After the old man Hu Youjin of the Hu family in Dongcun of Lanxian County left Jingle County, he led 30 nursing homes and made a detour to Huangjiayan to return to Dongcun.

When I arrived at the warm spring ditch, two groups of people and horses were suddenly killed on the mountain beams on both sides, with a total of about fifty or sixty people, one in the south and one in the north, and they came straight to kill the old man Hu Youjin.

Master Hu was taken aback, and hurriedly led the thirty courtyards to run wildly in the direction of the East Village in the west.

After running far, I saw a tree branch scattered across the ravine in front of me, and there seemed to be several ditches among them.

Behind the branch was a group of men, about twenty or thirty, waiting for him with javelins.

Master Hu was taken aback again, and hurriedly tightened the reins of his horse, wanting to turn around and choose a way to escape, but the two cavalry on the mountain beams on both sides had already killed behind him.

After a burst of shouting and screaming, Old Man Hu trembled and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to a leader with hideous scars on his face and begging for mercy.

……

Wu County, Cuixiang Building.

Wu Qilin, the fourth son of the Wu family, was full of alcohol mixed with a strong smell of rouge, and staggered downstairs with the support of the two girls.

"Fourth son, are you going to go out of the front door today, or are you going to go out through the back door?"

A girl with apricot eyes and a nose asked in Wu Qilin's ear.

Wu Qilin took advantage of the drunkenness to rub her waist, shook his head and said: "You can't go out the front door, if my old man sees it, my son won't be able to come in the future." ”

"Giggle." The girl laughed and trembled, "Bad guy, then let's go out the back door, you remember to come often." ”

"Remember, remember, when this son comes back tomorrow, he will have to kneel down and ask you for mercy."

"Giggles......

The girl laughed again.

Out of the alley at the back door of Cuixiang Building, I saw a carriage parked at the back door, the coachman wore a hat with big ears, the brim of the hat hung down to cover his face, and he couldn't see what it looked like in the night.

"Help your son-in-law get into the car."

The girl recognized the carriage as the one in which the fourth prince had come, and beckoned to the coachman.

The coachman ran over with his head down, helped the drunken fourth son into the car without saying a word, pulled down the thick curtain, and then led the carriage and disappeared into the dark alley.

"Water, bring some water to my son."

I don't know how long later, Wu Qilin woke up a little and felt thirsty, so he shouted in the carriage.

But no one responded outside, only the ticking of horses' hooves and the swaying of the wheels of the road.

"Old grandson, are you deaf?"

Wu Qilin was a little annoyed, lifted the curtain, looked out, and then was stunned.

It was pitch black outside, and only the outlines of the surrounding mountain beams could be faintly seen in the faint moonlight.

"Old grandson, where is this?"

Wu Qilin asked in a lost voice.

The old grandson who was leading the horse in front did not respond, but an eerie voice sounded next to him: "Fourth son, come with us." ”

Before Wu Qilin could react, a knife glowing with cold light was handed to the side of his neck.

Wu Qilin suddenly woke up from all of a sudden, and instantly collapsed in the carriage.

……

East Huluchuan River, Ren Liang stationed on the east bank of Ma, frowning and thinking hard.

Wang Gang on the west bank said loudly: "Master Ren, the son of a son surnamed Qin just wants to borrow a knife to kill people, and deliberately blames us for the matter of Jingyou Du's family, so as to attract officers and soldiers to attack, we can't sit idly by." ”

Leopard Wu on the side also echoed: "Master Ren, while the surnamed Qin is busy dealing with those big households, let's join forces with the two families to kill them and take Mengjiazhuang and Guandi Mountain." ”

"No."

Ren Liang shook his head without hesitation.

"Why not? The surname Qin is only a thousand people, and they have to be stationed in Guandi Mountain and Mengjiazhuang, our two families add up to 1,700 people, but we can first surround the Guandi Mountain Shentai Peak Dazhai, lead the surname Qin to rescue, and then kill him with ambushes, and he will definitely be able to kill him. ”

"It won't work." Ren Liang still shook his head, "Although the surname Qin has few soldiers and horses, his Guan Emperor army is well-trained and well-equipped, and it must not be taken lightly, and that guy is scheming, bold and reckless, and often has unexpected moves, I am afraid that as soon as the two of us go out, it will fall into his arms." ”

"Ren Ye ......"

Ren Liang waved his hand to interrupt the other party, and continued: "Now that the rebel army from all walks of life is like a bamboo in Shanxi, connecting many states and counties, the officers and soldiers of Shanxi and Cao Wenzhao are tired of taking care of themselves, and they will not have the heart to come to our poor country. ”

Wang Gang frowned: "Master Ren, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again." ”

"Needless to say, the two leaders don't need to say much, now that Ren Mou is not going to send troops."

Wang Gang didn't say anything, only looked at him fixedly with Leopard Wu.

After a long time, after the two whispered a few words, they arched their hands towards Ren Liang and said, "Since this is the case, then we won't bother Ren Ye." ”

"You're welcome."

"There will be a date later."

……

The Du family had terminated the transaction with the Fan family, returned the silver to Fan Sanpao, who was in Jingle, and raised a large number of mule, horse, carriage and chicken carts everywhere, and loaded 2,000 stone of grain into the cart waiting to be shipped.

Du Youliang didn't want to prepare food, in his opinion, even if his father and two younger brothers, as well as those cousins and cousins were all dead, the Du family couldn't bow their heads like a thief.

We should assist the magistrate and several other gentry to annihilate the dog thief surnamed Qin in one fell swoop and eliminate harm for the people.

There is a selfish motive in this, all the young and strong are dead, and the Du family is up to him alone.

However, almost everyone, including his mother and several uncles, opposed him, saying that both hands must be prepared, and those surnamed Qin should be beaten, but they should not force the other party too quickly, and at the same time, they must prepare food, and then renegotiate after beating the other party, and give a few hundred stones of grain to redeem everyone.

If you can't beat the surnamed Qin, when you have no choice, you can only transport 2,000 stone of grain over as the other party said.

Food can be grown and bought, but people can't be gone.

Du Youliang's mother and several uncles even went to raise vehicles in person, personally distributed money and grain on the street to recruit people, and recruited more than 500 hungry people in only half a day.

Du Youliang recruited another 300 hungry people, and gathered the 300 people and horses of Fan Sanpao, the eldest son of the Fan family, and set up more than a dozen cauldrons outside the city, preparing to give the hungry people a full meal.

He himself went to the Wu family with Fan Sanpai to see if the Wu family's men and horses had been assembled.

When I arrived at Wu's house, I saw that there were a lot of horses in the Wu family, but they were hurrying to the streets, as if they were looking for something.

Du Youliang and Fan San looked puzzled, shouted at the door, and the porter came out and saw that it was them, so they hurried inside.

Not long after, the old housekeeper of the Wu family ran out with a solemn face, and only said, "Two sons, my lord is invited", and then led the way.

Du Youliang and Fan San were full of suspicions, followed the old housekeeper straight into the inner courtyard, and were invited into the lobby of the Wu family.

When he crossed the high threshold and walked into the hall, Du Youliang sighed in his heart, and instantly had a bad feeling.

Fan Sanpao also frowned, with a solemn expression.

I saw that in the hall, almost all the clansmen in the main room of the Wu family were there, sitting on both sides with heavy faces, and when they saw them coming in, they all turned their eyes to them.

Master Wu sat upright, his face was a little pale, and a young concubine was constantly caressing his back.

In front of Master Wu, there was a young woman kneeling on the ground crying, looking like the fourth young lady of the Wu family.

"Please be seated, two sons."

The old butler ordered two chairs to be brought and placed at the bottom of the right side.

Du Youliang didn't sit down, but bowed his hand upward, and asked suspiciously: "Master Wu, ...... are you?"

"My fourth brother is missing."

Wu Qizheng, the eldest son of the Wu family, took over the words and replied in a deep voice.

Du Youliang's face changed.

Fan Sanpao on the side closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.