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After entering the county government court, he was inevitably beaten, and then put in shackles, put in prison, and half a month later, he was sentenced to three years in the army in Lingnan.

On the day of departure, the scorching sun was scorching, and the five messengers escorted Liujia and Zhangchuan all the way south, arrived at the boundary of Tongcheng, and stayed overnight in the mountain village.

Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan slept together in shackles, and Liu Jia said guiltily: "Brother, I am the one who has caused you to be affected." ”

Zhang Chuan said: "Where is it, isn't it just a trip to Lingnan?" Growing up so big, I haven't been to Gangnam yet, and this time I just got my wish. ”

As he was talking, Xie Cha Xu Wang kicked Zhang Chuan's ass and scolded: "What are you happy about? When you go to Lingnan, you have a good feeling. ”

Zhang Zhou was furious and was about to scold, but Liu Jia stopped him: "Brother, sleep, don't want to make Brother Xie cha angry." ”

Early the next morning, seven people set off, Xu Wang walked at the end, grabbed a steamed bun and ate it, and the shopkeeper hurriedly chased after him and said: "Official, this steamed bun costs two pennies, or you take another one and make up a penny." Xu Wang frowned, slightly angry, turned around and took another one, took a bite hatefully and left. The shopkeeper hurriedly pulled his sleeve and said, "Official, where is the money?" Xu Wang was furious: "Damn, you asked me to take another one, why do you need money." Xu Lei, another solution, hurriedly returned and punched the store in the face, and the store saw that these solutions were not easy to provoke, so he let go of Xu Wang obediently, covered his face and fled back to the store.

"Hahahaha, I really don't know anything, it's a stupid pig to ask for a fist for a penny," the other three laughed happily.

The five of them escorted Liu Jia and Zhang Zhou away happily, and suddenly heard a loud roar behind them: "It's even more stupid to lose five lives for a penny." The seven people looked back and saw two big men dancing with long knives rushing forward, Xu Wang and Xu Lei hurriedly drew their knives to fight, fought for a while, the five were defeated, and three were hacked to death by the two big men, leaving only Xu Wang and Xu Lei trembling and kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. The two big men didn't say a word, they each cut off Xu Wang and Xu Lei's hands, and one said: "Look at you still stealing steamed buns!" One said, "Don't you dare to beat the people with your fists?" ”

Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan were shocked, weren't these two men who were killing people the disaster stars they met on the Shuanglong Riverboat?

Tang Hai and Shan Yong came from a distance, and Ye Yang said: "Big brother, if you kill three and cut off two of your hands, you must not survive." ”

Tang Hai saw Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet again." Liu Jia saw these four calamity stars, and expected to die today, so he also smiled: "If you don't meet each other, you won't meet each other." ”

Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Ye Yang also recognized Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan, and Ye Yang laughed: "It turned out to be the two of you, grandpa let the two of you go into the water that day, and today I see you drill there." ”

Ye Yang grabbed Zhang Chuan and was about to fight, but was stopped by Tang Hai, Tang Hai searched out the criminal documents from Xu Wang, who was fainting to death, and knew that these two people were the three frauds of Hefei rumored in the rivers and lakes, so he put aside Ye Yang's hand and bowed his hand and said: "It turned out to be the two brothers Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan." He also instructed Lin Yuan and Ye Yang: "Take the shackles away." ”

Lin Yuan and Ye Yang were puzzled, but they didn't dare to resist the eldest brother's order, so they had to obey the order.

After the shackles were gone, Zhang Chuan smiled, looked at Liu Jia with a suspicious face, and said, "Why don't you kill? Could it be that the disaster star has become a savior? ”

Liu Jia said: "If the hero doesn't kill, there must be a reason!" ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "Brother Liujia is really smart, last month, my four brothers went to Hefei, I wanted to rob and kill Hei Zhong Kui, and then my fourth brother Ye Yang only drank alcohol and did not stay in the noble nest Zhongle Building, and was driven out by the old bustard Li Fengqiong, the fourth brother was drunk and threatened to destroy Hei Zhong Kui sooner or later, and happened to be heard by the Qiuguang brothers, he dragged my fourth brother into a secluded place, warned Hugh to cause trouble because of his words, and said that the three of their brothers, known as Hefei Sandeceit, are also plotting Hei Zhong Kui, and we became friends. Later, Li Fengqiong instigated the government to search for my fourth brother everywhere, and the four of us had to leave Hefei temporarily, not wanting to meet two more brothers here. ”

Lin Yuan and Ye Yang Daqi asked Tang Haidao: "Big brother, are the two of them the elder brothers of the Qiuguang brothers?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Exactly. ”

Liu Jia was overjoyed: "I see, the three of my brothers have to meet real heroes, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Tang Haidao: "Brother Liujia is too humble, my four brothers have to meet three heroes, then three lives are lucky!" ”

Ye Yang shouted: "Don't praise each other, okay, Brother Liujia, the people of Hefei say that your three brothers are elves and ghosts, Hei Zhongkui is strong, and there are hundreds of people under him, and there are also his brothers in life and death in the government, can you three of you?" ”

Liu Jia said fiercely: "Brother, it's not Liu Jia's boasting, I will fatten this time, and Hei Zhong Kui will be wiped out." ”

Tang Haidao: "Okay, Hei Zhongkui is cruel and unkind, and there are many evils, may the Liujia brothers succeed immediately." It's just that this trip to Hefei must pass through the Lujiang River, Lujiang Sijing is Cao Yin's apprentice, they also learn Cao Yin's pedantry, even if you steal a grain of rice, the four of him will be searched and arrested all over the territory, today killed five people, how can Lujiang County get by? In my opinion, Brother Liujia and Brother Zhang Chuan, Mo Ruo, should go to Nanyang with my four brothers, and then make a detour to Hefei after this matter settles. ”

Liu Jia said: "Thanks to Brother Tang for not giving up, then my brothers will disturb the four heroes." ”

2

The six of them walked together and went to a deserted suburb to rest, Lin Yuan saw that Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan were sleepy and sleepy, so he quietly asked: "Big brother, when I was in Hefei, Qiuguang was also righteous, and I said that his two elder brothers were also heroes, and I never thought that they were thieves who wanted to take the lives of the four of us on the ferry." ”

Ye Yang said: "Didn't the eldest brother say that the righteous man kills people on weekdays, regardless of good and evil, whether they are right or wrong, regardless of interests, these two people are not a good thing, why don't you kill them and drop them all?" ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "The two brothers only know one but don't know the other, when the righteous kill people, when they have to do so, they don't kill the wicked anytime and anywhere, besides, the good and evil of people, the right and wrong of things, can not be determined in one word, one thing is discussed." Liu Jia, Zhang Chuan, and Qiuguang are the three frauds of Hefei, I don't know how many people have been extorted and how many ill-gotten gains, but the three of them did not kill people and set fires, it is not a big evil, and the three of them are not afraid of power, and dare to go against Hei Zhongkui, and they can be regarded as men with integrity. If such a man dwells between good and evil, why should I kill him? ”

Shan Yong said: "What the eldest brother said is that the third brother and the fourth brother will listen to the eldest brother in everything in the future, which is right." ”

Ye Yang said with a smile: "It's so troublesome to distinguish between good and evil, in the future, when you encounter such a thing, the eldest brother will distinguish it by himself, I can't control it so much, the eldest brother will kill me if he asks him to kill, and the eldest brother will let me go, if I make a mistake and kill a good person, the eldest brother will blame me." ”

Tang Hai sighed and said: "Yes, the fourth brother is right, the world is complicated, there is truth and falsehood, and evil is hidden in good. ”

Shan Yong asked, "Big brother, what are we going to Nanyang for?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Recently, I heard that the peasant army was crisscrossing Henan, and some people in the rivers and lakes said that they punished evil and promoted good, and did the right thing for heaven, and some said that they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil. I also heard that the peasant army called itself a 'righteous army', and the government scolded it as a 'rogue'. Whether these people are Buddhas or demons, everyone has no opinion, the so-called seeing is believing, hearing is false, which is right and wrong, my four brothers will know when they go to see. ”

Ye Yang was overjoyed: "Big brother has decided to raise righteousness?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Let's go and see first, if it is really a group of righteous people, the four of us will also gather with the crowd." ”

Tang Hai laughed and was noncommittal: "Soldiers, murder weapons, once the sword is unsheathed, it will inevitably bleed for thousands of miles, how can the righteous raise the army?" ”

After resting for half an hour, Liujia and Zhangchuan woke up, and the six of them continued to hurry, and suddenly heard a faint sound of sobbing in the distance. Tang Hai asked, "Why is the old man crying in this barren mountain and wilderness?" The old woman wiped away her tears and replied: "The old man is over sixty years old, and his only daughter Qing'er was beaten to death by the evil son-in-law Liu Xiong, and the only son avenged his sister, but was imprisoned by the evil officials, and the old man had no way to complain, so he was sad." Tang Hai said: "You tell me what happened, and my brothers will make the decision for you." The old woman said: "The old man is a native of Yanhe Township, Guangshan County, and his only daughter Qing'er married Liu Xiong, a bully in Liangting Township. Liu De, the county government guard, is Liu Xiong's righteous brother, and his only son Ming'er went to sue, then Liu De falsely accused him of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and put Ming'er in prison. The old man was illiterate, and after thinking about it, he knew that his grievances were difficult to redress, so he had to go up the mountain to find a clean place to cut himself off, and he also went down to the Yellow Spring earlier to accompany my poor daughter. ”

The six of them were furious, Ye Yang and Zhang Zhou shouted that they wanted to go to the county government to avenge the old woman, Liu Jia reminded: "Brother Tang, we are in a hurry, if we help this old man to get justice, it will be delayed for ten days and a half months, so it will be a big mistake." ”

Tang Hai thought to himself: "Liu Jia is right, if my brothers get rid of the bullies Liu Xiong and Liu De for him, it will take a lot of time to secretly investigate, track, and kill, but the old man's grievances can't be ignored, and he must have a perfect plan." If this Guangshan County Decree is a clean official, I only need to tell him that there is a grievance among the people, and he will investigate it deeply, and I don't need to do it. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the butcher Wang Shanhan was wronged, and then won Wang Changyue's appreciation with a poem "Dou Qu", and inherited the mantle to become the West Road. ”

Tang Haidao: "Don't be sad, old man, I'll write it for you." The old woman was overjoyed and bowed down to the ground and said: "The righteous man can help the old body, and the old body is grateful." ”

Tang Hai asked Lin Yuan to take a pen and paper, put away the form after a few strokes, and said to the old woman: "Old man, we will go to the county government with you, and I will hand you the form." ”

The old woman shook her head and said: "The righteous man should comfort the old body, although the old body is illiterate, but he also understands that the more detailed the form must be, the better, what kind of state are you in this mere two crosses, isn't it fooling people?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Old man, I am an almighty complaint, not only can I avenge my grievances, but also distinguish whether the official is honest or not, if you Guangshan County Ling is a clean official, he will definitely make the decision for you when he sees this, if he is a mediocre official, then my situation will sink into the sea, and there will be no news." Let's go and try what kind of official your Guangshan County Commander is. ”

The old woman still hesitated, and Liu Jia smiled: "The old man is relieved, this righteous man is the best at writing cases, as long as your Guangshan County Order is a conscientious lord, he will definitely be able to avenge your grievances." The old woman was suspicious and followed the six people outside the county office.

Tang Hai asked Lu Mingjie, the surname of Guangshan County, and asked Liu Jia and others to stand in the distance, and one person came to the door and said: "I am a Guizhou pharmacist, passing by the treasure land, seeing the peace of the country and the people in Gui County, and the people are happy, I have a feeling and make a poem. As he spoke, he handed the form and a few taels of silver to the gatekeeper. The official did not understand the literature and ink, and when he saw that it was profitable, he thought that it was just a poem, so he agreed. Tang Hai said again: "I'll eat in the restaurant opposite, if the county order has something to say, the official can come to me." ”

Lu Jie was born as a scholar, an official and upright, and was exhausted by several piles of case files these days, and was about to drink a cup of tea and rest for a while, when he saw that the official sent this headless poem, he thought that it must be the flattery of the down-and-out showman, and he came to the poem, so he sneered secretly while unfolding the paper, but saw that the poem wrote:

Humane Dou E's injustice, Dou Injustice is still in the sky.

How many bends in the world, annihilation between spittle.

Lu Jie was puzzled, it was rumored that Wang Shan was wronged in the rivers and lakes, so the poem was appreciated by Wang Changyue, and he received his mantle and became the West Road. Lu Jie pondered repeatedly, and after a long time, it suddenly dawned on him that the poet was clearly hinting that there was a hidden grievance in Guangshan County. Thinking of this, Lu Jie took the poem to the gate of the county office, and heard that the official said that the poet was in the hotel opposite, so he strode away with a few entourage.

Tang Hai returned to the hotel, ordered a few dishes, paid the money, and stuffed two ingots of silver for the old woman, and advised: "Old man, you eat slowly, the form has been passed into the county government, if your county order is honest, he will come to avenge your daughter, if you are unconscious, my state will definitely sink into the sea, but even so you are in a hurry, my brothers are still in a hurry, and he will definitely pay you justice when he comes back." ”

While speaking, he saw Lu Jie coming over in a hurry with someone from a distance, and Liu Jia said: "It seems that this Guangshan County Commander is a Qing official." Tang Hai smiled and nodded, "Very good, brothers, we should go." ”

3

The six of them walked for a few days to the foot of Baiyun Mountain in Runing Mansion, and at noon, Tang Hai saw that the mountains and forests were luxuriant, so he said: "I am very tired after walking for half a day, it is cool here, and I will rest for a while." The six people fell off their horses and roosted, Lin Yuan took out the bread and water with everyone, and the six people each found a place to sit down and eat.

While eating, he faintly heard a call in the distance, and Shan Yong opened his eyes and said, "Someone is coming over there." Everyone looked towards the end of the road, only to see a man running around, but behind there was a group of people dancing and holding nails and rakes shouting and chasing. ”

The man was running, and suddenly five or six farmer men came out of the fork in the road with hoes and shovels in their hands to block the way, and the man grabbed the shovel, swept left and right, and knocked over the croppers in the way in three or two strokes, and then threw the shovel and ran madly towards this side.

Tang Hai ordered: "Take it!" ”

Ye Yang and Lin Yuan got the order, jumped up and blocked the way in the middle of the road.

The man rushed over, saw that someone intercepted him again, shouted, jumped up and made an uppercut to hit Ye Yang, Ye Yang caught the fist and twisted it hard, the man rolled over and rolled around, and after standing firm, he kicked Ye Yang with his foot, and was knocked down by Lin Yuan with a punch in the back. Ye Yang stepped forward and pressed it, the man was still fighting, Ye Yang was furious, and beat his head and face, only to make his lips bleed and the corners of his eyes were blue. Lin Yuan also squatted down and pressed the man's feet hard, although the man struggled desperately, Lin Yuan and Ye Yang were fierce, and they couldn't move even if they tried their strength.

Twenty or thirty people chased after him, and when they saw that the man had been subdued, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and several people tied people around and around with ropes, and everyone said: "Okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay." ”

The old man at the head said to Ye Yang and Lin Yuan with a rough attitude: "Thank you to the two strong men, if it weren't for the two of you who helped and let this thief escape, our whole village would have no place to die." ”

Tang Hai was originally sitting in the distance, but after hearing this, he got up and approached and said, "Uncle, who is this person?" Why did the old man say that if he ran away, all of you in the village would die and there would be no place to bury? ”

The old man said: "Last month, tens of thousands of thieves came to our village, this person was seriously injured, he spent a lot of money to ask the doctor Cheng Fu to treat his injuries, Cheng Dafu was also greedy for money, took him in, who knew that this person was the leader of the thieves, known as the king of Xiao Qin, and then the official army called, the thieves fled in the wilderness, he was seriously injured and could not go, so he had to stay. Somehow this matter was known by the government, the yamen came to ask for people yesterday, this guy heard the news and hidden, the arrester could not find him, and threatened not to hand over the people within three days, and arrested the whole village as thieves. It is also the sky has eyes, and when he was asked to come out to look for food, he was seen by the villagers, and we reported to the official errand while chasing, but although this guy was injured, he ran as fast as a wolf, fortunately the strong man shot, otherwise more than 700 people in our village would have died. ”

Tang Hai saw that although the man was coarse and had a yellowish face, he faintly revealed a heroic spirit, turned back, and said to Liu Jia and Shan Yong regretfully: "I neglected to do something ridiculous for a while. ”

Shan Yong understood the meaning of the eldest brother and comforted: "It's okay, the third brother and the fourth brother can both subdue the tiger and the tiger." Liu Jia also said: "Look at this little King Qin is also like a good man, if it is a pity to die in the official prison, we should help save us." ”

At this time, the eight dukes rushed over with shouts, and the old man pointed to the king of Xiao Qin and said to the dukes: "Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to these two strong men for capturing the thieves, I hope that the officials will forgive the villagers for their ignorance." ”

The head of the head arrest said: "Since the thief has been arrested, this matter will be forgotten, and if you dare to collect the thief in the future, you will definitely be beheaded and the whole village will be killed." ”

And all the people refused to retreat.

The captured man said: "If you want to kill, you have to come to my little Qin King and scare the people." ”

The head catcher scolded: "You are a first-class thief, you have gathered a bunch of scoundrels, and you dare to be the king? Aren't you afraid that the heroes of the rivers and lakes will laugh off their big teeth? ”

King Xiao Qin said: "The faint monarch has no way, he can still be called the emperor, why can't I be called the king." ”

The head catcher was furious, and waved his fist at the little Qin king, and the little Qin king did not say a word, let him **, always hold his head high, proud and unyielding.

The eight dukes escorted the king of Xiao Qin away, and all the people also went back separately. Shan Yong glanced at Lin Yuan and Ye Yang, the two of them understood, chased after them to block the way, and the duke asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Ye Yang said: "The silver on my body is gone, I think he took it away when I was fighting with this birdman just now." As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed King Xiao Qin and made a look of wanting to search his body. The eight dukes thought that King Xiao Qin had really stolen the silver, so they let Lin Yuan and Ye Yang get close to him, but who expected that Lin Yuan suddenly took out a sharp knife to cut the rope tied to King Xiao Qin and helped him loosen the tie.

The public was shocked, and hurriedly surrounded him and said angrily, "What are you going to do? ”

Ye Yang smiled: "I caught the thief for you, and you don't thank you, I want to let him go, what can you do to me?" ”

Seeing this, the eight dukes hurriedly drew their knives to kill Ye Yang and Lin Yuan. When Liu Jia and Zhang Zhou saw it, they hurriedly drew their swords and rushed to help, and together with Lin Yuan, Ye Yang and Xiao Qin Wang, they beat the eight dukes to pieces.

Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, Zhang Chuan, and Xiao Qin Wang were killed, and they killed seven people in a row with one sword. Liu Jia captured the head catcher, and he heard that Tang Hai was very principled in killing, and never opened the killing ring indiscriminately, so he looked back at Tang Hai, Tang Hai nodded slightly, Liu Jia understood, and also raised his sword to cut the head catcher to the ground.

Tang Hai approached and said: "We mistakenly thought that the people were chasing the thieves, and we offended the hero by negligence for a while, and we hope to forgive our sins." ”

Seeing that Tang Hai's six people were excellent in martial arts and had an extraordinary bearing, King Xiao Qin knew that he was not waiting for idle people, so he said: "I haven't had time to repay the six heroes for saving their lives, how can the heroes say the word 'forgiveness', and dare to ask the names of the heroes." ”

Tang Haidao: "In the Lower Tang Sea, these are my brothers, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, Liu Jia, and Zhang Chuan. ”

Xiao Qin Wang said: "In Xia Baigui, a native of Mizhi County, the leader of the righteous army Lao Hui Hui is in charge of the plate, just because all the heroes started an incident back then, in order not to affect family members and friends, everyone hid their names and took their nicknames, and Xiao Qin Wang was under his name." ”

Tang Haidao: "I've also heard of the old Hui Daimyo, where does King Xiao Qin plan to go?" ”

Xiao Qin Wang said: "I don't dare to hide my benefactor, just because the Son of Heaven has no way, the court is mediocre, and the people are displaced by excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and hundreds of thousands of hungry people such as us raise anti-flags, advocate righteousness, do the right thing for heaven, and eliminate violence and peace, and have occupied many territories in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan. A total of 330,000 horses and horses from the 12 generals of Liuguo Town came together, and Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, for the future of the righteous army, raised the evil sword, and convened the 13 families and 72 battalions and 81 anti-kings to hold a gathering meeting in Xingyang on the first day of the first month of the first month of next year to discuss the thief's plan. I escaped today, and I should go to Xingyang to gather righteousness. ”

Tang Haidao: "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and there is only half a moon. ”

King Xiao Qin said: "Exactly." I don't think the six heroes are idle, so why don't you go to Xingyang with me to gather with the heroes of the world. ”

Lin Yuan and Ye Yang were overjoyed, and the two of them called "big brother" in unison, looking at Tang Hai eagerly, hoping that Tang Hai would agree. Liu Jia and Zhang Chuan were also happy.

Tang Hai shook his head and said: "The heroes of the world gather, my brothers are idle people in the rivers and lakes, how can they dare to discuss with the heroes, no, no." ”

King Xiao Qin said: "Where did the hero say, today there is no way to faint, and all the heroes in the world are rising up against Ming, this gathering, thirteen families, seventy-two battalions, eighty-one anti-princes are like brothers, how to divide relatives?" I think the four heroes have lofty ambitions and extraordinary skills, so why not conspire together to do righteous deeds, participate in the great cause together, and leave an immortal fame. ”

Tang Hai thought for a while, and bowed his hand and said: "Well, thanks to the hero's refusal to give up, the six of my brothers will fill up the number indiscriminately, and go to Xingyang with the hero to meet the heroes of the world." ”

King Xiao Qin was overjoyed, took Tang Hai's hand and said, "Great, if Brother Tang can gather righteousness, the anti-Ming righteous army will be like a tiger!" Let's go, let's go to Xingyang. ”