That night, Tong Zhibai summoned Gao Sheng, Yuan Feng and the brothers of the dart bureau to discuss the return of the goods in the coming day. There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they couldn't come up with any good solutions.

Gao Sheng said: "I see that this mountain is steep in the north and gentle in the south, presumably the mountain gate is not under the north peak, tomorrow we will search to the south, find the mountain gate and then make a decision." ”

"Tomorrow must be careful, and do not let my brothers get hurt again." Tong Zhibai glanced at Gao Sheng's injured left arm, and then said, "Brother Gao's injury, it's okay, right?" ”

"This little skin trauma is nothing."

Tong Zhibai said: "In this case, the brothers should rest early and act tomorrow." ”

The next day, Tong Zhibai endured the pain, crossed the horse with his brothers, carried a gun, followed the wide part of the road, kept looking south, and walked for about five or six miles, and saw a wide road spiraling up the mountain, and there were houses faintly visible in the bamboo forest on the mountain.

Presumably this is the road to the cottage.

A group of people carried twelve points of caution, along the road, up the road, the mountain suddenly slowed down, in front of a piece of open land, the grass on the ground is very shallow, presumably trampled by man.

But after the open field, the road is divided into seven, and between the seven roads, there are either bamboo forests or mixed trees, which is obviously artificially organized. Looking at the layout of the road, it is somewhat similar to what you saw in the bamboo forest yesterday.

The paths are twists and turns, and you can't look at them, and you don't know what mysteries are hidden inside. And the road is filled with smoke, and it seems that there is an infinite killing motive hidden.

With yesterday's lesson, where do people dare to rush forward and hesitate in the open field. The key is that there is no one on the other side, and if you want to fight, you can't find a target, and there is really a feeling of power and nowhere to go.

You can't advance if you advance, and you are unwilling to retreat.

When he was running out of options, Tong Zhibai suddenly had an idea, called over two executioners who shouted trumpets on weekdays, and said: "You two scolded me, scolded them for shrinking turtles, and threatened to set fire to the mountain!" ”

The two executioners took the order, and when they arrived at the forked intersection, they opened their voices and scolded.

"Listen to the thieves on the mountain, hurry up and put your seventh grandfather down the mountain and return the goods, otherwise we will never give up!"

"There are panting people on the mountain who come out to talk, don't be a turtle with a shrunken head!"

"It's not so easy to be a shrunken turtle, Lao Tzu burned the mountain with a fire, so that you all become braised kings!"

"You said that this Wang Ba is cooked, is it red or green?"

"Then the hat is green and the shell is red."

“……”

The two executioners sang and harmonized, and the more you scolded me, the more ugly it became, and the more you scolded, the more unbearable it became.

In the Lion Peak Green Bamboo Village, Ruan Xu was discussing with Mao and Lai how to dispose of the goods, and faintly heard bursts of scolding from the bottom of the mountain, and several people just smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart.

Ruan Xu said: "I don't know if what that kid said is true, if it really involves the Thorn Shi Mansion, I'm afraid it will cause us a lot of trouble in the future." ”

"I'm afraid of what he will do, hasn't Jiangzhou sent people to conquer and suppress him many times? Didn't do anything to us! "Mao Zongwang is not only ambitious, but also never leaves room for doing things.

"The second brother is reasonable, if you are always afraid of wolves and tigers, our cottage can only be dispersed." Lai Yusheng supported Mao Zongwang, and couldn't help but make Mao Zongwang very useful, and glanced at Lai Yusheng with satisfaction.

"What do you two stick hammers know, how many soldiers and horses are there in Ba County? Thorn Shi is in charge of one hundred and eighteen counties in the twelve counties of Quanyizhou, if he annoys him, can he stop it with the small land of our cottage? ”

Mao Zongwang and Lai Yusheng laughed together: "Big brother, you are really worried, Assassin Shi is a civil official, and he is not in charge of soldiers and horses, why should you be afraid of him?" ”

Ruan Xu glanced at the two of them with disdain, and said, "If you two don't say that you two are sticks, you will know how to fight, kill, drink and play with women all day long." Officials protect each other, do you understand? Thorn Shi has spoken, can the captain not give face? ”

Mao Zongwang immediately widened a pair of eyes bigger than a bull's eye, and muttered: "What should I do, can I still vomit the fat in my mouth?" ”

Lai Yusheng said weakly: "Otherwise, let them take out the silver to redeem, and don't let them take out tens of thousands of taels of silver, then we will lose too much!" ”

Hearing this, Ruan Xu's eyes lit up, this is a good way, let them take 100,000 taels of silver to ransom people and goods, if the other party can really come up with such a large sum of cash, it must be extraordinary.

After pondering for a while, Ruan Xu said: "According to the third brother's method, let them take the silver to redeem, let's ask for 100,000 taels of silver, if they can't take it out, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the Assassin's Mansion, so we don't have to pay attention to him." If it does, let's make plans. ”

Before the words fell, I saw the minions go up the mountain to report: "Three leaders, it's not good, it's not good!" ”

Ruan Xu frowned and said, "What's the panic, just say something!" ”

"That's... Those people threatened to set fire to the mountain, and they wanted to burn us all to the red-shelled kings. ”

This is really true.

Mao Zongwang had a short temper, raised his foot and kicked the minion aside, and said angrily: "If you don't give them a little bit of power, we really think we are shrunken kings!" ”

Ruan Xu stood up and explained to Mao Zongwang: "But don't hurt people's lives too much, I'm afraid that it will end badly if you hurt people." Teach them a lesson, but if you don't teach them, lest they refuse to take the money. ”

In the open ground at the foot of the mountain, the two executioners were scolding vigorously, but they heard a gong sound at a junction, and rushed out a group of people, more than 50 people, armed with knives, guns and sticks, and killed everyone.

Seeing this, the two executioners shouted "Ahh Swearing and playing with words is their forte, and fighting is not their forte.

Standing in danger, how can the people of the dart board not strengthen their vigilance. Seeing someone rushing out, Tong Chengjiang, Tong Zhenhai and others immediately raised their guns to engage in battle, and as soon as the two sides came into contact, they only heard a shout from another crossing, and rushed out of a group of people.

The Tong brothers hurriedly divided their troops to meet the battle, and the dart game was already in a weak position, and this division of troops was even weaker. Fortunately, the brothers in the dart game are far more martial arts than those minions, and it is not easy for these people to hurt them.

Tong Chengjiang's brothers were about to go on a killing spree, but who knew that they didn't love war at all, and as another team of people rushed out at the intersection on the left, the people and horses that appeared at the first intersection quickly retreated.

As soon as the men and horses of the dart game turned back to face the battle, another intersection of people rushed out, leaving everyone with the enemy on their backs. And the other party always retreats at the touch of a button, and the Tong brothers always feel that a few people are powerful and have nowhere to go.

Seeing that several of his weaker martial arts executioners had been injured, Tong Zhibai shouted: "Third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, hurry up and retreat!" ”

The brothers withdrew to count the men and horses, and found that seven or eight executioners had been wounded.

Seeing that everyone retreated, several teams of people and horses rushed out of the intersection and disappeared into the forest again.

My own people are tired of running for their lives, and people are just waiting for work, how can this battle be fought?

Set fire to the mountain? If Lao Qi didn't die, in the hands of others, this burning mountain, Lao Qi would definitely die. Besides, this mountain is so big, can you burn it over?

Tong Zhibai has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and it is the first time that he has such a sense of powerlessness. wanted to retreat but was unwilling, so he beckoned to the two loud-voiced executioners and said, "You two, continue to scold me!" ”

The two executioners took the order, and they didn't dare to get too close to the intersection, but they just took a few steps forward and scolded: "The thieves on the mountain, if you bring a handle, let your leader come out and fight to the death with our chief dart!" ”

"Let your minions come out and sell their lives, what kind of heroes are you!"

I just scolded a few words, only to hear the sound of "whoosh" and remembered that one by one bamboo javelins came more and more into the air, and landed in the open space in front of the two executioners, sharp bamboo sticks inserted into the soil, and the bamboo poles swayed non-stop.

The two executioners couldn't help but be shocked, if this javelin was projected forward a few more points, where would they still be alive?

Tong Zhibai had such eyesight, seeing that the other party was unwilling to hurt people's lives, he immediately saw a glimmer of hope. Lao Qi's life must be safe, presumably the thief asked something from his mouth, and he had some scruples in his heart, I am afraid that there is still room for turning around this matter.

Immediately said to the executioner: "Don't scold, just say that let's not use force first, and the head of the dart should talk to their manager." ”

The executioner tore off his voice again, and shouted to the mountain: "We always said that God has the virtue of a good life, and it is not easy for the minions on the mountain to make a living, and his old man does not want to hurt people's lives more, so he wants to talk to your steward!" ”

When everyone on the mountain heard this, they laughed secretly in their hearts: cowardice is cowardice, and they still say it so beautifully.

Ruan Xu said to Mao Zongwang and Lai Yusheng: "Two virtuous brothers, and go down with your brother to explore their details." ”

Tong Zhibai and others waited at the foot of the mountain for a long time, only to hear the sound of three drums, and slowly walked out of a group of people from the intersection in the middle of the opposite side.

Immediately at first, there was a person with a thin face and a hint of Confucian demeanor, the second person had a big head and big eyes, a full face and a beard, and was extremely vicious, and the third person was deer-headed and mouse-eyed, and obscene. After the three, there were minions on foot, as many as a hundred.

Stinky bandits, and beating gongs and drums, are really arrogant.

The three of them stood in the middle on horseback, and all the minions lined up. Tong Zhibai looked at the other side coldly and did not answer. I saw the Confucian man in the middle of the opposite side step forward and said, "I am Ruan Xu, the big boss of Jin Yunshan, who is the head of the Sharpshooter Dart Bureau?" Come out and answer! ”

Tong Zhibai took a few steps forward and replied: "Below is Tong Zhibai, the head of the Sharpshooter Dart Bureau, the boss of the Chengdu Tong family's seven guns." I don't know what Leader Ruan wants to do when he robs the goods of this dart bureau? ”

"Hahaha, look at what you asked, what our cottage is doing is robbing the house and robbing your goods, what else can you do? It's nothing more than some silver. Ruan Xu laughed, looking at Tong Zhibai with a little disdain.

"My seventh brother is in your hands?" Since the other party admitted to robbing the goods, Lao Qi's whereabouts must also be inquired about.

"That Tong Zi bowed, but the little sister captured it. But if you want to get your seventh brother back, it's a bit troublesome. ”

As soon as Tong Zhibai heard that Lao Qi was still alive, he suddenly felt a lot more settled in his heart, as long as the person was still there, he could always find a way to save him, if Lao Qi died, he was afraid that he would step on this cottage, and it would be difficult to solve the hatred in his heart.

immediately replied: "As long as you don't embarrass Lao Qi, whatever conditions you want, you just have to speak!" ”

Ruan Xu laughed and said, "The owner of this village is not embarrassed for you to wait, as long as you take out a ransom of 100,000 taels of silver, the people and goods will be returned intact." Boss Tong must also understand people, even if he gives you tens of thousands of soldiers, I'm afraid that you won't be able to enter the mountain, don't want to cheat with me! ”

Think about it, no matter how many people there are, there is nowhere to start if you want to beat them. Since everyone and goods are there, it's time to find a way. Tong Zhibai replied briskly: "If this is the case, then it is a word!" ”

"Ten days, no waiting!" After Ruan Xu finished speaking, he waved his hand, led the people and horses, and disappeared into the forest.