The sky gradually darkened, and a large group of people in different costumes but with a neat lineup appeared on the official road outside Jizhou City. These people had no armor on their bodies, and each black cloth was wrapped around their heads, and the black cloth covered their faces, revealing only two thieves' bright eyes. Even the hooves of the war horses were wrapped in a thick layer of black cloth, and they walked quietly.

At a fork in the road, the group of people and horses stopped quietly but uniformly, one of them gestured, and soon the whole team was divided into two, one team went on a fork in the road, and the other team rushed straight to Jizhou Mansion non-stop.

There are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Yicang outside Jizhou City, first, there is still some distance from the lair of the Tianping bandits, and secondly, the defenders know that the new army of the protector is confronting the Taiping bandits in front, forming a natural barrier.

Therefore, when this group of masked thieves descended from the sky, the garrison was completely caught off guard, and after a little resistance, they were all taken prisoner. Fortunately, the thieves didn't seem to have too much murderous intent, but they unceremoniously tied up the captives, sent dozens of brothers to take care of them, and then dispersed in a hurry, and went their own way.

The little official in charge of Yicang was taken out of the bed in a daze, and was escorted out with five flowers.

The panicked supervisor stumbled along, curiously observing the strange behavior of the masked thieves.

In the darkness, the masked thieves were putting up banners and notices everywhere, as if they were afraid that others would not know their identities. Under the reflection of the blazing torches, the content of the notices posted everywhere is even more varied, unbelievable, and inexplicable:

"The Taiping Holy Army is here!"

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom dominates the world!"

"Join the Taiping Army, guarantee to give birth to a male baby, and spend a lot of money!"

"Have more children and plant fewer trees, the Celestial Empire will prosper and everyone will be rich!" ……

The little official in charge of Yicang was brought to a tall masked bandit leader, and the masked thief had a fierce gaze, and at a glance he knew that he was not a good person.

The bandit leader said in a loud voice, "Are you the director of Yicang?" We're going to lend you some food! ”。

The supervisor who had just been loosened moved his wrist while nodding and saying, "Borrow?" What do you say to borrow, uncle, you're polite! Just take it and don't have to pay it back! In fact, the small ones also smuggled out a lot of grain every year, and sold them at a low price for silver taels. I can't help it! Who made the salaries paid by the court to the lowly positions too low? It's hard to support your family! ”。

The bandit leader couldn't stop laughing, and after a while, he put down his big hand covering his mouth, calmed down his emotions, lowered his face and stared at his eyes fiercely, "Do you know who we are? ”。

The head of the supervisor shook like a rattle, and hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, uncle, I don't know!" Don't want to know either. ”

The bandit leader suddenly became furious, and with a "cang" sound, he pulled out a ruler-wide and bright big knife from the waist of another masked bandit standing beside him, and put it on the neck of the officer in charge, and roared even more fiercely: "You must know! We are the Holy Army of the Peace."

The little officer in charge couldn't help but weaken his knees, and fell to the ground with a "poof". Tears flowed down his eyes and cried: "Uncle, spare your life! I really don't want to know too much, the more I know, the shorter my life will be, I know this! Even if I knew, I wouldn't talk nonsense, I just wanted to live! ”。

The bandit leader bent down slightly, slapped the steel knife in his hand horizontally on the face of the officer in charge, and said through gritted teeth: "If you want to live, you must remember: we are the Taiping Holy Army!" ”。

The fat face of the supervisor was slapped by the belly of the knife, and it soon became red and swollen.

He trembled all over, and replied with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, don't worry, if someone really asks, I will only say that the New Army of the Protector of the Country has come to grab food, and I will never say that you are the Taiping Holy Army." ”

The bandit leader became annoyed for no reason, and cursed in his mouth: "Fuck, bastard! ”。

raised his leg and kicked at the supervisor officer, but the poor supervisor fainted directly with fright.

In the "Wan" Ji Grain Village in Jizhou Mansion, Yu Xingwei, who was dressed in civilian clothes, put his hands behind his back, squinted his eyes, and stared at the piles of grain bags with a happy face. In his eyes, these mountains of grain bags are a house full of white flowers and silver taels.

Lu Sheng, who was short and fat and had a mustache, hurriedly walked out, looked up and saw Yu Xingwei's back, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

He hurriedly walked a few steps forward and said, "Brother-in-law, why are you here in the middle of the night?" ”。

Yu Xingwei glanced back and replied with a smile: "I can't sleep, come and see." Everything is ready, right? ”

Lu Sheng nodded, and at the same time gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother-in-law, you are clever!" A little trick not only kept his official position, but also lost so much food in vain, and even the emperor's child was turned around by you! ”。

Yu Xingwei twisted his neck proudly, and the smile on his face was as bright as spring.

He waved his hand and smiled: "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it." I will go to other prefectures and counties to take office one day, and you will go with me, and we will join forces to get another vote for him! ”。

Lu Sheng smiled in his eyes and bowed his head again and again.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the grain farm, and a team of masked thieves armed with swords poured in.

Yu Xingwei and Lu Sheng were both taken aback, Lu Sheng reached out to pull out the saber hanging from his waist, but was surrounded by several quick-eyed bandits, and the bright steel knife was already on his neck, making him unable to move.

After all, Lord Yu Xingwei was well-informed, so he quickly calmed down and asked in a low voice, "Who are you?" ”。

The masked thieves were silent, and no one paid any attention to him.

With the sound of heavy footsteps, a large masked man in the shape of a man stepped in. Looking at the grain bales piled up to the roof, the big man raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Shout, the few grain farms that have been left are empty, only this one is full of grains, it must be from the wrong way, brothers, move to the cart at the door with your hands and feet." ”

Yu Xingwei turned around, faced the masked thief, and asked calmly, "Who are you so unscrupulous?" ”。

The big man walked up to Yu Xingwei in a few steps, looked him up and down, and said viciously: "You are the shopkeeper of this grain village, right?" We only grab food, we don't want to kill people, so let's be honest! ”。

Yu Xingwei opened his mouth for the third time and asked, "Who are you?" ”。

The big man menacingly pressed his chin against Xingwei's forehead, and replied contemptuously: "Lao Tzu is the Taiping Holy Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, do you want to die?" ”。

Yu Xingwei took a step back, suppressed the anger that was surging in his chest, and said in a steady voice: "Impossible! The army of the Taiping bandits has been cut off by the flood and will not appear here at all. ”

The big man couldn't help but look Yu Xingwei up and down curiously, and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu Xing doesn't change his name or change his surname, I am Wang Heming, the general of the Taiping Army, you dare to call us bandits?" I'm impatient! ”。

Yu Xingwei turned his head to look at the masked bandits who were going in and out, constantly carrying food out, and his heart was like a knife. That's all the silver that he has just earned after taking a lot of risk!

Yu Xingwei gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and said: "This strong man, I am the county guard of Jizhou Prefecture, as long as you don't move this grain, everything else is negotiable!" ”。

The big man approached Yu Xingwei again, squinted his eyes and looked at Lord Yu seriously for a long time, and suddenly spit directly on Yu Xingwei's face like an old phlegm arrow.

The big man then laughed and said, "Do you want to be Menglaozi? The county keeper didn't stay in the mansion well, so what did he do when he ran to this grain village in the middle of the night? If you are the county guard of Jizhou, Lao Tzu is the saint of today! ”。

Where did Yu Xingwei and Lord Yu suffer such humiliation? The anger in his chest was about to gradually become uncontrollable, and he glanced at Lu Sheng slightly.

Who knew that this small move was all in the eyes of the big man, and he shouted angrily with a calm face: "What are you doing, you want to resist?" Do you really dare to kill people?! ”。

Yu Xingwei and Lu Sheng were both shocked by the ajestic, murderous aura that suddenly rose from the big man's body, and they froze there and didn't dare to move.

Seeing that the originally full grain farm was carried away by the masked bandits, Yu Xingwei's whole heart was dripping blood, it was all the silver he got in exchange for risking his official resignation!

Seeing that the food was empty, the big man snorted coldly, turned his head to signal his subordinates to evacuate quickly, and glared at Yu Xingwei fiercely, turned around and strode out.

Yu Xingwei, whose heart was like a knife and couldn't bear it, burst into tears from the corners of his eyes, and chased him out desperately. He knew in his heart: when he encountered this gang of unreasonable bandits, there was no hope of snatching back the grain! A deep baritone in his heart choked up and sang: Let me look at you again......

The dumb-headed Lu Sheng obviously misunderstood his brother-in-law's meaning, and blamed him for being used to being domineering on weekdays, and he couldn't stand the slightest grievance.

Seeing that his brother-in-law chased him out reluctantly, he gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword with a "whoosh", jumped over the threshold in two steps, and scolded in his mouth: "Rabbit cubs, Lao Tzu fought with you!" ”。

With a scream of "ah", as the sword in Lu Sheng's hand fell, a masked bandit was stabbed in the back, spitting blood and falling to the ground.

The masked big man turned around in surprise, drew his sword without hesitation, and chased Yu Xingwei to the front, and slashed down with his bare hand.

The group of bandits quickly turned around and rushed over, viciously surrounding Lu Sheng, gritting their teeth and raising their knives and guns together.

After a moment of effort, Lu Sheng's flesh and blood fell to the ground in a blur, and he was dying.

The masked bandits gradually gathered around the big man, and one of them glanced at Yu Xingwei, who had fallen to the ground with twitching hands and feet, and had not yet lost his breath, and said in a low voice: "Didn't the handsome commander order us to kill as few people as possible before he came?" ”。

The big man calmly put the sword into the sheath, spat at Yu Xingwei, who was lying on the ground, and said unhurriedly: "This kind of person wants silver and doesn't want to die, and if he kills, he will kill him." If you don't kill a few people, it won't be like that, right? ”。

The group escorted the cart full of grain and grass and left in a hurry.

Yu Xingweiyuan, who was lying on the ground, looked up at the vast starry sky with his dying eyes, the trachea in his throat had been severed, and a few blood-red bubbles came out of it, and his mouth was spitting blood. A strange smile suddenly appeared on his handsome black face.

In his eyes, the stars that twinkled quietly in the sky suddenly spun rapidly, and the color changed from silver to golden, like flying fireflies all over the sky, and finally turned into a fiery red like flames. The stars who were flying around and bowing their heads suddenly formed a line of burning characters in the sky: - people are not as good as the sky!

With a "bang", the big red characters exploded instantly, transforming into magnificent colorful fireworks in the night sky, floating around in the dark night sky.

The last light in the eyes of the adults in Jizhou County, who was guarding the stars, gradually turned into ashes with the scattering of the fireworks.