If a person has food, he must be full of lust, but if he has no food, he will become a murderer if he is hungry.

This is the difference between the commoners of the imperial capital and the mountain and forest thieves, both of whom are human beings, and what they lack is only a mouthful of food.

Twenty years ago, the land indemnity of the Lu State was consumed too much vitality, resulting in the smoke in the Lu State, full of bandits and bandits, if the scale is larger, the army of the Lu State will send troops to levy, if it is less, the soldiers of the Lu State often turn a blind eye, ignore the merchants and beloved families who complain, who will be idle, with their heads to exchange for meritorious service.

Meritorious service is a symbol of feudalism in peaceful times, but it is worthless in turbulent times, a bandit is worth a few dollars, and it takes a lot of effort to exchange his life for meritorious deeds, without any substantial benefits, and only a fool can do this.

The 20 meritorious deeds of the Lu State are the system of Daqin, which is divided into a first-class public servant, two on the top, three hairpins, four not more, five doctors, six official doctors, seven public doctors, eight public doctors, ninety-five doctors, ten left chiefs, eleven right chiefs, twelve left guards, thirteen middle watches, fourteen right watches, fifteen young ones, sixteen big ones (Daliang made), seventeen chariot chiefs, eighteen big chiefs, nineteen Guan Neihou, and twenty Che Hou.

Above the marquis is the title of the prince and the boy, and there is only a name under the public passenger, and there is a fief and reduction policy above the public passenger, and the meritorious service is no better than others, only talking by the head, it is really a record of killing with a knife and a shot.

It's a pity that this world is sometimes really unfair, even if you have the ability to kill the merits of the Marquis, you have to prevent those wealthy nobles from modifying the records and taking credit, so there are only scholars from the poor family in Dalu, but there are no generals from the cold family, even if there are some meritorious generals from the cold door, most of them have become the loyal dogs of the nobles, and those who are not satisfied have long become the lonely souls of the mass graves.

Therefore, the phenomenon of the military department of Lu is very strange, on the one hand, the names of the soldiers who died in the war are engraved on the city wall to commemorate the dead, on the other hand, there will never be the day of the emergence of the low-level military attaché, which also makes some soldiers and military attaches who have no way to see it thoroughly.

This is the status quo of the low-level soldiers of the Lu State, in this case of inaction, so a large number of small scale rogues, bandits, bandits, such people live a murderous business, in order to fill the stomach with a mouthful of food.

But whoever can live, who will break the law?

Hu Ergou is such an outlaw, before being a thief, Hu Ergou was just an honest, diligent farmer, twenty-year-old grade not to say that food and clothing are rich, but there is a wife and children, although the family has a hard time, but also happy, however, God never wants the beauty of adults, for Hu Ergou, all the disasters occurred in the winter of 1362, when there was a war related to the fate of the Lu country - Xiwu Wan Fu.

That year, the Jiaguo army invaded, and all the invaders were like a group of red-eyed madmen, holding steel knives and straddle war horses, and rushed into the village.

Men, kill, kill, kill, kill women, but everything that is alive, even a newborn chick is feathered into the stomach of the intruder.

Hu Ergou in order to subsidize the family, took a few people from the same township to the nearest mountain to chop firewood and hunt, that day's harvest far exceeded the usual income, many prey can not only let the wife and children have a good mouth, but also to the town to exchange money to buy two taels of wine to drink, thinking of this, Hu Ergou who returned to the village A few people walked a little faster, but unfortunately what was waiting for him was a skyrocketing fire, because his home was near Dingyang City.

Hu Ergou is a rough man and has no culture, but he never hates the invasion of Jiaguo, because he knows that there is no immortal in the war between countries, if it is to protect the family, Hu Ergou is also willing to put down the hoe, take the sword, and fight against the invaders, but in this life he only hates the Lu country, hates the court of the Lu country, and hates the general of the Lu country Wenren Yongyuan.

The country of Lu was weak and ceded land for reparations, the court was incompetent to nourish a group of waste, and the dignified general actually betrayed the country to seek glory, all of which made Hu Ergou vomit blood with hatred, gritted his teeth with hatred, knelt in front of the corpses of his wife and children and cried with hatred.

From that moment on, Hu Ergou changed his name to Ergou, in order to become a fierce dog, bite the enemy to kill Lu State, that night, the remnants of Hujiazhuang croppers formed a bandit, into the mountains and forests, robbing the merchants and lovers, both for life and revenge, as the strength became stronger and stronger, Hu Ergou was also pursued by the government, and the five brothers who revolted together are now left with themselves.

Over the years, the officers and soldiers have been killed, the businessmen have been killed, and the beloved people have also been killed, Hu Ergou's bandit group is just like his name, like a mad dog, shuttling through the mountains and forests, but whenever he smells a trace of meat, it is a swarm of bites, it is this madness, Hu Ergou has also been ruthlessly cleared by Lu State.

Hu Ergou was blind in one eye, this eye was broken in the hands of the official army in order to save his brother, but unfortunately he still failed to make that brother live, since then, Hu Ergou has looked at this turbid world with a fierce eye, and looked at all the damned people.

The seats of the cottage are covered with yellow tiger skins, and there are bustling shouts and scolding on both sides, Hu Ergou is eating meat and drinking wine, looking at the bandits who are wanton and happy below, showing a smile, every New Year, Hujiazhuang has been so lively.

Rudeness, meanness, willfulness, and even scolding formed Hu Ergou's previous life.

"Report!"

The little bandit leader rushed in, and the shout immediately made everyone stop what they were doing, because they knew that the business was coming to the door.

Hu Ergou excitedly licked the remaining grease at the corner of his mouth, the thief has been a thief for a long time, he always has some special hobbies, for the thief, there is nothing more happy than robbing the house.

Say. ”

Hu Ergou's voice was full of majesty and ferocity, which was the momentum he had cultivated over the years.

The little leader of the bandits said excitedly: "In charge, a group of officers and soldiers came down the mountain, less than two hundred, under the banner of the king of Jinnan, dressed luxuriously, at first glance, he is not an ordinary person, he is in charge, we will do this vote or not." ”

"King Jinnan?"

Hu Ergou asked suspiciously, in his image, the king of Jinnan had been burned by a fire twenty years ago, when did Lu have another king of Jinnan.

"Boss, I know this. ”

The one who spoke was the only one in charge of Hu Ergou's seat, with a pig's brain and fat intestines, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his face full of caracal meat hung on his face, looking like a squeezed sausage from a distance.

The second boss stood up and patted his undulating chest and said: "Master, you know me, two days ago I went to the brothel in the town to find the girls, I heard that group of rotten Confucians said that the dog emperor recently recruited a new king of Jinnan, is a little doll with no hair, as an envoy to the Tang Kingdom, it seems to be called rich... What's rich... Right... It's called Fu Yuancai... Strange name. ”

"King Jinnan, rich Yuancai. ”

Hu Ergou not only groaned for a few points, if he changed ordinary officials or soldiers, he would be robbed, but if he changed envoys, Hu Ergou did not dare to guarantee whether he could avoid the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, after all, this was a matter of slapping the face of the royal family of Lu State, but as long as it is a royal family, the face is always more important than the country, it may acquiesce to you to do something out of line, but you are never allowed to trample on your dignity.

At this time, the second master seemed to think of something again, and suddenly shouted: "By the way, I remember, those rotten Confucians said that this king of Jinnan is still the son of a great general back then." ”

"The Great General of the Year?"

Hu Ergou's heart suddenly seemed to miss a few points, and he hurriedly asked, "Which general?"

"It seems to be smelling... Smell ......"

"Is it called Wenren Yongyuan?"

After receiving Hu Ergou's reminder, the second master hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's Wenren Yongyuan, why does the big boss still have something to do with that general?"

"Hehe, this is a big deal. ”

Hu Ergou slapped up and said with a cruel smile: "The mountains and rivers are exhausted and there is no way out, the willows and flowers are bright and another village, there is a road in heaven that you don't go, there is no door to hell to vote for, smell people Yongyuan, haha, smell people Yongyuan." ”

"Father, mother, Xiu'er, Ah Leng, I can't find Wenren Yongyuan, but I can send his children to pay tribute to you, and I will avenge you. ”

Hu Ergou's tear ducts had already cried out back then, and the blood and tears shed this time were blood marks that exploded on the side of his eyes, and this hatred that had been suppressed for twenty years was enough to move heaven and earth when he saw the light of day.

"Little ones, start plundering with me, this time as long as you are dead, not alive, and all things that are in charge of your own home will be given to you. ”

"Long live the big boss, long live the big boss. ”

Hu Ergou's domineering spirit aroused the cheers of the thieves below, but the second master said with some hesitation: "The master, this is the prince of Jinnan, the envoy of the imperial court, if we do it... You ......"

Before the words of the second master fell, he fell to the ground, a clear sound of entering the flesh sounded, and the heart of the second master had already inserted a long knife, Hu Ergou slowly pulled out the long knife from the corpse of the second master who fell to the ground, kicked the corpse down the steps with one kick, and sneered: "In this life, whoever dares to stop me from taking revenge, I will destroy his nine clans." ”

"The little ones, the women and property of the second master are all given to you, first come, first served, go, go and grab hard, go and grab hard, hahahaha......"

The bandits rushed to the residence of the second master like a chicken, and suddenly there was a woman's cry and the wail of the sword intertwined, and the red torch shone on Hu Ergou's face, pulling out a long black shadow, like a fierce mad dog roaring silently......