In the west of Huguang, at the junction with Sichuan, there is a Shizhouwei, where many ethnic minorities gather, of course, the Tujia family is the majority, there are dozens of large and small Tusi here, and many tribes also survive here.

This is close to the junction of Sichuan, high mountains and valleys, deep trees, the imperial court has no jurisdiction over here, and those who manage here are the toasts canonized by the Ming court, but in this big mountain, even the local toasts are also beyond their reach.

Two young men of thirteen or fourteen years old, followed by a group of strong men, happily carried animal skins down the mountain, they were wrapped in animal skins, and the better ones would wear the coarse linen clothes of the Han people. They have been hunting in the mountains for generations, and when the hides of wild beasts they have accumulated reach a certain amount, when they come down to the bottom of the mountain, they will go down the mountain with their fruits in exchange for salt, food, and some other necessities, as they do today.

But for most of the year, they had a hard time, and a gang of thieves came down the town, and those thieves occupied the town, and there were many thieves, and those people collected taxes on them, robbed them of their things, and sometimes killed people indiscriminately. Although they live in the mountains and forests, those thieves can't do harm, but whenever they go down the mountain to exchange for something, they can always meet those people, so that they can exchange less and less things, originally they also wanted to resist, but their old patriarch said that everything must be patient, sooner or later the mountain god will punish the evildoers.

"Qin Rui, when you get to the store, will your uncle change a sugar gourd for you to eat?" A man in a fur said to the young man.

"Okay, Uncle Dong, I haven't eaten sugar gourd for a long time!" The young man's face was excited, those Han things were delicious, and he didn't know how to make them, they were so delicious that he drooled when he thought about it.

"Uncle Dong, I want to eat too!" Another young man carried a basket on his back, which made him sweat profusely.

"Chen Hang, uncle will also buy it for you, uncle has a lot of good goods in this basket, after changing the salt, I will buy a bunch for each of you!" The strong man of Uncle Dong was a dark complexion, extremely strong, and looked rude on the outside, but he was full of love for the two young men.

At this time, the strong man next to him taught a lesson: "Chen Dong, you know that you are used to the two of them, this rush is just like this once a month, you don't change more salt or something, and the sister of your family who has not passed the door, you don't bring her something, people are looking at it dryly!" ”

"Hehe, Qiao Mei'er wants a wooden comb, I'll change it for my sister today, I told Qiao Mei'er that I will ask the old patriarch to testify during the New Year, we will handle the marriage, and when the time comes, please invite the clansmen to my house to drink, Brother Cong Ping, you must come." Chen Dong said with a smile.

"Hey, you're the most procrastinatory, when you sang the mountain song last year, you took Qiao'er's bamboo wine, but now you haven't married someone else's sister home, look at me, my son Qin Rui is so old, your child doesn't know where it is! It's also that the patriarch is too used to you, and he doesn't pay attention all day long. Qin Congping continued to teach.

"Uncle Dong, are you married to Sister Qiao'er? Do you have candy to eat? ”

"Hehe, of course there is, when the sugar tube is enough, you can eat as much as you want!"

"Brother Dong, then you have to prepare the wine and meat, I think we have to start drying bacon now, otherwise it will be too late, and it will not be enough for our people to eat and drink."

"Haha, don't worry, Qiao Mei'er has already started to dry, enough tubes, enough tubes!"

"This Qiao Mei is a good daughter-in-law, and before she passed the door, she began to mention that Brother Dong is in charge of housework!"

"Hey, hey!" A group of people are talking and laughing, happy, although the goods in the basket are heavy, but they are very happy, in this basket, are their livelihood.

Everyone went to the bottom of the mountain, came to the store on the periphery of the town, here is the place where the people in the mountains and the townspeople exchange materials, although it cannot be said that it is crowded with people, but it is also very lively, all kinds of things are available, those people in the deep mountains, these things are very interested in these things, and the merchants in the town are also rare in the leather goods of the people in the mountains, these things, transferred out, that is priceless.

Qin Rui and Chen Hang took off the basket and gave it to Qin Congping, and they went to find what they were interested in, the dazzling goods, the two young men looked at them one by one, they seemed to be interested in everything.

"Have you heard? This Zhang Xianzhong is going to be recruited, and I heard that he is going to recruit all the men in the vicinity into his ranks, so he should be leaving this place! A Han man said while selling something.

"Hey, this great demon king is finally leaving, since these eight great kings were defeated by General Qin Yiming, they have stayed with us and harmed us, and now he is finally leaving, this is great, the Bodhisattva has appeared!" Another Han man said happily.

"What spirit is it behind your ears, don't you understand? It's to recruit all the people we have here into his Zhang Xianzhong's team and help him fight, are you willing to go? The Han man said.

"What? War, I'm not going, is your news true? Another Han asked in horror.

"Listen to what they said, hey, I'm asking someone to inquire, if it's true, run for your life."

"Run? Why do you escape, this neighborhood is the camp of his eight kings, all of them are his soldiers, unless we flee to the mountains, we are not savages, how can we live if we flee to the mountains! ”

The two young men listened to the two Han people talking one by one, and they were also listening to it.

Qin Rui heard these words in his heart, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong was the leader of the thieves who came here recently, this person was very powerful, and he quickly ruled here, but it made him remember the name Qin Yiming more deeply, this person has the same surname as him, and he also defeated Zhang Xianzhong, amazing!

"Why are you robbing us of our things, this tiger skin is mine!" Chen Dong in the distance shouted loudly.

Several soldiers of the peasant army were now surrounding Chen Dong and Qin Congping, and they had drawn their big knives, looking fierce, Chen Hang and Qin Rui saw this and immediately ran over.

"Old man, Uncle Dong, what's wrong!" Qin Rui shouted to his father and Uncle Dong, and soon ran behind his father.

The little leader of the soldier looked at the tiger skin in Chen Dong's back basket, he valued this tiger skin at a glance, if this tiger skin was dedicated to Zhang Xianzhong, he would definitely get Zhang Xianzhong's favor, so he decided to grab the tiger skin in the back basket, but of course Chen Dong didn't do it, this tiger skin is worth a lot of money, and he also counted on this tiger skin to exchange for more goods.

"Anyone who knows each other should bring it to Lao Tzu, otherwise Lao Tzu will chop you!" The little leader said to them viciously.

"The tiger skin I beat, this is what I used to exchange for salt, I won't give it to you!" Chen Dong was not convinced, he still wanted to exchange this tiger skin for salt and change a comb for his daughter-in-law who had not passed the door!

"Do you want to give it?" The little leader gritted his teeth, stared at the big eyes and kept shaking the big knife in his hand, and several peasant troops around him began to use their knives, just waiting for an order.

"Chen Dong, give it to them!" Qin Congping looked at this posture, they were bound to win, and they couldn't give it if they didn't give it.

Chen Dong was helpless and put down the back basket.

"And yours, if there are any good things, I want them!" The little leader said, pointing a knife at Qin Congping.

Qin Congping reluctantly put down the basket, he had more leather goods here.

The peasant army turned over the two baskets and grabbed them, and those who did not look down on them either stepped on them or made a few cuts with knives.

"Haha, a few savages, it's fucking pretty arrogant! Lao Tzu makes you horizontal, Lao Tzu makes you horizontal! The man cursed as he kept looking at the furs.

Chen Dong's eyes were resentful, and he clenched his fists tightly, he had bows and arrows on his body and daggers on his thighs! He wants to kill!

Qin Congping knew Chen Dong's thoughts, and immediately grabbed his hand, for fear that he would be impulsive and make a big mistake.

After the peasant army finished their batch of goods, they suddenly saw that these two people were quite sturdy, and the little leader said: "You two are very strong, come with me, and follow the eight kings in the future, there will be food and drink!" ”

"Master Bing, where do you want us to go?" Qin Congping asked in a low voice, forcibly with a flattering smile on his face.

"Haha, of course it's into our barracks, all the people in your vicinity must follow us, otherwise they will all be killed, this is the order of the Eight Kings! Let's go! The little leader held a knife and put it on Qin Congping's neck.

Qin Rui knew that these people were going to take their father with him, and he was willing, so he rushed over and pushed the little leader away.

"Let go of my father!"

"Regoer!" Qin Congping shouted, the little leader was defenseless, he was pushed to the ground, and immediately shouted: "Diao Min, kill me!" As soon as the little leader gave the order, several peasant troops around him began to surround him.

Chen Dong wanted to resist, but at this time he had to rebel, he pulled out the knife on his leg, pounced on the little leader, and quickly inserted the little dagger into the heart of the little leader, the little leader's eyes were frightened, he didn't expect these submissive hunters to be so fierce and so fast, but he regretted that it was too late, and his pupils had lost their vitality.

When Chen Dong killed the little leader, the people around the store immediately rioted, and the Han people and the hunters on the mountain all fled far away, fearing that the disaster would happen to them.

"Kill!" The peasant army shouted.

"Let's go!" Qin Congping shouted that if they waited for the surrounding peasant army to surround them, they would not be able to leave if they wanted to, but in fact, they might not be able to leave now.

Chen Dong killed one, took off his bow and arrow, and shot at the second person, he had been aggrieved for too long, his current resentment was like a volcano erupting, he wanted to kill people, and killed all these people.

Qin Congping dragged the two children to run up the mountain, and didn't notice that Chen Dong was still fighting there, and continued to shout: "Chen Dong, go quickly!" ”

Chen Dong didn't run for the first time, and at this time he fought and retreated, but it was too late, he knew that he couldn't leave, and the people around him had already surrounded him. So he shouted, "Go away, I can't go!" ”

Qin Congping knew that he couldn't delay in the slightest, he took the two children and the other clansmen and ran wildly into the mountains, while Chen Hang and Qin Rui kept calling Chen Dong's name, and before they could run far, they saw that Chen Dong was killed by those peasant soldiers, his head was cut off, and those people began to chase after them.