After dark, the mansion of Hu Myungjong, a well-known wealthy merchant in Jeju City, was brightly lit, and guests kept coming to visit him, just because today was his 50th birthday.

Although the officials in the city came to congratulate in person because of their bad status, they also ordered their subordinates to send their own hearts, as for other businessmen and gentry were all present, the front yard of the Hu family was a banquet for dozens of seats, hundreds of guests gathered together to congratulate their birthdays, for which the Hu family even specially invited a famous opera troupe from Shandong to perform a three-day drama here, which was really lively.

But in addition to this lively and jubilant birthday scene, in the study of the third courtyard of the Hu family, at this time, the birthday star Hu Mingzong could not see a trace of joy on his face, but frowned deeply, looked at the burly men in front of him, and said: "Brother Cao, they will not be late for the New Year and the festival in the past, and they will not be late for my fiftieth birthday today, why is it that today is not at this time?" Could it be that something happened on the way? ”

No one would have thought that Hu Myung-jong, a famous businessman in Jeju City, always likes to build bridges and roads to do good deeds on weekdays, and in times of disaster, he will take out a lot of money to help the local poor. And in addition to those good people who came to congratulate him on his birthday today, there were actually many of his accomplices and bandits.

Just when someone wanted to open his mouth to comfort him not to worry too much, a man with a scar on his face spoke: "Boss Hu, earlier today, I was traveling with Fourth Brother Cao and the three of them, and they parted ways in Qingdian Town, which is only twenty miles away. They had planned to look for something good to come back to celebrate your birthday after the sharpening, but was it delayed? ”

"It won't take so much time to find a fat sheep, and it's all this hour, could it be that they really encountered some hard ideas?" A man with a white face and a slight beard also frowned and said, "There are also our eyes and ears in Qingdian Town, maybe ......."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the closed door: "Master, there is a brother named Chen Dong who is anxious to see you, saying that something is wrong." ”

"Boss, Chen Dong is our eyes and ears in Qingdian Town, I am afraid that he came here at this time, and it is really Cao Laosi and a few of them who have gone wrong there." This person immediately made a guess, in fact, he didn't need to say anything, Hu Mingzong had already immediately spoke: "Let him come in and talk!" As the door opened, more than a dozen pairs of eyes immediately fell on the thin black man who looked like a farmer in the door.

This Chen Dong was glared at by these people, his heart sank, and his body trembled a little, and then he hurriedly bowed down: "The little one has seen Boss Hu...... Boss, Fourth Brother Cao and a few of them lost their hands during the day, and they fell into the hands of the people in the official mansion, and now they are still imprisoned in Qingdian Town, and I heard that they will escort him to Fucheng early tomorrow morning. ”

"What?" Even though they had expected it, after hearing this report, these men still changed their faces together, and the white-faced man asked even more eagerly, "What the hell is going on?" We haven't heard of any troop movements in Jeju in the past two days, or have the officers and troops from elsewhere just happened to run into them? ”

"If you go back to the military division, Fourth Brother Cao was taken down by a few people from the official mansion who passed by, and they didn't

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Not our local officials in Jeju Province. Chen Dong immediately told everything he knew. Although he was not in the tavern at the time, he still knew how Sun Tu and others arrested Cao Xinxiong and the others through inquiry.

After listening to his story, everyone showed expressions of disbelief again, and some of them said loudly: "This is impossible! There are only four or five official eagle claws, and there is a girl among them, how can they take a few of Fourth Brother Cao? Forget about others, with Fourth Brother Cao's martial arts, how could he be arrested? You give me an honest explanation, after all, there are hundreds of officers and soldiers in the town now? ”

"That's it...... At most, there were only six or seven guests passing by, and there were only three or five people from the government here. The little ones don't dare to hide anything in this matter. Chen Dong was forced by his question, and immediately became a little nervous, and quickly explained.

Seeing that he was going to say something more, the white-faced military advisor had already waved his hand: "Forget it, don't worry, Seventh, it seems that he is indeed telling the truth." Boss, this time Cao Laosi and a few of them did encounter a hard idea, after all, there are also powerful characters in the government, he is just unlucky. ”

Hu Mingzong had regained his composure at this time, and when he heard this, he only darkened his face and nodded: "Bai Er, he is right, Chen Dong and I will not lie to me on such a major matter for many years." Second, what do you think we should do next? ”

Before Bai Kuan, the second Bai who was their think tank, could reply, two brothers had already shouted urgently: "Boss, what else is there to think about, our brothers will naturally be saved if they fall into the hands of the government." ”

"Of course I know to save them, but now the question is how to save people!" Hu Mingzong glared at the two brothers angrily, and then looked at Bai Kuan and said, "Do you wait for them to bring people to Fucheng before they do it, or do you want to get ahead of here?" If it's the latter, should we go to Qingdian Town to rob people, or set up an ambush in the middle of the road? ”

As the leader of this horse thief, Hu Mingzong certainly can't be a reckless person, and his thoughts are naturally more meticulous than the other brothers. As a think tank, the military advisor looked at the matter more far-reaching, and only thought about it for a while and said: "We can't wait for Cao Laosi and them to enter the city before rescuing, first, we can't guarantee that they will definitely come to Fucheng, maybe they are just talking." After all, Chen Dong said that they also have an official background, and the people who took us might take people to their own state city yamen to ask for credit. Second, even if they really send people to the city, we don't have much chance, and it may even bring trouble to the boss. ”

After a pause, he said: "As for intercepting on the halfway, there are also problems, whether it is time or route, they will not go according to our assumptions, and although there is only one official road from Qingdian Town to Fucheng, there are still several mountain roads, once they choose to take the small road, it is not easy for us to save people when we are scattered." Therefore, taking advantage of their overnight stay in Qingdian Town, it is the best choice to kill there to save people. ”

The brothers immediately chimed in: "The military advisor's words are the most reasonable, boss, without further ado, let's set off." This time, we not only want to rescue the fourth brother and them, but also to wash Qingdian Town in blood, so that the people of the government know that we are powerful! ”

Hu Mingzong glanced at Bai Kuan, and after seeing him nodding, he slammed the coffee table and said, "Just do this." We have indeed been so peaceful during this period of time that the government has dared to attack our brothers, and it is time for them to know that we know

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Awesome. As he spoke, he got up and wanted to lead people out.

But then he was stopped by Bai Kuan getting up: "Big brother, slow down." Now there are still so many guests in the house, you will only arouse suspicion if you take people out like this, it is better to wait until everyone disperses after the second watch, and it is not too late for us to go out of the city. In this way, when we arrived in Qingdian Town, it was the third or fourth watch, and it was also the time when they were most loosely guarded, and it was easier to succeed. ”

"Okay, just do as you want. You all have to be patient for a while, go ahead to fill your stomachs, remember to drink less, and wait for the second watch or so I will send those guests away and then go out of the city to save people. Hu Mingzong waved his hand and ordered. Those men were the most obedient to him, and immediately agreed, and then they all dispersed and ran to the front yard to find food.

Only Bai Kuan, who still had a strange look on his face when he turned around, he was always a little uneasy, and always felt that Chen Dong could run from Qingdian Town to Fucheng so easily, didn't the other party know Cao Xinxiong's true identity? It's just that this layer of concern is not easy for him to talk to others for a while, so he can only hope that he thinks too much.

Hu Mingzong's patience was still a little insufficient, and after only a few days, he had already found an excuse to send away all the people in the city who came here to congratulate him on his birthday. Before the second watch, he and more than 20 brothers changed into more combat-friendly suits, brought bows and arrows, knives and guns and other weapons, pulled horses out of the side door of their house, quietly and silently left Jeju City, and then galloped all the way to Qingdian Town, 20 miles away.

Half an hour later, this group of people has come to the front of Qingdian Town, under the light of the faint stars and moon, they saw the small town of Dian, which was completely shrouded in darkness, everyone's eyes flashed with a trace of killing intent, and Hu Mingzong did not need to give orders again, these people have already taken bows and arrows, and then clamped the horse's belly with their legs, and with only two legs, they have controlled the horses under their crotch to rush forward at high speed, blowing into this completely undefended town like a gust of wind.

As they strode in from the east of the town, the horse thieves at the head did not hesitate to draw their bows and shoot arrows through the windows into the houses on either side. Whether it was an ambush of government soldiers or ordinary people, they had only one idea, and that was to kill everyone.

More than 20 horse thieves, under the leadership of Hu Mingzong, rushed forward while constantly shooting arrows into the houses and shops on both sides of the road. But to their surprise, after the arrow was shot in, there was no expected scream or scream from inside, and no one was so frightened that they fled out, which made the few horse thieves who had already pressed their hands on the waist knife with them feel that they had nowhere to go.

Seeing this, Bai Kuan's uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, and just when he wanted to remind everyone to pay attention to the change, a brother who rushed to the front suddenly pointed to an open space at the right front turn and shouted, "What is that...... It's the fourth brother, them! ”

Everyone followed and turned around, just in time to see that there was actually a bonfire lit there, and there were three tied people struggling and squirming there by the fire, although their mouths were also tied with strips of cloth to cover most of their faces, but still people recognized their identities at a glance - it was Cao Xinxiong!

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On the first day after the holiday, ask for tickets。。。。。

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