Liu Mingsheng set off a day earlier than Zhu Pingjin, and when it was dark, he had already rushed to Niujiaozhai.

There are two fortifications in Niujiaozhai. One is the front gate, and the other is the main village. At the foot of the mountain, climb up along the ridge, and arrive at the front gate of the village for more than a mile. There are steep slopes on both sides of the ridge, the trees on the ridge are basically cut down, and the front of the gate is open and unobstructed. From the front of the village gate to climb up two miles, in order to reach the Buddha.

Under the big Buddha is the temple, leaning on the mountain and building hundreds of houses of all sizes. It's just that the monks and nuns disappeared in some year and month, and now there are thousands of bandits and refugees living inside and outside.

Above the head of the Big Buddha is the flat main village. The area of the main village is not large, but it is very dangerous, there are cliffs on all sides, and the main village can only go around along the stone path on the edge of the cliff. If the attacker wants to attack the main wall, he will inevitably be attacked from both the front and the overhead. It only takes a few buckets of boiling water to pour it down, and you can easily break down an attack. On the terrain, "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open", which is one of the reasons why Niujiaozhai has been rampant with bandits.

Liu Mingsheng noticed on the way up the mountain that the defense of the cottage was extremely lax. From the bottom of the mountain to the front of the wall, there was no one in the original few secret posts, it seems that Zhang Guangzu did pull away most of the bandits, and Ding Zhuang in the cottage was almost empty. He walked all the way until he saw the first living person in front of the front gate.

"Chen Dong, where have you been in the past few days, Lao Tzu has not seen you when he recruited people to drink!" Liu Mingsheng assumed the alias Chen Dong in Niutouzhai, and the old bandit guarding the gate scolded when he saw Liu Mingsheng. The old bandit's surname is Zhang, fifty miles away. I don't know how many years ago, when he participated in the robbery, he was beaten in the back by a villager, and since then he has become a little stupid.

Liu Mingsheng had a flat shoulder on his shoulders and two large jars of wine; A rope was hung around his neck, and four or five chickens were tethered. He walked over unhurriedly, walked over with a smile and said, "Brother Zhang, do you still have wine to drink?" The two jars of wine for the little brother will be kept by the master! ”

"You fucking know how to tease Lao Tzu!" Zhang Laogang scolded. Seeing the good things hanging on Liu Mingsheng's body, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull a smile: "Lao Tzu didn't starve to death here, even if the Buddha opened his eyes." Some time ago, there was no food in the village, and Lao Tzu was hungry for three days! Seeing those smart female dolls in the village, the fucking Lao Tzu almost grabbed one and roasted it to eat! ”

"Then Brother Zhang, why didn't you starve to death?" Liu Mingsheng unloaded his burden, straightened his waist, and asked Zhang Laogang with a smile.

"Oops, don't say it! The six masters still have a bit of a conscience, and finally they haven't forgotten about our brothers. Two days ago, he took us down the mountain and ran to Shuangliu County to fight a few Zhuangzi. Think about it, where can we still produce grain in Renshou County? Shuangliu County is good, it's all fucking messed up, the dealers have gone to hit the head of the village, and the old men are just picking up the leak. The grain hoard was full of grain, and we flashed our knives and went in to carry as much grain as we could. There are also female babies, who will lead whichever one they like. Wow, it's just not a swing! ”

Zhang Laogang said and took off a jade pendant from his waist, handed it to Liu Mingsheng and said, "Brother, help me see, how much is this worth?" ”

Liu Mingsheng stretched out his hand to take it. The jade pendant is hollowed out and carved from the whole piece of material, and the balsam is smooth and warm like water, and you know that it is a good thing at a glance. Liu Mingsheng didn't directly estimate the price, but asked rhetorically: "Where did you get it?" ”

Zhang Lao Bandit glanced at him and scolded: "We are bandits, naturally we robbed it!" ”

Liu Mingsheng said with a smile: "Where did the little brother mean to rob it?" The price of this official family is very different from that of the people! The official things are valuable, and these folk things ......"

Zhang Laogang thought about it carefully, and then shook his head in frustration: "Civil." Lao Tzu ripped off a female baby. The girl was a servant in the kitchen, wearing a girdle and covered in ashes. Well, just shut up in the back room! ”

"Sure enough!" Liu Mingsheng was a connoisseur who looked around the jade pendant, pursed his lips and shook his head.

Zhang Laogang saw an ominous omen on Liu Mingsheng's face, and asked anxiously, "How much is it worth?" ”

Liu Mingsheng returned the jade pendant to Zhang Laogang, shook his head and said, "It's barely a piece of jade, but it's not worth much." It looks white, like a piece of cold lard, and it is not good-looking. If there is some red, green, or yellow on it, it will be worth a lot of money. The most valuable thing is, of course, the colorful jade, just like the emperor Lao'er brought. ”

Of course, Zhang Laogang didn't know what the jade that the emperor was carrying. He weighed the jade pendant very disappointed, glanced at Liu Mingsheng again, and said fiercely: "Brother, you say, how much is it worth." Brother is not angry with you. ”

"Three taels of silver at most. In these years, the chaff can't be eaten, so there are still people playing this? ”

"Okay, deal!" Zhang Laogang roared, stuffed the jade pendant into Liu Mingsheng's arms, and then stretched out a rough slap to Liu Mingsheng's eyes, "Three taels of silver, bring it!" ”

Zhang Lao Bandit roared loudly, leaving Liu Mingsheng stunned. He hurriedly explained: "Brother Zhang, I helped you estimate it, I didn't say I wanted to buy it!" ”

Zhang Laogang's eyes were red, and he was about to draw his knife: "Didn't you say anything?" If you drive three taels, you will only be three taels, and you will still suffer a loss? ”

Liu Mingsheng knew that he had met a real bandit today. He didn't say anything superfluous, just begged for mercy: "Brother Zhang, it's good, how can the little brother have money?" ”

"None? I don't believe it! When Zhang Laogang came up, he grabbed Liu Mingsheng and wanted to pull his clothes, "Your baby has wine and meat, you must have done a big business somewhere, and you are a fool to bully your brother!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the little brother is just this clothes, and if he is torn, he will show his buttocks." Liu Mingsheng knew that he couldn't hide, so he simply took out the small bag in his arms, and poured all the broken silver and copper coins in it into the palms of the two hands held up by Zhang Laogang, "Little brother's net worth is so much, brother, you take it all." ”

Zhang Lao Bandit's treacherous plan succeeded, and happily squatted aside with the silver money to count, and suddenly he yelled: "The money is not enough!" Say three taels, here is a maximum of two taels! ”

Liu Mingsheng was bored, sat down on the grass and said, "Brother, don't be surprised!" Let's say it bluntly, what do you want to do, understand and report to the little brother! ”

Zhang Laogang changed his hippie smiling face, leaned in front of Liu Mingsheng and said, "Understand people!" If you don't have enough money, you can make up for it! ”

Liu Mingsheng jumped up from the ground and exclaimed, "This can't be done!" The old rules in the village, if you rob things outside the village, they will all be distributed by the owner of the village. You hide your jade, I don't want to care about it, I can't care about it; But although I don't have much food and wine, I have to hand it over to the head of the village! ”

Zhang Lao Bandit grabbed Liu Mingsheng and sat in the grass, and said with a smile: "Everyone in the village says I'm stupid, I think you newcomers are stupid!" Who the fuck isn't taking care of each other now? Speaking of this, he brought a stinky mouth close to Liu Mingsheng, "Brother, my brother told you a big secret." The other night, the six masters asked me to pull a cart of things down the mountain. The car was heavy, and the ruts were so deep," he said, pinching his thumb and middle finger an inch or two, "and guess what's in it?" ”

"Gold and silver?"

"Mostly! My brother thinks that among the newcomers, you are the smartest. Zhang Lao Bandit smiled leisurely, "The sixth master thinks I'm a fool and doesn't know anything." Hey hey ......"

"Where did that go?" Liu Mingsheng asked anxiously.

"Can't sit still, can you? Brat. Zhang Laogang smiled at Liu Mingsheng, "Brother told you that he just wants to get rich with you!" Don't worry, you go find some water to clean up the pheasants first, and the old brother will make a fire. We'll have a drink while we're roasting, and we'll let that little girl dance for us by the way! ”

"I didn't expect Brother Zhang to live like a fairy here." Liu Mingsheng was envious, and asked worriedly: "Wait for the sixth master to come down to check the sentry, what should I do if I see it?" ”

"Checkpoint?" Old Bandit Zhang burst out laughing, "He's eating on his sister-in-law!" ”

The weather in February is the season when it is warm and cold. The two bandits closed the gate and lit a fire in the open space in front of the hut. The two chickens are covered with a thick layer of wet mud and are roasted in a charcoal fire.

"I didn't expect my brother to have such a mouthful!" Zhang Laogang wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with his shiny sleeves, "Where did you learn this kind of craft?" ”

"When it's called Hanako." Liu Mingsheng hurriedly shaved out the roast chicken, and replied: "At that time, I stole the chicken, and I didn't have a pot stove, that's how to eat." ”

Liu Mingsheng smashed and broke the black and hard mud shell, sprinkled it with crushed salt, and handed it to Zhang Laogang. Zhang Laogang hurriedly took it, stretched out his mouth and took a bite.

"Incense, fucking incense!" Zhang Laogang chewed on the meat and shouted indistinctly, "Come!" one! ”。

"Good, good!" Liu Mingsheng raised the wine bowl and shouted, "Do one!" Enough wine pipes! ”

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Mingsheng approached Zhang Laogang and said, "Brother, you are down to business." Where did the treasure end up? ”

Zhang Laogang said: "I pulled to Zhang Village at the bottom of the mountain, which is still one or two miles away from the entrance of the village. Two descendants came out of the woods and replaced me. ”

"Then you're not fooling, aren't you?" Liu Mingsheng looked like he was eager to snatch the chicken leg from Zhang Laogang's hand, "How do you know where to pull it in the end?" ”

Zhang Laogang hurriedly bit the chicken leg into a bare bone and threw it aside: "I don't know." But the offspring who picked up the car, I know one! It is the second child of Zhang Hezi in the village, and I saw it once the year before last when he sent grain to the village. The six masters think I'm a fool, and no one can recognize me! ”

"Then I still don't know where to hide."

"I just said that you are smart, why are you stupid. The day after tomorrow, we will go down the mountain and tie up Zhang Lao Er for torture, don't you know everything? ”

"Aren't you guarding this gate, why is the village not guarded?"

"Guard, keep a fart!" Zhang Lao Bandit was suddenly angry. He said indignantly: "They know how to bully Lao Tzu!" You see, the rest of the people fucking followed the boss to Pengshan to make a fortune, leaving Lao Tzu alone to guard the village. To eat or not to eat, to drink or not to drink. They're good, and they haven't been seen until now! Lao Tzu dug up the treasure, and he was still a fucking bullshit bandit! ”

"So is Lao Tzu. said that he would go to collect food together, but he was lost by the team when he pulled halfway. Liu Mingsheng angrily tore the oily fat chicken with his teeth, "Lao Tzu is grabbing food everywhere!" ”

"So, Brother Chen, if we want to survive these years, we have to rely on our own swords and guns, and no one else can rely on them!"

"Brother is right, let's do another one!" Liu Mingsheng leaned his neck forward and lit up the bottom of the bowl.

"Gotta get it!" Zhang Laogang also made a bowl, and Liu Mingsheng hurriedly filled it for him.

"Brother, I heard that there are one or two thousand officers and soldiers in Renshou County, have you heard that the head of the family has heard of it?"

"What kind of officers and soldiers, Lao Tzu guards the gate every day, why don't you know?" Zhang Laogang thought about it and smiled, "The people in the village under the mountain also followed the big boss to Pengshan to make a fortune, how can anyone report the news?" However, I am not afraid when I come, and I don't know what virtues the officials and soldiers have. ”

"No wonder." Liu Mingsheng thought thoughtfully, "Then let's just go down the mountain and go to the village to investigate." If Zhang Lao Er is here, we will tie it up immediately! ”

"Good! Brother Chen is really refreshing! Hearing that Liu Mingsheng finally said that he would do it with him, Zhang Laogang dried up the wine in one gulp, "What, my brother asked the girl in the house to come and jump one for you?" The girl was very fierce, and when Lao Tzu arrested her, she dared to dig people with her nails. As he spoke, Zhang Laogang opened his sleeves, revealing the scars on the back of his hands, "She is so spicy, Lao Tzu just likes it!" ”

"Good! Good! Liu Mingsheng laughed and said, "Let the little brother also open his eyes!" ”

Zhang Laogang seems to have drunk a lot. He laughed and stood up, threw the chicken bones into the distance, and staggered towards the small hut, shouting as he went, "Girl, don't you know how to dance that square dance...... Jump another ...... for Lao Tzu Jumping and rubbing. I'm happy, and I'll ...... you every two days."

Zhang Laogang's words were never finished again, and he never had a chance to watch the square dancing and bouncing that made him so excited. A shiny tip peeked out of his abdomen, and the shiny surface of the knife reflected the blazing fire. The flame vanished instantly, as a large stream of blood gushed out of the knife and fell from the tip of the knife like flowing water.

"Your turtle son is not only a fool, but also a self-righteous fool!" Liu Mingsheng waited for Zhang Lao Bandit to stop twitching and howling, and then pulled out the knife with force. He wiped the blood from the corpse's clothes, dragged the corpse to the edge of the cliff and kicked it down.

Liu Mingsheng kicked the firewood a few times and walked down the mountain. After walking a few steps, he felt that something was wrong, and he turned back to the door of the hut and opened the rotten wood door with a knife.