Chapter 7: Suppressing Bandits (7)

There is a thief's den next to the salt mountain in Cangxian County, and its stockade is just at the junction of Cangxian County and Haixing. Salt Mountain produces salt, so many caravans often pass here, so it is just right for this den of thieves to make a lot of money, and it is too rich to be rich. Caravans often volunteered to contribute tolls to protect themselves, and the bandits could take money and food for nothing without much effort, so this den of thieves was called the "White Gang".

The power of the White Gang is quite large, with nearly 400 people in the whole village, and the government soldiers are equipped with one equipment. The wall, the wooden stakes used by others, and the adobe bricks and stones they used, were placed in the bandits on the border of Cangzhou, and it was also a word - "local tyrant!" ”。 The White Gang himself also thinks that he is not small in strength and is quite disrespectful to the clan, so in the list handed over by the clan, the White Gang ranks first......

In recent days, the bandits in Cangzhou have been repeatedly broken, and when everyone is in danger, the White Gang has also improved the strength of the village. The number of patrols has doubled, the gates and walls of the village have been repaired, the knives have been polished, the guns have been polished, and the number of bows and arrows in the village has also surged. Stay in the stockade all day long, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come to the door. But after waiting for more than ten days, I couldn't even see the shadow of the officers and soldiers, and I couldn't help but be deflated. So he began to move again and went down the mountain to "collect the accounts".

The strength of the White Gang lies not only in his own strength, but also in his close contacts with many fellow practitioners. In the four counties of Cangxian, Huanghua, Haixing, and Nanpi, the remaining bandits after the extermination, and the small bandits who had not had time to be exterminated, almost all gathered around the White Gang within five days. Only a few moderate bandits with a prescient reputation could have the tone to propose an "alliance" with the White Gang, and the other bandits, hard or soft, were accepted by the White Gang.

The current White Gang and bandits have a total of more than 1,200 people, and this does not count the future bandits. A decisive battle is about to start around the White Gang! Unfortunately, the bandits hurriedly huddled together to keep warm, but the expected cold winter did not come. So, where did Xu Tingshi, who scared through the "bandit boundary" in Cangzhou, go?

Xu Qing, busy kidnapping tickets!

One night, Yang Cheng Yang Xin quietly walked into Xu Qing's study with a sack on his shoulder, and when he opened it, it turned out to be Xia Hao's cronies who contacted the Wild Boar Gang! The Wild Boar Gang is a relatively large den of thieves outside Cangzhou City, Yang Cheng and Yang Xin have naturally been monitored for a long time, and Xu Qing's attack is also thanks to this surveillance, and Dark River can come over to help.

After the attack, Dark River began to investigate who was behind the murder of Xu Qing. Looking for clues, he found the Xia family and asked the person who was monitoring the Wild Boar Gang to take a look, so he found this Xia Hao's cronies.

Under torture, this cronie told him how to murder, how to blame, and how much Xu Qing's life was worth. Yang Cheng Yang Xin didn't dare to act rashly, and directly arrested his cronies and asked Xu Qing.

Xu Qing listened to the cronie's words as well, but he kicked on Xia Hao's cronie, and was furious:

"The son of a bastard, Lao Tzu is only worth fifty taels!?"

"Lord Thorn Shi, spare your life, the little one is greedy for thirty taels of ink...... the man knelt on the ground and asked for mercy, Xu Qing sat down, panting, drank saliva and said angrily: "Eighty taels also want to buy the life of the master, then I also want to pick the door, this time I have to make Xia Hao's kid have a good memory......

"Say, 'How much is your head worth?' Xu Qing kicked the man below.

"The villain's head is not worth ...... money"

"It's not worth much, take it out and cut it to feed the dog......"

"Hey, hey, although the villain's head is not valuable, there is a message in the villain's head that is very valuable!"

"Xia Hao often goes to these places......" Xia Hao's cronies told Xia Hao's whereabouts, hoping to get Xu Qing's forgiveness.

"Oh, yes, yes, this news is very valuable, but I've got the news, your head is worthless!" Xu Qing said viciously. When the man heard this, his face turned pale, his body shook, and a commotion came from his crotch, and he actually had feces and urine flowing together. Xu Qing hurriedly kicked him out and said, "If the news you said is false, I will take your head off, if it is true, the Xia family will not let you go, hehe, I can give you some money to let you live the rest of your life in peace......" After Xu Qing finished speaking, he said in his heart, the young master is good. Turning his head to Yang Cheng Yang Xin, who was hiding, he asked, "You say, how much silver is Xia Hao's head worth?" ”

"Eight hundred taels ......"

"Damn, that's not ten times as much as mine! Hmph, for the sake of money, don't worry about him, you can find a way to tie him back! ”

"Which trace was left when you tied it?"

"White Gang......

"......"

People don't offend me, I don't offend people, you Xia Hao can ask bandits to attack me, I can also ask someone to kidnap and kidnap, eight hundred taels? Plus 8,000 stone grain, 500 good knives, and 300 pieces of cloth to be worthy of your identity as a young man of Xia!

After waiting for a day, Xia Gongzi was tied up in a fancy way and thrown in front of Xu Qing. Because Xia Hao's eyes were blindfolded, Xu Qing was not afraid of being seen by him, and smiled with a horsewhip.

"What are you going to do? Don't come near me...... Ahhh......h

"I'm Xia Hao, the son of the Xia family, you dare to beat me? Ahh......hh

"Ah, don't take off ......"

"Zhuangman, I have a prostitute at home, he looks handsome, I have used it, it's good...... And unused, strong man, I'll give it to you? ”

Xu Qing was about to pick off Xia Hao's pants and beat him, but when he heard this, he stopped, and ...... evil Does this seem a bit informative? Is the son of the Xia family as good as Longyang? Ooh...... I'm afraid this news can sell for money, right? Xu Qing threw the whip away, stopped beating, and said angrily: "Good Xia Gongzi, you big clan cross the river, dismantle the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey, it's a good fun!" ”

When Xia Hao heard this, it was not a robbery, and he took a long breath and returned: "I don't know what the Xia family has offended?" ”

"Your Xia family subsidized money and food to the officers and soldiers, and beat the green forest heroes on the ground in Cangzhou, are you guilty?!"

"Oh, Brother Shan's life, I don't want to fund that dog official, I've always been at odds with him!"

"Dare to quibble!" Xu Qing heard him scolding and waved the horsewhip in his hand again.

"Big brother, will I give you money to atone for your crimes?"

"It depends on how much you give......"

"Big brother, you give as much as you say, I won't lose a child......"

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

"Okay, Mr. Xia is really happy, the list has been written, you can press a handprint, I will give it to your family......"

"Okay, thank you Brother Shan...... After the deed is completed, it will be given to that Xu Gou official...... Oops, I'm talking a lot, I'm talking a lot......"

"You can stay here for the next few days, I will arrange for a few, uh, strong men to serve your ......"

The eldest son of the family is tied up! This is terrible, looking at the handprints on the list, as well as the tokens that Xu Qing searched from Xia Hao, the Xia family's high-level leaders were in a hurry. Xia Hao's kidnapping makes people so worried, not only because he is the eldest son, but also because his father is the pillar of the Xia family, once he loses, the Xia family's power will plummet.

Paying the money first and redeeming it is the right way, and the Xia family's high-level leaders soon reached a consensus. Why? Because it was the White Gang who kidnapped Xia Hao! In the past, the Xia family could not guarantee that they could win the battle by relying on their own family, but now the White Gang has 1,200 people, and the Xia family cannot win, not to mention that there are hostages in the hands of the other party. But when I looked at the ransom, I was dumbfounded:

"A thousand taels of silver, 10,000 stones of grain, and 500 pieces of cloth, sent to the official road of Yanshan, shouted for confession, and someone came to pick it up." Xu Qing adjusted the ransom slightly, removed the five hundred good knives, won the White Gang, and had everything, there was no shortage of that. And so many things were sent to the White Gang, which not only has the meaning of marrying trouble, but also has the meaning of dividing the White Gang.

"It's just ......" An elder of the Xia family looked at the ransom and fainted directly.

"Oh, where did you get so much money......"

"Lend it?"

The Xia family was in a hurry, exhausted the strength in their hands, borrowed some more, gathered money, grain, and cloth, loaded a full eighty-two carts, and escorted them to Yanshan.

Therefore, the bandits of the White Gang waited for more than ten days, but they did not wait for Xu Qing's official army, but they waited for a great fortune.

Eighty carts!

"To accept or not to collect?"

"To pick up or not to answer?"

"Silly or not stupid? What do we do? Isn't it just for money? Don't want to send it up? ”

"After receiving this money, we will wash our hands in a golden basin, and I will not rob passers-by anymore, and I will not look at the smaller villages......"

Wealth, exciting, a large windfall appeared in front of the White Gang is that the alliance began to waver. Don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness, when it used to be tight, everyone was about the same, you eat meat is right, I also have a soup to drink. And once you get rich, this gap will be particularly obvious, you eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and I still fucking drink the soup of the year, how can I not be jealous?

The White Gang got the money, Xia Hao covered the valley and went back to the Xia family, in the eyes of people, the White Gang is really trustworthy!

But the Xia family, which has a lot of blood, can be regarded as a serious loss, and the whole family is also exhausted, and the people in the clan are interested in this future master's family. Xia Hao, who is at the helm, also has obvious resistance. On the other hand, they also had hatred for the bandits from the bottom of their hearts, and took the initiative to find Xu Qing and ask for a crusade against the white gangsters. Previously, there were hostages in the hands of the white gang, and I didn't dare to say anything, so I could only say what it was, but now the card is in my hand, hum...... If I suffer a loss like this, where is the face of my Xia family?

"Ahem, fighting, it's not that you can't fight, but how to play, how many people to fight, whether you can win or not, this is a problem......"

"Lord Thorn Shi, who doesn't know your prestige in Cangzhou? You will be invincible......"

"Alas, this war depends on the abundance of grain and grass, and the soldiers use their lives ......"

"Grain and grass, my Xia family provides 3,000 stones, soldiers, my Xia family sends a hundred soldiers!"

Xu Qing was secretly frightened, he was still so arrogant, the Xia family was not simple. After thinking about it, too, Cangzhou's three years of grain taxes have been swallowed by the family, and the Xia family, as one of the three major families, naturally has less money and more grain.

"Well, since the White Gang is so arrogant and the people react so strongly, I, Xu Qing, the assassin of Cangzhou, am deeply favored by the emperor, and I should fight bravely to fight for thieves, and return the people of Li to peace, and return the land of Cangzhou to peace!" Xu Qing shouted with generosity.

"Tomorrow, two thousand Ma Bu troops from Cangzhou will attack the White Gang!"

"Lord Thorn Shi seeks the well-being of the people, which is really a great blessing for me in Cangzhou......"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say......" Xu Qing smiled embarrassedly.

This battle is bound to make him a lot of money.