In the thirteenth year of Liyang, the third night of the seventh month

The moon stars are scarce

Under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village

Yan Kui glanced around at the eight young people in front of him, these were all sworn friends who had grown up with him since childhood.

As Yan Kui, who has been famous in Daliu Village since he was eight years old, and then became the first hero in Qingyuan, he has no shortage of followers and admirers in Daliu Village and even in the entire Qingyuan.

It is no exaggeration to say that after more than ten years of accumulation of fame, Yan Kui's prestige among the teenagers and young adults in Qingyuan County can almost be described as in the sky.

Among them, the eight in front of him must be the backbone of the anti-army, and they are the kind of die-hards.

…………

Gong Fa.

Xiao Yankui was one year old, his father was a famous dart master in Tong'an Mansion, and later he was seriously injured because of a dart robbery, so he had no choice but to withdraw from the rivers and lakes, and returned to his hometown Daliu Village to marry a wife and have children, Gong Fa is his eldest son.

Out of the importance of the eldest son, Gong Fa had to be taught martial arts by Gong's father since he was a child, and he was eighteen years old, so he put a 35-pound wind knife to make the furnace perfect, and he was invincible all over the country.

If there is no mountain of Yan Kui to block it, the young Gong Fa will not be able to win the throne of the first hero in Qingyuan.

Now, Gong Fa has entered the public gate under the arrangement of his family, and he is a chief under Zhang Wei, the East Inspector of Qingyuan County, and is quite important.

Chen Xingxiao.

He is the same age as Yan Kui, and his ancestors have been villagers in Daliu Village for generations, but his family's means of making a living from this is not farming, but hunting in the mountains.

Because of this, Chen Xingxiao has practiced a good archery technique of piercing Yang in 100 steps since he was a child, and he is the first hunter under Yan Kui in Qingyuan County.

Speaking of which, Chen Xingxiao was not very convinced by Yan Kui at first because he regarded himself as a superman in archery, but because of an accident, he and his father, father and son were trapped by the herd.

The grace of saving lives is greater than the sky, not to mention that both of them were saved by Yan Kui, since then, Chen Xingxiao has been desperate to be Yan Kui's little brother, but he has a life and does everything.

Qin Five, Qin X.

His real name is Qin Wu and Qin Shi, and they are a pair of brothers who are not twins, and the nephew of the village chief Sun Hong, because his parents died early, so he was taken by his uncle to raise him.

The brothers don't know martial arts, but probably because they were orphans since they were children, they have a ruthless personality, dare to fight, and often use stones to open the heads of other friends since they were young.

Also because of their personalities, the brothers are a little tendoned, except for the words of their uncle Sun Hong and Yan Kui, no one listens, and now the two of them make a living in Bali Town to help people ask for accounts, because many people know the news of them and Yan Kui, so the brothers' careers are going well, and no one dares to trouble them.

Because the names of the two brothers are homophonic with the numbers five and ten, people who are generally familiar and know each other call them Qin Wu and Qin Shi.

Gong Fa, these four people, can be regarded as the four most outstanding descendants under Yan Kui in Daliu Village.

As for the remaining four of the eight people, He Chun, Fu Zhiming, Shi Yong, and Zhang Dong, they are obviously much worse than them in all aspects, and they are ordinary young people born and raised in Daliu Village.

The only thing that may be different is that these four have been fighting with Yan Kui for a long time, and they are a little more courageous than those honest and loyal peasant descendants, and they are relatively reliable at critical moments.

………

is different from sticking together every day when I was a child, everyone has their own livelihood when they grow up, if it weren't for the village chief Sun Hong who gathered the young people in the village and wanted to go to the hungry wolf slope to save people, the eight people got the news and returned to the village to support Yan Kui, Yan Kui wanted to find the eight people at once, but he might not be able to succeed.

"Ahem......"

Yan Kui, who came back to his senses, coughed lightly and interrupted the eight Gong Fa people who had not seen him for a long time and were busy reminiscing about the past.

Everyone saw that Yan Kui had something to say, and they all listened quietly, Yan Kui raised his hand to signal everyone not to be too serious, everyone nodded yes, but then it was still the same, Yan Kui was helpless, but he was no longer entangled, lowered his head and groaned, and slowly opened his mouth.

"The brothers are all their own people, and I, Yan Kui, don't want to go around in circles with you, the reason why I asked Fazi to call you over today is because I have something to discuss with you."

As soon as Yan Kui's voice fell, Gong Fa next to him couldn't help but speak.

"The second brother said this from afar, what is polite to us, what is not discussed, if you have something, you can directly order, the brothers have nothing to say, they will all do it for you beautifully."

As soon as Gong Fa's words came out, the rest of the people immediately responded, and everyone echoed his words.

Qin Wu and Qin Shi, the two brothers who lacked a string in their brains, were even more noisy, noisily going to the soup for Yan Kui, and after a while, they even pulled out the short knife hidden in their waists, and they shouted to stab people without even knowing what was going on, which made Yan Kui's straightforward brain hurt.

Fortunately, among the eight people, there is also a Chen Xingxiao with a relatively stable personality, knowing that Yan Kui will not be so solemn for no reason, and with Yan Kui stopping the excited Qin family brothers, Yan Kui was able to continue to talk about business.

………

Half an hour later

Yan Kui told Gong Fa and Chen Xingxiao all about the court's desire to suppress bandits and his own discussions with Huang Dahu, and then Yan Kui looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone grew up bare-bottomed together, and there are no outsiders, and I don't frame you with those foolish words.

What I said today is not trivial, if you don't pay attention to it, you will have to worry about your life, everyone has a family and a business, whether to go or stay, you must think clearly.

Go, our brothers get together, fight for a future with knives and guns, stay, I Yan Kui will never blame him, we will still be good brothers in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Kui took two steps back: "After I finish speaking, whether to go or stay, I will give you a stick of incense to decide." ”

After that, Yan Kui was silent, but his eyes kept looking at his eight hairs, implying expectation.

According to his previous discussion with Huang Dahu, after meeting with the Huaxian Order, he was afraid that he would start to gather Qingzhuang and form the militia auxiliary service of Qingyuan County.

These well-formed militiamen are undoubtedly the basis for him to rely on to get a piece of the pie from this work of suppressing bandits in the future, and he must firmly control it in his own hands, but to do this, Yan Kui needs some helpers.

Gong Fa's eight hairs are small, although they are high and low in ability, and their personalities also have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they have the most important thing for Yan Kui, that is, loyalty, loyalty to him alone.

On this premise, Gong Fa and their other shortcomings can be tolerated, and they can rest assured that they will be in charge of the militia.

With these eight loyal Fa Xiao assistants, Yan Kui is ready to promote some backbone backbones close to him from the young men gathered, with the prestige he has accumulated in Qingyuan and his own superb force.

Yan Kui is confident that even if he is white, he can firmly control eighty percent of the militia youth.

………

It was not beyond Yan Kui's expectations, in troubled times, but as long as there is still some blood in his heart, it is impossible to be indifferent to the words "get ahead".

What's more, these eight people have always been respectful to Yan Kui, and there is no reason to obey them.

The stick of incense given by Yan Kui didn't use the time to think about it at all, and he didn't even have the effort to breathe a hundred breaths.

Almost as soon as Yan Kui's words fell, the Qin brothers shouted to do things with the second brother, and after a while, Gong Fa and Chen Xingxiao joined together, and He Chun and the four of them muttered slightly for a while, but it was only thirty breaths, and the four of them also expressed their willingness to follow Yan Kui.

Yan Kui was overjoyed, recruited everyone, and encouraged him well, during which he inevitably made some promises of rewards after his success, and everyone's already high morale increased even more.

After that, several people discussed this matter again, and Yan Kui ordered the eight people to go back and began to prepare for the gathering of young people.

In addition, Yan Kui also focused on explaining to Gong Fa and a few people, when everyone went to contact those young and strong, they should give priority to the descendants who worship themselves, and those who have practiced martial arts and have special skills should make special notes and leave them for him to see.

………

As soon as a few people discussed, they discussed until the second half of the night, and when things were almost the same, Yan Kui looked at the sky and asked everyone to go home and rest.

On the occasion of separation, Yan Kui told Gong Fa and a few people that he would return to the county seat at noon tomorrow, and in three days at most, the matter of the yamen letting him form a young man would be almost determined, and everyone would definitely be busy at that time.

Therefore, taking advantage of the gap in the past few days, several people hurriedly sorted out the trivial matters around them, so as not to be tied up by miscellaneous matters in the future.

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, saying that Yan Kui was reassured, and then everyone separated, and Yan Kui also went home.