But it was said that the bandit leader bowed when he saw Ruan, and Ruan couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Who are you?" ”

The man said: "Mrs. Yuan, my name is Cheng Qingzhu, and Cheng Benzhi is my brother!" ”

"Ahh Are you the brother of Mr. Cheng Benzhi? Get up, please! Ruan said hurriedly.

"Madame!"

Cheng Qingzhu stood up and wanted to speak, Guan Feng said anxiously: "Madam, Brother Cheng, let's talk about it later, the imperial court eagle dog has been killed!" Come on! ”

Cheng Qingzhu looked back and saw that the bandits had already rushed over in the dark, so he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, stop it!" Qingzhu has something to say! It's my brother Cheng Qingzhu, so you can't embarrass Inspector Yuan's family! Come here, everyone! ”

The bandits were stunned for a moment, and many people rushed over after listening to Cheng Qingzhu's words. Another big man in a crimson coat in the crowd shouted angrily: "Cheng Laosi, are you crazy? Have you forgotten the instructions of the great masters? ”

Cheng Qingzhu said loudly: "I haven't forgotten the second master, but Inspector Yuan is a good person, he is a man, and Qingzhu respects him......"

"You fart! Have you forgotten that your eldest brother died because of him Yuan Chonghuan? A bearded man beside the crimson man scolded.

"I haven't forgotten, but my eldest brother is a person who respects Inspector Yuan, and is willing to die for him, and he died as he deserved! I'll avenge my big brother! But my enemy is definitely not Yuan Chonghuan, but the one who killed my eldest brother and Inspector Yuan! Cheng Qingzhu said with an awe-inspiring face.

"Bold! Are you going to rebel? Tao Er is in charge, kill them all quickly! There will be a reward in the imperial court! The deep voice just now suddenly said loudly.

"This ...... Cheng Laosi, hear it, you have to recognize the situation! Otherwise, you'll end up like them! Lawfully kill on sight! Tao Er said coldly.

Cheng Qingzhu was not afraid, and said to the subordinates who gathered over: "Brothers, everyone is willing to follow me Cheng Qingzhu, and I Cheng Qingzhu will never forget!" If you're afraid that I'll be a problem to everyone, you can do it now. ”

All the subordinates were stunned for a moment, and said one after another: "Brother Cheng, there is nothing to say, the brothers only recognize you!" Everywhere you go, everyone will follow you! ”

"Good! Good! Good brother! Now everyone will work with me to protect Inspector Yuan's family! Inspector Yuan was framed, he died for the people! He deserves the respect of our brothers! Now the eagle dog of the court is still going to kill the family of Inspector Yuan, and the brothers say, can we see death and not save it! Cheng Qingzhu said excitedly.

Mo Li stepped forward and said loudly: "Brother Cheng said well! Now the traitors and dogs in the DPRK and China want Inspector Yuan and his family to die, which shows how afraid they are of Inspector Yuan! In fact, those who want Inspector Yuan to die are the traitors who really collude with the Tartars! The Ming Kingdom cannot die! Everyone, protect Mrs. Yuan and Gongzi and rush out! ”

"Kill it! Kill it! There were about twenty people under Cheng Qingzhu, plus the thirty or forty people brought by Mo Li and them, and they rushed to the front to protect the Yuan family, and started a fierce battle with the bandits led by Tao Er's family who rushed up. Cheng Qingzhu was originally the fourth master of the cottage, and his subordinates and those thieves were still accomplices in the blink of an eye, but now they each raised their knives and guns and tried their best to fight.

This dramatic scene greatly surprised Mo Li, Yun Han and others, and also made Tao Er's master unexpected, he originally thought that Cheng Qingzhu's eldest brother had just been executed by Chongzhen because of Yuan Chonghuan's case a few days ago, and Cheng Qingzhu should also have a grudge against Yuan Chonghuan, at least he would not defect.

It was also fate, Cheng Qingzhu was also angry after learning the news of his brother's murder the day before yesterday and brought people to join Heiyun Village, because he was a newcomer, so this operation was aimed at Yuan Chonghuan's family, and he didn't tell him about these things. Originally, he planned to use this operation as a test for him, to see if he was loyal to the cottage, but who would have thought that it would be like this, and instead it would make the sword and the soldiers meet.

Relying on the carriage, Mo Li picked up his arquebus and fired at the rushing bandits, raising puffs of smoke. Although his marksmanship is not said to be able to penetrate Yang in 100 steps and hit 100 shots, he is still basically accurate in a relatively close distance.

Lin Guo also stood beside him, shooting the bandits with her best bow and arrow. The two of them used guns and arrows, as if they were in a game, constantly shooting their prey.

Tao Er's family and Ma San's family brought most of the brothers in the cottage down the mountain this time, plus the people sent by the imperial court to contact them, there were seventy or eighty people in total. And Cheng Qingzhu himself has more than 20 people, which is also the reason why he can sit in the fourth place as soon as he goes up the mountain.

These are his loyal subordinates, Cheng Qingzhu is bold and righteous, and has a wide range of contacts, most of these people are some prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes he made friends with when he traveled around the country, or homeless refugees, most of whom have received his favor or helped, and they are very convinced of him.

Coupled with the thirty or forty people led by Mo Li, Guan Feng and others, the number of people on both sides is actually almost the same, but Guan Feng, Wei Hong, He Zhendong and others are all veterans of the battlefield who have been in battle for a long time, and most of their subordinates are veterans who were born and died together.

Most of the bandits and bandits in this era are just some refugees who can't survive, and they are just fighting with a large number of people, how can they be the opponents of battlefield veterans?

It didn't take long for the bandits to be slaughtered, and the rest were all running away with their heads and crushing. Those people from the court saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly ran away. Mo Li, Guan Feng, Cheng Qingzhu and others did not stop doing anything, and led people to chase after them.

chased out two or three miles, and finally hacked the court eagle dogs to death and caught the two.

After some interrogation, it turned out that these more than ten imperial eagle dogs were the black-clothed people who ambushed the Yuan family's family members near Zhending Mansion the day before yesterday, and after escaping more than a dozen people by luck last time, Wang Shiqi reported to Gao Jie, Gao Jie and others ordered him to lead people to catch up with the Yuan family's family, and secretly bribed and attracted local bandits and bandits to intercept and kill the Yuan family's family members for them.

Wang Shiqi said that Huang Zhenlong, the big boss of Heiyun Village, sent the second master Tao Dahu, the third master Ma Kun and the old fourth Cheng Qingzhu who had just entered the village to lead 180 people to intercept and kill. Unexpectedly, Cheng Qingzhu defected, but instead killed the bandits and the subordinates brought by Wang Shiqi, Wang Shiqi couldn't escape this time, and he and another subordinate were captured.

Everyone cleaned the battlefield and found that more than 30 thieves were hacked to death, more than 10 people were captured, Tao Dahu and Ma Kun were captured, and more than 10 people fled and did not know where to go. Only a dozen of his brothers were injured to varying degrees, and they were fine.

Ruan took Yuan Chengzhi and came to Cheng Qingzhu under the escort of Yun Han and Liang Peijun, gave a deep salute, and said: "Today, fortunately, Mr. Cheng raised his arms and exhaled, so that he was able to save the life of the whole family, and the concubine is here to thank Mr. Cheng for his great kindness!" ”

Cheng Qingzhu hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Madame, why be polite, it's serious." ”

Mo Li interjected on the side: "Mr. Cheng, my name is Mo Li, and I am also a subordinate of Inspector Yuan, you have fallen out with the cottage now, what are you going to do in the future?" ”