Coincidentally, Xiang Kang not only knew Wei Shan, the subordinate who was selected by Feng Zhong to go to Maling Mountain to carry out the task of luring the enemy, but also had some fate - that is, when Xiang Kang first went to Feng Zhong's house to eat and drink, in order to be called a flower chicken, he was forced by Xiang Kang to find Huang Ni, a diner of Feng Zhong's family, and he was a country gangster who specially relied on Feng Zhong's miscellaneous work to eat.

Since he is a country gangster who is a miscellaneous gangster, Wei Shan is of course unwilling to risk losing his head at any time, and run to Maling Mountain to carry out such a life-and-death mission, but Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong have taken a fancy to his ability to speak, and he has had the experience of petty theft, and he has both rewarded money and promised, and he will be forced to go to Maling Mountain to deceive bandits to come to Shiling Pavilion to die.

In the end, Feng Zhong, who knew that he had a disgraceful past, simply threatened him with imprisonment, saying that if he didn't agree again, he would investigate the past, so that he could talk about it and coax him, and finally forced Wei Shan to accept this drudgery with a sad face, and on the first day of the fifth month, he went north with a tattered short copper sword and a little dry food, and went into Maling Mountain, looking for the traces of Wei Qiu, a thief with the same surname.

"Where to find it? There are so many mountains, so many trees, tell Lao Tzu to go up there to find Weiqiu's gang of bandits? The surname Feng, the surname Xiang, you two should be divided into five horses, and handing over such a drudger to me is simply a pit! ”

Since it is known as the 800-mile Maling, the area of the Maling Mountain is of course amazingly huge, even if there are still traces of the Maling Ancient Road during the Battle of Maling, and the newly opened road can run through the mountainous area, but if you want to find the Weiqiu criminal gang of only about 20 people in such a huge mountainous area, of course, it is still like looking for a needle in a haystack, without a certain amount of luck and chance, you don't want to find the target.

Alone scolding and scolding in the mountains for a long time, the sky was already slightly dark, but Wei Qiu's group of people as if they did not exist, there was no trace at all, seeing that the sky was going to be dark, afraid of burying in the mouth of poisonous snakes and beasts in the mountains, Wei Shan, who had a little experience in survival in the wild, could only quickly find a cave that could barely accommodate him, and built a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, and prepared to spend the night in the mountain with fear, and then continued to look for Wei Qiu and other people the next day.

After working hard to build a fire by drilling wood for fire, Wei Shan just took out the dry food and was about to eat, but suddenly remembered a big event, quickly got up again to extinguish the bonfire, and scolded himself: "Idiot, why am I so stupid, what if the bandits in the mountains find out the fire and come over and cut me down?" I....... ”

Wei Shan couldn't scold anymore after scolding halfway, and at the same time, Wei Shan quickly stopped putting out the fire, because Wei Shan suddenly remembered another important event - he obviously came into the mountain to find the bandits, and he didn't need to be afraid of being discovered by the bandits? Therefore, Wei Shan hurriedly put the firewood that had just been extinguished on the charcoal fire, carefully blew it again, and piled more hay and firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously, so that the people in the mountain could clearly see where they were.

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Shan simply pulled his neck and shouted, "Wei Qiu, Wei Qiu!" Brother Wei! I'm here to run to you, and when I heard the promise, I have something important to look for you! I want to join in! Brother Wei! Brother Wei Qiuwei ——! ”

It's a pity that it should be because the distance is too far, Wei Shan's shouting did not have any effect, and he didn't answer for a long time, and finally shouted too tired, Wei Shan simply gave up this effort, and put Huo Jiawang and lay down in the hard-found shelter cave, greeting Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong's deceased old lady who fell asleep.

I don't know how much time I slept, the bonfire gradually went out, in the dark, Wei Shan suddenly felt several thick and powerful pressed on his body, and when Wei Shan opened his mouth to shout, another foul-smelling hand quickly covered his mouth, and then stuffed a piece of linen with the smell of urine into his mouth, and then Wei Shan found himself being set up again, dragged to a tree, tied his hands to the tree, Wei Shan struggled desperately, and his mouth kept whining, But the people who tied him up didn't pay attention to him at all, and immediately searched him after tying him up, snatching the tattered short sword he used for self-defense, and also seized the only few Qin Banliang and dry food on his body.

In the end, it was still when the sky was light, Wei Shan found that he was tied to the tree by several ragged men, all with knives, all with dirty faces, with hideous and fierce expressions, Wei Shan panicked in his heart, and quickly struggled to beg for mercy, but there was a sackcloth stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't make any decent sound at all. The men didn't pay attention to Wei Shan, but just ate the dry food they had snatched from Wei Shan with the mountain spring water, and occasionally looked like Wei Shan's eyes were full of ridicule and contempt.

Not only that, after a man finished eating dry food, he actually walked in front of Wei Shan, lifted his pants and took out the job, and peed on Wei Shan's thin face, so frightened that Wei Shan, who was tied to the ground, quickly jumped up, for fear of being urinated on his face, but he reacted slowly and was urinated on his face, several vicious men laughed together, and Wei Shan scolded in his heart - of course, the main scolding was Feng Zhong and Xiang Kang, who forced him to suffer this crime.

"The leader is here!"

At this time, a vicious man suddenly shouted, several vicious men quickly all stood up, when Wei Shan turned his head to look, but saw a group of similarly ragged men walking from the depths of the mountain trail, one of them was tall, wearing shabby rhinoceros leather armor, and walking in front with a sharpened iron knife on his waist, and he was obviously the leader of this group. Wei Shan was frightened in his heart, and hurriedly wanted to shout and beg for mercy, but the sackcloth in his mouth was hindered, and he still couldn't make any decent sound.

The leader walked directly in front of Wei Shan, first looked up and down at Wei Shan, who was thin and a little obscene, and then he opened his mouth, and the vicious man who had urinated on Wei Shan's body before understood, and immediately pulled out the sackcloth in Wei Shan's mouth, and then the leader sneered and asked: "Last night, it was you, a little erector, who dared to call the name of this leader?" ”

"You are Brother Wei Qiu Wei?" Wei Shan was quite clever, and immediately guessed his identity from the leader's tone, which was Wei Qiu, the target of his trip.

There was a crisp snap, and the vicious man who had urinated on Wei Shan before raised his hand, first slapped Wei Shan in the face heavily, and then roared: "Little erector, big brother is also what you called?" Call the Chief! ”

"Yes, yes, chief, chief Wei." Wei Shan hurriedly nodded his head, and then said to the leader Wei Qiu with a sad face: "Leader Wei, I am here to defect to you, but I couldn't find you for a long time in the mountains yesterday, there was no way, so I had to boldly call your name, the little one should die, the little one deserves death, please forgive me, please forgive me." ”

"You're here to join me? Why do you want to go to me? Wei Qiu asked with a skeptical expression.

"That's right, I'm really here to join you as Leader Wei." Wei Shan hurriedly replied: "The little one can't get along in the Shiling Pavilion, I heard that the leader you are the king of the mountain in this Maling Mountain, and all of your subordinates eat and drink spicy food, so I specially came to you, begging you to take it in, be a cow and a horse, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and never frown." ”

"What did you do?" Wei Qiu asked again.

"The little one turned out to be a diner under Feng Zhongmen in Dongxiang, Xiaxiang County, relying on him to help him eat." Wei Shan replied truthfully, and said: "A few days ago, Feng Zhong asked me to go to Xiaxiang City to buy wine, and when I came back, I broke an altar, Feng Zhong suspected that I secretly drank wine and deliberately smashed the wine jar, so he drove me out, I really have nowhere to go, so I have to come here to join you." ”

"Really?" General Wei Qiu asked suspiciously.

"The little one dares to swear to God." Wei Shan said with a sad face: "Chief, if you don't believe it, just send someone to Dongxiang Shiling Pavilion to inquire, if the small one has half a lie, let the small one thunder and thunder, and the five thunders will hit the top, and he will be caught and bitten to death by the evil ghosts." ”

When Wei Qiu was still suspicious, one of his subordinates suddenly stood up and said, "Chief, the little one can testify, this person is indeed a diner under Feng Zhongmen, I have seen him before. ”

"What?" Unexpectedly, there were also people in the robbers' den who knew him, Wei Shan couldn't help but be surprised, and when he hurriedly looked at the robbers who stood up to testify for him, Wei Shan suddenly exclaimed a little dumbfounded: "Jiang Fan? How are you? It turned out that the robber who took the initiative to testify to Wei Shan was none other than Xiang Kang's neighbor Jiang Fan, who caused Xiang Kang to be fined a shield.

Jiang Fan nodded and smiled at Wei Shan, which was regarded as a greeting, and said to the bandit leader Wei Qiu: "Chief, this person still has the same surname as you, and he is also surnamed Wei, called Wei Shan." ”

It is indeed easier to deal with the same surname, and when he heard Wei Shan's name, the bandit leader Wei Qiu immediately showed a smile and said: "I said earlier that you and Lao Tzu have the same surname, come and let him go, this little vertical Lao Tzu accepted it." ”

Hearing Wei Qiu's instructions, of course, the few robbers who had captured Wei Shan before did it immediately, and untied the rope for Wei Shan, Wei Shan was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Wei Qiu and Jiang Fan, Wei Qiu patted Wei Shan's shoulder and laughed and said: "Follow Lao Tzu to work hard, I dare not say more, at least I don't have to worry about food and clothing." ”

In this way, in Wei Shan's continuous thanks, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong jointly sent eyeliner and successfully became a glorious member of the Malingshan bandit group, but after joining Wei Qiu's gang, Wei Shan did not rush to instigate Wei Qiu and others to rob Shiling Pavilion, but according to Xiang Kang's prior instructions, while desperately patting the ass of his new companions, he tried to integrate into Wei Qiu's gang and deceive their trust, and also participated in a robbery against passing merchants the next day, that is, on the third day of the fifth lunar month.

Not to mention, maybe Wei Shan really has some talent for bandits, before he started, Wei Shan, who had accumulated some experience in handling cases with Feng Zhong, found that the luggage of the person being robbed was not too heavy, and he must have run quickly, so he suggested that Wei Qiu's soldiers divide into two ways, all the way back to the front to ambush, and all the way to kill and rob from the side. Then as Wei Shan expected, after the past merchants saw that there were bandits next to them, they immediately rushed forward, and crashed into the ambush circle of Wei Qiu and others, and when they wanted to turn back, the robbers who had been killed from the side had blocked their retreat, and the past merchants had no choice but to throw down their luggage and lose their wealth to save their lives, and Wei Qiu's gang also successfully robbed a lot of money.

After the robbery, Wei Qiu and the others laughed, in fact, Wei Qiu, who had not been a robber for a long time, was also very excited, patting Wei Shan's shoulder was just a strong compliment, Wei Shan also took the opportunity to say: "Chief, don't blame the little one for not speaking well, in fact, the little one thinks that we are too slow to rob money like this, and we have to rely on luck to grab things." Moreover, after the word spreads, the people passing by will definitely prefer to take a detour rather than take the mountain road on this side of Maling Mountain, and when the time comes, it will definitely be more difficult for us to grab something. ”

"That's right." Wei Qiu nodded, and said: "But there is no way, there are too few of us, we can't even dare to grab the pavilion like Juye Ze Peng Yue and Mangdangshan Liu Ji, so we can only take it slowly, and wait until we have enough manpower." ”

"Chief, what are you doing robbing the pavilion?" Wei Shan said very strangely: "In addition to a few weapons in the pavilion, even the food is pitiful, what are you doing there?" ”

"Then who should be robbed?" Wei Qiu asked casually.

"Of course, it's a big family, as long as we grab a random one, just relying on the gold we grabbed, it's enough for us to eat for several years." Wei Shan came up with an idea, and pointed to the direction of the Shiling Pavilion in the southeast and said: "For example, the Yu family who has just moved to the Shiling Pavilion, the servants of his family are mainly still in the Yanji Pavilion in Ling County, but most of the money, grain and gold have been moved to the Shiling Pavilion, and there are very few men in the family, as long as we quietly touch it at night, grab a handful and run, it is enough for us to eat for several years." ”

"There are such fat sheep?" Wei Qiu really became interested.

"Chief, if you don't believe me, you can ask Jiang Fan." Wei Shan pointed at Xiang Kang's former neighbor Jiang Fan again, and said, "He also knows the situation of the Yu family, if you don't believe it, you can ask him." ”

Wei Qiu turned his gaze to Jiang Fan, Jiang Fan understood, nodded and said: "Chief, over there in Shiling Pavilion, there is a new big family surnamed Yu, who is very rich, there are several carriages in the family alone, and most of the servants are still staying in Yanji Pavilion in Ling County to watch the old house, and there are not many men in the family. ”

After that, Jiang Fan added mysteriously: "Also, in addition to being particularly rich, the Yu family also has two daughters who look like fairies, one is beautiful, if we can grab one casually, we will have a good life in the future." ”

"Is it so pretty?" Wei Qiu was greatly moved.

"It's so beautiful." Jiang Fan and Wei Shan replied in unison, and then Jiang Fan said again: "The little one has seen them with his own eyes, and the little one still dares to bet that if you don't want to see the two daughters of the Yu family, the little one is willing to lose his head to you." ”

The temptation of both people and wealth is placed in front of him, and he can't afford an outlaw like Wei Qiu to be unmoved, just a little calculation, Wei Qiu immediately asked: "Then do you know the way to the Yu family?" ”

"Acquaintance." Wei Shan and Jiang Fan replied in unison again, and at the end Jiang Fan added: "It's not far, it's only more than thirty miles, and you can get there in half a day." ”

"Then we'll go tonight." Wei Qiu didn't think about it, and immediately said: "Grab money, grab food, grab women!" ”

Jiang Fan and the other robbers agreed suddenly, but Wei Shan's heart was tight, and he hurriedly said, "Chief, you can't go today." ”

"Why?" Wei Qiu squinted and asked.

"It's not early, it's too late." Wei Shan pointed to the sun that was gradually slanting westward, and said, "Also, the little one thinks that if you really want to rob the Yu family, it is best to do it the night after tomorrow." ”

"Why the night after tomorrow?" Wei Qiuhu asked suspiciously.

"Because the day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival." Wei Shan said: "Our old Chu people are the heaviest Dragon Boat Festival, the day after tomorrow every family has to eat zongzi, gather to play dragon boat racing, and definitely drink wine and eat meat, when the time comes, the people of Shiling Pavilion and the Yu family are drunk one by one, sleeping like a pig, isn't it much more convenient for us to start?" ”

After careful analysis, he found that this was indeed the case, Wei Shan immediately nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it the day after tomorrow, tomorrow we will rest in the mountains for a day, eat and drink enough to get ready, and go to Shiling Pavilion the night after tomorrow to grab money, food and women." ”

Wei Shan nodded, and hurriedly followed all the robbers to shout wisely, but after shouting wisely, Wei Shan involuntarily had such a thought in his heart, and said secretly: "Why do you have to listen to Xiang Kang's arrangement of broken goods?" How about letting Wei Qiu's gang go tonight? In addition to definitely grabbing a lot of gold, maybe the two beauties of the Yu family, I will also have a chance to touch them? ”

Evil thoughts in the heart are evil thoughts, considering that his handle is alive in the hands of Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, and the life of a robber licking blood on the knife is really not good, Wei Shan still doesn't have the courage to sell Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong.