills."
The one in the lead shouted: "Comrades! The high-speed moving target is about to enter the shooting range. Each person is limited to one bullet at a time. Let's see who hits it."
Someone shouted: "How many?"
"Five. In order from south to north, count!"
Then I heard the soldiers upstairs reporting five numbers in turn, "one, two, three, four, five," and "one, two, three, four, five," and the leader gave the order: "Prepare for the first round."
The soldiers raised their guns and took aim. After a while, several gunshots were fired, and two Taoist priests fell down in the blink of an eye. The other three ran faster. The leader shouted again: "Get ready for the second round." This time only two Taoist priests fell down.
Next. "Prepare for the third round." The third round also failed. In the end, the old Taoist priest escaped the fourth round of shooting and ran to the city gate, jumped up, and pressed his limbs against the city gate like a gecko, dodging.
He moved to avoid arrows and stones. Everyone watched helplessly as he ran to the top of the city wall and shouted, then jumped over the city gate. Ten muskets had already been aimed at the track where he landed. This man was in mid-air and had nowhere to focus.
There was no way to dodge, so he was hit by several bullets. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he saw an old Taoist priest Zhenming in gray clothes standing in front of him.
Zhenming looked at him and said, "Brother Qingyang."
The Taoist priest named Qingyang also said: "Brother Zhenming Taoist."
Zhenming said: "I don't want my Taoist brother to be a bandit."
Qingyang's face was ferocious: "If you become a king and lose a bandit, you will see the real seal under your hands!"
Zhenming glanced at the holes all over his body and sighed: "That's fine." Then he shook his sleeves and said, "Brother Taoist, please go first."
Zhenming was very skilled in martial arts, but Qingyang suffered another gunshot wound, and did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He opened his stance and thought about how to take action. Unfortunately, before he could think of the first three moves, a bloody hole opened on his forehead - this
It's not a martial arts competition.
Zhenming shook his head and retreated back to the city gate. Yang Guotai saw that the old Taoist priest's expression was as usual and said casually: "Aren't you happy?"
Zhenming glanced at him: "Do I look like a Green Forester?"
Yang Guotai hurriedly said: "It doesn't look like that."
Zhenming said calmly: "I was originally a member of the imperial court." Yang Guotai was suddenly surprised. He actually forgot that this old Taoist priest's surname was Shi, and he was the uncle of the great general.
Seeing that more bandit soldiers had gathered under the city, Yang Guotai ordered small artillery to be moved over and fired from above. There was a rumble and the city tower shook slightly. The bandit soldiers below the city had been blown up into pieces of flesh and blood, and blood and severed limbs were everywhere.
At this moment, a man from Chulongzhai rushed to the Su Mansion and asked to see Su Cheng for something urgent. Su Cheng was busy at the moment. Hearing that the bandits were coming, Su Tao really wanted to go to the city gate to meet the enemy. Old Su Zheng
After scolding him, he refused to listen and had to go. Su Zheng was so angry that he smashed the tea cup and wanted to beat him. Su Cheng naturally couldn't watch me being beaten, so he tried to stop him and tried to persuade him. Jia Cong and his wife had nothing to do.
Watching the excitement, he ordered the maid to bring two more plates of snacks.
Liu Xiaoqi was sitting on an old camphor tree next to the gate of Su Zheng's courtyard and was watching. Seeing the gatekeeper running over in a hurry, he jumped lightly from the tree and jumped straight to the gate. A man fell from the sky and was frightened.
The door jumped. Liu Xiaoqi asked: "What's the matter?"
The doorman was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Someone came to Miss Lao's shop and said that Young Master of the Lao family would like to go home and ask their ancestors to give the nursing home maintained by the Lao family to our master to defend the city."
Liu Xiaoqi frowned: "Is it just the people from the eldest lady's shop who are here, or are the people from the Lao family also following?"
"Master Lao is here too," Menzi said. "He said that if an official from the Yamen goes with him, he will be 90% sure. If he goes to ask his ancestors himself, he will only be 60% sure."
Liu Xiaoqi sneered: "He is indeed a businessman. He talks nonsense without making a draft." He glanced at the doorman and said, "Let's go, I'll go see him." The doorman glanced into the yard. Liu Xiaoqi said, "Don't be alarmed.
Master." The door still didn't move, so Liu Xiaoqi grabbed the clothes on his back with one hand, picked them up, and ran towards the door of Su Mansion like an arrow.
I saw Lao Yanhe sitting in the front hall, with several waiters holding him, including his own and Su Cheng's. Liu Xiaoqi put down the door, and the door took several breaths before settling down. Liu Xiaoqi put his hands behind his hands
Walking in, he greeted Lao Yan and cupped his hands: "Master Lao."
Lao Yanhe quickly stood up and returned the greeting: "Master Liu."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Our master said, thank you Master Lao for taking the trouble. It's just that guarding the city is the duty of the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers who have been trained for a long time are not comparable to those who guard homes and hospitals."
Lao Yanhe frowned and said, "But there are no available officers and soldiers in Nanchang Mansion. Only King Yan's idea is to guard the grain soldiers, so how can we resist the bandits."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled slightly: "Those thousands of grain guards are just helping. Don't worry, Master Lao, Mr. Su has already borrowed enough soldiers and horses from the Taiwan government to defend the city."
Lao Yanhe suddenly opened his eyes: "Taiwan House?"
"What's more, the bandit leader Xu Qi has died in the hands of the scouts, and the rest are just a mob. Even if they don't retreat, it doesn't matter. Now is the age of firearms. One shell is enough to destroy a group of enemy soldiers, not to mention we have more than just muskets and artillery. Master Lao just cares.
Go back with peace of mind. People probably have no intention of buying anything today, and business is not easy to do. Even if all the bandits are not dead tomorrow, reinforcements should have arrived." Liu Xiaoqi shook his head and sighed, "What a good young man, he died like this.
.The sword, bow and arrow are no match for firearms.”
Lao Yanhe was immediately filled with disappointment: "...It turns out Mr. Su has invited reinforcements from the Taiwan government."
Liu Xiaoqi nodded and said: "Although it is not needed, I still have to thank Master Lao for his kindness. It's rare that you have such a heart, so I will accept it for our master." He gave a deep gift.
Lao Yanhe returned the courtesy without hesitation. After he straightened up, he was stunned for a moment. Liu Xiaoqi looked at him in bewilderment. Lao Yanhe Nai cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry. I heard that Mrs. Su's surname is Zhang. I dare to ask whether Mr. Zhang is Mrs. Su."
Relatives?"
Liu Xiaoqi thought for a while: "Not bad."
Lao Yanhe's face turned red: "It's up to you whether we kissed you or not."
Liu Xiaoqi held out her chest and said with a smile: "I already have a family."